CH 47

When Song Zhi Xu saw Lin Ran lying on his knees and wiping the floor, he also felt some heartache, but was also helpless. 

He knew that if he went to ask Lin Ran to stop wiping at this time, Lin Ran would ignore him.

Song Zhi Xu was silent for a while, but still patiently explained it to Xiao Shilan. “Mom, Ran Ran is different from others. He can do housework and is afraid of people, probably because he was bullied when he was sent out by the Lin family, so he has developed such a habit. I want to change it for him, but I can’t change it immediately now.” Song Zhi Xu didn’t know what to say, those things in Lin Ran’s past, even if he hadn’t seen them and just guessed. Moreover, the way Lin Ran was behaving now was enough to make his heart ache. 

“Being bullied? Isn’t he the little young master of the Lin family?” Xiao Shilan was surprised.

But looking at the way Lin Ran had just quickly and neatly cleared the table, with the posture of wiping the floor was obviously a skilled action that was done often.

Song Zhi Xu was silent for a moment and then said, “The Lin family didn’t care about him and left Ran Ran alone abroad until the Lin family couple passed away, only then he was picked up by Lin Mu.”

“This…,” Xiao Shilan could not say anything for a moment. Although Song Zhi Xu was not often around her, she was also a mother, seeing Lin Ran like this, she didn’t know how much suffering he had suffered before, she felt a pang of heartache and distressed for him. 

“Poor kid.” Xiao Shilan sighed.

“Mom, now that you know about Ran Ran’s matter, he’s afraid of people, so it’s better for you not to get too close to him, it will make him nervous.” 

Song Zhi Xu had now started taking Lin Ran to psychotherapy, but there was no telling how long it would take to cure him.

Xiao Shilan was still a little concerned about Lin Ran, but hearing Song Zhi Xu said so, it seemed that she indeed should not get too close to him, she then finally nodded her head. 

Lin Ran cleaned the kitchen carefully, washed his hands before coming out. He then saw both Song Zhi Xu and Xiao Shilan standing at the kitchen door, he made a detour and walked to Song Zhi Xu’s back, pulling the clothes on his back with his hands, showing half of his head and calling out in a small voice. “Auntie.”

“Hn, Ran Ran work hard.” Xiao Shilan smiled and instead of moving closer, she took one step back. 

A smile appeared on Lin Ran’s face as he leaned his body against Song Zhi Xu’s back and shook his head.

“It’s not hard for Ran Ran.” 

In the evening, after dinner, it was time for Lin Ran to watch cartoons. Xiao Shilan rarely didn’t ask to watch a drama, sat on the single sofa and watched cartoons with Lin Ran leaning against Song Zhi Xu, watching the yellow sponge running around on the TV with its two chopstick legs and laughed out loud, ‘Ha ha ha.” He also took out the candy he had hidden for a long time and gave it to Xiao Shilan to eat, taking one for himself and pushing the rest to her, looking at the candy with pity and seriousness. “Song Zhi Xu said that Ran Ran can only eat one a day, Auntie, you eat.”

Xiao Shilan picked it up and looked at it, and wondered where Lin Ran had hidden the candy, the chocolate had melted a bit, yet Lin Ran still couldn’t bear to eat it. She picked one up, and before she could unwrap it, she was unable to make a move because of Lin Ran’s eagerly stare at her. 

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Lin Ran swallowed his saliva and somewhat struggled.

But in the end, he shook his head, turned around and buried his cheek in Song Zhi Xu’s body. 

Song Zhi Xu said he could only have one a day, he must be obedient and listen to him. He had already eaten one today so he couldn’t eat more.

Song Zhi Xu patted Lin Ran’s back lightly and explained to Xiao Shilan. “Mom, Ran Ran can’t eat more than one. He doesn’t know his own limit and he has to eat the candy until he is full, so better just let him eat less.” Since Song Zhi Xu forbade him to eat, Xiao Shilan didn’t say anything more, but just put away Lin Ran’s precious candy for him again. 

Lin Ran looked at it eagerly, so she was too embarrassed to eat it, not to mention that she did not crave these chocolates either.

Lin Ran put the candies away again before he quietly leaned on Song Zhi Xu until it was time for him to go to bed. Lin Ran yawned and started to become sleepy, only then the three of them went upstairs. 

Lin Ran did not pester Song Zhi Xu to sleep with him again. With Xiao Shilan around, Song Zhi Xu could not bring him to his room, but when he sent Lin Ran back to his room, he could not resist kissing him before letting him go to bed. The next day, Lin Ran woke up first and sneaked into Song Zhi Xu’s room in his nightgown.

He lay on top of Song Zhi Xu through the quilt and poked his chin. Song Zhi Xu opened his eyes and took his hand, his voice still tinged with sleepiness, “Why did you come over here again? Did you sleep well last night?” 

“I sleep well.” Lin Ran nodded and asked Song Zhi Xu again in a small voice, “Is Song Zhi Xu working today?”

The weekend was over, of course Song Zhi Xu had to work. There were still things for him to deal with at the company and he still had a morning meeting on Monday. 

“Yes, I’ll be up in a minute.”

“So, then can Ran Ran come along?” Lin Ran wanted to be with Song Zhi Xu. He didn’t want to be separated from him. 

Besides, there was another person at home now and although it was Song Zhi Xu’s mother, Lin Ran was afraid to spend time alone with her.

Song Zhi Xu looked at Lin Ran for a moment and finally nodded his head. 

“You can come with me, but I’m busy today, so you can play inside the lounge by yourself, is that okay?”

Lin Ran agreed to him as he nodded his head without hesitation, so happy that he gave Song Zhi Xu a big and resounding kiss on his cheek with all his might. 

Song Zhi Xu was in a good mood, he stretched out his hands from under the covers and patted Lin Ran’s bouncy bottom.

“Okay, get up then, go to your room and wash up! You still have to go downstairs for breakfast later.” 

Lin Ran’s face flushed red as he quickly climbed up and ran back to his own room in a flash.

After washing up, he thought about it and carried the backpack bag and the fish bowl downstairs again, then put the backpack bag on the sofa and the fish bowl on the dining table. He would only take Xiao Guai out today, leaving his mum, dad and Gege with Aunt, who said she knew his mum and dad. Song Zhi Xu went downstairs and went into the kitchen to make breakfast, making three portions where he put Xiao Shilan’s portion in the thermos for the time being since she was still sleeping. 

Song Zhi Xu and Lin Ran sat face to face while they ate breakfast. After eating and cleaning up the table, the two of them hadn’t left the house yet when Xiao Shilan came out of her room, wearing a house dress and yawning.

When she saw the two of them preparing to go out together, she froze and somehow confused as she asked, “You’re both leaving?”

Song Zhi Xu nodded and said directly, “I’m not comfortable with Ran Ran staying at home with you, so I’ll take him to the company. Breakfast is ready for you, you can eat it yourself. Go buy a ticket and go back after eating, otherwise Dad will really come to look for you.”

Song Zhi Xu knew that these two couples, although married for more than twenty years, always be inseparable as body and shadow, they were inseparable even for a few days. When he called yesterday, his father had already started mentioning explicitly and implicitly about letting Xiao Shilan go back.

“Don’t pay attention to him, I came to see my son, so what’s wrong with it? ” Xiao Shilan waved her hand and leaned over the railing again to look at the two people downstairs, “But you’re taking Ran Ran with you to the office, I don’t even have someone to talk to at home by myself.”

Before Song Zhi Xu could say anything, Lin Ran said first, “Aunt is not alone, Ran Ran left Mama and Papa to stay with you.”

“Your mum and dad?” Xiao Shilan was startled for a moment. Her eyes subconsciously looked around the villa. Her heart was a little scared, “Ran Ran don’t scare me, where are they?”

The Lin family couple had passed away in the car accident and now Lin Ran was saying that his mum and dad were here, wasn’t that such a scary thing?

Lin Ran reached out and pointed at the backpack bag on the sofa.

Xiao Shilan’s body trembled with fear, clearly there was nothing on the sofa.

“Zhi Xu, I, I’ll go with you to the office too. I won’t be home by myself.” Xiao Shilan swallowed her saliva, “You guys wait, I’ll go change my clothes and put on some make-up. I’ll be right back soon.”

Song Zhi Xu didn’t know how to explain for a while, but he could only wait downstairs.

Lin Ran blinked his eyes and looked at Song Zhi Xu in confusion. “Is something wrong with Auntie?”

Song Zhi Xu showed a helpless smile, “Scared by you.”

“Ran Ran didn’t.” He hadn’t even come close, so how could he scare her?

Xiao Shilan said to them to wait for her for a while, but Song Zhi Xu was already more than an hour late to the office, just like that. Moreover, Xiao Shilan did not have her breakfast at home since she ate it in the car.

When he arrived at the office, his staff was already waiting for him to start the morning meeting. Song Zhi Xu called a female secretary, gave his card to Xiao Shilan, and asked the secretary to accompany Xiao Shilan to take the driver out for shopping. Then he sent Lin Ran to the lounge again, took the tablet and found cartoons for him to watch. He also bought Xiao Guai there. He instructed that no one was allowed to enter his office, only that Song Zhi Xu hurried off to his meeting.

After Song Zhi Xu left, Lin Ran stayed in the office alone for several hours until noon. His stomach was already hungry and Song Zhi Xu still had not returned yet.

Lin Ran hesitated for a moment, bit his lip and took Xiao Guai in his hand, wanting to go out to find him.

Song Zhi Xu had left him here for a long time and hadn’t come back. But there were many people outside and Lin Ran was a little scared, so he walked slowly along the wall.

He didn’t know how long he had been walking when he suddenly heard two people’s female voices talking, one of them said,

“Have you heard of it? Mr. Song brought a woman to the company today and let Secretary Zhu accompany her out, before going out he even gave her a card and said ‘feel free to swipe it’.”

“A woman?” Another voice was full of surprise, “Is it a fiancee? Mr. Song has never had a woman around him all these years. No wonder, previously he was off every weekend for a while and didn’t come to work. I asked Assistant Zhou about it, but he acted mysteriously and didn’t say anything.”

“Who knows? It is said that he looks older than Mr. Song, if she is really his fiancée,I really don’t know that Mr. Song turns out to have such a taste.” The two women burst out laughing.

As Lin Ran listened, he knew that the ‘Mr. Song’ they were referring to was Song Zhi Xu, because that was also what the person had said when he picked him up from the villa that day. Lin Ran stood at the door for a while, but gathered the courage to walk out and asked in a small voice,

“What’s a fiancée?”

The two were dumbfounded, not expecting anyone else to eavesdrop, glanced at him and said casually.

“You don’t even know what a fiance is? The person you will get married with, it’s the person who you live with for the rest of your life.”