Chapter 31 Orphan

"You didn't see the look on his face this morning."

Mrs. Shen sat in the back seat of the car, chatting and laughing with Shen Xingran.

This morning, after hearing what she said, Lu Ran didn't say anything.

He just quietly put away the rent reminder and the rental "renewal" contract that Mrs. Shen handed over later, looked at her meaningfully, and left.

When has Lu Ran been so quiet during this period of time?

Mrs. Shen felt that she had recovered 10%.

She leaned on the soft cushion and leisurely looked at her nails that she had just done yesterday.

"He has been so arrogant recently. Does he really think that he can come and live in the Shen family whenever he wants? I said he is a family member, and he is a family member. If one day I no longer recognize him, he will be a tenant."

"Pay the rent to me honestly."

Listening to Mrs. Shen's words.

Upon learning that Lu Ran was ill, Shen Xingran was not as happy as expected.

He even felt uncomfortable listening to Madam Shen's words.

Shen Xingran suppressed his wild thoughts, held Madam Shen's hand and asked, "Mom, will he not live at home?"

"He should leave as soon as possible." Madam Shen said.

Shen Xingran also hoped that Lu Ran could leave. He always felt uncomfortable when Lu Ran stayed at the Shen family.

However, he thought carefully for a while and asked indirectly, "Will Dad be unhappy if he knows?"

Shen Xingran always felt that Shen Hongyuan did not want Lu Ran to leave.

Speaking of this, Madam Shen froze.

But she quickly waved her hands: "No matter what he does, Lu Ran has to be taught a lesson."

Shen Xingran stopped talking.

The car slowly drove into Y University.

Today is a special day. Seeing Mrs. Shen's car coming in, the staff waiting at the school gate immediately came over politely:

"Excuse me, is this the Shen Group? There is a special parking lot for the company here."

The car window slowly lowered, and Mrs. Shen smiled politely at the people outside, but did not get out of the car.

Shen Xingran stuck her head out and said to the people waiting outside: "Senior, you go ahead. My mother is coming to our school for the first time, I will take her around first."

The senior who was desperately standing in the cold wind for credits immediately showed an envious look to Shen Xingran in the car.

I have heard that the young master of the Shen Group has entered the school this year, but I didn't expect the rumor to be true.

"Well, then, junior, you take your aunt out for fun." The senior stuttered a little nervously.

Shen Xingran smiled reservedly, rolled up the car window, and asked the driver to continue driving towards the school facade.

The student who received him stood there and watched, silently hoping that he had made a name for himself in front of the Shen Group this time.

Today is a funding conference held by their school.

Unlike the various grants sponsored by the country, the review of the grant conference held by the school this time is not very strict. In a more meaningful sense, it just connects some students who need help or have good grades with local companies.

How to sign the contract in the future is up to the students and the companies to discuss.

This means that many times it depends more on personal rapport.

This classmate will also attend this grant conference today.

Before the conference started, he specifically took the initiative to ask to come over to serve as a receptionist.

Just to make himself familiar before it started.

Even after the car drove a long way, Shen Xingran could still almost feel the envious eyes behind him.

Such eyes made him feel very comfortable and his mentality was much calmer.

Mrs. Shen let out a breath of anger this morning and was in a good mood.

The two of them wandered around the school for a long time before rushing to the venue of the funding conference.

On the way, they met many students one after another.

It is winter vacation now.

Many people have gone home for vacation, but there are still many who stay on campus.

Most of them are here for today's funding conference.

Mrs. Shen lowered the car window and admired these students who were waiting for their selection as if they were in a hurry.

She felt cold after looking for a while, so she rolled up the car window again.

"Look, so many people are racking their brains to get involved with our Shen family." Mrs. Shen said.

The assistant sitting in the front passenger seat was sweating on his forehead.

He just prayed that this would not be heard by the students outside.

In the past, the eldest son came personally to such activities, but this year he was busy with overseas business, and Shen Hongyuan was in a bad mood and didn't want to be in charge.

The second son, Shen Xingzhuo, went abroad and didn't know what he was doing, and he couldn't be relied on.

Only Mrs. Shen and the youngest son could come.

Hearing the contempt hidden in Mrs. Shen's words, the assistant wanted to remind her that although this was a funding conference, it was more like an early recruitment conference.

Many outstanding students in the profession are being snatched up by companies.

Although privately, he has an unconcealable sense of superiority.

After getting off the car, Mrs. Shen was still as gentle and elegant as usual.

She nodded politely when she met students who knew Shen Xingran and greeted her.

Shen Xingran also greeted people he knew enthusiastically.

But when he held Mrs. Shen's hand and sat down in the front seat of the tiered classroom, he looked at the crowd of students behind him and still felt the difference between people.

Many freshmen and even seniors squeezed over specifically in an attempt to get a chance to enter Shen's.

But now he has just been in school for half a year, but he is sitting in the front judges' seat.

After a while, the funding meeting officially began.

Shen Xingran noticed that at the other end of the long table, a teacher hurriedly removed a chair.

Then, a black electric wheelchair slowly moved along the barrier-free passage, entered the classroom, and stopped in front of the desk.

The weather had been very cold recently.

The pale skin of the man in the wheelchair was even more conspicuous, as cold as the frost and snow left on the window sill outside.

An embarrassing thing happened.

The long table for the conference was prepared for normal people, and the space between them could not fit a heavy wheelchair.

Several responsible persons immediately gathered around.

One of them pointed at the teacher standing aside and scolded: "What's going on? Don't you know that the president of the party will come here every year?"

The man in the wheelchair raised his hand to stop the dispute.

"Nothing." He said.

Then he motioned to the housekeeper Chen who was following him to sit down in the prepared seat, and he stayed casually at the side of the aisle, just putting a hard folder on his legs.

The person in charge was still apologizing.

The man showed a trace of impatience between his eyebrows, and said a few words lightly, and the person in charge hurriedly urged the meeting to start.

A small commotion ended.

Shen Xingran watched without blinking, and could not help but pull Mrs. Shen's arm, saying, "Mom, the teachers at school are so polite to Mr. Ji."

"The Ji family is rich and powerful." Mrs. Shen snorted.

The assistant standing aside felt disgusted.

The people in charge of the school are not stupid. They

are especially polite to Ji Min because the Ji family's enterprises provide enough jobs for this school every year.

How can they be rude?

On the stage, the host began to introduce the major companies present.

Then the students came on stage and introduced themselves.

Mrs. Shen handed the record-keeping to the assistant, and she and Shen Xingran chatted casually.

"By the way, Lu Ran is in the same school as you, right?" Mrs. Shen asked.

Shen Xingran felt a little complicated for a moment.

On one hand, it was because Mrs. Shen suddenly asked about Lu Ran.

On the other hand,

Lu Ran had been in the Shen family for several months.

Mrs. Shen was still not sure which school Lu Ran went to.

After getting Shen Xingran's affirmative opinion, Mrs. Shen snorted and laughed again.

She said, "We should let him come over. If we hadn't brought him back to the Shen family, he would have to squeeze into this funding conference with these students."

After that, it was finally the turn of the veterinary medicine major of Y University to go on stage.

The host introduced: "The next student to come up is our top freshman this year. He also has the highest GPA in the first semester..."

Mrs. Shen was a little surprised to hear this title.

She looked up at the stage, and her breath was immediately choked.

Lu Ran?

Lu Ran came to the funding conference?

Mrs. Shen was stunned for three to five seconds.

Until Lu Ran started to introduce himself on the stage, she still grabbed Shen Xingran's arm in disbelief: "Am I dazzled? It's actually Lu Ran standing on the stage."

Shen Xingran was also stunned.

The two people who were originally sitting there with a sense of superiority now had burning cheeks.

Why did Lu Ran come here?

And go on stage with other poor students to promote himself?

Mrs. Shen felt a little absurd for a moment.

Although she couldn't stand Lu Ran, she often wondered if she had made a mistake, how could she have such a son.

In her imagination, it was a great blessing for her to bring Lu Ran back to the Shen family.

What reason did he have to come to this conference to seek funding?

Mrs. Shen thought it was very absurd.

If others saw...

how would they look at the Shen family?

Mrs. Shen felt as if she was on pins and needles.

Although the Shen family had never formally introduced Lu Ran.

But Lu Ran had made a scene at the gate of the villa last time, and was personally invited in by Shen Hongyuan.

Everyone knew that Lu Ran was related to the Shen family.

And Y University is a university in the city.

All the people who came today are familiar companies, and the persons in charge present had attended Shen Hongyuan's birthday banquet a few days ago.

All the people present were acquaintances.

Mrs. Shen only felt that the eyes around her were vaguely directed at her.

Shen Xingran was even more uncomfortable.

He couldn't understand it at all.

What was Lu Ran thinking? Did he have no shame?

If he remembered correctly, at this aid conference, students had to give a brief introduction of their families...

on the other side of the long table, near the aisle.

Ji Min, who was sitting in a wheelchair, saw the young man on the stage, and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.

When he raised his eyes again, Ji Min's eyes had regained their calm.

Lu Ran on the stage was unaware of it.

Even if he noticed, he wouldn't care.

The Shen family didn't give him tuition or living expenses, and now they still want him to pay rent.

What's wrong with him coming here?

Moreover, even if we exclude the screening of family situation, he is capable of entering this aid conference with his grades.

Others made various guesses about Lu Ran's identity, but they were always just guesses.

But Mrs. Shen in the audience couldn't sit down anymore.

She stared blankly at the boy on the stage.

The irony was that although she had brought Lu Ran back to the Shen family a long time ago, and although they had already done a paternity test.

But until now.

Until this moment, Mrs. Shen realized very clearly.

The boy standing and speaking on the stage, the child who was identified as "in need of financial assistance", was her biological son.

This realization made Mrs. Shen even more embarrassed.

Because now, the fact that Lu Ran was standing on the stage.

It was like accusing her, the mother, of being incompetent in front of all familiar companies, all teachers, and all students in the classroom.

Mrs. Shen felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

She immediately looked at Shen Xingran beside her.

Seeing Shen Xingran, whose whole body and hair revealed elegance, Mrs. Shen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Ranran is her son.

Look how well she raised the child.

Mrs. Shen felt a little lucky again.

No one knew that Lu Ran was a member of the Shen family anyway.

At this time, Lu Ran on the stage had finished introducing his studies.

The thin boy stood on the high platform, his eyes scanning the audience. He

said in a very calm tone:

"I don't have much to say about family. Because I am an...orphan."