Her words seemed to drain all her energy. Ruan Xianxian had never seen anyone so visibly aged before her eyes.

She reached out and tucked the corner of her stepmother's shirt in, gently coaxing her:

"Don't get excited. We'll all be family from now on. Don't worry, Uncle Jing and Jing Si will definitely make it to the wedding on their wedding day."

It means: If you exhaust yourself to death, the Jing family won't need to come out!

"You must... take good care of yourself!" Ruan Xianxian chuckled, her eyes revealing a palpable malice.

"Ah!" Su Tingrong could no longer hold back, clutching her head and letting out one piercing scream after another. She used too much force, and the stitches on her wrist reopened.

She swept everything within sight to the ground and pointed to the door, saying, "Get out, get out of here."

Before the nurse entered, Ruan Xianxian hurriedly stuffed the pork she had brought into her bag.

Hey! I did mention it, but I never said I'd give it to you.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Medical staff rushed in and pressed Su Tingrong down. "Calm down, please calm down, patient."

Ruan Xianxian smiled and left silently.

Carrying her three pounds of pork, she rode Grandpa Xie's bicycle leisurely all the way to the military compound.

"Xianxian?" the guard called out to her, his eyes wide with amazement. "You've really blossomed into a beautiful young woman! Everyone else who went to the countryside was dark-skinned and thin, but you've become so pretty!"

Ruan Xianxian squeezed the car brake. "Uncle Zhou, long time no see. Did you receive the wood ear mushrooms I sent you?"

The guard surnamed Zhou nodded repeatedly, "I received it, I received it several months ago."

He walked out of the police station, looked around, and pulled Ruan Xianxian to a secluded spot, asking, "What are you doing here? Going back to the Ruan family?"

Seeing the girl nod, he slapped his thigh anxiously, "You can't go back! My dear girl, aren't you cut off from your family? Why are you running around to the Ruan family for no reason?"

Ruan Xianxian smiled wryly, "My grandfather said that even if bones are broken, they are still connected by tendons. He is getting old and getting married, but he can't manage it anymore, so he asked me to come home and help out."

"What?" Uncle Zhou looked like he'd been struck by lightning. "Who needs you to handle their wedding?"

"My grandfather!"

Uncle Zhou was so anxious that he paced back and forth. Finally, he slapped his thigh and gritted his teeth, "Girl, it's not that I'm talking badly about your grandpa behind his back."

After you left, that family contracted an infectious disease, but no one knew exactly what it was; they were only told later that it was cured.

Not long ago, someone in the courtyard said, "Your grandfather's illness is contagious again. You shouldn't go to that house too often."

"Hepatitis A?" Ruan Xianxian asked.

"Hepatitis A?" Uncle Zhou, whose eyes were shining, asked.

The father and son whispered to each other, and by the time Ruan Xianxian realized what was happening, the sun was already setting.

She hurriedly pushed the cart towards the Ruan family's house.

The bicycle was parked in front of the door. The once grand two-story red brick building looked lifeless from the outside, revealing a sense of desolation and decay.

The sun was setting, around 3 p.m., and the room was surprisingly dark.

Ruan Xianxian stood in front of the door, backlit, looking around the familiar yet unfamiliar living room, when a dark shadow in the corner suddenly moved.

"Xianxian, granddaughter, is that you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ruan Kangri tried to rush up and hug her.

Ruan Xianxian stood still, her voice a half-smile, "If you take another step forward and try to infect me with your disease, don't blame me for slapping you across the face."

Ruan Kangri paused, and just a few days later, a boil appeared on his face, and he became extremely thin.

Looking behind him, he didn't see Song Nanli's figure. Disappointed, he sat back down in the dark corner, with only his voice coming out.

"I'm not going to beat around the bush with you. Either cure me, or I'll publish a story in the newspaper about how unfilial you are, so that the whole country knows."

The writers have already been found; whether it's true or false doesn't matter. You should know that the public loves to read and criticize those who are disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust.

Ruan Xianxian didn't answer him, but only asked, "Is Baozhu home?"

Ruan Kangri glanced upstairs and said coldly, "Not here."

From the moment she learned that he had syphilis, this granddaughter avoided him like the plague. Although she understood, she was still uncomfortable with him.

When Baozhu was mentioned, his tone became three degrees colder and harder than before.

"It's good that you're not here!" Ruan Xianxian nodded. "I can ask Dr. Su to take a look at you..."

Before Ruan Kangri could show any joy, he continued, "The condition is that Ruan Baozhu disappears from this world."

Too shocked to speak, Ruan Kangri did not respond immediately.

Just as she was about to speak, Ruan Xianxian glanced at the dark figure on the second floor who was trembling slightly at her words, and raised her hand to interrupt Ruan Kangri's words.

She didn't even need to listen; she knew the old man was going to berate her for being heartless and lacking sisterly affection—that was her own sister, and so on…

"Think it over, this is my only condition."

She chuckled softly, her voice alluring.

"Grandpa, do you know I've joined the National Defense Force? I'm a security officer, a job that the Jing family all covets, a job with a bright future and blessings for three generations."

You lose a granddaughter who can't even figure out how to have an affair, but gain a granddaughter with a bright future. Isn't that a good deal?

I've thought about it. The reason you disliked me and even despised me since childhood was because of Ruan Baozhu.

"If she's the only one left, and if she dies, then you'll be my grandfather alone."

"You've joined the National Defense Security team?" Ruan Kangri's mouth gaped open, and he abruptly stood up from the dark corner. "Really?"

That's a special department that holds the most state secrets. How could this granddaughter, who was useless at everything and always wanted more food, have such an incredible fortune?

So shocked was he that he momentarily forgot to refute the statement that he would never sacrifice his beloved granddaughter under any circumstances.

"Of course." Ruan Xianxian smiled confidently, showing off her work ID, the large red seal on which Ruan Kangri recognized it.

"As long as there are no more barriers between us, grandfather and grandson, except for Ruan Baozhu, we are brothers fighting tigers together, and fathers and sons going to war together."

Grandpa, to show my sincerity, I'd like to give you a big gift first.

"What kind of grand gift?" Ruan Kangri asked instinctively.

Looking at her grandfather, whose face was twitching and whose eyes were cloudy, Ruan Xianxian realized that the ruthless and unscrupulous Brigade Commander Ruan of the past seemed to have been completely taken away by several serious illnesses.

Now all that's left is a walking corpse who lives on fantasy, frantically and greedily trying to grasp at a sliver of hope.

Looking at his old face, flushed with excitement, Ruan Xianxian smiled, a genuine smile.

"How about I give you the Jing family?"

"I'm giving you the Jing family's property as a deposit for you to help me get rid of Ruan Baozhu."

Ruan Kangri: "How will it be delivered?"

Ruan Xianxian: "Let Su Tingrong marry you, and let the Jing family from top to bottom treat you as their patriarch."

Fearing that the news of his syphilis infection would spread far and wide, Ruan Kangri rarely went out in the past few days and had taken a long leave from the army, so he had no way of finding out the news.

No, if he wanted to, he could still do it. He's running away, afraid that the information he's gathering is full of rumors about him.

So scared that I locked myself in the house; ignoring the noise was like ignoring everything.

Ruan Kangri, who had been filled with excitement, suddenly felt his blood freeze, his eyes bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth.

"You...you're...playing...me?"