Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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It was still the coldest time of the year in K City, and it was freezing cold outside.
Duan Qingyan came to deliver meals to Tang Ran at the side house every day. She had long since abandoned the wooden boxes with simple and beautiful patterns and instead used stainless steel metal lunch boxes with thickened insulation layers on the outer walls.
Even so, the distance from the main house to the side house was quite long and was mostly open-air, so by the time the meals were delivered and taken out, they were often only slightly warm.
“Xiao Ran, you should ask the main house to send a chef to the side house.” Duan Qingyan complained as she served Tang Ran dishes behind the table, “The food was originally piping hot, but now it’s not hot at all. And it’s been simmering in the lunch box all the way, so the taste must be much worse.”
Tang Ran smiled and said, “I think it’s okay.”
“You.” Duan Qingyan put away the four usual lunch dishes and a bowl of porridge and put the lunch box aside.
Tang Ran picked up the chopsticks from the place where chopsticks and spoons were placed. She then leaned forward and sniffed. Then the little girl frowned a little bit: “I seem to smell the scent of mushrooms.”
Duan Qingyan couldn’t help but laugh: “Well, the dish in area A3 is mushroom rapeseed.”
Tang Ran: “Ah…”
“Don’t be picky about food,” Duan Qingyan put away the lunch box and sat down at the table, smiling, “I will supervise you.”
“I’m not picky about food.” Tang Ran stretched out her chopsticks towards the plate on the square table that she had designated as area A3. “Luo Luo said that being picky about food will lead to malnutrition, and then I won’t grow taller.”
A piece of mushroom was picked up and bit by Tang Ran into her mouth. She then puffed her cheeks and ate it painfully while muttering, “I’m only 159cm tall. I have to grow taller…”
Duan Qingyan couldn’t hold herself back and burst out laughing.
Under the shade of the mushrooms, this lunch ended ten minutes later than usual.
Duan Qingyan cleaned up the kitchen trash and picked up the metal handle of the lunch box. After hesitating for a few seconds, her grip loosened again.
“Xiao Ran.”
“Um?”
“Has the young master of the Luo family mentioned anything to you in the past two days?”
Tang Ran was stunned for a moment, then raised her head slightly: “Luo Luo? He seems to be very busy recently and hasn’t been here.”
“Oh.”
“What happened?”
“I just heard the people in the kitchen talking at noon today. They said that the old man from the Luo family came in the morning.”
“Has Grandpa Luo been here?” Tang Ran showed a surprised expression.
Duan Qingyan hesitated: “I don’t know what they talked about. I only heard that he left not long after. And Mr. Tang personally sent him to the main gate.”
Tang Ran lowered her head thoughtfully.
At this moment, the doorbell of the side house suddenly rang.
Tang Ran and Duan Qingyan inside were both stunned.
Duan Qingyan: “Who could it be at this time? Xiao Ran, you and your, uh, driver, are scheduled to go out this afternoon?”
“No.” Tang Ran became even more confused. “Today is Thursday, and I don’t have any classes outside.”
“Then I’ll go over and take a look.” Duan Qingyan put down the lunch box temporarily and walked towards the entrance.
A few seconds later, Tang Ran heard the sound of the door opening. Duan Qingyan seemed to be stunned for a moment before she hurriedly called out, “Ms. Luoqian, why are you here?”
“…”
Tang Ran looked surprised when she heard these words. She then turned sideways and headed towards the entrance.
At this time, outside the door, Tang Luoqian looked Duan Qingyan up and down, frowned and asked: “Who are you?”
“I am responsible for delivering meals to the side house.”
“Is Tang Ran in there now?”
“……Yes.”
“Then move aside. I have something to say to her.” Tang Luoqian raised her chin slightly and walked into the room without looking around.
When Tang Luoqian walked past her, Duan Qingyan was stunned for two seconds, then she quickly turned around and walked quickly back to the living room.
Tang Luoqian did not change her shoes. The clicking sound of her heels spread from the entrance all the way to the square table in the living room, allowing Tang Ran to easily identify where she stopped.
Tang Ran loosened her clenched fingertips, closed her eyes and whispered, “What do you want to do?”
Tang Luoqian stared at Tang Ran with complicated eyes. After a few seconds, she snorted coldly and turned away: “I came here to tell you that I won in the end.”
Tang Ran frowned slightly: “What did you win?”
“Weren’t you trying to snatch Luo Zhan from me?” Tang Luoqian leaned forward and leaned on the table. She then lowered her head and said with gritted teeth, “This morning, Grandpa Luo and my dad have officially agreed on my marriage to Luo Zhan! So you don’t have to dream anymore – no matter how much effort you put in, he’s still going to marry me in the end!”
Tang Ran was stunned by Tang Luoqian’s words.
Seeing Tang Ran unable to recover from her shock, Tang Luo smiled even more proudly:
“I’ve said it before, who would be willing to marry you with your looks and background? Luo Zhan was just trying to make you happy in order to amuse himself. He has so many choices, how could he really fall in love with a blind little girl like you!”
The living room was quiet for a long time.
Tang Luoqian stared at Tang Ran’s expression without blinking, waiting to see the little girl feel aggrieved or have red eyes from crying, or show some other reaction.
However, she stared until her eyes were sore, but still could not see the reaction she expected on that increasingly delicate and beautiful face.
Sad? You could say so, but it was only a small part.
Tang Luoqian stood there awkwardly for a few seconds, then sneered with a stern face: “It seems that you didn’t hold out any hope either, you are quite self-aware–“
“Are you done?” the girl suddenly asked, her voice cold and calm.
Tang Luoqian was stunned by this reaction. After two seconds, she spoke: “W-what?”
“If you’re done, please leave. I’m going to take a nap.”
Tang Ran stood up after talking. She didn’t intend to pay any more attention to Tang Luoqian and walked straight towards the bedroom.
When the girl’s back walked into the corridor, a gentle voice came back: “Please help me close the outer door before you leave.”
“……!”
Tang Luoqian froze in disbelief. It took her a while to react and then she was so angry that her face turned red and white.
Finally she stamped her feet in annoyance and turned away.
After Tang Luoqian left, Duan Qingyan hurried to the door of Tang Ran’s bedroom and knocked quickly: “Xiao Ran, don’t be sad, things may not be as she said!”
The door in front of her was opened.
The girl’s calm and beautiful face appeared behind the door. After a second or two, Tang Ran lowered her eyes slightly: “I’m fine, don’t worry.”
Duan Qingyan gritted her teeth and said, “There must be some misunderstanding here – maybe Luo Zhan’s Grandpa didn’t even get Luo Zhan’s consent and just made the decision on his own!”
Tang Ran shook her head and smiled faintly: “No.”
“W-why?”
“Grandpa Luo likes Luo Zhan very much and loves him very much, and he only seems to be mean to him. So if Luo Zhan doesn’t agree to this matter, Grandpa Luo will not make a decision.”
“So, what you mean is that Luo Zhan really…”
“I’m a little sleepy.” Tang Ran said softly, “Let’s talk about this later, okay?”
“…”
How could Duan Qingyan dare to say no? She was afraid that if she took another breath she would irritate Tang Ran – the little girl didn’t even call him “Luo Luo”. She felt that Tang Ran must be very sad.
Duan Qingyan could only nod vigorously: “Okay, okay, go to sleep quickly and stop thinking about it! Wait until tonight, we’ll talk about it tonight.”
“Um.”
“Then I’ll go back first?”
“Good.”
“…”
She heard the footsteps fade away, and then the sound of the door closing sounded.
Then, there was a long period of dead silence in the side house.
The smile on Tang Ran’s face faded a little bit. After a moment, she raised her hand –
Her cell phone lay quietly in her palm.
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