Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After Tang Ran answered, the air around her fell into a long silence.
The silence lasted until Tang Ran began to reflect distressedly on whether she had said something wrong. Then she heard a muffled laugh suddenly coming from very close to her.
The laugh also sounded very pleasant, and naturally it was still that person’s voice.
Tang Ran listened blankly for a while and asked: “Why did Luo Luo laugh? Did I say something wrong?”
Luo Zhan didn’t answer and asked instead: “Your ideological and moral Braille teacher who taught you how to prevent abduction, didn’t he teach you…”
After hearing half of the sentence but missing the second half, Tang Ran curiously asked: “What did he not teach me?”
“It’s nothing.” Luo Zhan reached out helplessly and touched the girl’s head. “If he had taught you, then I would probably want to deal with him even more.”
Tang Ran was intrigued and her expression became serious, “Luo Luo, what is the answer?”
“Next time,” Luo Zhan got out of the car and walked around to the passenger seat. He opened the door and leaned over with a faint smile, “I’ll tell you next time.”
“……oh.”
The little girl looked a little dissatisfied, but she was not a temperamental person. After nodding, she slowly got out of the car with the support of Luo Zhan’s arm.
Luo Zhan took out his coat from the car, covered the girl’s head, and then raised his hand to adjust it.
Under the coat, the girl’s muffled voice came out: “But if Grandpa Luo finds out, won’t something happen?”
Luo Zhan’s hand adjusting his coat paused in mid-air. Then he snorted lightly and resumed his actions nonchalantly, “As long as he doesn’t know who you are, the most he can do is find someone to check my recent movements.”
Tang Ran was stunned for two seconds, “Can he still find this?”
“Of course. In the information age, the development of big databases and artificial intelligence makes it impossible for anyone living in this society to completely escape.” Luo Zhan closed the last gap in his clothes, stopped his hands, and smiled casually, “So in our profession, we sometimes joke that we are spinning a web for ourselves.”
Tang Ran’s voice was slightly raised, tinged with excitement: “It sounds interesting.”
Luo Zhan asked: “Do you like this?”
Tang Ran nodded, “I heard the store manager talk about it before, and I liked it very much.”
“Then when your eyes are healed, I’ll teach you.” Luo Zhan said with a smile.
Tang Ran hesitated for a moment and murmured softly: “If my eyes can be cured, I will go to the high school affiliated with K University.”
“?” Luo Zhan was startled and narrowed his eyes slightly, “Are you disgusted with me?”
Tang Ran was silent for two seconds and shook her head slowly.
Seeing the girl’s obviously guilty expression, Luo Zhan felt both angry and funny: “Do you know that you just rejected the invitation of Senior Brother of K University, who has won many national awards and published several papers in core journals?”
Tang Ran was at a loss when he heard this.
Luo Zhan turned around and walked toward the villa while holding the shoulder of the girl covered by the coat: “Little girl, you will regret it later.”
Tang Ran understood this sentence.
She lowered her head and pondered for a few seconds, then asked softly: “Then when I regret it later, can I change it?”
Luo Zhan smiled coldly: “You have rejected the opportunity that no one else could ask for. Of course -“
The word “No way” stuck in his throat.
After a few seconds of silence, Luo Zhan sighed again, “Okay.”
“…”
Under the coat, Tang Ran curled her eyes.
After all the servants arranged by the Qian family left, Luo Zhan sent the little girl who had been working hard all day up to the second floor to rest in the bedroom.
He had informed Qian Shenhao, the young master of the Qian family, before renting the villa. The new clothes prepared for them had thus obviously been dried by the servants and were now placed one by one on the big bed in the master bedroom.
Luo Zhan sent Tang Ran in, his eyes just glanced at her. But after a second or two, he suddenly paused and then fell back.
Luo Zhan’s face darkened when he saw the lace nightgown on the bed.
Tang Ran noticed Luo Zhan’s sudden stop and turned back blankly, “Luo Luo, what’s wrong?”
“…It’s okay,” Luo Zhan looked away, “You can rest first. I’ll come up and wake you up when dinner is ready.”
Tang Ran was led by him to sit by the bed. Hearing this, the corners of her eyes slightly curved: “Luo Luo, are you making dinner?”
Being reminded of the painful memory of the hello kitty pink apron again, Luo Zhan sighed: “What I cook is not delicious, so let the private chef of the restaurant deliver it.”
Tang Ran was silent for two seconds and then laughed: “I know Luo Luo can’t cook.”
Luo Zhan was silent.
“After noon that day, I touched the pot in the kitchen and it was cold.” Tang Ran paused and said softly, “But thank you Luo Luo. I know you were afraid that something would happen to me alone at home that day, so you stayed with me there.”
Luo Zhan asked helplessly: “You know yet you are exposing me?”
“Because lying is very hard. After you say the first thing, you have to tell the second and third.” Tang Ran smiled, “I don’t want Luo Luo to work so hard, so you don’t need to pretend to do it in front of me in the future. I still found you a solution.”
Luo Zhan turned silent.
Somehow, the image of the girl who happily tied his apron in the kitchen that day appeared in front of his eyes.
The little girl had been lonely since she was a child and had indifferent relationships with her relatives. Except for her granny, maybe she also longed for this kind of daily interaction in life…
Luo Zhan came back to his senses and gently rubbed the girl’s long hair, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have lied to you. As compensation, I will learn to cook in the future and cook something for you.”
Tang Ran was stunned unexpectedly.
Luo Zhan: “Okay, you rest first. Put your phone away. If you need anything, just call me. I’ll go downstairs first.”
“Yeah.” Tang Ran nodded lightly.
After covering the girl with the quilt, there was a bulging lump in the corner of the bed. Luo Zhan straightened up and glanced at the clothes on the other bed.
After a two-second pause, he took out his phone and walked out with a frown.
The phone was connected as he reached downstairs, and the background sound on the other side was messy. It was obvious that the other person was in a bar or something. Qian Shenhao’s voice soon sounded playfully: “Brother Zhan, I heard that you have moved in? How are you? Are you satisfied with what I have prepared for you?”
Luo Zhan smiled coldly: “Didn’t I tell you that I was bringing a 16-year-old girl?”
“You told me, she’s 16 years old, 15cm tall, and on the thin side. I don’t know the other data.” Qian Shenhao still laughed, “The clothing model I asked to choose was also based on this data.”
“What happened with that nightgown then?”
“Huh? I’ve seen the photos they took, and the most satisfying thing among them was that nightgown. It’s very interesting. Why, Brother Zhan doesn’t like that color?”
“…”
Luo Zhan endured it, but still couldn’t bear it any longer.
He frowned and his voice dropped to freezing point: “When did I say that the little girl I brought has that kind of relationship with me? She is not yet an adult. Are you crazy?”
There was silence on the other side.
After a few seconds, the background sound gradually became quiet. Qian Shenhao seemed to have hurriedly found a quiet place and was extremely embarrassed when he spoke again.
“Isn’t that the relationship between you and the little girl you went with? I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it’s my fault. It’s because I didn’t ask clearly… That’s really inappropriate. In this case, I will ask the servant at home to order new ones, wash and dry them and send them over as soon as possible.”
Luo Zhan stood in the main hall on the first floor and looked back at the master bedroom door opposite the railing on the second floor. He looked away and said, “Don’t delay till too late. The little girl goes to bed early.”
Hearing that Luo Zhan was backing off, Qian Shenhao breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, “I’m sure, brother Zhan, don’t worry.”
“…”
An hour and a half later, the doorbell of the villa rang.
He didn’t know if it was the meal ordered from the private kitchen or the nightgown delivered by Qian Shenhao. Luo Zhan, who was sitting on the sofa in the main hall, got up and walked quickly to the entrance.
As soon as the door opened, several young faces headed by Qian Shenhao came into Luo Zhan’s eyes.
There were men and women, some familiar and some unfamiliar, but they all knew Luo Zhan. Many people’s eyes lit up when they saw him opening the door.
Luo Zhan’s eyes turned cold and he glanced at the leader Qian Shenhao: “With so many people here, are you here to collect debts?”
“No, no, how could that be possible?” Qian Shenhao smiled awkwardly, “We were originally having a small party at the club tonight, and in the middle of it, didn’t I mean to come and give you something as a gift and apologize to Brother Zhan by the way? They didn’t believe it, so they insisted on coming with me to see it, and then…”
Luo Zhan smiled lazily and coldly: “Am I a panda or a golden monkey? That you came here to visit?”
Qian Shenhao: “No, no, no, no, no, how dare we.”
Everyone agreed.
Luo Zhan was a little impatient, so he frowned and lowered his eyes, and said: “Bring that thing over and you can leave.”
Qian Shenhao became even more embarrassed: “The things were sent from home and are not in my hands.”
Luo Zhan paused, then raised his eyes angrily and amusedly: “Then what are you here for?”
Qian Shenhao touched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly: “I just came here to apologize to Brother Zhan, you and your little girl – I really didn’t understand the situation. Is the little lady not angry?”
As he spoke, Qian Shenhao peered into the entrance hall behind Luo Zhan.
Luo Zhan leaned against the door and didn’t stop him. He just looked at him lazily and said, “There’s no need to look for her. She’s resting upstairs.”
“Oh.” Qian Shenhao suddenly looked back in disappointment, “I really thought you had a girlfriend, Brother Zhan, how could I possibly make such a mistake.”
Before Luo Zhan could answer, a woman among the young men who came with Qian Shenhao giggled: “Girlfriend? Mr. Luo is famous in the circle for being very discerning. There are many people who can’t even get close to him.”
Luo Zhan was too lazy to respond and was about to find a reason to drive these troublemakers away.
At this moment, there was the sound of slow footsteps in the villa, and the soft voice of a girl who was still tired after waking up sounded behind Luo Zhan:
“…Luo Luo?”
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