Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After hearing the servant’s words, Luo Zhan frowned.
He turned his head and glanced diagonally across the corridor. His figure was vaguely reflected in the glass art mirror – under the loose V-neck of the therapy suit, half of the clavicle was sharply exposed, but around the other side of the neck and shoulder, the white bandage extended from his shoulder and neck to the inside of the collar, wrapping around his chest and back in circles.
Since Tang Ran made a special trip back to K City, she must have heard the news. If the little girl saw him like this…
Luo Zhan’s brows were furrowed in depression.
While Luo Zhan was hesitating, Luo Qingtang had already walked out from the corridor.
“The Tang family? The Tang family your grandfather wanted you to marry into?”
Luo Zhan raised his eyes and said nothing.
Luo Qingtang: “The young lady from the Tang family who came to see you is the one you refused to marry even if it meant enduring the family rules? Since you don’t like her, why did you tell her to wait for you to come? Aren’t you afraid that she might have come to settle the score with you?”
“This has nothing to do with you.” Luo Zhan replied coldly. Then he turned to the servant and said, “Take her to the small hall. I’ll go down later.”
“Yes, Master.”
After the servant left, Luo Zhan turned his head back and put his hands in his trouser pockets without any expression: “If you want to be a person, be consistent. This is what you taught me. I think it’s the same for being a parent. Since you’ve chosen to let your child go, then don’t bother with him until the end. This way, our relationship will probably be more loving and filial – what do you think, Dad?”
Luo Qingtang said calmly: “Your mother and I will not restrict you, nor will we interfere with your choice. But as incompetent parents, I think we at least have the right to know?”
Luo Zhan frowned and raised his eyelids: “What do you want to do.”
Luo Qingtang thought for two seconds and gestured to the stairs: “I’ll go down with you to meet the young lady from the Tang family?”
Luo Zhan stared at Luo Qingtang. During this time, Luo Qingtang’s face, which was forty or fifty percent similar to his, did not change at all, and he was as calm as usual.
After staring for a few seconds, Luo Zhan sighed softly and lowered his eyes.
Luo Zhan: “Do I have room to refuse?”
Luo Qingtang: “I don’t care.”
Luo Zhan looked up distrustfully.
Luo Qingtang: “But if your mother heard about it and you didn’t let her see it, she would probably try every possible way to achieve her goal.”
Luo Zhan didn’t know what he was thinking about, but his face darkened.
Luo Qingtang remained calm and turned to say to Luo Zhan in a leisurely tone, “You know how good she is at making trouble for others.”
Luo Zhan: “…”
Luo Zhan sighed, turned and walked to the other end of the corridor.
Luo Qingtang asked unexpectedly: “You are missing too?”
“See.”
“So what are you going to do?”
“Change clothes.”
“?”
Luo Qingtang stood at the stairs in a daze, looking at the tall and slender back of his youngest son. It took him a long time to come back to his senses unexpectedly.
Luo Qingtang wondered to himself, “When did he start caring about other people’s opinions or feelings?”
Feeling curious, Luo Qingtang turned around and looked down the stairs towards the general direction of the small hall on the first floor.
Tang’s tearoom.
Old Madam Hang tightly grasped her cane and raised her eyes in shock: “You said Tang Ran entered the Luo family’s house? They just let her in?”
Tang Shixin lowered his head and said, “That’s right.”
“The Luo family is going too far! Didn’t the old man punish Luo Zhan according to the family rules, saying that he is refusing to see visitors for the next month due to which he even refused to see you?”
Tang Shixin hesitated for a long time, then spoke carefully: “The Luo family has indeed been closed to visitors for more than half a month. As for Xiao Ran, she may be an exception.”
“She’s an exception? Why?”
“The Luo family, or Luo Zhan…may have some different feelings towards Xiao Ran.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“I suspect that Luo Zhan may have remembered what happened back then.”
“This is impossible!”
Old Mrs. Hang’s face changed drastically, and her hand holding the crutch suddenly tightened. The wrinkled skin on the back of her hand was like dry bark, and she didn’t even notice that the crutch was shaking from holding it so tightly.
Tang Shixin sighed: “Even if he didn’t remember, his feelings for Xiao Ran are extraordinary.”
“You mean he rejected Luoqian because of Tang Ran?” Old Lady Hang frowned. “What evidence do you have?”
Tang Shixin: “When Tang Ran lived in the side house before, she went out a few times, and the servants in the house saw Luo Zhan on the main road outside the courtyard.”
“What? Why didn’t you tell me about this earlier?”
Tang Shixin’s expression was gloomy: “Mom, I just think that the relationship between the younger generations should be considered and chosen by themselves.”
“Nonsense!”
Old Mrs. Hang interrupted Tang Shixin without hesitation. She sat in her seat, thinking about something with a gloomy expression.
The tearoom was silent for a while, then the old lady slowly let out a breath: “If it is as you said, then the conditions proposed by the Luo family when they came to discuss the marriage are not surprising.”
Tang Shixin was stunned: “Mom, are you saying that the Luo family deliberately agreed to the marriage for Tang Ran? Then aren’t they afraid of regretting it later–” Before he could finish his words, Tang Shixin thought of something and stopped talking.
Old Mrs. Hang sneered: “I don’t know whether it was the old man or the young man’s idea, but this trick of inflicting pain on oneself is really vicious.”
Tang Shixin was silent for a long time, then frowned and said, “I was there that day, and Grandpa Luo used the family rules to punish Luo Zhan without holding back. Although it wasn’t as exaggerated as the rumors outside that there was blood all over the floor, the stick fell hard after all. I think it was mostly hard injuries with blood hidden inside. Luo Zhan did indeed faint and was carried away… If it was really a self-torture tactic, then Grandpa Luo was too cruel.”
“You only see that the old man is cruel?” Old Mrs. Hang raised her wrinkled eyelids.
Tang Shixin was stunned: “You mean Luo Zhan?”
“I think this plan is more likely to be Luo Zhan’s own idea than that of Grandpa Luo, who loves his grandson the most.” The old lady snorted coldly.
“This…” Tang Shixin broke out in a cold sweat, “It’s impossible. He did it just for Xiao Ran?”
Mrs. Hang squinted at him: “Isn’t this your conclusion?”
Tang Shixin was speechless.
Old Mrs. Hang slowly narrowed her eyes, and a gleam of light occasionally appeared from between her eyes.
The more she thought about it, the more serious her expression became. When Tang Shixin was worried about how angry the old lady would get, he suddenly heard Mrs. Hang laughing.
Tang Shixin was startled: “Mom, what are you laughing at?”
Mrs. Hang stopped smiling and said, “I was wondering who he was doing it for. He would rather be punished by the family rules than marry Luoqian… It turns out it was because of Tang Ran.”
Tang Shixin was puzzled: “Is there anything to be happy about?”
Mrs. Hang did not answer, but said: “At this point, it is impossible to force him to marry Luoqian.”
Tang Shixin nodded, his expression heavy: “I am more worried that the Luo family will take advantage of this time when Luo Zhan was severely injured by the family law to directly cut off contact with us.”
“They will.”
“Then what should we do? Over the years, countless people have been eyeing our Tang family’s alliance with the Luo family. If the Luo family insists on making drastic changes, they may not suffer much damage, but the impact on us will probably be too great!”
“So,” Mrs. Hang narrowed her eyes, “I should say, it’s a good thing it was Tang Ran. “
Tang Shixin was stunned: “Luckily it’s Tang Ran?”
“Her last name is Tang after all.”
Tang Shixin: “But they probably already know what happened with Lan Jingqian. I’m afraid the Luo family would be more willing to win over Lan Jingqian and help Tang Ran get rid of the Tang family…”
“Can they just get rid of us if they want to?” Old Madam Hang sneered and stood up. “Half of Tang Ran’s blood is from the Tang family. They can never deny this!”
Tang Shixin: “But Tang Ran has never been truly recognized as a child of the Tang family since she was a child, so even if she can marry Luo Zhan, I’m afraid we can’t…”
“She’s not yet of age.”
“?”
“Didn’t Lan Jingqian ask for her medical birth certificate to change her birthday?”
Tang Shixin nodded subconsciously.
Mrs. Hang: “Don’t let him change it, let us change it first.”
“……?”
Old Mrs. Hang smiled slowly, her eyes cold.
“Tang Ran’s 18th birthday party will be hosted by the Tang family – let everyone witness her returning to our Tang family and becoming a legitimate daughter of the Tang family.”
Tang Shixin finally reacted and was shocked: “You want to tie Tang Ran to the Tang family?”
“That’s right. Isn’t Luo Zhan in love with Tang Ran? Isn’t he willing to endure the family rules and give up half his life for her?”
Old Mrs. Hang walked out with a sneer.
“Then let everyone watch. As long as he and Tang Ran are together, they can’t do anything to the Tang family. When they get married, in the eyes of outsiders, the Luo family and the Tang family will always be the most unbreakable alliance!”
“…”
Tang Shixin watched the old lady’s back as she walked away, stood frozen in place, and remained speechless for a long time.
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