Chapter 156: Planning (5)

As she said that, she looked towards the gate of the Ruan family, expecting someone to come out and see.

But——still no.

Liu Mei pursed her lips and stood in the yard, feeling like she had punched cotton, which was a bit unpleasant.

Finally, she glared at the Ruan family and went into the house with the bamboo rat.

At the Ruan family next door, Ruan Lin was picking vegetables. Ruan Jiaojiao sat on a small stool to help. While picking, she looked at her grandmother's expression. She didn't know if it was her illusion. She always felt that when Liu Mei next door shouted these two voices, her grandmother's pressure dropped a lot. It is estimated that she has never been so aggrieved in her life.

"Why are you looking at me?"

"Grandma, are you angry?" Ruan Jiaojiao asked knowingly.

"What's there to be angry about? Liu Mei's level is worth your grandma's action?" Ruan Lin looked disdainful, but she said that, she still said to Ruan Jiaojiao: "Call your brother Xu to eat later."

"Yeah!" Ruan Jiaojiao nodded heavily.

Ruan Lin touched her little head lovingly, and then went to the kitchen with a sieve.

Ruan Jiaojiao washed her hands by the well, wiped them with a dry towel, picked up two White Rabbit milk candies on the stool, and was about to find Xu Xu, when she turned around and saw Xu Xu standing at the entrance of the yard.

"Brother Xu, here's some candy for you." She handed him the White Rabbit milk candy in her hand. This was the most delicious candy she had ever eaten, much better than fruit candy and mint candy, and the milk flavor was particularly strong.

Xu Xu would still eat the things Ruan Jiaojiao gave him even if he was not interested.

He took the candy in her hand, peeled it and put it in her little mouth first, and saw that she squinted her eyes in enjoyment, then peeled another one and put it in his own mouth.

The two ate White Rabbit milk candy and sat on the steps of the yard.

Ruan Jiaojiao swung her little feet and asked him: "Brother Xu, when will you come to my house for dinner? Grandma misses you."

"Soon." Xu Xu replied, looking at her intently: "From now on, we will never be apart again."

Ruan Jiaojiao blinked. Even though she didn't know what he was doing, she didn't know why she trusted him very much. She nodded seriously and said: "There is a room for you in the building that Dad mentioned. You can live with us when the time comes, and we will go to school together."

Growing up together, she will definitely keep a good eye on him and prevent him from going down the road of villains.

Hearing this, Xu Xu also nodded solemnly.

This afternoon and evening, Xu Xu still didn't eat at Ruan's house.

At Xu's house, even though Liu Mei said nice things, she didn't prepare Xu Xu's share, and didn't call him at mealtime. The three of them ate deliciously.

Xu Xu didn't move forward either, and stayed quietly in his grocery store like an invisible man.

After dinner, Liu Mei washed Xu Cheng's face and feet, and when she returned to the house with a kerosene lamp, she passed by Xu Xu's grocery store and couldn't help but look inside. Seeing that he was indeed sleeping inside, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows in surprise.

Because since Ruan Lin said that Xu Xu was under her care, Xu Xu almost never came home at night, and was not at home during the day. Liu Mei originally felt that he was an eyesore and thought it was just right that he was not at home.

She even thought that Ruan Lin was old and confused, and she was really a fool to support such a person of a different surname for no reason.

But in the past few days, she found that Xu Xu suddenly started to stay at home every day, and slept at home at night, but he didn't eat at the table. She was a little curious. Did he eat outside these days like before? Or did he go to Ruan's house to eat when she wasn't paying attention?