He glanced at him and suddenly felt a whim to tease, he lowered his voice in a mysterious manner, "Shh... You didn’t expect to find out so soon, did you? Actually, I planned to tell you when you grew up. Our family are all fairies from the heavens, your mom is the Queen Mother of the West, I’m the Duke of the East, and you and your brother are actually celestial daughters reincarnated into boys. But this matter is our family secret; you mustn’t tell anyone else! Otherwise, our family would have to return to the Heaven Palace and live those unfree days again..."
"..." Ruan Jie looked at him expressionlessly as he spouted nonsense earnestly, waiting patiently until he finished. Ruan Jie then curled his lip corner mockingly and scoffed, "Dad, you didn’t give birth to an idiot!"
Without caring about Ruan Jianguo’s reaction, he walked into the house, hugging the large watermelon, leaving Ruan Jianguo standing there dumbfounded.
Once inside, Ruan Jie started pestering Xiu Xi and Ruan Jiaojiao with endless questions. But Ruan Jiaojiao was already sleepy, and once she entered the Ruanlin Family’s room, she lay down. Ruanlin hadn’t finished her chores, so Xiu Xi stayed by her side, fanning her while keeping her company.
Ruan Jie chattered nonstop, buzzing like a mosquito, causing Ruan Jiaojiao to flip over with a hint of irritation and grunt.
Xiu Xi immediately directed a cold look towards Ruan Jie.
"..." Frightened once again by Xiu Xi’s gaze, Ruan Jie swallowed his saliva quietly and swallowed the rest of his words, deftly rolling out of the Ruanlin’s room.
Once outside, he slapped his own head somewhat annoyed.
He didn’t understand why, even though he was four or five years older than the kid, every time that kid looked at him, he would obediently comply, only to regret it afterward. Yet, whenever he was under that gaze again, he would unconsciously repeat his previous actions; it was really bizarre.
After Ruan Jie left, Ruan Jiaojiao immediately fell asleep, and Xiu Xi waited for Ruanlin to return to her room before going back to his own room upstairs.
He hoped that Ruan Jiaojiao would sleep upstairs, next door to his, but Ruan Jiaojiao said she was still young and didn’t want to sleep alone.
In reality, Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t want to separate from Ruanlin to sleep, so she brazenly claimed she was young and continued to share a room with Ruanlin.
Ruanlin was also happy and naturally had no objections.
Zhao Li was a decisive person. As soon as the Ruan Family agreed to let Ruan Jiaojiao recognize her as a godmother, she started preparing the gifts for the acknowledgment the day after she got back.
In their area, acknowledging a godparent could be a big or small affair; those who weren’t particular would simply offer a cup of tea and hand over a red envelope to be recognized. For those who were meticulous, it was more complicated.
Zhao Li didn’t want to shortchange Ruan Jiaojiao and naturally wanted to do it with the grandest standards. She looked down on the goods in the town’s supply and marketing cooperative, so she had Lu Zhiwei take her on the motorcycle to the big market in town to pick specifically.
Zhao Li took a long time to choose, eventually picking out four sets of clothes and four pairs of matching shoes for Ruan Jiaojiao, along with a pink tricycle for kids. She even wanted to pick more items, considering the Ruan Family had just moved into a new building and probably needed a lot, but Lu Zhiwei stopped her.
They had been continuously bringing gifts to the Ruan Family because they genuinely liked them, but he also knew that their series of presents could bring a fair amount of pressure on the Ruan Family. After all, the Ruan Family wasn’t the type to take advantage. They would surely find ways to return the favor in the future, and by doing so, it would only add to their burden.