CH 64.1

As soon as Song Zhi Xu got off the plane, he went to meet his business partner, although there was no deal yet, the other party warmly invited him for a meal, and since he couldn’t refuse the invitation, he went along with him. 

Just after he returned to the hotel, he video called Lin Ran, but he didn’t expect to hear Lin Ran’s cries when he got through. Song Zhi Xu’s heart was also tightened, “Baby, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?” Song Zhi Xu subconsciously moved closer to the screen in order to see Lin Ran’s face clearly, but there were no lights on Lin Ran’s side, therefore he couldn’t see Lin Ran’s face in the dark, “What’s wrong? Is the power out at home? I’ll call the property immediately.” Song Zhi Xu wanted to call the property management, but he was still on video call with Lin Ran. He also didn’t dare to hang up when Lin Ran didn’t speak. Only after Lin Ran had cried for a while, he then sniffled and shook his head.

“No, Ran Ran, Ran Ran didn’t turn on the lights.” Lin Ran had been sitting on the carpet between the coffee table and the sofa. His legs had gone numb because of sitting for so long. 

Hearing Song Zhi Xu’s words, Lin Ran struggled to stand up while taking his phone, limping along as he moved over to press and switch on the light. The villa suddenly lit up and Song Zhi Xu could see that Lin Ran was now in the living room of the villa, because he had just cried, Lin Ran’s eyes were red and watery, looking pitiful. Song Zhi Xu’s heart was aching so much but there was no way for him to immediately go to Lin Ran’s side, so he could only whisper through the screen and coax him.

Lin Ran pouted his mouth aggrievedly as he went back to the coffee table and held his phone in his hand, muttered in a small voice,

“Ran Ran can’t find Song Zhi Xu. I called, I called but no one answered, so I was just scared.”

“Baby, I was wrong, I’ve been busy since I came over, I’m the one who neglected you.” The two of them, for the first time, being so far away, Song Zhi Xu’s heart also felt not good, always feeling empty. 

Lin Ran bit his lip and looked at Song Zhi Xu seriously, after a while he noticed again that the window behind Song Zhi Xu was brilliantly sunny. Lin Ran blinked his eyes and looked outside again to see that it was already pitch black.

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Although Lin Ran had lived abroad for many years before, he couldn’t make a video call and he had never realistically sensed that when they were on the same time, yet it could be so different between two places. 

He widened his eyes in surprise.

Song Zhi Xu was relieved to see that he wasn’t as sad as he had just been, so he asked again. “I wasn’t home today, so have you eaten? What did you do?” 

Lin Ran shook his head and withdrew his line of sight again. He said in a small voice, “Ran Ran didn’t want to eat, I am waiting for Song Zhi Xu.”

“Didn’t eat? My assistant didn’t send it to you?” Before Song Zhi Xu left, he had instructed his assistant over and over again to let Lin Ran know when he was delivering the meal, just in case the assistant forgot about it. Obviously, he had received two messages on his phone about the meal delivery. 

“It had been sent, Ran Ran didn’t want to eat, since I couldn’t see Song Zhi Xu, then I didn’t want to eat.” Lin Ran took the phone and gave Song Zhi Xu take a look the food box that had not been opened on the table, after saying that, he was afraid that Song Zhi Xu would be angry, so he said in a small voice again, “What Song Zhi Xu had made, Ran Ran have eaten, all of it.”

Song Zhi Xu sighed, knowing that it was his own fault so he did not dare to get angry with Lin Ran and asked him again, “Hungry?” 

Lin Ran rubbed his stomach and nodded his head obediently, “Yes, I’m hungry.”

“If you’re hungry, why don’t you go and heat up the meal if you’re hungry?” 

Only then did Lin Ran hurriedly stand up and choose a meal that he liked better and took it to the kitchen.

After heating it up in the microwave for a few minutes, Lin Ran carefully brought it out again and placed it on the dining table, putting his phone on one side and eating in small bites under the watchful eye of Song Zhi Xu. 

After he finished eating, the two of them talked for a while. Because Lin Ran hadn’t rested at noon, so Lin Ran was already a little sleepy this earlier, yawning and trying to hold or keep going. Song Zhi Xu saw that he was already so sleepy, therefore he could only remind him. “Ran Ran, if you’re sleepy, then go to sleep ba.”

Lin Ran rubbed his eyes and shook his head. 

“Ran Ran is not sleepy, Ran Ran can still talk to Song Zhi Xu.”

Song Zhi Xu sighed: “I’ll leave the video call on and just watch you sleep.” 

Lin Ran really couldn’t hold it anymore, so he reluctantly nodded his head. Returning to his bedroom, Lin Ran laid down on the bed, put the phone aside and lay down on the bed before then he fell asleep.

Song Zhi Xu waited until he was asleep, moreover he still had some things to do, only then he hung up the phone. 

Originally, Song Zhi Xu thought he would be back in a few days after his business trip, but his business partner kept dragging his feet for more than a week, and just after the negotiations were completed, another project went wrong, so Song Zhi Xu could only continue his business trip helplessly. The assistant had to deliver meals to Lin Ran every day. From the beginning, he would see people inside the floor-to-ceiling windows every time. Furthermore, Lin Ran would occasionally talk to him, but later on, when he came to deliver the meals at noon, he found that the breakfast was still outside, and the people inside had not even come out to take it in.

The assistant told Song Zhi Xu several times, but every time Song Zhi Xu called Lin Ran, Lin Ran would just say that he hadn’t woken up yet and beside that, Lin Ran was okay when he saw Lin Ran on the video call, only then Song Zhi Xu finally be at ease. 

Mu Qingting would occasionally come to see Lin Ran. Lin Ran was nervous at first but then he gradually was able to say a few words to Mu Qingting. However, every time Lin Ran was always lazy and had a sleepy appearance.

After working the night shift at the hospital, Mu Qingting went back to Xiao Nanyu’s place and had just slept for a short time before he was awakened by a ringing phone the next day. He picked up his phone in a daze and put it to his ear without even looking at it, 

“What is it? Is there any patient?”