Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Because of Yang Yilan’s phone call, their destination was temporarily changed to the apartment where Tang Ran originally lived with Yang Yilan.
And beyond that…
Luo Zhan, who was driving, glanced in the rearview mirror – behind the rear of the dark blue supercar he was driving, there was another black sedan following him relentlessly.
There was still a light bulb that could not be driven away.
Luo Zhan looked away unhappily.
“Luo Luo,” the girl in the passenger seat next to him suddenly spoke softly, “You seemed a little absent-minded the whole way. Is there something wrong?”
“Hmm?” Luo Zhan came back to his senses hastily.
Tang Ran: “If you have something to do, I can just ask the driver uncle to accompany me to get the things.”
“No.” Luo Zhan denied, “I just suddenly thought of a question.”
Tang Ran asked curiously, “What’s the problem?”
Luo Zhan’s thoughts drifted away, and he said casually: “The old lady you are going to meet later seems to think I am Luo Xiu. I wonder if your… new driver will accidentally expose me.”
Tang Ran suddenly came to her senses: “That’s right. Grandma doesn’t know that you are Luo Zhan yet.” The little girl frowned in distress, “Then how should I explain it?”
“Don’t explain.”
“Ah?”
Luo Zhan looked at the apartment building that was gradually approaching and said, “Hasn’t she already packed what she wants to give you? You can chat with your grandma downstairs later, and your new driver and I will go upstairs to get your things.”
Tang Ran thought for a few seconds, then nodded seriously, “Okay, I’ll be responsible for holding Grandma back.”
“…”
Luo Zhan was amused by the little girl and burst out laughing.
Then they arrived downstairs of the apartment.
Two luxurious cars- one a supercar and another a sedan were parked one after the other downstairs of the apartment building, attracting a lot of attention from passers-by.
The driver’s door of the dark blue supercar opened, and a young man wearing a white shirt and a long coat got out. He wore a pair of large brown sunglasses on his elegant face, and his beautiful peach blossom eyes were covered tightly, revealing only his high nose bridge and thin lips.
The young man walked around to the passenger seat and helped the little girl out of the car.
When Tang Ran left the car, Yang Yilan suppressed her surprise and came to her: “Xiao Ran!”
“Grandma.” Tang Ran turned towards the direction of the voice, revealing her happiness that she couldn’t hide, “Are you okay?”
“Grandma should be asking you this question…” Yang Yilan pulled Tang Ran aside and chatted for a few words. However, she couldn’t help but glance at the tall and long-legged young man standing next to the car.
Yang Yilan then asked Tang Ran hesitantly, “Why did the eldest young master of the Luo family send you here?”
Tang Ran lowered her head guiltily: “Luo Luo and I made an appointment to come out together today. When you called me, grandma, he was next to me.”
“Is that so?” Yang Yilan nodded and looked at Luo Zhan again.
Young Master Luo rarely showed obvious hesitation.
Unlike the real Luo Xiu, he was definitely not the kind of person who could be gentle and polite on the surface. However, the person in front of him was an elder who was very kind to Tang Ran, so it seemed inappropriate for him to turn a blind eye…
The young master looked uncomfortable for two seconds, but he still lowered his eyes and greeted in a low voice: “Hello, grandma.”
Yang Yilan was a little flattered and smiled: “It’s been such a long time since we last met, it’s amazing that the young master still remembers an old woman like me.”
Luo Zhan: “You are Tang Ran’s grandmother, which means you are my elder. This is as it should be.”
Yang Yilan’s smile paused.
No matter how she thought about it, she felt there was a deeper meaning behind these words.
Luo Zhan had no intention of delaying any further.
After he finished speaking, he turned to Tang Ran and slowed down his voice: “Ran Ran, your new driver and I will go upstairs to get your things first, okay?”
“Yes.” Tang Ran nodded, “Grandma, can you give the key to Luo Luo?”
Yang Yilan hesitated: “I’ll go up with them…”
Tang Ran hurriedly held Yang Yilan’s hand tightly: “But grandma, I want to chat with you.”
Yang Yilan’s expression softened immediately: “Okay, okay, let them go up, I’ll chat with our Xiao Ran.”
“…”
When Luo Zhan and Lan Jingqian, who got out of the next car, walked quickly into the apartment, Yang Yilan withdrew her gaze in surprise.
“Xiao Ran, is the man behind you the new driver you mentioned?”
“Yes.”
“Looks like someone with a good temperament.”
Tang Ran lowered her eyes: “From the sound of his voice, he seems to be a very gentle uncle.”
Yang Yilan: “Even today the sun isn’t too glaring, it’s a bit cloudy. Why are they both wearing big sunglasses?”
Tang Ran was startled: “Is the driver wearing it too?”
“Yes.”
“…”
Tang Ran turned her face away in confusion.
Luo Luo wore sunglasses because he was afraid that Yang Yilan would find out that he was Luo Zhan, the young master of the Luo family, and not Luo Xiu.
Then why did her new driver also wear sunglasses…
Inside the apartment building, in the elevator room.
After Luo Zhan took the initiative to press the up button of the elevator, the nearest elevator slowly came down.
The number stopped at “11”. It seemed that it had stopped for other residents in the building.
Expecting to have to wait for a while, Luo Zhan withdrew his hand and stood in front of the staircase.
Beside him, Lan Jingqian looked around the entire elevator room of the apartment and turned back with a frown: “Did Xiao Ran live here before?”
“Yeah.” Luo Zhan replied lazily, “She and the old lady standing next to her just now lived here for nearly ten years. It was not until before her 16th birthday that she was taken back to the Tang family and arranged to live in the side house.”
Lan Jingqian frowned even deeper.
But the next second he suddenly thought of something and looked at Luo Zhan unkindly: “Do you know Xiao Ran well?”
“…”
Luo Zhan put his hands in his trouser pockets, his emotions fluctuating several times.
In the end, he just chuckled and raised his eyes again: “Don’t worry, uncle, we have only known each other for a short time, and I have only been to this apartment once.”
That title still made Lan Jingqian’s eyelids twitch, but he endured it and asked with a frown, “So how far has your relationship with Xiao Ran progressed?”
Luo Zhan burst out laughing.
He pulled his hands out of his trouser pockets, raised them over his shoulders, and turned sideways half-jokingly and half-seriously.
“You know, what I said before was the truth – I admit that I like her, but our friendship is just as pure as that of little friends.”
Lan Jingqian looked at him suspiciously: “Really?”
Luo Zhan put his hand down: “Ran Ran is only 16 years old. I remember this more clearly than anyone else. No matter how much I like her, I am not a beast to the point of dating a minor.”
Although Lan Jingqian was unexpected, he finally felt relieved.
At this moment, the elevator door dinged and opened in front of them.
Luo Zhan was about to take a step forward when he stopped again.
Inside the elevator, a hunched old lady with gray leaning on a cane, was slowly taking her first step out.
Luo Zhan consciously turned sideways to make way for the old lady who seemed to have difficulty moving.
Hearing the sound of the crutch hitting the ground, Luo Zhan’s drooping eyelids opened up.
He remembered this voice.
The last time he came to the apartment, it was this sound that was very similar to the little girl’s blind stick that touched him and made him take the initiative to “help others” for once.
There seemed to be a small incident later.
Before Luo Zhan could recall carefully, the old lady who was walking in front of him glanced at Luo Zhan who was turning sideways and stopped: “Thank you, young man.”
The words of thanks had not changed.
Luo Zhan lowered his eyes and replied, “You’re welcome.”
The old lady raised her cane again, but it fell down again before it reached half its height.
Her puzzled voice sounded: “You, you look a little familiar?”
Luo Zhan stopped.
At that moment, his heartbeat suddenly became chaotic for no reason. It was like some bad premonition…
“Ah, I remember now.”
After thinking hard, the old lady pointed at Luo Zhan with a smile on her face.
“You’re going to the 12th floor, right? Are you here to see your girlfriend again today?”
Luo Zhan: “…”
Lan Jingqian: “?”
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