Chapter 80: Chapter 80 Jiaojiao is Kidnapped (5)_1 Chapter 80: Chapter 80 Jiaojiao is Kidnapped (5)_1 She looked at the monkey mother, larger than her by several sizes, shook her head while covering her belly. Confused, the monkey mother followed her gaze to her stomach, touched it, and then laughed.
Without insisting that she eat the peach, she placed it on the branch behind her, hugged her, turned her around, and began to untie her neatly tied hair, searching thoroughly.
“…” Ruan Jiaojiao, thank you, I don’t have that thing!
Over here, Ruan Jiaojiao was relatively safe for the moment, but on the other side, the Ruan Family was turning upside down.
After searching the whole day, with evening approaching, they still hadn’t found Ruan Jiaojiao. No one dared to venture deeper into the woods, everyone said it was more likely to be bad news than good. The Ruan Family didn’t want to stop the search, yet after a whole day, not only were the villagers tired, but they too were exhausted.
The younger kids cried until they had no more tears, the older ones were silent, expressionless.
Ruan Jie would have rushed to the front hill if Ruan Jianmin hadn’t slapped him on the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious. He truly would have done so.
Last time his sister followed him into the hills and got hurt, this time she went into the hills and he lost her entirely. This left too many shadows in the young boy’s heart. He regretted so deeply that he wanted to die or be taken away in place of his sister.
The Ruanlin Family matriarch had woken up in the afternoon, and when she learned Ruan Jiaojiao had not been found, she climbed out of bed, first scolding Ruan Jianguo, then rushed to Liao Zhaoji and gave her a beating.
“Ah, you woman, why don’t you just die! Why don’t you die and give me back my Little Jiaojiao! Oh heavens, why don’t you take this woman away! What on earth did our Ruan Family do wrong to deserve a home-wrecker like you! Oh Lord, please open your eyes…”
The Ruanlin matriarch took out all her anger on Liao Zhaoji, who, despite Wu Le and Du Qing’s efforts to protect her, ended up with her face scratched and bloody.
Liao Zhaoji, both shocked and scared, didn’t dare to fight back and could only be beaten.
In the end, her upper garments were torn open, revealing her undergarments, her face covered in cuts, her hair a tangled mess, she cowered in the corner like a mad woman, utterly disheveled.
Ruan Jun stood outside the door watching and did nothing, just silently looked away.
“Mom, Mom…” Du Qing and Wu Le couldn’t stop the Ruanlin matriarch at all, even getting accidentally hurt while trying to intervene.
Ruan Jianguo clenched his lips tightly, watching the four women create chaos, until finally, doctors from outside ran in and scolded them, urging them to stop the uproar in the hospital before he stepped forward to pull the Ruanlin matriarch away.
But the Ruanlin matriarch slapped him back in return.
“You useless man! What are you doing here, go find Jiaojiao for me! Give me back my Jiaojiao!” Ruanlin matriarch glared at him, slowly sliding down to sit on the floor within his embrace, beating the floor and wailing, “My Jiaojiao, if anything happens to you, what can Mother do, how can I go on living…”
Ruan Jianguo made no effort to avoid the slap from Ruanlin matriarch, letting her hit him and rant in his arms, as if by being hit, his heart could feel a bit better, less in pain.
He and Shu Jiao had three children.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, a son is the treasure, but in his eyes, it was truly his daughter who was the cherished one above all, yet now his cherished one’s life was uncertain. As a father, he was utterly helpless and had long lost the will to live!