Sometimes she even appeared rather bewildered and indifferent.
But Ruan Nuan really couldn't stand the sight of someone on the verge of tears...
Her tears were clearly already welling in her eyes.
Yet she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
That tearful, about-to-cry look moved her even more.
"Teacher Ruan."
Chen Xi suddenly bent at the waist toward Ruan Nuan.
Ruan Nuan was startled.
"What are you doing?"
She hurriedly reached out to pull the girl up.
"Get up."
"Get up first."
She really couldn't accept such a grand gesture from the girl.
"Teacher Ruan."
The girl stubbornly pressed her body downward.
She refused to get up.
"Please."
The girl's voice was hoarse.
It carried a sob.
"Please..."
"Get up."
Ruan Nuan used all her strength.
She hadn't expected the girl, who looked so thin and frail, to be so strong.
"Get up and talk."
"If you stay like this, I won't listen to you."
Ruan Nuan "threatened" the girl.
The girl's strength suddenly gave out.
Ruan Nuan pulled her to her feet.
The girl's expression was like that of a lost child.
She didn't know where to go next.
Ruan Nuan sighed inwardly.
"Come."
She led the girl to the sofa in the living room and sat down.
Even sitting on the soft sofa cushion, the girl's body remained stiff.
Her expression was anxious.
Her lips trembled.
"Chen Xi."
Ruan Nuan looked at the girl.
"Have some water."
Taking the initiative, Ruan Nuan poured the girl a glass of water.
She had visited this home countless times.
She was beginning to feel like the fourth member of the Chen family.
The girl blankly accepted the glass Teacher Ruan handed her.
The warm touch made her fingers brush lightly against the