The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s
Chapter 517 Those deep dark eyes (8)_1

Chapter 517: Chapter 517 Those deep dark eyes (8)_1

After sitting at the Lu Family’s house for a while, they took Ruan Jiaojiao and Xiu Xi and left. Ruan Jie was going to follow Lu Xian back to school a bit later.

On the way back home.

The atmosphere was eerily silent.

They arrived at the Ruan Family home in silence. The Ruanlin Family matriarch was using a wooden stick to beat the mattress. Seeing them return at this time, she asked in surprise, "Why are you back so early? I thought you were going to have dinner there before coming back."

Then, seeing Ruan Jiaojiao’s distraught little appearance, she immediately came over, "What’s the matter? Has someone bullied Jiaojiao?"

Ruan Jiaojiao shook her head. If it weren’t for the fact that the Ruanlin Family matriarch couldn’t hold her right now, she would have already thrown herself into her arms.

The look in her little eyes almost broke the Ruanlin Family matriarch’s heart.

Shu Jiao glanced at the Ruanlin Family matriarch, then at Ruan Jianguo, and sighed, "Close the courtyard door. Mom, Jianguo, I need to talk to you about something."

Originally, Shu Jiao hadn’t planned to discuss this matter with Ruan Jianguo.

But now she couldn’t keep it to herself anymore. It was clear that the evil spirit that had possessed her daughter’s body was still present in this world. Without knowing what the future might hold, she couldn’t afford to be careless.

She didn’t know what kind of unforeseen event had happened for the evil spirit to have transferred to someone else’s body.

However, thinking back to the visions she had once seen, she was almost certain that the Feng Family was now walking the same path that the Ruan Family had tread before.

Ruan Jianguo and the Ruanlin Family matriarch were startled by her serious demeanor. After exchanging a glance, Jianguo hurried to close the door. Once Ruan Jianguo had secured the courtyard door, they all went into the main hall together.

Xiaobai was lounging under the stairs, cooling off. Seeing them return, it popped its head out in excitement, but upon noticing everyone’s grim expressions, especially that Xiu Xi was still there, it quietly retracted its big head.

For Ruan Jiaojiao, the life in which her body was possessed was a brief, elongated, and terrifying existence. But when spoken of, it amounted to no more than a few sentences.

Yet those few sentences were enough to send shivers down the spines of Ruan Jianguo and the Ruanlin Family matriarch, making them almost too scared to believe what they were hearing.

What did they mean by the entire Ruan Family being dead?

What about being possessed by an evil spirit?

"My dear, have you been having nightmares too?" Ruan Jianguo, trying to make light of the situation, reached out to touch Shu Jiao’s forehead, but his hand was stopped mid-air by the icy stares from both the matriarch and Shu Jiao.

The Ruanlin Family matriarch glared ferociously at him.

She then turned to Ruan Jiaojiao and pulled her into her arms, asking, "So all the nightmares you’ve been having were about this?"

The Ruanlin Family matriarch did not doubt a single word Shu Jiao had said. In fact, she believed it without question.

Ruan Jiaojiao nodded, her eyes filled with guilt as she looked at the matriarch. She had never told her the whole truth from the very beginning, fearing she would be upset. But it wasn’t that she didn’t trust her; she just didn’t trust herself. She was afraid of being exposed as an imposter and losing everything she had.

"Grandma, I’m sorry," she said, her voice tinged with apology.

"Silly child, how could Grandma blame you? I’m too heartbroken to blame you." The Ruanlin Family matriarch’s heart clenched thinking about the times Ruan Jiaojiao had been so terrified she couldn’t sleep.

And moreover—

"It’s Grandma who should apologize to you, my dear child. I didn’t recognize you back then; you must have been so upset. I’m sorry, my Jiaojiao," the matriarch said. Just thinking about the scenarios Shu Jiao had described made her heart feel like it was breaking.

It wasn’t this child who owed her an apology; it was their entire family who owed it to her.