The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s
Chapter 405 The Body of Jiaojiao (1)_1

Chapter 405: Chapter 405 The Body of Jiaojiao (1)_1

Ruan Jianguo had always known that marrying Shu Jiao was complete luck; how could he dare to stop her from going back to search for her relatives? Besides, he trusted her and believed that she would definitely come back. She wasn’t the kind of person to abandon her child and husband.

So when Shu Jiao said she wanted to go north to search for her relatives, he agreed immediately.

But when the brothers Ruan Jie and Ruan Hao, from the room next door, heard about it, Ruan Hao did not express any opinion, but Ruan Jie dashed over screaming in disagreement, refusing at all costs because there were far too many precedents in their area of people leaving and never coming back, even those with families who had settled down there; their heartlessness was simply maddening.

However, Ruan Jie’s disagreement changed nothing.

In the end, Shu Jiao still left.

Without telling Ruan Jiaojiao.

Although Ruan Jiaojiao was cherished by the Ruanlin Family, she had been raised by Shu Jiao over those five years. She was very close to her and would get upset if she didn’t see her for even one night; she would seek her out, cry, and cause a huge fuss.

For the first two days after Shu Jiao left, the family managed to placate her, but later on, they simply couldn’t soothe her anymore.

It was during this time that Liao Zhaoji took advantage of a moment when no one was around to tell Ruan Jiaojiao that Shu Jiao had run away and didn’t want her anymore, that she would have many younger brothers in the future and wouldn’t need her, that she would never come back, and that she should consider herself a child without a mother.

Ruan Jiaojiao had a good friend named Wa Yiting.

She was young, but she knew that because Wa Yiting’s family had a younger brother, she was often beaten, often went hungry, and her clothes were always ragged and torn.

Yet being too young to discern the malicious intent behind Liao Zhaoji’s words, she took them to heart and truly believed her mother didn’t want her.

That very afternoon, she ran away from home, determined to find her mother.

The little girl struggled across the snow that hadn’t yet melted, her journey arduous. Then, in an unguarded moment, she slipped and tumbled down the side of a ditch, falling into a small water channel.

In March, with the ice and snow still not melted, the cold was piercing. She lay in the icy water for a full four or five hours, wearing heavy cotton clothes that made it impossible for her to move. She screamed until her voice was gone, yet no one came to rescue her.

She just froze there for four or five hours.

Until—she lost all consciousness.

When she next opened her eyes, she finally saw someone coming to rescue her. Only, she didn’t understand why her body was being lifted away while she remained immersed in the freezing snow water.

She hoarsely cried out, hoping the Ruan Family would notice her.

But it was no use.

No matter how much she screamed or struggled.

No one noticed her.

She could only watch with wide eyes as they carried her body away.

Leaving her alone, soaked in the icy water, cold to her very bones.

Seasons changed from spring to autumn.

She watched the four seasons turn.

Watched people come and go.

From her initial desperate cries to eventual despair, it took her a whole year until, at last, she saw the mother she had been searching for. By then, she could hardly remember her mother’s face. She saw her holding someone who looked exactly like her, softly calling her "Jiaojiao," then taking that "Jiaojiao" away.

That was the moment

Ruan Jiaojiao truly gave up hope and closed her eyes completely.

When she woke up again—

She was a small kitten in an unfamiliar forest, with no memory of her past, remembering nothing, utterly alone...