Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Is the Original Host’s Consciousness Still There? (4)_1 Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Is the Original Host’s Consciousness Still There? (4)_1 Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t remember what Shu Jiao looked like, but she inexplicably felt that this older brother must resemble Shu Jiao a lot. She tilted her head up, watching his laughing face, and without knowing why, she blurted out, “Big brother, what does Mom look like?”
It was as if someone pressed the pause button, the smile on Ruan Hao’s face instantly froze.
In a corner that Ruan Jiaojiao couldn’t see, he quietly clenched his fist, then softened his expression and bent down to pick her up.
“Is Jiaojiao missing Mom?” His voice was even gentler than the spring breeze in April.
Ruan Jiaojiao nodded, feeling as if she was nodding on behalf of the consciousness that might still exist in her body.
“Then, does Jiaojiao remember what Mom said to her the night before she left?”
Ruan Jiaojiao shook her head.
She had no memories of Shu Jiao. Even though she was not the original owner of this body, she had no qualms about the original owner’s mother. But having been reborn into this body, she received no memories about her whatsoever.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t remember. Let me tell you, Mom went to find her own mother. You see, Jiaojiao feels sad without Mom, right? So, Mom would feel sad without her mom too, wouldn’t she? Once Mom finds her, she’ll come back.”
“Mom is looking for Grandma?”
“Yes, Mom went to look for Grandma. Once she finds her, she’ll come back. So don’t be sad, Jiaojiao. Mom will come back one day.” Ruan Hao gently rubbed her little head. “As for what others say, Jiaojiao doesn’t need to listen, just believe what Big Brother says, okay?”
“Okay.” Ruan Jiaojiao obediently nodded, blinked her eyes, and after blinking away the last bit of discomfort in her heart, she took Ruan Hao’s hand and started wandering around.
Ruan Hao got along well with everyone in their group, and everyone greeted him when they saw him.
The siblings walked and chatted along the way and unknowingly reached the ridge of the fields behind the hills.
Ruan Jiaojiao looked at the entrance to the back hill, a flicker in her eyes. Turning her head with a sweet smile, she said, “Brother, let’s go back. It’s been so long, Grandma must be done with her work.”
“Okay.” Ruan Hao calculated the time and also felt that the Ruanlin family, along with the second aunt, should be done talking. So, he picked up Ruan Jiaojiao, ready to head home.
Ruan Jiaojiao comfortably lay on his shoulder, tilting her little head to look at the hill behind them. As she watched, she saw a figure emerge, just like the last time, holding… several rats in hand!
This little villain! He’s become addicted to eating rats?
Ruan Jiaojiao covered her face, her small mouth wickedly grinning at an angle no one else could see, mentally chanting quails quails quails… falling on the little villain!
“Thump thump thump…” Five consecutive sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground and hitting someone followed.
Ruan Jiaojiao’s little face was still buried in Ruan Hao’s neck, stealthily she opened her eyes to look backward, wanting to see if it was the quails that fell. But as she looked back, she locked eyes with a pair that seemed to glow green.
The other person seemed to have been watching her the whole time, not interested in the quails at all. When she looked over, they didn’t shift their gaze away, and the stare even intensified.
Instead, Ruan Jiaojiao inexplicably felt a bit guilty and turned her little head away. But at this moment, Ruan Hao also heard the noises and turned to look, making eye contact with the little villain.
“Huh… Xiaoxi, did you catch these quails?” Ruan Hao turned around and saw several quails scattered around Xiu Xi, assuming he had caught them.