CH 14

Song Zhi Xu had promised Lin Ran that he would go with him to buy candy, so naturally he wouldn’t go back on his promise. 

He drove his car and took Lin Ran to the supermarket with him and gave his access card to Mu Qingting so that he could take a taxi back to his home first.

Lin Ran followed Song Zhi Xu all the way to the car and sat on the front passenger side, buckling his seatbelt and quietly looking at the back of his hand. 

Mu Qingting’s skill in giving the injection was very good. The back of his hand was neither bruised nor swollen, only a very small needle hole remained on the back of Lin Ran’s hand, but he was still a little scared to see it. He could even imagine the feeling of the needle piercing his skin and the feeling of the slightly cold liquid flowing into his veins.

Song Zhi Xu drove the car, tilted his head as he saw Lin Ran staring blankly at the back of his hand so he lowered his eyes and asked him.

“Is it still hurt?”

Lin Ran heard this and immediately raised his head, then shook his head. 

“It doesn’t hurt, it’s just…a little scary.”

“Hn, if you don’t want to get the injection in the future, you must take care of your health and don’t easily get sick.” Song Zhi Xu said gently. 

Lin Ran nodded obediently, but in his heart he was thinking that it actually didn’t matter if he was sick, he just needed to endure it, then he would be alright. He never needed to get an injection before, even the nanny aunt said that he had to work more so his body would get better and didn’t get sick.

Song Zhi Xu did not speak again and drove seriously. Lin Ran had already slept when he was in the hospital so now he was feeling refreshed, leaning on the car window and kept looking outside. 

The only reason he was afraid of people before was because he had been locked up and hadn’t come into contact with anyone, but in the past few days he had followed Song Zhi Xu around, met many people and was not as timid as he used to be.

What was more, through a layer of glass, there was only Song Zhi Xu beside him, so Lin Ran was not afraid. 

Song Zhi Xu took Lin Ran to the supermarket. Not long after entering the entrance, he saw the shelves of sweets and candies, with rows and rows of it hanging on them, all kinds of it.

It was also the first time Song Zhi Xu came to the supermarket to buy candy since he himself didn’t eat candy, so he didn’t know what to buy so he simply pushed Lin Ran forward. 

“Go and find it yourself! See what you want and get it yourself.”

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Lin Ran searched the shelves for a while before finding the same candies he had eaten this morning.

He took a packet and turned back to look at Song Zhi Xu. Only when he saw him standing not far away did he put his mind at ease and waited for a while with the candy as he stood still. 

But Song Zhi Xu was still talking on the phone, so he waited for him for a while. However Song Zhi Xu still didn’t come, so Lin Ran took the candy while he looked at the others.

He saw a child take the candy next to him and then quickly ran to the counter table to queue up, so Lin Ran thought about it as he followed him and got in line behind him. 

When it was his turn, he followed the example of the children in front of him and put the candy in his hand on the counter. The cashier behind the counter took the candy, scanned it and said, “Seven cents and a half.”

Lin Ran blinked his eyes as he didn’t quite understand, the cashier saw that he didn’t take out his money to pay so he thought that Lin Ran didn’t hear him clearly so he raised his voice and repeated it again. 

“Seven and fifty cents.”

Lin Ran touched his pocket and shook his head gently, “Ran Ran doesn’t have any money.” 

The cashier was stunned, then added, “It’s okay if you don’t bring any cash, you can also pay with your mobile phone.”

Lin Ran shook his head again and said in a low voice, “No mobile phone.” 

The man who lined up behind Lin Ran was a short tempered and impatient one. He pushed him away by putting forth his strength and said with some annoyance, “You have nothing at all, then what are you doing in the supermarket? Step aside, don’t delay my time!”

Lin Ran was pulled by him and stumbled, holding on to the shelf behind him so he could stand still. He saw that the man was somewhat angry and himself also knew that he was in the way, so he said in a small voice, “I’m sorry.” Thus he told him again, “Ran Ran has Song Zhi Xu.” 

It wasn’t that he had nothing, he had Song Zhi Xu, who had brought him to the supermarket.

Lin Ran paused for a moment, he then walked over to get his candy back before he went to look for Song Zhi Xu. 

But that man saw him approaching and he thought Lin Ran was going to line up again so he pushed him away without thinking.

This time he didn’t hold on to the shelf, Lin Ran fell to the ground with his back hitting the shelf and all the sweets, candies and small boxes on top of it fell with a crash, onto his head and onto his body. 

His forehead was red from the bump.

Song Zhi Xu had just finished his phone call, the moment he turned around, however he didn’t see Lin Ran. He was going to look for him when he saw a lot of people gathered around the cashier. 

Without even thinking about it Song Zhixu immediately walked over to him, he was so tall that before he could even get close, he saw Lin Ran in the centre of the crowd through a gap in the heads.

Lin Ran was squatting on the ground, picking up the sweets that had fallen one by one. 

His forehead was red, his eyes were also a little red, his mouth was still saying, ‘I’m sorry.’ as he squatted on the floor and carefully picked up the things that had fallen.

The group of people around him were all watching but none of them came forward to help him. 

Song Zhi Xu pushed through the crowd and walked over to him, pulled Lin Ran up from the floor, looked around with a gloomy face and asked Lin Ran.

“What’s going on?” 

There was a customer around who had been watching from the beginning, thus as soon as Song Zhi Xu asked, an aunt pointed to the man who was paying at the cashier’s desk, “He pushed him. I saw it.”

Lin Ran was skinny and small, that man dared to push him but when Song Zhi Xu stood up, he was half a head taller than that man. Looking at Song Zhi Xu’s face was so gloomy and imposing, the man was a bit scared. 

After paying, the man stiffened his neck and said,”He doesn’t have any money or a mobile phone. Moreover, he’s wasting time in the queue. I just gave him a gentle push… who knew he couldn’t stand still.”

Song Zhi Xu took a step forward but he was pulled back by Lin Ran. 

Lin Ran shook his head at Song Zhi Xu, “It’s Ran Ran’s fault, it’s Ran Ran who bumped into it.”

The man who pushed him left quickly, carrying his things. 

Song Zhi Xu gave Lin Ran a look and finally found a shopping cart to pick up all the things that had fallen on the ground and got back in line, adding the candy Lin Ran had taken and paying for it all together.

Originally, Lin Ran only bought one packet of candy but when the two of them left the supermarket, Lin Ran took a bag of candy for himself and Song Zhi Xu carried a big bag in his hand. 

All the way to the car, Song Zhi Xu did not say anything. Lin Ran peeked at him several times before he gathered his courage and asked him in a whisper,”Song Zhi Xu, are you angry?”

Song Zhi Xu said, “No.” 

Song Zhi Xu really wasn’t angry, he just felt that the image of Lin Ran squatting on the floor picking up things while a group of people surrounded him as they watched the fun was indescribably a bit unsightly (offend to his eyes).

But he couldn’t say anything since they were basically just a group of strangers. 

Hearing that Song Zhi Xu was not angry, Lin Ran was relieved. He opened his own packet of candy, took one and opened it first before he fed it to Song Zhi Xu.

This time, Song Zhi Xu did not reject it, opened his mouth and bit it. 

The sweet milk flavour spread in his mouth.

Lin Ran also ate one and his eyes shone brightly as he put the rest away. 

When he returned home, Mu Qingting was sitting on the sofa drinking milk and watching TV. When he heard both of them coming back, he glanced sideways and was a little surprised to see Song Zhi Xu carrying a big bag.

“What kind of candy did you buy, so much of it?” 

Song Zhi Xu casually threw the bag to his side.

Mu Qingting was drinking his milk as he curiously pulled open the bag, took a peek at what was inside, a mouthful of milk spurt out of his mouth and choked him as he coughed violently.