Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“…Our Luoqian doesn’t like making friends. She is also introverted and doesn’t have many close friends at school. When she is on vacation, she sees other children going out to parties or activities, but she likes to stay at home, either reading or playing the piano and drawing. Sigh, she is too quiet!”
Lin Manmei “deprecated” her daughter with a regretful look on her face.
“Being quiet isn’t a bad thing.”
Mr. Luo took up the conversation and glanced at his side with a chill.
Young Master Luo was never stage-shy wherever he went. Now he was sitting opposite the three elders of the Tang family. In the room filled with the aroma of tea, he was the only one who looked like he could fall asleep at any time.
The old man was so angry that he wanted to roll his eyes, and his voice turned cold automatically:
“My grandson is nowhere to be found at home even for a year or two. He spends all day in the lab, like he has no home.”
Lin Manmei praised generously: “That’s because Luo Zhan is very ambitious. No wonder he has achieved so much at such a young age.”
“…”
The boy opposite, who was supporting his cheekbones and looking down lazily, didn’t react at all, not even lifting his eyelids half an inch, as if there was someone else named Luo Zhan.
Lin Manmei’s smile froze slightly.
Old Master Luo frowned and coughed softly: “Luo Zhan, Aunt Lin is praising you, why don’t you say thank you?”
Being cued by his old man, Luo Zhan finally reacted.
He turned his eyes back, and the words that had slipped past his ear a few seconds ago were pulled out from his instantaneous memory.
Looking back two seconds, Luo Zhan glanced at the old man, his voice cold and lazy: “Your Majesty, please don’t misunderstand, I am not very ambitious. My ultimate goal in life is to eat and wait for death, so if there is really a throne to inherit in the family, you must start from the top.”
As soon as Luo Zhan finished speaking, the old man frowned.
Only a few core members of the Luo family knew that neither of the Luo brothers wanted to inherit the family property. But Luo Zhan shared this “family shame” as a joke. Even if others didn’t take it seriously, the old man felt angry and embarrassed as if his sore spot had been touched.
Fortunately, Lin Yi was most familiar with the old man’s likes and dislikes. Before the old man got angry, he smiled kindly at Lin Manmei opposite him:
“Our young master is indeed livelier in character.”
Lin Manmei immediately went down the stairs he provided: “Luoqian, you have to spend more time with Luo Zhan in the future and learn to be more outgoing from him, okay?”
Tang Luoqian had been both happy and annoyed by turns the whole night. Upon hearing this, she glanced at Luo Zhan with a complicated look and replied vaguely, “Yeah.”
“Well,” Lin Manmei turned to Mr. Luo with a polite smile, as if she suddenly thought of something. “With Luoqian’s personality, we really don’t feel comfortable asking her to go out with others. Why don’t we wait for Luo Zhan to say when he has time and let him take Luoqian out for a walk and have some fun, so that she can get in touch with the outside world. For young people, it’s good to make friends, what do you think, old man?”
“Well,” the old man couldn’t directly refute Lin Manmei, so after a few seconds of silence he responded, “Then wait–“
“Do not have time.”
Luo Zhan interrupted without warning. He drooped his eyes and yawned indifferently.
Old Master Luo snorted angrily: “I can’t control you anymore. What can you be so busy that you don’t even go home?”
“Laboratory, robot.”
Luo Zhan almost blurted out the truth. He paused alertly before lowering his eyes.
“This year we are researching generalization, and our tentative goal is to develop household robots.”
Lin Manmei froze for a few seconds, her smile a little awkward: “You’re usually busy, so I won’t ask Luoqian to disturb you. You can take advantage of the weekends or holidays…”
Seeing that the other party was going to pursue him relentlessly, Luo Zhan lowered his eyelids, hiding his cold and indifferent emotions: “There is no time during holidays.”
Lin Manmei: “Are you still busy with experiments in the lab during holidays?”
“No, busy with my private life.”
Lin Manmei paused: “Private…private life?”
“Well,” the young master raised his lips, casual and unrestrained, “like drinking, clubbing, fighting and sleeping——”
Luo Zhan and the boys in the INT lab were used to talking nonsense without any scruples, and he wanted to do whatever he could to dissuade the Tang family.
He was talking nonsense halfway when he suddenly thought of something and then stopped at a very dangerous word.
After being frozen for two seconds, Luo Zhan subconsciously glanced towards the corner of the room.
The little girl sitting there silently was looking up, listening to his private life with the same curiosity as everyone else.
The point where he stopped was too clever, and the little girl showed an expression of strong curiosity.
The only thing missing was “Why are you sleeping?” written on her face.
Luo Zhan: “…”
It felt good to talk big, but it would end up in the crematorium.
Butler Lin stood at the back. As the most caring Butler of the Luo family, he smiled kindly and took the initiative to add on behalf of Luo Zhan: “Our young master is usually too tired and too busy in the laboratory, so he often catches up on sleep at home on weekends.”
“…”
The Tang family members had different expressions.
Probably the only one who truly believed it was a certain innocent little girl.
Old Mrs. Hang probably couldn’t bear to listen anymore.
She frowned, cleared her throat and said, “Luo Zhan, our two families have had a good relationship for more than ten years. The friendship between the elders cannot be broken by you, the younger generation. You and Luoqian should visit each other more often in the future. Occasionally, you should take some time to accompany your sister Luoqian. This should not be too much for you, right?”
When Mrs. Hang said this, Lin Yi’s heart skipped a beat.
Mr. Luo’s eyes also changed slightly.
They were very familiar with Luo Zhan’s temper. This kind of tone of authority and pressure from elders was something that Old Man Luo never used in front of Luo Zhan.
If the rebellious nature in someone’s bones was really brought out, he would become the Monkey King who could cause havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
He was giving them face by not kicking the chair over on the spot.
When Lin Yi was considering whether he should rush over and press down the table or the chair first, he saw Luo Zhan’s figure slowly straighten up and then freeze at a certain point.
He didn’t get angry.
Lin Yi was surprised.
Then he thought of something and looked towards the corner of the room –
The little girl sitting there was listening to the noises in the room, with a hint of uneasiness in her expression.
Lin Yi’s gaze fell back in front of him.
Luo Zhan clenched his hand slightly on the table, and the pale blue blood vessels on the cold white back of his hand were tense.
A few seconds later, Lin Yi heard Luo Zhan suddenly smile and said indifferently, “Sure.”
The young master let go of his hands and leaned back.
He lowered his eyes, with a smile that could fade away at any time——
“It’s the 22nd of next month, which is a Saturday. I happened to be going to the neighboring city M with a few friends to take care of some things.”
In the corner, Tang Ran was slightly stunned.
22nd?
Didn’t they have an appointment with the dean for a follow-up eye checkup on that day?
The Tang family was also surprised that Luo Zhan gave in so easily.
After a few seconds of silence, Lin Manmei agreed on behalf of her daughter without hesitation: “No problem, Luoqian has wanted to go to M City for a long time, right Luo Qian?”
Tang Luoqian suppressed her surprise and joy, lowered her head and said “hmm” modestly.
Mrs. Hang’s expression eased a little: “Then it’s settled. When the time comes, Luoqian——”
“In this case.”
Luo Zhan interrupted Mrs. Hang slowly.
Under the other party’s displeased gaze, he raised his eyes and this time looked towards the corner without any cover.
“Please do me a favor and go together.”
That lazy and meaningless emotion faded from his eyes.
The young master opened his mouth slowly, his tone carrying an ambiguous low smile –
“Sister Tang Ran.”
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