Chapter 56 Return

Today's board meeting went smoothly.

I don't know why, but Ji Min always felt that some people present looked at him in an indescribable strange way.

Especially outside the meeting room.

An elder who was familiar to Ji Min in the board meeting came over.

The elder patted his shoulder with emotion and said with relief: "If your grandfather knew you were like this, he wouldn't worry anymore."

Ji Min: "..."

He looked at the elder carefully, and doubted disrespectfully whether this man was old.

Just last time they met, the elder was still looking at his long legs and sighing.

He said that if his grandfather knew, he would not be able to close his eyes in the underground.

It's only been more than a month, and the words have changed.

Ji Min didn't reply.

I will inform this person's family later and urge the elderly to have regular physical examinations.

Everyone knows that he has a strange temper.

In the past, when he was about to leave, even the elders would not stop him.

But this time, this person followed him again.

As if he thought of something, he sighed: "It's a pity that you like a boy, otherwise you can give birth to a boy and a girl, leaving descendants for the Ji family."

A hint of disgust flashed between Ji Min's eyebrows.

He was about to say that he had no plan to continue the bloodline of the Ji family, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

"I like a boy?" Ji Min repeated with a frown.

Seeing his bad attitude, the elder advised: "It's not a secret. You and him are inseparable in the office every day. Why are you hiding it?"

Ji Min was stunned.

In the office?

The elder continued to advise: "Anyway, the same-sex marriage bill has been passed now, so it's not a big deal."

Ji Min finally reacted.

He should be talking about Lu Ran.

Ji Min immediately rubbed his forehead: "No, who told you..."

Gu Zhi happened to pass by with a cup in his hand, and heard the words and said sourly:

"She said it herself. Everyone knows that your lover is super satisfied with you and is willing to do anything to pursue you. Why are you hiding it?"

After the words fell, Ji Min was keenly aware that all the men present cast envious eyes at him.

Ji Min is an adult who is almost 30 years old.

At this moment, he was exposed to the eyes that all adults understand, and the nerves in his brain suddenly connected.

The exclamation eyes of the recent employees.

Gu Zhi asked for advice inexplicably.

And now the people around him are looking at him with envy and a hint of jealousy...

Ji Min closed his eyes.

Gnashing his teeth, "Lu! Ran!"

Lu Ran didn't know that his car was going to overturn.

He was still immersed in the happiness of having completed his work perfectly a few days ago. He

even took the time to search online for some cases where couples had broken up but were extremely satisfied with their ex and couldn't forget them.

He tried to make his performance more realistic.

He was measuring his clothes at the moment.

In the intervals, he kept looking at his mobile phone and marveled at the various stories on the screen.

Mrs. Shen sat aside with a forced smile on her face.

She didn't plan to take Lu Ran to the store.

But she couldn't resist the familiar sisters around her asking, and after she refused a few times, the way these people looked at her changed.

Mrs. Shen then realized that although the Shen family had not announced Lu Ran's identity before,

Lu Ran had been coming in and out of the community after all, and once he lay directly at the gate of the villa, telling stories to passers-by.

At that time they only said that Lu Ran was a child of a relative, but now they suddenly recognized Lu Ran.

It was like slapping themselves in the face, making a "pa pa" sound.

Mrs. Shen had no choice but to take this opportunity to bring Lu Ran to the store.

The tailor who was measuring Lu Ran's size did not forget to praise him while doing so: "Your figure is really good, look at how long his legs are, his legs are all under his neck."

Mrs. Shen had a look of satisfaction on her face as if her child was being praised.

In fact, she was complaining in her heart: "There are legs under the neck. That's not a human, but a monster."

Then the tailor looked at the tape measure and said, "It's just a little thin."

This sentence successfully made Mrs. Shen feel guilty.

She hurriedly pretended to read a magazine and said casually: "He is picky. He doesn't eat this or that. No wonder he is thin."

"Ah? Picky about what? Picky about food?" Lu Ran raised his head from his mobile phone and said, "I want to be picky, but I have to have something to pick."

Mrs. Shen: "..."

She didn't dare to speak.

I almost forgot that Lu Ran didn't give anyone face outside.

A rich lady who was sitting next to her and watching the show said lightly: "The child has been outside for so many years and has suffered a lot. He needs to be raised well."

Mrs. Shen smiled awkwardly.

The rich lady snorted.

She usually doesn't get along with Mrs. Shen.

What era is it now? Mrs. Shen is still proud of having three sons, mocking her for having only one daughter. She

also boasts in front of her about how well her youngest son is raised and how obedient he is.

She boasts so much, but in the end, she didn't even raise her own son well.

Look how miserable the child is.

Mrs. Shen was not there at the time, and didn't know about the story about the adopted son and the biological son that Lu Ran had told outside.

This story was not widely spread in the circle before.

But now that they heard that the youngest son of the Shen family who had been away from home was found, many people felt that the story was true.

Isn't this right?

So...

the Shen family really abandoned their own son and told others that their own son was just a poor child from a relative's family?

Isn't this too weird?

Mrs. Shen didn't know what the people around her were thinking.

She saw Lu Ran go inside to get his hair done, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Just as she breathed

out this sigh,

she heard a sister next to her ask, "Hey, it's been another fifteen years since the child was lost, right? Haven't you looked for him in these fifteen years?"

This question froze Mrs. Shen.

"Of course I looked for him, but we didn't find him, did we?" she said hurriedly.

Facing the incredible looks of the people around her,

she quickly explained, "There was a flash flood that year, and we all thought..."

As she spoke, she lowered her head and made a sad look.

But this trick didn't work.

The others looked at her with ambiguous eyes.

If a child is lost, which family would not cry and look for the child?

Moreover, a family like theirs is much more powerful than ordinary people.

If they really wanted to find the child, how could they wait for more than ten years to find the child?

And they said it was a flash flood?

Which parent can accept the loss of a child so easily? They don’t even struggle.

In short, the Shen family kept the news very well for so many years.

If the child had not been found now, none of them would have heard that the youngest son of the Shen family was missing.

They are also a strange family.

In the end, Mrs. Shen still couldn't withstand the gazes of the people around her.

Without waiting for Lu Ran to come out, she found an excuse to go home.

She left Lu Ran alone in the store.

She was dissatisfied in various ways.

The more dissatisfied she was with Lu Ran, the more she wanted to get close to Shen Xingran.

So, although today is the day when the Shen family officially introduces Lu Ran to the outside world, Mrs. Shen spent most of her time helping Shen Xingran pick out a dress.

She had her reasons in her heart.

Lu Ran was recognized as a member of the Shen family this time, and Ranran didn't know how upset she felt.

As a mother, she must make it up to him.

Until the evening.

Shen Xingran finished styling, changed into a dress and came down from the stairs.

He was still dressed like a little prince, wearing a white suit, looking pure and noble.

Standing in this banquet hall set up to introduce Lu Ran, it seemed as if he was the protagonist of the banquet.

A glimmer of satisfaction flashed in Mrs. Shen's eyes.

She walked over, hugged Shen Xingran gently, and sighed, "Mom's baby is so beautiful at all times."

"Mom, you rubbed off my makeup." Shen Xingran said angrily.

The mother and son were talking and laughing.

There was a sound of cars outside the villa.

Mrs. Shen looked outside the door and said in surprise, "It's not time yet. No one would be so tactless to come now?"

Both of them looked outside.

The door of the villa opened.

A figure with a boyish look got out of the car.

The boy was wearing a dark suit and had a tall and slender figure.

It was dark outside, and the street lights were on one by one. The dim light shone on the boy's body and hair, reflecting a dark golden light.

He stepped slowly and gently on the cobblestone path in the Shen family villa.

His steps were careless, yet with a youthful sense of power.

He was like an ancient nobleman walking out of a dim and simple oil painting.

Madam Shen stood there.

Until the young man stepped lightly onto the steps and walked step by step into the already decorated and magnificent hall.

He stood under the dazzlingly bright crystal chandelier.

Madam Shen and Shen Xingran could really see Lu Ran's appearance. He was a

man who usually wore a sweatshirt and had messy hair because of his busy schedule.

Now he was wearing a black suit with gold embroidery and a dark gold bow tie, which fell below his small Adam's apple and matched his black silk shirt.

He wore a green cat's eye stone brooch on his left chest.

The brooch was in the shape of a cat stretching its body and yawning, noble and lively.

The soft black hair was carefully styled, with fine gold powder dotted between the hair.

It was shining under the light.

Such a strong dark gold color was just right on him, not exaggerated at all.

The most eye-catching thing was his eyes.

The black eyes should have been curved well and blank, but the makeup artist lightly outlined them at the end of the eyes with mischief.

The well-behaved look was still there, but with some devilish perversity.

People were softened by the well-behaved and innocent look in his eyes, but they couldn't help gritting their teeth.

Now these eyes were narrowing maliciously at Madam Shen and Shen Xingran.

"If you look at me again, I'll charge you."

Madam Shen woke up as if from a dream, and suddenly realized that the person in front of her was Lu Ran.

She was a little surprised.

Since the first time she met Lu Ran, she had never taken this son seriously.

Usually Lu Ran looked unkempt.

He never had the chance to dress himself up like this.

Mrs. Shen didn't know until today that if her biological son was piled with money and luxury goods,

he would be no worse than Shen Xingran .

No, not only was he no worse than Shen Xingran...

Mrs. Shen's mood suddenly became indescribably complicated.

But this complexity cannot be thought about in detail.

She thought too much, as if her past ten years were just a joke.

"Oh, by the way."

Lu Ran narrowed his eyes slightly and said righteously, "All these expenses are your money, remember to pay the bill."

Mrs. Shen's expression suddenly cracked.

Shen Xingran was still standing on the steps without moving.

To be precise, he had been frozen and had not moved since Lu Ran came in.

Shen Xingran looked at the shining boy opposite him almost incredulously.

Facing Lu Ran, Shen Xingran always had a sense of superiority.

A person's past life can always be reflected through conversation, behavior, and even the details of an expression when facing others.

Shen Xingran was very afraid that Lu Ran would replace him.

Sometimes, he was not afraid at all.

In his eyes, people like Lu Ran did not look like a prince even if they wore a dragon robe.

Even if Lu Ran made everyone in his family hate him, what would it matter?

They still used those dirty and unpresentable methods.

But now, seeing Lu Ran in his best clothes.

Shen Xingran's belief in superiority was suddenly shattered.

The Lu Ran in front of him did not look out of place like a beggar wearing a dragon robe.

He seemed to be born for these.

Someone should bring these expensive and exquisite things to him.

Let him pick them proudly with his chin raised.

What made Shen Xingran even more uncomfortable was that he found that Lu Ran was different from himself.

Lu Ran did not need to hide the dark thoughts in his heart. He

did not need to pretend to be pure, kind, and well-behaved.

There was an unbridled malice between his eyebrows.

So everything on him became complementary.

Shen Xingran even shuddered.

There was no other moment like now that made him realize so clearly that

he had snatched something that originally belonged to Lu Ran.

Now, the person he wanted to squeeze out at all costs.

Like a demon crawling out of hell, he strolled into the villa that originally belonged to him.

Shen Xingran couldn't help but take a step back.

"Ding Dong."

Shen Xingran's mobile phone rang.

He picked it up and took a look. It was a message from a friend:

"Xingran, Gu Ningqi is back in China! He went to your place as soon as he landed the plane. He looked anxious!" He

also sent a photo.

The man in the photo was handsome, with a hurried and worried look on his face.

Seeing this message, Shen Xingran's inner panic receded and gradually became determined.

What if Lu Ran returned to the Shen family?

Even if he came back, he couldn't threaten his position.

Besides...

did he think he could come back in glory?