Ruan Youning never thought that he would meet Ruan Zhicheng here.
There are so many private rooms, but the opposite one is Ruan Zhicheng.
What a coincidence, but the door is still ajar.
Ruan Zhicheng was obviously having dinner with a woman, and the admiration in his eyes was almost visible.
Such adoring and eager eyes were once upon her.
As for the person hidden by the box, Ruan Youning instinctively thought it was Jiang Pan'er.
She couldn't explain the reason, but she instinctively felt that only Jiang Pan'er and Ruan Zhicheng would show such expressions.
When did they become so good? She had no contact with Ruan Zhicheng for more than 20 days.
Ruan Youning was stunned, thinking slowly.
As if they noticed Ruan Youning's gaze, the people in the box turned their heads.
When he turned around, his pupils shrank violently.
Ruan Youning could see clearly, there was panic written on his face? Feeling overwhelmed?
She didn't know, she just felt that her brother, who had been called her for more than 20 years, was slowly fading out of her world and disappearing from her world.
Ruan Zhicheng was stunned, and this scene seemed to make the people in the box aware. With a "pull", the door of the box was completely opened.
Their eyes met, Ruan Youning could see clearly, and belatedly, she finally understood why Jiang Pan'er's face looked familiar.
She and her appearance are actually 45% similar, just looking at the eyes, they are almost exactly the same.
Song Shijing also saw it clearly. He had only heard of Jiang Pan'er on weekdays, but today was the first time he saw Jiang Pan'er. He quietly moved half an inch and found Ruan Youning's hand with his big hand.
Jiang Pan'er was obviously a little surprised. Her eyes glanced at the faces of Song Shijing and Ruan Youning, and she opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something.
Before he could speak, Ruan Zhicheng spoke first: "Sister, stop looking."
Who is this 'sister' called? Who else should I ask to stop watching?
Ruan Youning couldn't tell the difference for a moment, but Jiang Pan'er turned around and responded softly.
turn out to be……
Ruan Youning's emotions were tumbling in her heart, but she finally said in a low voice, "Let's go."
She lowered her eyes, covering up all her emotions, and her tone could not detect joy or anger.
Song Shijing followed Ruan Youning's footsteps obediently. The two of them didn't take more than two steps before Ruan Zhicheng caught up with him. He had quickly sorted out all the emotions on his face and said in a calm voice: "Let's go home tonight. Today is the beginning of winter."
Ruan Youning understood what he meant, but did she really need to go home?
In other words, is that home still her home?
When Ruan Youning didn't get an answer, Ruan Zhicheng said again: "Dad misses you very much..."
These words fell in Ruan Youning's ears, and inexplicably, the loss in his heart suddenly gave rise to a trace of sour joy.
It was enough. There was someone in the Ruan family who welcomed her and missed her, so she was willing to go back.
Moreover, the relationship with the Ruan family should indeed come to an end.
Thinking of this, Ruan Youning replied in a low voice: "Six o'clock in the evening."
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Ruan Youning felt quite absent-minded all afternoon. Although she tried hard to convince herself not to mind or think about certain things, she still couldn't hide her lack of interest.
She imagined countless scenes of returning to Ruan's house in her mind, but soon she felt that her imagination was a bit funny.
It was just a trip back to Ruan's house. How could she be so worried?
The art museum closes at six o'clock and starts clearing out one after another at five-thirty.
Song Shijing knew that Ruan Youning had something on his mind, so they left the art museum together around five o'clock.
"Going to the old house?" he asked.
This old house naturally refers to the old house of the Ruan family.
Ruan Youning was sitting in the passenger seat. Hearing this, he just hummed.
During the evening rush hour, there was a slight traffic jam on the road, but Song Shijing still drove to the Ruan family's old house on time.
Looking at the familiar old house, Ruan Youning felt mixed emotions for a while. She hesitated, but finally decided to face everything.
She said: "Ajing, I'm going in...I'll have to face it sooner or later."
Song Shijing frowned, and the worry in his eyes almost overflowed, but he also knew that this was Ruan Youning's family matter, and he could not interfere reasonably.
He nodded, and the kiss he placed on Ruan Youning's forehead was extremely precious: "I'll wait for you here."
Ruan Youning couldn't help but tighten her arms and hug Song Shijing's waist tightly. After a while, she decisively got out of the car.
What neither of them knew was that on the second floor of Ruan's house, a figure was staring at this scene with an extremely complicated expression.
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This was the most suffocating meal Ruan Youning had ever eaten.
From the beginning to the end, Qin Yulan didn't even look at Ruan Youning. Her eyes were full of Jiang Pan'er, Jiang Pan'er whispered softly, and the two of them also showed a deep love between mother and daughter.
Although Ruan Zhicheng didn't talk much, he peeled the shrimp in great detail and put it on Jiang Pan'er's dinner plate.
Ruan Youning picked at the food in front of him, some of which he didn't know how to taste.
Suddenly, there was a piece of braised pork on the dinner plate. Ruan Youning was stunned for a moment. When he raised his head, he saw Ruan Lang's face was as normal as usual. It seemed that it was a natural thing to pick her food.
he……
Ruan Youning felt sour, resisting the urge to cry, hurriedly took a mouthful of food and stood up.
She whispered: "I'm going to the bathroom." After that, she seemed to run away to the second floor.
When he reached the second floor, Ruan Youning walked to his room without even thinking about it.
It wasn't until she entered the room that she realized how inappropriate her current behavior was.
Now she couldn't find a natural reason and came in justifiably.
Ruan Youning sighed, but couldn't help but look around.
From her childhood to her graduation from high school, this room was filled with her seventeen years of joys, sorrows, sorrows, her teenage thoughts, her first love, and her ambitions.
Her paintings are hung neatly on the entire wall, and they are still very well preserved.
In the big bookcase by the window, there are stacks of her line drawings.
Ruan Youning couldn't help but stepped forward and gently pulled out a book. The style in the drawing book was still very immature, but it had begun to take shape.
The pictures in the picture book are beautiful and dreamy, with a dancing little princess, a pure and flawless white swan, a butterfly about to emerge, and a childish chrysanthemum growing toward the sun...
Thinking about it, her painting style has actually been finalized from here. She loves everything that is beautiful, dreamy and romantic.
Ruan Youning had a lot of thoughts, but after a while, he put it back in its original position.
It's time for her to leave.
As soon as she stood up, footsteps and voices came from the corridor.
The distance was a bit far, and Ruan Youning couldn't hear clearly who was coming, but she also knew that it was somewhat inappropriate for her to be like this now, so she was ready to open the door and leave.
And with the sound of footsteps, the voice of the visitor became clearer.
It turned out to be Qin Yulan and Jiang Pan'er.
Inexplicably, Ruan Youning felt a little more panicked. She didn't know what she was panicking about. She just felt that her rash appearance in this situation was embarrassing and bad.
In panic, she hurriedly hid in the bathroom of her room.
Just after entering the bathroom, Ruan Youning's breathing hadn't calmed down when he heard a "click--" and the door was opened.
Ruan Youning's heart tightened, and soon she heard Jiang Pan'er's praise: "Is this... her room? It's so beautiful."
Jiang Pan'er's praise was somewhat sincere, but Ruan Youning didn't know it. She heard Qin Yulan's voice full of guilt: "I'm sorry, Pan'er."
Ruan Youning knew about this apology, and Jiang Pan'er also knew about it.
Jiang Pan'er's voice was very soft: "Mom, please don't do this. How can any elder apologize to their children?"
Qin Yulan's voice was choked and she glanced around the room: "Pan'er, I have never thought that she...she is not my biological daughter..."
"If I had known, I would never have poured all my love into her... I really regret it now."
Jiang Pan'er looked well-behaved and said comfortingly: "Mom, don't think like that. Things have already happened. We should look forward to it. You...she, she is also innocent."
Qin Yulan didn't understand these principles. She just felt that she owed Jiang Pan'er, and she just couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart, which was regret.
She sighed, "Pan'er, I've been thinking a lot lately about what I need to do to make up for the twenty-four years you missed. What I need to do to make up for the hardships you endured and the sins you suffered."
Jiang Pan'er didn't answer. She just took a few steps forward and looked at the paintings on the wall carefully. Her thoughts were suddenly pulled back to the time when she was fifteen.
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In fact, before Jiang Pan'er was ten years old, the couple who adopted her were very kind to her, and Jiang Pan'er's life was not difficult.
She grew up in a harmonious family and developed a small hobby - she likes to paint. Although her adoptive parents did not think that painting would be a great achievement, they never stopped her.
Jiang Pan'er is undoubtedly a talented girl. She can draw any picture accurately or even beyond it just by looking at it once.
As a teenager, she weaved gorgeous dreams in her paintings, looking forward to a bright future.
However, all this was soon broken. When Jiang Pan'er was in junior high school and was twelve years old, the project her adoptive parents invested in lost all their money.
Jiang Pan'er still remembers that it was a snowy night. After her evening self-study, she ran home happily. As soon as she walked in, she saw the dejected look of her adoptive parents.
The adoptive mother's tears fell to the ground and into her heart.
"Pan'er, our family may be bankrupt."
Jiang Pan'er was ignorant, but she didn't know that this was the beginning of her nightmare.
At the beginning, life could be maintained and the atmosphere at home was relatively harmonious.
The adoptive father and mother leave early every day and come home late every day, looking for help everywhere, so they can finally take some time off.
But as time went by, the money owed increased.
The adoptive father's temper started to get irritable. He would yell at her if he was in a bad mood over many trivial things.
Swearing, quarreling, complaining, endless negative emotions every day.
The increasing amount of arrears is like a heavy mountain, which completely crushes everyone in just one year.
Jiang Pan'er was so scared that she didn't dare to breathe at home. She only felt that the light in her heart was slowly disappearing.
The large flat where I lived for more than ten years was sold and my car was mortgaged.
The school Jiang Pan'er attends is allocated according to the school district. Without the upper level, naturally she will not be able to attend this junior high school.
Jiang Pan'er had no choice but to follow her adoptive parents and move to the worst, shabbiest and poorest place in the suburbs, and attended a middle school with a very bad reputation.
It is difficult for Jiang Paner to adapt to this huge gap, and it is even more difficult for her adoptive father to adapt.
The adoptive mother has been enjoying a good life for decades, but at the end of the day, she can only do some low-level jobs.
Hands that have never been used for work are often scarred.
The family could only live on the adoptive mother's meager salary. The adoptive father couldn't bear to work, and he couldn't do anything to the adoptive mother, so he took his anger out on Jiang Pan'er.
Jiang Pan'er wanted to escape, but she didn't have the courage. She drew all her negative emotions in the book.
School bullying, adoptive father's abuse and domestic violence, adoptive mother's turning a blind eye, Jiang Pan'er struggled hard and felt like she was about to die.
