Chapter 52: I Have Questioned
Seeing Zhou Ran staring at her unexpectedly, Yan Nian didn't know whether he was looking at her because of Zhao Shutong's words or because she agreed without any hesitation and accepted his sending her home.
Before this, she heard clearly what Zhao Shutong said.
The people around Zhou Ran, or more precisely, the people she also knew, would be deliberately associated with them in a more intimate direction.
Zhou Ran would not deny or explain. He didn't care about anything and was too lazy to explain.
Perhaps, they all agree that explanation is a very troublesome thing!
Zhou Ran walked over with long legs, saying casually, "Let's go, Translator Yan, I'll take you home."
If Yan Nian remembered correctly, this was the second time Zhou Ran called her that.
Last name plus job title.
I always feel like I am reminding her that you are my employee and I am your leader.
Yan Nian curled the corners of his lips slightly and said politely, "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Zhou."
Zhao Shutong couldn't stand the two people's polite conversation any longer and was ready to find an opportunity to slip away. At this moment, her cell phone rang. She took it out of her bag and glanced at Zhou Ran who was already walking towards the open-air parking lot. She didn't rush to answer the phone and said to Yan Nian, "Sister, I have a call. You go over first."
Seeing her cautious look, Yan Nian nodded: "Okay."
August is the hottest time of year in Lindu, and the night wind still carries the heat left over from the day.
When Yan Nian walked to the open-air parking lot opposite the mall, a thin layer of sweat had already appeared on his forehead.
Zhou Ran unlocked the car and went in to turn on the air conditioner. Before getting in, he didn't see Zhao Shutong and asked, "Where is she?"
Yan Nian glanced back and said, "Shu Tong is on the phone, so let me come over first."
Zhou Ran didn't want to stay outside any longer, so he got in the car, started the engine and turned on the air conditioner.
Yan Nian opened the passenger door and got in. The temperature in the car was set low, and it cooled down in a short while.
In the car, everyone looked at their phones when there was nothing to talk about.
When Xu Ke got home, he sent her a message and reminded her to consider getting a gym membership.
Yan Nian looked slightly to the left, exited WeChat without replying to Xu Ke's message, and locked the screen.
Zhou Ran's phone vibrated twice. He picked it up and put on speakerphone: "What's up?"
It was Zhao Shutong's voice: "Brother Ran, I have something else to do. Please take Sister Yan Nian home first. You don't have to wait for me."
Zhou Ran threatened her harshly: "Alright, then I'll tell your brother that you disappeared voluntarily. It has nothing to do with me."
"No, no, no, Brother Ran, I know you're the best." Zhao Shutong acted coquettishly and pitifully, "This is what's going on. I have a classmate who's going to another city soon. I probably won't see him very often in the future. I promise to go sing a song and then go home. You know, I won't be free once my brother comes back. If you tell him, you might not see me the next day."
Zhou Ran let out a long "Oh": "Is that so."
Zhao Shutong said pitifully: "Yeah."
Zhou Ran: "Since we won't see each other much in the future, why are you still going?"
Knowing that she was going to see her boyfriend, she said that on purpose.
Zhao Shutong: “…”
Yan Nian pursed her lips, feeling that there was nothing wrong with what he said.
Gradually, I started to get distracted while listening to them talking on the phone.
She had once imagined having an older sister or brother, a younger brother or sister. Would that make the house more lively? Would it divert half of Xu Yiqing's attention away from her?
She's not that bad.
She envied Zhao Shutong very much. She had two older brothers by her side since she was a child, and was about to have another one, Cheng Xiao, who loved her like a sister.
She had received love from Zhou Ran before, which was different from others, but she lost it with her own hands.
In Xu Yiqing's opinion, her secret relationship was extremely irresponsible to herself.
But Mu Chen told her that in this environment, you must have your own subjective consciousness.
You have to clearly understand what you like and what you don’t like so as not to get lost.
For a long time, she was reflecting on herself, wondering whether her feelings for Zhou Ran were a momentary impulse due to her upbringing, or whether she really liked him.
She actually questioned this.
Zhou Ran ignored Zhao Shutong's coquettishness and said in the end: "Brother Ran gives you two choices. One is to come over and get in the car, and I will take you home. The other is to go find your classmates. If your brother finds out one day, even your uncle and aunt won't be able to save you."
"Zhou Ran." Zhao Shutong went crazy, revealing his true colors. "If you dare to tell my brother, I'll move in with you."
Zhou Ran said lazily, "Oh, then I'll ask your brother for the rent."
Zhao Shutong was so upset that he lost his temper. He also settled the score and negotiated with him: "How about this, please keep the dinner I just invited you a secret for now, and don't say good things about me in front of my brother..."
Zhou Ran didn't bother to care about her: "Okay, go play!"
Zhao Shutong is not afraid of anything except Wang Hongyu.
Before Zhao Shutong could finish speaking, Zhou Ran had already hung up the phone.
She turned her head to look at the quiet person next to her, staring out the window, thinking about something. When she wasn't talking, her phone was automatically set to silent mode, just like hers.
He leaned forward slightly and raised his hand to scan her gaze.
A large hand appeared before her eyes, blocking her illusory vision. Yan Nian blinked and turned her head, a trace of confusion in her eyes: "What's wrong?"
Zhou Ran asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Yan Nian stared at him for a few seconds and shook his head: "Nothing."
Thinking of the phone call just now, she asked: "Has Shutong left?"
"Yeah." Zhou Ran shifted the gear and drove out.
Yan Nian used this topic to chat with him: "From what I heard from Shu Tong on the phone, she seems to be quite afraid of her brother."
Zhou Ran said nonchalantly, "Not all brothers in the world are as good as me, understand?"
Yan Nian couldn't deny what he said. Zhou Ran doted on Zhao Shutong very much, even though she was not his biological sister.
Hearing his self-absorbed cognition, Yan Nian was a little confused: "Is her brother not good to her?"
There were no cars ahead, so Zhou Ran turned to look at her and asked casually, "What do you think?"
She still remembered the conversation between Zhao Shutong and Wang Hongyu that day. Yan Nian answered seriously, "He must be worried about Shutong. It's inevitable for a girl to have a brother outside to worry about her. It's understandable that Shutong doesn't want to go out to work because she wants to take the postgraduate entrance exam."
Zhou Ran glanced at her and smiled: "Are you saying that I don't care about Zhao Shutong enough?"
What kind of logic is this? Why does it feel like his expression has changed so much in just a few words?
Yan Nian didn't understand what he meant and ignored his drooping expression: "No, you are different."
Zhou Ran: "What's the difference?"
Yan Nian said succinctly: "He is him, and you are you."
The words fell.
Zhou Ran sneered, pretended not to say anything, turned the steering wheel and turned around without asking any more questions.
Yan Nian also turned his gaze to the scenery outside the window.
Began to fall into silence.
She inexplicably thought of the night of his birthday when the woman who suddenly showed up uninvited with a cake said she wanted to sue him. She didn't have time to ask if it would have any impact on him.
Yan Nian looked at him for a moment, then asked cautiously, "My presence at your house that night didn't affect you in any way, did it?"
Hearing this, Zhou Ran lightly braked and stopped inside the traffic light. He turned to look at her worried face, raised a dangerous smile, and said firmly, "Of course."
Yan Nian's breathing stagnated, not knowing whether he really understood the meaning of her words or not.
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