Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Dudu is very important, Lin Luochen, you too...

Wei Ran's relationship was also very short, only two days.

When love is at its peak, people are irrational.

Wei Ran thought she could always remain rational, but the reality is that she couldn't.

After Wei Ran's teacher was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he didn't tell anyone, not even Wei Ran, who discovered it by accident.

At that time, his teacher had just finished another round of chemotherapy and was very weak. Wei Ran felt very distressed and wanted to tell Lin Luochen about it, but was stopped by the teacher.

His teacher leaned on the hospital bed, held his hand and said something to him.

The teacher said that in her marriage, the only person she felt sorry for was Lin Luochen. She did not give Lin Luochen a complete childhood and a complete home.

The mentor in Wei Ran's memory always wore light makeup, an exquisite bun, and standard professional attire. He always kept his neck straight, behaved naturally and appropriately, and was dignified and generous.

But the teacher who was judging himself weakly had deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, his complexion looked extremely bad, and even his back was slightly bent.

So Wei Ran tried to tell the teacher that it was not her fault.

But as he was talking, his teacher suddenly asked him if he was with Lin Luochen.

"...You have been with me for several years, and Luo Chen is my biological son. How could I not notice the changes in you two?" His teacher said weakly.

At that moment, Wei Ran felt that his blood was flowing backwards and he couldn't utter a word. He didn't even dare to look up at his teacher's face.

As memories rushed back, all he could think of was the disappointed look Ms. Bai had given him a few years ago.

Wei Ran's self-protection mechanism told him that he couldn't bear to see that look again.

Really, it took him years to get over the nightmare of disappointing his loved ones.

But can he really blame anyone else? No, he has only himself to blame.

——If you are afraid of disappointing the teacher, why would you get involved with her only child?

—Lin Luochen was a year younger than him. What did he know? Everything he did was his tacit approval. …Or maybe he was the one who guided him.

Just like when we were in the Cao family.

——Why did she not push Lin Luochen away even though she knew what would happen to the person who approached her...

——Did you really not know that this day would come?

No, no, no, I've always known it.

From Lin Luochen visiting the teacher once a month, to him coming to see me every weekend and staying at my place...

Wei Ran knew clearly that she knew everything.

He just deceived himself and allowed himself to indulge in that brief moment of indulgence.

…

At that moment, shame overwhelmed everything for Wei Ran.

He pulled his hand back uncontrollably, still not daring to look up. He only heard the teacher sigh softly.

Wei Ran's face had already turned red and her ears were a little tinnitus.

He said shamefully: "Teacher, I..."

"Aran, it's not that the teacher disapproves of you, but you need to think carefully. Can you really bear what's going to happen next?"

…

In fact, after seeing the Lin family's methods, Wei Ran gradually understood that the teacher might have meant that he and Lin Luochen were not a good match. If they were together, they would only repeat the teacher's mistakes, or the consequences would be even more serious.

But at that time, Wei Ran couldn't listen to anything, nor could he understand anything - he didn't dare to listen or understand. Deep down, he felt that he had done something very unfair to his teacher, and now he was exposed in front of him...

So in that noisy, crowded hospital, under the harsh white light above her head, Wei Ran didn't dare to think about anything.

He simply shook the teacher's hand and assured her, "I will make it clear to Lin Luochen that we are not suitable."

"Just think of it as considering the teacher's health."

Wei Ran told himself: He should break up with Lin Luochen.

The teacher's health is the most important thing now. At this critical moment, I shouldn't let the teacher worry about me anymore.

The more Wei Ran thought about it, the more determined he became.

So his relationship, which lasted only two days, ended in vain.

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"...But my mother won't restrict me from falling in love, and she won't be disappointed in you."

In the gloomy room, Wei Ran didn't say anything, so Lin Luochen had to continue speaking.

Wei Ran buried her head even deeper, fiddling with her hands like Wei Dudu, and then said, "I'm sorry for you."

Since we are not a fish living on land, the only way to find peace and respite is to return to the water.

At least at that time, for Wei Ran, the stranded fish, the safest thing to do was to return to the water.

Regardless of whether the teacher's true thoughts included disagreement and disappointment with him, Wei Ran had to admit that he did feel relieved for a moment the moment he agreed to separate from Lin Luochen.

Maybe I am not suitable for having a relationship with anyone beyond friendship in this life.

Wei Ran also gave up on himself.

But what he didn't expect was that when he broke up with Lin Luochen, the other party looked so sad.

Just as he had not expected, he would be so heartbroken.

So he was sorry for him.

He didn't have the courage or strength to face such emotions, either before or now.

Wei Ran still thought in self-deprecation.

So he emphasized to Lin Luochen again: "I am sorry for you."

"Whether you are worthy of me or not is another matter."

Lin Luochen suddenly held Wei Ran's tangled hands and said, "Didn't you understand what I meant? I mean, Wei Ran, my mother will never dislike you no matter what."

Wei Ran: “…”

Wei Ran looked up and her pupils suddenly dilated.

Lin Luochen was obviously still immersed in the grievances Wei Ran had suffered in the Cao family. He said, "It's just that your adoptive parents are a little weird. Wei Ran, you can't think that everything outside is dark just because you are temporarily in the dark."

“…”

"My mother definitely didn't mean that. If she did, then I apologize on her behalf. But Wei Ran, you're not wrong."

“…………”

Wei Ran fell silent again.

Lin Luochen was still talking rapidly.

In fact, the person who loses his temper first at the negotiation table will often become the loser. Lin Luochen is well aware of this truth and has always used this rule properly and is invincible.

But this time his opponent is Wei Ran.

He didn't care about winning or losing in the game with Wei Ran.

He just wanted them to be in the same game together, even if they were eternal rivals, even if they couldn't tell right from wrong.

It's good to be entangled like this for a lifetime.

So Lin Luochen kept saying, "And I believe my mother will not oppose us in the end, so Wei Ran, do you understand? At least from my mother's perspective, she will bless us in the end."

“…”

Wei Ran lowered her head again.

In fact, he later realized that the teacher did not mean that, but at that time, the teacher's condition took a turn for the worse.

Suddenly everything else becomes less important.

Wei Ran feels that she is lucky because she always meets people who are so sincere to her that she feels she has nothing to repay them for.

But sometimes he wondered if this was poison or a curse hidden under the sugar coating - separation always came unexpectedly and so easily.

When the teacher's condition worsened, Wei Ran was already very busy.

He is busy releasing records and shooting commercials. He has even joined the crew of a movie and is arguing with the company.

During that period, he almost did not sleep or eat, but he could only squeeze out a little time a month to fly to the United States to visit his mentor.

The one-way trip took over ten hours, which was far too far. Flying there once or twice a month was already the limit for Wei Ran.

But at least he could still go see his teacher. Wei Ran didn't feel it was hard at the time; instead, he was more motivated to work. He would rather shoot two more scenes a day, always thinking about getting in advance. As long as he could squeeze out a day and a half, he could fly to the United States...

But no one expected that his teacher would leave so quickly and in such a hurry.

——After running back and forth like this only twice, Wei Ran received the sad news that his mentor had passed away.

He didn't even get to see her for the last time.

At the funeral, Wei Ran looked as pale as paper, as if he had lost his soul.

He was indeed very confused. To him, the teacher was not only a mentor, but also another mother.

Wei Ran loves all kinds of steamed fish, but he particularly prefers steamed mandarin fish. As a child, he was a picky eater who disliked regular meals, but this dish made by his mother was the only one he could enjoy.

When he grew up, his teacher would often cook this dish and invite him to eat it. It was also the only taste of home he had tasted since he left Ms. Bai's house at the age of seventeen.

However, another person who could make steamed mandarin fish for him left him completely.

So, Wei Ran had to doubt again whether this was his fate.

"But I do know that she doesn't mean that."

It was a gloomy day and the room was dim.

Wei Ran sat on the sofa with no energy left, not leaning on any cushions, her back slightly bent. She spoke to Lin Luochen in a fair and impartial manner on behalf of her teacher, "She certainly didn't mean that."

"She just doesn't want me to follow in her footsteps... Besides, I'm a man, and so are you, so the road ahead will be even more difficult."

"Wei Ran..."

"Before the teacher passed away, he sent me an email." Wei Ran wanted to cry when she thought of the earnest advice in that email.

But Wei Ran will try her best to keep herself calm.

He just lowered his eyes and said, "She is worried about me and you."

So after learning that Dudu was born, Wei Ran went back to find Lin Luochen.

The young man's self-confidence always made him think that he could overcome everything, especially when he knew that the teacher did not object to them being together, and even the teacher's words revealed the hope that he and Lin Luochen could be happy.

Wei Ran decided to at least try once, to fight for it with all her might.

But at that time he didn't know that Lin Luochen had been in a car accident.

When he couldn't contact someone no matter what, Wei Ran was worried that something might have happened to him. After finishing the filming and leaving the crew, he flew to Lin Luochen's school in the United States. After searching for him in vain, he flew to Melbourne and finally found the Lin family's residence.

Then Lin’s father told him: Achen doesn’t want to see you again.

"Achen's mother has passed away. What else do you want? Do you want to make me angry and leave?" Lin's father spoke very rudely at the time.

But Wei Ran does lack love in some aspects, but he also has his sunny and confident side, and will never be PUA'd by "outsiders".

If Father Lin speaks nicely, Wei Ran can still be polite.

Even if the other party had a bad attitude, Wei Ran would not stand by and take a beating, so he gently but forcefully retorted: "Uncle, the teacher doesn't object to me and Lin Luochen being together, so how can I say that I'm going to make you angry and leave?"

Father Lin was furious: "My son is such a gifted child!... Why would he accept you again? He doesn't want to see you! Why would our Lin family want you!"

…

When it comes to Lin Luochen's matter, Wei Ran is always in the wrong. The sentence "He doesn't want to see you" has made Wei Ran lose all her courage.

But at that time, all he wanted was to see Lin Luochen again. Perhaps he wanted to tell him about Dudu, or perhaps he didn't. Perhaps he just wanted to say sorry again... Over the past few months, Wei Ran had been completely bewildered. She had lost her mentor, been oppressed by the forces of evil capital, been manipulated, exposed online, and stabbed by her company. And now, she was pregnant with Dudu...

Wei Ran didn't know anything at that time. He was too lazy to even pursue or mention the things that the Lin family had done to him behind his back. It seemed that he only had one belief left.

He just wanted to see Lin Luochen.

But Lin Luochen never showed up.

However, Lin's father was fed up with his "harassment" and could no longer sit still, so he finally solved the matter in a traditional way: using a sum of money to make Wei Ran leave forever.

"You're just a small-time celebrity. I can find two random people to completely make you disappear from your circle. I think you've already seen it in the past two months."

"Why would I find someone to mess with you? Your teacher! He's already lying in the hospital and can't get up! What about you? Where are you? Wei Ran, she had so many students, but you were the one she missed the most when she was alive! She was thinking of you even when she was dying, but where are you?"

"This is a 10 million contract. If you know what's good for you, just agree, take the money and leave."

"Achen said he won't see you again. Keep some dignity for yourself, Wei Ran."

…

During the eleven hours of flying back to China from Melbourne, Wei Ran seemed to have grown up completely again.

From then on, he was the only one in his world.

At that time he understood it very clearly.

But when people are in despair, they can always get some hope as long as they persevere.

Later, Wei Ran had Dudu.

…

Wei Ran is indeed quite old in the entertainment industry, he thought.

——That’s why my memories are so long.

With great effort, she pulled the corners of her lips, which had long lost their color, and said calmly to Lin Luochen, "So I can't lose Dudu."

"Yeah, yeah." Lin Luochen understood everything, his heart aching and shattered into pieces. How could he bear to let Wei Ran and Dudu separate? That was Wei Ran's everything!

He comforted Wei Ran and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of the matter at my family's side. They won't hurt you again..."

“Dudu is always the most important.”

"Yeah, I know."

Wei Ran still said: "No matter what, my affairs cannot involve Dudu... Dudu must not be harmed."

Lin Luochen: "Okay, okay, don't worry, Brother Ran, I promise you, I swear."

"Dudu is very important, very important to me." Wei Ran said calmly, their lips touching, as if she was repeating something meaningless.

Everything in front of me was blurry.

Amidst Lin Luochen's patient soothing words, he said in a low voice, "You too, Lin Luochen, you too."

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