Chapter 2190: Lu Meng (2)
"That’s right, if anything happens, just tell the family. Isn’t your grandpa right here? There’s nothing you can’t get through!" Grandpa Shu chimed in.
Behind the three of them, Xiaobai kept twisting its body, indicating that it was there too.
Jiaojiao felt a bit apologetic, "Grandma, Grandpa, I’m fine. I just didn’t rest well last night. I’ll be fine if I can just sleep next to Grandma for a while."
"Alright, alright, then Grandma will hold you while you sleep for a bit," Ruanlin Family’s elder immediately said.
Jiaojiao blinked her eyes, which felt sore and painful even when closed. Shu Jiao brought out a heated steam eye mask from the room and said as she walked, "This is what your aunt brought over a few days ago, saying it’s really useful. I’ll let you try it."
With that, she tore open the packaging, crouched in front of Ruan Jiaojiao, and applied it to her eyes.
Jiaojiao had cried too much last night, causing her eyes to swell up like walnuts, both painful and sore. The heated steam eye mask indeed made them much more comfortable.
But while her body felt better, there was no relief in her heart.
"Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao..." Zhao Li’s voice came in even before she did.
Jiaojiao’s heart skipped a beat, and she immediately lifted the eye mask to see Zhao Li bustling in with a vegetable basket in hand, loudly announcing, "Oh dear, how did your eyes get so swollen? It must be so uncomfortable. Don’t worry, godmother’s here. Look what I’ve got!"
Saying this, she lifted the vegetable basket, "This is fresh bass I specially bought early this morning at the market, said to be the best for calming the mind. Just wait, godmother will stew a pot of lily yam bass soup for you; it’ll guarantee you a good sleep and chase away all the nightmares."
As Zhao Li finished speaking, she prepared to carry the basket back to make soup. But before she could turn around, she saw Jiaojiao looking at her, and suddenly tears started streaming down her face.
Jiaojiao, who had held her emotions together for the whole night, broke down completely with Zhao Li’s few words, her heart feeling like it was being torn into countless pieces, causing her almost physical pain.
She cried so hard that she choked, gasped, and nearly fainted.
Everyone in the hall, including Ruanlin Family’s elder, was stunned, and even Lu Zishu, who followed Zhao Li in intending to make some cheeky remarks, was shocked.
Jiaojiao’s sudden breakdown shocked Zhao Li; once she realized what was happening, she quickly rushed over, set the basket aside, and hugged Jiaojiao tightly, comforting her with concern, "What’s wrong? Jiaojiao, quickly tell godmother, did someone bully you, or did Lu Zishu give you a hard time again? Just tell godmother, I’ll go deal with him for you! How dare he, always messing around..."
Zhao Li grew more and more furious as she spoke, rolling up her sleeves as if ready to go and hit the equally bewildered Lu Zishu, who was just about to protest his innocence when he saw Jiaojiao slide off the sofa and kneel in front of Zhao Li.
"Godmother, I’m sorry, I’m sorry..." Jiaojiao cried out.
Already struggling with Lu Xian’s death, feeling it was all her fault, now seeing Zhao Li get up so early to buy fish for her, saying she’ll make soup, her last mental defense was thoroughly shattered.
Lu Xian died because of her, and Zhao Li, unaware, was still so kind to her, this indirect culprit. How could she bear it?