The clothes that Yang Yilan chose for Tang Ran to go to the birthday banquet of the old man of the Luo family was a sleeveless and round-neck starry sky design dress: the hem of the girl's skirt was dotted with shiny things like broken stars, and the crystal gauze was twisted into flowers at the back waist. The knotted design outlines the girl's grippy waist.
Under the dark skirt, the calf, which was made more and more white, was smooth and lustrous, like suet jade, which made people's eyes shine.
If I had to say the only regret, it would probably be the blind cane that the girl held in her hand.
When the driver who came to pick him up from the Tang family saw Tang Ran slowly walking out of the apartment building, he felt pity for this little girl in his heart.
When he regained his senses, the girl had already stopped in front of the car, showing a little hesitation, "Uncle?"
The driver quickly opened the car door, "Get in the car, Xiaoran."
"Um."
Tang Ran returned to Tang's house a few times, all with the same driver. In order to avoid the shadows that the small closed car would bring her, the driver drove the same soft-top convertible every time. Before Tang Ran went downstairs, he would first open the soft-top roof.
So Tang Ran is no stranger to this process.
But this time Tang Ran got into the car and just put away the blind stick, when he heard Yang Yilan's voice coming from the direction of the apartment building:
"Hey, wait a minute!"
The driver's action of closing the door stopped, and the girl sitting quietly with her calves in the car also raised her head when she heard the sound.
Yang Yilan, who is over fifty years old, still walks like a young man. In a few seconds, she ran to the front of the car, still carrying a coat in her hand that said it was indistinguishable whether it was black or dark blue.
The driver was stunned, "What's wrong?"
"I've been thinking about it, and I don't know when this old man Luo's birthday banquet will be held. If it's too late, then Xiao Ran won't be frozen if she only wears this dress?"
As Yang Yilan said that, she draped the unbuttoned coat over the girl, and then pulled the collar to tighten the clothes.
Then she turned back, looked Tang Ran up and down, and nodded with satisfaction.
"That's right. The coats of the girls at home are either too thin to hold up to this dress, or too soft and lacking in style—I think this one will be just right."
The driver came to pick up Tang Ran several times, and he was familiar with Yang Yilan. Hearing that, he looked away from the girl who was still a little stunned in the car and nodded.
"It's really suitable, but why are there boys' clothes at home?"
Yang Yilan: "Don't worry about it, hurry up and send Xiaoran over. Don't delay any longer."
"Okay, let's go now."
"… "
The door is closed.
Tang Ran raised his hand and touched his clothes with his fingertips.
The starting point is the texture of cold ice, I don't know what material it is. The faint smell of amber cedar had been washed away, but Tang Ran could still feel it—
It's the one from yesterday. The coat given to her by the boy who had the same voice as Luo Luo.
After two seconds of pause, the corner of the girl's eyes slightly curved. Before the sound of the driver's footsteps, she whispered:
"Luo Luo."
"Here." A familiar voice came out of the phone held by the girl's thin white fingers.
"Am I looking good today?"
The first sound seemed to be a chuckle and a languid one, and at the end there was a hint of laziness and sluggishness: "It's not good-looking. It's like an ugly duckling."
"Oh."
The girl responded lightly, but her voice was smiling.
According to the Tang family's prior arrangement, the car directly sent Tang Ran to the private manor where Mr. Luo held his birthday banquet.
Although there are not many visitors who are eligible to receive the invitation letter, the Luo family has been diverted in several annexes. The driver sent Tang Ran to the side building specially responsible for receiving the Tang family, and the car stopped.
"Mr. Mrs. and Miss Luoqian should be here." The driver turned around and said to Tang Ran when he saw the vehicle with the Tang family number plate parked in front of the annex. "But not in the car, probably already in the building."
Tang Ran's eyelashes trembled slightly.
After a while, she smiled lightly, "Then I'll be quicker too."
While the two were talking, the door of the car was opened by the waiter who welcomed the guests from the Luo family outside. The driver got out of the car quickly and stopped in front of the other party, "I'll come."
The waiter was stunned.
Just then, the girl in the car turned around with her eyes closed. A thin blind stick in her hand protruded from the opened car door and tapped carefully on the unfamiliar ground.
The waiter reacted, and a little bit of understanding and some contempt flashed in his eyes, "This is Miss Tang Ran, right?"
"… "
Such things as "illegitimate children" and "illegitimate daughters" are not uncommon among high-profile families, but after all, they are relationships that cannot be put on the table, and it is inevitable that they will be discussed behind the scenes.
Tang Ran is not recognized by the master at all, and she is lonely and helpless. Coupled with a blind and weak girl, she is not threatening, and it is expected that there is no possibility of turning over in the future - no wonder these waiters are faintly despised. she is.
The driver's face was a bit ugly, but after all, the Luo family was the master's family, and he was just a driver.
Within the time of these two sentences, the girl who supported the thin blind stick had already gotten out of the car.
She stood in front of the car, raised her hand and stroked the coat on her body hesitantly, and after thinking about it, she still didn't put it back in the car. The girl closed her eyes, followed the direction of the voice just now, and raised her head slightly towards the waiter.
Her voice was quiet and gentle, with a bit of softness: "I'm Tang Ran."
Seeing the girl standing in front of him clearly, the waiter showed a surprised look.
Whether it's her beautiful face, or a girl's body with a graceful silhouette, including her voice and temperament that she can't see an unfamiliar environment and doesn't panic - the girl in front of him is no worse than the guests from the aristocratic family he has received.
This turned out to be... the unloved little blind illegitimate daughter of the Tang family
The waiter came back to his senses and bowed his head hastily.
"Miss Tang Ran, today's birthday wishes are based on seniority. Mr. Tang and Mrs. Tang have already gone to the main building. Before leaving, arrange for you and Miss Tang Luoqian to meet up and go together."
Tang Ran nodded, "Am I waiting for them here?"
"There is an open-air promenade that leads to the main building behind the annex building. Miss Tang Ran will follow me into the building first."
After speaking, the waiter hesitated at the girl's closed eyes: a girl of this age obviously can't make physical contact, but she can't see...
In the quiet, Tang Ran understood.
She lightly curled her lips and smiled lightly, "Please lead the way ahead, just tell me where to turn, go up and down steps, or avoid obstacles."
"Okay, Miss Tang Ran, please come with me." The waiter responded a little embarrassedly.
Tang Ran said goodbye to the driver's uncle and entered the annex with the waiter.
As soon as he entered the side hall of the annex, Tang Ran heard a somewhat mocking female voice:
"Luo Qian, your cheap sister is here."
"… "
The voice said whether it was loud or small, and it was just enough for the waiter and Tang Ran who walked into the side hall to hear it.
The waiter stopped awkwardly and looked back at the little girl behind him.
Tang Ran stood there, quietly closing his eyes.
Before coming, she was mentally prepared for what she would hear and encounter today.
She also knew the female voice who spoke. It should be her sister Tang Luoqian's childhood. Bi Yushan, the youngest daughter of the Bi family in the Tang family circle, is also Luo Zhan's cousin.
She has played with Tang Luoqian since she was a child, and the two have a very good relationship, so she is very hostile to the existence of Tang Ran along with Tang Luoqian's disgust.
Tang Ran had met Bi Yushan twice before returning to the Tang family, and was no stranger to her voice.
On the sofa in the side hall, Tang Luoqian glanced dissatisfiedly at the girl who walked in from the porch. Especially when his eyes swept across the girl's soft and beautiful face, Tang Luoqian frowned unconsciously.
After reminding himself that this is the Luo family who will marry in the future, so he must pay attention to his image, Tang Luo snorted lightly.
"It's so pretty to wear."
Bi Yushan obviously noticed it, and pouted, "What's the use of being pretty, you're not a blind man."
"… "
Tang Luoqian heard the words and agreed, and his heart was a little wider. Just as his eyes were about to leave Tang Ran's figure, he suddenly stopped.
After a few seconds, she frowned and asked Bi Yushan, "Do you think the coat on her is a bit like the design of the famous Swedish designer Evelina Gunnarsson."
Bi Yushan was stunned for two seconds before she reacted, "You mean the designer with the highest share of my cousin's wardrobe?"
"Um."
"Even if it looks like it can't be, what do you think. You can't wait for the design quota, where did this little blind man come from."
"But that dress doesn't quite look like hers, it looks like a man's..."
"Okay, okay, stop thinking about it." Bi Yushan patted her.
Tang Luo was lightly awake, but also felt that his thoughts were absurd. She stood up with a slightly sullen face, without looking at the waiter or Tang Ran, she only raised the volume and asked:
"People have waited, can you go to the main building now?"
In the eyes of the Luo family's servants, the eldest lady of the Tang family is like the future mistress, and she is naturally respectful.
After hearing Tang Luoqian's anxiety, the waiter quickly replied with a smile: "Of course, of course. All three young ladies, please come with me."
Bi Yushan sneered when she heard the words, "Laughing to death, what kind of young lady is a little beggar—that is, to take advantage of Luo Qian's face to be engaged to Young Master Luo, she even pretended to be a young lady when she arrived at Luo's house."
Tang Ran's fingers holding the blind stick tightened and then slowly loosened. She said softly to the waiter, "Can we go?"
"it is good… "
The waiter didn't dare to speak loudly this time, and only carefully led the three of them along the open-air promenade behind the annex building to the main building.
On the way, the waiter originally intended to take care of Tang Ran who was blind and slowed down, but Bi Yushan probably noticed it.
After a few words of urging, the little girl, who could be regarded as Miss Luo Jiabiao, simply pulled the waiter and ran like a brisk walk.
Seeing the figure of the girl holding the blind stick behind him getting further and further away, the waiter was a little anxious: "Miss Yushan, Miss Tang Ran is also a guest, it's not good-"
"What's wrong!" Bi Yushan smiled smugly at Tang Luo while dragging the waiter away, "I'll take care of it if something goes wrong."
Waiter: "But..."
"But what, why can't you tell the difference between close and close?" Bi Yushan taught, "The eldest lady of the Tang family beside me is the mistress of the Luo family, and that little girl will be thrown out by the Tang family sooner or later. What's the use of you treating her as a guest?"
"… "
The waiter couldn't resist this one, so he had to be dragged away.
Tang Ran's figure soon disappeared from their field of vision. After entering the main building, Bi Yushan smiled proudly holding Tang Luo: "The Luo family's manor is like a labyrinth, I think your cheap sister doesn't want to wish my grandpa's birthday today!"
"Will it be too much?" Tang Luoqian was a little happy and uneasy.
"What's wrong with this? She's a little beggar who came back to Tang's house to steal your father's property from you, so she deserves a lesson."
"… "
"Okay, don't think about those irrelevant people!" Bi Yushan pushed her, "My brother is on the terrace on the second floor. Is this the first time you've officially met him?"
Speaking of Luo Zhan, Tang Luo blushed lightly, "Well."
"Don't be embarrassed, it won't be long before he will be your fiancé." Bi Yushan smiled, "I don't know how many people will envy you!"
Tang Luo saw that she went up to the second floor, stopped before entering the terrace, and said nervously, "Everyone said that he is not easy to get along with."
"My cousin is indeed a bit cold-hearted, and he likes to ignore everyone. It's especially scary to make him angry." Bi Yushan pouted, "But there's no way, who made him look so bad, and his IQ is still there. Such a monster - entered the K-Big Junior class at the age of 14, and he is the most favored young master of the Luo family. I don't know how many people have supported him since childhood. In such an environment, it is strange that his character can be gentle."
"Right… "
"But you will be his fiancee in the future. You have time to spend time together, so what are you afraid of! Come on, let's go in and meet."
Tang Luo took a deep breath, "Okay."
When the waiter led Tang Luoqian and Bi Yushan in, there was someone with sharp eyes beside Luo Zhan, who saw it in the first second.
"Hey, here we come!"
"The one on the left is Bi Yushan, right next to her is the eldest lady of the Tang family? She really does have the potential to be a beauty?"
"It's really good, you don't have to choose the figure and appearance, Young Master Luo is not too bright."
"Hey? Didn't you say that the illegitimate daughter of the Tang family also came along, why didn't they see anyone?"
"Yeah, why the two of them?"
"… "
Luo Zhan was the first to discover this problem.
Failing to verify whether this "Tang Ran" from the Tang family was the little girl he wanted to see, the lazy smile on his face became cold as soon as they came in.
Lowering his eyelids without interest, Luo Zhan stood up expressionlessly and walked out.
A few people beside him were stunned.
"This fiancée has such a big face, Luo Shao is going to meet him in person?"
Luo Zhan had just stepped out a few steps, but the waiter who had brought Tang Luoqian and the others over had already stepped in front of him in embarrassment and stopped.
"Little Master..."
Luo Zhan raised his eyes, "Is something wrong?"
"Miss Yushan said she wanted to teach that little lady of the Tang family a lesson and left her on the way. That little girl can't see her eyes. I'm really afraid of an accident... Hey, little master?"
The waiter turned around blankly and looked at the back of Luo Zhan who suddenly opened his legs and walked out before he could finish speaking.
Tang Luoqian, who was standing at the entrance of the terrace, heard the voice raise her head.
Looking at the tall and straight young man walking towards her, her face turned red, and she silently counted the distance between the other party and herself.
Three steps, two steps, one step...
Tang Luoqian gathered up his courage and raised his head with a blushing face:
"Luo-"
The word "Zhan" could not be exported.
Luo Zhan walked past her without looking sideways with a scowling face.