The restaurant was quick on its feet, serving up dishes in less than twenty minutes. Ruan Jiaojiao was still quite sleepy. The Ruanlin matriarch, worried that she would be hungry, coaxed her, "Sweetie, don't sleep now. You can sleep after you finish eating."
"You can sleep at my place later," Du Qing said.
"No need for that. The weather's not cold right now, and later we have to go to the city to look at furniture. She can sleep in the car," Ruan Jianguo said. He didn't put Ruan Jiaojiao down. The Ruanlin matriarch asked the restaurant for a spoon and held a bowl, ready to feed Ruan Jiaojiao.
Ruan Jiaojiao tried hard to keep her eyes open, not wanting them to struggle with their meal on her account. She climbed down from Ruan Jianguo's embrace and sat next to Xiu Xi, and said to the Ruanlin matriarch, "Granny, eat. Jiaojiao can eat by herself."
"Alright then, Granny will hold you and sleep with you in the car later," the Ruanlin matriarch said, not insisting on feeding her.
