The first month has not yet come out, and it is freezing cold outside the door, which is the coldest time of the year in K City.
Duan Qingyan came to deliver meals to Tang Ran in the partial house every day, and had long since abandoned the simple and beautiful wooden box before, and switched to a stainless steel metal lunch box with a thicker outer wall of heat insulation.
Even so, the journey from the main house to the side house is not short, and it is mostly open air. When the meal is delivered and then taken out, it is often only warm.
"Xiao Ran, you'd better ask a chef from the main house to come over to the side house." Duan Qingyan complained while serving Tang Ran cloth dishes behind the table, "The food that was originally hot is no longer warm here. Putting it in a lunch box and simmering all the way, the taste will definitely be much worse."
Tang Ran smiled: "I think it's okay."
"You." Duan Qingyan put away the usual four dishes and a porridge at noon, and took the lunch box to the side.
Tang Ran picked up the chopsticks at the place where the chopsticks and spoons were placed. She leaned forward and sniffed. Then the little girl wrinkled her face a little: "I seem to smell the smell of shiitake mushrooms."
Duan Qingyan couldn't help laughing: "Well, the plate in the a3 area is mushrooms and rapeseed."
Tang Ran: "Ah..."
"No picky eaters," Duan Qingyan, who had put the lunch box away, sat down at the table and smiled, "I will supervise you."
"I'm not picky eaters." Tang Ran bitterly stretched out his chopsticks to the plate on the square table that she designated as the a3 area, "Luo Luo said, picky eaters will be malnourished, and then they will lose weight."
A piece of shiitake mushroom was clipped back, Tang Ran bit into his mouth, puffed out his cheeks while eating in pain and muttered: "I'm only 159, I can't help but grow..."
Duan Qingyan didn't hold back, she burst out laughing.
In the shadow of shiitake mushrooms, the lunch ended ten minutes later than usual.
Duan Qingyan packed up the kitchen waste and carried the metal handle of the lunch box. After hesitating for a few seconds, the grip on it loosened again.
"Little dye."
"Um?"
"The young master of the Luo family, have you mentioned anything in the past two days?"
Tang Ran was stunned and raised his head slightly: "Is Luo Luo? He seems to be very busy recently and has not been here."
"Oh."
"Did something happen?"
"I just listened to the people in the kitchen talking at noon today, saying that in the morning, the old gentleman of the Luo family came."
"Has Grandpa Luo been here?" Tang Ran showed an unexpected expression.
Duan Qingyan hesitated: "I don't know what to talk about, but I heard that he left shortly after, and Mr. Tang personally sent it to the front door."
Tang Ran lowered his head thoughtfully.
Just then, the doorbell of the side house rang suddenly.
Tang Ran and Duan Qingyan in the door were taken aback at the same time.
Duan Qingyan: "Who will be at this time? Xiaoran, you and yours, er, did the driver make an appointment to go out in the afternoon?"
"No." Tang Ran was even more at a loss, "Today Thursday, there is no class to go out."
"Then I'll go take a look." Duan Qingyan temporarily put down the lunch box and walked towards the entrance.
A few seconds later, Tang Ran heard and followed the sound of the door opening. Duan Qingyan seemed to be stunned for a moment before shouting in a panic, "Miss Luoqian, why are you here?"
"… "
Tang Ran, who was reminded, showed a surprised look, she turned sideways and faced the entrance.
At this time, outside the door, Tang Luo looked at Duan Qingyan up and down, frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am, I am responsible for delivering meals to the partial house."
"Is Tang Ran inside now?"
"… exist."
"Then get out of the way, I have something to tell her." Tang Luo raised her chin slightly and walked into the door without looking sideways.
When Tang Luoqian walked by, Duan Qingyan was stunned for two seconds, then turned around quickly and walked back to the living room.
Tang Luoqian didn't change her shoes, and the sound of clicking heels spread all the way from the entrance to the square table in the living room, so that Tang Ran could easily identify where she was parked.
Tang Ran released his clenched fingertips, closed his eyes and said softly, "What do you want to do?"
Tang Luo stared at Tang Ran with complex eyes. After watching for a few seconds, she hummed coldly and turned her face away: "I'm here to tell you, and I won in the end."
Tang Ran frowned slightly: "What won?"
"Don't you want to snatch Luo Zhan from me?" Tang Luoqian leaned forward to support the square table, she lowered her head, gritted her teeth and said happily, "This morning, Grandpa Luo and my father have officially agreed to me The engagement with Luo Zhan is over! So you don't have to dream anymore - no matter how much effort you put in, the last person he wants to marry is me!"
Tang Ran was stunned in Tang Luoqian's voice.
Seeing Tang Ran's inability to recover, Tang Luo smiled even more proudly:
"I've said it long ago, who would want to marry you with your appearance and background? Luo Zhan is most likely to coax you to have fun and play with you. How could he really like you as a blind man with so many choices!"
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 wronged or cry with red eyes, or some other reaction.
However, her eyes were sore from staring, and she still couldn't see the slightest reaction she expected on that increasingly delicate and beautiful face.
sad? It seems there is, but only a very small part.
Tang Luoqian stood awkwardly for a few seconds, and laughed coldly: "It seems that you don't have any hope for yourself, you are quite self-aware—"
"Are you finished?" the girl said suddenly, her voice cold and calm.
Tang Luoqian was stunned by this reaction, and stayed for two seconds before speaking: "What, what?"
"If you're done, then please leave. I'm going to take a nap."
Tang Ran was talking and got up. She didn't want to pay attention to Tang Luoqian any more, and went straight to the bedroom.
When the girl's back entered the aisle, Qinghe's voice came back: "Please help me close the door outside before you leave."
"…!"
Tang Luoqian froze in disbelief, and it took a long while to react, her face turning red and white with anger.
At last she stamped her foot angrily and turned away.
When Tang Luoqian left, Duan Qingyan hurried to the door of Tang Ran's bedroom and knocked quickly: "Xiao Ran, don't be sad, things are not necessarily what she said!"
The door in front of her was pulled open.
The girl's calm and beautiful face was exposed behind the door. After a second or two, Tang Ran bent the corner of his eyes lightly: "I'm fine, you don't have to worry."
Duan Qingyan gritted her teeth: "There must be some misunderstanding here - maybe Grandpa Luo Zhan didn't agree with Luo Zhan at all, he just decided it privately!"
Tang Ran shook his head and smiled lightly: "No."
"Why, why?"
"Grandpa Luo likes Luo Zhan very much and loves him very much, but he seems to be fierce towards Luo Zhan. So if Luo Zhan doesn't agree to this matter, then Grandpa Luo will not make a decision."
"So, you mean, Luo Zhan is really..."
"I'm a little sleepy." Tang Ran said softly, "Let's talk about this later, okay?"
"… "
Duan Qingyan didn't dare to say that it was bad. At this time, she was afraid of irritating Tang Ran with one more breath. The little girl didn't even call "Luo Luo". She felt that Tang Ran must be sad.
Duan Qingyan had to nod hard: "Okay, hurry up, go to sleep, don't think about it! We'll talk about it later in the evening."
"Um."
"Then I'll go back first?"
"it is good."
"… "
Hearing the footsteps go away, the sound of the door closing came back.
Then, there was a long silence in the side house.
The smile on Tang Ran's face, who was standing in the same place, faded a little. After a moment, she raised her hand—
She rested her phone in the palm of her hand.
At the same time, the main building of the Luo family, the restaurant.
At noon today, only Mr. Luo and Luo Zhan were still dining in the restaurant.
In the main seat, Mr. Luo slowly cut the steak and asked, "When are you going to arrange surgery for her?"
"Since I got Tang Shixin's signature and consent, the operation will be arranged as soon as possible." Luo Zhan said, "I will go to M city tomorrow, and the head of the family—"
A bell rang suddenly.
Luo Zhan's voice stopped abruptly. He didn't hesitate to put it down, put down the knife and fork and went to get his mobile phone.
Luo Jingyuan raised his head in dissatisfaction: "Dining with the elders but no table manners at all. Don't you know how to mute your phone?"
"Tuned." Luo Zhan said without raising his head.
Mr. Luo hummed angrily: "Is this voice hallucinatory?"
The corner of Luo Zhan's mouth twitched, his eyes raised: "This is a ringtone set for a person."
Mr. Luo: "..."
The call is connected.
The young man sitting in the high-back chair leaned back, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on the face that had been lazy and emotionless since he had just entered the restaurant: "Why did you suddenly remember to call me, little girl?"
Opposite silence.
After waiting for a few seconds, Luo Zhan accidentally took off his mobile phone and made sure that the signal and call status were correct.
There was still no sound from the other side.
Luo Zhan's expression changed suddenly.
The laziness faded away in an instant, he pushed aside the high-back chair and got up, the veins on the back of the hand grabbed the coat, and his eyes were gloomy.
He strode out without looking back.
The old man Luo in the main seat was stunned: "Luo Zhan, what are you doing!"
Luo Zhan didn't stop, his footsteps were getting faster and his voice was low and hoarse: "Ranran may have an accident, I-"
"Luo Zhan."
It was the same name, but this time it sounded from a very close distance.
It was Tang Ran's voice that was familiar and had some unfamiliar emotions.
"!"
Luo Zhan's footsteps stopped suddenly.
After a few seconds, he finally regained his senses and turned his head, as if he was choking in one breath and didn't come over. Luo Zhan held the back of the chair beside him and lowered his body and coughed several times.
When his breathing was finally smooth, Luo Zhan stood at the end of the long table and laughed helplessly: "Are you trying to scare me to death, Ranran?"
The other side was silent for a few seconds: "Are you angry?"
"No." Luo Zhan, who had returned to his senses, heard that Tang Ran's voice was not in the right mood, but he still answered her question first, "I won't be angry with you."
Tang Ran was silent again. After a few seconds, she said in a hoarse voice, "I won't have surgery."
"!"
The smile on Luo Zhan's face instantly faded. He frowned instinctively, and slowly clenched his hand on the back of the chair.
After a few seconds of stalemate, Luo Zhan forced himself to suppress his breathing and emotions. He said seriously: "Don't say such things suddenly, Ranran. Tell me, what happened?"
Tang Ran asked again: "Are you angry now?"
Luo Zhan was stunned and asked helplessly, "You just want to anger me—"
"Tang Luoqian, just came to see me."
"… "
Luo Zhan suddenly stopped.
"I'm very angry now." The girl's voice was unprecedentedly quiet and calm, with a coldness like ice and snow.
She was standing beside the door, her drooping fingers clenched slowly, her fingertips being icy cold.
angry.
Tang Ran pursed her lips and repeated in a soft and slow voice, "I'm very angry now, Luo Zhan."
Luo Zhan lowered his eyes.
He and Tang Ran had a tacit understanding for a long time. He could understand what she wanted to say by just listening to an unknown word and the emotion in the words.
Luo Zhan sighed slowly: "The Tang family really can't hold their breath. It's been a long time since we talked. I was going to talk to you this afternoon."
Tang Ran's breathing finally got a little more ups and downs, she bit her lip lightly, and the girl's voice trembled slightly due to the excessive backlog of annoyance and anger:
"My eyes are my eyes. You, why do you use yourself as a condition..."
Luo Zhan reassured in a low voice, "That engagement, even if my grandfather agrees, will have no effect as long as I refuse."
"It won't be that simple." Tang Ran clenched his fingers even tighter, "If it was really that simple, then Tang Shixin would not agree to sign the operation!"
"… "
The first time he heard Tang Ran speak so emotionally, Luo Zhan was stunned for two seconds, then smiled dumbly and lowered his eyes: "Why are our little girls always so smart? I only needed to worry about you being misunderstood or sad."
"Luo Zhan." Tang Ran's voice tightened, "Don't be joking, I'm seriously angry."
Luo Zhan smiled helplessly: "Trust me, I can really solve the next thing, and it won't hurt me in any way. So don't be angry, okay?"
"… "
"Are you still angry?"
"… "
"How can we calm down our little girl?"
"… "
Luo Zhan waited for a few seconds, then straightened up with the back of the chair. He looked in the direction of the main seat at the other end of the long table in the dining room.
After thinking for a few seconds, Luo Zhan solemnly suggested to the phone: "I'm in the restaurant at home now, or let my grandpa help you supervise—"
Grandpa Luo raised his eyes expressionlessly, waiting to see how much more "shameful" his "shameful" grandson could say.
Under the eyes of Mr. Luo and other servants,
Luo Zhan lowered his eyes, laughed lazily, and continued calmly:
"Just punish me to kneel outside for an afternoon. Is this enough for our little girl to calm down?"