"She's not here," Ruan Jiaojiao replied. Throughout the week since their move to town, Xiaobai had not visited once; she must have been staying in the apartment building.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Lei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Ruan Jiaojiao asked him, "Bro, are you really scared of Xiaobai?"
"No way, how could that be? I was just asking, just asking, you know, no other meaning... oh, look, Lu Zishu seems to be calling me. I'll go check it out, alright?" With that, he quickly ran forward and jumped up behind Lu Zishu, wrapping an arm around his neck as they leaned in together, whispering intimately.
By the time they got to the Ruan Family's home, Little Fatty had just arrived in time to meet Ruan Jianguo, who had come back for a visit. Ruan Jianguo looked at him and asked, "Aren't you supposed to be on a diet? How come you look a bit fatter to me?"
"..." Ruan Lei.
He looked up, smiling, "Uncle, you must be seeing things."
