Extra: Lu Yu (13)
He naturally liked Ruan Jiaojiao, the one he cared about the most. He was very happy to hear her calling him "Brother Yu" every day.
As for Xu Xu, Lu Yu was also concerned about him. Seeing that he had no contact with the Ruan family for the time being, he felt a little relieved.
In early February, the New Year arrived.
Lu Yu had become very familiar with the Ruan family. As expected, he scored 100 points in the final exam, and he, Ruan Chi, and Ruan Jie were all ranked first. Zhao Li was very happy. Not only did she give him a lot of New Year's money, she also allowed him to go out every day during the winter vacation.
Lu Zishu also came every day and ate at the Ruan family every few days. He also gained several pounds, which made Zhao Li marvel.
After the Spring Festival, on the 16th day of the first lunar month, Lu Zhen came to the Ruan family again. As soon as he entered the Ruan family, he felt that the house was particularly quiet.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a small cry from the second room. His heart tightened when he heard it, because he recognized it as Ruan Jiaojiao's voice.
He hurriedly walked in. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a woman poking Ruan Jiaojiao's forehead: "Why are you crying? You are born with a miserable life. You have ruined your good life by crying! No wonder your mother doesn't want you anymore!"
She was very strong, and poked the petite girl in front of her and made her retreat vigorously, and finally sat down on the ground.
But the woman didn't stop. She looked down at Ruan Jiaojiao, who was crying and gasping for breath on the ground, with disgust in her eyes: "Stop crying. If you cry again, I'll throw you to the back mountain and let the big bugs take you away!"
Ruan Jiaojiao responded with even louder crying.
The disgust in the woman's eyes became even worse, but apart from poking her forehead, she didn't dare to really do anything to Ruan Jiaojiao, fearing that she would leave a mark that would be seen by her family. She could only spit and reached out to pull her up from the ground, and then she saw Lu Yu standing at the door with anger in his eyes.
Liu Zhaodi was startled and her face turned pale, because she was not sure how much Lu Jiao had seen and heard. She smiled reluctantly: "When did Xiao Jiao come? Why didn't you make any noise?"
Lu Jiao, who was watching this scene, felt that his heart was dug out.
In his previous life, when he and Ruan Chi were good friends, his mother had left long ago, so he only heard about it from his mother and knew that Ruan Jiaojiao had fallen ill when she was very young, and it seemed to be related to her.
But the details were unclear. It was not until he saw it now that he suddenly remembered that in March of this year, Ruan Jiaojiao would fall seriously ill because of falling into a ditch!
He ignored Liu Zhaodi and walked quickly forward to pick up the crying and trembling little man on the ground.
The little girl cried until her voice was hoarse, her face was covered with tears, and her little body was still trembling in his arms.
Lu Yu was really angry and hurt, and his heart was broken.
He raised his head and glanced at Liu Zhaodi sternly. Liu Zhaodi's face changed in shock, and she took two steps back. When she thought that the boy in front of her was going to hit her, she saw Lu Yu holding Ruan Jiaojiao in his arms and walking away without looking back.
Lu Yu was really angry, but the other party was Ruan Chi's mother, so he naturally couldn't hit her, so he could only hold Ruan Jiaojiao and leave.
He often came to Ruan's house these days and was already very familiar with the family. He carried her to the back kitchen of the main house and took out a black iron pot from the stove with a fire tong. There was a pot of hot water in it.
Lu Zhen poured the hot water into the basin and washed Ruan Jiaojiao's face.