Chapter 589 Shu Wei (5)
Before Ruan Jiaojiao and Xu Xu followed Aunt Liu out, they subconsciously glanced at the stairwell. Yuan Maner's ink painting was still there...
The Yuan family's car was parked in the yard. When Ruan Jiaojiao got in the car, she looked into the house. Through the window, she saw that Old Lady Yuan was not standing at the window to see her off as before, but standing at the stairwell with her head slightly tilted up.
Ruan Jiaojiao thought that she was probably looking at Yuan Maner.
"Grandma Liu, Grandma Yuan seems to be in a bad mood. Please spend more time with her." Before getting in the car, Ruan Jiaojiao said to Aunt Liu who had seen them off.
Mother Liu smiled and nodded at her, handing her the small gift box in her hand: "Miss Jiaojiao, this is the cake that the eldest master sent this morning. It has chocolate flavor. Madam asked you to take it home to eat."
"Okay, thank grandma for me." Ruan Jiaojiao did not delay, but generously took the small gift box and watched Mother Liu close the car door.
Mother Liu watched the car drive out of the yard all the way, and then turned back.
As soon as she returned to the house, she saw Old Lady Yuan standing in the stairwell, looking at the painting.
"Madam." She walked up to her and supported her: "Take care of yourself."
Old Mrs. Yuan patted her hands and smiled bitterly: "What do you mean by take care of yourself? I don't care about my body anymore. I'm just afraid of death... I'm afraid of seeing her after I die."
"Madam..."
"Liu Ling, how much do you think Man'er hated me as a mother?" She asked, her tone was very sad, but she was so sad that she didn't shed a single tear.
What's even more tragic is that if time could go back, her choice might still be the same. She would still leave that little her in that vast ocean...
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On the way back, Ruan Jiaojiao and Xu Xu sat in the back seat together.
She glanced at the driver who was driving seriously in front of her, and whispered to Xu Xu beside her: "Brother Xu, do you think the person that Grandma Yuan just mentioned is the little girl in the painting?"
She always felt strange when she saw Yuan Man'er.
But she herself couldn't describe what it was like.
"Miss Jiaojiao, are you talking about the youngest daughter of the Yuan family, Yuan Maner?" Before Xu Xu could answer, the driver in front of him started talking first.
Ruan Jiaojiao immediately lay on the back of the front seat, poked her head out curiously and asked: "Does the driver know?"
"Of course I know, everyone here knows it." The driver said, and paused for two seconds: "Old Mrs. Yuan gave birth to five children in total, four boys and the youngest is a girl."
"But I don't know why the little girl didn't grow up. I just heard that she died when she was very young. For her, the Yuan family holds a free clinic every year. I heard that it is to pray for the daughter who died young."
"Of course, I don't know whether these are true or not, but this is what we say here." The driver finally said, quite embarrassed: "Don't tell these things to Old Mrs. Yuan..."
"I know." Ruan Jiaojiao nodded in understanding and retracted her head.
Although he appeared calm, he had already guessed a lot in his heart. He just thought that there were outsiders in the car, so he didn't ask any more questions, but went to Ruan's house in silence.
When the car stopped at Ruan's house, the person who ran up to help open the door was not a member of the Ruan family, nor Shu Lang, but a charming girl wearing a bright red woolen coat and wedge-heeled high heels.