Chapter 62 Birthday

The purpose of the Shen family's banquet was to formally introduce the youngest son of the Shen family who had been missing for fifteen years to all the guests present.

No one expected it.

The head of the Ji family came to attend a banquet, but kidnapped the protagonist of the banquet.

When Shen Hongyuan couldn't find anyone, he asked and found out that Ji Min had run away with someone.

Shen Xingzhuo was late.

He was very conspicuous when he arrived because he was holding a large cardboard box in his arms.

It seemed that because he came in a hurry, there were thin layers of sweat on his forehead.

The carefully styled forehead was slightly curled up, and he became more and more casual.

"Brother Zhuo!"

"Why did you come just now!"

Chen Sheng and others immediately waved their hands and greeted him.

Several people came over and saw the big box in Shen Xingzhuo's arms.

Chen Sheng curiously reached out to see: "What is this? It looks so heavy?"

As soon as he stretched out his hand, Shen Xingzhuo glared at him: "What are you doing? Can you touch this?"

Chen Sheng immediately withdrew his hand.

Shen Xingzhuo was mysterious. He didn't say what was in the box, nor did he put the box down.

He just held the box like a treasure and strolled around the banquet.

After walking around twice, he didn't find anyone.

He frowned and asked Chen Sheng: "Where is Lu Ran?"

"I don't know." Chen Sheng said, "I was looking for him just now. I haven't seen him for a while. Why don't you ask Uncle Shen?"

Shen Xingzhuo frowned.

He went upstairs, returned to his room, put the box away, and then went to find Shen Hongyuan.

Shen Hongyuan was chatting with people in the chess and card room.

Gu Ningqi had left long ago.

Others' faces were not good either.

Shen Xingzhuo called Shen Hongyuan out and asked, "Dad, where is Lu Ran?"

Shen Hongyuan's face was not as happy as in front of others, and there was a hint of heaviness between his brows.

He took a puff of the cigar on his fingertips and said, "He left with Ji Min, don't worry about it."

Shen Xingzhuo was stunned, and then frowned tightly.

"Leave with Ji Min? It's almost ten o'clock, why did Ji Min take him away?"

Shen Xingzhuo couldn't help but raise his voice: "Do you know why you let him go? He is your biological son, are you really going to sell him to that Ji guy?"

"Enough!" Shen Hongyuan cursed, his face grim.

He looked around and found that no one was paying attention, so he glared at Shen Xingzhuo and gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want him and Ji Min to get together more than you do!"

Lu Ran knew nothing about what happened in the Shen family.

Lu Ran was sitting in Ji Min's commercial vehicle at the moment.

He put his eyes on the car window and looked out curiously.

"What are we going to do?" Lu Ran asked.

We can't go to work at this time.

The man in the wheelchair in front glanced sideways and looked back.

The lights in the car were not on.

The front windshield was also drawn.

Only the faint light from the side window seeped in through the black glass.

This faint light was cast on the man's well-defined profile.

Lu Ran felt that the man glanced at him and said, "Let's go celebrate Dahuang's birthday."

"Huh?" Lu Ran's eyes widened in surprise.

When he sent Dahuang to Ji Min's place, he also sent Dahuang's dog license over.

Dahuang's date of birth can be found on the dog license once it is scanned, so it's not surprising that Ji Min knew it.

"But..." Lu Ran thought about it carefully, "Dahuang's birthday is next month."

The man in front had already turned back. He

only said, "I don't have time next month, so let's celebrate it today."

"Oh." Lu Ran responded, thinking that he was really a busy man.

But this was the first time that someone celebrated Da Huang's birthday.

In the past, Lu Ran would just open a can for Da Huang.

But this time, Ji Min, the wealthy boss, actually went to so much trouble, which made Lu Ran curious.

He tried to keep his eyelids open, but he couldn't help but take a nap on the way.

When he woke up, he saw the car driving into a spacious place.

It was a little dark outside, and Lu Ran didn't see the sign. He vaguely felt that it was a place similar to a pet park.

But there were no other dogs after entering.

There were quite a few games and facilities commonly seen in pet parks.

The car stopped at an island in the middle of the lake.

There were large

areas of lawn on the island, surrounded by a crescent-shaped lake. Near the lake, there were rows of unknown trees.

Even in this season, there were still lush green leaves.

It was just pitch black.

Lu Ran got out of the car holding Da Huang. He sniffed and said blankly:

"How can we celebrate our birthday like this?"

Ji Min also got out of the car.

He ignored Lu Ran and raised his chin towards Uncle Chen: "Give him a coat."

After the New Year, the temperature has risen a lot recently.

But it's still cold.

Lu Ran came out in a hurry and was still wearing only the haute couture suit.

He didn't bring a coat, so Butler Chen took out a cashmere coat from the car and handed it to him.

"Thank you." Lu Ran put on the coat.

He didn't feel anything when he held it.

After putting it on, he found that the sleeves were too long and the shoulder line slipped directly to the elbows.

He was wrapped in the coat, like a child who stole adult clothes.

Lu Ran looked at the man behind him with a bit of dissatisfaction. He

just happened to see the smile in Ji Min's eyes.

"Don't laugh!"

Lu Ran rolled up his sleeves twice, but the sleeves were too wide and slid down again.

He had to roll up his sleeves.

This made him look more like a child.

Lu Ran: "..."

He glanced at Ji Min again. He

realized again that this man's figure was definitely "burly" among men.

At the same time, a faint regret surged in his heart.

Ji Min should be very tall when he stands up, with straight and broad shoulders.

It's a pity that such a person is sitting in a wheelchair.

"Take Da Huang and go forward." Ji Min interrupted his thoughts.

Lu Ran lowered his head and found that Da Huang had begun to pull his pants.

For some reason, Da Huang was obviously very excited.

Seeing him coming over, its four short legs jumped up almost like a puppy.

Lu Ran couldn't help but feel happy.

He followed Da Huang forward.

When they reached a transparent passage, Da Huang grunted and crawled in.

He didn't know what he pressed, but the whole passage lit up.

Lu Ran was startled.

He squatted down and took a closer look, only to find that there was a switch in the passage with snacks on the switch.

Da Huang pressed the switch and ate the snacks, and the colorful lights hidden in the passage lit up.

Lu Ran became interested, and the previous fatigue suddenly disappeared, and he followed Da Huang to run wildly on the lawn.

The man and the dog ran from one passage to another.

They ran until they were sweating all over.

Lu Ran turned his head and found that the whole lawn was lit up.

The colorful lights that were carefully lit by the puppy formed the shape of a birthday cake.

The cake had three layers, and even the candles on it were lifelike.

It was decorated in this way on the lawn.

The tiny colored lights emitted a soft light, making the green grass leaves flash an almost transparent green halo.

"Oh my god." Lu Ran couldn't help but exclaimed, "Awesome!"

He subconsciously turned his head to look at the man behind him.

Ji Min didn't go to the lawn.

He sat quietly in the wheelchair, staying at the edge of the lawn and looking over here.

His black eyes seemed to be illuminated by the colorful lights on the ground, revealing an almost gentle color.

Lu Ran raised his foot and wanted to go back, but Da Huang barked at him twice and ran towards the lake again.

Lu Ran was afraid that it would fall into the lake, so he hurried after it.

He didn't see clearly what Da Huang was doing.

He just saw the puppy running around the trees by the lake like a rabbit.

The huge treetops then lit up.

The lights on the trees were not ordinary lights.

Instead, they were shapes made of light strings.

The shining beads outlined the silhouettes of the boy and the puppy.

There was a boy holding a puppy and squatting down to avoid the wind, and there was a man and a dog jumping forward. There was

also a boy and a puppy lying on the ground and taking a nap.

On each treetop, it seemed that time had stopped.

Lu Ran was still standing on the lawn.

Standing in the center of the circle of trees.

He looked at this scene almost in amazement, with the clear and pure surprise of a young man in his eyes.

He didn't even notice that Da Huang had returned to him.

After a long time, he bent down and picked up the puppy, pointing to a signboard and muttering, "Dahuang, that's you!"

His eyes were still glued to the colorful lights, and he couldn't help saying, "Dahuang, you are so happy."

Dahuang called him twice again and pulled his pants forward.

Lu Ran half ran after him.

He found that Dahuang had dragged him to a big tree. When

Lu Ran got closer, he found a rope hanging from the tree.

But the rope was a little high, and Dahuang couldn't reach it when he stood up.

"Are you going to pull this?" Lu Ran picked up Dahuang.

But the puppy didn't bite the rope, but struggled to get down to the ground again.

Lu Ran didn't understand.

But he really wanted to know what would happen if he pulled the rope.

He seemed to be back to his childhood in an instant, and he couldn't restrain his curiosity.

Lu Ran turned around and glanced at Ji Min.

The man was still standing there, a little far away from here.

Lu Ran whispered to Da Huang, "I'll help you pull it."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and excitedly pulled the rope.

In an instant, the entire island in the middle of the lake lit up.

The lights spread from the center to the lake like flames.

In an instant, the pavilions and buildings in the lake were also covered with a dreamy halo.

It was as if from the dark and dark night, directly into the day filled with hope and joy.

At the same time, several "whoosh" sounds rang out.

Ribbons mixed with round and colorful balls rose into the air from unknown places in all directions.

And then floated down lightly.

Lu Ran's hair was covered with ribbons.

Lu Ran was startled and was stunned for a long time before he burst into laughter.

The puppy was also chasing the scattered ribbons and balls.

Lu Ran bent down and picked up a ball.

He found that the ball had the words "Happy Birthday" written in cursive English on it.

The ball had a switch.

When it was opened, there were colorful candies inside.

They were what Lu Ran wanted most when he was a child.

He and Da Huang chased and ran all the way, and he picked up a lot of balls unconsciously.

He pocketed them with the hem of his coat.

When he returned to Ji Min,

he found that there were waiters standing nearby.

There was a small two-layer cake on the ground.

Lu Ran put ten candles on the cake and said to Da Huang, "Da Huang, make a wish!"

The little dog didn't understand these things. He was tired from running and didn't even blow the candles. He just took a bite.

The cake was specially made, and there was canned meat inside.

Lu Ran bent down and looked at it for a while.

Unable to help it, he looked up with a pair of sparkling eyes and asked Ji Min: "This... can be eaten by humans, right?"

Ji Min's faint smile froze on his face, revealing the expression of a parent who heard his child was going to pick up trash.

He raised his hand to support his forehead and said unhappily: "Do you want to compete with the dog for food?"

Before Lu Ran could speak, Ji Min clapped his hands.

Then two waiters came out carrying a huge three-layer cake.

They sang Happy Birthday as they walked.

The cake was lit with sparkling candles, exactly the same as the dreamy pattern on the lawn.

The boy stared at the huge cake in a daze.

His dark eyes were filled with the glow of the candles, and he couldn't help but let out the desire and exclamation that had been firmly suppressed in his heart for the past fifteen years:

"Wow~"

His voice was like that of a child, and even the ending sound was curved.

Ji Min's lips curled up.

There was a hint of smile in his eyes.

Lu Ran couldn't help but run to the cake.

There were many candles on the cake.

There were only four words "Happy Birthday" written on it, without a name.

Lu Ran walked around the cake for a long time.

He ran back and said to Ji Min with emotion: "For Da Huang's birthday, do humans also have cake to eat?"

"Otherwise you'll be hungry." Ji Min said.

Lu Ran: "..."

He thought so too.

You can't let humans eat the pet's cake.

Then the scene of one man and one dog eating cake began.

Lu Ran was crowded around the cake.

He had never looked away since the waiters around him started cutting the cake.

Ji Min just sat in his wheelchair and watched, and had no intention of participating.

He just took advantage of the break to turn around and whisper to Butler Chen: "This is the standard for my fifth birthday."

He meant to mock a child who was extremely childish.

But there was always a smile in his eyes.

There were many playground facilities on the lawn.

Lu Ran had a great time with Da Huang.

Gradually, he completely forgot about the Shen family's banquet today.

Until he couldn't help but roll around on the grass with Da Huang in his arms. He

looked at his clothes and exclaimed, "Ah."

He stood up, stepped out of the lawn, and returned to Ji Min.

"Don't play anymore?" the man asked.

Lu Ran shook his head.

He had taken off Ji Min's coat because he was too hot from running just now.

Now he was wearing the black couture with dark gold patterns.

The boy patted the grass leaves on his body, walked to the side and picked up the drink to drink.

He sat in a chair beside him, holding the rim of the cup, and suddenly thought of something. He narrowed his eyes and said:

"I saw him in the bathroom before Gu Ningqi arrived today."

Ji Min side-eyed and listened to him.

Lu Ran seldom talked about himself.

He would ask Ji Min what he liked and what he wanted him to do. He

would also talk about Da Huang and other people.

But he never talked about the Shen family, nor did he talk about his feelings and experiences.

At this moment, it seemed that he was just having a good time.

He finally spoke frankly like an ordinary teenager, with a clear distinction between likes and dislikes: "I particularly hate Gu Ningqi, and I pushed him into the toilet at that time."

Ji Min: "..."

He was silent for a few seconds, not knowing what expression to make.

For a moment, he felt a little sympathetic towards Gu Ningqi, and couldn't help wanting to laugh.

The most important thing is that the boy's attitude of openly saying that he pushed someone into the toilet...

really makes people not know how to react.

After holding back for a long time, the man still couldn't help it.

Reaching out to stroke his face, a short low laugh appeared in the palm of his hand.

"What happened next?" Ji Min asked.

He recalled Gu Ningqi's arrogant attitude at the banquet, and asked, "You didn't succeed?"

"Of course he succeeded!" Lu Ran said, "When you came, he had already changed his clothes."

Ji Min suddenly felt that he seemed to be late today.

After Lu Ran announced his achievements, he was silent for a while, and suddenly said:

"I never hesitated when doing these things before. But today... I seemed to hesitate for a moment?"

Ji Min looked at him for a while, and asked gently: "Why?"

Lu Ran looked at the colorful lights on the tree and did not answer.

Now think about it, there is no need to hesitate.

Because it is obviously a good opportunity to do something dirty.

Gu Ningqi was changing clothes, and he pulled his pants and covered his coat, and he could kick him directly into the toilet without much effort.

Lu Ran had done a lot of this kind of thing in the past.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After pressing the toilet, he would come back and wash his hands, eat, drink and sleep.

Even in his heart, Lu Ran still didn't understand why these people reacted so strongly to being pressed on the toilet.

People like Shen Hongyuan and Shen Xingran, they were so disgusted that they didn't eat for several days even though they only had something on their faces.

In Lu Ran's view, this was amazing.

If it were him, no one and nothing could make him give up eating.

In his previous life, he was forced to drop out of college by the Shen family and was forced to find no job.

He could only do the dirtiest and most tiring work.

Lu Ran also did a lot of toilet cleaning work.

He only knew that even if he did such a dirty job, he would still be hungry when he was tired and it was time to eat.

Lu Ran has also been to some illegal breeding farms.

The cats and dogs there are locked in cages all their lives, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in them.

The cages are very dirty.

But when they see humans passing by, they still try hard to beg for food.

Later, Lu Ran felt that he was treated similarly.

He was lying on a hospital bed, and there was no difference between him and the dogs locked in cages.

Dogs can still bark a few times, but he doesn't even have the ability to speak.

So Lu Ran didn't care much about these.

Just wash it clean.

He also couldn't understand the extreme reactions of Shen Xingran, Lin Yi, Zhang Lin and others.

And he thought these people were really hypocritical.

Until he met Gu Ningqi in the bathroom.

Lu Ran wanted to take action, but stopped.

He looked at his clothes, and suddenly a small idea popped up in his mind.

At that moment, he understood for the first time why Shen Xingran and others hated dirt so much.

Everything was over.

The island in the middle of the lake, which had been bustling for a while, returned to its peace.

Only patches of colorful lights were still on.

Ji Min was sitting in a wheelchair.

Lu Ran was walking beside him holding Da Huang.

Ji Min turned his head to look at the sweat beads on the child's forehead, and was about to remind him to put on his coat to avoid catching a cold.

But he heard the child say something in a low voice without any context: "Because I don't want to get my clothes dirty."

Ji Min was stunned for a second.

When he came to his senses, Uncle Chen had already driven the car here.

The heating in the car was sufficient.

Once in the car, there was no need to wear a coat.

The empty business car was as dark as ever.

But it was not as mysterious and dangerous as it was at the beginning.

At this moment, this thick darkness with danger has become the most reassuring protective layer.

It is like a deep but warm cave, separating all the chaos.

Not long after the car started on the road, Ji Min heard the even breathing behind him.

Ji Min turned the wheelchair around.

He saw the last row of seats in the car put down.

The boy was lying on it, sleeping soundly.

Because of running around like crazy, there were beads of sweat on the tip of his nose.

His cheeks also showed a thin and healthy red after exercise.

Ji Min lowered his eyes and glanced at Lu Ran's suit, and then looked at the boy's carefully styled forehead.

It was indeed very beautiful.

It was so beautiful that he just lying here, it was like there was a precious treasure hidden in the car.

It made people feel a secret joy in their hearts, wanting to pick it up and secretly possess it.

Ji Min looked away and looked out the window.

The car entered the city, and the lights of various colors outside gradually increased.

These hazy and dim halos of light passed through the car window, passed through the corners of Ji Min's eyes, and fell on the boy sleeping in front of him.

The halo hit the boy's clear eyebrows, and then fell on the tip of the nose and the corners of the lips.

Finally, it passed through the white earlobe between the soft hair, and then quietly slipped away.

Ji Min just looked out the window, looking at the light.

It was probably because he was too tired and the back seat was narrow.

The boy was sleeping with his mouth twisted, not very comfortable, and he frowned and scratched it.

His fingers didn't find anything, so they dropped again, and he groaned in anger in his sleep.

Ji Min then turned his gaze back.

He chuckled, thinking that he still has a bad temper.

Lu Ran pulled twice more.

Ji Min looked for a while before realizing that he was pulling at the bow tie.

The bow tie of this high-end set is a small bow.

It is fixed under the collar of the shirt with a ribbon.

Probably because he played too crazy in the beginning, the bow tie has moved now.

It must be uncomfortable to be stuck on the neck.

Ji Min mercifully bent down and hooked the bow tie with his fingers.

He wanted to untie the bow tie.

After pulling open the exquisite dark gold bow tie, he found that the collar of Lu Ran's shirt was open.

Not sure if he untied it himself or it was rubbed open.

The top two buttons of the black silk shirt were gently opened, revealing the thin white neck wrapped in it.

The lights in the car were dim.

But you could still see that under Ji Min's fingertips, the protruding small Adam's apple had been rubbed red.

I don't know if it was rubbed by this seemingly delicate but not very comfortable bow tie.

Or by his fingers.

Ji Min was stunned for a moment.

The boy swallowed in his sleep, and his Adam's apple, which had been rubbed red, slid up and down gently.

It pressed against Ji Min's fingertips.

"Are you asleep?" Uncle Chen's voice sounded behind him.

Ji Min paused and subconsciously retracted his hand.

The bow tie that he had just lifted bounced back.

"Snap".

The sleeping man was completely angry, and he grabbed at something randomly, and finally caught the thing that was messing around his neck.

He grabbed the bow tie, tore it off and threw it aside. He

also punched with his two hands.

Uncle Chen turned his head and saw this scene, and laughed: "You are so old, but you still fight in your sleep."

"You have a bad temper." Ji Min said.

Uncle Chen looked at him and asked, "Didn't you wish him a happy birthday?"

"He had a great time." Ji Min answered the question irrelevantly.

Uncle Chen smiled and looked at him without saying anything.

Da Huang hadn't slept and was sitting beside him watching him.

Da Huang's birthday is still a month away.

Lu Ran probably didn't remember when his birthday was.

The date on his ID card was the date he was taken in by the orphanage.

Shen Hongyuan promised to take Lu Ran back to the Shen family in a hurry, so he hastily set a date.

Probably no one remembers that the real birthday of the lost four-year-old child is today.

Uncle Chen glanced at Da Huang again.

If the puppy hadn't been trained, how could it have gone through today's procedures so smoothly.

Ji Min looked at the sleeping boy in the back seat.

Da Huang also looked up with his small eyes.

Turning his head and seeing the teasing look of Butler Chen, Ji Min answered Butler Chen's question honestly:

"There is no reason, but it is not a big deal, so I just celebrated for him."

Strictly speaking, he and Lu Ran had no relationship.

It is okay to celebrate a puppy's birthday.

But it is not so reasonable to go to great lengths to prepare a birthday for a person.

Even the boy in front of him is no different from a child in Ji Min's eyes.

Thinking of something again, he sneered: "If he really knows, he will think I like him."

There was a hint of mockery in his words.

But his hands were gentle, covering the sleeping person with his coat.

Butler Chen chuckled and reminded: "Do you remember what you are here for today?"

What...

Ji Min suddenly thought of the rumors he heard in the company today.

And the speech about king abalone mushrooms and enoki mushrooms at the banquet.

A cold face immediately froze for a moment.

Now they have left, and we don't know what kind of rumors will be spread about the banquet.

It's over.

There is no way to wash it off even if you jump into the Yellow River.

Ji Min stared at the child in the back seat who was sleeping with saliva almost flowing, angry and annoyed. He

wanted to reach out and strangle him to death.

But after staring at him for a long time, he still couldn't bear to do it.

"Wait a little longer." He sighed.

Today is his birthday.

It's a rare happiness, and he can wait for the matter of accusing him.