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But Jiaojiao didn't catch the change in his eyes, thinking he was looking at Wa Yiting with shining eyes, her heart filled with agitation.
Believing she had guarded against it with all her might, he still got involved with Wa Yiting. Seeing his hand reaching out, she slapped it away without wanting to be pulled along by him.
Xiu Xi touched the back of his hand, now reddened from the slap, his expression changing, his eyes sadly lowered.
"Xiaoting, how come you're here?" The Ruanlin Family matriarch approached, seeing Wa Yiting and asking with some surprise, "Did you come to play with Jiaojiao?"
Wa Yiting's face blushed as she looked at the kindly smiling matriarch and shook her head. She took a porcelain bowl from beside her and handed it to the matriarch, "Granny Ruan, I've brought you a bowl."