Chapter 93, Keeping the Secret
Late at night, when Jiang Ran was half asleep, she felt the person hugging her carefully let go, got up and left the room.
The footsteps faded away, and Jiang Ran opened her eyes and tiptoed to the door of the room. Seeing Si Xu enter the study, she did not follow him directly.
"If we let him go alone, will he tear down the study?" Si Xu went to the study now, definitely looking for the information Qin Huai hadn't found. "We agreed to look for it together tomorrow, but he's being so secretive. Is there something he doesn't want me to know?"
The more he thought about it, the more curious he became. Just as Jiang Ran was about to go out and take a look, he heard footsteps coming out of the study.
She quickly ran back to the bed, covered herself with the quilt, closed her eyes, and pretended nothing had happened.
…
Not realizing the girl was still awake, Si Xu quietly got under the covers. After the coldness around him dissipated, he reached out and held the girl in his arms again.
Did he come back empty-handed? Or didn't he find what he was looking for?
Jiang Ran opened his eyes slightly and moved his body upwards.
"Don't move." The man tightened his grip on her waist and mumbled, "Are you awake?"
"You're not asleep." Jiang Ran poked his chest after discovering his little trick. "What did you do just now?"
"Go find something."
"material?"
"no."
"So you..." Looking for something in the Jiang family's study? What could make Si Xu run to the study in the middle of the night?
"It's nothing important, go to sleep."
"Oh." Thinking that this person had worked with Jiang Yize for so long, Jiang Yize might have some special instructions, Jiang Ran did not insist on asking, "Good night, Si Xu."
…
good evening……
"Ranran~Ranran~"
With the memory of her first dream, Jiang Ran had become immune to this voice. She knew who was calling her without even opening her eyes.
"Jiang Ran, get up!" The man yelled impatiently, and directly lifted the quilt. "Aunt and uncle have been waiting for you downstairs for a long time, get up now!"
“I don’t want to get up…” The little girl turned over and hugged the quilt, refusing to let go. “Shen Yang, stop making noise and let me sleep for another ten minutes.”
"Still sleeping? You've been sleeping all morning and now you've been sleeping for over two hours. Are you the reincarnation of a koala?" The boy nudged her, "Wake up! Hurry up! It's snowing outside, why don't you get up and take a look?"
Snow? The little girl jumped up, staring at her messy hair, then got out of bed and ran to the window to look out.
"Wow, it's really snowing?" The little girl opened her eyes wide and stared at the flying snowflakes for a moment. When the boy took the slippers and placed them at her feet, she stepped on the slippers and grabbed the boy's hand. "Cousin, is Xiaobai coming back with Daddy this time?"
"What Xiaobai? That's your second cousin." The boy grabbed her collar and threw her into the cloakroom. "Xiaobai has to go to cram school and can't come over. Change your clothes by yourself. Your aunt is going to pick up your uncle. You change your clothes and come down by yourself."
“Ouch.”
Jiang Ran followed the little girl as she changed her clothes and went downstairs.
At the entrance of the living room, the man who had just entered shook off the snow on his body, took off his coat and handed it to his wife. After the two whispered something, the man leaned over and kissed his lover on the forehead.
The little girl raised her hands to cover her eyes and let out a long "eh", attracting both of them to look at her.
Seeing the little girl leaning over the stair railing and looking down, the man smiled and called her name: "Ranran."
The little girl ran downstairs on her short legs and stopped in front of the man: "Dad, welcome back. You've worked hard at work."
"Girl, why are you so sweet all of a sudden?" The man laughed and rubbed the little girl's head. "Do you miss your daddy?"
The little girl hummed: "It's okay..."
Man: "..." He showed a sad expression, "Ranran doesn't miss daddy at all?"
The little girl said with a sour taste: "Dad, your expression is so ugly..."
Man: “…” This time I was completely shocked.
After listening to the father and daughter exchange a few words of disdain, the woman who had hung up her coat leaned over and picked up the little girl, but she said to the man: "The plum blossoms in the garden are blooming - did the child like the plum blossoms you brought him last time?"
When he mentioned the child, the happy smile on the man's face disappeared.
He pursed his lips and said bitterly, "I like it—although he doesn't understand what love is yet."
"Ah." The little girl raised her hand. "What about the White Rabbit I gave him? Does he like it?"
Looking at his daughter's tender little face, the man raised his lips and said softly, "He likes it very much and asked me to say thank you to you."
"That's good." The little girl said seriously, "No one in this world can resist the charm of the White Rabbit."
"Haha, you're just trying to find an excuse to eat candy, little girl."
"Hehe, no, I don't."
Unlike the short dream last time, this time, time passed in the dream all night until the man left the next day.
"Ranran, daddy has to go to work. Ranran has to be obedient at home, okay?"
"good."
"Don't fight with your brother, okay?"
"I didn't fight with my brother."
"Yes, you just beat him unilaterally."
“…”
You must be obedient, you cannot fight with your brother, and you must not beat him unilaterally...
After Jiang Ran woke up from her dream, the man's instructions were still echoing in her mind, giving her a headache.
However, rather than having a headache, she finally remembered something very important.
…
Under the plum tree, Si Xu felt the other end of the shovel touch a hard object. He moved gently and cleaned the dirt around the iron box.
Jiang Ran squatted aside, watching the iron box gradually reveal its original appearance, and clenched his fist to cheer Si Xu up: "Be careful, Si Xu, don't break it."
"Yeah." He threw away the shovel, took the iron box out and put it aside. Si Xu looked at the keyhole on the box and said, "I need a key."
"Here." Jiang Ran handed him the key. "I got this key back from Luo Rui. Now that I think about it, I was really smart."
In her dream, she saw that Jiang Yize buried the box here and then gave the key to Shen Muxin.
"I've tampered with this thing a little. If you force it open, the strong acid on the top of the box will destroy all the data. This is the only key, keep it safe."
"Yize, what are you giving me...for?"
"If...if that thing really leaks out of the laboratory in the future, remember to take this key to Dongchao City to find someone named Si Nian. She knows what to do next."
"But……"
"This is the only way to protect you—Mumu, if I'm alone, there's no way I can stop their plan, so... the only thing I can do is to protect you and Ranran."
Even in her dreams, she could feel the sadness and determination in the man's voice when he said these words.
At that time, Shen Muxin took the key - if that was the case, why would she commit suicide?
That woman had clearly prepared herself mentally to take over her husband's responsibility to keep the secret, so why would she commit suicide for love?
…
As Jiang Ran expected, the box contained all the information related to the virus - both published and unpublished, and all of Jiang Yize's research results.
After reading it, Si Xu put it in a file bag and stuffed it into his own space.
By the way, the man's gaze lingered on the plum tree for a long time.
Jiang Ran stopped walking back to the house in confusion: "Si Xu?"
What's wrong with this plum tree?
"Jiang Ran, do you like plum blossoms?"
"...It's okay." Jiang Ran said honestly, "Actually, I don't have any favorite flowers."
"Is that so?" There was a hint of regret in his tone. "Jiang Ran, don't you think plum blossoms are beautiful?"
pretty?
He wouldn't... want to stuff this plum tree into the space and take it away with him, right?
(End of this chapter)
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