Three days later, Ruan Qiqi saw news about the Juye family in the newspaper. The report said that the century-old house of the Juye family caught fire accidentally and was completely burned to ashes. None of the fourteen members of the Juye family survived.
The report also said that the day before the fire, Kikuno Eyasu sold the company's assets at a low price, dismissed the servants in his home, and announced to the public that the Sakura Country was about to sink and that he would take his family to settle in Southeast Asia. The next day, a fire broke out, burning all the flesh and blood to nothing, leaving only some broken bones. The scene was horrific.
The century-old family ended so abruptly. There was booing throughout the Sakura Country. There were even rumors among the people that the members of the Kikuno family were mentally ill and that they had set the fire themselves. They might have held a fire sacrifice as part of some evil ritual.
This statement was recognized by the general public. The Kikuno family was notorious in the Sakura Country. The people did not care about their life or death. After gossiping for a while, no one paid attention to this matter anymore.
The century-old family disappeared silently without causing much splash.
Ruan Qiqi quickly finished reading the newspaper and didn't pay any more attention to it. Calculating the time, Xia Tao should be back soon.
"mother……"
The little guy was standing on the stairs with sleepy eyes. He had just woken up and was very hungry.
“Woof…”
Mama Jiang was faster than anyone else. She rushed over happily and wagged her tail at the little cub.
Potato baby touched its head gently a few times, and Mamajiang grinned with joy. Its wounds had healed and it had fully recovered its vitality.
"Are you awake, baby? You must be hungry. I'll get you something to eat."
Ruan Qiqi picked up the baby and checked him from head to toe. She was completely relieved after making sure that the baby was fine.
During the days when the baby was sleeping, food was kept hot in the kitchen 24 hours a day, for fear that the baby would be hungry when he woke up.
She carried the baby to the kitchen, where the tonic soup was warming up on the stove. Ah Xiang ran over from a distance, "Potato, wake up. I just made wontons with shepherd's purse and meat filling. Do you want to cook a bowl?"
"want!"
Potato Baby answered loudly that he loved eating shepherd's purse wontons.
"Okay, I'll cook it for you right away!"
Ah Xiang smiled and served a small bowl of soup for Zaizai to fill her stomach first, and then cooked the wontons.
Ruan Qiqi's whole family loves to eat shepherd's purse. She and Sister Hong bought shepherd's purse seeds and set aside a piece of land in the garden to plant it. The weather here in Hong Kong is good, and the shepherd's purse grows very well. They can make wontons for it every now and then.
Potato Baby finished the bowl of soup in one breath, licked his lips with satisfaction, patted his belly, and went to the kitchen with the empty bowl to get another one.
"The wontons will be ready soon, just wait a little longer."
Ruan Qiqi stopped him and said that one bowl of soup was enough and drinking too much would not do any good.
Potato Baby sat back and waited obediently, glancing towards the kitchen from time to time.
A few minutes later, Ah Xiang brought out a bowl of steaming wontons, placed it in front of him, and gently reminded him: "Eat slowly, be careful of the heat."
"Got it, thank you!"
Baby Potato agreed in a baby voice. He grabbed the spoon with his chubby paws, scooped up a wonton, puffed up his cheeks and blew hard. After blowing a few times, he couldn't wait to take a bite. However, he still got scalded, so he stuck out his tongue and continued to blow air. His cheeks were puffed up, he was so adorable.
Ah Xiang took a small plate and a spoon, blew air into the water, cooled it down, and put it in the small plate.
After finishing a bowl of wontons, Potato Baby ate an apple and then burped in satisfaction.
"I'm full... burp~~~"
Potato Baby patted his bulging belly.
Ruan Qiqi took him upstairs, entered the room, and walked him to the door. The mother and daughter then entered the space.
"Baby, where did you go with the bad guy that night?"
Ruan Qiqi has been extremely curious these days. What did Kikuno Taro see before he died? It was obviously something extremely terrifying, otherwise this bastard wouldn't be so scared.
"Playing under the sea..."
The little guy tilted his head and thought for a long time, his chubby face a little confused, as if he had forgotten something and couldn't remember it.
Ruan Qiqi noticed something was wrong and asked, "Do you remember what you did before?"
Zizi shook his head, looking even more bewildered. It was as if a corner of his mind had been sealed by someone, and a long, ancient voice rang in his ears:
"Child, you can come back when the time comes!"
Potato Boy knocked his forehead hard, trying to knock off the seal, but it was no use and he still couldn't remember anything.
Ruan Qiqi held his paw and said softly, "If you can't remember, then forget it. Your father and I are your child. Your name is Ruan Kaixuan, also known as Potato. The past has nothing to do with us. Mommy and daddy just want you to be happy."
"Mom, I want to eat candy beans, do you have any more?"
Baby Potato licked his lips and missed the candy beans he had eaten that night. They tasted so good.
Ruan Qiqi didn't react for a moment. What candy beans?
After Zizi described Tang Doudou's appearance, she finally understood, but she was even more confused. Zizi knew the Resurrection Pill before and called out its name very clearly, but now he couldn't remember its name.
It seems that that night at the bottom of the sea, Zizi met a mysterious person or creature who sealed some of Zizi's memories and scared Taro Kikuno to death.
Maybe he was a big shot in the God Realm, or maybe he was a member of Zaizai’s clan. Ruan Qiqi was too lazy to think about it anymore. Anyway, Zaizai was her son now, and it was enough for the three of them to be well.
"There aren't many candy beans left. We have to save them and only eat them when it's a life-or-death situation."
Ruan Qiqi patiently reasoned with Zaizai, saying that there were only two resurrection pills left and they had to be kept just in case.
The baby licked his lips again and asked in a low voice: "Mom, eat candy beans happily."
Mom said, as long as he is happy, mom will definitely give him food, right?
"Then you are unhappy!"
Ruan Qiqi took the little bastard out of the space without hesitation. It would bloom with some sunshine. She still had to be a strict mother in the future and could not let her maternal love run wild.
Potato baby pursed his lips. Auntie Tao was right. Mother always said one thing and meant another, and she would turn her back on people.
Lu Ye and Manzai came back from outside. As soon as they entered the house, they saw the lively baby. They rushed over excitedly and scrambled to hold the baby.
"Grandpa Man, I want to play games!"
"Dad, I want to ride a big horse and eat candy beans!"
Potato Baby made the request arrogantly, and the two unprincipled men agreed without hesitation.
Lu Ye put his son on his shoulders and went out again. Manzai and Mamajiang followed closely behind. They soon arrived at the nearest shopping mall. Lu Ye bought some of each kind of candy, and together they made a big bag.
Although this candy is not the same as that candy, Potato Baby is still very happy because he can eat candy and play games at the same time. This is the happiest thing.
Xia Tao hasn't come back yet. She used to inspect several checkpoints in the school every day, and the students were most afraid of her. Now that she is not here, the students are not used to it. They always feel that Director Xia is hiding in the dark and spying on them, and will come out to deal with them when they make noise.
Therefore, the school spirit and discipline of Jiade School remain good these days. No students dare to make trouble. The campus is harmonious and beautiful, even better than when Xia Tao was there.
Just because——
"Director Xia is a great master, it's true. I saw it with my own eyes. That night, we fought against vampires right in front of my house. I have two eagle eyes like a pilot, so I couldn't have been wrong. Director Xia flew with a sword, and Director Ruan could make plants grow and call the wind and rain. The waves were taller than our teaching building..."
After class, the troublemaker Ling Yun started telling stories again. Although he had been telling them for more than ten days in a row, the students still listened with great interest. When the get out of class was over, students from other classes would come over just to listen to the first report from the person involved.