Chapter 104
"Why, why, why do we have to break up?" Ranlong hurriedly held Qiu An's face and wiped her tears. "What happened? Don't you like me anymore?"
Qiu An said aggrievedly: "I don't dislike you, it's you who likes someone else. If you want to leave, just leave. Don't worry about me."
ha?
Ranlong was confused and shook her head and asked, "What are you talking about? I like someone else? How come I didn't know?"
Qiu An listed several pieces of evidence of her infidelity, and Ran Long was left in a state of confusion: "It's not what you think. I've been calling Aunt Pei these past two days."
"Pei Chunlai?" Qiu An wiped away her tears herself and quickly calmed down.
"Well, because Xixi told me a few days ago that you...well, her husband passed away, and she lives alone now, and she's not in good condition, so I wanted to bring her out. I'm sorry, you've been busy lately, and this happened rather suddenly, so I made the decision for you without your permission."
"Where are you going to take Pei Chunlai?"
"I originally planned to pick her up at my mom's place. But if you don't want me to, I won't go pick her up."
"This is too disturbing to Auntie."
But it didn't say that they couldn't pick her up. So Ranlong quickly said, "Don't bother me, don't bother me. My mom lives alone too and is bored to death every day. It would be nice to have someone to keep her company."
Qiu An thought for a moment. "Auntie lives in a remote area. The house is old and the rooms are small. It's too crowded for two people to live there. My agent found another house and has already moved out. You can move Auntie and Pei Chunlai to the empty room. It will be easier to find someone to take care of them."
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Unexpectedly, Qiu An was very receptive and even offered to let them live next door. Ran Long was very pleased and gave a loud kiss on Qiu An's face, which was just wet with tears and looked fresh.
"By the way, I didn't tell my mom much about Aunt Pei and your past, and she didn't ask much."
"It doesn't matter if you tell me." Qiu An said, "You can decide anything about me on your own."
After hearing this, Ranlong tapped her forehead and said with a smile, "How can you trust me so much and then casually suspect me of falling in love with someone else?"
"It's because I love you so much." Qiu An muttered.
A straight ball hit Ranlong's face and heartbeat. She pulled Qiu An into her arms and told her, "Unless you don't like me anymore and don't want me anymore, don't break up so easily. Also, don't keep anything in your heart. If you suspect I'm cheating on you, just tell me in person. You can question me, you can scold me, but don't hold it in and don't be sad alone, okay?"
"good."
Qiu An responded and hugged Ran Long back, kissing her neck, her chin, and then all the way to her earlobe. Ran Long was numb from the kisses, and she lost all her strength and fell down at the slightest push.
Qiu An leaned over to her ear and breathed hot air, even his voice seemed to be filled with moisture: "It's still early, stay with me for a while."
When the cold fingers slipped under her clothes, Ranlong shuddered and came to her senses. She grabbed Qiu An's hands, warmed them in her palms, and said to her, "No, I've already bought the plane tickets. I have to go pick up Aunt Pei right now. If I'm too late, it will be bad if she changes her mind."
Qiu An puffed up her cheeks and said dissatisfiedly, "Aren't you afraid that I will regret it?"
"Alright, alright!" Ranlong knew she was being coquettish, so he pinched her nose to appease her. "Don't be jealous! When you're done with your work and come back, I'll agree to whatever you want to do, okay?"
The grievance instantly vanished, Qiu An's eyes sparkled as he asked, "Really? You can do whatever you want?"
Suddenly I felt a little regretful: "Uh..."
"But you just promised me."
"Okay... I promise you can, but don't go too far!"
"Um!"
Ranlong looked at Qiu An's dazzling smile and suddenly felt her legs go weak. Why did it seem like she had dug a huge hole for herself?
Whatever, as long as Qiu An is happy, it doesn't matter if my legs feel weak for a few days...
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Ranlong arrived at Zhilin and successfully picked up Pei Chunlai.
It was a move, after all, and she'd initially worried Pei Chunlai would have too much luggage to carry, but she'd only brought a small woven bag. Ranlong tried to help her carry it, but misjudged the weight and ended up exerting too much force, only to have it backfire on her. She had to jerk back to keep her balance, nearly falling flat on her back.
"Um, Auntie, don't you have any other luggage?"
Pei Chunlai said: "No, you said you don't need to bring pots, pans, quilts or furniture."
"Oh, that's what you said, um..."
Ranlong was confused. She never brought any bulky items with her when she went out, so why did she always pack multiple suitcases or just one incredibly heavy one? What was it that she brought with her, the things she couldn't bear to part with?
Ranlong was worried that Pei Chunlai might be afraid of heights, so she arranged an aisle seat for her. However, she kept glancing out the window, so Ranlong used the excuse of needing to go to the bathroom after drinking too much water and switched seats with her.
“That’s fast.”
A faint sigh came from beside me.
Ranlong was a little surprised. She had expected Pei Chunlai to say something like "It's so high" or "It's so beautiful," but she had noticed the speed of the plane, which was easily overlooked when flying.
The weather was beautiful that day. Pei Chunlai stared out the window for the entire flight.
She watched the plane effortlessly fly over mountains that many people could never cross in their lifetime. Pei Chunlai would probably never understand why some people found mountains and forests beautiful. She wished all the mountains were bare, all the land flat.
If every piece of land in the world could be reached on foot, she might walk.
Maybe not. Look, it's only a few steps away, and she won't leave unless her daughter comes to pick her up.
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Pei Chunlai was taken to the empty house, but Ms. Hu Fanghui, who was scheduled to arrive earlier than them, had not yet arrived.
Ran Long, whose butt was still numb after running around, felt extremely powerless. She felt like a kindergarten teacher on her first day on the job. Even though she was under a lot of pressure, she didn't dare to scold the children. She had to settle Pei Chunlai first and then took a flight to Hu Fanghui's house.
"Mom!" Ranlong screamed in pain after understanding everything. "I paid someone to move for you, but you have to pack everything yourself. Isn't my money wasted?!"
"Oh, oh, Mom is just worried..."
"What's there to worry about? Your things will be there! I can be absolutely confident! Hey! Stop fighting. What's so precious about two glasses?"
"This isn't just any glass! It's your grandma's most precious crystal glass! I couldn't bear to part with it even when our family was in the most difficult time!"
"Oh, it's okay. I held it much more steadily than you! Besides, I'd pay for it if I dropped it!"
"Will you compensate me?"
"That's right! If you dawdle here, you'll have to pay extra if you exceed the time limit!"
"Oh, that won't work. Hurry up and collect them! Hurry up and collect them!"
It turns out that magic can really defeat magic. Ranlong held his forehead helplessly.
Hu Fanghui hurriedly moved into Caihui Huating with a large pile of her luggage. The large room, which could not be filled with Pei Chunlai's luggage, was now filled to the brim with her things.
Ranlong looked at the room, which had suddenly become filled with people, and began to feel confused again: How could two houses with a difference of nearly twice the area be filled with the same amount of stuff? It seemed that this moving company was very good at collecting and transporting things, but their storage skills were still a little worse than Hu Fanghui's...?
Before she had put away all the things, Hu Fanghui pulled Pei Chunlai to chatter, sometimes praising her for being slim, sometimes saying she was thin, sometimes asking her if she could dance square dance, and sometimes asking if she still liked to go disco?
"Disco?"
"Disco?"
Ranlong and Pei Chunlai asked questions at the same time.
Pei Chunlai didn’t understand, and neither did Ranlong.
"What are you doing?" Hu Fanghui squinted her eyes. "Disco dancing was something from our generation. I thought it was something only for you young people."
…
Aside from the occasional question, Pei Chunlai mostly listened in silence as Hu Fanghui chattered. Ranlong had told Hu Fanghui not to ask too many private questions, so Hu Fanghui chattered on, occasionally asking a few unanswered questions without delving into the details.
So far, it seems that they are getting along well.
But Pei Chunlai and Hu Fanghui were like two unstable bombs with different circuits but similar functions. It wouldn't be surprising if one of them suddenly exploded, so she always felt uneasy. It just so happened that Sister Hou had found her some work in Beiji. After checking in with Qiu An, she decided to stay in Beiji for the time being and monitor the movements of the people next door.
None of the reasons why she stayed had anything to do with Hu Fanghui's cooking skills.
But I still have to mention it. Ever since adopting Pei Chunlai, the taciturn, malnourished, and somewhat pitiful sister, Hu Fanghui has changed her overly frugal nature. Every meal on the table is filled with delicacies from land and sea, even various rare fruits and expensive supplements.
Ranlong suspected that Pei Chunlai was older than Hu Fanghui. She secretly found Hu Fanghui and said, "Have you found out clearly? Stop taking advantage of her by calling her 'sister' all the time."
Hu Fanghui said, "Didn't you tell me not to ask? Besides, I made her something delicious, so what if I took advantage of it a little? Come on, call me grandma, or I won't let you eat for free."
"What's wrong with you? If you don't want to eat, then don't eat."
night.
"Grandma, I was wrong. Please give me some food! Takeout food these days is getting worse and worse and less healthy! You don't want your precious daughter to..."
"Um?"
"My dear granddaughter, are you hungry tonight?"
…
Christmas arrived in a flash. While attending an event, Ranlong gifted Qiu An a regular-sized, bright red cashmere scarf. Qiu An loved it and chose a variety of outfits to match it with. Afterward, she was so pleased with the look that she asked her assistant to take dozens of photos. She picked out eighteen of them, posting one on Weibo and two on WeChat Moments.
The fans were so happy that it was like the New Year, and the brands came to ask for endorsements.
Qiu An introduced Ran Long to the brand, and the brand was actually willing to cooperate with her.
Ranlong was puzzled: I can’t wear such high traffic clothes.
Brand: But you can give it to Qiu An to wear.
So she's trying to capitalize on Qiu An's popularity and get Hua Ranlong-level endorsement fees! What a brilliant plan! If she wants an endorsement, then so what if she doesn't give it to her!
The brand actually wrote it into the contract in black and white, asking her to give Qiu An clothes! What an unprecedented clause!
Ranlong naturally refused. She didn't want to use Qiu An. Even if she wanted to use her, she would have to offer an endorsement fee worthy of Qiu An!
On Christmas Day, Ranlong also received a gift from Qiu An.
Qiu An gave her a handheld game console and dozens of game cartridges. Work and Qiu An took up her entire life, and Ran Long almost forgot that she had a hobby of playing games.
While tinkering with her video game console, Ranlong realized her photo album was taking up a significant amount of memory. It was a brand new machine, so how could it be so heavily cluttered with photos? She opened the album and saw it was completely filled with her photos!
Some were picking up fallen leaves under the ginkgo tree, some were picking up shells on the beach, and some were picking up their hair while lying in bed...
The more she looked through the photos, the more she felt something was amiss. She realized they were all secretly taken by Qiu An when she was still in college. There were a lot of good-looking ones, but some of them were so bad she hadn't deleted them, showing her sleeping posture.
It seems a bit perverted, he even put it in the game console for her to see...
Ranlong sent a WeChat message to Qiu An, asking: Why are you still secretly filming me?!
Qiu An replied: My baby is very cute, right? I'll show you this, but you are not allowed to delete it.
...?
Forget it, Ranlong ignored the photos and chose a classic business simulation game from a pile of cartridges. She inserted the cartridge and clicked to start. She found that there were old save files in the game.
An ominous premonition came to his mind, but curiosity got the better of him, so he read the archive file anyway.
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