strictlysupreme Chapter 293 Poor Xiao Mingxuan
Chapter 293 Poor Xiao Mingxuan
The Lan family is a scholarly family, and their children have been well-educated since childhood. They have never lacked various musical instruments and books. After receiving the news, they transferred these things as soon as possible. In their usual correspondence with Lan Chaolin, he mentioned Ruan Ruan's name more than once. Originally, they thought of waiting for an opportunity and finding time to meet this cousin.
However, no one expected that they would talk in this way.
The child's disappearance was not a coincidence. The child's mother, the daughter-in-law of the eldest grandson of the Lan family, was a distant cousin of the Cui family in Beijing. The reason she was able to marry into the Lan family was not only because she and the eldest grandson of the Lan family, Lan Chaoyang, were college classmates, but also because of her relationship with the Cui family, which was a marriage between aristocratic families.
But she didn't expect that she was originally the lobbyist placed by the Cui family in the Lan family. She was arranged by the Cui family to be a lobbyist before the Digital Gang disappeared. But she didn't expect that from her words, the Lan family heard that something was going to happen, so they dealt with them on the surface and quietly transferred all their assets. When the Cui family came to their senses, the Lan family had disappeared. Originally, they didn't plan to take her with them, but she was pregnant at that time, and the Lan family's children couldn't be left outside, so they had no choice but to take her with them.
However, before they knew that the entire Cui family was convicted, she was under surveillance. After they learned that the Cui family had disappeared, they thought that the Lan family would be her support in the future, so they did not watch her so strictly. However, they still made a mistake. They didn't know when she got in touch with the enemy spies. When the family went to the street to buy New Year's goods, she took the child to a crowded place and deliberately squeezed into the crowd. Afterwards, the child was taken away.
During the months of searching for the child, they simply locked her up. Now that the child has been found and Lan Chaolin is watching over her, they feel relieved. They also have time to deal with this traitor.
However, before dealing with her, the Lan family still called Ruanruan to express their gratitude. He learned from Lan Chaolin and Commander Gu that Ruanruan's school needed musical instruments. They had these things, but they were now in the countryside and could not be used. They were just sitting there anyway. If Ruanruan needed them, they could give them to her as a thank you gift for saving their child's life.
After talking to her cousin from the Lan family, Ruan Ruan still couldn't believe it. She looked at her uncle and asked, "Uncle, do you think I should go see the child?"
When she went to the charity organization with Huo Haocheng before, she seemed to see a few children playing in the yard. However, Huo Haocheng was afraid that they would accidentally bump into her, so he held her tightly in his arms. His attitude of "keep away from strangers" scared the children away from them, and she didn't see clearly.
Now that I know about the existence of that child, and the Lan family has given me so many musical instruments, all of these cost money. The piano alone, even if it is second-hand, costs tens of thousands, not to mention the other musical instruments. If I don't go to see her, I'll feel like holding these things is too hot.
"You are in this condition now. Even if you don't go, your uncle and the others won't say anything." Commander Gu understood her thoughts, but seeing that she was pregnant and Huo Haocheng was not around, he would never let her run around.
"If you really feel bad, just give your uncle Kun or Lan Chaolin a call. They know your current situation and won't blame you."
After hearing what her uncle said, she looked down at her stomach, thought about it, and felt that he was right. In her current condition, she might fall asleep as soon as she got in the car. It would be better not to cause trouble for others. She obediently picked up the phone again and called Lan Chaolin.
The call was connected quickly, but just as Ruanruan was about to say something, she heard a child crying.
Here, in the government building, in Lan Chaolin's office, a child who looked about six or seven years old was crying loudly in front of Lan Chaolin. At his feet was a broken cup. From the situation at the scene, it could be seen that he was drinking water just now, and he probably didn't hold the cup firmly, so it fell to the ground and broke. Half of the water in the cup also spilled on his pants, and half of it from the thigh to the base was wet.
Seeing the child crying, Lan Chaolin immediately put the receiver aside, went forward to check on the child, and when he saw that he was fine, he held him in his arms and picked up the receiver again.
"Hello, hello, who is this? Sorry, there was an emergency."
Lan Chaolin's voice was heard, along with the sound of a child sobbing.
"Brother Chaolin, it's me"
When he heard that the call was from Ruanruan, Lan Chaolin also thought of what happened in the charity organization last night. He couldn't believe that his little nephew who was thousands of miles away would appear in front of him. After learning about the situation from Uncle Kun and others, he called home as soon as possible. If they hadn't stopped him at that time, they would have called Ruanruan that night.
Ruanruan's call came just now. I guess her family was holding back and called her not long ago.
"You're calling me now because my uncle called you!"
"Hmm..." Before she called, she had thought of a lot of things to say, but now, she didn't know what to say. If she said that she could pay for the musical instruments, it would be like she looked down on the Lan family, saying that she didn't deserve the reward without any merit, and that Huo Haocheng was just doing what he should do as a soldier, which would make her seem pretentious. So, now she didn't know what to say.
Lan Chaolin sensed her discomfort from her tone, and said to Ruanruan on the other end of the phone, "Don't feel burdened. Those things are just sitting there anyway. You know, we can't use them in this situation. Giving them to you so that they can play their greatest value is the most important thing."
Lan Chaolin held the receiver in one hand and chatted with Ruanruan, and with the other hand, he held the child. Maybe he was interested in the voice on the phone, he stopped crying and tried to reach out to grab the receiver next to Lan Chaolin's ear, and made babbling sounds from time to time.
The child could speak before, and he was literate since he was a child in the Lan family. However, he must have been traumatized after being caught, and he was so frightened that he lost his voice.
Although his voice was relatively low, Ruan Ruan still heard it and asked Lan Chaolin, "Is the child next to you now your nephew?"
"Hmm..." Looking at the child in his arms who was about to twist himself into a rope, Lan Chaolin felt both funny and distressed. This child used to be so well-behaved.
"Ruanruan, you..." He originally wanted to ask if she could come to see the child, but then he thought of her current situation and decided to forget it and talk about it later.
"Brother Chao Lin, if you have time, please send the child to me. My grandmother and mother are here and can help take care of the child. I have a few children here too. Letting them play together will help the child's recovery. You are usually busy and can't always bring him with you. It's so inconvenient!"
Ruanruan thought, since they didn't want the money, then she would just help take care of the child for the time being, and then express her gratitude to the Lan family when they came over later.
In response to Ruanruan's suggestion, Lan Chaolin looked at the little person in his arms and thought about it. He was indeed busy at work. It was okay when he was in the office, but if he was not there, who could help take care of the child?
"Okay, I'll send him over at the weekend, and then I'll have to trouble grandma and auntie."
After finishing her phone call with Lan Chaolin, Ruanruan felt a little relieved. She has always believed in not taking other people's things for free. If she did, she must give something of equal value in return.