Su Ruanruan understood her best.
She glared at Bao Jingyuan, "Are you that afraid of him?"
Bao Jingyuan complained, "Big brother dotes on you, you simply cannot understand my feelings."
In an attempt to comfort her, Su Ruanruan said, "He wasn’t nice to me at first either!"
Bao Jingyuan didn’t believe it.
She eagerly said, "The day you came to our home, big brother was staring at you."
She said awkwardly, "I should’ve been suspicious long ago."
Su Ruanruan asked her, "Then what?"
Bao Jingyuan didn’t dare to say.
She dashed to the kitchen to find Gui Zhi.
Su Ruanruan shook her head.
She took off her coat and sat on the sofa, gently massaging her forehead.
After all, staying up late at night, she felt somewhat dizzy.
Bao Ziqi wheeled over.
He handed her a cup of juice.
Su Ruanruan opened her eyes and smiled faintly, "Ziqi."
Bao Ziqi asked her, "Is work very tiring?"
Su Ruanruan sipped the juice and replied, "Not bad! Just operated last night!"
After a pause, she shared, "It was Zhou Jinhua, gastric perforation."
Bao Ziqi’s past with Zhou Jinhua ran deep.
They both had been engaged to Su Qionglin.
And they both fell for Su Ruanruan.
Bao Ziqi remained silent.
But Su Ruanruan remembered something and softly said, "I heard from big brother that you send money to... her place every year."
Her referred to Su Qionglin.
Bao Ziqi didn’t deny it.
He said, "Her ending up , I inevitably bear some responsibility."
Su Ruanruan patted the back of his hand.
She said in a low voice, "Don’t overthink it! Big brother said she’s doing fine in there."
Only her mental state has become somewhat abnormal.
Su Ruanruan couldn’t help thinking: Actually, it might be for the best, otherwise, with my third sister’s proud temperament, she would have suffered terribly inside.
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Over the years, they had supported each other.
They were already like family.
Su Ruanruan asked about his rehabilitation.
She had been spending a lot of time at Bao Jingyan’s place recently, inevitably neglecting him.
Yet Bao Ziqi said, "I have Jingyuan keeping me company! Besides, Jiaren is so young and needs someone with her."
Bao Ziqi didn’t want her to feel burdened.
Su Ruanruan fell silent for a while, continuing to sip her juice.
At that moment, car sounds came from the parking lot in the yard.
Bao Ziqi said, "Big brother has arrived!"
Su Ruanruan hummed in acknowledgment.
She looked at Bao Ziqi and saw his fair hand gripping the armrest of the wheelchair.
The knuckles turned white.
She thought: So Ziqi can get nervous too!
A white Bentley came to a steady stop.
Bao Jingyan stepped out; he took out a rather large box from the trunk.
He walked into the hall.
Bao Jingyuan stood up straight, her small hands twisting together.
She called out like a kitten, "Big brother."
Bao Jingyan looked at her indifferently.
Bao Jingyuan grew more anxious.
She shuffled towards Su Ruanruan, not daring to sit down.
She was terrified big brother would get angry and take Ruanruan away.
Seeing her like that, Bao Jingyan snorted coldly, "Shameful."
He placed the cake on the dining table.
Then, he took out a small box from his pocket and gave it to her.
Bao Jingyuan was startled by the favor.
She carefully opened it.
Inside was a diamond bracelet.
She held the box, her slender fingers gripping it tightly.
Warmth appeared in her eyes.
Bao Jingyan asked her, "What, you don’t want it?"
"I do," Bao Jingyuan sobbed.
She called out big brother again.
She said, "I thought you didn’t want me and the second brother anymore."
Bao Jingyan wouldn’t speak sentimental words.
He came to celebrate her birthday.
Bao Jingyuan was always one to burst into enthusiasm when shown a little kindness; given a bit of good grace, she would at once become smug.
She threw herself into Bao Jingyan’s embrace, sobbing softly.