Chapter 2181: The Truth Abroad (13)
Lu Xian is dead?
When those four words entered her ears, Ruan Jiaojiao froze for a second, then suddenly burst out laughing: "Brother Xi, don’t joke around, isn’t Brother Xian just fine? I even saw him today."
She laughed a little, then as if remembering something, added, "Brother Xi, I know you don’t like Brother Xian, but you know it now too, he already has a kid, and he doesn’t like me anymore. Oh right, I don’t think he even gave me a present today. But it’s fine, Godmom and Goddad gave me a big red envelope. I was busy earlier and didn’t have time to look at it. I’ll go find it now, I want to see how much money is inside. Goddad and Godmom are generous, they must’ve put in a lot. When I see Lu Zishu tomorrow, I’m going to show off to him and make him so jealous he dies..."
Ruan Jiaojiao chattered on and on while scrambling down from the bed. The instant her foot touched the floor, her legs gave out and she plopped down on her butt. She didn’t seem to feel any pain, and immediately got back up again.
She lifted her head and gave Duan Xi a slightly embarrassed smile, then started rummaging through everything, hunting for the big red envelope Zhao Li had given her.
Everything on the bed was moved onto the floor. Except for the path to the bathroom, everywhere else was blocked. Ruan Jiaojiao searched through the pile of gifts, but no matter what she did, she couldn’t find it. She furrowed her little brows, muttering to herself, "How come I can’t find it? Where did I put it? I think I put it in a drawer. How come I can’t find it? That’s so strange..."
The more she talked, the more her voice trembled, and even her hands started shaking along with it, the kind of shaking she couldn’t control at all.
Duan Xi got down from the bed, wanting to pull her into his arms, but Ruan Jiaojiao reached out and pushed him away. She lifted her head and said to him, "Brother Xi, can you help me look for it? A really big red envelope, there must be a lot of money inside, but I don’t remember where I put it. Help me look, okay?"
She tilted her head up to look at Duan Xi, her gaze stubborn, yet her eyes were filled with fragility, as if the moment Duan Xi refused her, she would completely fall apart.
Duan Xi’s heart clenched in pain. He had just reached out to pull her into his arms when, in the next second, he clearly felt her whole small body trembling, her chattering teeth knocking together.
"Brother Xi!!" Ruan Jiaojiao pushed him away, seeming angry: "Are you going to help me find it or not? If you’re not going to help, then stop getting in the way!"
With that, she turned her head and continued searching through the messy pile of gifts for that so‑called big red envelope. But all of these gifts were from Gu Zichen, so how could she possibly find the big red envelope Zhao Li had given her.
By the time Ruan Jiaojiao got to the bottom of the pile, she was practically crawling in it. It was the end of November, the heating hadn’t been turned on yet, and the floor was hard and icy cold. Ruan Jiaojiao was wearing only thin pajamas, and crawling on the floor like that, her knees, the palms of her hands... were quickly frozen bright red.
But she didn’t feel cold at all. After crawling back and forth across the room several times without finding it, she stood up again, still talking to herself: "Maybe it’s downstairs. Dad just said there wasn’t enough space up here, so he put things downstairs. I’ll go see if I can find it..."
As she said this, Ruan Jiaojiao hurriedly tried to rush out, but her hands and feet were stiff from the cold. When she stood up, she stepped on a jewelry box, her whole body swayed and toppled sideways. Just as she was about to hit the corner of the bed, Duan Xi reached out and pulled her into his arms.