The floor was tiled, extremely hard, and since he was a big guy, Ruan Jiaojiao even heard the sound of his hip bone hitting the floor, and her own butt couldn’t help but clench a little, as if she could feel his pain.

Ruan Jianguo indeed felt the pain as well, as there was not much flesh on his butt, almost all bones, and it jabbed directly into the floor, making his spine and shoulders shiver. If it weren’t for his wife and children being present, he might have cried out.

"Dad, do you want us to help you get up?" Ruan Jiaojiao asked understandingly, seeing Ruan Jianguo sitting on the floor for a long time without getting up.

No way.

Ruan Jianguo was in so much pain that he grimaced, yet he stubbornly waved his hand, saying, "No need, no need, I’m fine, this floor is nice and cool, I’ll just sit here for a bit, you don’t need to worry about me, I’ll get up soon."

"..." Ruan Jiaojiao.

"..." Ruan Chi.

"..." Shu Jiao.

He was indeed the same Ruan Jianguo they knew, always placing more importance on face than on his suffering.

Ruan Jiaojiao thought about it and felt maybe it wasn’t a good time to interfere, so she pulled Ruan Chi to leave. But as she turned away, something came to mind, and she turned back to Ruan Jianguo, who was hissing in pain, about to rub his butt, but when he saw her turn around, he changed the hand intended for rubbing into one supporting him leisurely on the floor. Ruan Jiaojiao said earnestly, "Dad, in our little family, you forgot one person. There’s also Brother Duan Xi! Including him, we are a complete family."

"..." This time it was Ruan Jianguo left speechless.

Duan Xi, who came looking for Ruan Jiaojiao from behind, heard this and couldn’t help but smile broadly.

Meanwhile, Rou Rou, who was trailing at his feet, kept looking up, howling, indicating that it and its spouse were still there too.

As for the little ones, once they’re grown, they’ll be sent away, or put in zoos! Let them stop stealing its chicken legs all day!

"Are you okay?" Shu Jiao came to help him once Ruan Jiaojiao and the others had left: "Does it hurt?"

Ruan Jianguo mournfully covered his own butt: "It hurts, but what hurts more is here. Wife, you should massage this." Ruan Jianguo pointed at his heart. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

The daughter wasn’t even grown up yet, but her heart and mind were already full of some wild man outside, Ruan Jianguo expressed his deep heartache.

"..." Shu Jiao’s reaction was to roll her eyes at him and then turn to leave.

"Wife, it really hurts!" Ruan Jianguo became anxious seeing her about to leave.

"Then just lie there, I’ll get you some food." Shu Jiao replied, annoyed.

"Okay, but bring more, I’m starving."

"Do you want me to serve it in a washbasin?" Shu Jiao retorted.

"No need, a big bowl will be enough..."

"..." Shu Jiao.

Giving him another eye-roll, she said nothing more and turned away to get food for him.

This time, Shu Jiao was exceptionally gentle and meticulous with Ruan Jianguo, not only personally serving him food but also, once he was done eating and ready to rest, bringing water for him to wash his face, hands, and shave his beard.

Ruan Jianguo basked in the care, grinning happily, and said to Shu Jiao: "Wife, all these years of marriage, you’ve never taken care of me like this, it was all worth it this time."

Shu Jiao lifted her eyelids to glance at him, said nothing, not even mentioning how, during their divorce, when he got drunk out of his senses, it was she who took care of everything.

She understood well enough that Ruan Jianguo couldn’t be allowed too much satisfaction, otherwise, he’d get carried away and lose all sense of direction.

But it was evidently too late, as Ruan Jianguo was already happily content, speaking nonsense: "Wife, when you get old and are paralyzed, I’ll take care of you just the same... ah..."