Chapter 141 Extra if line (6)

Lu Ran’s identity information was finally determined.

Ji Min’s summer vacation was over, and he had more homework every day.

When he was doing his homework in the study at night,

the child sat next to him and practiced writing his new name over and over again.

After school started, Ji Min’s yard was no longer closed all the time.

Ji Chi came over several times to ask Ji Min about homework and wrong answers.

Seeing that Ran Ran was still staying at Ji Min’s place, he was stunned for a moment and asked Ji Min:

"Brother Min, why is this child still staying here with you?"

Ji Chi remembered that this child was the one Ji Min picked up that day.

Ji Min didn’t know why, but he became interested in taking care of children.

He had been playing with the child in the yard for some time.

Ji Chi looked for Ji Min several times, but was turned away every time.

Didn't they say the police were coming? He thought the police would take the child away.

Could it be that Ji Min really wanted to adopt this child?

Ji Chi spoke without lowering his voice, nor did he pay attention to the child beside him.

One sentence separated Ranran's identity from Ji Min.

But when he spoke to Ji Min, his tone was extremely familiar.

This made Lu Ran in his words seem like an outsider in this yard.

Ranran has lived here for a while.

Ji Min indulged him in everything.

Butler Chen also paid attention and did not mention the fact that he was lost.

Children have a short memory and do not have the memory of the past.

Living during this period of time, I simply felt that I should live with my older brother.

But now, after hearing what Ji Chi said.

The child was obviously stunned for a moment, stopped what he was doing, and looked at Ji Min hesitantly.

Ji Min frowned slightly.

He glanced at Ji Chi and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "Isn't it normal for him to live here with me?"

After hearing Ji Min's words, the child who had been stiffly waiting for his response gradually relaxed and began to lower his head to do his own things.

Ji Chi was keenly aware that Ji Min didn't like what he had just said.

He didn't continue the previous topic, and asked the question he wanted to ask.

When leaving Ji Min's yard, Ji Chi glanced at the child inconspicuously.

A few days later, Ji Chi came

more frequently. Ji Min originally thought that Ran Ran would be happier with another person to play with.

But after observing day by day, he found that the child was not very enthusiastic towards people other than him.

Although he was only a little old, the child seemed to have drawn a circle around him. He

was very close to people who could enter this circle,

and was even willing to compromise himself to accommodate these people.

But the child was not very interested in people outside the circle.

Ji Min was not sure whether it was normal for the child to be like this.

So he wanted to guide the child to interact with more people.

He specifically called Ranran over, pointed at Ji Chi and said, "This is your brother Ji Chi, you can ask him to play with you when your brother is not around."

After hearing Ji Min's introduction,

although the child was not very interested, he still called out politely, "Brother Ji Chi."

The child's voice was crisp, and the ending tone was a little soft.

Ji Min paused after hearing it.

Although he was the one who asked Ranran to call him brother,

but now hearing the child looking up and calling someone else brother obediently,

Ji Min suddenly felt a little unhappy.

He was silent for a moment, and changed his words: "Calling him brother is a bit strange, just call him Ji Chi."

Ji Chi, who was about to agree, said: "..." As

the few people were talking, the assistant of Master Ji came over and called Ji Min.

Ji Min stood up and said to Ran Ran, "Brother will be out for a while and will be back soon."

Then he told Ji Chi, "He is still young, take good care of him."

Ji Chi immediately smiled and nodded, "Brother Min

, don't worry." Ji Min nodded and went out.

After Ji Min left, only Lu Ran and Ji Chi were left in the yard.

Ji Chi turned his head and looked into the room. Butler Chen was busy in the house.

He looked at the children in the yard again.

The children were not making any noise.

One of them was holding a shovel, slowly shoveling sand in the sandpit and playing with ocean balls.

Ji Chi then discovered that the flower bed in Ji Min's yard had been flattened and turned into a sandpit for children to play.

Ji Chi never thought that Ji Min actually cared so much about this child.

He had been staying in Ji's house for several years. He

was always humble in front of Ji Min, but Ji Min didn't care much about his half-blood brother.

Thinking of this, Ji Chi called out to the child not far away: "Ranran? Your name is Ranran, right?"

The child turned his head and looked at him, and said "hmm".

Thinking that he had something to do, he put down the shovel and walked over.

Seeing the child's ignorant and somewhat well-behaved look, Ji Chi deliberately asked him:

"Ranran, why do you stay here all the time and don't go back to your own home?"

The child blinked twice, hearing the hidden malice in his words. He

tried to refute, "My brother said this is Ranran's home."

"Oh." Ji Chi asked him again, "What is your relationship with Min Ge? Why do you regard this place as your home?"

"Relationship?" the child repeated.

Ji Chi's smile widened and he said:

"Like me, I am Brother Min's biological brother, we are related by blood. You have nothing to do with him, how can you just call him brother?"

The child was confused by his words and couldn't speak for a long time.

There was some movement in the house.

Ji Chi looked back and saw that Butler Chen was about to come out, so he didn't say anything.

He just smiled and threw the ocean ball on the ground back into the sand pit.

When Ji Min came back.

The child looked a little listless.

He didn't run over as soon as he saw him like usual.

This time the child was stunned for a while before walking over slowly.

When he looked up and called him, he paused, and shouted hesitantly: "...Brother?"

"What's wrong? You haven't recognized me after just a while?" Ji Min said with a smile.

At this time, Ji Chi stood up and interrupted,

"Brother, why does this kid like to play with bugs? It scared me."

Ji Min knew Ranran's love for bugs.

He just thought that Ji Chi was scared by the bugs thrown by the kid like him, so he didn't pay much attention.

He also didn't notice that when Ji Chi called him "brother", the child looked up at them seriously.

Until Ji Chi left.

During dinner, Ji Min still felt that the child was listless and had no energy.

"What's wrong, are you not feeling well?" Ji Min asked him.

Butler Chen also reached out and touched the child's forehead.

The child just shook his head, glanced at Ji Min, and said nothing.

In the evening, Ji Min finished telling the child the story of the three little pigs.

The child suddenly asked: "Is the blood relationship just like the little pigs?"

"Huh?" Ji Min was a little surprised. He didn't expect the child to explore such a question.

"In addition to these, there are others, such as parents, elders..."

At this point, Ji Min suddenly stopped.

He realized that these words should not sound comfortable for Ranran, a child without relatives.

Ji Min did not continue.

He lay on the head of the crib and chatted with the child for a while.

But the child was still a little absent-minded.

I couldn't help asking him again: "Brother, what is the relationship between you and Brother Ji Chi? Is he your younger brother?"

Ji Min paused.

"I guess so." He said.

Ji Chi is his father's illegitimate son.

After his father was forced to marry his mother, he gave up and had extramarital affairs one after another.

Grandpa Ji was concerned about the face of the marriage between the two families and dealt with all the outsiders.

But Ji Chi's mother was a domestic helper at home.

And Ji Min's mother had no feelings for his father and didn't care about such things.

In the only impression Ji Min had of his mother, he remembered that when his mother saw Ji Chi's mother, she sympathetically said: "It's not easy for her either."

When they were young, his mother didn't stop Ji Min from playing with Ji Chi.

But Ji Min didn't get close to Ji Chi, who always tried to please him.

Later, his mother passed away.

Ji Min's father finally married his childhood sweetheart, and treated his step-son, who had no blood relationship with him, better than his biological son.

Ji Min slowly realized that Ji Chi was one of his few relatives in this world.

So he let Ji Chi stay in the Ji family.

Now, he heard Ranran's question.

Ji Min asked him: "Why do you think of asking this?"

The child fiddled with his fingers for a while.

He looked up at Ji Min and lowered his head again.

After a while, he raised his head again and asked in a low voice: "Then Ranran is not considered your brother's younger brother?"

After asking, he said: "Can I, can I still call you brother?"

Ji Min was stunned.

Suddenly, a mixture of laughter and heartache came up: "Who said no?"

"But Ranran and brother are not related by blood." The child was a little disappointed again.

Ji Min touched the top of the child's head.

He thought that Ji Chi should come over less often in the future.

When Ranran saw him, he would inevitably think of these unhappy things.

"But Ranran is brother's favorite child."

Ji Min said softly, "Brother only tells stories to Ranran."

"Really?" The child's eyes lit up in an instant.

He crawled out of the quilt and crawled into Ji Min's arms.

He couldn't help but ask another question: "So does brother like brother Ji Chi more, or does he like Ranran more?"

The child's somewhat willful look surprised and pleased Ji Min.

"What do you think, Ranran?" Ji Min asked him with a smile.

The child pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Huh? Are you angry again?"

Ji Min tried to tickle the child.

The child couldn't hold back his temper, and they both laughed.

After Ranran fell asleep, Ji Min leaned against the head of the bed and thought for a while.

Ji Chi is his half-blood brother. He

has also stayed in the Ji family for many years.

Ji Min knew that he was trying to please him on purpose.

But most of the time he turned a blind eye.

But Ranran just asked that question.

Ji Min realized that although he had only known Ranran for two months,

in his heart, Ranran was really important.

As important as the warmest and most unique color in his life.

Ji Min held the phone in his hand.

On the information page of the phone, there was still a message he had just sent:

[Please help me check for vehicles that have entered and exited the mountains within two months since Ranran went missing.]

Ji Min lowered his head and looked at the child's sleeping face quietly.

Even if Ranran sleeps alone now, he will not hide in the quilt.

The boy looked down for a long time, and reached out to touch the child's forehead reluctantly.

His movements were cautious, as if he was touching some precious treasure.

On the weekend, Ji Min was finally able to play with Ranran for a while longer.

Maybe it was because of this, or maybe it was Ji Min's words that day that gave the child confidence.

The child regained his energy, and his tail was lifted high all day long.

Ji Min just thought it was cute.

I wish this kid could be more proud.

Ji Chi came over again on the weekend.

When I saw Ji Chi again today, Ranran was not playing quietly in the garden like he did a few days ago.

Hearing the sound, the child looked up at Ji Chi.

Then he put down the small shovel in his hand, ran to Ji Min, and lay on Ji Min's legs.

Ji Min was a little surprised.

Although the child was clingy to him, most of the time he stayed not far from him.

Only occasionally when he was acting coquettishly and wanted something, would he run over and cling to him.

"Hey, why are you so clingy to me today?"

Ji Min simply hugged the child in his arms.

Ji Chi paused when he saw the child looking at him.

But he thought about it and didn't take it seriously.

How old is this child? I'm afraid he can't even learn to speak clearly?

Ji Chi asked Ji Min excitedly:

"Brother Min, tonight is the squad leader's birthday, when are we going there?"

"Whose birthday?" Ji Min asked.

"It's the young master of the Zhou family. Didn't he invite you specially?" Ji Chi said.

Seeing Ji Min's surprised look, he hurriedly said, "Brother, don't worry, I guessed that you don't like to be busy with these things, so I specially prepared a gift for you..." Unexpectedly,

Ji Min interrupted him and said, "I'm not familiar with him, so I won't go."

Ji Chi's smile suddenly became a little awkward.

But he immediately advised: "Brother, the school has just started, and these are classmates from the same class. It would be bad if you don't go, right?"

Ji Min didn't care much.

There were many people who wanted to invite him. If he went to all of them, he wouldn't have any free time for 365 days a year.

In fact, in the past, Ji Min didn't like staying at home. He

would just get by with an excuse.

But now, he finally waited for the weekend, so of course he had to spend some time with Ranran.

Ji Min said, "I don't have time in the evening. I want to take Ranran out for a walk."

Ji Chi thought that Ji Min refused because of something important.

Who would have thought that he just wanted to take the kids out to play?

Ji Chi was stunned for a moment.

He wanted to say something else, but he knew very well that it was difficult for others to change Ji Min's decision.

Ji Chi was stunned for a while, then he made an excuse to go out.

Seeing that it was still early, Ji Min took Lu Ran to the lawn outside for a walk.

The community where the Ji family's house is located is very large. There are

also some small animals raised outside.

Ran Ran likes small animals, so he took him to see them.

When they went out, there were a few alpacas drinking water outside.

When Ran Ran saw them, stars appeared in his eyes.

Pointing at the alpacas, he exclaimed: "Wow! Brother, it looks like cotton candy!"

Ji Min led him closer and told the child: "Be careful, don't get kicked."

The child circled the alpacas for a long time.

Until the alpacas were taken away, he ran to the tree and picked up leaves.

It just rained at noon today, and the earthworms all came out.

The child was very excited, and followed with the bottle: "Go back and feed the birds!"

Ji Min sighed and corrected him: "It's the chickens."

The child squatted on the ground to pick up insects.

Ji Min sat on a stone bench nearby and watched, making sure the child did not leave his sight.

Ranran squatted on the lawn and walked slowly for a long time.

He forgot to bring the bottle, and held a bag of earthworms in his hand.

While squatting and walking forward, he did not forget to look back at Ji Min's position.

After making sure that he could see Ji Min, he continued to move forward.

After walking for a while, he heard a familiar voice.

Ranran raised his head and saw Ji Chi standing behind a building, holding a mobile phone and making a call.

Ji Chi's voice was not loud.

But it was clearly heard by the child.

"Mr. Zhou, Ji Min is not a good person. It's just right that he doesn't go. Just in case he doesn't spoil your fun."

Ranran was a little confused.

"Not a good person" is obviously a derogatory word to a person.

He didn't understand why Ji Chi, who had always been very friendly in front of Ji Min, would say this now.

Ji Chi's phone call continued:

"Yes, yes, you know, he just relies on the old man's favor to show off... Hey, although I am his younger brother, it's not easy to live with him."

As if to gain the sympathy of that "Mr. Zhou".

Ji Chi began to complain about Ji Min's "harsh treatment" of him.

Waiting to hang up the phone.

Ji Chi cursed again with a gloomy face: "They are all bad people, wait for me..."

Ji Min saw the child running towards him.

He ran a little fast, and his little face was red.

When he ran close to him, he jumped into Ji Min's arms.

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?" Ji Min asked him.

The child seemed to be frightened.

He raised his head, stretched out his hand to hold Ji Min's fingers, and pulled Ji Min towards home:

"Brother, let's go! There are bad guys!"

"Huh?" Ji Min was a little surprised, he didn't see anyone on the lawn.

But the child was obviously a little scared, so Ji Min didn't stay any longer.

The two were about to go back, when they saw Ji Chi walking towards them.

Ji Chi was stunned for a moment when he saw Ji Min.

Then he put on a warm smile and said in surprise: "Brother, you are here too."

He was about to walk towards Ji Min.

But he saw the child beside Ji Min blocking Ji Min.

Before Ji Chi could react,

he saw the child throwing a bag at him.

Ji Chi subconsciously reached out to block it.

The bag broke, and strips of red soft animals mixed with mud inside hit him head-on.

Summer clothes are thin and have large collars.

Several strips went straight into his T-shirt.

Ji Chi screamed in surprise, and hurriedly patted his hair and shook his clothes.

When he looked down and saw the mess on his clothes, his face turned green.

This was the outfit he changed into specially to attend Zhou Shao's birthday party.

Ji Min was also stunned.

Ranran had been in Ji's house for such a long time, and he had never lost his temper, nor was he naughty like other naughty kids.

But now he made a big mess.

Ji Min was a little confused for a moment.

Instead of scolding the child, his first reaction was to say to Ji Chi: "These are just some earthworms. He caught them to feed the chickens."

As a result, when this sentence came out, Ji Chi's face turned even greener.

Earthworms?

Feeding chickens?

Ji Min then remembered and said to the child: "Ranran, you can't do this."

But when he looked down, the child was still standing between him and Ji Chi. He

still opened his arms and maintained a protective posture.

The child was small, standing in front of him, unable to block anything.

But his eyes were firm.

Ji Min squatted down and whispered, "Ranran, it's okay."

Seeing that Ji Chi didn't come over again, the child slowly relaxed and turned around to hug Ji Min's legs.

Ji Min no longer had the heart to scold the child.

He picked up Ranran and said to Ji Chi, "I'm sorry."

Seeing the clothes on Ji Chi, he added, "I'll have someone send you a set of clothes later."

Hearing this, Ji Chi's anger disappeared: "It's okay, it's okay, Ranran is still young, it's normal to be naughty occasionally."

The clothes that Ji Min sent must be much better than the one he was wearing.

Ji Min glanced at Ji Chi, said nothing, turned around and left with the child in his arms.

When they returned to the yard, Ji Min helped the child wash his hands before letting him go.

Back in the familiar environment, the child finally relaxed a little and was no longer so nervous.

Ji Min was about to ask what happened and tell the child not to hit people with bugs.

But the child stared at his empty hands and sighed regretfully: "The bugs are gone, and the little bird has nothing to eat!"

Ji Min was suddenly a little amused.

He remembered that Ranran treasured these bugs and it didn't seem like he would just hit people with bugs.

While thinking, the child raised his head and said, "Brother, can you stay away from Brother Ji Chi in the future?"

"Ranran hates him?" Ji Min asked.

As soon as the words fell, the child frowned and asked worriedly:

"Has Brother Ji Chi been eaten by a monster?"

The child has been watching Journey to the West recently and often really believes that monsters exist.

Ji Min wanted to laugh, but when he thought of how scared the child was just now and how he tried his best to stand in front of him,

he felt a little soft-hearted.

"What are you thinking about? Why does Ranran think so?" Ji Min asked.

"Because he can, he can..."

The child seemed to have no idea how to describe it.

After thinking for a long time, he said, "He can change his face!"

As he said that, Ranran pinched his face with his hands and made an angry expression, and then made a smiling expression.

Finally, he bared his teeth and said, "So scary."

Ji Min was slightly startled, and the smile on his face slowly faded.

The child's description was somewhat naive and even somewhat funny.

But Ji Min grew up in the Ji family.

He quickly understood what Ranran wanted to say.

Changing face...

is indeed a very accurate description.

Ji Min was silent for a while, then reached out and touched the child's hair: "Ranran doesn't like it, so just ignore him in the future."

Ranran looked up at his brother.

He keenly felt that Ji Min was not very happy at this moment.

Just like that day when he was watching the rain under the eaves.

Ever since Ranran said that, Ji Min paid attention and never let Ji Chi and Ranran be alone together.

But Ji Chi came more frequently.

That day, before he walked into Ji Min's yard, he saw the child squatting outside the gate and playing.

Ji Chi slowed down his pace.

He really didn't like this child.

Ji Min had been quite distant towards him recently, probably because of this child.

This made Ji Chi a little anxious.

But approaching Ji Min's yard, Ji Chi still put on a smile.

He approached the child, pretending to be gentle, and said, "Ranran, don't run around."

But the malice in his heart could not be hidden.

Ji Chi couldn't help but said, "It's all your fault for not listening and running around, that you got lost and can't find your home. Why are you still running around now?" After he finished speaking

, the child who was squatting and playing quietly raised his head.

Ranran had almost forgotten that he was a child who was lost and couldn't find his home.

But Ji Chi's words pushed him back to this cruel reality.

Seeing the panic on the child's face, Ji Chi finally felt relieved.

As a member of the Ji family, he lived in fear in the Ji family.

Why did this orphan who came here halfway live a smooth life?

But Ji Chi's relief only lasted for a few seconds.

Ji Min's voice suddenly came from behind the half-closed gate: "He didn't run around."

Then, a tall and long-legged boy walked out from behind the half-closed door.

The boy's face was cold.

Ji Chi had never seen Ji Min show such an expression to him.

Ji Min frowned.

He stretched out his hand to protect the child standing there in a daze, and repeated in a cold voice:

"He never ran away."

Ji Chi hurriedly said, "Brother, I didn't notice you were there. I just said that because I was worried that Ranran would get lost again."

But the boy's dark eyes did not change.

Ji Chi felt that he was completely seen through in an instant.

He heard Ji Min say, "If there is something important in the future, send a message, don't come here casually."

Then, the boy hugged the child and returned to the yard.

The heavy gate slowly closed in front of Ji Chi.