Chapter 201 I Want to Send You to School

The next morning, Chenchen hurriedly finished his breakfast, picked up his schoolbag and prepared to go to school.

When he pushed open the door, he was caught off guard and saw Lu Yiran standing at the door.

The next second, he slammed the door shut with such force that even the door frame shook slightly.

In the kitchen, Mu Nanyan, who was making coffee, heard the noise, but thought Chenchen had used too much force when going out, and didn't pay much attention to it.

It wasn't until she came out with a coffee cup and found Chenchen still standing at the entrance that she was stunned.

"Chenchen, didn't you go to school? Why are you still here?" Mu Nanyan tilted her head and looked at him in confusion.

Chenchen's fingers were unconsciously twisting the straps of his schoolbag, and his eyes were wandering.

He didn't know how to answer for a moment. He couldn't just say that the man was blocking the door, right? He hesitated for a long time before finally saying:

"I... forgot to pick up something. I'll be leaving soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, he ran out of the door like a frightened rabbit and closed the door tightly with a "click".

Mu Nanyan looked at the empty entrance, her hand holding the coffee cup frozen in mid-air.

"Didn't you say you had something to get? Why are you leaving again?"

Mu Nanyan put the coffee on the dining table and walked towards the door. When she opened it, she saw only an empty corridor. There was no sign of Chenchen outside...

At this moment, in the elevator, Chenchen was tugging at Lu Yiran's sleeves tightly. Lu Yiran lowered his eyes to look at the tense little face, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his lips:

"Am I so shameful?"

"I don't want Sister Yan to know that you are the new neighbor next door."

"Why?" Lu Yiran's face suddenly darkened and looked a little ugly.

"Because Sister Yan will be scared."

"Will she be afraid of me?"

Lu Yiran thought this was the best joke he had heard this morning. He had never realized that Mu Nanyan was afraid of him.

"She's afraid you'll take me away from her..."

Hearing this, Lu Yiran fell silent. This was probably the only thing Mu Nanyan was afraid of. Moreover, she was not afraid of him, Lu Yiran, but was afraid of losing Chenchen.

Lu Yiran suddenly leaned over, his eyes level with his own: "What if I'm here to rob you?"

The boy's pupils suddenly contracted, and then he raised his stubborn chin and said viciously:

"Then I will take away all your property and come back to find Sister Yan. That way she won't have to work so hard."

To Chenchen's surprise, Lu Yiran actually chuckled and rubbed his head with his slender fingers: "Good idea."

Chenchen was stunned. Was this guy stupid? He was about to be robbed of everything and still laughing? Not only was he not angry, but he actually praised him...

Lu Yiran seemed to see through his confusion, and his voice suddenly softened:

"My money will be yours sooner or later, and...if you are willing to accept me, your mommy won't have to work so hard."

Chenchen, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, immediately retorted:

"My sister Yan doesn't need it. When we were abroad, many people pursued Sister Yan. If she wanted to rely on men, she could just marry any man and become a rich wife. It wouldn't be your turn."

"Is your mommy popular abroad?"

Chenchen said very proudly: "Of course."

Lu Yiran's eyes darkened, and after thinking about it, it made sense. After all, there was another person who followed him back to China.

The elevator arrived at the first floor with a ding. Chenchen walked out of the elevator. When he found Lu Yiran also walked out of the elevator, he immediately said defensively:

"Why are you following me?"

“Is it possible that we can only go along the way?”

Lu Yiran put his hands in his pockets and looked at him with a harmless smile.

"Do you think I'm easy to fool?"

"What else?"

Chenchen glanced at him, ignored him, and continued walking forward, but Lu Yiran kept following behind.

Chenchen stopped to look at him, and he stood there without moving. Chenchen had just taken two steps forward when he followed him up again.

Chenchen took a few more steps and couldn't stand it anymore, so he turned around and looked at Lu Yiran and said:

"You still say you're not following me?"

“It’s really just a side trip.”

Lu Yiran smiled helplessly. He thought that Chenchen couldn't do anything to him since he had no evidence anyway.

Chenchen stamped his feet in anger. "You're kidding me! You're dressed like this, but you're not going to the garage to drive to work. Are you really going out for a walk so early in the morning?"

Chenchen's words stifled Lu Yiran. He looked at himself in a suit and tie, and no one would believe him even if he said he was just taking a walk.

Seeing that he couldn't hide any longer, Lu Yiran sighed softly:

"I want to take you to school."

"Didn't I tell you yesterday? I don't need anyone to take me to school."

Chenchen suddenly became a little impatient. If he continued to waste time with him like this, he would be late. However, Lu Yiran suddenly said in a low voice:

"I want to make it up to you. I haven't sent you to school since you were born. When you grow up, you won't need me anymore."

Chenchen's breathing hitched, and memories came flooding back.

On the first day of kindergarten, other children were led into the classroom by their parents holding their hands, but he was the only one who held tightly onto the corner of his mother's clothes.

After a long time, the children in the kindergarten saw that only his mother was picking him up and dropping him off at school, and they all started to make a fuss, saying that he was a child without a father.

Chenchen couldn't help himself that day and fought with other little boys. Since then, he no longer wanted to go to kindergarten.

Fortunately, the kindergarten teacher at that time said that he was very talented and the kindergarten's teaching method was not suitable for him. Mu Nanyan did not let him continue to go to school and hired a tutor for him. Since then, he has never been to kindergarten again.

And now, Lu Yiran stood in front of him and said he wanted to send him to school.

Chenchen's throat tightened and he bit his lower lip tightly, fearing that if he opened his mouth, the grievances hidden deep in his heart would burst out uncontrollably.

Chenchen didn't know whether he should hate him or not, but Lu Yiran's current attitude really made it impossible for him to hate him...

He should hate this man, hate him for being absent for so many years, hate him for making his mother endure so much alone.

But at this moment, looking at Lu Yiran's cautious eyes, the hatred melted away little by little like snow in the sun.

Lu Yiran suddenly squatted down, and gently placed his warm palm on his shoulder. The man's deep brows were full of worry:

"Chenchen, what's wrong with you?"

Chenchen lowered his head hurriedly, and the strands of hair on his forehead fell down, covering his red eyes.

He blinked hard and said in a muffled voice, "It's nothing. If you want to follow, just follow."

Chenchen turned around and left without looking at him, so he didn't see Lu Yiran's eyes light up instantly, nor did he realize that his pace had unconsciously slowed down, as if he was afraid that the person behind him could not keep up.