The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s-Chapter 1802: It Turns Out the One He Guarded Against Was Me (8)

"What do you want to eat? Mom will make something for you." Saying this, she was about to go downstairs to cook for Ruan Jiaojiao.

Ruan Jiaojiao quickly pulled her back, continuing to snuggle in her embrace, "Auntie is already cooking for me, Mom. I just missed you. Do you miss me? If you do, then hold me a little longer."

"You silly child." Holding her daughter’s soft and fragrant little body, Shu Jiao choked up for a moment. The feeling of grievance overwhelmed her, and the soreness she had tried hard to suppress surged back into her nose, her eyes following suit, becoming moist.

Ruan Jianguo gave the fourth household three hundred thousand, which made Shu Jiao angry, but it wasn’t really about the money. What broke her heart was Ruan Jianguo’s deceitful attitude, especially that sentence asking Ruan Hao to help conceal it, making her feel utterly cold.

Over the years, as the Ruan Family prospered, Ruan Jianguo’s style of taking on everything never changed. She wasn’t someone who valued money much, and usually, she managed Ruan Jianguo just to prevent him from fostering dependence in the other three households.

The saying "A favor of a drop is repaid by a flood," wasn’t baseless. According to Ruan Jianguo’s methods, all it did was breed dependency in the other three households.

But, after all, they were family, and the Ruan Family indeed kept getting better. So as long as Ruan Jianguo wasn’t too excessive, Shu Jiao generally turned a blind eye, letting him be. Only when it was too much would she step in to manage him a bit.

But she never thought that her previous management would make him so guarded against her in the end!

In Ruan Jianguo’s heart, she supposed, a wife could never compare to brothers who shared the same surname and family.

After more than twenty years of marriage, they ended up like strangers. Shu Jiao didn’t know whether to call it her own failure or say Ruan Jianguo valued family ties too much.

Ruan Jiaojiao could clearly feel that the body she held was trembling slightly. She said nothing, just gently stroked Shu Jiao’s back, occasionally whispering, "Mom."

Not until two minutes later did Shu Jiao stabilize her emotions, pulling Ruan Jiaojiao into the room and closing the door.

"Mom, Grandma said everything is fine at home, so don’t worry about living here with Grandpa," Ruan Jiaojiao softly conveyed Ruanlin Family’s message while sitting on the bed with Shu Jiao.

Hearing this almost brought Shu Jiao to tears again. She lowered her head, blinking hard, then looked up, smiling, and asked Ruan Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, do you have anything you want to say to Mom? You must have heard by now that Mom intends to divorce your dad."

Seeing Shu Jiao’s forced smile, Ruan Jiaojiao felt very uncomfortable. She shook her head and said softly, "No, whatever Mom wants to do, Jiaojiao supports. Jiaojiao and the brothers have all grown up. Mom, do whatever you want, don’t worry about us. Jiaojiao just hopes Mom is happy and joyful, so whatever makes you feel happy and fulfilled, Jiaojiao will support."

They say that when a couple divorces, the ones who suffer are the children.

But no one considers that couples without affection or ridden with conflicts who continue to endure for the sake of the children lead to true suffering.

And this kind of suffering afflicts not only the couple but also the children caught in between.

Ruan Jiaojiao realized this from her fourth uncle Ruan and Wu Le’s situation.

All these years, they were merely a couple in form, smiling in front of others, but turning away with expressionless faces, which tormented both the children and themselves.

Even though... the divorce between Ruan Jianguo and Shu Jiao would indeed make her very, very sad.