Chapter 2191: Lu Meng (Part 3)
"Jiaojiao? Jiaojiao?" This time, Zhao Li was genuinely frightened. She quickly bent over to pick up Ruan Jiaojiao, but Ruan Jiaojiao’s knees seemed glued to the ground, refusing to budge.
Next to her, the Ruanlin Family and Old Master Shu also came to help, but still couldn’t lift Ruan Jiaojiao. Shu Jiao stood by, not helping, her gaze instead fixed on Ruan Hao and Duan Xi standing at the staircase.
Regardless of Ruan Hao’s usual treatment of his sister Ruan Jiaojiao, Duan Xi’s reaction was off. Normally, he would never let Ruan Jiaojiao kneel on the ground, crying in emotional distress like this.
Yet now, he merely watched without moving, clearly having no intention to act, leaving her to suspect whether Ruan Jiaojiao had perhaps done something against the Lu Family.
She thought for a moment. Lu Zishu was definitely ruled out, Zhao Li and Lu Zhiwei were essentially ruled out, leaving only Lu Xian.
But what could have happened with Lu Xian?
And how could it be related to her daughter?
Shu Jiao couldn’t figure it out and chose not to intervene. Zhao Li was so anxious that she was about to lose her temper. She hadn’t noticed Duan Xi and Ruan Hao at the staircase and could only shout to Lu Zishu behind her, "What are you standing there for? Hurry over!"
Upon hearing this, Duan Xi and Ruan Hao came over before Lu Zishu could extend his hand.
The two elders and Zhao Li could not handle Ruan Jiaojiao, but Duan Xi directly picked her up around the waist, covering her face in his embrace, and said to the few people in the room, "She didn’t rest well last night. I’ll take her back to her room to sleep for a bit."
"Alright, alright, go quickly." Zhao Li nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
After Ruan Jiaojiao was carried away, she turned to Ruanlin and asked, "Auntie, wasn’t Jiaojiao’s issue already resolved? Why now... No, I don’t think it can be like this. Her mental state seems off. How about we find a soothsayer to ask?"
Ruanlin was also at a loss, as Ruan Jiaojiao’s current state was only seen when she was six years old. Even after going through that life-threatening ordeal, she wasn’t like this.
She couldn’t make up her mind and turned to look at Shu Jiao, who looked at Zhao Li instead and asked calmly, "Lily and Chinese yam perch soup is calming, right?"
"Yes, I’ve heard it before. I just went to buy the ingredients early this morning. No, I have to go home immediately and make it so Jiaojiao can drink it as soon as possible." With that, Zhao Li picked up her basket and headed out, coming and going in a flurry.
Seeing her leave, Lu Zishu scratched the back of his head, getting ready to leave as well, but Shu Jiao softly stopped him.
"Zishu, come here for a moment. Auntie wants to ask you something." She quietly called Lu Zishu.
Lu Zishu, suspecting nothing, walked over.
"Zishu, who told your mom about Jiaojiao’s nightmare last night?" Shu Jiao asked.
It was only a little past six in the morning. Ruan Jianguo had received a call and left with Ruan Jie, so it’s impossible he went to the Lu Family to talk about Ruan Jiaojiao’s nightmare last night. And for such a trivial matter, he certainly wouldn’t go out of his way to mention it.
And Ruanlin had been busy making breakfast all morning, without going out. Duan Xi and Ruan Hao obviously weren’t the ones to run to the Lu Family to specifically tell this, so how did Zhao Li know?
Or could it be that when Duan Xi brought back little Ruan Jiaojiao, her face blue and white from the cold last night, he went to the Lu Family?