Chapter 91: Having a big brother like 091, feels really good.
Translator: 549690339
Bai Xiaoxiao, that mischievous girl, truly a master of switching roles like lightning.
Wen Ran glared at her fiercely, ended the previous topic, and asked unhappily: “Where’s your luggage? You can’t go on a trip empty-handed, without taking anything with you. I’m not going to accompany you shopping for clothes.”
Bai Xiaoxiao walked shoulder to shoulder with her towards the airport entrance, returned to the main subject, and said: “My suitcase is with Sister Li. Everyone was already there, only you hadn’t arrived. I came out to look for you and who would have expected it… I caught you and MO Xiuchen being all lovey-dovey. Ranran, tell me honestly, have you fallen in love with MO Xiuchen
Wen Ran frowned, and immediately denied it without thinking: “No.”
Bai Xiaoxiao tilted her head, staring at Wen Ran in inquiry: “Really? Why do I feel that the way you and MO Xiuchen interact with each other is like a loving couple?”
Wen Ran scoffed, and said lightly: “What do you think the relationship between a married couple without feelings should be like? Should they be like strangers, or enemies? In ancient times, most men and women hadn’t seen each other before getting married, yet they managed to live harmoniously for a lifetime, whereas modern couples, often being clingy before marriage, argue and even divorce after getting married…”
“Aiya, I just said one sentence and you retort with a long speech. Fine, I won’t ask if you’ve fallen for MO Xiuchen, but I do know that Brother Jin hopes for you to divorce MO Xiuchen. What do you think?”
Upon entering the airport gate, Bai Xiaoxiao looked at Wen Ran with concern.
She paused, barely pursed her lips, and said: “I’m not a person who goes back on my words. I’ve already explained to my brother.”
It was noon when Wen Ran, Bai Xiaoxiao, and others arrived in F City.
After placing their luggage in the hotel room, they all had lunch in the restaurant downstairs. Bai Xiaoxiao claimed that she was tired and went back to the hotel room to sleep, while Wen Ran and Li Qian went to visit the exhibition hall.
Once they got busy, time flew by quickly, and before they knew it, it was already night.
Wen Ran was again dragged by Bai Xiaoxiao to explore the night market. Exhausted, they finally returned to the hotel to cleanse themselves and go to sleep.
After a whole day of exhaustion, she should have slept until dawn, but Wen Ran started having a nightmare in the middle of the night…
It was the same dream that she’d had since childhood. In the dream, she desperately shouted at the little boy to run. In the darkness, he turned around and promised to come back for her. The scene shifted to the accident site where she watched her parents and the car burn…
Wen Ran woke up abruptly and sat up suddenly. She looked at the other side of the bed in the dimly lit room to see Bai Xiaoxiao sleeping soundly, facing the other way. She took a deep breath and quietly got out of bed.
Her phone, set to vibrate, buzzed on the bedside table. She picked up the phone to see the word ‘Brother’ displayed on the screen.
Wen Ran blinked in surprise, glanced at the soundly sleeping Bai Xiaoxiao, took the phone to the balcony, and answered the call, her voice softly falling from her lips: “Hello, Brother?”
“Had a nightmare again?”
Wen Jin’s concerned voice came through, causing a wave of warmth to rise in her heart. Her brother always understood her so well.
“Brother, haven’t you slept yet?”
Wen Ran looked up at the unfamiliar night sky and replied with a question. It was already 2 a.m., her brother couldn’t have been waiting to call her now, could he?
“I just woke up too. I know you tend to have nightmares on Thursdays, so I couldn’t settle down and woke up. Ranran, was it the same dream?”
On the other end of the phone, Wen Jin leaned against the head of his bed, a look of concern on his face. He remembered MO Xiuchen’s words from the other day, saying that he felt Ranran was the little girl who saved him when he was kidnapped. And the boy that Ranran had been dreaming about since childhood…
A sudden tightness gripped the hand holding the phone.
Standing on the balcony, Wen Ran looked up at F City’s night sky. Her soft voice was quickly scattered by the early morning breeze: “Yeah, I not only dreamt of the little boy but also mom and dad.”
“Silly girl, you’re just missing mom and dad. Don’t overthink it, quickly go back to bed.”
“How did you know I’m not in bed?”
Wen Ran’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, her heart shrouded in layers of sadness. First, she dreamt of the little boy and then her parents.
Ever since MO Xiuchen demanded that they sleep together, even forcibly holding her in his arms as they slept, she had stopped having dreams. Every night, she would sleep till daybreak.
In contrast, the minute she left on a business trip, she started dreaming again.
The sound of Wen Jin’s laughter came through the phone, tender and indulgent, “I’m your brother, of course, I know. Be good, quickly go back to bed and sleep. Don’t hang up the phone, then you won’t be scared.”
Wen Ran’s heart was enveloped in warmth, and she playfully called out “Brother”, pursed her lips, and cheerfully said: “I don’t need you to accompany me, you’re a patient now and need proper rest.”
“I have plenty of time to sleep during the day, but you’re different. Tomorrow is the first day of the pharmaceutical conference, and you must have a good spirit. Be good, I’ll only sleep after you’ve gone to sleep.”
“It’s great to have a brother!”
Wen Ran sighed, thinking of the days when her brother was unconscious and how terrified and scared she had been. She suddenly realized that she should cherish the happiness of having a brother and enjoy his doting on her. Maybe when he has a girlfriend or gets married in the future, he would no longer spoil her like this.
She found her thoughts amusing and knitted her brows saying: “Okay, but you’re not allowed to intentionally wait for me to fall asleep.”
“Sure!”
Wen Jin agreed readily.
Wen Ran climbed onto the bed, wished ‘goodnight’ to the phone, and closed her eyes. Before long, she fell asleep again.
For the next few days, Wen Ran was extremely busy. Even Bai Xiaoxiao, who had come to have fun, was used as free labour. Somehow, the news of her marriage to MS Group’s heir was spread around the pharmaceutical conference, making them twice as busy as originally anticipated.
On the third morning, when Wen Ran and Bai Xiaoxiao arrived at the exhibition hall, they were stopped at the entrance by a handsome man with a captivating smile. Before Wen Ran could react, a large hand stretched out in front of her. The man said with a clear voice: “Beautiful lady, Hello. I am Luo Haofeng, the Factory Manager of Yawei Medicine Factory in H City. I’m honoured to meet you. On the orders of Xiuchen, I’ve brought some helping hands.”
Wen Ran’s eyes flashed with surprise — this was the Factory Manager Luo that MO Xiuchen had mentioned the night before. She had initially thought he would be an older man in his fifties, but to her surprise, he was a handsome young man.
She glanced at the four people standing behind him, trying to hold in their laughter, and extended her hand with a smile: “I didn’t realize that Factory Manager Luo would be so young and handsome. I thought you were an international movie star.”
Luo Haofeng winked at her, ‘Miss Wen is really a lovely person. However, don’t say what you just said in front of Young Master Mo. He’s always jealous of my face. If he knew you complimented me as being more handsome than him, I would definitely be disfigured.”
“Pffft!”
A woman standing behind him burst out laughing..
