C5 The Old Man Is Coming

"Brother Yi, how could you …" Xu Ran crossed her arms in front of her chest as she frowned and complained in dissatisfaction. He even jumped up from the stool and retreated a few sentences, saying, "You said that after marriage, you would not interfere with my private life!"

However, it was clear that Guan Jingyi didn't want to retreat. He only said one sentence: "Whatever. In short, what I said was for your own good." Guan Jingyi's gaze fluctuated. With just a glance, he could see the black bruises on Xu Ran's knees. Some parts of her were badly injured and even had blood seeping out of them.

However, this injured master seemed to be unaware of the situation, as if the pain wasn't her own, and was still randomly bouncing on the spot.

Guan Jingyi calmly stood up from his seat and walked in front of Xu Ran. Guan Jingyi had a tall and slender figure, a head taller than Xu Ran. Therefore, no matter how much Xu Ran jumped in front of him, he still had to lower his eyes to look at her.

"Sit down." Then, with both hands on her shoulders, he pushed her back into her seat.

Xu Ran did not dare to make a ruckus.

"There's one more thing …" Guan Jingyi returned to the table and sat down again.

"What is it?"

"Grandpa wants to come and visit. He said that he wants to stay here, so I'll be coming back for a few days."

His meaning was very clear, it was that he and the person in front of him had to pretend to be in love with each other in front of the old tutor.

From the drawer of his desk, Guan took out a thin tube of ointment and a bag of cotton swabs.

While Xu Ran was stunned, Guan Jingyi had already squatted down in front of her. The wound on her knee was exposed, and she was opening the bag of cotton swabs.

Only now did Xu Ran realize that he was trying to apply the medicine.

Instantly, he reflexively sat up from the chair. With a 'chik' sound, it was a long, loud, ear-piercing sound made by the chair's legs rubbing against the floor.

Shangguan Jingyi never thought that Xu Ran would have such a huge reaction. He raised his head and looked at her.

Xu Ran only took a few steps back until her legs hit the chair. She staggered a bit before barely managing to stand up. She tugged at the hem of her nightgown and said, "It's nothing. I'll take care of it myself. Grandfather still hasn't come, there's no need to start pretending so early. "

There was no expression on Guan Jingyi's face. After muttering to himself irresolutely, he stood up and said, "That's fine." He handed the cotton swab and ointment to Xu Ran.

Guan Jingyi always had a faint smile on his lips, but that smile usually didn't reach his eyes. It was just a form of customary politeness towards others, and that was how he felt when he looked at Xu Ran.

Xu Ran quickly took the things from Xu Ran's hands. She lowered her head and said, "I still have an early shift tomorrow. If there's nothing else, I'll be going to sleep."

"Yes, rest early." After saying this, Guan Jingyi walked past Xu Ran.

From the study room to the bedroom, they walked through the considerably long corridor. Xu Ran had been hugging the bag of cotton swabs and ointment to her chest the entire time. She lowered her head and covered her face with her long hair.

In fact, Xu Ran was really afraid of being unintentionally nice to her by Guan Jingyi, because she knew that he was only unintentionally caring and caring for her. No one knew how hard she tried to build the wall that would stop her from loving him, but because of his unintentional charity, that wall would always fall apart, unable to withstand a single blow.

After returning to her room, she turned on her phone and found that there was a call that she had missed. It was from the time she had gone to the official's study. Xu Ran's heart ached when he saw the number that crossed the ocean.

It turned out to be her elder sister.

Looking at her watch, it was almost 12 pm. Since it was daytime at the American side, she knew that she should be returning the call to her sister. But in her heart, she was afraid.

Seeing that the phone screen was still in a daze, Xu Xuexu called again.

Xu Ran pressed the answer button without hesitation.

"An An, how have you been?" Xu Xuexu's voice suddenly turned gentle.

"I'm fine now, big sister. How are you right now? Are you used to being in there?"

Xu Xuexu paused for a moment, then said with a smile, "I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me. I just heard from Jing Yi that if Grandpa wants to go to your place, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to act along with Jing Yi." At this point, Xu Xuexu's voice was choked with sobs. She might even unknowingly think that her little sister was sincerely feeling sorry for her.

Naturally, the kind Xu Ruan Ran thought just like that. Ever since she was young, she had always admired and trusted her elder sister. Thus, when she found out that the person that Guan Jingyi liked was her sister, Xu Ran had decided to bury the matter of liking Guan Jingyi in the darkest and darkest place in her entire life and never see the light of day again.

"Sis, don't say that. You're my blood sister, I'm willing to do anything for you!"

"It's just that Grandfather doesn't like me very much. There's really nothing I can do about the current situation. "An An, you're still so young, Jing Yi and I don't want to disturb your love and future …"

"Sister, I know my limits. My greatest wish is for you and Big Brother Yi to be together after the marriage of a lover. " This sentence was easy to come up with. Xu Ran had always relied on this advice to restrain her feelings towards Guan Yuanyi. However, she didn't expect her heart to be in such a state of uncontrollable discomfort when the words were spoken.

The two sisters chatted over the phone for a while longer before hanging up. Xu Ran was stunned for a moment as she looked at the darkened screen. Then, she placed the phone on the bedside table, turned off the light, and got ready to sleep.