Duan Qingyan followed behind the Tang family's steward, and went up to the third floor of the Tang family's main house in a fog.
The steward stopped outside the door of a room, stepped forward, and asked the person standing at the door, "Is everything ready inside?"
"No, I'm still changing clothes." After the man finished speaking, he looked at Duan Qingyan behind the steward, and asked with a subtle look, "Is she the lucky one?"
"yes."
"What's her name?"
"The last name is Duan, Duan Qingyan."
"It's a good name, it's a blessing to hear it." The man said to Duan Qingyan half-jokingly, "If you choose the right master and stand on the right team, you will be on your way to the sky in the future."
Duan Qingyan: "...?"
Seeing that the confusion on Duan Qingyan's face didn't look like a fake, the man turned back unexpectedly: "You haven't told her what to do with her?"
"The old lady is in a hurry, I haven't had time to say it yet."
"That's it. Your name is Duan Qingyan, right? From today, you don't have to do the work you used to do at home."
Duan Qingyan was taken aback: "I, am I fired?"
"Resign?" The man laughed, "No, you will stay by Miss Tang Ran's side in the future, and it's enough to amuse her and make her happy - can this be done?"
Duan Qingyan was stunned.
"Ms. Tang Ran is wearing makeup and dressing up inside, and she's preparing for her birthday party tonight as the protagonist. Come in and talk to her."
"… "
"What are you doing stupid, go in!"
"Oh, oh, good." Duan Qingyan blankly entered the opened door.
When Duan Qingyan entered the door, the person outside the door immediately closed the door.
The smile on her face faded, and she turned to ask the steward, "Take the phone away for her."
"Well, I supervised her to let go."
"That's good. The old lady specially instructed that there is no way for Miss Tang Ran to have any contact with the outside world - this kind of thing can't go wrong."
"clear."
After Duan Qingyan came in, he was stopped outside. The Tang family's special team of stylists was busy inside to change Tang Ran's clothes and make-up, and she was not allowed to enter.
After waiting for most of the afternoon, after the stylist team basically left, Duan Qingyan was free to be put in the room.
As soon as he entered, Duan Qingyan, who had been restrained for the whole afternoon, couldn't help but ran over in a low voice: "Xiao Ran, are you really back? I miss you so much!"
"Hey - you wait!" The person waiting in the room to do makeup at any time appeared out of nowhere, stopped Duan Qingyan, frowned and said unhappily, "Why are you so unruly?"
"… "
The girl who had been unresponsive sitting in front of the mirror paused.
After a while, the girl raised her eyes, looked at the figure in the mirror, and said softly, "This is my friend, please let her come."
The stylist froze for a moment, and seemed to want to say something, but finally put down his arms in embarrassment and instructed: "Miss Tang Ran's just done styling, don't cause her to mess up her makeup and hair."
Duan Qingyan Nuonuo nodded: "Got it."
That person is also considered interesting, and after he finished speaking, he took the initiative to leave the inner room and go outside.
Duan Qingyan was not so restrained now, and ran to Tang Ran excitedly, her accent couldn't hold back: "Xiao Ran, they said that the Tang family is going to hold a birthday party for you, this is true!"
"may be."
"Someone said that this will be your room in the future? I just looked outside, it's really big inside, a room can hold up to an ordinary house, will you be able to live in the main house forever in the future? La?"
"Um."
Duan Qingyan said a lot more excitedly, and then noticed that Tang Ran was not in a high mood.
She was stunned for two seconds, and asked in a soft voice, "Xiao Ran, why don't you seem too happy? The Tang family is going to make up for you, right? Don't you like it?"
Tang Ran was silent for a while, then turned around: "I'm not unhappy. It's just that someone told me that no one in this world will be nice to you for no reason."
"Ah?" Duan Qingyan asked worriedly, "You mean, what is the purpose of the Tang family?"
Tang Ran was speechless.
She turned her head and looked at the girl in the mirror whose dress and makeup were so delicate that she felt unfamiliar, and sighed softly, "Why not."
Duan Qingyan was startled and looked around vigilantly. After the search failed, she turned back in distress: "I suddenly remembered that my phone was taken away by the manager before I came in, and it will be returned to me tomorrow."
Tang Ran was not surprised: "Mine is the same."
"They, are they trying to keep you at home, what are they trying to do?" "I don't know." Tang Ran shook his head. After hesitating, she said, "But I guess it's related to the Luo family."
"Hey? Is it related to the Luo family?"
"Hmm." Tang Ran frowned slightly, lowered his head to think about something, and didn't explain it any further.
Duan Qingyan turned around worriedly, and suddenly ran back and asked, "Otherwise, or I will sneak out and find Luo Zhan! He must have a way to help you out!"
Hearing that name, Tang Ran's heart beat abruptly. She instinctively reached out and grabbed Duan Qingyan: "Don't!"
Duan Qingyan bowed her head blankly: "Why?"
"Grandma... Since that person is going to officially hold a birthday party for me and doesn't shy away from any outsiders, then he must be ready for Luo Zhan to come."
"Uh, so?"
"I'm worried that Luo Luo is coming, but I say what the Tang family wants. Maybe, it will also affect him."
Duan Qingyan scratched her head in confusion: "Is it so complicated? What should I do, or should I sneak you out?"
"… "
Tang Ran looked out the window: "It's almost night."
"Huh? Ah, yes, what happened at night?"
"They will soon come to pick me up at the hotel where the birthday party is held." Tang Ran smiled bitterly, "and my eyes haven't recovered yet, and I can't see things clearly in places where the light is too bright or too dark - even if I want to. You can't even run."
Duan Qingyan was worried: "Then we can only wait?"
Tang Ran thought for a while, then raised his head and said to Duan Qingyan, "I probably won't have a chance to move freely tonight. If you can find a space, give me a call to Luo Luo."
"Um?"
Duan Qingyan was at a loss for a few seconds, and her eyes lit up: "I understand, did you tell him your exact location, and then let him come to save you?"
"no."
"?"
"You tell him I'm fine, don't come tonight."
"Ah? Why!"
"His injuries are not healed yet." The girl's voice dropped. "No matter what the Tang family wants to do... don't, don't involve him anymore."
"… "
That night.
A star-rated hotel under the Tang family was cleared in advance, and the banquet hall was specially used to arrange Tang Ran's birthday banquet. As time passed, the VIPs who received the invitations gradually arrived, and the banquet hall gradually filled up.
Waiters in tuxedos with pale gold trays shuttled between the guests, like butterflies swimming among the bushes.
The conversations of countless guests will flow through their ears like water——
"Look at what this means, is the Tang family really going to ask that illegitimate daughter to recognize her ancestors and return to the clan?"
"Definitely, I have given her a formal adult ceremony. Isn't it an admission? If I were Lin Manmei, I would probably be pissed off when I saw the children of the junior three students outside being brought back openly."
"Then old lady Hang has been shrewd all her life, has she been confused in the end? She has concealed the existence of that illegitimate daughter for so many years, but now she is in the midst of the Luo family's refusal of marriage. Are you afraid that the Tang family still has some good reputation left?"
"Who knows what she thinks - waiter, wait a minute, give me a glass of champagne."
The last person to speak stopped the waiter who was walking by with the tray beside her, and her eyes swept over him casually when she got the cup.
After a second or two, the champagne glass stopped in front of her lips, and the woman seemed to be stunned.
The person next to him noticed: "What's wrong?"
"I..." The woman suddenly came back to her senses and raised her head in astonishment, "The waiter looked very familiar just now. I seem to have seen it somewhere."
"No way? How could you meet a waiter?"
"Really." The woman turned her head, but there was no trace of the other party.
"Oh, I see, isn't he very handsome, do you want to ask someone for a phone number? This kind of chatting talk is too old-fashioned."
"Haha, hate it, fuck you."
"… "
The laughter of the guests was far from being heard.
The young man who had walked to the corner put down the tray in his hand, turned slightly sideways, revealing a side face of Qing Jun with impeccable facial features.
The slender index finger rested on the miniature earphone, and the young man lowered his voice: "I have seen it, she is not in the main hall of the banquet hall."
"Hey, how come?"
"You can confirm other places in the hotel, where is it possible."
"Let me see… "
Before the sound in the miniature earphones ended, two young girls approached the corner.
Luo Zhan's eyes drooped slightly, and he turned to face the wall, keeping his face away from the other side's field of vision.
Two girls stop at a long buffet table. One of them picked up the dim sum on the table, took a bite and laughed.
"This illegitimate daughter is too miserable. Tang Luoqian has been held by her since she was a child, and she must have stood by her side. What's more, all the decent people in the circle, the most annoying is the child of the third child outside, who doesn't treat her well. Weird."
"But I heard that Tang Ran's eyes are not very good. They secretly added wine to her drink, and they even tripped her... Wouldn't it be too much?"
"Little San's child, you deserve it—"
A shadow suddenly fell on the snow-white tablecloth on the long table in front of him.
The girl with a snack in her hand was taken aback for a moment, and she raised her head subconsciously. Then she saw a clear and handsome face.
It's a pity that those cold eyes full of irritable emotions ruined the flawless beauty of this face——
"Where is the man?" The young man's voice was hoarse and cold.
The girl was so frightened that the dessert fell on the table: "What... who?"
"Tang, dye."
Luo Zhan tore off the bow tie in front of the white shirt, and light blue blood vessels stretched out on the backs of his clenched fair fingers.
Patience and reason were stretched on the last thin string of hair in front of the cliff, and the young man's voice was trembling--
"Where is she now!"
For the first time in her life, Tang Ran spent such a busy but empty birthday.
She was led by Tang Shixin, said hello to the elders who had never met, and was blessed and received gifts.
Presents used to be what she looked forward to most on her birthday. What she expects is not its value itself, but the blessing contained in the gift - someone cares about you, your birthday cares about your feelings, and it is always happy and desirable to feel loved.
It was only tonight that Tang Ran discovered that only the gifts from a very small number of people in this world contained the things she expected.
Most of them are not - those adults who should be scheming and shrewd, can't even hide the ridicule and contempt in their eyes when they hand over gifts.
Or disdain to cover it up.
After all, in the eyes of people outside the Luo family and Tang family, she is still just an illegitimate daughter who can't make it to the table.
Tang Ran lowered his eyes slightly.
After greeting those unfamiliar elders, Tang Shixin sent her to the side hall next to the banquet hall.
The area here is slightly smaller, and there is a sofa area for guests to sit and rest. There were also many fewer people in the side hall, and Tang Ran felt that he could barely breathe.
only…
Tang Ran looked up and looked in the other direction of the side hall.
The lights in the banquet hall were very bright, and several crystal chandeliers were almost dazzling, making it more difficult for her to see things with her already under-recovered eyes.
So even if Tang Ran tried hard to see it at this time, he could only see a few figures standing there: the genders were blurred, not to mention the faces and the looks of those people.
It's just that although he couldn't see clearly, Tang Ran could feel that they were discussing him - the one with malice and a few mocking laughter.
"Miss," the waiter in the banquet hall walked to Tang Ran with a tray and bowed, "this is the juice you want."
Tang Ran recovered and raised his hand to pick it up: "Thank you."
The glass body of the crystal glass swayed under the light, and Tang Ran held it empty and adjusted it once or twice before receiving the cup. Although he couldn't see clearly, the waiter seemed stunned.
Tang Ran hesitated: "Sorry, I can't see clearly, so I didn't receive it."
The waiter was taken aback.
He subconsciously glanced at the cup in Tang Ran's hand. Thinking of the alcoholic drink that the young people had just pulled into the side hall and poured in, the waiter opened his mouth to say something, but heard two mocking laughter behind him.
"Since he's a half-blind man, what are you doing in such a situation?"
"That's right, I was so tossed that I was called back by my dad's ear. I thought it was something, but I ended up attending such a birthday party."
"Tang Luoqian's coming-of-age ceremony wasn't so grand, right? A child born in the third grade... Haha, it's ridiculous."
"… "
Those harsh words came, and Tang Ran didn't have to look up to know that the person in the corner came over.
Her fingers were trembling as she clutched the goblet.
The wall of the cup between her fingers was cold, making her tremble, but she knew that she had no one to rely on at this time, and could only rely on herself.
So she must not show a little bit of cowardice, let alone show a little bit of care - otherwise, those people will only get worse.
Tang Ran's fingertips trembled, hurriedly raised the cup and took a sip of the juice, trying to calm down the anxiety and anxiety in her heart.
However.
"Cough-cough-cough..."
A mouthful of spicy and irritating liquid choked down, and Tang Ran coughed unexpectedly. His face quickly turned red.
Not far from her side, malicious laughter rang out.
"Oh, look at how miserable it is to choke the little girl. You are too bad."
"Cut, the third child deserves this treatment."
"This is still coughing, is it pretending? It's broken. Be careful to be held responsible by this half-blind man. Is that okay?"
"… "
Tang Ran struggled to calm down her cough and grabbed the waiter: "This, what is this?"
The waiter bowed his head in shame: "Hug, sorry Miss Tang, there may be a little added in it, alcoholic beverages..."
Tang Ran was stunned and hurriedly got up.
——It hasn't been long enough since her corneal transplant and suture removal. Dean Jia Junxi strictly forbids her to touch irritating things like alcohol.
Tang Ran didn't care to care about those people. She didn't know whether it was the effect of alcohol or psychological effect.
The scene and people that were not clearly visible in front of him became more blurred.
She must get out of here as soon as possible.
"Hey, Miss Tang Ran, right? Don't rush to leave. After all, it's your birthday party. We are guests. Let's have two drinks with us."
"That's right, hahaha..."
"Hey, is this chick ignoring people?"
"Don't stand still, stop, how can you let her go so easily?"
Tang Ran's face was pale, and he bit his lips, trying to avoid those vague ghost-like figures.
It's just that something suddenly stopped her in front of her calf——
The girl who was already dizzy and blurred in front of her stumbled unprepared and fell to the ground.
A burst of laughter followed.
Tang Ran fell too hard, and it took a few seconds for her to recover. When he wanted to get up, Tang Ran was startled that his eyes turned black.
The fear of "going blind again" instantly engulfed the girl's heart.
Accompanied by the grievances and the pain in front of the hotly bumped knee, I don't know if there is blood or not, and panic surged up all of a sudden.
Tang Ran clenched her dress tightly, her eyelashes and lips trembled: "Luo Luo..."
She subconsciously shouted.
The voice was mournful, like a chick whose wings were shattered by a trap.
It happened to be awkward and silent in the side hall.
Others were standing here and there, looking coldly or hesitantly or mocking or sympathizing, but after all, no one came forward.
Hearing the girl's voice, the evil young men looked at each other:
"What did she call?"
"Looks like, Luoluo?"
"Why do I feel more like Luo from the Luo family? Don't you know? Some time ago, the second ancestor of the Qian family said that the young master of the Luo family had a new nickname, and it was called Luo Luo."
"Huh? Who dares to call that young master like that?"
"You said, she doesn't know the young master of the Luo family, does she?"
"Stop thinking about those Arabian Nights. Young Master Luo just received a family law for rejecting the Tang family's marriage some time ago."
"That's right. And isn't that young master notorious for his quirks, he likes beautiful eyes the most - he doesn't even like Tang Luoqian, how can he still like this half-blind man?"
Before the words in the side hall were finished, there was a sudden commotion outside the Moon Cave door leading to the main hall.
The security personnel standing inside and outside the hall door ran into the main hall at the same time, and all the guests stayed in place without knowing the situation, looking around in panic.
until a faint whisper—
"Enter the side hall, stop him!"
Following the voice, a thin figure wearing a waiter costume ran in embarrassedly.
The man stopped under the Moon Cave door in the side hall. Those dark eyes swept around with rare anxiety and restlessness, and then stagnated in this corner.
Everyone in the side hall was stunned.
"Luo - is that Luo Zhan??"
After being frozen in place for four or five seconds, Luo Zhan suddenly came back to his senses.
Without thinking, he ran towards the girl who fell to the ground, and stumbled after a few steps. When he was in front of him, Luo Zhan was so panicked that he knelt directly to the ground——
The girl in front of her closed her eyes tightly, her face full of tears, and her expression was full of panic and fear.
"Luo... Luo Luo... I can't see you..."
Luo Zhan's heart sank suddenly.
After the huge blank, it felt like it was going to be torn apart.
Luo Zhan opened his mouth, but his vocal cords trembled so much that he didn't speak. He froze in front of the girl who was crying with tears in his face at a loss, and it took a long time for him to regain his senses.
He knelt in front of the girl, stretched out his hand and slowly embraced her shoulder, then leaned over to kiss the girl's trembling eyelashes reverently and tremblingly.
"Don't cry."
The young man's voice was hoarse, and he almost cried in pain.
"Don't cry... Ran Ran."