The Lan family, a family steeped in scholarship, has always nurtured its children from a young age, providing them with a wide variety of musical instruments and books. Upon receiving the news, they immediately moved these items. In their correspondence with Lan Chaolin, he had mentioned Ruan Ruan's name more than once. Originally, they were planning to find an opportunity to meet their cousin when the time was right.
However, no one expected that they would be communicating in this way.
The child's disappearance was not accidental. The child's mother, the eldest grandson's wife of the Lan family, was a distant cousin of the Cui family in the capital. In the past, she was able to marry into the Lan family not only because she and Lan Chaoyang, the eldest grandson of the Lan family, were college classmates, but also because of her relationship with the Cui family. It was a marriage between two prominent families.
Unexpectedly, she was originally a lobbyist placed by the Cui family in the Lan family. Before news of the Digital Gang's disappearance spread, the Cui family arranged for her to act as a lobbyist. However, from her few words, the Lan family sensed that something was about to happen. So, they pretended to deal with them while secretly transferring all their assets. By the time the Cui family realized what was happening, the Lan family had all disappeared. Originally, they had not planned to take her with them, but at that time she was pregnant, and the Lan family's child could not be left outside. They had no choice but to take her with them.
However, before they learned that the entire Cui family had been convicted, she had been kept under surveillance. After they learned of the Cui family's disappearance, they thought that the Lan family would be her support in the future, so they stopped watching her as closely. However, they still made a mistake. They didn't know when she had made contact with enemy agents. While the family was out shopping for New Year's goods, she took the child to a crowded place and deliberately squeezed into the crowd. After that, the child was taken away by someone.
During the months they were searching for their child, they had only kept her locked up. Now that the child has been found and Lan Chaolin is watching over her, they are at ease and have time to deal with this traitor.
However, before dealing with her, the Lan family still called Ruan Ruan to express their gratitude. From Lan Chaolin and Commander Gu, they learned that Ruan Ruan's school needed musical instruments. They had some, but they were currently in the countryside and couldn't use them. Since they were just sitting there, they could give them to Ruan Ruan as a token of their gratitude for saving their child's life.
After finishing her phone call with her cousin Lan, Ruan Ruan was still a little incredulous. Looking at her uncle, she asked, "Uncle, do you think I should go see that child?"
When she went to the charity with Huo Haocheng before, she seemed to have seen some children playing in the yard. However, Huo Haocheng was afraid that they might accidentally bump into her, so he held her tightly in his arms. His aloof demeanor scared the children away from them, and she didn't get a clear look at them.
Now that she knows about the child's existence, and with the Lan family giving her so many musical instruments—all of which cost a fortune! Even a secondhand piano costs tens of thousands, not to mention the other instruments. Ruan Ruan feels like she's burning her hands if she doesn't go see her.
“In your current state, even if you don’t go, your uncles won’t say anything.” Commander Gu understood her thoughts, but seeing her heavily pregnant and Huo Haocheng not around, he absolutely could not let her run around.
"If you really feel bad about it, give your Uncle Kun or Lan Chaolin a call. They know your situation and won't blame you."
Hearing her uncle say this, she looked down at her stomach, thought about it, and realized he was right. Given her current condition, she might fall asleep as soon as she got on the bus, so she shouldn't cause trouble for others. She obediently picked up the phone again and dialed Lan Chaolin.
The call was answered quickly, but just as Ruan Ruan was about to say something, she heard a child crying.
Meanwhile, in Lan Chaolin's office in the government building, a child who looked about six or seven years old was crying loudly in front of Lan Chaolin. At his feet was a broken cup. Judging from the scene, he must have been drinking water and hadn't been holding it properly, causing the cup to fall and break. Half of the water in the cup had spilled onto his pants, leaving his upper thighs half wet.
Seeing the child crying, Lan Chaolin immediately put the receiver aside, went over to check on the child, and after finding him alright, held him in his arms and picked up the receiver again.
"Hello, who is this? I'm sorry, there was a little emergency just now."
As Lan Chaolin's voice came, so did the sound of a child sobbing.
"Brother Chaolin, it's me."
Hearing that the call was from Ruan Ruan, Lan Chaolin remembered what had happened to him at the charity last night. He couldn't believe that his nephew, who was thousands of miles away, would actually appear in front of him. After learning about the situation from Uncle Kun and the others, he immediately called home. If they hadn't stopped him, they would have called Ruan Ruan that very night.
Ruan Ruan's call came only now, which means her family must have been holding back and just called her not long ago.
"You're calling me now because my uncle called you!"
"Hmm..." Before making the call, she had prepared a whole bunch of things to say, but now, she didn't know what to say. If she said that she could pay for the musical instruments, it would be seen as looking down on the Lan family. If she said that she was not doing anything right and that Huo Haocheng was just doing what he should do as a soldier, it would make her seem pretentious. So, she didn't know what to say now.
Lan Chaolin could sense her unease from her tone, and said to Ruan Ruan on the other end of the phone, "Don't feel burdened. Those things are just sitting there anyway. You know, given the current situation, we can't possibly take them out and use them. Giving them to you so that they can play their greatest role is the most important thing."
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