Ruan Xianxian followed her grandmother's gaze, her face shifting between hesitation and struggle.
Yan Fenghua gently stroked her granddaughter's soft, long hair and encouraged her, "Go see her if you want to. After all, they gave birth to you."
Ruan Xianxian's eyelids twitched, thinking that her grandmother was about to say, "There are no parents who are wrong," but Yan Fenghua changed the subject:
"They gave birth to you, so go see them one last time and don't leave yourself with any regrets."
Ruan Xianxian: ? ? ?
Yes, she saw Ruan Tai and Shan Jing, her biological parents who were hiding and had no choice but to suffer in silence, before she even got off the train.
Her little mouth was pursed tightly, and her little face was tense.
"No, it's not that I haven't had any lingering feelings for them, nor is it that I'm just being stubborn. I'm afraid that if they were really standing in front of me, I wouldn't be able to resist killing them."
The former Ruan Xianxian did not understand how there could be parents in the world who did not love their children. It was okay if they did not love her, so why did they help Ruan Laosan's family to suppress her?
Can't we just treat her like a complete stranger, as if she were never born?
Upon meeting her grandmother, she learned that the jade pendant containing the system did not belong to Yan Fenghua, but most likely to her biological mother.
Shan Jing always watched her silently with a gaze that was both loving and hateful.
It's good that she's back. Some things can be clarified, and some people can be dealt with once and for all. The damage has already been done, and she doesn't care what their reasons were.
I can only guarantee my own safety; I absolutely will not forgive!
Or rather, it was she who forced Shan Jing and Ruan Tai back from the south.
Stepping out of the train station, Ruan Xianxian took a deep breath of the familiar air of her hometown. The cold wind combined with the exhaust fumes from the bus made her cough violently.
This amused the old lady so much that she scolded her for being a tiger.
Given their rank, their workplace didn't provide them with a car. Grandpa Xie pushed a brand-new 28-inch bicycle out of the storage shed, patted the small wooden seat mounted on the crossbar, and...
In a teasing tone, he said, "Get on, Grandpa will carry you."
Cai Cai was waiting not far away in his Jeep from Bureau 749. Ruan Xianxian gestured towards him, indicating that he should go first.
"Can I...?" Looking at the small, carefully polished wooden base without a single splinter, Ruan Xianxian's eyes inexplicably reddened.
When she was a child, her peers in the compound were either taken care of by their grandfathers or their fathers, but she never sat in that special seat reserved for children.
Ruan Kangri forbade him from getting close to his car.
"This child, she's speaking so nicely, why are her eyes red?" Yan Fenghua and Xie Zheng exchanged a glance, and the two elders quickly comforted their granddaughter.
"I told you I could borrow a car, but you insist on riding this beat-up donkey. Don't you have any pride now that your child is grown up?"
Xie Zheng felt somewhat lost. In his memory, Ruan Xianxian was the kind of girl who appeared wise but was actually very strong.
I thought she would happily jump onto the car, or even sit on the handlebars.
He was sent to the countryside in his early years and missed the birth and growth of his grandchildren. He wanted to find the joy of being a grandfather in his little granddaughter. How did he end up making her cry?
The thug, who looked like a palm leaf fan, slapped the car seat and said, "Don't cry, it's a broken car, Grandpa will beat it."
Ruan Xianxian stopped crying and started laughing, showing no embarrassment whatsoever. She wiggled her bottom and tried to sit on the small wooden seat, but failed several times...
Just as she puffed out her cheeks, preparing to ignore the burning gazes coming from Fan Caicai's bicycle, and climbed onto it, her waist suddenly tightened.
Xie Zheng picked her up. Whether he was a naturally straight man or was certain she wouldn't be angry, he laughed as soon as he opened his mouth.
"You're as short as your grandma. Have a daughter after you get married. If you pass on your short legs to your son, you'll be ruining my great-grandson's life."
After being slapped on the back by Yan Fenghua, Ruan Xianxian puffed out her cheeks and said, "What's wrong with having a son? My boyfriend has long legs, he's almost 1.9 meters tall, and he's all legs except for his neck."
"Isn't that a leggy beauty?" Xie Zheng laughed loudly. "Hold her steady."
The bicycle whipped up the winter wind and sped away.
Ruan Xianxian's eyes lit up after being hit by a mouthful of cold wind; she realized that the view from the front seat of a bicycle was so beautiful!
The family compound of 749 is near the suburbs. The three of them rode for half an afternoon, and when they arrived home, a huge orange sun was slanting into the sky.
The red afterglow shone on the faces of the three generations of the family, revealing three listless and dejected faces.
Xie Zheng was exhausted.
Yan Fenghua's buttocks ached from the bumpy ride.
Only Ruan Xianxian faced the cold wind head-on, her entire little face going numb from the cold.
The three looked at each other and smiled simultaneously.
This scene is etched in Ruan Xianxian's heart. Even as she grows old and needs to carry her children and grandchildren to square dancing, she will never forget it!
Ruan Xianxian trembled as she took out her pass from her bosom.
The guard opened the sealed drawer, took out a notebook, and solemnly wrote down Ruan Xianxian's basic information and physical characteristics.
The middle-aged man patted the notebook and said, "Alright, remember to bring another photo when you have time. Entry and exit to our compound are quite strict."
Having never seen such a strict compound before, Ruan Xianxian silently took out a black and white photo from her pocket and placed it next to her small face.
"Will this work?"
Guard: I can't quite put my finger on it, but it just feels strange!
It wasn't until his granddaughter and her family disappeared from sight that he realized, who carries a black-and-white ID photo of themselves in their pocket for no reason?!
The new place that Grandma was assigned was not spacious, about sixty square meters, a small two-bedroom apartment.
The style, however, is a warm and cozy feel that Ruan Xianxian is very familiar with.
Her toothbrush, towel, and snacks were all placed in familiar places, making it seem as if she had lived in the house with her grandmother for some time, even though it was her first time there.
"Go upstairs and rest for a while, change your clothes and wash your face. You want to eat noodles with soybean paste? The ingredients are all ready. I'll just add some sauce and the three of us can start eating."
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