Listening to Jiaojiao’s words, Lu Xian paused his large hand on her head, then smiled with a light in his slightly upturned eyes, nodding solemnly: "Alright, I’ll try harder."

When Jiaojiao returned to the ward, the three people in the room immediately looked over.

Jiaojiao explained to Lu Xian: "Brother Xian said he’d first take Auntie home, and then he’ll come back to bring lunch for you at noon."

Last night, Zhao Li stayed up all night. Since she came in a hurry and didn’t bring a change of clothes, Lu Xian took her home today. Starting this afternoon, Lu Xian would be coming to take care of things.

Lu Zishu nodded.

Jiaojiao and Duan Xi stayed here for over an hour, and when they left, Ruan Lei stayed behind.

Sitting in the car, Jiaojiao was lost in thought about what Lu Xian said today. All the way, Duan Xi surprisingly didn’t ask her anything until the car reached the entrance of the neighborhood. As they drove inside, Jiaojiao saw a familiar figure.

Winter break had been going on for half a month, and this was the first time Jiaojiao saw Shen Ting during this period.

Shen Ting, carrying a luggage bag, had just entered the neighborhood gate. Hearing the honk of a car, he turned around and saw Duan Xi driving in, with Jiaojiao in the passenger seat, and his expression instantly darkened.

Shen Ting had embarked on his journey to find Wa Yiting as soon as vacation started. The search went quite smoothly.

But he didn’t expect the outcome to be like this.

After learning from Wa Yiting’s mouth that the steamed rice cake might have been suggested by Jiaojiao, his world was greatly impacted.

He even found it hard to accept that someone who had once given him warmth could be such a malicious person like Jiaojiao.

The evil deeds that Jiaojiao committed in her past life were still vivid in his mind, unforgettable.

Moreover, even if Wa Yiting wasn’t that person, the obsession he had with her in his past life was too deep to fade easily in this life. Even though he discovered she was different from the person in his memory, he still stayed in her hotel for nearly half a month, watching her repeatedly challenge his perception of her until finally, she was entirely different from the person in his past life’s memory, and his heart no longer stirred, prompting him to leave the hotel.

During this process, Wa Yiting obtained nearly ten thousand yuan from him. Naturally, he also used this money to learn about another side of Jiaojiao.

A Jiaojiao completely different from the one in his memory.

The gap between Wa Yiting and Jiaojiao had become vast over the years: one is the cherished daughter of the Ruan Family, the other is a worker at the Ruan Family. Any past bitterness Wa Yiting held against Jiaojiao had long vanished in the wake of these differences because she understood that Jiaojiao now belongs to a completely different world.

When Shen Ting asked, she didn’t maliciously slander, but merely told him what she knew in exchange for money.

So now, seeing Jiaojiao, his feelings are very complicated.

Duan Xi saw Shen Ting but didn’t stop the car, continuing to drive inside. When they got home, the two got out of the car and neither mentioned Shen Ting. Because since he didn’t bother them by coming, to them, he was akin to a stranger, not worth any attention. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

But Jiaojiao didn’t expect that, in the evening when she took Rourou and Xiaoxue out for a walk, she would be confronted by Shen Ting, who asked her a baffling question: "Back then, did you instruct Wa Yiting to give Xiu Xi the steamed rice cake?"