Chapter 16: A New Home
12-year-old Qi Ran hated this home deeply when he went home with Cheng Wenxin for the first time, yes, he hated it, he hated it deeply.
Because that day, she met for the first time the person who would later turn her life upside down.
The man who called her a little beggar the first time, the boy who objected to him becoming part of their family in the first place.
The boy was only five years older than her.
"Xiao Ran, come on, this will be your home from now on. This is my son's name is Gu Jingchen, and he will be your brother in the future. β
Qi Ran glanced at the boy in front of him who was a head taller than himself and didn't speak, and the gentle Cheng Wenxin didn't care, it was the first time a child had met, and he was not familiar with it.
However, what Cheng Wenxin didn't know was that this was not the first time the two of them had met.
Not so long ago, at the Sunshien training camp, they had already met each other.
Cheng Wenxin led Qi Ran, who had been silent, into the house, Qi Ran seemed to be very well-behaved, but his eyes had already secretly looked at the layout of the house clearly.
Cheng Wenxin is a well-known philanthropist, educator, and honorary chairman of the Gu Group. Inherited her late husband's Wanguan family property. But her other identity is even more moving, because she has a son who is even more famous than her - Gu Chen
At the age of 12, Gu Jingchen used the pen name Gu Chen to paint a painting called "Silence", and became famous and became the youngest genius painter of the China Art Association.
Gu Jingchen's talent in painting has amazed countless people.
This year's Gu Jingchen is only 17 years old, but he is already well-known all over the world.
"Xiao Ran, this is the room that Wenxin's mother prepared for you, do you like it?"
Gu Jingchen watched Cheng Wenxin open the door opposite his room, his face sank, he didn't know that Cheng Wenxin gave the room opposite him to this little beggar behind his back. And it is carefully prepared, it seems that Cheng Wenxin is really going to raise a daughter this time.
Qi Ran looked at the room displayed in front of him, and his heart was indescribably happy, but in just a few seconds, he returned to coldness in Gu Jingchen's unfriendly eyes.
The room is mainly pink, warmly furnished, very loving, Cheng Wenxin led Qi Ran into the room with high spirits, and introduced the layout of the room one by one.
"This is the dresser, this is your wardrobe, I added a few sets of clothes to you with my own mind, I don't know what you like, when you move in, Wenxin's mother will take you to buy." On the balcony, I put a few pots of perfume lilies. There is your textbook on the desk, you have time to review it first, and if you don't understand, ask your brotherβ’β’β’β’β’β’" Cheng Wenxin was extremely patient throughout the whole process, and she tried her best to make Qi Ran like this new home I hope she can accept her new identity.
After a brief introduction, Cheng Wenxin happily took Qi Ran to visit the layout of the home. It wasn't over until dinner time.
Qi Ran looked at the dinner carefully prepared by Cheng Wenxin in front of him, and his heart warmed.
From the moment she entered this luxurious and unfamiliar environment, she had been terrified, and it was only now, for the first time, that she truly felt the taste of home.
Gu Jingchen sat opposite Qi Ran, and before Cheng Wenxin could speak, he had already moved his chopsticks first.
Cheng Wenxin smiled and hurriedly served Qi Ran vegetables to resolve this embarrassment, you must know that in the Gu family, Gu Jingchen is by no means an uncultivated child, but today his resistance to Qi Ran can be seen with a clear eye.
Qi Ran knew that Gu Jingchen didn't like her, so she was silent during a meal, and sometimes Cheng Wenxin answered simply when she asked, she just wanted to reduce her sense of existence in this 'home'.
At night, Qi Ran lay on the soft big bed without sleep, and inexplicably became a member of this family, which Qi Ran had to be unexpected. In her opinion, this home is like a fairy tale out of reach, and she is the Cinderella, always feeling that it will all disappear sooner or later.
The palm of his hand gently stroked the brand-new sheets, the soft touch, softened the heart that had been lonely for the past few years, and the fear in the heart was constantly spreading.
And in another room of this home, Cheng Wenxin was doing Gu Jingchen's ideological work.
"What our family has is money Anyway, I don't have an opinion on how many people you help outside, how you want to be your mother, but if you raise a stranger into your home without my consent, do you still have my son in your eyes?"
Cheng Wenxin thought of Gu Jingchen's opposition from the moment he made this decision. However, she still took Qi Ran home.
"Xiao Ran is a child with a great talent for drawing, and I don't want her to be buried. Moreover, What's so bad about multiple sisters? Can you take care of each other in the future? β
Gu Jingchen leaned back on the sofa and pondered for a while. The moment I opened my eyes, it was as if I had made some kind of decision, and those eyes had a depth that did not belong to this age.
"In the future, I will live in the studio until she leaves, otherwise, I will not set foot in this house."
After saying that, the man had already slammed the door and went out.
It didn't take long to hear the sound of a car starting its engine in the garden. The corner of the upstairs curtain was lifted, and a pair of smart eyes watched the car disappear into the night......
However, Cheng Wenxin did not lose sleep this night because of Gu Jingchen's dispute with her, but was particularly happy because of Qi Ran's arrival.
She believes that time will change everything. There's nothing wrong with the person she fancies.
On the second day after Qi Ran entered the Gu family, he got the first task. It's to go to apartment seven and deliver something to the titular brother.
When Gu Jingchen saw Qi Ran, he closed the door without hesitation.
"Ahh A cry of pain startled Gu Jingchen and hurriedly opened the door.
Along with the pain, there was also Gu Jingchen's roar. "Are you retarded? Don't think I'll accept you if you play a bitter trick! β
Qi Ran bowed his head silently.
The pain in my hand continued.
The uninjured left hand was still carrying a bunch of things.
"Wenxin's mother asked me to send you something, and if the thing is delivered, then I'll leave."
"Stop!"
Gu Jingchen looked at the things she put on the ground, and walked inside with a straight face while carrying extreme impatience, "There is a medicine here that invigorates blood and dispels blood stasis, you first clean up your hands and then go back, lest Cheng Wenxin say that I bullied you." β
Qi Ran lowered his head and walked into Gu Jingchen's studio.
Although Qi Ran was young at this time, he also knew that the place he entered was not an ordinary place. You must know how many people in the outside world want to walk into Apartment No. 7 to see the place where the contemporary genius painter Gu Chen works, but Gu Jingchen has a withdrawn personality, has no friends around him, and is unwilling to accept any media interviews, so Apartment No. 7 is like a mystery, and countless people try their best to come in and have a glimpse, but to no avail.
Today, Qi Ran walked in and looked at the furnishings here curiously.
There are quite a few paintings hanging on the walls. Qi Ran just glanced at it hurriedly and then withdrew her gaze, at this time she was like a little girl who had strayed into the Grand View Garden, full of panic.
Qi Ran didn't dare to sit around, so he had to stand in the center of the studio in a daze.
Gu Jingchen found the medicine box from the lounge and threw it on the table full of painting tools.
"Clean up yourself, and clean up this place before you go!"
After Gu Jingchen finished coldly, he put it on the easel and continued Qi Ran's previous creation.
Qi Ran naturally didn't know that Gu Shen had never allowed people to come in here.
And the sanitation problems here will not be dealt with by others.
In Gu Jingchen's opinion, Qi Ran's food and clothing are all given by the Gu family now, and he can't change her to become a new member of the Gu family's household registration book, so she should be regarded as having an extra maid in the family.
Qi Ran has been in the orphanage for two years, and she is no longer the proud little princess she was at the beginning, she knows that Gu Jingchen doesn't like her very much, so she has to be more obedient, at least, she can't make Cheng Wenxin feel that she is unhappy now. He couldn't let Gu Jingchen drive him away.
After simply giving himself medicine, Qi Ran began to clean up the things in the studio.
Perhaps as a painter, he spends most of his time creating, so there are many things that seem to have been abandoned for a long time.
Some tables and chairs were stained with fuel, and Qi Ran took a lot of effort to wipe them clean.
When Gu Jingchen looked up and saw that his originally messy studio had become clean and tidy, he was still a little unable to adapt for a while.
Qi Ran was scrubbing the paint on his body in the bathroom, and he didn't realize the person behind him because he was too focused. Seeing the person behind him from the mirror, his body subconsciously took a step back in horror, but it was this action that caused his back to hit Gu Jingchen's body.
Gu Jingchen looked at her frowning and anxious, and actually felt that she was in a good mood. I couldn't help but smile.
"The detergent in the blue bottle is specially designed to wash pigments."
Suddenly, a human voice floated in the quiet bathroom, which made her startled again, but soon she pretended to calm down and went to find the detergent in Gu Jingchen's mouth.
For Qi Ran, the most important thing is to scrub the clothes now, and this is the new clothes that Cheng Wenxin bought for her.
Qi Ran washed her clothes and immediately said goodbye to Gu Jingchen, she swore that next time she came here, she would never wear such good clothes.
Gu Jingchen looked at the small figure that could almost be said to be running away, his brows furrowed, thoughtful.
The first time they met was at the Sunshien training camp, a place that Gu Jingchen hated because everyone there was sick, neurotic. Especially many girls who were dressed like Taimei didn't eat it, and they all looked at him with a kind of red fruit fruit when they saw him.
Half a month ago, he saw her in the playground of the training camp, when she asked Gu Jingchen if he could take her out of here?
They didn't know anything in their lives, and she asked such a question.
She said confidently, "I know that you are not the child who was sent here, so you will definitely leave, so you can take me out by the way, and I will definitely find a way to repay you." β
Cheng Wenxin's training camp is a well-known youth reform base in the country, and every year, Cheng Wenxin will apply for admission from all over the country, but everyone who enters the training camp is personally reviewed by Cheng Wenxin, and they must have a common characteristic before entering here, that is, rebellion.
And every trainer in the training camp is of a different age, although they are all under 18 years old, there are few 12-year-olds like Qi Ran.
She is obviously not a good child, but Cheng Wenxin brought her home, and she also behaved very docile when she entered the Gu family, Gu Jingchen was young and old, and the scheming city government had long been above her age.
He would never believe that Cheng Wenxin was interested in Qi Ran's talent for painting.