Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Duan Qingyan followed the Tang family’s steward and went up to the third floor of the Tang family’s main residence in a daze.
The steward stopped outside the door of a room, walked forward, and asked the person standing at the door: “Is everything ready inside?”
“No, she’s still changing clothes.” After that, the man looked at Duan Qingyan behind the steward and asked subtly, “Is she the lucky one?”
“Yes.”
“What is her name?”
“Her surname is Duan, Duan Qingyan.”
“It’s a good name. It sounds lucky.” The man said to Duan Qingyan half-jokingly, “If you choose the right master and join the right team, you will soar to the sky in the future.”
Duan Qingyan: “……?”
Seeing that the confusion on Duan Qingyan’s face didn’t seem fake, the man turned back unexpectedly: “You haven’t told her what you need her to do?”
“The old lady was in a hurry, and I didn’t have time to say anything.”
“I see. Your name is Duan Qingyan, right? From today on, you don’t have to do any of your previous work at home anymore.”
Duan Qingyan was shocked: “Am I fired?”
“Fired?” The man laughed. “No, you just need to stay by Miss Tang Ran’s side from now on and be responsible for making her happy and keeping her entertained. Is that possible?”
Duan Qingyan was stunned.
“Ms. Tang Ran is in there putting on makeup and getting dressed. She is also preparing for her birthday party tonight. You can go in and talk to her.”
“…”
“What are you still doing? Go in!”
“Oh, oh, okay.” Duan Qingyan walked into the open door in a daze.
As soon as Duan Qingyan entered the room, the man outside immediately closed the door.
The smile on his face faded, and he turned around and asked the steward: “Did you take her phone away from her?”
“Well, I supervised her putting it down.”
“That’s good. The old lady specifically instructed that Miss Tang Ran should not have any way to contact the outside world – this kind of thing can’t go wrong.”
“Clear.”
After Duan Qingyan entered the door, she was stopped outside. The Tang family’s professional stylist team was busy changing Tang Ran’s clothes and putting on makeup for her in the inner room, and would not let her in.
After waiting like this for most of the afternoon, and after the stylist team had basically left, Duan Qingyan was finally allowed into the inner room.
As soon as she entered, Duan Qingyan, who had been holding back for the entire afternoon, could not help but run over and whisper, “Xiao Ran, is it really you, are you back? I missed you so much!”
“Hey – wait a minute!” The person who was waiting in the room to touch up her makeup appeared out of nowhere, stopped Duan Qingyan, frowned and said unhappily, “Why are you so rude?”
“…”
The girl who had been sitting in front of the mirror and had rarely responded, paused.
After a moment, the girl raised her eyes, looked at the figure in the mirror, and said softly: “This is my friend, please let her come over.”
The stylist froze for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but finally put down his arm in embarrassment and said, “Ms. Tang Ran has just had her hair done, so don’t mess up her makeup and hair.”
Duan Qingyan nodded: “Got it.”
The man was tactful and after he finished speaking, he took the initiative to leave the inner room and go outside.
Duan Qingyan was no longer so restrained. She excitedly ran to Tang Ran’s side, unable to suppress her accent: “Xiao Ran, they said that the Tang family is going to hold a birthday party for you. Is this true or not?”
“Maybe.”
“Some people say this will be your room from now on? I just looked outside and it’s really big. One room is as big as an ordinary house. Can you live in the main house from now on?”
“Um.”
Duan Qingyan spoke a lot excitedly, but then she noticed that Tang Ran was in a bad mood.
She was stunned for two seconds, then lowered her voice and asked, “Xiao Ran, why do you seem unhappy? The Tang family is going to compensate you, right? Don’t you like it?”
Tang Ran was silent for a while, then turned around and said, “I’m not unhappy. It’s just that someone told me that no one in this world would treat you well for no reason.”
“Ah?” Duan Qingyan asked worriedly, “Are you saying that the Tang family has some purpose?”
Tang Ran remained silent.
She turned back and looked at the girl in the mirror, whose dress and hair were so exquisite that she felt unfamiliar with her, and sighed softly, “How could there be no purpose?”
Duan Qingyan was startled and looked around vigilantly. After searching in vain, she turned back distressedly: “I suddenly remembered that my phone was taken away by the steward before I came in, and it can only be returned to me tomorrow.”
Tang Ran was not surprised: “Mine is the same.”
“They, they want to lock you up at home, what exactly do they want to do?”
“I don’t know.” Tang Ran shook her head. After hesitating for a moment, she said, “But I guess it’s related to the Luo family.”
“Eh? Is it related to the Luo family?”
“Yeah.” Tang Ran frowned slightly, then she lowered her head and thought about something, without explaining further.
Duan Qingyan turned around worriedly and suddenly ran back to ask: “How about, how about I sneak out and find Luo Zhan! He must be able to help you out!”
Hearing that name, Tang Ran’s heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat. She instinctively reached out and grabbed Duan Qingyan: “Don’t!”
Duan Qingyan looked down blankly: “Why?”
“Grandma… since that person wants to officially hold a birthday party for me and doesn’t seem to shy away from any outsiders, she must be prepared for Luo Zhan to come.”
“Um, so?”
“I’m worried that Luo Luo’s coming here would satisfy the Tang family. Maybe it would even implicate him.”
Duan Qingyan scratched her head in confusion: “Is it so complicated? What should I do? How about I sneak you out?”
“…”
Tang Ran looked out the window: “It’s almost night.”
“Hmm? Ah, yes, what happened to the night?”
“They will come to pick me up and take me to the hotel where the birthday party is being held soon.” Tang Ran smiled bitterly, “Besides, my eyes haven’t recovered yet. I can’t see clearly in places where the light is too bright or too dark – even if I want to run, I can’t do it.”
Duan Qingyan also worried: “Then we can only wait?”
Tang Ran thought for a moment, then looked up and said to Duan Qingyan, “I probably won’t have much chance to move freely tonight. If you can find a free moment, please help me call Luo Luo.”
“Um?”
Duan Qingyan was at a loss for a few seconds, then her eyes lit up: “I understand, do you want to tell him your exact location and ask him to rescue you?”
“No.”
“?”
“Tell him I’m fine and for him not to come tonight.”
“Ah? Why?”
“His wounds haven’t healed yet.” The girl’s voice dropped. “No matter what the Tang family wants to do… I won’t, won’t involve him again.”
“…”
That night.
A five star hotel owned by the Tang family was cleared in advance, and the banquet hall was specially used to set up Tang Ran’s birthday party. As time went by, the VIPs who received the invitation letters gradually arrived, and the banquet hall gradually filled up.
Waiters in tuxedos, carrying pale golden trays, shuttled between the guests like butterflies flying among the bushes.
The conversations of countless guests flowed past their ears like water –
“From what I’ve seen, the Tang family is really planning to let that illegitimate daughter return to her ancestral home?”
“Of course they are. They’ve officially held her coming-of-age ceremony. Isn’t that recognition? If I were Lin Manmei, I would be so angry that I would die if I saw a mistress’s child being brought home openly.”
“That old lady Hang has been smart all her life, but has she become confused in the end? She has kept the existence of the illegitimate daughter a secret for so many years, and now when the Luo family is rejecting their marriage proposal, she actually revealed this matter. Is she afraid that the Tang family would still have some good reputation left?”
“Who knows what she was thinking – waiter, wait a minute, give me a glass of champagne.”
The last person to speak called to the waiter who was walking by with a tray, and her eyes glanced at the other person casually as she received the cup.
After a second or two, the champagne glass stopped in front of her lips and the woman seemed stunned.
The people next to her noticed: “What’s wrong?”
“I…” The woman suddenly came to her senses and looked up in surprise, “That waiter just now looked very familiar. I seem to have seen him somewhere.”
“No way? How could you have ever seen a waiter before?”
“Really.” The woman turned her head but could no longer see the other person.
“Oh, I see. He was really handsome, right? You wanted to get his phone number? That’s such an old-fashioned pick-up line.”
“Haha, that’s annoying, screw you.”
“…”
The guests’ laughter and chatter turned inaudible.
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