Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Broken Head (3)_1 Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Broken Head (3)_1 Teacher Yang, upon hearing these words, only felt the onset of a headache.
She was not unfamiliar with the members of the Ruan Family, partly because the husband of the Ruanlin Family was a martyr, who had been commended in the county. As his family member, she naturally received preferential treatment from the team and the county. Thus, many people from the villages around knew her.
Another reason was because of Shu Jiao. Shu Jiao had gone to the countryside in her early years and was a rare intellectual. She volunteered to teach in their county school for a while, and later, when the college entrance examinations were resumed, she directly took charge of the graduating classes for four or five years. Now she had several college students graduated under her guidance. Everyone looked up to her.
But if the Ruan Family could not be bullied, the Lu Family was no easy opponent either. They were a well-known connected household in the town, and ordinary people really dared not provoke them.
This conflict with the Ruan Family was indeed a troublesome matter.
Teacher Yang could only offer platitudes, “Auntie Ruan, rest assured, our school will definitely handle this matter properly. Please don’t worry for now.” After saying a bunch of official words, she hurriedly left the hospital.
The expression on the Ruanlin Family lady’s face, as she watched her departing figure, was extremely unpleasant.
Back in the ward, Ruan Jie had already fallen asleep leaning on Ruan Jiaojiao. His face was devoid of any color. Ruan Jiaojiao propped herself up with her small arms, not daring to relax in the slightest.
As night fell, Ruan Jianguo also received the news and rushed back, drenched in sweat. He entered, glanced at Ruan Jie, and was called out by Ruan Jiandang. After the two brothers talked for a while, Ruan Jianguo’s face was terribly grim.
Ruan Jianguo was a man of integrity and simplicity, usually not one to argue or fight. But that only applied when no one touched his sore spot, and now, the other party had managed to hit two of his sore spots at once!
When he returned to the ward, his expression had returned to normal. He patted Ruan Jiaojiao’s little head, picked up Ruan Jie, who was still asleep, and the family left the hospital. They boarded a tricycle to go home. There were too many of them, so the children had to sit on top of each other.
Ruan Jie actually woke up when he was picked up, but he didn’t open his eyes. Being cradled in Ruan Jianguo’s arms, the young man buried his head and quietly shed tears. Ruan Jianguo felt the wetness on his chest, and in the darkness of night, his eyes grew even colder.
Upon returning home, Liao Zhaoji was standing at the doorstep, her expression not looking too good. As she was about to blow up at them for where they had been, her mouth closed as soon as she saw Ruan Jianguo carrying Ruan Jie down from the tricycle, his head still bandaged.
The Ruanlin lady didn’t expect her to do anything useful at home. After settling Ruan Jie, she immediately went to the kitchen to get to work.
That night was the only evening Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t get her special meal.
Nobody had much of an appetite. They ate their meal hastily, and Ruan Jiandang returned to his own room. He told Ruan Jianguo to shout for him in the courtyard if anything came up, and he would come right over.
After everyone from the second room left, the Ruanlin lady also urged the other children to go to bed.
Ruan Jiaojiao lay in bed with Ruan Jie for sleep. Ruan Jie was truly exhausted, his head ached, and he didn’t sleep soundly. He awoke, struggling from a nightmare, only to find that Ruan Jiaojiao was no longer by his side.
Thinking that she had gone to sleep with Ruanlin, he was about to continue sleeping with half-closed eyes when he turned his head and saw a small figure perched by the window next to him.
Ruan Jie frowned and could faintly hear the voices of the Ruanlin Family lady and Ruan Jianguo talking outside.
He tiptoed over just in time to hear the Ruanlin lady outside say, “I have never been able to stop you from making your decisions. Now that you have decided, go ahead. But just one thing, no matter the outcome, you must come back before the new year!”