It was already two o'clock in the afternoon when Tang Ran arrived at Tang's house.
The car was parked at the front door, and the driver just unbuckled his seat belt and was about to get out of the car, when he caught a glimpse of a man walking out of the front door outside the car.
"Mr. Tang." He quickly got out of the car.
"Well." Tang Shixin nodded, his eyes fell complicatedly to the back row of the car, "I'll pick up Xiaoran."
"Oh, oh good." The driver was obviously a little surprised when he heard this, and took two seconds to react. He turned around and opened the rear door, "Xiao Ran, you…"
The name came to an embarrassed stop, and the driver temporarily changed his words: "Mr. Tang is here to pick you up."
Tang Ran, who was sitting in the car, seemed to be able to regain her senses, and she raised her face in the direction of the voice.
Even though the most beautiful eyes were closed, Tang Shixin was startled by this face, which was similar to his younger sister in memory.
What a similar face... It's just that Tang Shiyu was much more lively and arrogant than her when he was a child, and he has never been so quiet before. Tang Shixin remembered that he always complained at that time, envied the quiet sister of other ladies, and sighed how his sister was like a little witch.
Now her daughter seems to have grown up according to his uncle's will. She was born bright and quiet. She only sat in the car, and she didn't need to speak or act, but she also showed a calm and quiet temperament.
If you can see, then the most beautiful pair of eyes should also be clear and clear.
pity…
Thinking of the accident that year, Tang Shixin's heart sank.
He didn't let his emotions last too long, lest anyone notice the clues. Tang Shixin quickly adjusted his mood and said warmly to the girl in the car: "Xiao Ran, get out of the car, I'll take you in."
"… "
Tang Ran finally recovered from his dazed thoughts. The sound of cicadas and the hot summer wind re-entered her perception.
She remembered. The unfamiliar voice in the dark was Tang Luoqian and her common father, Tang Shixin. He used to be the only family member who made her feel the only joy in the panic she lost shortly after, but soon after, he turned this joy into complete disappointment with his own hands.
Tang Ran lowered his head.
She slowly felt for her blind stick in the darkness, propped it up, and tapped it tentatively to the ground.
The girl stepped out of the car by herself, her voice quiet and soft: "Thank you. Please tell me when there are obstacles or steps, and I will be careful myself."
Tang Shixin was slightly startled.
When the driver next to him heard Tang Ran's words, he immediately looked at Tang Shixin worriedly, for fear that he would be unhappy; but unexpectedly, after being stunned for a few seconds, Tang Shixin not only was not unhappy, but even showed a sincere smile.
"Okay, I'll remind you."
Tang Shixin turned around, deliberately slowing down the pace of weight-relief, and waited for the little girl to follow him with her blind cane.
While walking slowly through the Tang family's renovated old house, he remembered his younger sister who had not returned after going abroad for more than ten years after falling out with the family.
Although she is not the same as her, this is a delicate and soft child who looks a little pitiful, but the arrogance in her bones that is indestructible and will not be flattering, in the end she still follows her...
very nice.
Tang Shixin personally took Tang Ran to get acquainted with the Tang family, and then led the person back to the living room of the main house.
His original intention was to sit down and talk with the little girl, but unfortunately the two just sat down in front of the sofa in the living room on the first floor, when Tang Luoqian heard the wind and came downstairs.
Tang Luoqian stood at the bottom of the stairs on the first floor, frowned and looked at the silhouette of the girl on the sofa for a while, then she pouted and walked into the living room dissatisfied.
Tang Ran didn't know whose footsteps at first, until the servants in the living room brought a tray of black tea to Tang Shixin and Tang Ran. Seeing Tang Luoqian, he asked, "Luoqian, what would you like to drink?"
Tang Luo frowned, "Carrot juice, mixed with 10% lemon balm."
"it is good."
At the beginning of this conversation, Tang Ran, who was sitting alone on the sofa, recognized the approximate position of Tang Luoqian and tensed slightly.
After Tang Luoqian answered, she walked over without saying a word, and sat directly on the couch beside Tang Shixin.
The air condensed for a while.
After a few seconds, Tang Luo rolled her eyes and turned to embrace Tang Shixin's arm: "Dad, I saw a new bracelet from Cartier yesterday. It seems to be a limited edition - would you give me one?"
Tang Shixin looked at her strangely: "Don't you ask someone to buy it for you and send it back?"
Tang Luoqian acted coquettishly: "No, I just want you to give it to me, Dad."
"Okay, I'll send you off..." Tang Shixin noticed something as soon as he agreed.
After two seconds of silence, he glared at Tang Luo angrily before turning to Tang Ran: "Xiao Ran, tomorrow is your birthday, do you have anything you want?"
Tang Luoqian's face suddenly appeared worried, she turned her head and looked at the girl sitting alone on the single sofa in repulsion.
Tang Ran closed his eyes and did not speak.
Even if she couldn't see it, she could guess how Tang Luoqian should be looking at her with her chin raised proudly.
After all, before Tang Luoqian appeared, she was led by Tang Shixin to walk around the Tang family and gave birth to the illusion of "going home by herself", which was so easily broken by her and Tang Shixin's words—
Tang Luoqian was showing her what a father's natural closeness, connivance and love to his daughter are.
It also made her wake up, and the point that made her delusional came from Tang Shixin's temperature, but it was a little warmth from others who were full of warmth and compassionate enough to move her own "kindness", and condescendingly gave out a little warmth.
One cannot live on false alms.
Tang Ran raised his face, the corners of his eyes were slightly curved, and he smiled lightly: "I don't lack anything, thank you."
"… "
Feeling the girl's sadness and alienation, Tang Shixin sighed in his heart.
Although he felt sorry for Tang Ran, Tang Luoqian was his only daughter after all. If it wasn't for him being spoiled, then Tang Luoqian obviously wouldn't have the temperament of today's domineering young lady.
So even if it was seen at this time, Tang Shixin didn't say anything in the end, so as not to make Tang Luoqian unhappy again.
With Tang Luoqian around, the atmosphere in the living room was inevitably awkward. When Tang Shixin was worried about how to adjust the atmosphere, the servant at home came over.
"Mr. Tang, a very young guest is coming to see you outside the door."
Tang Shixin said that he got up immediately, "Then I'll go take a look first. Luo Qian, my sister hasn't been home for a long time. You can talk with her for a while."
"Understood." Tang Luoqian agreed perfunctorily.
As soon as Tang Shixin left, Tang Luoqian looked at Tang Ran with an even more undisguised look of boredom.
She ignored Tang Ran at first, and deliberately wanted to embarrass her. It was best to see Tang Ran look helpless. However, after waiting for a while, Tang Luoqian got bored of waiting, and the little girl sitting there didn't even change her posture.
Tang Luo was very angry: "Are you dumb or wooden, didn't you hear my dad ask you to talk to me?"
Even though she hadn't seen her for a long time, Tang Ran was still familiar with her sister's temperament, and she was not surprised by what Tang Luoqian said.
After hearing this, Tang Ran just raised his head slightly towards the other party.
"Go ahead, I'm listening."
The little girl's voice was soft and soft, making it impossible for people to lose their temper.
Tang Luo gritted her teeth in anger. After thinking about it, she tightened her waist and raised her face, and asked coldly, "Do you and Luo Zhan know each other?"
Tang Ran's fingers on his knees trembled slightly.
After a few seconds, the little girl closed her eyes, "I only know 'Luo Xiu'."
Tang Luoqian was obviously relieved, but he still asked worriedly: "Then where did you get that coat when you went to Luo's house last time?"
"… "
Seeing Tang Ran's silence, Tang Luoqian raised her chin displeasedly: "You talk, I'm asking you something."
Tang Ran spoke slowly, her voice soft and quiet: "That's my business."
Tang Luo was stunned for a moment, she obviously didn't expect Tang Ran to dare to contradict her like this, she stayed for a few seconds before her face turned cold, "You know, I'm the eldest lady of the Tang family - don't think that you will be successful when you come back. Now that you are the master of the Tang family, you dare to contradict me when I talk to you?"
"… "
Tang Ran didn't speak.
Tang Luoqian thought she was subdued, and her face flashed with color, and just as she was about to continue her questioning, she heard the girl suddenly say softly: "You don't like me, hate me, and treat me like a little beggar, I don't blame you. "
Tang Luo was stunned for a while, and subconsciously sneered: "You are quite self-aware, know that you have no right to blame me?"
Tang Ran nodded seriously: "I know."
Tang Luoqian was even more at a loss.
Tang Ran added: "If I were you, then I wouldn't welcome my father's sudden extra daughter. It's a personal choice whether to hate or ignore it, so I don't blame you."
Tang Luoqian felt a little guilty for no apparent reason, but she felt that she would lose the momentum of the eldest Tang family by not opening her mouth. She cocked her neck and snorted coldly, "It's good that you know!"
"So, I don't ask you, and you don't ask me."
"… what?"
"Your business is your business, mine is mine." The girl's voice was still soft and calm, but there was no wavering or timidity in her tone. She said seriously, "The coat is mine, and it has nothing to do with you. I don't want to tell you, so I don't need to tell you."
"… "
It took a while for Tang Luoqian to react. At this time, Tang Ran had already stood up with the blind stick and seemed to be leaving.
Tang Luoqian stood up suddenly, "I haven't finished speaking yet, why are you leaving!"
The girl turned her back to her and asked softly, "Are you my sister?"
Tang Luo didn't even think about it: "You dream! I won't—"
"Since you're not my sister, why should I listen to you?" The little girl finished quietly, knocked on her blind stick again, and left from the sofa.
It wasn't until she took two steps out that Tang Luoqian, who was stupid on the sofa, finally came to her senses, she stared at the back of the little girl with an ugly face: "Then you hurry back to your side house, and don't let me see you in the future. !"
"… "
"Especially when Luo Zhan is coming home tonight, he must be talking about our engagement. Don't get in the way!"
"—"
The voice of the blind stick stopped abruptly.
Seeing that Tang Ran finally reacted, Tang Luo relieved her anger and smiled happily: "You have been to the Luo family last time, and I will be their mistress in the future - even if you can enter the Tang family now, it is useless, In the future, if you marry someone, it will be far away and broken, do you know why?"
Tang Ran didn't speak.
The blind stick in her hand slowly tightened, and the hard ring on the armrest at the head made her fingertips pale and pale and trembling slightly.
The less she spoke, the more Tang Luoqian felt relieved, and her voice was full of happy smiles:
"Grandma said the reason is very simple - an illegitimate daughter is an illegitimate daughter, and she will never be on the stage. There are no parents at the wedding, so who would dare to marry you?"
Tang Ran's figure froze, his fingers tightened.
At a certain extreme, the blind stick she was holding suddenly lifted and slid across the air - the tail tip of the blind stick was thrown in front of Tang Luo's shallow nose without warning.
"!"
Tang Luo's shallow smile stopped abruptly.
It was still the slender and pale girl who stood in place with her eyes closed, her fine black eyelashes draped quietly under her eyelids, her nose was upturned, and her lips were bitten and turned white.
There was not much emotion on that beautiful little face. When she spoke again, her very soft voice had a bit of a cold trembling:
"Although I didn't have much to lose, I still don't want to provoke you. Because I'm very scared. So, don't force me anymore... sister."
Tang Luoqian froze on the spot, her face turned pale with fright at some point—
The blind stick in front of her was no more than ten centimeters away from the tip of her nose, while the girl holding the blind stick did not move, her eyes were tightly closed and her eyelashes trembled slightly.
She didn't know whether Tang Ran was so sure of where she was standing that she dared to wave her hand directly, or whether she was really just throwing it out in a hurry.
Either way, Tang Luoqian felt terrified.
She wants to scream.
Just when the air was as stagnant as the molten iron of cast steel, a footstep came from the aisle next to the living room.
Tang Ran slowly put down the blind stick.
Tang Luo's shallow legs softened, and she fell back on the sofa, her face pale, and she gasped for breath.
The servant entered the living room. Aware of the strange atmosphere, he looked at the little girl standing there and Tang Luoqian on the sofa in confusion.
Not understanding what was going on, the servant had to lower his head and say, "Miss Tang Ran, Mr. Tang asked you to go to the front yard."
Tang Ran finally suppressed the heartbeat that was about to jump out of her chest—she was really scared without telling a lie to Tang Luoqian.
When her breathing calmed down a little, she asked softly, "What's the matter?"
The servant hesitated and said:
"Young Master Luo's lab classmates have brought the robot cabinet that Mr. Luo gave you."