Jiaojiao was busy all morning and was a bit tired. After Duan Xi arranged everything for the zoo, she went home.

Because there were so many people, the Ruan Family directly rented several buses.

Jiaojiao and Duan Xi sat in a row, half-leaning on his shoulder, dozing off. Sitting on the other side of the aisle, Yu Rou was still excited, chattering all the way.

Across Duan Xi, Yu Rou asked Jiaojiao, who was sitting by the window, "Jiaojiao, why does that python listen to you so well? It didn’t bite you?"

When Jiaojiao was carried out by the big python, Yu Rou’s heart was all twisted up in knots, scared to death.

Jiaojiao leaned against the seat back, eyes closed, resting. She answered, "Of course it won’t bite me, I’m a little fairy after all. Look at how good-looking I am; how could it bear to bite me?"

"..." Yu Rou.

"Jiaojiao, how come I never noticed you had such thick skin before?" After a long while, Yu Rou hummed this sentence.

But Jiaojiao had already leaned against Duan Xi and fallen asleep, no longer responding to her. Yu Rou took one look and obediently sat back properly.

Sitting quite a bit towards the back, Jiang Bai was warmly chatting with Shu Jiao and others.

Jiang Bai is Yu Rou’s mother, and only birthed Yu Rou. She’s still under forty this year. She used to look down on the Ruan Family a bit, but as the Ruan Family has increasingly prospered over the years, she started urging Yu Rou to connect more with them.

This year, she learned about the Ruan Family’s zoo opening, and thick-skinnedly tagged along the whole way, constantly making conversation with Shu Jiao.

Shu Jiao has a good nature, although she sees right through Jiang Bai, she shows nothing on her face. They chat as if they were really old friends not seen for years.

The driver first dropped Jiang Bai and Yu Rou at a designated location. After getting into her own car, Jiang Bai kept praising Yu Rou, but Yu Rou was already used to this behavior and said nothing.

However, Jiang Bai quickly shifted the topic to her point, nudging Yu Rou on the side and probing, "Rou’er, does Duan Xi’s cousin, Duan Xin, have a partner?"

"???" Yu Rou looked over, bewildered.

"If not, you should spend more time with him..."

"Mom!" Yu Rou glared at her, speechless, "I’m not even an adult yet. I’m still going to be in my last year of high school, and you’re telling me this?"

Yu Rou is older than Jiaojiao, but still not an adult. Moreover, she’s headed straight into her senior year soon, never having imagined her mother would bring this up.

Reflecting on the family atmosphere she felt in the Ruan Family, thinking about Shu Jiao’s affection for Jiaojiao, she couldn’t help but question, "Mom, do you even love me?"

"What kind of talk is that? Who else would I love if not you?" Jiang Bai also got angry, "You silly girl, what do you know? No matter how much a woman studies, it’s all about marrying well! Look at your uncle’s family, look at Zhou Yun, then see Feng Nianian who’s not married to your cousin—they show how crucial it is for a woman to marry well."

Yu Rou didn’t say anything, her little face stern.

Seeing her daughter like this, Jiang Bai spoke earnestly, "And I’m not saying you have to start dating him right away; just get on good terms with him. So many choices in the future."

Yu Rou still kept silent; she didn’t like Duan Xin, all full of himself and troublesome. She liked... someone more like Ruan Qun.