Gu Ran was thinking about this in her heart, but she didn't show anything on her face. She naturally guided the topic. After a while, as if the conversation had reached this point, she said casually, "Childhood does have a great influence on a person. For example, Jiang Ling is now in the entertainment industry because of his brother..."
While speaking, Gu Ran noticed the expression of the purple-eyed boy out of the corner of his eye.
The boy did not react.
Gu Ran pretended to apologize, stopped talking, and said, "I'm sorry, Jiang Ling, I didn't mean to bring up your sad past..." She had said the wrong thing, so she quickly changed the subject: "Speaking of which, why did Meng Xi become an actor?"
He seemed to really want to lighten the mood, so he blurted out an inappropriate joke without thinking: "Don't you have a brother at home?"
After this series of questions, I asked what I wanted to ask naturally and without any purpose.
The violet-eyed boy was stunned.
But he quickly concealed the awkwardness of the moment by picking up the water cup.
"No..." He subconsciously denied it, but just as he uttered a word, he realized something, put down the cup, and started typing and playing electronic music:
"No, I'm an only child."
"Is that so?" Gu Ran smiled without any abnormality.
But my heart sank.
It's obvious... the other party's series of reactions just now can be described as panic!
I was so panicked that I subconsciously denied it the first time!
"Being an only child is good," Gu Ran sighed. "Mom and Dad will only love you. If you have siblings, you never know if they'll be partial. Some might be so partial... that they only love one of them."
"..." The purple-eyed boy nodded in agreement, but Gu Ran saw a hint of confusion in his eyes, as if he had thought of something and was lost in unpleasant memories.
Gu Ran felt a chill in his heart.
Jiang Ling didn't speak for a long time. He looked at the two of them with his quiet and silent eyes.
Senior Gu Ran wouldn't carelessly mention his past scars like this...
Now I suddenly pretend to say this casually...I want to...
Jiang Ling suddenly saw that Gu Ran's fingers on the table moved.
It was a very small amplitude, but it just happened to point at him.
Others may not care, but Jiang Ling understood something.
Thinking of the many ways my senior sister has helped me...
He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said:
"My parents even went so far as to let me live out the rest of my brother's life after he died."
What--
The purple-eyed boy suddenly looked up, his pupils shrinking slightly.
Gu Ran had been staring at him, and therefore, he could see clearly that in the purple eyes of this girl disguised as a boy, besides surprise, there were also some obscure emotions.
Not sympathy...
There was definitely something in Jiang Ling's words, or... a whole sentence, that touched her and made her empathize.
There was a cold chill in Gu Ran's eyes.
It is confirmed that Meng Xi should be dead, and Meng Xi's elders doted on Meng Xi and neglected his sister, to the point of letting this girl take Meng Xi's place in the entertainment industry.
If she resisted, or made them think that she wanted to resist - the black material would definitely be misunderstood by them as the girl's resistance - then they would treat the girl like they did on the phone that day.
How dare they—
How could it be possible——!
Gu Ran has never been so angry since he was reborn.
This girl, who was even younger than her, had a hideous scar on her neck, and she came out to work!
What do they take her for?!
Is he Meng Xi's replacement? Or simply a money-making tool?
Judging from the look in this girl's eyes, she must still have very deep feelings for her brother, right?
Those parents were not only violent, but also exploited the girl's emotions.
Gu Ran thought of her bastard father and felt even more empathy. She used all her willpower to keep her expression calm.
But a raging fire was already burning in my heart.
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