Chapter 22 Zhang Lin

After Lu Ran moved back to the Shen family, he became more and more unruly.

Mrs. Shen was furious, but she had no choice but to go traveling again, out of sight and out of mind.

So Lu Ran was quiet for a while.

Now most of the final exams have ended, but Lu Ran's project in the laboratory is still in progress, so he still goes to school every day.

He changed into his lab coat, went to see the bacterial specimens he had isolated, and took them back to continue culturing.

Not long after he started, a boy next to him came over.

The boy was handsome and had a familiar attitude. He stretched out his elbow and poked Lu Ran: "There is a problem with my experiment. The data is not right no matter how I try. Can you help me take a look!"

Without waiting for Lu Ran's consent, he lowered his head and looked at Lu Ran's experimental data.

Lu Ran looked up at the man.

This man is Ding Wei, and he is Lu Ran's best friend.

Only in the first half of his last life.

Because later Ding Wei became a loyal fan of Shen Xingran.

If in the book, Lu Ran is the cannon fodder villain who tries to snatch the protagonist's things and needs to be trampled to death. Then

Ding Wei is a younger brother who is influenced by the protagonist.

He used to help him, the "cannon fodder villain", but later realized the good of the protagonist, took the initiative to turn against him, and deal with him, the villain.

Lu Ran doesn't have many friends.

He grew up in an orphanage. No matter how good the environment of the orphanage is, the resources are limited, even if they are not in short supply.

With limited resources, every child has nothing that truly belongs to him.

It was okay when he was in the orphanage, but once he got out, he would have a strong sense of resource protection.

Like Lu Ran, he rarely shared anything with others for free.

Even if it was just a steamed bun worth a few cents.

But Ding Wei was an exception.

He and Ding Wei knew each other in high school, and Ding Wei was the only one with whom he would take the initiative to share everything.

Later, they were admitted to the same university and studied the same major.

In order to accommodate Ding Wei, Lu Ran chose the same experimental direction according to Ding Wei's needs and shared his experimental results completely selflessly.

Every time he had a holiday, Ding Wei was too lazy to stay in the lab and wanted to go home.

Lu Ran took over his work.

Until last life, when it was time to report on the experiment, Ding Wei reported his experimental results.

This made Lu Ran, who was the next to take the stage, very embarrassed.

Until then, Lu Ran thought that it was just that their experimental directions were too similar.

Later, he saw Ding Wei frequently appearing next to Shen Xingran.

Lu Ran realized that his only good friend was gone.

Ding Wei was still leaning over and looking.

Lu Ran reached out and closed the experimental record book.

Instead of obeying Ding Wei as usual, this time Lu Ran just said: "Take some time to look at it. I have a lecture to attend, so I'm going over now."

Ding Wei was stunned for a moment and was a little unhappy: "Okay then."

Lu Ran tidied up the things on the laboratory table and took a picture of today's experiment process.

At this time, there was a commotion in the corridor outside the laboratory.

Lu Ran looked up and saw a group of unfamiliar students chattering and walking past.

"Wow, they are from the Elite Academy!" Ding Wei poked his head out to look outside.

Lu Ran continued with his hands, raised his head and glanced, and sure enough, he saw the figure of Shen Xingran in the team.

Shen Xingran stood in the crowd like a star surrounding the moon.

Several girls surrounded him and were talking about something.

He smiled faintly.

He was not wearing a lab coat like the others, but a cashmere sweater that looked expensive.

The warm white sweater really made him look like the white moonlight on the campus.

He glanced casually into the laboratory, saw Lu Ran, smiled condescendingly and nodded.

Lu Ran continued to pack his things.

Shen Xingran was also in Y University.

But he went to an elite academy jointly run by China and foreign countries. The tuition was high, and students were required to plan to study abroad, and their parents had to come for interviews in person.

Lu Ran couldn't afford the tuition, and he didn't have the money to study abroad.

He didn't even have parents who came for interviews.

Naturally, he had no chance to enter this academy, and could only do experiments in the laboratory for innovation credits.

He seemed to find such a scene very interesting.

It was Shen Xingran who had been feeling depressed in the Shen family for a while, and was about to walk towards the laboratory.

Lu Ran raised his eyebrows, and put the experimental materials that were about to be thrown away back on the table.

Shen Xingran looked down, paused, and put them back.

Lu Ran then put away the cow dung in his hand.

Ding Wei on the side didn't understand the "confrontation" between the two, but he saw Shen Xingran greet Lu Ran.

"The young master of the Shen family just greeted you, right?" Ding Wei asked.

"I didn't see it." Lu Ran said.

Ding Wei was a little dissatisfied: "When did you get to know the people from the Elite Academy, and you didn't even tell me."

In his previous life, Lu Ran had already told Ding Wei about his life experience.

But not now.

Lu Ran was not going to say anything more.

He only looked at the time and reminded: "The lab will be closed soon, don't you have to go to work at night?"

Ding Wei left.

Shen Xingran didn't come over for the next few days.

Ding Wei did ask a few questions in a roundabout way.

One night, Lu Ran finished work and went to the lab again before going home.

He found that the culture box he had locked before leaving in the morning had been pried open.

The culture dish with his name on it and the experimental raw materials stored beside it were all thrown into the trash can beside it.

Lu Ran frowned.

He took the things out of the trash can and carefully checked the situation.

The lids of the culture dishes were all open.

The bacterial colonies inside were contaminated and could not be used at all.

The senior sister who stayed in the laboratory walked in and saw the things in his hands. She immediately smacked her lips in regret: "Who did such a wicked thing? All your results of the past few days have been wasted. The team meeting will be held next week. Will you be in time?"

"It's okay." Lu Ran put the things away calmly, "I still have the bacteria in the refrigerator."

"That's good." The senior sister said as she helped him check the surveillance.

But the undergraduate laboratory was crowded with people, and the people who did this were obviously well prepared, so nothing useful was captured.

The senior sister could only adjust the surveillance and aim it at the culture box here.

She also changed the lock of the culture box.

Lu Ran did the experiment again.

It should not have been done by Ding Wei.

He and Ding Wei have not yet reached the point of breaking up, and Ding Wei should not have contacted Shen Xingran.

But he should be inseparable from Shen Xingran.

Lu Ran put the re-inoculated culture dish back into the culture box.

He took away the experimental materials that had been thrown into the trash can before.

The next day, Lu Ran got out of class and ran into the laboratory.

He saw that the test bench he often used was surrounded by people.

Ding Wei saw him and waved to him.

Lu Ran pushed through the crowd and walked in.

He saw a bloody lab table.

A hamster had been skinned, gutted, and nailed to the lab table while lying on its back.

The person who did this made a mess on the lab table.

He probably wanted to use an experimental animal.

But Lu Ran's experiment had not yet reached the stage of applying for experimental animals, and the management of experimental animals in their school was very strict. The application and death of animals would be strictly recorded and reported.

The person who did this had no choice but to buy a pet hamster and dissect it.

"Did you offend someone?" Ding Wei asked.

Lu Ran said nothing, silently pulled out the nails, and wrapped the hamster's body with paper towels.

He also wiped off the blood stains on the test bench.

That night, Lu Ran quit his part-time job and found a new job.

The music in the club was deafening.

Shen Xingzhuo sat alone in the corner, frowning and thinking about something. Someone

came over and called him, "Brother Zhuo, come and play cards!"

"Get lost." Shen Xingzhuo threw a word.

The man ran away in shame.

Ever since he was stopped outside the door by Lu Ran when he returned to the Shen family that day, Shen Xingzhuo has been in a bad mood.

He couldn't tell what was wrong.

There was always an unspeakable depression.

He was upset.

A familiar voice rang, "Sir, the wine you ordered."

Shen Xingzhuo was stunned, raised his head, and looked in the direction of the voice.

Then he saw the man who annoyed him to death, not only appeared in the box, but also put on the uniform of the waiter of this club, bending down to pour wine for people.

Shen Xingzhuo hated to see such scenes the most. He suddenly felt that he had drunk too much and saw it wrongly.

He sold steamed buns all morning last time, and now most of the people in the box are Lu Ran’s acquaintances.

Many of them have witnessed Lu Ran’s "achievements" last time. When he

saw Lu Ran pouring wine for him, he almost jumped up from the sofa.

Chen Sheng was different.

He first subconsciously greeted Lu Ran: "Hey, Brother Lu! Why are you here?"

"Working." Lu Ran said frankly.

Chen Sheng gave him a thumbs up and picked up the glass to drink.

Suddenly he remembered the steamed buns from last time.

He stopped again and asked Lu Ran cautiously: "Brother Lu, how much is this wine?"

A steamed bun in Lu Ran's hand costs one hundred yuan.

This glass of wine must cost millions.

"Then you have to ask the boss." Lu Ran shrugged at him.

Chen Sheng was relieved and drank the wine.

Lu Ran pushed the cart and opened all the wine ordered in this private room.

Shen Xingzhuo stared at him as he poured the wine all the way to his side.

As if he didn't know him at all, he continued to walk forward after pouring.

Not all the people in the private room were acquaintances.

Some newcomers didn't know Lu Ran, and seeing that he looked good, they couldn't help but tease him and let him have a drink.

Lu Ran didn't refuse.

The waiter who is in charge of opening the wine here does need to taste the wine occasionally.

It's just a small cup.

And this club is well managed, so no bad incidents will happen.

Lu Ran just picked up the wine glass.

Shen Xingzhuo, who was sitting on the side, suddenly stood up and reached out to grab the wine glass.

"Drink, drink, drink! You drink it when I tell you to?"

The guest who started to tease Lu Ran was suddenly a little embarrassed.

I don't understand why Shen Xingzhuo was angry about just a small waiter: "Mr. Shen..."

"Get out!" Shen Xingzhuo cursed.

He turned his head and saw the wine on the tables of the people around him, and said coldly: "Who dares to give it to me?"

The people around him were silent, and some people were still confused.

Hearing Shen Xingzhuo say this, I thought he didn't like the new waiter.

The next moment, Shen Xingzhuo said, "Let him pour the wine, are you qualified?"

Chen Sheng's hands trembled.

He secretly hid the empty cup.

In the silence, some people began to guess the status of Lu Ran, the "illegitimate child" in the Shen family.

"Are you seriously ill?" Lu Ran put the wine away.

He ignored Shen Xingzhuo, apologized to the guest who had just been attacked, and raised his head to drink the glass of wine.

This made the man feel a little embarrassed.

Shen Xingzhuo's anger soared.

"Am I sick or are you sick? Didn't I tell you not to work, but you have to come here to pour wine for others?"

Lu Ran looked at him like a fool and asked, "You don't think that if you pay me a salary, I will give up all opportunities to work, right?"

"You!" Shen Xingzhuo was half dead.

He pointed at Lu Ran for a long time, pulled Lu Ran out of the private room, and asked: "Tell me, how much did the boss pay you?"

Lu Ran was very reserved.

He said tactfully: "My current job opportunity is very precious. I can't get three times the price, at least five times."

He showed the payment code swiftly.

Shen Xingzhuo held his breath and made money.

After the turn, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

How could Lu Ran come to work in the club he often visited.

He stared at Lu Ran and suddenly realized: "Did you come here specially to cheat me?"

"No, no, it's just that the boss here pays too much." Lu Ran said modestly.

He is a big fool with a lot of money. It's a waste not to cheat him.

The two returned to the private room again.

But they found that the atmosphere in the private room was a bit stalemate.

Lu Ran looked up and saw a few more people in the box.

The young man in the lead sat on the sofa in the main seat.

Two people stood beside him, looking around.

The man was playing with a car key.

The key handle was shaped like a frosted gold lion head.

A man next to him saw Lu Ran in a waiter uniform and immediately pointed at him and said to the man:

"Brother Lin, that's him."