The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s
Chapter 683: Events of the Past (8)_1

Chapter 683: Chapter 683: Events of the Past (8)_1

Ruan Jiaojiao in the back also sensitively felt that something was amiss.

She poked her little head through the gap between the car seats and asked, "Mom, do you have a grudge with Principal Qi?"

Shu Jiao pressed her little head down, making sure she retracted it to avoid injury, and then briefly recounted the incident from years ago before saying, "Don’t confront him directly at school; let Mom figure out a way."

Considering that Qi Lian was capable of doing such things in the past and now could trouble a child alone, his character was indeed worrying, and Shu Jiao was truly concerned.

Ruan Jiaojiao obediently acknowledged with a sound.

After returning home, Ruan Jiaojiao took a bath and went to bed. Although she no longer needed to be up for early reading, any extra minutes of sleep were precious.

Next door, as soon as the light in her room went out, Xiu Xi also lay down to sleep.

Both of them slept soundly, utterly unaware that a storm was stealthily approaching them.

Far away in Beidu.

City Central Hospital.

An elderly man with graying hair sat beside the hospital bed, leaning on a cane, his gaze heavy with sorrow as he looked at the man suffering on the bed. The man was around forty, with a pale, blue-tinged complexion from chronic illness, and he seemed to be in great pain with each breath.

"Dad..." He opened his eyes, and his green irises were striking under the light. He looked almost pleadingly at the old man. "The child... Find the child... Please..."

The old man knew that he wouldn’t last much longer, and the relationship that had been strained for over a decade finally eased in that moment. He nodded at him.

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The fourth day of school was a Friday.

Considering the heat, the school had arranged the opening ceremony to take place in the first period of the morning.

Students stood in formation on the playground, as arranged in the previous physical education class.

Although it was just after eight in the morning, the rising sun was still making Jiaojiao’s head spin, and the incessant chattering of her classmates only added to the buzzing in her head.

Fortunately, the opening ceremony did not last too long and was dismissed a few minutes before the end of the first period.

As soon as it ended, Little Fatty dashed to the snack shop with Lu Zishu from the next class. When he returned to their class, he was holding two bags of ice, handing one each to Jiaojiao and Xiu Xi.

As Ruan Jiaojiao looked at the cold bag emitting chill, about to take it, Xiu Xi stopped her.

"You didn’t eat much this morning, you can’t drink something cold, drink this instead," he said, pulling out a bottle of milk from under his seat that, even after soaking for over half an hour, was still warm.

"!!!" Ruan Jiaojiao’s face changed drastically, and she immediately snatched it and hid it under the table.

Puffing her cheeks, she glared at Xiu Xi. "Xiuge, how could you do this!" She was already considered young by her classmates, and now if they saw her drinking milk from a bottle, they would surely die laughing. That would surely cement her nickname as a baby!

In fact, at home, Ruan Jiaojiao had long since stopped using a bottle and drank directly from a cup. She used to drink goat’s milk, but now that there was cow’s milk, she had switched to that.

She had no idea where Xiu Xi had found this baby bottle!

How embarrassing!

Xiu Xi looked at her innocently, not understanding what he had done wrong. Pointing at the hand she was hiding under the table, he reiterated, "Don’t drink the ice, drink the milk."

"..." Ruan Jiaojiao, no!