Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Tan Yunchang reacted and almost laughed out loud, but he tried hard to hold it back: “No… Sister Tang Ran, why are you asking this? Is it just because of what he said today?”
Tang Ran nodded, then shook her head and said seriously, “This is not the first time he has said something like this.”
Tan Yunchang: “?”
Tang Ran: “The first time we met was when I went to the INT store that day and he sent me home. He said something like that when we were at the Qingyan Road bus stop as well.”
Tan Yunchang asked in shock: “What did he say?”
Tang Ran recalled, then sat up straight, straightened her face, and imitated Luo Zhan’s lazy and cold tone at that time, and said:
“Put on your clothes. The aunt next to me has already accused me of abusing my daughter.”
“Hahahahahaha…”
Before Tang Ran finished learning, Tan Yunchang almost fell down from laughing.
“You really are very familiar with Luo Zhan. You have imitated his tone almost to the same degree!”
Tang Ran lay back helplessly and frustratedly: “But I didn’t hear any aunt talking at that time. He must have said it himself.”
“So, you think he has treated you as his daughter since then?”
Tang Ran nodded: “Yes.”
Tan Yunchang was almost unable to sit still due to laughter but seeing that the little girl was really in a low mood, he had to hold back: “Ahem, but in my impression, Luo Zhan is really not the type…who would have the aura of fatherly love.”
Tang Ran was silent.
Coming out of his state of laughter, Tan Yunchang suddenly discovered a problem that he had just ignored: “But Sister Tang Ran….”
“Um?”
“You seem… to really not want Luo Zhan to treat you as a daughter?” Tan Yunchang carefully considered his words, “Look, with Luo Zhan’s background, being spoiled by him as a daughter is something many people dream of – if he really thinks so, wouldn’t you like it?”
The little girl lay on the square table and said nothing.
The thin shadow under the lamp was cast on her beautiful face, making her look dull and lost.
This further confirmed something in Tan Yunchang’s mind: “You wouldn’t be…”
“I don’t want him to be like that.” Tang Ran gathered all her courage and spoke. “Because I like him.”
The girl’s voice was very soft, even a little trembling, but with a certain determination.
Tan Yunchang was shocked, and it took him several seconds to find his voice: “You, you, you like Luo Zhan? Damn, that’s too——”
The word “good” was not uttered by him before Tan Yunchang managed to stop it in time.
It would be fine to tease the little girl or annoy Luo Zhan in other matters, but if he accidentally ruined Luo Zhan’s plan in this matter…
Tan Yunchang really didn’t think that Luo Zhan would let him see the sun tomorrow morning.
After Tang Ran finished speaking, she waited anxiously and seriously for Tan Yunchang’s reaction. After hearing Tan Yunchang’s silence, she waited for a while before asking, “Manager, what do you want to say?”
Tan Yunchang coughed awkwardly: “Nothing, nothing.”
Tang Ran’s mouth corners drooped under the pressure of heavy emotions, and her voice became low: “Are you trying to say that I’m overestimating my own abilities?”
Tan Yunchang waved his hands hurriedly: “No, no, no, I didn’t say that–“
“But I still want to try.”
Tang Ran raised her head, her tone becoming firmer. Her delicate and soft features showed a rare resolute expression, “I have never fought for anything since I was a child, because I felt I could not win. Those beautiful people and things seemed to have nothing to do with me, but Luo Luo told me that I was worth it.”
Tang Ran paused and said in a softer voice: “He is the only one who told me this. So if it’s for him, I want to try very hard to be brave once. Even if I fail… I will fail…”
The little courage the girl had just mustered slowly faded away, and her pretty little face wrinkled.
She sighed in frustration: “But if I fail, will Luo Luo ignore me? He seems to hate girls who show affection to him.”
Tan Yunchang’s expression twisted for a moment. After finally calming down his turbulent emotions, he decided to give the little girl a hint.
After pondering for a moment, Tan Yunchang spoke earnestly, “Sister Tang Ran, have you ever heard of this saying?”
Tang Ran raised her head: “What?”
Tan Yunchang: “That is to say, life is like a large competition composed of many races. Those small things and goals, whether in love or in other aspects, are like a short-distance race.”
“Yeah.” Tang Ran listened carefully and nodded in support.
“In these short-distance races, everyone starts at a different starting point. Some people are unlucky and stand at the starting line; others are lucky and stand in the middle of the track.”
Tan Yunchang deliberately paused for two seconds before hinting in a more serious tone:
“In addition to these people, there are also very few chosen ones – in some things, they are simply standing on the podium! Why would they compete? Just give out the awards to them directly!”
“…”
The little girl stopped talking. She frowned and began to think about what Tan Yunchang said.
After a few seconds, she nodded: “Well, I understand what the manager means.”
Tan Yunchang was overjoyed: “Okay, okay, if you understand——”
“The store manager said that Luo Zhan has many suitors, enough to fill the starting line and the finish line.” The girl looked serious, “So this competition will be particularly difficult.”
Tan Yunchang: “?”
Tan Yunchang was silent for a few seconds, and tried to save the situation with a weak breath: “You are right, but…”
“Manager, I’m mentally prepared.”
Tang Ran clenched her fingers, her tone tense and serious.
“I know Luo Zhan is very good, and his suitors must be very good too. I can’t compare to them now, but it doesn’t matter. I will work hard to make myself a better person.”
“…”
Tan Yunchang’s head felt as big as a bucket.
While Tan Yunchang was racking his brains to think about how to turn the situation that was obviously going astray, when the doorbell of the side house rang.
Tang Ran turned her head and asked: “Did the robot get delivered?”
“…I think so.”
Tan Yunchang stood up with a conflicted expression, and just as he was about to walk out, he suddenly had an idea.
“Sister Tang Ran.”
“Um?”
“If you really want to pursue Luo Zhan, you might as well talk to your robot.”
“…Ah?” Tang Ran asked in confusion, “What should I talk about with it?”
Tan Yunchang suddenly realized something and smiled mysteriously: “I haven’t told you before that this robot’s language module has a love tutorial module. But we haven’t tested this function yet. You can try various keywords and you will be able to stimulate it.”
Tang Ran hesitated: “But I don’t want him to know now…”
“Don’t be afraid, just be prepared in advance. And if you ask Luo Luo to keep the secret, no one will know. He listens to you the most.”
“Okay,” the girl nodded hesitantly, “Thank you, manager.”
“You’re welcome, you’re welcome. It’s what I should do.”
After Tan Yunchang threw the blame away with a sly grin, he suddenly felt relaxed and wanted to just walk out humming a little tune.
Before leaving, he glanced at the mechanical box that had been parked outside the side house. Tan Yunchang stepped forward and patted the door, then walked around and got on the car that Lin Qianhua had driven over.
After he got in the car, Lin Qianhua, who was in the driver’s seat, asked in confusion: “Senior, why did you knock on the door of the engine box just now?”
Tan Yunchang: “It’s okay, just a reminder to the people inside.”
“Reminder?”
“Well,” Tan Yunchang tried to hold back his laughter for a while but couldn’t hold it back anymore. He laughed with a sense of gloating, “Just now I observed the celestial phenomena for the night and calculated that someone will have a disaster tonight.”
“Ah? Brother Zhan? What happened to him?”
“Peach Blossom Tribulation.”
“……?”
Tan Yunchang knocked on the door before leaving, which did serve as a reminder to Luo Zhan.
Although Luo Zhan didn’t know what was going on and didn’t have time to communicate with Tan Yunchang, he still had a hunch that something unusual would happen tonight.
Thinking that it was probably related to Tang Ran, Luo Zhan was still worried. He took out his silent phone from the storage box specially set up in the mechanical box and sent a message to Tan Yunchang:
What do you mean by knocking?
After a few dozen seconds, the message came back: [Hey, it’s okay, just a reminder. Little Tang Ran said she wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with her robot tonight.]
Luo Zhan frowned slightly: [That’s it?]
[That’s it. But you guys might have a deeper conversation tonight, and I’m afraid you might get scared again, so I’m reminding you first.]
“…”
In the mechanical box, Luo Zhan froze after receiving this message. After a few seconds, the corners of his mouth curled up coldly and mockingly, and his finger pressed on the voice button——
“Ding Dong.”
On the transport vehicle, a cell phone beeped.
Tan Yunchang, who was chatting and laughing with Lin Qianhua, looked down and said, “Hey, it’s still a voice message.”
Lin Qianhua asked: “What did Brother Zhan say?”
“Let me listen.”
Tan Yunchang switched to the loudspeaker and played it louder. Then he heard a lazy and pleasant magnetic mechanical sound coming from the phone:
[Me getting scared when I talk to the little girl. Do you think I’m as useless as you?]
Tan Yunchang: “…”
Lin Qianhua heard it clearly and laughed beside him.
“Your words won’t scare Brother Zhan. He is used to being blessed by nature, so he is always lazy and doesn’t care about anything. I have never seen him panic about anything.”
Tan Yunchang came back to his senses and angrily muttered, “I almost forgot that this is a common occurrence for a little girl to confess her love to him… he won’t really have no reaction, will he?”
“Ah? What did you say, Senior?”
“It’s okay. Forget it, never mind. Let’s go.”
“Oh, okay.”
T/N: This is called “setting a flag” if nothing else, LZ you are going to regret it…
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