Seeing that she didn't say much, the white lotus asked: "Sister Ran, are those people who sent you gifts your relatives? I see they are so good to you, it makes people very envious!"
An Ran frowned and said: You can call me Comrade An, or you can call me An Ran. Please don’t call me Sister Ran. I don’t have a sister. It’s not good for you to claim kinship with me right away.
Li Mengyao cried and said: You are the youngest here, so I called you that. I didn’t expect to make you angry. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it.
The one called Yan Jun jumped out and said: Comrade An, Comrade Li didn't say anything. We are all educated youth who went to the countryside. We should be united and friendly. Besides, you are the youngest and everyone treats you as their younger sister. There is nothing wrong with that. Why do you have to be so harsh?
An Ran sneered and asked back: "Are you born in the Year of the Dog?" Yan Jun was stunned, not understanding what she meant, and no one else reacted either.
Yan Jun replied blankly: I am not born in the Year of the Dog. An Ran asked: Then why do you care about other people's business?
An Ran didn't give him a chance to speak and continued: She and I just met and we are not even familiar with each other. Even though I am the youngest, I don't like being called sister by a stranger. Don't I even have this right?
Besides, did I say anything to her? I just said: She can call me Comrade An, or An Ran, I don't have a sister, what's the problem?
What's more, I am fourteen and she is nineteen, five years older than me. She started crying just because of a few words from me, and you think I bullied her. Then why do you still say that I am the youngest?
Although I am the youngest, I did not cry because of what you said. Instead, it was those who are older than me who were crying. And you, who always say that I am young, are helping another person who is older than me to say something about me. Do you still think you are honored?
Yan Jun's face turned red after what she said, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time. Li Mengyao cursed him as a waste in her heart, and the fierceness that flashed in her eyes was caught by An Ran.
An Ran didn't indulge her either, and said to her: Comrade Li, when you call someone your sister, if you can hide the calculation and greed in your eyes, you can be more credible. And didn't you ask me who sent it to me?
I can tell you, and of course others should listen, that the people who saw me off were the neighborhood committee director, the educated youth office director, and the remaining two: the director of my mother's hospital and a colonel. Some of them were my mother's friends, and some had received help from my grandfather. As for why they came to see me off,
That's because my mother was a military doctor. When I was six, she saved thousands of people from an epidemic, yet she herself died heroically. She was awarded the title of Special Merit Martyr. The reason I went to the countryside was, first, to respond to the nation's call, and second, because I was schemed against by a bunch of scumbags. That's why those uncles and aunts came to see me off. Of those who schemed against me, one got the peanuts, and the other four were sent to the Northwest for life imprisonment and forced labor. Comrade Li, do you understand?
Li Mengyao was already frightened, and no one else dared to speak. This was a relative of a martyr with special merit. Martyrs were already highly respected, let alone one with special merit.
An Ran didn't like beating around the bush, nor did she like arguing with people like this. She continued, "Comrade Li, don't think I'm insignificant and can't see what you're thinking. Just because I'm insignificant doesn't mean I'm stupid. Whatever you want to do, as long as you don't scheme against me, it's none of my business. But if you dare to plot against me, you're very welcome in the Northwest. One last reminder: when you talk to me, clear your eyes of calculation."
After saying that, he ignored everyone, looked at the time and saw that it was already noon. He said something to the person next to him and got up to get some hot water.
Yan Jun was about to regret it to death at this moment. Why couldn't he control himself and jumped out to meddle in other people's business? He was so regretful that he had offended the family of a martyr, and such a powerful person.
The others also looked at Li Mengyao with scrutiny. Some of them suddenly realized that An Ran was not being unreasonable, because they clearly saw the viciousness that flashed across Li Mengyao's eyes...!
Li Mengyao hadn't expected An Ran to possess such a status. Seeing An Ran dressed well and so many unusual people coming to see her off, she'd thought it was a good idea to coax her into providing resources. She hadn't expected her to see through it, and to expose her so ruthlessly. She hated her to death, but she didn't dare act rashly. After all, An Ran's status as a martyr's relative was there, so unless she was sure to hit her, she could stay hidden...
An Ran didn't care about that. The reason she said all that was because she wanted to avoid trouble while in the car. As for what other people thought, it was not within her consideration.
After fetching water, I walked back and passed by a woman. I looked at the woman's clothes and then at the child in her arms. There was a huge difference in what they were wearing. Even though there was so much noise in the car, the child didn't wake up at all and was sleeping soundly.
The word that popped up in An Ran's mind was "human traffickers". What An Ran hated most was people who stole children. It reminded her of her past life. If it weren't for these scumbags, she might have been very happy in her past life...!
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