Chapter 2349

Chapter 2349: Chapter 2349

Just after entering the door, Ruan Jiaojiao casually glanced around the Duan Family, and after helping Duan Qianyang sit down, she saw Uncle Duan put away the sunshade and was changing gloves in the corner. She smiled and greeted, "Uncle Duan, Happy New Year."

With Uncle Duan’s temperament, Ruan Jiaojiao actually didn’t expect any response from him, but unexpectedly, he heard her and really responded this time. He glanced at her, still cold and indifferent: "Happy New Year."

After speaking, he continued his battle with the gloves, but honestly, Ruan Jiaojiao was somewhat taken aback.

After greeting Duan Qirui, Ruan Jiaojiao turned back and saw Duan Xin talking to Duan Xi, so she didn’t disturb them. She turned and saw Duan Qianyang covering his mouth, seemingly trying hard to suppress a cough, his face a bit pale. She saw a thermos on the table and quickly got up to pour him some water.

As soon as she got up, Duan Xi’s attention was drawn over. Thinking she wanted water, he reached out to pour her some and handed it to her. But Ruan Jiaojiao gestured towards Duan Qianyang with a glance.

Duan Xi then handed the cup to Duan Qianyang: "Drink some water."

Duan Qianyang wasn’t seriously ill this time, just caught a cold some days ago, and he hated hospitals extremely, so he didn’t go. Plus, his health wasn’t that good to begin with, so he easily fell sick.

Now, seeing his son pour him water at Ruan Jiaojiao’s suggestion, his memory involuntarily went back many years. Duan Xi had brought Ruan Jiaojiao to see him, and their relationship was very strained at the time. He was lying on a hospital bed, unable to get up, and it was this little girl who gestured for him to pour himself water.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the little girl had grown so much, and he had actually recovered.

"Time really flies." He sighed, holding the water that Duan Xi handed him: "In a blink, so many years have passed." Back then, he never dared to imagine that he would have a son and daughter-in-law to look after him.

They say if a person stays cold all their life, they might never dare to hope for things that shouldn’t belong to them.

But once they’ve warmed up once, they’ll start longing for it thousands of times again, even hoping it will never end.

And now he is like this.

He recalled the evaluation he received from Old Master Dan before the New Year, and couldn’t help but darken his eyes. A surge of itchiness welled up in his throat, and he quickly took a sip of hot water to suppress it.

Ruan Jiaojiao noticed his hands slightly trembling while holding the teacup, and she also noticed his complexion wasn’t great, so she said with concern: "Uncle Duan, precisely because time passes so quickly, you should ensure your health. Have you been working too hard recently? Your complexion isn’t very good. Work is never-ending, you should really take a good rest."

Duan Qianyang had heard such words countless times, to the point of becoming numb. But for some reason, when they came from Ruan Jiaojiao, he found them particularly comforting, warming his heart.

The itchiness in his throat seemed to diminish a lot, and he nodded along with her words: "Okay, okay, I’ll have a good rest this time."

As he said this, he looked at her and casually remarked: "Jiaojiao, you seem to look better than before the New Year, you must be in a good mood."

His tone was light, like he mentioned it casually, but Ruan Jiaojiao couldn’t help blushing.