The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s-Chapter 842: Insane Zoo (1)

"Get up!"

There was no movement from the upper bunk.

Ruan Lei couldn’t hide his annoyance, muttering under his breath about how someone who didn’t sleep last night couldn’t get up now. He got out of bed and climbed up to the upper bunk, raising his hand to pat Xiu Xi, who was still asleep.

But as his hand went up, it froze mid-air. Where was the person in the upper bunk?

"Damn, where could he have gone this early in the morning?" Ruan Lei snorted, got dressed swiftly, and went to the communal bathroom to wash up. He looked around and didn’t see Xiu Xi there either.

Ruan Jie and Ruan Jun were also washing up. When they saw him come over without Xiu Xi, they asked, "How come it’s just you, where’s Xiaoxi??"

Ruan Lei shrugged his shoulders: "Who knows, haven’t seen him since early morning."

Ruan Jun frowned, washed his face quickly, casually wiped it off, and went to Ruan Lei’s dormitory to look for Xiu Xi. He found that not only was Xiu Xi’s bed empty, but his small storage compartment where he kept his toiletries was also void of his belongings, indicating that he had left a while ago.

Although this was a school and it was unlikely that anything would happen, Xiu Xi was still only twelve years old, and he couldn’t help but feel a bit uneasy.

With Ruan Jie and Ruan Lei, they searched around again but still couldn’t find him.

Ruan Jie, thinking of Xiu Xi’s character, speculated, "Could he have gone to look for Jiaojiao?"

The brothers had all witnessed just how clingy Xiu Xi was to Ruan Jiaojiao since they were young. If the two weren’t so little, one only nine and the other twelve, they might have suspected something else.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Lei immediately nodded in agreement. The night before, that fellow was up late into the night, worrying about whether his sister had gone to sleep or not.

The three brothers finished washing up and hurried to the cafeteria for breakfast, where they indeed found the guy they were desperately looking for. He was now sitting next to their sister, dutifully peeling a red egg for her.

The red egg was brought from home by the Ruanlin Family, boiled in the morning at the hostel specifically so that Ruan Jiaojiao could eat the red egg on her birthday as soon as possible.

"Why are you guys so late?" Ruan Jianguo, eating an egg, saw the three boys arrive late and spoke with a tone of disdain: "You’re all supposed to be big brothers, and yet you’re not as sensible as Xiaoxi."

"..." The three brothers.

They all kept silent, feeling extremely weary inside. They glanced at the kid peeling eggs for their sister and all stifled a sigh.

This kid was as annoying as ever.

"Bro, you guys have some eggs too." Seeing the three brothers come over, Ruan Jiaojiao immediately offered them the eggs.

Each brother took one, and in unison, they wished Ruan Jiaojiao: "Happy Birthday, dear sister."

"Thank you." Ruan Jiaojiao smiled, her eyes squinting into a slit, for nothing could make her happier than this.

"Jiaojiao, do well in the competition later, don’t be nervous. We should focus on participation, not on winning or losing awards, okay? After the test, come out, Daddy has prepared a big surprise for you." Ruan Jianguo comforted Ruan Jiaojiao, who was nervous about participating in her first competition.

Ruan Jiaojiao nodded her head. She wasn’t nervous, really not nervous.

The competition was from nine to eleven, two hours. The school would provide another lunch afterwards, and then they would head back in the afternoon.

However, Shu Jiao had already asked Ruan Jiaojiao’s teacher for leave. They wouldn’t be taking the coach back with everyone in the afternoon but would be returning with them separately.

The seating for the exam was arranged according to the provincial ranking: Ruan Jiaojiao, Ruan Lei, and Xiu Xi were all in the first examination room and were the first three seats, with Ruan Jiaojiao in the very first seat.