"But why are you crying?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Aren't you crying?"
Shi Ran gave a dry laugh, put his hands to the corners of his eyes, and was startled when tears really fell from his eyes.
She didn't know why she was crying.
"Do you feel sorry for me?"
Shi Ran quickly shook his head, "No! It's not like that!"
I didn’t really think so, but I didn’t know how to explain it.
"It's okay." He wasn't angry. "They all feel sorry for me. Even my mother would say that to me."
But Song Sichen shrugged his shoulders, as if he didn't quite understand the meaning of the word "pitiful".
"Mom and Aunt Li are both missing. I know why, so don't help me. If people find out, you might end up missing too."
Shi Ran opened her lips in surprise and spoke tremblingly: "So, that's why you said you don't want my medicine?"
Song Sichen nodded.
"I won't die." Shi Ran said firmly, "I won't die. Even if I help you, I won't die."
"No?"
Song Sichen's gaze instinctively turned to the Song family compound.
He knew who had made him like this.
Shi Ran slowly sat down on the ground and handed the medicine bottle to Song Sichen again. "Here, take this medicine and you won't feel any pain." She smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't die."
"Why?"
"Because my grandfather is a very powerful man."
Only then did Song Sichen feel at ease and took out the medicine bottle.
"Take one pill before each meal, but don't let anyone know you're taking it. Pretend you still have a stomachache. Got it?"
Listening to Shi Ran's words, Song Sichen nodded.
Shi Ran looked at his innocent appearance. Although his eyes were empty, he had a harmless feeling. He seemed to have no vigilance at all, which was worrying, so she reminded him.
"In the future, be careful with things that others give you, and don't eat them casually."
"Um."
He nodded obediently.
Shi Ran sighed. How could he have the heart to attack such a little kid?
"Shi Ran, where are you?"
"Shi Ran."
“…”
The sound of someone looking for Shi Ran came from not far away. She knew that she didn't have time and couldn't let anyone find out that she was with Song Sichen. When she stood up to leave, she was grabbed by Song Sichen's cold hand.
She looked back at him.
"Can I survive?"
This was a question that Shi Ran had not expected.
Without waiting for her to answer, Song Sichen continued, "Mom also told me to live."
"OK."
"Will we meet again?"
"Yes."
She looked frantically for her own figure not far away.
Song Sichen's voice came from behind, "What's your name?"
"Shi Ran."
"My name is Song Sichen."
"I know." Shi Ran looked at the figure getting closer and closer and pushed Song Sichen's hand away. "They are here to find me. I should leave."
"Remember, my name is Song Sichen."
Shi Ran ran towards his father and turned back to shout, "I'll come to you sooner."
The meal was very unpleasant. Song Yanzhe kept saying inappropriate things, and Song's mother looked testing. Not only Shi Ran noticed it, but his usually calm father also felt it.
But no one said anything and just pretended that everything was fine.
While they were enjoying the delicious food on the table, the situation on the other side was completely different.
A dim room lit by a single candle.
Although it was a backyard, it was a large and empty space for the twelve-year-old boy who was left alone.
Song Sichen hid in the corner of the bed, took out a pocket that he was not familiar with, took out a yellow pill from it, and put it in his mouth. Perhaps because the medicine was wrapped in a layer of candy paper, it did not taste bitter.
The moment he took the medicine, he thought of Shi Ran who handed him the medicine bottle.
“So sweet.”
I don't know if he is referring to the medicine that is taken into his mouth, or the person who gave the medicine to him.
A few days later.
Shi Ran saw Lin Yufei pacing at the door without coming in, as if she was in trouble.
She didn't know why Lin Yufei appeared alone, but she felt that something must have happened. After thinking about it, she came to her.
"Sister, is there something wrong?"
Lin Yufei saw Shi Ran coming to her, squatted down, and said with a smile: "Nothing."
Shi Ran could see that she was worried, so he held her hand and said, "Sister, if you have anything, you can tell me. I can help you."
Facing Shi Ran's question, Lin Yufei smiled faintly, "Nothing, I'd better go home."
"Sister, what happened?"
"I..." Lin Yufei sighed awkwardly and spoke with difficulty, "I do have something to say, but I don't know how to start."
"Tell Shi Ran, Shi Ran can help you."
She hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to apply for graduate school, but the college I want to apply to requires a letter of recommendation. The dean said that Shi Ran's grandfather is friends with the president of the college, and I want him to help me."
Shi Ran only then remembered that Lin Yufei was only 22 years old. She remembered that she later became a very good pharmacist. Others were good at surgery, but she had breakthroughs in drug research and development.
Lin Yufei has her own ambitions. If she could go to a good school, she would definitely be very successful.
"Sister, I can help you speak a few more words in front of Grandpa, but Grandpa's legs have been hurting a lot recently. Is there any medicine that can relieve the pain?"
“I’m developing a drug, but I’m not sure if it will work.”
"Sister, can you bring me the medicine you developed?"
“…”
Lin Yufei lowered her head and said nothing.
Shi Ran grabbed Lin Yufei's hand.
"I can give it a try. If it's possible, Grandpa will definitely help you get some letters of recommendation. Besides, our Shi family can sell this drug. We can buy the patent, and then we can cover the cost of your graduate studies. It's a win-win situation. Sister, do you want to think about it?"
"Can I really?"
"If your destiny is in your own hands, how can others recognize you if you don't even think you are good enough?"
"Okay, I'll perfect the drug I'm researching. Wait for me."
Shi Ran nodded and looked at Lin Yufei leaving happily with a relieved smile.
"What is Shi Ran doing here? Did you know that dad is coming back and want to greet him?"
Shi Ran's father just came back. She opened her arms and her father held her in his arms.
Shi Ran looked at her father's frown, gently stroking it with her little hand, and asked worriedly, "Dad, is something bothering you? Why are you frowning so tightly?"
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