Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The tea room fell into silence.
Even Tang Ran herself was stunned for a few seconds before she realized that Luo Zhan was calling her “Sister Tang Ran”.
This time not only did Tang Luoqian’s face turn pale with anger, but her mother Lin Manmei’s expression also changed.
However, in front of Mr. Luo, Lin Manmei still tried to suppress her emotions and asked with a stiff smile: “Luo Zhan, you and… Xiao Ran, seem to be quite familiar with each other, right?”
“I know her.” Luo Zhan lowered his gaze and returned to his casual tone.
Lin Manmei: “Xiao Ran has been staying at home because of her poor eyesight. This is your first time at home, right? How did you get to know Xiao Ran?”
“…”
Even if the tone of this kind of questioning was nice, Luo Zhan would definitely not bother to respond to it under normal circumstances.
But he knew better – if he didn’t explain the reason, then after he left, the people in the main house would definitely bother Tang Ran.
Luo Zhan frowned slightly.
“The responsibility for the inspection and functional maintenance of her bionic robot belongs to our laboratory. She has also been there for debugging before.”
When Mr. Luo heard this, he remembered the fact about the “robot” that Luo Zhan had told him on the terrace, and immediately frowned.
The old man couldn’t hold it in for a few seconds, and snorted coldly:
“Not doing your job properly.”
Lin Manmei was stunned when she heard this and thinking that it was her words that caused the quarrel between the grandfather and grandson, she quickly tried to smooth things over: “Old sir, Luo Zhan’s major has a very good future. Both at home and abroad, people are paying more and more attention to this field. It is definitely not an improper job.”
“…”
Luo Zhan himself naturally knew what Mr. Luo was talking about.
Hearing that Lin Manmei misunderstood, he did not explain. He just curled the corners of his mouth coldly and spoke in a lazy tone.
“My pleasure.”
“!”
The old man was so angry that he almost had a fit.
It was just that Mr. Luo didn’t want a third person to know about such a “shameful” thing. So even if he was aggrieved, in front of the Tang family, he could only suppress his anger and glare at Luo Zhan angrily.
Then the old man turned his head, frowned and said nothing.
At the Tang family, Lin Manmei was urged by her daughter and said helplessly: “Luo Zhan, you have seen the condition of Xiao Ran’s eyes. It is really not convenient. Besides, Xiao Ran herself doesn’t like to go out…”
“Did you ask?”
“Ah?” Lin Manmei was stunned and looked at Luo Zhan in surprise.
Luo Zhan, who was originally leaning listlessly in his seat, had raised his head at some point, and was glaring at her coldly with his dark eyes: “When she said she didn’t want to go, did you ask her?”
Lin Manmei was speechless.
Being questioned by the junior in such an impolite tone, she felt a little embarrassed after she came to her senses and smiled awkwardly: “I know Xiao Ran’s personality, there is no need to ask–“
“Since you didn’t ask, how do you know she doesn’t like going out?”
Lin Manmei finally couldn’t bear it anymore. She clenched her fists, took a deep breath, and looked at the little girl in the corner who had never had a sense of existence in her eyes.
Lin Manmei said: “Tang Ran, Brother Luo Zhan asked you if you want to go with him and your sister. You make your own decision.”
“…”
In the corner, Tang Ran slowly clenched the cane in her hand.
Of course, she could hear the warning in Lin Manmei’s voice, and she also knew that in this room, except Luo Zhan, probably no one wanted her to go.
No one even wanted her to be here.
It had been like this since she came back.
No matter where in the Tang family’s house, as soon as she appeared, no matter how much laughter and joy everyone had been experiencing in the previous second, they would all become quiet in the next second, pretending not to have seen her.
When she was just a little girl of seven or eight, they spared no effort to show her in every way they could as to how unwelcome and hated she was.
But Luo Zhan did not.
Only he did not.
So even if it was her first time going against the wishes of the elders in the Tang family who disliked her, and even if she might be questioned and embarrassed later, she still wanted to stand on Luo Zhan’s side.
She was too familiar with the feeling of being isolated and helpless in front of everyone. She didn’t want Luo Zhan to have that feeling, and she didn’t want to let him down.
After thinking about all this, Tang Ran finally mustered up the courage in her heart.
She gripped her cane tightly and looked up.
“I……”
“I have a problem.”
As Tang Ran opened her mouth, that lazy voice that she was very familiar with suddenly came out and “coincidentally” interrupted Tang Ran’s words.
Then a chair was dragged away, and in the darkness, the footsteps slowly approached her, until they were in front of her, and then slowly stopped.
“I usually don’t invite people, but if I do, I don’t tolerate rejection.”
The air paused for a few seconds.
The armrests on both sides of the chair where Tang Ran was sitting sank, and she heard the voice slowly leaning over her in the darkness. The voice was low and casual, with a bit of a rebellious and cold smile.
“Little girl, do you understand what your brother is saying?”
Tang Ran’s hand that was resting on the armrest of the chair was held down by Luo Zhan, who gently drew an “x” on the back of her hand.
Tang Ran understood and shook her head slowly in agreement: “I don’t understand.”
Luo Zhan was almost amused by the girl’s serious expression.
After a few seconds, he lowered his eyes, deliberately leaned forward, and his voice became slightly hoarse.
“What I mean is, if you dare to say no, you’ll have to wait for me to punish you in the future.”
“Luo Zhan.”
The old man couldn’t stand it any longer and stopped the man with a warning.
After a few seconds of silence, he frowned and asked, “How are you talking to your sister Tang Ran?”
Luo Zhan turned back lazily: “It’s just a friendly exchange.” He lowered his hand and touched Tang Ran’s head, and said in a low voice, “Right, little girl.”
“…”
The little girl was so obedient when being touched that she didn’t move at all.
In the eyes of others, she naturally looked pitiful as if she was bullied by Luo Zhan.
A few seconds passed.
The girl whispered, “I’ll go.”
“Well, that’s more like it.”
Luo Zhan withdrew his hand and rubbed the little girl’s head before leaving.
He was holding back his evil intentions, and smiled with his eyes lowered:
“No matter what your brother says in the future, you have to listen to him, understand?”
After a few seconds of silence, the girl nodded.
“I know.”
“…”
Among the other people in the room, Mr. Luo and Butler Lin were the only ones who knew the truth about this “threat and being threatened” situation.
Lin Yi stood there with a smile on his face, his expression unchanged. The old man, on the other hand, looked like it was “unbearable to watch” and turned away with great disgust.
So, in front of everyone in the Tang family, Tang Ran was forced to agree to accompany Luo Zhan and Tang Luoqian on the trip to M City under the “bullying power”, and the matter was settled.
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