Chapter 40 Thank you

Lu Ran said something to Xiao Wang, packed up his things, and left with Chen Sheng.

When he got in the car, he found Shen Xingzhuo was there too. He

probably realized that he was not popular. He

did not run to the store.

Lu Ran did not care.

When they arrived at the place,

Lu Ran glanced at the twin towers outside the car window.

He was very surprised and looked at Chen Sheng with admiration: "You are willing to come here to eat?"

Chen Sheng and Shen Xingzhuo suddenly remembered what happened in this club last time: "..."

After a while, Chen Sheng wiped his face silently: "Because I only have the membership card here."

This is where Lu Ran started the battle with Lin Yi.

After he went in, he found that Chen Sheng and his friends did not book the private room on the first floor as they had booked last time.

Instead, they changed to another one.

The heating in the private room was sufficient.

The hot pot that had been prepared long ago was bubbling.

The red tomatoes in the bottom of the soup were floating up and down.

Chen Sheng asked them to sit down without saying anything. After a few pleasantries, they started eating.

After drinking a little bit of wine, they started talking.

Chen Sheng moved his chair closer to Lu Ran.

"I'm sorry, Brother Lu."

The others also looked over.

Chen Sheng rubbed his face: "Although we didn't say it before, you also know our circle, we always have some..."

As he said that, he waved his hand: "How did you know that you are not!"

Lu Ran found it a little funny. He didn't hold it back

and just laughed.

He said frankly: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. My status in the Shen family is not as good as that of an illegitimate child."

At least an illegitimate child has a mother who seriously considers him. Shen Xingzhuo, who was eating silently on the side, clenched the chopsticks in his hand. When everyone heard Lu Ran's words, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. Although they didn't treat Lu Ran as excessively as Lin Yi before, they still ignored, excluded, and occasionally laughed at him. But Lu Ran basically ignored them. It may be because Lu Ran's "achievements are outstanding". So... his ignoring seemed particularly tolerant. Everyone present should ask themselves, if they are looked down upon as illegitimate children outside, they will be beheaded . If it was Lu Ran, he would just push their heads into the toilet and flush them. Thinking about it this way... Lu Ran's tolerance makes people grateful to tears. "Oh, let's not talk about it, it's all in the wine!" The atmosphere at the dinner table became cheerful again. The meal was almost finished. Lu Ran sat on the sofa to digest his food, looking out the window absent-mindedly. The lights outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the private room were just coming on. This was the busiest time for the twin towers. Of course, it was only limited to the building outside that was open to the outside. The other building only had the lights on in the corridor. It was still quiet and cold outside the door. The sofa next to him sank slightly. Lu Ran turned around and saw that it was Shen Xingzhuo who sat over. "Is it okay to go home so late? Don't you have to go a few blocks away to pick up your dog?" Shen Xingzhuo said. He was waiting to ask Lu Ran if he wanted to take his car back. He lowered his eyes and saw the boy looking at him. He looked at him in shock and asked, "Are you secretly in love with Da Huang?" Shen Xingzhuo: "?" Shen Xingzhuo: "..." "Huh?" He laughed ridiculously, "Lu Ran, what nonsense are you talking about?" "Then why did you follow it secretly and find out where it was fostered?" Lu Ran had a reason. Shen Xingzhuo was speechless: "I just..." As he spoke, his mobile phone slipped onto the sofa. The screen of the mobile phone was still on. On it was the order page of a foreign pet brand. All they bought were dog food, dog nests, and leashes. Lu Ran was even more shocked: "You have even prepared the betrothal gifts? But Da Huang is a male." Shen Xingzhuo: "..." His face was ashen, and he just wanted to reach out and strangle the guy in front of him to death . "Don't talk nonsense, I just..." Lu Ran shook his head deeply: "Don't say it, I don't agree with this marriage." Shen Xingzhuo: "..." Oh my God! Someone come and kill him! Just when Shen Xingzhuo was speechless and almost jumped onto the sofa in anger. In another building, the street lights outside the building suddenly lit up one by one. Then the lobby. Then the bright lights spread upstairs little by little like flames. Not long after, a silent building became lively. There was a figure walking in the window. Several people in charge were coordinating matters in the lobby on the first floor. After a while, they arranged for a waiter to wait at the door. The lights in the building suddenly lit up, which was very eye-catching. Chen Sheng and others were surprised:

"Don't reservations need to be made for that building? Why is it so urgent this time? Who has such a big face?"

Someone answered: "Who else could it be? There are only a few people in the business district."

Ten minutes later.

Lu Ran saw a familiar business car parked in front of the building.

Shen Xingzhuo beside him was talking about this again.

But Lu Ran suddenly became absent-minded.

"Dahuang is also my dog, of course I have to..."

Shen Xingzhuo's words were heard at the tip of his ears.

Lu Ran's thoughts were pulled back.

He looked at Shen Xingzhuo in shock: "What do you mean Dahuang is your dog? There is a limit to your pervertedness!"

Shen Xingzhuo: "..."

Roar!

Crawling in the dark!

Whose brother is this guy?

It's not his anyway!

Fortunately, Lu Ran quickly asked to go to the bathroom.

This saved Shen Xingzhuo's heart from exploding with anger.

Lu Ran did not go to the bathroom.

He walked along the corridor he had walked through last time again.

He came to the emergency exit of another building.

The emergency exit of this floor was still guarded by the same security guard as before. He was

stunned when he saw Lu Ran.

Without waiting for Lu Ran to speak, he took the initiative to ask, "Looking for Mr. Ji?"

Lu Ran nodded.

He was a little uneasy.

Butler Chen was not here this time, and he thought he could not get in.

But this time, the security guard did not let him go by himself.

Instead, he called someone on the intercom and took Lu Ran into the corridor.

The corridor seemed to be longer than before.

After Lu Ran came in, he felt that he was a little rash.

He might as well go to Ji's to deliver takeout tomorrow. He

was daydreaming.

The waiter who led the way stopped in front of a door.

The waiter smiled at Lu Ran, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

A voice came from inside: "Come in."

The voice was flat, and it was impossible to tell the host's mood or whether he was busy.

But the waiter did not pursue it.

He just made a "please" gesture to Lu Ran, and then turned and left.

Lu Ran: "..."

He almost stretched out his Erkang hand.

No, brother.

Aren't you going to open the door and report it?

Just leave him here alone?

As a fellow worker, can't you have a little sympathy?

Lu Ran stood alone outside the door.

His palm touched the door handle, but it just touched it and did not move.

His toes kicked the non-existent stone on the smooth marble floor.

After kicking for a long time, he raised his head and took a deep breath.

"Creaky..."

The heavy door was finally pushed open a crack.

"Compress tomorrow's schedule a little more."

Ji Min handed the schedule to his assistant.

Hearing the sound, he raised his head and saw a furry head poking out from the crack of the door.

The boy took off his cotton jacket and wore only a thin milky white hooded sweatshirt.

The hat slipped off, and the soft black hair stood up in all directions due to static electricity.

In the gaps between the hair, the two white ear tips were lightly pink.

With his dark eyes, he cautiously poked his head in, like a hamster running to the cat's territory to steal cheese.

Ji Min curled his knuckles slightly, pinching the corners of the schedule to create barely noticeable wrinkles.

Their eyes met.

No one spoke for a moment.

Lu Ran pursed his lips, unsure if he had interrupted any work at this moment.

He was still a little embarrassed. Just as he

was about to retract his head.

He heard the man in the room casually say: "I went to the wrong place, the bathroom is at the end of the corridor."

Lu Ran: "..."

In an instant, the pot that had been boiling in his chest for a whole day was finally turned off.

All the embarrassment that triggered it flew away.

"I don't have to go to the bathroom every time!"

He pushed the door open, stepped into the room, and closed the door with a "whoosh".

"Oh."

The man responded softly, and looked at other documents at hand.

When the young man stepped steadily into the room with both feet, the light red on the tip of his ear had almost faded.

He spoke slowly again: "I thought you were going to kick a hole in the marble and crawl in."

The light red that had just retreated, "whoosh" climbed up again.

Lu Ran kicked his hands in his pockets and pinched his ten fingers.

Great.

He said how he got in so easily.

Combined with his actions just outside.

This guy can see it!

Lu Ran pinched his fingers and didn't know what to say.

The room was quiet for a while.

Mixed with a bit of unspeakable embarrassment.

At this time, Butler Chen came up and handed Ji Min a cup of black tea.

Ji Min leaned over and glanced at Butler Chen.

Remind in a light voice: "Looking for you."

Butler Chen raised his eyebrows unexpectedly.

At this time, the silent boy spoke.

He said firmly: "I'm not here to see an uncle."

Ji Min looked up.

He was caught off guard by the boy's honest and firm black eyes.

There was some shyness hidden in these eyes.

Mixed with embarrassment, and a faint intention to retreat.

But the owner of the eyes still stood up firmly and said bluntly: "I'm here to apologize to you."

Ji Min was shocked by this straightforward and honest apology.

For a moment, he was speechless.

The old butler standing aside glanced at Ji Min.

That look seemed to say:

Even children know to apologize immediately, and some people have been waiting for two days just for takeout.

Ji Min avoided Butler Chen's teasing eyes.

Butler Chen smiled, handed Lu Ran a cup of tea, and then left the room.

"Click".

The door opened and closed.

In the spacious and empty suite, only Lu Ran and Ji Min were left.

Ji Min lowered his head and flipped through the documents in his hand.

He turned a few pages, rubbed his eyebrows, and put the documents aside.

He controlled the wheelchair remotely and turned to the floor-to-ceiling window.

"What are you apologizing for?" he whispered.

As soon as Butler Chen left, Lu Ran was a little embarrassed.

He hurriedly said: "Oh, and thank you, thank you for sending me to study abroad, and for asking me about my work."

"Yeah." The man half-closed his eyes.

I don't know if he was looking at the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

Or looking at the reflection of the boy in the window.

Apology, thank you.

The person concerned accepted.

The whole process seemed to be completed here.

"Well... I'm fine."

Lu Ran turned lightly.

He looked back.

The wheelchair was still quietly parked in front of the French window.

"Then I'll go."

Lu Ran pressed the door lock again.

"Click".

The door opened again.

Ji Min quietly looked at his pale reflection in the French window.

Suddenly, he frowned. He

turned the wheelchair back remotely.

The words came to his lips, but before he could say them out.

There was a light "click".

The door closed.

The furry boy who had just come in was gone.

A trace of irritation surged up without warning.

Before Ji Min could figure out the reason for this emotion. With

a "bang",

the door that had just closed opened again.

A black-haired boy in a sweatshirt rushed in.

Ji Min just came to his senses

and felt a slight warmth on his knees.

He lowered his eyes slightly

and saw the child who had just stood there with dignity squatting in front of him, with his hands on his knees covered with a thin blanket.