"Qi Ran, the information your brother sorted out for you has really helped you a lot, and you are in the top 15 in the monthly exam this time."

Qi Ran was very happy in her heart that she could make such great progress, because she could finally hand over a satisfactory result to Cheng Wenxin. Such a return should make Cheng Wenxin happy.

Soon ushered in the tense June high school entrance examination.

Qi Ran got up early and got ready.

Cheng Wenxin arranged the company's affairs yesterday for today's exam.

Made a hearty breakfast myself this morning. kept saying things to make Qi Ran relax, and she never put any pressure on Qi Ran in terms of academic performance, for fear that she would be burdened.

"Ranran, don't be nervous, mom is waiting for you outside, take it easy and take the test."

Qi Ran shook his hand at the person behind him and walked into the examination room with a smile.

Outside the school are parents with countless expectations.

Among them, there is also her family. This feeling is very happy.

"Mother Wenxin, I won't let you down!" Qi Ran sat in the examination room and swore silently.

Qi Ran's two-day high school entrance examination ended, and Cheng Wenxin had to put it down. So he immediately took Qi Ran to the farm to relax, and took the initiative to let Qi Ran invite his classmates to travel together.

Gu Jingchen knew that Cheng Wenxin really cared about Qi Ran, otherwise how could he insist on staying outside the examination room, it was a spoiling that he had never enjoyed. Moreover, Qi Ran's education method is basically indulgent nature, but fortunately, Qi Ran has not been in the Gu family since he was a child, otherwise he will definitely be spoiled.

Gu Jingchen looked at Qi Ran, who was picking melons and fruits with his friends in the orchard at this moment, as deep as the eyes of an ancient well, thoughtfully, looking at the pure smile on Qi Ran's face, Gu Jingchen actually felt dazzling, because Qi Ran would never smile in front of him, never.

And what he didn't expect was that Qi Ran would actually have friends.

Shen Lingqing was invited to participate in the Gu family's activities for the first time. Because the two families have business dealings, and Shen Lingqing is a smart child, Cheng Wenxin is very happy, but Gu Jingchen is always alone beside him with an expressionless face.

"Is there anything unhappy about your brother?"

"His character is like that, you just don't mess with him." Qi Ran has always regarded Shen Lingqing as her best friend, but every time Shen Lingqing asks about Gu Jingchen, she always cleverly changes the topic, I don't know why, she just doesn't like Shen Lingqing to inquire about Gu Jingchen, she knows that she is not good like this, after all, they are friends.

"Xiao Chen, come over and taste the strawberries picked by my sister, they are sweet."

When Gu Jingchen walked into the pavilion, Qi Ran's head lowered involuntarily.

Shen Lingqing watched him walk over step by step, "Brother Jingchen, it's really sweet, it tastes good." ”

Gu Jingchen avoided the strawberries handed over by Shen Lingqing, stretched out his hand to the plate in front of Qi Ran, picked one up casually and stuffed it into his mouth, a unique aroma of strawberries filled his mouth.

Shen Lingqing didn't have the slightest embarrassment of being ignored, but asked Gu Jingchen with anticipation, how did he taste?

"It's delicious." Gu Jingchen didn't have any fluctuations when he said this, just like his person, he was as plain as water.

Qi Ran knew that a person like Gu Jingchen would not praise anything, and it was already a great gift to be able to make him say a good word.

After an afternoon of getting along, Shen Lingqing also felt the atmosphere before Qi Ran and Gu Jingchen.

"Qi Ran, I see that my aunt likes you a lot, why doesn't your brother seem to care about you very much." When sending Shen Lingqing home, Qi Ran didn't know how to answer Shen Lingqing's question.

Qi Ran smiled bitterly, in fact, for her, today was already the day when Gu Jingchen took care of her the most, because Gu Jingchen basically treated her like a plague on weekdays. No one can understand her mood in the Gu family, she has a grateful family affection for Cheng Wenxin, but for Gu Jingchen, she can't tell what kind of mood she feels. Anyway, there is no family affection, maybe they all hate each other.

"It's a holiday, do you have any plans?" Shen Lingqing asked, but Qi Ran was silent.

For a while, she looked at Shen Lingqing very seriously. "Can I pretend to go to your house once in a while? If Wenxin's mother asks. ”

"Why?"

"I might use this vacation time off to find a part-time job, but I don't want my family to know."

"What did you say?" Shen Lingqing's eyes widened, looking at her like a monster. Shen Lingqing knew very well that the Gu family was not harsh on her, and Cheng Wenxin treated her as her own daughter. So, part-time?

Now even if she is an adopted daughter, she is also the adopted daughter of the Gu family, how can the economic strength of the Gu family treat her harshly.

Qi Ran didn't want to explain more, but Shen Lingqing was still willing to promise her to help with this.

Qi Ran received an admission notice from Qingcheng Middle School during the holiday, and Cheng Wenxin was so happy that he made a big meal himself, and wanted to take his brother and sister out for a trip, but both of them tacitly refused to travel.

Cheng Wenxin had no choice but to focus on his work.

This holiday, Qi Ran began to learn to paint with Teacher Meng Qian, and would go to Meng Qian's home on time every day.

Originally, everything should have continued uneventfully, but by chance, Gu Jingchen saw Qi Ran at night.

To be more precise, only one back is seen.

Gu Jingchen looked at the locomotive whizzing in front of him, the figure that quickly disappeared from sight.

If it weren't for the fact that the skirt was a limited edition that Cheng Wenxin bought abroad, he might not have cared, but he clearly remembered that this morning, Qi Ran was wearing this skirt.

Gu Jingchen called Qi Ran for the first time. The first time, no one answered, and the second time, after a long wait, was connected, and the other end of the phone was quite quiet, but there was occasionally a faint sound of a car moving.

"Where are you?" Just when Qi Ran was wondering why Gu Jingchen called him, his cold voice had already come from the other end.

"I was on my way home, and I had just left Teacher Meng's house." Qi Ran was telling the truth. She was indeed on her way home. Su Zhan, who was not far away, looked at Qi Ran's sneaky appearance on the phone, and he was inevitably curious, but he knew that out of politeness, he couldn't listen to the foot of the wall.

"Hurry back, don't you know if it's safe at night?" On the other end of the phone was Gu Jingchen's extremely displeased voice.

Qi Ran hung up the phone and stepped onto the locomotive of the Soviet war.

The sound of the locomotive whistling on the road under the night sky was a kind of clamor in my heart.

"Why didn't you tell your family about your part-time job?"

"My adoptive mother's family is very good, so she doesn't let me come out to suffer."

"I don't want you to suffer either, or you don't do it, and you can have more time to play with me in the future."

"Thank you for coming to pick me up today, and when I get paid, I'll invite you to dinner."

Qi Ran didn't let Su Zhan send him home, because she must not let her family see it, after all, Su Zhan is dressed too fancy.

As soon as the front foot entered the house, Gu Jingchen came back. As soon as you enter the door. Gu Jingchen looked at her whole body, and confirmed that the person he saw today was her. It's just that what he never expected was that the well-behaved Qi Ran would actually stay with the kind of gangsters in society.

Qi Ran, who was looked at by Gu Jingchen, turned around and ran upstairs.

However, Gu Jingchen also caught up upstairs.

"Qi Ran, open the door, I have something to ask you."

Gu Jingchen's tone was very bad, and Qi Ran tried hard to remember where he had made the eldest young master unhappy during this time.

"Qi Ran! Open the door! ”

Qi Ran opened the door tremblingly and looked at Gu Jingchen, who was inexplicably angry with him.

"Are you going out to work part-time again?"

Very straightforward questioning.

Qi Ran nodded. Don't dare to look at Gu Jingchen.

Gu Jingchen took out an envelope from his pocket and smashed it on her, "Don't let me catch you again and throw my Gu family's face outside!" With that, he returned to his room opposite him angrily.

Qi Ran looked at the envelope that fell on the ground, and when he opened it, it was a pink banknote, which was extremely dazzling. The thing called self-esteem in Qi Ran's heart tore at the painful nerves in his heart.

She thought that Gu Jingchen had accepted her, but it turned out that it was just her own wishful thinking. Otherwise, how could she trample on her self-esteem in such a way.

The next day, Su Zhan called her to ask her to go to the amusement park, and because she was unhappy last night, she especially wanted to relax now, so she simply agreed.

Gu Jingchen watched her leave the house in a hurry after lunch, thinking that she was going out to work part-time again, and all of them rode their Giant bikes to keep up with her bus.

He watched her spend an afternoon playing in the amusement park with the boy he had seen at the training camp last time, and saw her smile happily and see her exuding childlike energy.

"Let's have a cup of milk tea. Your previous favorite cantaloupe flavor. ”

"Thank you!"

"Bang!" Just when Qi Ran was about to stretch out his hand, one hand knocked over the milk tea in Su Zhan's hand to the ground. Everything came unexpectedly.

"Didn't Cheng Wenxin teach you not to eat strangers' things?"

Qi Ran was so frightened by the sudden appearance of Gu Jingchen that he hurriedly stood up from the bench and looked at him with a pair of frightened eyes.

"Hey, who are you, are you sick?" Su Zhan couldn't help but lose his temper.

"Su Zhan, he is my brother." Qi Ran stood in the middle of the two people, and his thin body was even weaker.

Gu Jingchen didn't bother to talk to Su Zhan more, he didn't even give him a look, grabbed Qi Ran's hand with one hand and left.

"You let go of Xiao Ran!" Su Zhan grabbed Gu Jingchen's shoulder, and in the next second, Gu Jingchen really let go of his hand, followed by Su Zhan's painful cry.

"Su Zhan! How are you? Qi Ran looked at Su Zhan, who was thrown to the ground by an over-the-shoulder, with a worried face.

Gu Jingchen grabbed Qi Ran, "Go back with me!" ”

Qi Ran's strength couldn't withstand Gu Jingchen, so he was dragged out of the playground like this.

"Gu Jingchen, you're too much!"

Gu Jingchen looked at the girl who was a head shorter than him, tilted his head, and said something to denounce himself.

"You didn't learn well at a young age, why did you learn to hang out with a gangster?"

"Su Zhan treats me like a sister, you are not allowed to talk about him like that!"

"You are now my Gu Jingchen's sister in law!"

In a word, swearing his domineering nature.

Qi Ran smiled bitterly, "Have you ever treated me as a sister?" When he said this, his eyes were inexplicably hot.

Gu Jingchen couldn't help but reach out and rub her hair, I don't know why, he seemed to see her injury.

"Let's go home." He said let's go home, this sentence, many years later, Qi Ran remembered it, and he could still feel the temperature in this sentence.