Chapter 2447

Chapter 2447: Chapter 2447

She looked at Ruan Jiaojiao standing in front of her and was overwhelmed with emotion for a moment. Clearly, not long ago she still felt Jiaojiao was that six?year?old who needed to be held and coaxed and protected in her arms all the time—how had she suddenly grown this big.

She couldn’t help sighing that time really passed too fast.

Looking at such an outstanding daughter, she couldn’t stop herself from sighing, "With looks like this, it’s really lucky you were born into our family."

If a woman is too beautiful and doesn’t have a strong family background to support her, it actually isn’t such a good thing, and it can even very easily invite trouble.

It isn’t that beauty is at fault, it’s that the world is just the way it is!

Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t understand what she meant by that. Seeing Shu Jiao, she immediately grabbed her hand for help. "Mom, I keep feeling something’s off. Hurry and take a look for me—what else is wrong?"

Shu Jiao looked her over from the bottom up, and finally let her gaze fall on her hair. She reached out to smooth down the long hair that had been casually tied up. "When you get to the hotel, just follow your second sister?in?law and do a hairstyle together."

Ruan Jiaojiao touched her own hair and looked into the mirror behind her, and realized that the problem really was there. Her hair was good—long, straight, and black. Usually she habitually tied it into a ponytail, but with today’s outfit, it clearly wasn’t suitable to wear that kind of hairstyle.

She nodded in a hurry. "Right, you’re right, Mom."

"Once your hair’s done, put on a bit of lipstick. You don’t need full makeup; that’ll already look quite nice." Ruan Jiaojiao’s features were delicate, her skin fair and fine, but because her health wasn’t very good, the color of her lips was slightly pale, making her whole complexion look a bit off.

"Okay." Ruan Jiaojiao nodded, turned to grab the bag hanging behind the door frame, and said, "Mom, I’m heading to the hotel first then."

"Mm, Xiaoxi is waiting for you downstairs. Be careful on the way. Your grandma prepared breakfast for you; he’s already put it in the car. Everyone might be too busy to look after you today, so take good care of yourself."

"Alright, alright, I know." Ruan Jiaojiao waved her hand. Hearing Duan Xi say he was already waiting downstairs, she turned and ran down.

Shu Jiao watched from behind and could only shake her head helplessly. But with Duan Xi keeping an eye on her, she truly wasn’t worried at all, and turned back to her other tasks.

By the time Ruan Jiaojiao ran to the entrance, Duan Xi’s car was already parked there waiting. Ruan Jiaojiao pulled open the car door and got in. Lowering her head to fasten her seat belt, she said, "Brother Xi, hurry up and drive."

Duan Xi answered, then bent down to reach behind the seat for the insulated lunch box. As he took it and handed it to Ruan Jiaojiao, his gaze fell on her clothes, and his eyes instantly darkened.

Ruan Jiaojiao finished fastening the seat belt and reached to take the lunch box he was passing her, but her hand was outstretched for a long while without receiving it. She tilted her head in puzzlement and looked over, meeting Duan Xi’s shadowed eyes.

Following his line of sight down to herself, she saw the bit of curve at her chest exposed by the off?the?shoulder neckline. Even though the two of them had already done more intimate things, being stared at like this still made her feel inexplicably shy.

She subconsciously drew her shoulders in, using her forearm to block a little. "Brother Xi, hurry up and drive."

Duan Xi’s gaze moved from her beautiful collarbones to her equally beautiful face, pausing in between for about four or five seconds. He sounded very caring as he said, "The high today is twenty?one degrees. You’re wearing a bit too little—won’t you be cold?"