But because the courtyard was so large, even standing on the second floor, one couldn’t see outside.
Xiu Xi’s eyelids drooped as he thought for a moment, then he closed the window and got up to walk outside.
The other children were still playing wildly in the room and didn’t notice this side; Ruan Jie saw that both Xiu Xi and Ruan Jiaojiao had gone downstairs. Not sure what he thought of, he became somewhat excited and followed after them.
Downstairs, Ruan Jianguo hadn’t opened the door yet. There was a knocking sound from outside, but no one responded, which was really strange.
It wasn’t until he saw Ruan Jiaojiao and the others come down that he frowned and said, "Get inside, what are you coming down for!" He then looked toward the Ruanlin Family matriarch, "Mom, take them inside."
"They have come for Jiaojiao," Xiu Xi didn’t move, just calmly explained.
"What?" Ruan Jianguo didn’t react for a moment.
Meanwhile, the guests waiting outside were getting impatient. One of them propped up its enchanting body, climbed to the top of the wall, cocked its head at Ruan Jiaojiao, and hissed a snake’s hiss, "Ssss..." Little Cutie, I’ve come to bring you a gift.
Ruan Jie’s eyes widened in shock at the sight of that white snake head on the wall, and he lost his voice with fright.
With a stern look from Xiu Xi, the snake head sild down with a rustle and stood orderly at the back courtyard door.
Ruan Jianguo had already opened the back door.
He looked at the monkeys wrapped around with fruit and the Changchong circling a large watermelon with its tail, at first doubting whether he was hallucinating.
Perhaps because of Xiu Xi’s warning gaze, the monkey didn’t dare to make a noise, only gestured with its hands, then excitedly piled all the fruits it had been carrying in front of the door, and the Changchong nudged the watermelon inside with the tip of its tail.
After doing all this, they didn’t linger and quickly disappeared into the rear mountain; of course, Changchong was a bit of an exception. Before leaving, it twisted its body towards Ruan Jiaojiao as if it wanted to come closer, but before it could act, it was scared away by Xiu Xi.
After the gift-bearing monkey and Changchong left, Ruan Jianguo, leaning against the door, struggled to process what happened.
He turned and asked the equally shocked Ruanlin Family matriarch, "Mom, I didn’t hallucinate, did I? Am I feverish? Is that why I’m seeing things?"
"It looks to me like you’re about to die! Stop babbling and hurry up and get the fruit inside!" the Ruanlin Family matriarch snorted at him after coming to her senses, then turned to look at Ruan Jiaojiao, who seemed very calm on the side. She wanted to say something but didn’t know how to begin; in the end, she just patted her little head.
This kind of thing had happened too many times, so beyond a bit of shock, she felt no pressure in accepting it.
When her gaze fell on Ruan Jie, he subconsciously covered his mouth, indicating that he wouldn’t say anything.
However, that scene had still been too shocking for him.
Were the monkey and Changchong really delivering gifts for his sister? So those fruits they had eaten before, were they all gifts from them?
Ruan Jie wished he could howl like a meatball, raise his neck, and let out a couple of cries to vent the shock he felt.
After the Ruanlin Family matriarch had taken Ruan Jiaojiao inside, Ruan Jie approached to help Ruan Jianguo move the fruit, sneaking glances at Ruanlin Family matriarch as he did so. Seeing she had already gone inside, he quietly asked Ruan Jianguo, "Dad, you and mom didn’t give birth to a fairy, did you? Has the daughter of the Queen Mother of the West descended to the mortal world?"
In reality, Ruan Jie wanted to say "goblin," but considering his sister’s extraordinary status at home, he was afraid of being beaten, so he had to change it to "fairy."
He feared he had fathered a foolish son!