The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s-Chapter 924: Trip to Beidu (9)

It seemed as if he had heard the grievance in Ruan Jiaojiao’s voice, Xiu Xi was silent for a few seconds on the other end of the line, then coaxed, "Be good, don’t cry."

"I’m not crying," Ruan Jiaojiao protested, unconvinced.

She felt wronged, but she definitely had not cried; she was absolutely not that spineless of a cat.

She twirled the phone cord around her finger and, thinking of the weather forecast she had watched last night, immediately asked, "Brother Xi, have you switched to a down jacket? And don’t forget your hat and gloves, you must wear them, otherwise you’ll get too cold and won’t be able to compete well tomorrow."

Xiu Xi, glancing at the clothes he had changed into right after getting off the train, nodded, "I’ve put them on, don’t worry."

"So, have you guys arrived yet? Where are you calling me from?"

"At the guesthouse, your grandfather came to pick me up," Xiu Xi answered.

Ruan Jiaojiao hummed in acknowledgment, feeling even more at ease, but then almost immediately felt somewhat dissatisfied again. She thought that Xiu Xi’s tone sounded no different from before and she couldn’t help asking, "Brother Xi, are you getting used to it over there?"

Without her by his side, could he be used to it? Could he feel like life had become awful, just like she did?

At this moment, the teacher leading the team had finished greeting the people from the Ruanlin Family and was now about to go out for breakfast. Seeing that Xiu Xi had stayed by the phone for over an hour, and thinking he had been on the call for that long, reminded him, "Xiu Xi, you’ve checked in, so you can hang up now. Long-distance calls are expensive, and it’s not early anymore; we need to head out for breakfast."

The teacher’s voice was not soft, and Ruan Jiaojiao on the other end vaguely caught it. She was still waiting for Xiu Xi’s reply, but upon hearing these words and knowing that their group must have not slept or eaten well on the train, she swallowed the rest of her words and told Xiu Xi, "Then Brother Xi, you go have breakfast, eat well and rest. Jiaojiao will talk to you after school in the evening."

Xiu Xi, who hadn’t had enough of her voice, listened to Ruan Jiaojiao’s words and involuntarily cast an icy glance at the leading teacher.

"..." The teacher, who had walked ahead to call the students handling the luggage, felt an inexplicable chill on his back, thinking he was not dressed warmly enough, shivered and rubbed his arms, then hurried back inside to put on a woolen sweater.

Although she hadn’t spoken much with Xiu Xi, just receiving his call invigorated Ruan Jiaojiao, as if she had been injected with a dose of vitality.

After reluctantly saying goodbye to Xiu Xi, she hung up the phone and cheerfully said to the Ruanlin Family, "Granny, I’m going to school now, I want to have braised pork ribs for lunch."

"Eh, sure," the Ruanlin Family cheerfully agreed. If Ruan Jiaojiao had the spirit, let alone pork ribs, even if it demanded plucking a star from the sky, she would find a way to get one for her.

Xiu Xi’s call was Ruan Jiaojiao’s spiritual nourishment, and with that call, she happily went off to school.

On Xiu Xi’s end, however, even after hanging up the call, he still couldn’t muster any energy.

From the moment he boarded the train, he felt as though he had been hollowed out, as if he had left something behind, not having brought it onto the train with him.

Nobody knew how much effort he had exerted to resist pulling Ruan Jiaojiao into his arms and taking her away with him when she leaned against the car window, calling out to him with grievance.

After boarding the train, it took him great restraint not to jump out of the train window when he watched it move further and further away, yearning to run back to her side.