"Aunt." Ruan Ruan shyly looked at her grandfather, Uncle Da Wu, and the big liar who were standing not far away, then bit her lower lip and turned her face away.
"Ruan Ruan, do you know them?" The little girl standing next to Ruan Ruan looked at her face curiously, pointed at Ruan Muning who was walking towards those people and asked.
"Yeah." Ruan Ruan was not in the mood to answer Tian Mi's question at this moment. She felt very anxious. She wanted to go over there, but was afraid to go over there.
She was not a child anymore. She knew that her grandfather had insisted on sending her to Gangcheng for her own good, but she did not care for these good things at all. No one knew how frightened and scared she was when facing these strange relatives when she first arrived in Haicheng. She was afraid that the uncles and aunts in Gangcheng would bully and look down on her just like those uncles far away in Haicheng. She lived in fear every day and only dared to cry secretly in her quilt every night.
Fortunately, the family of her eldest uncle, whom her grandfather had entrusted to her, were all good people. After arriving in Hong Kong, she lived a better life than in the inland, with countless beautiful clothes and endless delicacies. Her second aunt treated her as her own granddaughter, and her eldest and second uncles also treated her as their own daughter. Her eldest aunt treated her as the apple of her eye. After arriving in Hong Kong, she did not suffer any grievances.
But even so, what she missed most was the small piece of crispy and sweet peach cake in that small valley, the warm kang where she could lie all day in the winter without getting bored, the mountains and rivers there, and the people there...
Brother Xiaobao had clearly promised her that he would not let grandpa send her away, but she still lied to him in the end.
They made the best plans for her but never asked if this was what she wanted.
Ruan Ruan lowered her eyelids, and her long eyelashes were wet.
"Mu Ning is already a grown-up girl." Ruan Yuanjiang said with emotion as he looked at his niece who walked up to him.
"Tsk." Ruan Muning smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and reached out to touch his crew cut. "Uncle, how can I be called a girl? I can be a grandmother at my age. It's so shameless to call myself a girl."
Ruan Muning is already 45 years old this year. Most people at her age would have had grandchildren. Ruan Muning never thought that there was anything wrong with her, so she naturally didn't mind exposing her scars in front of her uncle.
"Also, uncle, I'm no longer called Mu Ning. You can just call me Ke Nan."
"Kenan?" Ruan Yuanjiang frowned. Wasn't the original name pretty good? Why did he change himself to such a weird name?
Ruan Mu Ning, no, she should be called Ruan Kenan, curled the corners of her mouth and glanced at the old man sitting in the wheelchair: "Because the name Mu Ning is disgusting to me."
The last syllable of her name was dragged out long. Actually, at the beginning she wanted to change her name to Kenan. She felt that all men in this world were bad. However, under the strong request of her eldest brother Ruan Yuanqing and second brother Ruan Yuanbai, she changed her name to Nan so as not to arouse hostility from the majority of male compatriots.
Ruan Jingguo's veins bulged as he gripped the armrests of the wheelchair. He looked at this daughter who always made him angry, but he could do nothing about it.
This is another confusing mess. Ruan Yuanjiang really can't understand what his second brother is thinking. The couple is at odds, and the father and son are alienated. Is power really that important?
He could see that the second brother's eyes no longer had the warmth he had when he looked at the second and third concubines as he did when he looked at the second sister-in-law. Wasn't it because he was indulging his beloved children that he was so tolerant of Mu Ning, no, Kenan, now?
"Uncle, why didn't anyone inform me when you came to Gangcheng? Otherwise, I would have gone to the border to pick you up." Besides her father, the other members of the Ruan family that Ruan Kenan hated were the two old witches and the little witches they gave birth to.
She wants to get close to her uncle's family who live far away in the United States, and her uncle who lives far away inland.
Especially since my uncle is Ruan Ruan's grandfather. By the way, thinking of this, Ruan Kenan waved to Ruan Ruan.
Sometimes this child would cry secretly while holding some photos, and they thought that they didn't know anything. In fact, who can't see her thoughts? This time, her uncle came all the way to Hong Kong to see her, and the little girl should be happy.
Ruan Kenan herself is not a normal woman. Her two brothers both gave birth to sons. As for whether those old witches gave birth to sons or daughters, she has never cared about it. For so many years, she has only had Ruan Ruan, a delicate and soft girl, by her side. Ruan Kenan is happy and helpless. She can only learn from her younger brother about some things that girls of this age like to make her niece happy.
"Ruan Ruan." Ruan Yuanjiang's eyes never left his little granddaughter. Looking at his niece's actions, he looked at Ruan Ruan not far away with a glimmer of anticipation in his heart and called out softly with a trembling voice.
"Come to Grandpa."
Ruan Yuanjiang's eyes were red and he waved at the girl with expectation on his face, but he was afraid of being rejected.
Ruan Ruan bit her lower lip, clasped the book in her hands tightly against her chest, looked down at the concrete floor, and ignored Ruan Yuanjiang's words.
"Ruan Ruan, grandpa hasn't taken a good look at you for nearly seven years. You've grown taller, fatter, and more beautiful." Ruan Yuanjiang spoke slowly, as if he was weighing every word and sentence over and over again in his mind.
As he spoke, he walked towards Ruan Ruan, "Let grandpa see you, see my precious granddaughter."
After six or seven steps, Ruan Yuanjiang arrived in front of Ruan Ruan. The little girl who used to be only as tall as his waist was now only half a head shorter than him. The little and lovely girl had grown up now, and was no longer the little girl he used to hold in his arms.
Ruan Yuanjiang's eyes were blurred with tears. He looked at his granddaughter in front of him, stretched out his hand, but did not dare to get close.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa."
How could Ruan Ruan really hate the old man in front of her? He was her grandfather, the best person in the world to her. She was just afraid, afraid of being abandoned again.
But no matter how much fear there is, it is still no match for the strong emotions that burst out in my heart.
"Ruan Ruan, my dear granddaughter." After nearly seven years of separation, the grandfather and granddaughter hugged each other tightly. Ruan Yuanjiang wanted to rub his granddaughter into his heart and never let her leave his side again. But he also clearly understood that this reunion was still short, and after more than ten days, he had to leave again.
"Uncle Dawu."
After hugging her grandfather tightly again, Ruan Ruan blinked her eyes like red rabbits and looked behind her grandfather, at Huo Wu, who was still tall and strong.
"Good girl." Huo Wu tried to open his eyes wide, not letting the tears flow down, and hugged the petite girl in his arms. He still failed to live up to the instructions of Ruan Ruan's parents before they died, and he did not take good care of Ruan Ruan.
After hugging Huo Wu, Ruan Ruan magnanimously shifted her gaze to Jiang Yilu who was standing at the end.
"Ruan Ruan." Jiang Yilu smiled ingratiatingly, fearing that the little girl was still angry with him.
"Hmph." Ruan Ruan snorted proudly and turned her head away from him. Jiang Yilu could only retract his outstretched hands awkwardly and touched his nose helplessly.
"Try harder." After finally holding his sweet and soft little niece, Huo Wu patted his apprentice's shoulder in a good mood, with a hint of sympathy and glee on his face.
Jiang Yilu looked at the little girl who looked like a kitten with its fur standing on end, and smiled bitterly in his heart. It was Grandpa Ruan who made the decision in the beginning, so why was Grandpa Ruan only angry with him now? He felt very wronged.
But cute girls always have privileges, and Jiang Yilu can only strive for it and quickly coax the proud little girl back in the coming days.
Ruan Kenan was very optimistic about his niece's behavior. She thought that one should treat those men as coldly as the cold wind, especially that pretty boy who came out of nowhere. He was the type that girls liked at first glance, and no one knew how many girls' hearts he had captured. He was still young now, but when he grew up, he would have a lot of peach blossom debts.
Since arriving in Gangcheng, what Ruan Kenan has seen the most is the intrigues between the principal wife and the concubines. Even after the abolition of polygamy in 1971, the big guys have never lacked so-called confidantes. His eldest brother is devoted to his eldest sister-in-law, but he can't help but play around. Although his second brother is filial and values family affection, he is exactly like the old man when it comes to love between men and women. He messes around outside and often makes his second sister-in-law furious.
After a long time, Ruan Kenan felt that men were just like that.
Ruan Ruan is not like her. She can live well alone. A delicate child like her should be well cared for. However, the person who takes care of Ruan Ruan must be reviewed by her. The treasure of their Ruan family cannot be taken away by just any Tom, Dick or Harry.
If Jiang Yiliu, a man who attracts peach blossoms, a pretty boy, and is unreliable, could guess what Aunt Ruan was thinking at this moment, he would probably shout to the sky, "I am so wronged." Today is the day to come to Gangcheng to see Ruan Ruan. He specially put on his best clothes and had his hair just cut, neatly combed into a 3:7 split. Jiang Yiliu is now in the transition period between a teenager and a young man. He is heroic and has a calm aura. With his handsome and fair appearance, he stands out in the crowd.
Ruan Ruan's good friend Tian Mi just spotted Jiang Yilu in the crowd and praised his appearance, which was enough to show that Aunt Ruan's worries were not wrong.
"Uncle, my mother often mentions you at home. Come home with me today, and let's have a family reunion meal together." Ruan Kenan looked at his niece and grandfather reunited, probably thinking that they had a lot to say, so he opened his mouth and invited them cheerfully.
"Okay, okay, it's time for our family to have a meal together. Mu Ning, you came here on a motorcycle today, so it's not convenient to bring anyone with you. Your uncles don't know where your mother lives now, so Dad will take your uncles there first, and you can ride your bike over by yourself when the time comes."
Ruan Jingguo answered before his brother, and when his eldest daughter wasn't paying attention, he winked at his brother. Before Ruan Kenan could refuse, he stood up, holding his brother with one hand and Ruan Ruan with the other, and got into the car. He was so agile that he didn't look like a sick old man at all. The wheelchair that fell down was collected by the bodyguard beside him and placed in the back seat of the car.
"You." Ruan Kenan wanted to pull the old man's face to see what was going on. Her mother had said that she would never have anything to do with him again, but this old man was shameless. He didn't even clean up the backyard and just wanted to disturb her mother's peace.
"Second brother." Ruan Yuanjiang sat in the back seat of the car, looking at Ruan Jingguo with a look of confusion and sigh.
"Old Third..." Ruan Jingguo understood what his brother meant, but after thinking for a long time, he just sighed and didn't say anything to defend himself. He knew he was wrong, and he also knew that Xue Ning would never forgive him, but he still wanted to take a few more glances at her while he was still alive.
There were three people sitting in the back seat, leaving one passenger seat. The two cars in front and behind were filled with bodyguards, so Jiang Yilu and Huo Wu looked a little awkward since they were left in the empty seats.
"You, get in the car."
Ruan Kenan pointed at Jiang Yilu and asked him to sit in the passenger seat of the car. She didn't want to use her beloved pet to take care of a pretty boy. If someone saw her, they would think she had developed some weird habit of eating young grass, and then a lot of people would probably want to put this kind of man into her bed.
Ruan Kenan got a headache when she thought about the situation, and regretted why she didn't drive her own car today, but rode a motorcycle. As for that shameless old man, she would leave it to her mother to deal with when the time comes.
Jiang Yilu was overjoyed. He gave Uncle Dawu a look that told him to wish him well and got into the car quickly.
"Get on the bike." Ruan Kenan's face turned pale. He threw a helmet to Huo Wu, stepped on the motorcycle swiftly, stepped on the accelerator, and a "boom boom boom--" sound was heard.
Huo Wu looked at the motorcycle, then at Ruan Kenan. He handed the helmet back to her expressionlessly and said, "I'd better go squeeze in with the bodyguards behind me."
It is immoral for a man like him to share a car with a woman.
"Are you a man? You're so nagging." Ruan Kenan was reluctant at first, but now that Huo Wu refused, she had to take him.
Anyone who is provoked to the point where male dignity is concerned will be irritated, and Huo Wu is no exception. Although he has never married, it does not mean that he has any functional impairment in some aspect.
He withdrew his hand with a stern face, put on the helmet on his head like Ruan Kenan had just done, and sat astride the motorcycle.
"Hold tight." Ruan Kenan came back to his senses, looked at the other person's hands clawing on the motorcycle, raised his eyebrows, grabbed his hands and placed them on his waist.
Although she is already over 40 years old this year, she has never given up exercising. She has learned all kinds of Chinese and foreign martial arts, such as Wing Chun and Taekwondo. She has a healthy body without a trace of fat.
Huo Wu had never seen such a shameless woman. When he was about to take his hand back, Ruan Kenan started the motorcycle and rushed out at lightning speed. Perhaps he wanted to play a trick on Huo Wu on purpose, so he drove zigzag all the way and increased the horsepower to maximum. The speed was so fast that Huo Wu could not see the surrounding scenery clearly.
"vomit--"
As soon as Huo Wu got out of the car, before he could even stand firmly, the first thing he did was to take off his helmet and ran to the bushes to retch. This woman was too crazy. He had never been so embarrassed in his life.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Ruan Kenan looked down on the old man in front of her. He looked like a big guy, but she didn't expect him to be so strong. She had never thought that Huo Wu had never touched a motorcycle before. How could Huo Wu bear such a fast speed and she drove crookedly on purpose?
Huo Wu stood up and exhaled a few times, indicating that he didn't want to bother with such a bad woman.
Ten minutes after they arrived, several black cars slowly drove in and stopped in front of an exquisite garden building.
The house where Xue Ning lived was not big, at least not compared to the big house of the Ruan family in Hong Kong City. However, the garden was decorated very delicately. From the neatly arranged flowers in the garden, it could be seen that the owner of this house was a very sentimental old lady.
Ruan Jingguo stood at the door, watching his eldest daughter walk in without paying any attention to him, and sighed deeply: "Third brother, come in with me."
He put his hand on Ruan Yuanjiang's hand and insisted not to sit in the wheelchair. He didn't want her to see him old and useless. Ruan Yuanjiang looked at his second brother's plea and didn't refuse. He sighed and helped him walk into the house.
"Ruan Ruan." Jiang Yilu turned his head and just happened to see the little girl who was secretly looking at him.
"Humph." Ruan Ruan, who was caught peeking, turned her head away angrily and walked into the house quickly, but her red face fully exposed her embarrassment at the moment. She was like a kitten with bared teeth and claws, obviously not aggressive, but pretending to be a little tiger.
Jiang Yiliu smiled, and finally felt relieved when he saw her like this. He followed Ruan Ruan and walked into the house.
"Mr. Ruan, the old lady said you are not welcome here, please leave." Ruan Jingguo, who was walking in front, was about to enter the living room when he was stopped by a woman dressed as a nanny.
"How dare you! I'm your old lady's husband. What right do you have to stop me?" Ruan Jingguo scolded with a stern face.
"Our madam said that now she is still Mrs. Ruan in name only, but if she is pushed to the limit, she will go back to being Mrs. Xue." The woman dressed as a nanny said neither humbly nor arrogantly. After hearing her reply, Ruan Jingguo's face turned pale.
He knew that Xue Ning's personality was capable of doing such a thing, and she was only enduring it for the sake of her children, so she did not file for a divorce. If he really pushed her too far, even the nominal relationship between husband and wife would no longer exist.
"Second brother?" Ruan Yuanjiang knew that the fault was with his second brother, but he still couldn't help but feel some sympathy.
"Third brother, just spend some time with your second sister-in-law today, and tomorrow we two brothers will reminisce about the past." Ruan Jingguo patted his brother's shoulder, took a deep look into the room, turned around and left with the help of his bodyguard.
"I don't like Second Grandpa."
After Ruan Jingguo left, Ruan Ruan whispered in Jiang Yiliu's ear that she liked the kind second aunt, but the second grandfather always made her sad.
Jiang Yiliu was delighted to see Ruan Ruan finally took the initiative to talk to him, and he patted her head. He admired Ruan Jingguo's business talent, but he did not comment on his emotional life.
They seemed to be deeply in love, but he still had so many children with other women. I can only say that he didn't love them enough.
However, he looked at the aggrieved girl in front of him and decided that in the future he would definitely help her find a husband who truly loved her and would never let her suffer such grievances.
Jiang Yi kept the promise in his heart.
The author has something to say: Xiaobao: Auntie, please leave Ruan Ruan to me.
Ruan Kenan: You are so beautiful, you are attractive to men
Xiaobao: Auntie, I am a very loyal person.
Ruan Kenan: You are so beautiful, you are attractive to men
Xiaobao: Auntie, I will only be kind to Ruan Ruan in my life.
Ruan Kenan: You are so beautiful, you are attractive to men
Xiaobao: Auntie, how about I disfigure myself?
Ruan Kenan: You are too ugly. Ruan Ruan will not be able to eat.
Xiaobao:......
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