Chapter 11

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“Luo…. Xiu?” She had a blank look for a few seconds, obviously not reacting to what the name meant.

The atmosphere was quiet for a few moments before Tang Ran finally slowly came back to her senses and carefully asked, “You’re Luo Zhan’s brother?”

Luo Zhan: “Mm.”

Tang Ran pursed her lips uneasily, wondering if she had said the wrong thing-

Even though she had little contact with the outside world and was closed off, she would often hear Yang Yilan talk about how their Tang family was currying favor and trying to climb onto the high branches of this Luo family.

What left the deepest impression on her was that the Luo family also had two sons. The youngest son, Luo Zhan, was a typical prideful son of an influential family and had plenty of people chasing him, needless to say; the eldest son, Luo Xiu, was borne from the former matriarch of the Luo family who had passed away. His situation in the family seemed no better than hers, the illegitimate daughter of the Tang family.

Yang Yilan also lamented, “The youngest master of the Luo family has a cold personality, the kind of master where no one and no thing can enter his eyes. Since the brothers are at odds, I’m afraid that the eldest young master is living a miserable life in the Luo family.”

Because of her own experience, when Tang Ran first heard Yang Yilan mention it, she felt some empathy for the eldest young master of the Luo family who was rumored to have had a miserable life.

Thinking that she had just taken the liberty of misidentifying him as his “sworn-rival” brother, Tang Ran squeezed her fingers awkwardly.

“I’m sorry, I just.. carelessly guessed.”

”……”

The girl’s distressed emotions were clear from her words. Luo Zhan’s mind was at the top of its class, and his thoughts turned, trying to guess Tang Ran’s train of thought at this time.

The corners of his mouth silently ticked down and his smile lazily fell. When he spoke again, the teenager’s voice still sounded light and cold, “You’ve heard of me?”

Tang Ran hesitated, “Mm.”

“Heard from who, your sister?”

Tang Ran shook her head, “Granny at home mentioned it.”

“What did she mention?”

“……”

Tang Ran nestled on the sofa as she stayed silent. Luo Zhan simply sat on the carpet by her feet. He leaned back against the cloud jade1 coffee table, propped up one knee and rested his arm on his knee.

Then Luo Zhan lazily tilted his head and his eyes lifted up to fall on the girl.

The little girl’s expression looked a bit torn. Obviously it was something that was not fit to be said in front of “Luo Xiu’s” face, but lying wasn’t something she was used to doing.

After looking at her for a few seconds, Luo Zhan dropped his eyes and silently hooked the corners of his mouth, “Forget it if it’s not convenient to say.”

“Okay.” The girl really agreed.

Luo Zhan: “How come you didn’t go to the main building with your older sister just now?”

Tang Ran was silent for a few seconds and spoke honestly: “This is also not convenient to say.”

Luo Zhan’s eyes shifted, “Your relationship with your sister isn’t very good, either?” Intentionally or unintentionally, the word “either” was bit out by Luo Zhan somewhat deeply.

Tang Ran was hesitant, and heard the other person say, “My relationship with my brother isn’t good, you should’ve heard someone mention it.”

Tang Ran was silent for a few seconds, sympathizing with the voice that sounded a bit despondent: “Luo Zhan, he, does he bully you?”

“……”

Luo Zhan lightly narrowed his eyes.

A few seconds later, he lazily uttered an ‘en’ sound: “He’s been bullying me since I was little. Everyone in the family favors him. After he grew up, he had the old master cut off my financial resources and kicked me out of the house.”

Tang Ran listened, stunned for a few seconds before reacting, “Then, then Grandpa Luo just agreed?”

“The old master is the most partial, of course he agreed.”

Tang Ran slowly lowered her head, her expression a bit sad, “Sure enough, it’s like that.”

Luo Zhan kept looking at her, “Sure enough what?”

“Nothing, it’s just that my grandmother is also…. somewhat biased towards my older sister.” Tang Ran lowered her voice, “That’s why my sister is engaged to Luo Zhan, not to you.”

At the mention of this, Luo Zhan instinctively frowned, “Not engaged yet, and won’t be, either.”

“……”

She heard some coldness from that person’s voice. Tang Ran pondered for a few seconds, suddenly understanding something, “You like my older sister?”

Luo Zhan: “……”

Luo Zhan’s face was expressionless, his voice cold and bored: “You think too much.”

“Oh,” Tang Ran blushed a little, “I’m sorry.”

Luo Zhan was silent for two seconds, “Luo Zhan doesn’t like your sister either, so he won’t get engaged to her.”

“……?”

The topic switched abruptly, making Tang Ran somewhat confused. She, with her eyes closed, turned in the teenager’s direction but, out of politeness, Tang Ran still tried to take responsibility for the other party’s words, “Everyone says that my older sister is pretty.”

Luo Zhan lightly scoffed, “If we’re really considering prettiness, then wouldn’t Luo Zhan have married you.”

Tang Ran was dumbfounded.

Luo Zhan also reacted to what he said. Subconsciously frowning, he then averted his gaze, “But he only likes beautiful eyes, so he won’t like you.”

“……”

1 云絮纹理: Genuinely have no idea what this is. I’m assuming it means a cloudy jade design?

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