Chapter 23

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”Luo Xiu?” Tang Ran’s bewildered voice pulled Luo Zhan back from his thoughts.

His eyes sobered up and the illusion faded away. In front of him was still the girl’s fair and delicate face. Her eyes were lightly closed, their slender tails half lowered and half hooked up, her eyelashes slightly fluttering.

It was undeniably a blind little girl, but why did she always remind him of those eyes from his dream?

The obsession that was once again called to mind made Luo Zhan look a little colder. He held the door on the passenger side of the car and looked to his side, “Get in.”

”….. Mm.”

Although Tang Ran couldn’t see, she was very good at distinguishing emotions from other people’s voices. And right now, she could feel immediately Luo Zhan’s sudden coldness.

Was it like what that woman just said, feeling that coming to pick her up made him lose face…..

Tang Ran bit her lip unconsciously. She slowly let go of Luo Zhan’s wrist that was giving her support, and then lowered her body.

Avoiding Luo Zhan’s hand, the little girl touched the car door by herself and sat in the passenger seat.

Luo Zhan’s sight moved down.

Seeing the suddenly lonely wrist, and the pale face of the girl who sat in the car was quietly lowered and half covered by her long wavy hair, Luo Zhan noticed something and frowned slightly.

But he still didn’t say anything.

—He had grown up unhindered and freely. His looks, ability, mind and background were all beyond the reach of others.

Therefore, there were only two things he wasn’t good at in life: one was giving in and coaxing people, the second was explaining and apologizing.

It was this situation at this moment.

Luo Zhan didn’t say anything, frowned, and put the blind cane behind the car seat.

At this time, Yang Yilan, who was standing not far from the car, suddenly remembered something and hurriedly came forward with the bag, “Xiao Ran, the jacket you brought down….”

Tang Ran, who was spaced out with her head hanging down, came to her senses. The bag containing the jacket was handed to her over the convertible’s door by Yang Yilan.

Tang Ran slowly hugged it and her lightly knitted brow also loosened-

She was the one who forgot.

Of course Luo Xiu didn’t have to be nice to her. She had never received such care from anyone her own age and had simply gotten carried away.

Thinking like this, the young girl’s fresh, and increasingly beautiful face cleared up again.

She tilted her head slightly, “Luo Xiu, this is your jacket. Thank you.”

”Hm.”

Luo Zhan paused, frowning as he took the black gift bag from the girl.

After putting the gift bag behind his seat, Luo Zhan’s voice was casual and indifferent as he straightened up, “Seatbelt.”

”Ah, okay.” Tang Ran turned sideways and carefully fumbled around beside her.

The little girl was sitting on the spacious black seat, making her figure seem even more thin and weak. When she turned sideways like this, the collarbone under her slender neck followed to outline a shallow vortex that held a light color1.

Her delicate white hands carefully felt around the side of the car, looking a bit helpless.

Luo Zhan furrowed his eyebrows for a few seconds, but he couldn’t resist in the end.

Tang Ran only heard someone lowly clicking their tongue near her ear.

Right after, the air in front of her felt shaded and condensed. The faint scent of cedar wood incense lingered in front of her.

The instant that their distance neared, Tang Ran could clearly feel the slightly burning breath brush the side of her neck.

Tang Ran was frozen in passenger seat.

”Luo….”

”Don’t move.” The leaning posture made the teenager’s voice slightly hoarse, “Helping you with your seatbelt.”

The black seat belt was hooked up by slender, strong fingers, circled around the girl, and then inserted into the safety buckle.

The first time he put on a seatbelt for someone, while still standing outside the car, Young Master Luo had a hard time leaning over with his long legs. He withdrew his hand and prepared to straighten up from above the girl.

But before he got up, sweeping over her in his peripheral vision, Luo Zhan stopped again.

To be precise, he froze.

The chassis2 of the convertible sports car he drove here was extremely low. So even the height of the seats were very close to the ground.

The thin skirt of the dress Tang Ran was wearing could barely reach her knees when standing. And so, when she sat in the low seat of the car…..

The hem of her skirt had risen higher.

The girl’s straight legs were obediently pressed together. White and delicate, with a color in between snow and jade and a gentle smoothness—every curve was just right to indicate the developing appeal and enticingness.

”Luo Xiu?” In the quiet, Tang Ran asked softly in puzzlement.

”—” Luo Zhan suddenly collected his thoughts. He got up, stiffened in place for a few seconds, and brought the gift bag he had just put behind his seat out again.

He pulled out the jacket and covered the girl’s legs.

Luo Zhan went around to the driver’s seat and sat in the car.

Tang Ran was confused for two seconds and felt the corner of the jacket on her lap, “Why did you take it out?”

Luo Zhan leaned back in the seat. His eyebrows had the usual indifference and casualness, but there was a bit of discomfort hidden under his eyes: “It’s cold on the road.”

Tang Ran shook her head: “It’s okay, I’m not…..”

Luo Zhan: “You’re cold.”

Quiet for a few seconds, the girl obediently smoothed out her clothes, “Oh.”

”……”

Luo Zhan’s pair of dark eyes were calm and collected. He twisted the car keys, release the brake and changed gears to ignition, and drove the car out.

The whole process was cold and lazy, his expression disdainful, no different from the usual look.

Except, looking through the rearview mirror of the car, a suspicious blush could be seen sweeping across the cold white and clear face.

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K University, laboratory building.

Inside the INT lab located on the 12th floor.

”That was the last time going over Luo Xiu’s information.”

Tan Yunchang closed the folder in his hand. With a serious expression, he scanned the boys sitting disorderly on the tables, chairs, and the floor in front of him—

”Did you all remember this time?”

The one sitting cross-legged on the floor gave back a very innocent expression: “Senior Tan, how can we remember the information of a stranger when we’re forced to cram it? The most critical point, what gentle and modest, polite and courteous—this doesn’t match Brother Zhan even a little bit, ah.”

Meng Xueyu was the most honest in the lab. Right now, he was sitting upright in his computer chair, but he also frowned and held his glasses: “Even if we can pretend that we’ve always known Luo Xiu, we’ll immediately break character when we see Brother Zhan. Tang Ran is so smart; what if she senses it?”

Tan Yunchang wiped his face. When he put down his hand, his expression had turned from solemn to pained.

”I understand this reasoning, but I can’t do anything. If I don’t finish this task, Luo Zhan will most definitely double my debt for the AI assistant situation. Oh, in addition to the debt for the bionic robot you guys ruined.”

Several people looked embarrassed.

Tan Yunchang: “I just defended my dissertation for my master’s degree, finally reaching the the shore after a sea of suffering, so I don’t want to die an untimely death—and neither do you guys, right?”

Before anyone had time to answer, the door of the lab was pushed open and a small boy urgently ran in like there was a fire: “Arrived, arrived, they’re downstairs!”

Tan Yunchang hurriedly threw the folder aside and waved his hands: “Quickly, quickly, comrades, take your positions! Just do as we rehearsed!”

The team members could only respond. Meng Xueyu was the last to get up, his expression a bit unsightly.

Tan Yunchang caught a glimpse of it and hastily pulled the man back: “I know you like Tang Ran, and it’s up to you on how to chase her afterwards, but by all means, don’t make a stupid mistake on this.”

Meng Xueyu held back and said reluctantly, “Brother Zhan clearly said he didn’t like Tang Ran, so why did he personally go to bring her to the lab?”

Tan Yunchang: “I told you it was just a coincidence that the two families knew each other. Luo Zhan had to do the task handed over by his grandpa.”

Meng Xueyu frowned and didn’t say anything.

Tan Yunchang said with a headache: “Forget it, forget it. Looking at your appearance, I don’t expect you to cooperate—you go out. Wait for them to leave then you can come back.”

”…. Mm.”

Meng Xueyu left with a frown.

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1 Genuinely haven’t a clue what this means. It shouldn’t be pervy though (the part two paragraphs down is a bit pervy, I doubt he really meant it that way).

2 Chassis is the frame for the car. Basically, it’s super close to the ground so her knees are propped up high.

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