“Last time I opened a French teaching institution, she signed up for my class, but for some reason, she suddenly didn’t want to continue. I didn’t even have time to get her phone number.”
"But I know you have a wide network of connections, and the Zuo family isn't from Lincheng, so I was wondering if you could introduce me to them?"
Shang Yunshen explained his purpose in detail.
Lu Rang stopped in his tracks and coldly questioned, "Am I here to play matchmaker for you? Or am I your nanny or your assistant? Why should I arrange something like this for you?"
"I just wanted to ask if you could give me her contact information, maybe I could get her a business card or something. You shouldn't be so rude."
Shang Yunshen already felt uneasy about asking Lu Rang about this kind of thing.
Hearing the other person's tone made him even more embarrassed.
In a moment of impulsiveness, Shang Yunshen blurted out, "Although Awu has severed ties with the Shang family, as you know, our relationship has never broken down. I went to jail because of her, and she has never been able to let go of me."
"Otherwise, she wouldn't have wanted to sponsor my opening of a teaching institution after I left the company. She might not want other people to be happy, but Awu would definitely want me, her older brother, to be happy."
Shang Yun Shen said these words without batting an eye.
He suddenly realized that sometimes enjoying certain conveniences can be addictive.
Even though he was fully aware that he was trying to soften Lu Rang's heart by using Shang Wu, and that Lu Rang would never give him that face, and that everything he did was for Shang Wu's benefit.
But he just couldn't control himself and wanted to take advantage of this resource.
Just as he had to treat his mother's illness, he was deeply captivated by Zuo Xueqing the moment he saw her photo.
Having never been in a relationship since childhood, he wanted to start his first love, so he approached Lu Rang almost without hesitation.
There was a long silence on the phone.
Unable to hear a response from Lu Rang, Shang Yun Shen remained unhurried.
He continued to persuade Lu Rang: "Awu is still entangled with the merchants, unable to let go, because she's worried about my business and settling down. If you could..."
"Stop talking." Lu Rang interrupted him coldly, and after a moment of silence, said, "I'll think it over and give you an answer."
After hanging up the phone, he put it back in his pocket, closed his eyes, and finally managed to suppress all his emotions before returning home.
"Are these my favorite butter-flavored potato chips?"
Shang Wu had already taken a shower and changed into her pajamas, and was sitting cross-legged on the sofa watching TV.
Seeing Lu Rang come in carrying snacks, she felt as if she had returned to her high school days, waiting for Shang Yun Shen to bring her snacks. She ran over to take the snacks and checked the flavors of the potato chips.
Shang Wu chuckled and said, "It's the kind I like to eat."
She tiptoed and kissed Lu Rang on the cheek: "Great! Here's a reward."
Lu Rang, preoccupied, supported her waist and urged her to put on her shoes.
Watching her retreating figure, Lu Rang fell into deep thought.
He asked, seemingly casually, "Now, are you only still in contact with Shang Yun Shen? He should be the person you dislike the least in the Shang family."
Shang Wu paused in her action of unpacking potato chips, then sat on the sofa and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"Why are you suddenly asking this?" She became wary, frowning. "Did my brother bother you?"
Lu Rang denied it: "No, I was just asking what your attitude is towards business people now."
Shang Wu thought about it seriously.
“I don’t have any attitude. I just treat them like strangers, as if they have nothing to do with me. Maybe in their eyes I’m unfilial, a madman, having abandoned my parents and refusing to talk to my brother. But I can’t accept many things, so I have to stay away from them.”
She couldn't accept that her comfortable life over the years was something she had inherited from her parents.
She also couldn't accept that her loving and affectionate parents, who were always perceived as kind, hardworking, and capable by outsiders, were actually completely different from what she thought.
What Shang Wu found even more intolerable was that, despite Ruan Yuzhi's guilty conscience for doing something wrong, she was afraid that the truth of what happened back then would be discovered, so she prevented Ruan Yuzhi from getting close to Lu Rang and even forced her to break up with Lu Rang in order to cover up the truth.
Ruan Yuzhi chose to sever ties with her family. In her most desperate situation, no one came to her aid. This matter troubled her deeply and she would never be able to get over it.
Shang Wu snapped out of her daze, pulled Lu Rang to sit down, and stuffed potato chips into his mouth.
"Anyway, don't think too much about it. I really don't have any feelings for the Shang family. At most, I have a little bit of feelings for Shang Yun Shen, since he's been my best friend since we were kids."
“He always pampers and protects me, and I still cherish those feelings for him. As long as he lives a quiet life and doesn’t bother me, I won’t dislike him.”
Speaking of this, Shang Wu hesitated for a moment, glancing at Lu Rang, wondering if this would make him feel better.
Lu Rang listened attentively, nodding slightly as if deep in thought.
"Okay, I understand what you mean..."
"Don't say these things, it'll affect our mood." Shang Wu cupped his face, her index finger, which had been holding a potato chip, curled up to avoid getting it dirty.
"I'm going to wash my hands. You wait here for a bit, I have something to tell you."
Lu Rang nodded slightly, watched her leave, and then took out his phone to find information about the Zuo family.
With his fingertip hovering over the screen, Lu Rang took a screenshot of the Zuo family's daughter's business card and sent it to Shang Yunshen's mobile phone number in just one second.
Shang Yun Shen replied very quickly.
Without even looking, I knew they were just polite words of thanks.
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