Chapter 72 Small Matters

Ji Min lowered his head.

Sure enough, the man who was bending over to tie his shoelaces just now had already looked at him.

His eyes were full of shock.

Ji Min wanted to slap himself at this moment.

What a mess!

Without thinking, Ji Min knew what Lu Ran was going to say later.

He explained almost in a blackmailing way: "No, I don't mean that, I just said this hypothesis..."

But it was too late.

The boy next to him looked up at him with his eyes wide open, and his lips moved.

Ji Min was still trying: "Wait, I'm not..."

But Lu Ran's eyes had gradually changed from shock to emotion.

Then, Ji Min heard a familiar sigh.

Ji Min was so nervous, but he heard the boy say, "Boss, don't be nervous."

Ji Min was stunned. He didn't expect to hear comfort.

Lu Ran had already bent down and continued to fiddle with his shoelaces seriously.

The boy reacted calmly and said,

"You explained before that you don't like me, so I'll just assume that you don't like me."

Ji Min: "..."

Ji Min: "?"

This sounds normal at first, but the more you think about it, the more you listen to it, the more it doesn't make sense.

What does "just assume that you don't like me" mean?

"No, what you said..." Ji Min wanted to correct him.

But the young man waved his hands at him impatiently: "These are all trivial matters, I don't care, anyway, you can't really sleep with me."

Ji Min: "..."

What do you mean I can't really sleep with you?

Who are you looking down on?

Ji Min bit his back teeth silently.

He took a deep breath and tried to change his tone: "I really didn't..."

"I understand." Lu Ran had already tied his shoelaces, stood up, interrupted him, and didn't want to talk more.

The words said "I understand", but the meaning was clearly: You don't have to explain, I don't believe it at all!

Ji Min took a deep breath and felt his lungs slowly expanding.

The person who wanted to piss him off to death said to him seriously:

"Let's talk about business. Shen Hongyuan's attitude is indeed wrong."

The child's tone was extremely serious.

He didn't ask himself whether he liked him as usual.

It was clearly what Ji Min was looking forward to the most, talking about business.

But why was it so...

"No." Ji Min gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want to talk about business with you at all now." He

had to make this private matter clear!

But as soon as he said this, he saw Lu Ran with a look of "as expected" on his face, looking at him and shaking his head.

Then, the child actually took out his mobile phone to check the time and said to him:

"Boss, it's my working time now, please calm down."

After that, without waiting for his response, he walked out of the villa with a look of emotion.

Ji Min was choking on his words, and he was dumbfounded.

He sat there, patted his chest, and turned to look at Butler Chen silently.

Butler Chen asked concernedly, "Are you okay?"

Ji Min curled his lips, "Very good."

"Just now I know that people can get hurt internally by being angry."

Butler Chen suppressed his laughter.

Lu Ran really didn't care whether Ji Min wanted to sleep with him or not.

It was a small matter.

If it was someone else.

He knew that Shen Hongyuan met with that person in private to discuss his problems, and that person seemed to like him and wanted to sleep with him.

Then Lu Ran had been alert.

But towards Ji Min, he inexplicably relaxed this vigilance.

Well, this guy has liked me for a long time.

Lu Ran was more concerned about Shen Hongyuan's attitude revealed in Ji Min's words.

He was indeed a little strange.

Shen Hongyuan was indeed not very good.

Lu Ran had lived two lifetimes and still had the original text of this book in his mind.

He knew very well that the reason why Shen Hongyuan doted on Shen Xingran was largely because Shen Xingran could bring huge benefits to the Shen family.

In this book, the change of Shen Hongyuan, the father, was also from initially thinking that Shen Xingran was excellent, which made him, as a father, feel proud, and finally becoming a real child control.

It was because of his understanding of Shen Hongyuan's character that Lu Ran chose to use Ji Min at that time to attract Shen Hongyuan to recognize him back in the Shen family.

But now it seems that what worked at that time was not "attraction", but Ji Min's identity and the pressure brought by his claiming to be his father in public.

Shen Hongyuan seemed to be very afraid of getting close to Ji Min.

What was he afraid of?

Lu Ran thought for a long time.

When he came to his senses, he and Ji Min had already arrived at the venue.

Lu Ran pushed Ji Min's wheelchair, bent down and moved closer, and said: "Boss, why don't you lend me someone from your legal team."

Ji Min still remembered the sentence "You can't really sleep with me", and now he was very righteous.

He didn't even listen and said, "No."

Lu Ran begged, "I'm just asking for advice, it's free."

After being recognized as a member of the Shen family, Lu Ran also looked up some information related to the Shen family and learned about the business structure of the Shen Group.

He also consulted a law teacher at school about the issue of share inheritance.

But what he could get was only some superficial information.

But Ji Min was different.

After listening to Lu Ran's words, Ji Min felt that this kid was not stupid.

He was about to say something.

But he heard the person behind him who had just begged him, he didn't know what he saw, and suddenly said "Fuck".

Ji Min turned his head, but didn't see anyone. He lowered

his head and looked around, and then he saw that this guy squatted down at some point.

At this time, he had moved from behind the wheelchair to the side of the wheelchair.

He curled himself up like a thief.

"What are you doing?" Ji Min asked.

He turned his head to look in the opposite direction where Lu Ran was avoiding.

He saw a young man with a stern face standing not far away, greeting others in a decent manner.

It was Shen Xingyu.

Ji Min didn't understand what there was to hide.

He had a good impression of Shen Xingyu.

Besides, when Lu Ran had contact with the Shen family, Shen Xingyu was still abroad.

There should be no conflicts between him and Lu Ran.

But Lu Ran didn't reply.

He curled up on the ground like a hamster, slowly circling Ji Min's wheelchair.

Avoiding the sight of Shen Xingyu not far away.

He looked cute like this.

Ji Min was used to Lu Ran's occasional naughty actions, and now thought he was up to something bad again. It wasn't

until he suddenly met the boy's eyes that he realized something was wrong.

Lu Ran has beautiful eyes.

The curve of the tail of his eyes is well-behaved, but his pupils often hide a bit of mischievousness that makes people sweat.

Under this mischievousness, there is a dark coldness.

But now, Ji Min saw panic in these overly calm black eyes.

This is the first time that Ji Min has seen this emotion in Lu Ran's eyes.

When he first met Lu Ran, the boy stood in the rain, facing the speeding sports car, with a cold look in his eyes.

At this moment, just because of Shen Xingyu, he showed this look.

Ji Min frowned and called in a low voice: "Lu Ran."

Lu Ran didn't hear clearly what Ji Min was saying.

He didn't know what he was doing either.

Actually, Lu Ran was very afraid of Shen Xingyu.

He was afraid from the bottom of his heart.

Even though he had known for a long time that Shen Xingyu had returned to China and had tried to prepare himself mentally.

But the moment he saw Shen Xingyu in person, his body still reacted automatically.

The memories of his last life replayed in his mind uncontrollably.

The cold and irresistible tone of his elder brother Shen Xingyu.

The harsh sound of brakes around him.

And the pain in his limbs and joints and the strong sense of weightlessness when his body was hit.

Lu Ran will never forget it.

That day, Shen Xingyu came up and wanted to take him away by force, so he got into a car accident.

Because of this car accident, he had a decade of suffering.

At this moment, Lu Ran's hands and feet even hurt again.

He tried to curl himself up into a ball and hide in the shelter of Ji Min's wheelchair.

However,

over there, Shen Xingyu seemed to have seen Ji Min and was about to come over to say hello.

Lu Ran had no way to avoid it in an instant.

He noticed the blanket on Ji Min's legs and almost instinctively pulled up the blanket to cover himself.

Like a small animal helplessly avoiding its natural enemy.

But the moment he stretched out his hand, his wrist was grabbed.

The fingers holding his wrist were pale, and the strength was not strong, but very steady.

The warmth from the palm of his hand was like a tiny comfort in the cold and dark night.

Lu Ran came back to his senses abruptly.

He raised his head, gave Ji Min an ugly smile, and said, "Boss, can I hide there for a while?"

When he said this, he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have just made someone angry.

He was so bad-tempered that he would definitely not help him.

But the next moment, he saw the man sitting on the wheelchair sighing softly.

He lifted the blanket on his knees and said to him, "Get up."

Lu Ran hadn't reacted yet.

He felt the hand holding his wrist move to his waist, and then his body lightened.

Then, he fell steadily into a broad embrace filled with a familiar breath.

The light and soft blanket fell down and covered him tightly.

Then he fell into a warm and solid darkness.

A large palm stroked his back, gently pressing on his spine.

The other hand bent his legs and held him firmly in his arms.

Lu Ran suddenly felt at ease, and the piercing pain in his limbs slowly eased.

His ears, which seemed to be blocked by water, also became clear.

He heard Shen Xingyu's footsteps approaching. He

heard Shen Xingyu respectfully call Ji Min "Senior" in that cold and hard voice.

The moment Shen Xingyu's voice rang, Lu Ran's whole body tensed up.

But in just a moment, he felt the hand on his back patting him soothingly.

Like gently coaxing a child to sleep.

"Senior, long time no see."

Shen Xingyu bowed slightly towards Ji Min.

But when she saw the vague outline of the man on the wheelchair, under the navy blue blanket, she was startled for a moment.

A flash of surprise flashed across her face.

But Shen Xingyu was not the kind of person who would meddle in other people's business, and he soon closed his eyes and looked at the ground.

Thinking of the news from home during this period, he showed a trace of apology on his face: "I'm sorry that I have caused you a lot of trouble recently, I will come to your house to apologize some other day." But

Ji Min didn't want to talk much.

He frowned and stared at the person hidden in his arms, and just nodded and said, "I still have things to do."

Neither of them was a talkative person.

After Shen Xingyu finished speaking, he also stepped aside tactfully.

Ji Min raised his chin to the waiter beside him and said, "Take me to the lounge."

The waiter hurriedly led the way.

After entering the lounge, Ji Min asked Butler Chen to close the door.

He quietly stopped beside the sofa in the lounge, without urging him or lifting the blanket.

After a long time, a corner of the cashmere blanket on his body was lifted.

The young man who had been hiding for a long time showed his head.

In just a few minutes, the man who was full of energy and could make people popular just now not only looked pale, but also covered in cold sweat.

Even his forehead was wet with sweat.

"What's the matter? Are you feeling unwell?" Ji Min asked.

Lu Ran shook his head.

"I'm fine." His voice was hoarse as soon as he opened his mouth.

Ji Min was worried and frowned.

The child who just came out of his arms was staring at his suit in a daze.

After a while, a sentence came out in a low voice: "Sorry, boss, your clothes are wet."

Ji Min lowered his head and noticed that there was a mist of moisture on his suit on his chest.

After saying this, Lu Ran realized that he was still on Ji Min.

He stretched out his hands to support his body and wanted to climb down from the wheelchair.

At first, he supported himself on the armrest beside him, but his palms were sweaty and the armrest was too slippery.

He could only support himself on the man's chest.

But where his hands went, handprints were left on the dark suit.

His arms were still shaking, but his voice had been forced to return to normal: "I'm fine, I just didn't react at first."

As soon as he finished speaking, his wrist was held by someone and stuffed back into the blanket.

Xuxu pressed down on his back with the hand and pushed his body back down.

"Go to the hospital." Ji Min said.

When he said these three words, Lu Ran almost flew off the wheelchair.

He jumped like a fish: "No, no, no, I'm really fine."

He said that he wanted to do a few push-ups on the spot to prove his health.

Seeing his resistance, Ji Min didn't say anything more.

But he didn't let him go, but just controlled the wheelchair remotely, came to the table, poured a glass of water and handed it to him.

The transparent glass cup pressed directly against the boy's plump lower lip.

Ji Min sighed, half commanding and half coaxing: "Drink, and then I'll let you go."

The water in the cup was just the right temperature for the mouth.

Lu Ran took a sip from the cup, and then he felt the dryness in his throat.

He tilted his head back and gulped down the water. When he handed the cup back to Ji Min, he saw that his hand holding the cup was shaking.

This was the fatigue caused by excessive muscle tension.

He couldn't help but feel that he was a bit useless.

It was just Shen Xingyu, but he was scared like this.

The water was finished.

But Lu Ran didn't get out of the wheelchair.

Ji Min didn't say anything either.

The lounge was very quiet.

It was dark outside the window, and only the sound of cars could be heard occasionally.

Lu Ran leaned his ear against Ji Min's chest.

The man's steady heartbeat hit his ear again and again.

Lu Ran blinked lightly.

He knew that he should get down now.

It seemed a little wrong for Laowo to be in someone else's arms.

Ji Min was just sitting on a wheelchair, not a sofa.

But Lu Ran felt that this "sofa" was so comfortable.

He really wanted to lie down forever.

Because it seemed that as long as he lay here, he wouldn't have to worry about Shen Xingyu, and all the troubles of the Shen family.

Ji Min didn't urge him.

His hand was still loosely on the boy's waist, but he didn't have the strength to restrain him.

It seemed that as long as Lu Ran struggled, he would let go.

But if Lu Ran was willing, he would hold him steadily.

A few minutes passed.

Lu Ran said sullenly: "Boss, you are a really nice person."

Ji Min raised his eyebrows and lowered his eyes to look at the boy in his arms.

Lu Ran happened to look up at him.

The boy whispered, "Actually, a lot of what I said was just to tease you."

Ji Min looked at him without saying anything.

Lu Ran continued, "Like today, I know you won't want to sleep with me, and you won't ask Shen Hongyuan for this."

The boy's voice was pure.

It was such an ambiguous topic, but it was said with a kind of trust and attachment.

Ji Min didn't dare to look at him. He

looked away and only looked at the dark night outside the window.

He had been angry for a long time because of this topic, and now he finally got the words he wanted.

But he was not very happy.