Just as a bribe
"No, didn't I tell you that as soon as she saw me—"
Before Zhu Ran finished speaking, Chen Luobai's cell phone rang.
He stopped talking.
Chen Luobai glanced at the incoming call notification, pursed his lips more straightly, and picked up the phone.
"Luo Bai." The man who had developed the ability to remain calm in the face of adversity in the business world sounded a little anxious on the phone today. "There's a fire at your mother's law firm. Come over quickly."
Zhu Ran was still waiting for Chen Luobai to hang up the phone so that he could continue talking to him about the previous topic, but he saw his face suddenly change. He couldn't even hold the basketball in his hand firmly. As soon as he hung up the phone, he ran directly towards the outside of the school.
The basketball rolled on the ground for a few times. Zhu Ran quickly bent down to pick it up and chased after it.
It was only when he got into a taxi outside the school that Zhu Ran found out that the law firm was on fire.
He comforted her dryly, "Don't worry, there's a fire station near your mom's law firm, so nothing should happen."
Chen Luobai held the phone tightly and said nothing.
Fortunately, the affiliated high school was close to the law firm. When they were almost there, Zhu Ran paid the taxi fare in advance, and as soon as the taxi stopped, he got out of the car with him.
A conspicuous fire truck was parked in front of Building A of Shengyuan Center, and a circle of people stood outside. Many of them were dressed relatively formally. Most of them were white-collar workers who were working overtime in the building. Because of the fire, they were forced to stop working and were stranded downstairs.
Chen Luobai saw the people from the law firm at a glance.
He ran over and called one of the middle-aged women: "Aunt Zhang, how is the law firm doing? Is the fire serious? Where is my mother?"
The woman he called "Aunt Zhang" turned around and said, "Luo Bai, is the law firm on fire serious? The law firm is not on fire. It was the floor below the law firm that burned. The fire truck arrived in time, so nothing serious happened."
She paused, as if remembering something. "Dad told you to come here, right? He just called the law firm looking for your mom, and I answered the phone. I told him that there was a fire downstairs at the law firm, but he misheard it as the law firm was on fire, so he just ran over here in a hurry just like you, and is now over there with your mom."
Aunt Zhang raised her hand and pointed at them.
Zhu Ran and Chen Luobai looked in the direction she pointed.
It was actually quite eye-catching. Everyone downstairs was standing alone except for those two who were hugging each other. It was just that they were too anxious just now and didn't look over there.
"A Luo." Zhu Ran silently retracted his gaze, "Why do I feel like your parents can't get divorced?"
Chen Luobai stared at the two people who were still hugging each other not far away for two seconds, then he tilted his head and laughed, "Let's go."
"Where are you going?" Zhu Ran asked.
Chen Luobai raised his chin towards the opposite side and said: "There is a good restaurant over there, I'll treat you to a midnight snack."
Zhu Ran had been in a bad mood for two days and hadn't dared to speak much. Now that the crisis was resolved, he quickly put his arm around his shoulder and said happily, "Let's go, let's go."
Chen Luobai said hello to Aunt Zhang and went to the other side with Zhu Ran.
After ordering the dishes, Zhu Ran discovered the injury on his elbow: "What happened to your hand?"
Chen Luobai looked down and said, "It's okay. I fell down while playing ball this afternoon."
"There seems to be a pharmacy nearby?" Zhu Ran asked.
Chen Luobai was about to nod when a picture suddenly flashed through his mind. He paused, reached into his sweatpants pocket, and took out something.