CH 44

After hanging up the phone, Lin Ran found his own clothes and changed it, then put on his backpack bag, sat obediently on the sofa and waited. He sat there for half an hour before he received another call from Song Zhi Xu, “Ran Ran, my assistant has arrived, go to the front gate and get in the car. Don’t be afraid, he will bring you to me.” 

“Okay, Ran Ran not afraid.” Lin Ran promised, but still clenched his hand a little nervously, after thinking about it he ran upstairs again after a while before coming down, went out by himself and slowly walked towards the courtyard entrance.

Just as he reached the entrance, he immediately saw the car parked outside the door, with a smiling man standing by the car, the man waved at him, Lin Ran’s body trembled in fear and stopped his step. 

He had seen this person before, previously he had come to bring him food every day, Lin Ran had peeked at him through the glass of the floor to ceiling windows, but the other party was still considered as a stranger to him.

“Er hello, you’re our boss’s friend’s little brother, right? I’ve come here before to send you food, do you still remember me?” The assistant took the initiative to greet him, but seeing Lin Ran looking at him timidly, not daring to move forward, he was a little at loss for a moment.

But after all, he was still Song Zhi Xu’s assistant, he reacted extremely quickly, took a few steps back and raised his hand to show him the breakfast he was carrying in his hand.

“Mr. Song asked me to bring you breakfast, I’ll put it in the back seat, you can go up by yourself and eat it on the way, okay?” 

Lin Ran looked at him for a while and nodded gently.

The assistant let out a sigh of relief, opened the back seat door and put the breakfast in the back seat. 

He got in the car before then opened the partition to separate the front seat from the back seat. After doing this, he took a few steps backwards, only then Lin Ran slowly got into the car and sat down. The assistant got into the front seat again and drove to the office. He had only seen the person inside from the floor-to-ceiling windows before yet he had never seen the whole body. He thought he was very young and that was why he was so afraid of people. But now it seemed that although he was not too old, he must be at least in high school. How could he be so scared of strangers? Was it possible that all the children of rich families were locked up at home every day and didn’t see anyone?

The assistant thought as he drove to the office, sighing and shaking his head. As expected, he couldn’t understand the rich people’s world. 

Lin Ran wore a pair of loose sweatpants underneath and in order to wrap himself up tightly, he wore a jacket with big pockets on top, with a t-shirt underneath.

Although the car was air-conditioned, he was still a little hot in the back seat. It didn’t take a long time for the beads of sweat seeping out of his forehead. He took the bag off from his back, put it in his arms before opening it and looked at the photo inside to reassure himself a little. Although it was now a confined space, he knew that there was someone in front of him just a short distance away still gave him some unease. After sitting stiffly in the car for over half an hour, the car stopped in the car park and the assistant got out first, only after a while did Lin Ran open the door to the back seat and get down with his backpack bag on his back again, as well as the uneaten breakfast in his hand. 

“Little young master, Mr. Song is upstairs. Let’s take the lift together, soon you’ll be able to meet him.” The assistant explained to him.

The underground parking lot was a little dark and there were not many people around. Lin Ran put his hands in his pockets, gripping it uneasily for a long time before nodding his head. The assistant breathed a sigh of relief and guided him into the company president’s special lift which went straight to the top of the building. 

On the lift, he stole a glance, the child’s face was a little white (pale), his body pressed against the lift wall, standing furthest away from him yet his body still trembling a little.

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The assistant was surprised to see Song Zhi Xu, lift his body slightly and naturally receive the person in his arms, but still quickly closed the door. He reminded the secretary outside in a low voice,

“The boss has a guest, if there’s nothing really important, don’t go over to disturb him, if it’s really urgent, just knock on the door, wait a while before entering.” 

“A guest? Assistant Zhou, who is the person who just went in?” A secretary gossiped and came over.

The assistant glanced at her: “Don’t pry into the boss’s business, if you don’t work then do you want to work overtime in the night? 

The secretary shrugged and left.

In the office, Lin Ran shrank into Song Zhi Xu’s embrace for a long time before he relaxed and rubbed his cheek against the side of his neck several times. It was only after a long time that he whispered, 

“Song Zhi Xu, Ran Ran was scared on the road.”

Song Zhi Xu dropped a light kiss on his forehead and hugged him tightly. “I know, you must be really scared.” 

But he really couldn’t spare the time which was why he had to ask his assistant to pick up Lin Ran.

Lin Ran said in a low voice again, “Luckily, Ran Ran brought Papa, Mama, Gege and Xiao Guai with me. Ran Ran had them accompany Ran Ran.” 

Song Zhi Xu was stunned. He also knew that photo since Lin Ran had brought that bag with him, but who was this new ‘little obedient’ (Xiao Guai)?

“Ran Ran, who is Xiao Guai?” Song Zhi Xu asked. When Lin Ran had just come in, there was nothing else beside his backpack bag? 

“It’s in Ran Ran’s pocket.” Lin Ran came to life and lifted himself up to take something out of his pocket and show it to Song Zhi Xu. When Song Zhi Xu saw the turtle with all its limbs in its shell, he didn’t know what expression to put on his face for a moment. Lin Ran had actually brought the turtle in his pocket.

“The little turtle, Ran Ran, calls it Xiao Guai, a name Ran Ran came up with this morning. ” Lin Ran happily showed it to Song Zhi Xu, then nervously tried to get up again to find water. 

Xiao Guai liked to be in water.

Song Zhi Xu had no choice but to find him a container, before then fill it with some water, and let him put the turtle in it. 

No wonder Lin Ran wore a coat, since he had to hide something in his pocket. After he was done, Song Zhi Xu saw the breakfast that Lin Ran had brought in. It was already cold, so he warmed it up in the microwave and let him eat. Lin Ran sat in Song Zhi Xu’s arms, taking small bites of the meat stuffing steamed buns and congee that the assistant had bought for him.

Song Zhi Xu was indeed a little busy, stretching his arms, crossing Lin Ran’s body and tapping on top of the computer’s keyboard. 

Suddenly Lin Ran remembered and wanted to feed him a bite, Song Zhi Xu didn’t mind, taking a bite from where Lin Ran had bitten and letting him eat again. When he finished eating, Lin Ran leaned back into Song Zhi Xu’s arms again and obediently watched him as he went busy with his work.

It was only after the assistant came knocking on the door at noon that Lin Ran left Song Zhi Xu’s embrace with some nervousness and hid behind him. After the assistant walked in, he ignored Lin Ran inside and asked, “Boss, it’s almost noon, do I still need to order the food?” 

Today is an overtime day. Pretty much, they would be done by noon. They did not need to be in the company, therefore many people in the company were staying up for a while and only went to eat after work. However, he still needed to come and ask Song Zhi Xu. Song Zhi Xu thought about it before he said, “Order it, according to Ran Ran’s nutrition menu.”

“Okay.” The assistant agreed and left. 

There were two people left in the office, only then Lin Ran relaxed and asked Song Zhi Xu in a small voice,

“Song Zhi Xu, when are we going home?” 

“We will be back in the afternoon, when I’m done with it.” Song Zhi Xu originally wanted to say that he only needed some time but Lin Ran was sitting on his lap.

Therefore it wasn’t easy for him to concentrate and his work efficiency was not as it should be. He probably had to stay at the office for a little longer. 

“Fine, Ran Ran is with Song Zhi Xu.” Lin Ran just needed to be by Song Zhi Xu’s side, so he agreed without hesitation. He didn’t clung to Song Zhi Xu again, but he was a bit curious as he wandered around Song Zhi Xu’s office and after seeing nothing interesting, he sat by the floor-to-ceiling window with Xiao Guai in his arms.

The sun was shining nicely outside, warming the body and while being in high places, Lin Ran was not afraid to look at the cars and people coming and going downstairs. As Song Zhi Xu worked, he occasionally glanced sideways at Lin Ran, with this, his mood unconsciously improved by a few points. 

Even if it was overtime, with Lin Ran around, even if neither of them spoke, Song Zhi Xu would not feel dull.

When lunch was brought over, the assistant stood in the office for a while longer and said, 

“Boss, when the company’s working hours are over, can I get off from work?”

“Fine, go home if it’s done.” Song Zhi Xu nodded in agreement. Seeing Lin Ran’s nervous and defensive look again, the assistant didn’t dare to say more and hurriedly exited again after he finished talking. 

Song Zhi Xu stood up, took his lunch to the coffee table and sat by the sofa as he called Lin Ran who was at the window.

“Ran Ran,come and eat your lunch.” 

“Okay.” Lin Ran agreed, carefully putting down Xiao Guai in his arms and walking over to Song Zhi Xu.

Although he had gotten up late, he had also fed Song Zhi Xu a lot of his breakfast, so he didn’t eat too much and was already hungry by noon. Song Zhi Xu took wet wipes and wiped Lin Ran’s hands carefully before opening the meal box for him to eat. 

The two of them sat together, ate their lunch and sat on the sofa for a while, before Lin Ran became a little sleepy and started to yawn.

He had the habit of taking a nap at noon and since he had spent a lot of energy all morning being mentally tense, he was a little sleepy. Song Zhi Xu took him by the hand and got up to take him to his lounge, tidied up the quilt and let him lie down. 

“Ran Ran, you take a nap.”

“Ran Ran wants to sleep together with Song Zhi Xu.” Lin Ran clung to Song Zhi Xu and wouldn’t let go. 

“I still have a bit of work to finish. You sleep first, when I’m done I’ll come in and keep you company. I guarantee you that when you wake up, I’ll be around, okay?” Song Zhi Xu talked to him in a low voice.

Lin Ran also knew that he couldn’t disturb Song Zhi Xu’s work, so he bit his lips and nodded gently, lying down on the bed obediently. He was indeed a little sleepy so it didn’t take a long time for him to fall asleep. Song Zhi Xu went back to his position and finished his work quickly in half an hour. 

He was just about to go to the lounge when his mobile phone rang. He looked at the name bouncing on the screen, he frowned slightly, but still picked it up and put it to his ear. A soft female voice soon came from inside and said, “Zhi Xu, I’m at the door of your villa. When are you coming back? ”