First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 113 Translation

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113 Child

Su Yi Cheng and several people in the bidding office sat in a small  conference room to discuss the bidding for the Ke Ji city project.  Suddenly, the mobile phone on the table sounded at this time, it is an  unknown number. Reaching out and ending the call directly, looking up at  the few people sitting there, said, "I want to know what everyone thinks."

"I think we should choose a well established construction company in the  city. After all, the strength of the company is already evident, and the  quality is sure to be guaranteed. Now, there is nothing else to be afraid  of. The most we have to fear is shoddy worksmanship!"  a middle-aged man  who is slightly chubby said.

"I disagree." The other person said with another point of view, "I don't  think we should just look at the company's reputation. If so then what use do we need to have a tender for? We can just directly call the CEOs of  those companies, and then distribute several projects each. Wouldn't it be  easier?"

"Then how does Director Zhang think we should proceed then?" The man  countered, his tone clearly not pleased.

The man who was called Director Zhang looked at him and said, “According  to my point of view, this tender must be fair and just. Everyone, don’t let a few glasses of wine or something dimmed your principles. Whoever has the strength will get the bid, it doesn't matter what relations he has or who  recommends it!" The tone is very hard, and the words in the words clearly  pointing to some of the people sitting down.

"What do you mean by that, don't point around blindly!" The man looked at  him agitated. He was about to continue to speak, but was stopped by the  door that suddenly sounded.

Secretary Zheng knocked and came in the door, his face was slightly solemn. He went straight to Su Yi Cheng and whispered a few words. Su Yi Cheng’s face immediately change, and the original curl of his lips suddenly tighten. He got up immediately and only said aloud, "Let's leave it here  for today, let’s talk about it tomorrow." Then he grabbed the mobile phone on the table, even leaving the documents and materials on the table. He  then strode out of the meeting room.

Some of the people sitting in the room did not manage to react to this, and  they turned to look at Secretary Zheng puzzled.

Secretary Zheng cleaned up the documents left by Su Yi Cheng on the table  and glanced at them. He explained, "Someone called and said that the wife of Assistant Mayor Su had an accident and is now in the city hospital."

Su Yi Cheng did not even go back to the office. He went straight out of the  conference room and went downstairs. Even his briefcase was not tidied up.

Taking out the mobile phone and redialing the missed call, the phone was  picked up after two rings. "Hello."

Su Yi Cheng was surprised the person who called turned out to be Zhou Han,  and was even more unexpected that he was with An Ran.

However, that is another matter altogether, Su Yi Cheng quickly refocus and  asked, "How is An Ran, where are you now?"

"We are in the city hospital, An Ran is still in the emergency center."  Zhou Han said quietly.

"Got it." There was no need to say more, and he just hang up, After getting  the car from the parking lot, he headed directly toward the city hospital.

Lin Li was standing restlessly outside the emergency center. Now she is very flustered. From what she saw of An Ran’s expression, if she is right,  she must be pregnant, but from the fall, and An Ran’s painful expression,  she is somewhat worried about the safety of the child. Because she has  experienced the same thing, she is too aware of how vulnerable the child is at this time.

The more she think about it, the more she worry. She look at the child who is sitting on the plastic bench with his head down. Although she is very angry, but she also knows she cannot take it out on a child.

At this time, Zhou Han, who had hung up the phone, came in from outside.  When she saw him. Lin Li’s anger exploded. She pointed to him and said,  “How do you teach your child, how can you let him do this? Letting him push people casually, the child can be excuse and said to be naughty, but as  parents just what kind of teachings did you give him? Didn't you teach him what can he play and can't play with? Now he's still so small and is already deliberately pushing others, when he grows up, is he going to kill  and set fire!" Lin Li glares at him, and because of her anger, the whole  person is agitated and trembled.

Zhou Han looked at her and said apologetically, "I didn't educate my child well, I am sorry!"

"Hmph." Lin Li said coldly. "If the apology is useful, then the murderer will not need to go to jail then!" She stared at him. "If anything happens  to Anzi, I want to see how you are going to be responsible for it!" After  that, she turned away angrily and walked to one side, having no intention  to see him.

Zhou Han glanced at her and turned to walk toward Xiaobin, who was sitting  on a plastic bench. Standing in front of him, he then asked in a cold  voice, "Why did you do this?"

The little guy looked up at him fearfully, his teeth biting on his lips,  his black eyes staring at him, but he didn't say a word.

Zhou Han looked at him and seeing that he did not answer. He roared at him sternly, "Answer me, I am asking you a question!"

Because of fear, the little guy shook mightily, and the tears fell, his  teeth still biting onto his lips, staring at him, forcing himself not to  cry out loud.

Not to mention the child, even Lin Li was shocked by him, and her heart was  flustered and jumped from the shock.

Unrelenting even in the face of the child's tears, Zhou Han’s face took on an uglier tone, and said harshly, “Zhou Qiebin, I will ask you again, why  did you push others deliberately?!”

The little guy shrunk his body from fright, looking at him in fear, and finally said, "It's, it’s mom, mom wants me to push auntie!"

Only when he speaks did Lin Li saw that he had actually bit so hard that  his lips was bleeding, how scared he must be! Looking at such a small  child, it makes people feel pity.

Hearing this, Zhou Han closed his eyes with some pain, and the hands on  both sides clutch tightly, as if restraining some kind of emotion! After a  while, he opened his eyes and looked at the son in front of him, said,  "Come here." Although the tone is much more gentle than before, it still  sounds very harsh.

The little guy is obviously afraid of him, and his body back away, not  going forward.

Upon seeing it, Zhou Han stepped forward and tried to pull him, but Lin Li from behind him was suddenly in front of him blocking him.

Lin Li thought that he was going to hit the child so she stood in front of the child protecting him, she said to Zhou Han, "You, how can you do  this, how can you teach a child like this! Don't you know domestic violence is illegal in this country?!" He is just too barbaric, if a child is wrong  they must be taught correctly, but you can't just hit them!

Zhou Han knew that she misunderstood. "I--" just wanted to explain when the  door of the emergency room opened. The doctor came out and pulled off the  mask worn and said, "Gu An Ran, who is the family of Gu An Ran."

Hearing this, Lin Li rush forward, excitedly grabbing the doctor's white  coat, and said, "I, I, I, I'm Gu An Ran's friend, doctor, how is An Ran? Is  she alright?"

Zhou Han also turned and looked at the doctor, his expression heavy.

The doctor patted Lin Li’s hand indicating for her to let go first. “Don’t  get excited, don’t get excited, fortunately you just made it in time, and  the force of the impact was blocked by her hand and was weakened a lot.  Both adult and child are fine. They're fine now. But for safety reasons,  she still have to stay in the hospital for a few days. Later I will let the  nurse transfer the patient to the obstetrics and gynaecology department."

Hearing this, Lin Li was relieved, let go of the clothes she was holding,  and whispered. "Nothing is wrong, everything is fine." But she did not  forget to thank the doctor and said, "Thank you doctor. Thank you doctor."

The doctor smiled at her and said before leaving. "The patient needs to  rest now. When you go in, please be careful not to get too excited and let  the patient rest."

Lin Li was busy nodding and said, "En en, fine fine."

When Su Yi Cheng rushed over, the emergency center was empty of An Ran's  figure, he quickly call Zhou Han, only to know that An Ran had been  transferred to the ward on the eighth floor.

When Su Yi Cheng rushed to the ward, he saw Zhou Han leaning against the  door of the ward, and Zhou Qiebin stood by his side with heads down.  Noticing that someone came over and turned his head, just in time to meet  the eyes of Su Yi Cheng.

Su Yi Cheng headed towards him, his eyes looked at him for a moment, and  after a moment he asked, "How is An Ran?"

Zhou Han looked at him and said, "She's fine."

Su Yi Cheng nodded, and his heart was relieved because of his two words. He  didn't say anything more to him. He crossed to the door and was about to  head in. There was a faint voice from Zhou Han.

"Congratulations."

Su Yi Cheng turned his head puzzled, his brows creased, and he was  perplexed by his congratulations.

Zhou Han smiled looking at his expression and knew that he didn't know. He  only said with a faint smile, "The doctor said that An Ran is pregnant."

Su Yi Cheng open his eyes wide and looked at him for a while, then he  hurriedly opened the door.

In the ward, An Ran was already awake, and she was lying down with the bed  prop up talking with Lin Li. The two were chatting happily. The door was  suddenly opened by someone. Only to see Su Yi Cheng rushing in from the  outside and strode to An Ran, looking at her.

Although Lin Li had never seen Su Yi Cheng before, she could guess his  identity. She turned and looked at An Ran only to see An Ran looking at him  emotionally. With a curl on her mouth, she then stood up and left the room. 

Su Yi Cheng did not speak, just looking at her as she was, and his eyes  stared at her belly for a moment.

An Ran was the first to refocus and call to him with a smile, "Yi Cheng."  Then she reached out to him and waited for him to hold her.

Su Yi Cheng responded, and reached out and held her hand, sitting down on  the edge of the bed, the other hand gently slid under the quilt, touched  her belly that is still flat at the moment, eyes still set upon her eyes.  The palm of the hand was heated and warm as he gently touches and caress  gently, as though he is touching a treasure that he cherishes, for fear of  breaking her if he use even an ounce of strength. Looking down at the  gently moving hand under the quilt, it took a while to voice his thoughts.  "Is it true?" The voice was so low that it even sounded hoarse, with a  disbelief in the tone that held even more awe.

"It's true!" An Ran nodded repeatedly, smiling, her nose a little soured,  and her eyelids heated. The tears fell so uncontrollably from her eyelids,  but there was no pain, no discomfort, this are tears filled with happiness,  of joy.

Su Yi Cheng raised his head and looked at her, smiling. He pulled out his  hand, lean  over her body, held her face, kissed the tears on her face, and  finally pressed against her red lips. But unlike the passionate ones of the  past, this time Su Yi Cheng only gently pressed against hers, lips on lips,  it seems that he still have a little trouble believing, he whispered while  still on her lips, "An Ran, are we really going to have a child?"

An Ran raised her hand and caresses his hair. The corner of her mouth was  holding a smile that could not be restrained. She nodded gently. "En, the  doctor said that it has been almost 2 months now. We have been so careless  and have not discovered it."

"Yes we have." Su Yi Cheng whispered, holding her for a while before  letting her go, was just about to say something, then noticed her hand, his  brow slightly wrinkled, reaching for her hand, gently stroked her elbow  that was wrapped in white gauze and asked, "What happened?"

"I accidentally fell, but fortunately, I blocked it with my hand. This is  from the impact when I landed." An Ran said faintly, now that she think  about it she felt a little scared. If she had not instinctively try to  catch the car while she fell, and had not used her hand to cushion the  fall, she did not dare think of the consequences of such a hard fall!

Su Yi Cheng grabbed her hand and saw that although the wound was wrapped in  gauze, but the skin next to the elbow had also been rubbed off, lines of  red were visible. Su Yi Cheng tighten his eyebrows, then look up An Ran and  ask gently, "Does it still hurt?"

An Ran shook her head. "I'm not so delicate, it's just some abrasions, it  doesn't hurt." This ended much better than she had thought. As long as the child  is safe, no matter how much it hurts, it is just some external injury, it  doesn't matter at all.

Su Yi Cheng stared at her arm for a while, finally let her go, reached out  and removed the quilt that covered her, and then his eyes stared at her  belly for a moment, and finally leaned down and pressed his ear gently on  her belly, listening carefully, as if he could really hear something, He  didn’t move for a while, then he pressed against her belly with his face  and whispered softly, "You think the baby can feel this?"

"Hahaha..." An Ran giggled with laughter, her face surrounded by a sense of  happiness, and she reached out and tidied his hair. She said with a voice  straining with laughter, "You're such a child, it’s not even two months  yet. The baby’s not even formed yet, how could she feel it?”

Su Yi Cheng suddenly raised his head and looked at her.

An Ran was perturbed by his stare, and asked quizzically, "What's wrong?"

"An Ran, do you think our baby is a boy or a girl?" After looking for a  long time, Su Yi Cheng forced out such a sentence.

An Ran couldn’t help but laugh out loud. They say that the female IQ when  in love is 0. Now from what she has seen, the IQ of a man who’s about to  become a father is not even zero. It’s simply a negative number. Look at Su  Yi Cheng who was, in the past, so sensible and perceptive and can always  look at the problem from the perspective of others and judge everything  correctly. But now look at him, where is that usual savvy self, he is now  like a child, and asking irrelevant* questions. 

Looking at him with a smile, she asked laughing, "Do you want a boy or a  girl?"

"Of course a girl!" Su Yi Cheng quickly answered with almost no  consideration immediately.

Looking at him, An Ran pretended to be angry, said dissatisfied, "Hmph, I  see you are simply thinking of your little lover!"

Su Yi Cheng was stunned, looked at her strangely, and did not respond for a  while, what little lover, where did he come to have a little lover!

An Ran deliberately poked him with her hand, muttered and said, "It is said  all daughters are the fathers' lovers in their past life. You said that  you like to have a daughter, you just want to return to your little  lover!"

Hearing so, Su Yi Cheng laughed loudly, then took her into his arms and  said softly in her ear, "I prefer my little lover's mother."

"Ppppft." An Ran laughed and pushed his shoulder with her hand and said,  "Leader Su, you have very kinky preferences!"

Su Yi Cheng only smiled, and his hand caressed her hair that was not too  long. After a while, he said softly in her ear, "An Ran, thank you!"  Thanking her for being willing to give birth to his child, thanking her for  giving him so many wonderful experiences. He will cherish the happiness  that he has now.

An Ran shook her head, resting quietly in his arms, her hands around his  thin waistline, she should be the one to give thanks. At a time when she  did not have any expectations of marriage, it was him who gave her the most  considerate and true warmth, letting her feel that happiness can be so  simple, it does not need to be full of melodrama and grand plans, plain  and simple is the real happiness.

The two just embraced each other and enjoyed the peace and serenity of this  moment.

When Su Yi Cheng came out of the room again, it was more than an hour  later. An Ran felt a little sleepy. Su Yi Cheng looked at her fall asleep. Then  he got up and went out to buy some food, so that when she wake up she can eat immediately.

When Su Yi Cheng opened the door, Lin Li was preparing to knock and enter  the door. Seeing him come out, Lin Li looked around the room and whispered,  "Is Anzi sleeping?"

Su Yi Cheng nodded, "Just fell asleep."

Lin Li nodded, and raised the porridge and side dishes that had just been  brought from the outside. She pressed her lips and said, "I had wanted her  to rest after eating. It seems that she can only wait until she wakes up."  Then she handed over the things in her hand to Su Yi Cheng, said, "I'll  leave it to you. Wait until Anzi wakes up and put the food in the boiling  water and give it to her."

Su Yi Cheng reached out and looked at her, nodded. "Thank you." It is no  wonder that An Ran regarded her as her best friend. She has noticed what  he, as her husband, had neglected .

"The one to say thanks is me, An Ran has hidden you too well, and I have  never had a chance to meet you. This time I finally did. I really  appreciate your help last time as well as this time, thank you!" Lin Li  said very sincerely, she is really grateful.

Su Yi Cheng smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's not a big deal. Besides,  you are a friend of An Ran, and that makes you my friend."

Lin Li looked at him for a while, only to say with some emotion, "Anzi is  lucky to have met you."

"It was my fortune that I met An Ran." Su Yi Cheng said faintly. Pointing  to the bench on the side of the wall, "Sit down let's have a chat."

Lin Li nodded and sat down, said emotionally, "Maybe it has already been  predestined that the trials and hardships both of you had experienced in  the past are there to pave the way for you two to meet later."

"Not only us, everyone is the same." Su Yi Cheng sat down beside her,  saying meaningfully.

Lin Li glanced at him and turned her face away, unwilling to continue the  topic. 

Su Yi Cheng knows that she understands what he means, but for now the wound  is too deep and it is not so easy to heal for now. He didn’t say much about  this topic, just asked, “Can you tell me what happened today?” Why is An  Ran injured? Why did you come over with Zhou Han?

"Actually, there is nothing much to say. In the afternoon, An Ran helped me  pack my things and let me move to the apartment you previously stayed in.  When everything was packed up it was almost 5 o'clock. I am about to go  back to the hospital and An Ran was ready to go home to prepare dinner for  you. We are about to get in the car when suddenly there is a child behind  An Ran calling her. She recognize the child, say hello to him and something  else, but I didn’t expect the child to suddenly reach out and push An Ran  down. Caught by surprise, An Ran was not prepared. After being pushed, she  stepped back a few steps, and then fell to the ground." Lin Li said  truthfully, suddenly with some emotions, "But thank god, everything is  fine."

Su Yi Cheng raised an eyebrow and asked questioning. "Child? What child?"

"It’s that child who was here just now, I simply don’t know how he was  taught, such a big child, and simply pushing people like that.” Lin Li said  angrily. She thought of Zhou Han and couldn’t help but shook her head,  only thinking that someone who only knows to yell and hit  cannot possibly be a good father.

Su Yi Cheng frowned and whispered to himself, "Why were they there?"

"Do they not live there? I saw the child ran out from the building." Lin Li  looked at him puzzled.

Hearing this, Su Yi Cheng turned to look at her, seems to suddenly think of  something, asked, "Was there a woman when you met the child?"

"Woman?" Lin Li frowned and said, "The child was running alone. There was  no woman around, but he was always looking back at something. If you are  asking about a woman, we did meet one when we were waiting for the  elevator, surname Ling, and I can see that she is quite hostile to Anzi!"

Su Yi Cheng nodded coldly, he thinks he now knows why the child suddenly  pushed An Ran.

Suddenly thought of something, Lin Li, who was sitting on the side, said,  "Oh yes oh yes, I remembered it now. When the man asked the child, the  child said that his mother wanted him to do this!" Li couldn't help but  shake her head. "Oh my god, how can there be such parents, to teach the child to do this!"

Hearing this, Su Yi Cheng affirmed his own conclusions, the one who got a  child to push An Ran can be no other, it must be Ling Ran! She is really  becoming more and more of a stranger to him!

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irrelevant* questions - actual translates 'off-key' questions

Lin Li finally met SYC! and it's so interesting her impressions of ZH and  the child is. and of course Ling Ran. And that scene of SYC and AR on the hospital bed.. Lemme reread it again lol

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First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 112 Translation

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112 The Fall

father Lin’s situation is fairly stable. Except for the obvious loss of weight since she saw him last, mentally he is still very alert. Seeing An Ran, he is still able to talk to An Ran enthusiastically. However, compared to father Lin, mother Lin seem to be in worse shape. She seem full of worries and it shows even when she was smiling as she welcome An Ran. Actually the things happening within this period of time is also as much a blow to mother Lin as well. Lin Li has just gotten better but now father  Lin’s was discovered to have such an illness, but in Lin Li’s words, the only thing to be thankful for is that it was discovered early, and the treatment was not too late.

When Su Yi Cheng came back in the evening, it was obvious that someone’s mood was wrong. There are fewer words spoken, and even lesser smile on the face.

So after dinner, when An Ran was clearing up absentmindedly, she was gently called by someone, "An Ran."

An Ran responded slowly and refocused, looking at him in a daze, and asked only after a while, "What is it?"

Su Yi Cheng stretched and held her hand, his big hand rubbed against her little hand, a faint smile, very gentle. "It's me that want to ask you what happened. you have been frowning the whole night, what happened?"

An Ran looked at him and thought of Lin Li. Her heart still feels very uncomfortable and tight. After a long while, she finally said, "Lin Li is back. father Lin got stomach cancer and is now in the city hospital."

Su Yi Cheng frowned, it was indeed not a news that made people happy. He understands the relationship between An Ran and Lin Li, so he can understand her mood at the moment.

Patted her hand and said consolingly, "Do not worry, it will be fine."

An Ran nodded, suddenly thought of something, looked at Su Yi Cheng, said, "The apartment we were in before, can you temporarily lend it to Lin Li to stay in? Before, Lin Li lived with Cheng Xiang, and now they have broken up, this time in Jiang City,  she is now still staying in a hotel."

Su Yi Cheng corrected and said, "An Ran, no need to define everything so clearly, it seems too distant. We are husband and wife, the house is not just mine, it is yours too, it is our common property. In addition the house is not being used anyways, an empty space is just an empty space, you can lend it to anyone you want to, you have the right to do so, so there's no need to ask me, got it?"

An Ran smiled at him, nodded, and habitually thanked him, "Thank you."

Su Yi Cheng smiled and squeezed her nose, then caress her face and said, "I will call the Director of the city hospital tomorrow, let them take more comprehensive care for father Lin, everything will be fine. Don't worry, alright?"

"En En." An Ran nodded hard, reaching out to his big palm, getting more warmth from his palm, faintly said, "Yi Cheng, thank you, I always seem to be bothering you."

"Silly." Su Yi Cheng scolded, but with a tone of indulgent in his voice, took his hand back from her face, passed the bar into the kitchen, and held her into his embraces, gently stroking her hair. Softly whispering in her ear. "If you don't trouble me then who else do you want to trouble. Moreover, I don't think you are any bother at all. Even if it's really troublesome. It's also a sweet trouble."

An Ran leaned into his embrace and gave a low chuckle, the bad mood swept away by just a few of his words, her hand on his chest, her fingers gently playing with the buttons on his shirt pocket, and asked, " Our Great Leader Su, have you just been sweet talking?"

Su Yi Cheng also laughed, not answering but instead asked, "What do you think?"

An Ran nodded steadily, "Yes you were." Because she was really sweetened by his words, even now she still feel sweetness dripping in her heart.

The next day An Ran bought fruits when she went to see father Lin, Lin Li happened to accompany him for some tests, while mother Lin was sitting alone in the ward, sorting out some trivial things, and frowning gently. She looked so frail.

"Mother Lin." An Ran came in from the outside with the fruits.

mother Lin turned back and saw her, smiled. “An Ran, you are here.” Looking at the fruits, she scolded with some unhappiness, “It's good that you came, but why buy these, we can’t finish it all."

An Ran smiled and put the fruits on the counter and asked, "Where's Lin Li and father Lin?"

"There was a nurse in the morning who said that they have arranged a comprehensive checkup for our old man. Xiao Li accompanied him." mother Lin looked at An Ran and asked, "The nurse said that the Director was the one who arranged this. Lin Li said that it must be your husband who asked this of the Director, is that so?"

An Ran faintly nodded, thinking that this Su Yi Cheng is really efficient, she only told him this last night, this morning the tests has already been arranged. Once again, she is especially grateful to him, thanking him for treating her friend as his own.

mother Lin took An Ran’s hand and said sincerely, “An Ran, thank you so much.”

"Mother Lin, you are welcome, I am friends with Lin Li. These are all nothing. Besides, Lin Li also help me a lot in the past." An Ran held her hand and pulled mother Lin to sit down on the edge of the bed together. She continue to say, "Mother Lin, are you still staying with Lin Li at the hotel?"

"En, Xiao Li hasn't found a suitable house yet. Now we can only stay in the hotel for the time being." mother Lin said faintly.

"Mother Lin, I have a place that is vacant now. Why don't you and Lin Li stay there first till you find a suitable place. It is not good to live in a hotel the whole time," An Ran said. She knows that Lin Li will not agree, just because she is afraid of bothering her, so she can only take a chance with mother Lin.

"How can we do so, we have caused enough trouble for you already." mother Lin was somewhat embarrassed. Last time when Lin Li was in need An Ran was the one who was busily taking care of everything, from the ward to the doctors she took care of everything. And this time she only came to see them yesterday, however, this morning someone had already arranged for comprehensive checkups. All of this was because of An Ran’s influence. How could she still bother them further?

An Ran pulled her hand, sighed and said, "Mother Lin, I am a friend of Lin Li for 10 years now. Lin Li regards my parents as her own. I naturally see you as mine too. Now that father Lin is sick, I can only be of a little help, and can only do so little. It's no trouble at all. Additionally, my house is empty anyways, no one stays there normally. Rather than letting it be empty like now, why not let the two of you stay there instead?"

"This, this is still not appropriate." mother Lin still feels it's wrong, in fact she just does not want to trouble others further, even if An Ran feels it does not matter, she will still be embarrassed to just accept it.

"Mother Lin, if you are still so distant with me I will really get angry then." An Ran said with an angry look.

Thinking about it, mother Lin said, "That, then I will give rent to you, don't argue with me on that point, or we will be really too embarrassed to stay there." The tone is very insistent.

An Ran sighed lightly, and helplessly nodded, thinking, since she wants to give, she will just accept some token amount then.

The two sat and talked for a while, at this time Lin Li came in, helping father Lin in from the outside. After all the checkups, father Lin seems tired. He fell asleep in bed quickly.

mother Lin told Lin Li about An Ran's intentions. Lin Li looked at An Ran and nodded helplessly.

They moved immediately in the afternoon. After lunch, An Ran went to the hotel to collect things. Lin Li asked with some reservations. "Anzi, is it really okay to move in just like this? Have you discussed it with your great leader Su? Also, will your mother-in-law say anything about it?” It is said that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the most difficult. She does not want An Ran to be in a difficult position for their sake.

"You can safely move over. I have already told him, and he agreed. Also, my in-laws do not stay with us. They are usually in the military compound. Yi Cheng and I go back on the occasional weekend. "An Ran said as she folded some clothes.

Listening to her, Lin Li calm down and nodded and said, "That's good." Suddenly, she noticed something. She turned and with a flirty smile and tone looked at An Ran and said, "Yi Cheng here, Yi Cheng there, Anzi, you must have a pretty~ good relationship with your great leader Su."

An Ran’s face was tinged unnaturally red, and she looked at her exasperated. She said, “He is my husband. If I don’t have a good relationship with him then who else am I to have a good relationship with!”

Lin Li also laughed, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Anzi, you have been married to your family's leader Su for a while now, there's still no news from your tummy?"

Hearing this, An Ran became shy, her face was very red, and she glared at Lin Li. "Where do you find the time to say so much nonsense?" She said, then because of the shyness, she turned around petulantly.

Looking at An Ran's redden face that's like a red apple, Lin Li laugh out loud without a care for her image.

Hearing this, An Ran turned her head and looked at her. How long has it been since she last saw such a smile? It seems that since she told Lin Li that Cheng Xiang was with someone else behind her back, this smile has not been seen again. She felt like it has been for a century!

"Lin Li, have you really let go of Cheng Xiang?"

Looking at the smile on her face slowly faded until there was nothing but an icy cold expression only then does An Ran reflected that she had spoken aloud the words in her heart. 

"Lin Li, I..." It seems that it is already a little late, and she look at her awkwardly, she wanted to say something several times, but when the words get to her lips, she doesn’t know what to say.

After a long time, Lin Li responded, looked at her, nodded, only faintly said, "I've already let go." Bowed her head then put the folded clothes into the bag.

Since she had asked, An Ran might as well asked thoroughly today. She had been afraid of hurting her before, so even the name of Cheng Xiang was a taboo in front of her. Today, she will asked her thoroughly, so at least she could draw a definitive end to this matter and not be so undecided.

Looking at her fixedly, An Ran probed and asked, "If Cheng Xiang turns back, telling you that the person he loves is you, are you willing to forgive him?" Eyes staring at her seriously, not missing the expression on her face.

Holding the clothes in her hand she took a while to react, then she put the clothes in the bag again.

“Lin Li?” An Ran pressed, forcing her to face her own problems.

Talking while placing the clothes in her hand, Lin Li didn't even look up, only said faintly, "No!" The tone is sure, without any room for confusion.

An Ran looked at her and didn't speak.

Putting the last piece of clothing in the travel bag, Lin Li looked up at An Ran with a bitter smile. She said, "Me and him, we can never be together again, even if he tells me that it's actually me who he loves, it’s too late. I can't love anymore, this decade has taken the courage and strength of all my love, I can’t love anymore.”

"Lin Li..." An Ran looked at her with some worry. Regretting that maybe she was too anxious. Her wounds had not healed yet, and now she immediately asked her to face these things that she didn't want to face. 

Lin Li shook her head and looked at her and smiled. "And we even had a baby between the two of us. Even if it is very small, so small that it is still a small embryo when it left. I still remember him being pulled away off me little by little until finally, it has nothing to do with me anymore. This kind of feeling, I will never forget it all my life." Saying this, Lin Li's emotions seem to be a little agitated, and her hands are tightly clenched into fists.

An Ran came over to her with some worries, reaching out and holding her tightly, looking at her eyes, a slight apology in her eyes.

Lin Li refocused, gave her a faint look, pressed her lips, lifted the travel bag and said to her, "Let's go."

An Ran nodded and took another bag from the bed, and both of them walked out of the hotel.

The trip became a bit strange, the two almost did not speak, An Ran seriously driving the car, and Lin Li seriously looking outside the window, the two did not speak in perfect partnership.

Actually, Su Yi Cheng’s single apartment is not far away, it is less than 10 minutes by car.

An Ran parked the car at the entrance. The two carrying things up and going upstairs. When the elevator door opened, An Ran couldn’t help but was stunned for a moment. And Ling Ran in the elevator seemed to be somewhat surprised too. She looked at An Ran and didn’t react for a while. 

An Ran only looked at her faintly, passed her and was prepared to go in, but was called by Ling Ran while passing by her, "Ms Gu."

An Ran stopped and turned to look at her with a lukewarm smile. She only said, "I prefer people to call me Mrs. Su."

Lin Li looked at the two strangely, she can feel that the atmosphere seemed to be wrong. With her understanding of An Ran, she is rarely so mean and aggressive.

Clenching her hand tightly, the expression on her face remains unchanged. Looking at her, Ling Ran said, "I hear that Ms Gu was dismissed. Is this really true?"

It's fine if she had not spoke, when she did, An Ran feels more angry, if she guessed it correctly, the reason Huang Dexing bribe Chen Cheng to steal the blueprints, and then found someone to ruin the sample room, is only because someone is behind the plot, and the most likely culprit is the Lings, thinking of this, her tone is full of sarcasm, said, "Miss Ling don't have to worry about me, but I am not like what Miss Ling had said, I had resigned, not being dismissed, these two have some essential differences."

"Is that so?" Ling Ran answer without a care, reached out and grabbed her voluptuous curly hair. She looked outside and answered as if without a care. "But I heard that your design has an error, which leads to the collapse of the sample room, if not for Director Huang who takes into account Ah Cheng's status, this matter will definitely be pinned onto you." Saying so, she deliberately turned and look at her, "Ms Gu is really lucky."

The eyes fixedly looked at her for a while, and An Ran suddenly chuckled and said, "Oh.... Hehehe..."

Ling Ran frowned and said coldly, "What are you laughing at?"

An Ran said with a smile, "Nothing, what Miss Ling said is correct after all, I am indeed very fortunate to have met Yi Cheng, but I have also to thank you for your blessings for what you did in the past, or I will not be able to become Mrs. Su." The corners of her mouth curl in a smile, and her whole person looks confident and beautiful.

"You!" Ling Ran stared at her with hatred, and the flames of anger sparkled in her eyes.

An Ran turned her head and ignored her. She said directly to Lin Li, "Let's go up."

Lin Li looked at Ling Ran behind her, nodded, and entered the elevator with An Ran.

When the elevator door slowly closed, An Ran relaxed and leaned against the wall of the elevator, her chest heaving from the anger.

Lin Li looked at her with some concern. "Anzi, are you okay?"

An Ran shook her head and smiled faintly at her.

"Who is that woman?" She can see that the woman was hostile to An Ran, and the hostility was very strong!

An Ran shook her head and said only, "An irrelevant person."

Lin Li still wants to ask further but the elevator arrived at this time, and An Ran took the lead to get out of the elevator.

The apartment has a complete set of furniture, but as there was no one staying in it for a while, now there are some dust in the house. Lin Li is responsible for placing the clothes and toiletries that are brought in, and An Ran is responsible for the cleaning of the whole house. When the two finish, they look at the time to find it is almost 5 o'clock.

Not intending to stay longer, Lin Li is going to go back to the hospital and also to packed some food along the way. They have been eating the hospital food for the past two days. Both her father and mother are almost losing the ability to taste anything anymore.

And An Ran would have to go back to make dinner, and wait for Su Yi Cheng to come back.

The two took the elevator down, and An Ran was ready to drive Lin Li to  the hospital and then she would go home. They were just about to open the door when suddenly a small figure behind ran towards her. While running, the small figure called, "Auntie!..."

An Ran refocused and turned her head to looked behind, only to see that Zhou Han’s son Xiao Bin was yelling to her and running closer.

An Ran was surprised. She didn't expect to meet this little guy here, and it seems she is fated to meet with this little guy multiple times.

The little guy ran over and stood in front of An Ran, and his black doeful eyes fixedly looked at An Ran, he seems to be still a little breathless.

An Ran smiled and bent to caress the little guy's head, smiled and asked, "Xiao Bin, how are you here, where's your father?"

The little guy didn't reply, just staring at her, his mouth slightly pouting, and looked at An Ran with a seemingly reluctant expression.

An Ran looked at him strangely and asked with a smile, "What is it? Did your father scold you?"

The little guy shook his head and turned and looked at the hall of the building, seemingly looking for something.

An Ran didn't take notice, stood up, smiled and touched his head.

Lin Li at the side asked questioning, "Anzi, whose child is this?"

"A friend's, it's quite a coincidence but, I met him several times already." She touched his head and continued, "But the child's father is not very responsible, several times - Ahh! -"

Without waiting for An Ran to finish, her body was suddenly pushed. She was unable to stable herself and she stepped back a few steps. Then she fell backwards. Instinctively her hand wanted to grab onto something, but the body of the car was too smooth. She was unable to hold onto anything, but the force of rubbing against the car slightly reduced the impact of An Ran as she fell down hard.

Lin Li saw An Ran fell over, screaming, "Anzi!" and immediately ran towards her.

The left elbow was on the ground, bruised and it seemed that the skin was broken, then the burning pain came, so much so that An Ran couldn’t help but scream, "Owwwww-"

Lin Li leaned forward to help her sit up and asked worriedly, "Are you alright?"

An Ran is unable to say anything, because the pain is not just from the elbow, there is a gradually intensifying throbbing pain from the stomach as well.

Seeing her unable to speak, Lin Li turned to look at the 'culprit' in front of her and said harshly, "How can you deliberately push others even if you are a child? How did your parents teach you?!" She had seen clearly that at the moment she was talking with An Ran, the child suddenly stepped forward,  reach out and pushed An Ran hard.

The little guy bit on his lips, looked at them with an expression of grief, turned his head and looked behind him, but there was no one behind him.

After Lin Li scolded a few words, she did not care to talk with him anymore. Looking at the painful expression of An Ran in her arms, she was a little flustered. "An Ran, how are you, can you stand up?" It is reasonable to say that if you fall then just stand up. But she looked at how An Ran's expression grew more and more strange.

An Ran clung to Lin Li’s hand very tightly and held onto her stomach with one hand and said with difficulty, “Lin Li, my,  my stomach hurts!!”

Lin Li was shocked, as she suddenly link the thoughts together, looked at her, "An Ran, you-"

"What happened?" A deep voice came from behind her.

Lin Li turned around and looked at the person imploringly. She said, "Mister., please help me to call an ambulance."

Zhou Han looked at her and looked at An Ran in her arms. Finally, he looked at Zhou Qiebin who was standing in front of them with a face as if he had done something wrong. He asked sternly, "You did this?!"

Being roared at, the little guy Zhou Qiebin shuddered and looked at him. Tears fell one after the other, but he did not dare to cry aloud, but only in sniffles.

Seeing this, Zhou Han understood. Without saying anything more. he bent over and carried An Ran from Lin Li’s arms. Looking at his son he said to Lin Li, “I will sent her to the hospital, please help me to bring the child along."

Lin Li took a moment to react, then only realize that the man is the child's father, nodded, pulled the child's hand, and followed his footsteps.

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This and next chapter are special to me because it's the first meeting plus interaction between XiaoBin, Zhou Han and Lin Li.. but OMG some people are just so.... what's an appropriate word to describe LR?

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First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 111 Translation

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111. Lin Li Returns

Su Yi Cheng opened the door and the scent of food waft into his  nostrils, his eyebrows went up slightly. He was just about to call An Ran,  when he saw a figure coming quickly from the kitchen, and smile faintly  when she saw him. "You're back."

Su Yi Cheng nodded, "En."

An Ran took the briefcase in his hand and said, "Go wash your hands first,  then let us have our meal."

Su Yi Cheng looked at her with a funny look. It seems that something is  wrong. Something feels weird.

An Ran was somewhat uncomfortable with his stare. She pulled him forward  and said, "Go, go wash your hands." Pushing him into the bathroom, An Ran  took his briefcase into the study.

When Su Yi Cheng finish washing his hands and sat down at the bar counter top, he looked at the spread on the table, sweet and sour pork ribs,  egg tofu, boiled small yellow croaker, plus tomato egg soup. Every dish  look very good, even when you smell them you can detect a special  fragrance.

An Ran gave him the bowl filled with rice and she sat down opposite him.

Su Yi Cheng looked at the spread on the table and looked up at An Ran. He  couldn’t help but wonder, "Is this all done by you?"

An Ran’s eyes flashed, but she did not answer him. She handed the  chopsticks to him and said, “Try it first.”

Su Yi Cheng looked at her with a funny smile, took the chopsticks, and  directly placed a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs in his mouth. The taste  was sweet and sour, and the meat was soft. It can be said that it was done  very well, just as it was done in a restaurant.

Looking up at An Ran again, he saw that she was staring at him and seemed  to be waiting for him to say something.

Resisting the urge to ask her if she is the one who cooked it. Su Yi Cheng nodded and said, "It's delicious!"

An Ran chuckled at his serious expression and said: "This is the takeaway that I ordered at the restaurant around the corner, cooked by a master chef,  of course it's delicious."

Su Yi Cheng also laughed, put a piece of ribs in her bowl and said, "How come suddenly thought of getting a takeaway today?"

"I resigned today." An Ran said frankly, there is no hint of concealment.

Su Yi Cheng was not surprised. Since she had asked last night that she may not be able to work, he had vaguely guessed that things was not working well there. It is a matter of time for her to resign, but it is a surprise that it happen so quickly. He gave a faint smile and said, "Then let me  support you in future."

An Ran also smiled, although she knew that he would say this, but when she  heard it, she still felt sweet inside. With smiling eyebrows she gave him a  bowl of soup. Then said, "Since I will have to rely on you from now on, I decided to prepare a feast to get on your good side."

Su Yi Cheng obligingly drank the soup. "If today's meal is made by you, I  will also finish it all up."

“Really?” asked An Ran with an eyebrow raised.

"Of course!" Su Yi Cheng answered the question with certainty.

An Ran’s mouth curl with a strange smile and said to him, “Wait a minute.”  Then she rushed down the high chair and carried over something from below the counter. It was something that was not dumped yet, but it was charred till it couldn't be identified. The plate was placed on the bar top and as  she watched Su Yi Cheng she smiled and said, "This is what I did."

Su Yi Cheng looked at the dark piece of something, his face unchanged, then his chopsticks reached out toward the dark thing, then took a piece of it and was preparing to put it into his mouth when An Ran grabbed his hand and scolded while smiling, "Silly, you are really going to eat it."

Su Yi Cheng smiled and said with a serious face, "If you want me to eat, I will eat."

It’s not sweet talk, but it makes An Ran’s heart filled with sweetness.  Deliberately turning around and not looking at him, she got up and took the dark thing away, this time directly into the trash can placed on the side.

What An Ran didn't notice was that at the moment she turned, behind her, Su Yi Cheng's mouth curled in a devilish smirk.

After dinner, An Ran returned to the room to take a bath, and Su Yi Cheng returned to the study room and continued to work. Recently, because of the  project of Ke Ji City, as it is now in the initial stage there is a lot of work. When the bidding is over, there will be a lot of entertainment. He  knows that someone wants to pull him down from this position. There are too many people around him who wants to watch him fall from this position. He  can vaguely guess about An Ran’s resignation. In fact, he should thank An  Ran, The reason she quit can be said to have been because of him. Shaking  his head, he seems to be glad that An Ran will never ask him what he wants,  and he does not have to worry that she will betray him.

An Ran came in with the freshly brewed tea, put the tea on his desk, and  then turned and prepared to go out, Her hand was suddenly caught by Su Yi  Cheng, and with a pull, force her to sit into his lap. He buried his head in the nook of her neck and took a deep breath. She had the fragrance of the shower gel after bathing.

An Ran put her hand on the hand holding her waist and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Su Yi Cheng shook his head and buried it in the nook of her neck without looking up. He only said with a sullen tone "I'm just a little tired."

An Ran turned, reached out and caressed his head, said with some distress,  "If you are tired, just rest early, look at it tomorrow." It seems that  since he was promoted, and from the start of the Ke Ji City project, he  have been very busy and only come out of the study after 11 pm every night.  It is almost midnight when he go to bed after washing up.

Su Yi Cheng shook his head and held her tighter in his arms. He only said,  "Let me hold you for a while."

An Ran let him do so and only reached out to brush his hair with her fingers.

Su Yi Cheng let her go only after hugging her for a while, then he kissed her lips. "I don't know when I'll be done tonight. You should go to sleep  first, don't wait for me."

An Ran looked at him for a while, then nodded. She can't help but remind him again in front of the door. "If you are tired, rest early and look at  it tomorrow."

Su Yi Cheng nodded and was warmed about her thoughtfulness.

After returning to the room, An Ran was not sleepy. She sat on the bed and  looked at the magazine for a while. She remembered she met Cheng Xiang in  the supermarket at noon. She suddenly remembered that she had not contacted  Lin Li for several days, even when she called her yesterday. She did not  pick up.

Thinking of this, she called Lin Li immediately, the call was connected,  but no one answered. An Ran sent a text message to Lin Li, so she can reply  after seeing the message. An Ran is worried that something happened to Lin  Li, but she can only worry about it. Nothing else can be done. After all,  the two are too far apart. It is not easy to do more given their distance.

It’s been two days since she made the phone call to Lin Li and send the  message. During that time, An Ran was still struggling with her cooking in the kitchen. After these days of intensive training, and although many times,  the dish was fried to charcoal black, but after that, An Ran finally grasped the trick to it, and the ingredients in the pot finally emerged with its natural color. Although the taste was somewhat unsatisfactory, at  least it was not as black as in the past.

When the call from Lin Li came, she was preparing onions in the kitchen,  her eyes were crying from the smell of onions, and she couldn’t help but tear. As An Ran was peeling and regretting her choice to try cooking the  onion fried beef dish, she should try a green pepper fried beef dish instead.  Just when she was regretting this, the mobile phone on the side of the desk rang. An Ran did not look at it and answered it immediately. The tone of her voice was crying. "Hello?"

There was a pause over the line, and it remain silent for a while.

"Hello, speak up." An Ran said on the phone and pushed the onion on the  cutting board to a farther place. But her crying tone of voice was still very heavy. It sounded as if she was suffering under some great distress.  She sounded very pitiful.

"An Ran, are you crying?" Lin Li asked somehow on the phone.

Hearing the voice over the phone, An Ran took the phone and looked at the  number that appeared on the screen. It was indeed Lin Li. She was worried for a few days, and the anger just exploded, shouting at her on the phone:  "You ahh still know to call me!" It was just that the tone of voice was  clearly crying, so her position of being angry was weaker.

Hearing her yell like this, Lin Li was even more uncertain now. She was clearly crying when she answered, but what was been said was not like a  crying person. "An Ran, are you not crying?"

Hearing this, An Ran used her hands to fan her face and said with tears: "I  am being smoked by the smell of onions, you tell me if I am crying or not!"

When Lin Li heard this over the line, she took a while to react and chuckle. "I thought you were crying because you were bullied by your  family's Su Big Cash."

Really couldn't stand the smell anymore, An Ran calmly rushed out of the  kitchen with the mobile phone. She said, "Don't you dare change the subject now, speak up, where have you been the past few days? You don't answer your  phone, you don't reply your messages, Just what have you been up to?"

On the other side of the phone, Lin Li was silent for a while, and at last she said, "Anzi, come out and meet me, I am back at Jiang City."

Hearing this An Ran had some trouble reacting, but after a while asked uncertainly: "What did you just say, you came back to Jiang City?"

"En." Lin Li faintly responded, "Anzi, come out and let's meet."

An Ran didn't say much, said directly: "Wait for me at the usual place."  Then she hung up the phone, took off her apron, took the wallet and key then left directly out the door.

After marrying Su Yi Cheng, she really hadn't driven for a long time. She was originally a mechanical idiot. Plus, after not driven for a long time,  her skills were a bit rusty. When she turned a corner, she almost hit someone, but thank goodness It was just a false alarm.

The so-called usual place is actually just the cafe near the school where  she and Mo Fei, Lin Li and Cheng Xiang used to go together. Although after  graduation, they had not gone there for almost a few years now. 

When An Ran parked the car in front of the cafe and directly went in, in  the original seat where the four of them used to sit, she saw Lin Li, and  Lin Li also saw her at the same time, and her mouth was faintly smiling.

Today is not a weekend, but the cafe is full nonetheless, the waiters are hurriedly walking about, everyone is very busy.

An Ran looked at her, and her eyes looked at her for a moment. The original  long hair was cut short and only went to the ear. She was never fat, but after just slightly more than a month of not seeing her, her entire person  was thinner than before. More so, she seems as thin as a piece of paper,  and it seems that the wind can blow her away with just a breeze.

Lin Li chuckled and looked at her and said, "Doesn't my new hairstyle look  waaay better than in the photo?"

An Ran rolled her eyes at her, she threw her bag and car key on the table,  sat down in front of her, looked at her sternly, and said with anger and  distress: "Don't you eat at all?! Making yourself to be like this, are you  saving food for the country or something?!"

Lin Li chuckled and said, "It's not by much, you know how I am, I wasn't fat  to begin with."

When she said that An Ran got angrier and angrier, and she stared at her,  "You are also aware that you are not fat, then why do you do this to yourself making yourself look so ghastly!?" She is sooo angry, angry that  she doesn’t even know how to cherish herself!

"OK ok now, we haven't met for so long. Are you sure you want to scold me silly?" Lin Li asked, looking at her.

An Ran angrily stared at her for a while, and then she recovered herself.  In fact, she is just worried about her, and she feels that she doesn't care  for herself at all. Even in such a short time, she made herself look like  this, she really is so so worried about her!

That being the case, An Ran still whispered and asked: "How come you  returned so suddenly?"

Lin Li smiled and took the cup on the table for a sip. She said: "In fact,  I came back a few days ago. I have been looking for a house and a job these few days."

Hearing this, An Ran stared at her with wild open eyes, her expression full of anger, "Lin Li!"

Lin Li stretched and held onto her hand and said placidly, "Don't be  angry, anger will make you age faster. If you get old, be careful your family's Su Big Cash will go to find someone young and beautiful."

An Ran is still staring at her, she is angry, she has been back for a few days yet only now does she contacts her!

"Alright alright, I didn't tell you because I don't want to rely on you for  everything. It's time I started growing up. I am looking for a house and  a  job. In fact, everything is not as difficult as I thought. It is just that  I used to rely too much on you and Cheng Xiang, you have protected me too  well. If I am protected by you all the time, I think I will lose my ability  to survive, so this time I want to arrange everything myself by my own  strength." Lin Li said faintly, her face calm.

"What happened?" An Ran asked. She knew Lin Li too well. When she left the  last time, she would have never return to Jiang City unless something  happened that made her to have to come back.

Lin Li look at her, and after a long time only faintly answered, "It’s my father, he was diagnosed with 2nd stage stomach cancer, and is now in the  City hospital."

An Ran didn’t expect it to be like this. She remembered seeing Lin Li's  father before, his spirit was still very good and seem healthier than most  young people. When he climb the stairs he didn't even become hard of  breathe. It had only been such a short time yet now he has stomach cancer!  "How, how can this be!"

Lin Li smiled bitterly, rubbing her hand on the cup, and said only gently,  "Who knows."

An Ran looked at her, and her heart felt immense discomfort. She reached  out and held her hand. She whispers distressingly, "Lin Li..."

Lin Li looked up at her and shook her head faintly. "I'm fine, really." She  knew that An Ran was worried about her. In fact, when she just find out  about her father's condition, she almost broke down mentally, it was too  much, too quickly. And everything is beyond her tolerance level! However,  it turns out that the potential of the person is infinite. What she thought she can't endured she did manage to persevere through it. Now slowly she is starting to accept things as they come, because there is no way to avoid  it, the fact is already the fact, to escape is useless, she can only face  up to it.

Afraid that she didn't believe it, Lin Li grabbed her hand and tried to make herself look okay. She said with a chuckle, "In fact, just think about it, it doesn't seem so bad. It's better to find out earlier. It's now stage  2, it can still be treated, if it was stage 3, then even if I cry it will  be useless."

"Lin Li!" An Ran felt uncomfortable in her heart. She suddenly feel that  God was unfair to Lin Li. It was such a short time, but she had experienced so much, and every time she was testing the limits of her heart.

Lin Li look at her steadily, as if she was making a promise with her, said,  "Anzi, I am really fine." Turned around and looked outside, at this moment  many students seems to have just left school, then turned to look at An Ran,  said, "I have been thinking about it lately. I used to be living too  smoothly. I have lived for 28 years. It have been smooth sailing all the  time. My parents loved me. Even when I first entered the school, I was with  Cheng Xiang, and Cheng Xiang was so indulgent of me, I can say that  everything in my life is too good, like a fairy tale, so beautiful that it  seems it is not true. I used to be very willful, like a child, unstable  because I know my parents will help me, Cheng Xiang will help me, and you  will help me, regardless of what happened, there are too many people  waiting to help me, I don't have to worry or be afraid." Suddenly she  laugh out loud, " Oh, I used to live like a child before, being protected  by everyone."

"We want you to continue to be a child, to be so alive, to be with so much  laughter." When you are happy, you will laugh out loud, have no care for  your image, when you are unhappy, you will frown, all the emotions are on  the face, so people can see it at a glance. She likes Lin Li like that,  everyone likes Lin Li like that.

Lin Li shook her head, her mouth was filled with bitter smiles, and her  reply was faint. "Who can be a child forever, the child will grow up one  day. I have been lucky enough to be a 28-year-old child. Now it is time to  learn to grow up."

"Lin Li..." An Ran looked at her with some distress.

Lin Li shook her head and said: "Well, I am looking for you today to help  find a job for me. Because of my father's condition, my mother and I intend  to settle down in Jiang City first, so I want to find a job first. Does your company still recruit people? If you can, make some connections and  get me in."

An Ran, somewhat embarrassed to look at her, said, "I, I actually just  resigned."

"Ehhh, why?" Lin Li was taken aback. "You have been there for seven years!"  She knows that An Ran had a very difficult seven years. From sketching the  drawing to the current designer position, she has achieve them step by  step, just how much sweat and energy have been spent for her to reach to her present position. And she always knew that An Ran was actually very  sentimental. At the time, she was also suppressed by Huang Dexing. At that  time, he had let her go, but she did not leave, saying that even if there  was no reluctance to leave the people there, but she could not just leave  after expending such an amount of effort at the place.

An Ran told her about the recent events, about the sample room and design  drawings, about Huang Dexing's demands.

Lin Li said with some resentment, "It’s really true that you can find all  sorts of birds as the forest gets bigger. It's better to leave this kind of  company earlier. There really isn't any good thing in it!"

An Ran looked at her, Lin Li has really changed, she was not as excited as she used to be and who would say that she would teach a lesson to those  scoundrels. If this is the price of growth, it is too painful!

Suddenly thought of something, Lin Li stared at her in embarrassment, and  said after a while: "Anzi, it turned out that you are not the wife of some big money family, but directly the wife of the big official, you can sure  keep a secret!"

An Ran found it so funny that she gave a sigh of relief. She only said:  "Finding work is not critical. The most important thing is to look after father Lin's illness first. Right, where do you live now and have you found  a house?”

Lin Li shook her head. "Now Dad is in the hospital. I live with my mother  in a hotel near the hospital. I have been looking for one these days. If we find the right one, we will move over."

An Ran nodded, suddenly thought of the single apartment she lived with Su  Yi Cheng, said to Lin Li: "The apartment we lived in before is empty now, do you want to stay there with Mama Lin first?"

Lin Li shook her head. "No, I can handle the house matter. Now my father is old, I should grow up. Under his blessing, I have lived for so many years,  and now I should take care of them instead. There are so many things that I  have to learn on my own."

An Ran looked at her, silently sighed, and said, "Don't be polite with me,  even if you want to learn to grow up, let me help too."

Lin Li looked at her, and for a moment she nodded lightly.

An Ran laughed and reached out and grabbed her hand. "Take me to see father  Lin."

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Lin Li's back!

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