Chapter 2482

Chapter 2482: Chapter 2482

No one expected Yang Xiaodi to be tormented like this.

Yang Xiaona felt regretful, self-reproachful, and even began to doubt her previous actions. She wondered if she had done wrong, if by satisfying her parents more, Yang Xiaodi wouldn’t have ended up like this.

Yang Xiaodi and Ruan Jiaojiao were born in the same year, and Yang Xiaodi was only a week younger than Ruan Jiaojiao. This meant that her parents had gone through unimaginable events in the first half of Yang Xiaodi’s eighteenth year.

Yang Xiaona looked up at Ruan Jiaojiao: "Jiaojiao, do you think I did something wrong? I..." Yang Xiaona couldn’t continue. She closed her eyes as tears once again fell from the corner of her eyes: "If I had given them a little more back then, maybe they wouldn’t have sold Xiaodi for that small amount of money."

"Sold her?" Ruan Jiaojiao’s heart tightened.

She had lived in Xiahe Village before. Although the people around her adored her, and her family treasured her like a precious gem, it didn’t mean she wasn’t aware of such things happening in the countryside.

Parents sell daughters, all for a bit of betrothal money.

And what kind of man would buy a bride with money? Mostly, they’re old, disabled, uneducated, unaware of the law, treating their purchased bride however they wish, even until death, without remorse.

That’s exactly what happened to Liao Zhaoji after divorcing Ruan Second Uncle.

Yang Xiaona nodded with deep sorrow: "The reason I was able to attend high school back then was because my parents wanted to marry me off to a city man. They thought a little education would raise the betrothal price, so they sent me there."

Otherwise, her parents would never have sent her, even though she got into the top school on her own merit.

Ruan Jiaojiao really didn’t know about this.

She always knew Yang Xiaona’s parents favored sons over daughters, but she didn’t expect it to reach the point where they’d sell their daughter for a little betrothal money.

How can a parent’s heart be so ruthless toward their own child?!

"I’m just lucky I met you, Jiaojiao. You don’t understand, meeting your family might have exhausted all the best luck in my life." That’s why when Shu Jiao needed her to shield Ruan Jiaojiao from misfortunes, she did so without hesitation, even feeling she got the better end of the deal.

After all, compared to the mental and physical torment, shielding Ruan Jiaojiao from that so-called misfortune was nothing.

Ruan Jiaojiao truly didn’t know these things. She looked at Yang Xiaona, whose eyes were red from crying, and reached out to embrace her: "Xiaona, it’s all over now. It’s okay, don’t think about it. As for your two sisters, we’ll bring them to Beidu, let them study here, and in the future, they’ll get married here... Everything will get better."

Yang Xiaona buried her head into hers, nodding repeatedly, telling herself that everything was over, everything was over... She had money now, and she could bring her sisters here.

In the evening, Duan Xi came to the hospital to take Ruan Jiaojiao home, but Yang Xiaona insisted on staying at the hospital to be with Yang Xiaodi.

Ruan Jiaojiao couldn’t dissuade her, so she acquiesced, but fortunately, Ruan Chi stayed by her side the whole time.

When she got home, the Ruanlin Family learned about Yang Xiaona’s sisters coming, and seeing them not return, asked Ruan Jiaojiao what happened.

Ruan Jiaojiao briefly explained the situation and then exhaustedly nestled into Shu Jiao’s arms.

After listening, Shu Jiao furrowed her brows tightly: "Is Xiaona planning to just leave it at that?"