Difficult To Raise Chapter 53

Chapter 53 Cherry Chen Rong went there after leaving school…

After Chen Rong left school, she went to the store. Her husband, who later remarried, was very rich. Seeing that she liked to make faces, he even opened a beauty salon for her.

Her husband was good in everything, but he was older and had a short life. After he died two years ago, he left her a lot of money, so that she could have enough food and clothing, and live a pretty comfortable life.

It’s just that the two of them have never had children of their own in these years. The older Chen Rong gets, the more she wants to have a junior by her side to know the cold and the hot.But at her age, she cannot give birth to children, so she will inevitably be lonely.

She did contact Jiang Ran before, with some thoughts of reconciliation, and she thought that the child was short of money, so she was willing to support him, and she might not hold a grudge. Who knew that when she called, she realized that the number had long been empty.

When she recalled Jiang Ran’s attitude, her face showed a little sadness, not at all as high-spirited as she was in the store.

She walked slowly home, mentally planning to make some food and buy something to send to him in a few days. She believed that no child would miss his mother, and as long as she put in more effort, she could always coax him back.

Halfway through, she suddenly saw a light blue box placed on a trash can not far away. The shape of that thing was too familiar to her.

Chen Rong’s face darkened, and she felt a little uneasy.

As she got closer, she could smell the familiar smell of white peach in her nose. Chen Rong’s expression suddenly changed. She lost her dignity and elegance. She rushed forward a few steps almost embarrassedly, and pulled the box open with trembling hands.

The exquisite desserts inside were no longer as beautiful as before. They were trampled to pieces like garbage, with half a footprint still on them.

She was startled, and the lid of the cake box fell to the ground. A surge of anger emerged, making her cheeks turn red, and the hands on her sides could not stop shaking.

In addition to being angry, there was also some sadness.

She has no sincerity, so as long as she gives a little bit, she feels it is a great thing.

She bought the ingredients for this dessert herself and learned to make it bit by bit. She wasted a lot of effort. Now being treated like this is like trampling her sincerity into the dust.

This feeling is definitely not pleasant, even the most heartless person will inevitably feel sad.

Chen Rong felt aggrieved and sad. She stared at the box for a long time, then slowly walked home step by step, her body looking a little stooped.

Jiang Jin stood not far away and looked at her back, with a dark expression on his face.

He had a cigarette in his mouth but did not light it. He was turning his cell phone casually with one hand. After a while, a call came in.

Jiang Jin picked up the answer, and the other party’s voice was very low, “We have arranged for someone to check her information, but it still takes a little time.”

“Yeah.” Jiang Jin said nonchalantly, “As soon as possible.”

“Yes, yes, I understand.”

The two talked for a few more words before hanging up the phone.

Before leaving, Jiang Jin took out the unlit cigarette in his mouth and threw it ruthlessly into the trash can nearby, just like the uneaten peach mousse.

*

Jiang Ran went to the cafeteria to eat in the evening. When he swiped his card, he almost broke into a cold sweat when he was shocked by the balance displayed on the machine.

The people around him turned around and stared at him as if they were conferring, with surprise on their faces. They were probably wondering where this idiot came from, using his meal card as a bank card.

Jiang Ran sensed what social death meant and hurriedly left with the dinner plate.

He found an empty seat and sat down. He stared at the school card in his hand and couldn’t help but sigh.

Caught off guard, really caught off guard.He didn’t even doubt what he said about buying drinks.

Jiang Ran thought in his heart, why is this little lunatic always so arrogant in doing things? He charges so much money that he won’t be able to finish it until he graduates. It would be a pity if he can’t withdraw by then.

As he was thinking about it, Jiang Jin showed up in his mind as he solemnly shoved the card over and told him to eat well.

Jiang Ran couldn’t hold it back and curved his lips to smile again. He looked at the school card intently for a while.The card is a thin one, with a picture of the school’s gate printed on the front. It’s nothing special, and it’s even a little cold in your hand.

After watching for a few seconds, the smile on his face disappeared. Jiang Ran was silent for a moment, feeling complicated.

He told Jiang Jin before that he wouldn’t gain weight by eating, but that wasn’t the case either.Mainly because he didn’t take it to heart at all.More often than not, he would choose the ten-yuan set meal in school, which is large, filling, delicious and inexpensive.Whether the food was good or not, nutritious or not, he didn’t care that much at all.

Jiang Jin’s behavior of adding money to his school card may seem a bit silly and childish to outsiders, but it’s also really laughable.

But…but in this world…except for this little lunatic who always likes to torment people, there is probably no other person who cares about him so much and cares about him so much.

There would be no second person who would charge up jaw-dropping amounts of money into his campus card because he was worried that he would not eat well.

Jiang Ran took a deep breath, suppressed the emotion in his heart, and put the card into his pocket after a while.

He stared at the plates on the table, then suddenly picked up his phone, pointed the camera at the delicious-looking meals, took a photo and sent it to Jiang Jin.

R: [Eating these for dinner, two meat, one vegetable and one soup, a combination of meat and vegetable, this is called nutrition and health, do you understand?]

After a while, Jiang Jin replied to him.

RJ: [If you want to eat, brother will feed you.]

RJ: [Ah, come on, I’m ready.]

Jiang Ran smiled and put the phone away.In just two words, the heavy emotions that had been weighing on my heart dissipated like a gust of wind.

He started to eat in a good mood. Halfway through the meal, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and snapped his fingers in his ear.

Jiang Ran turned his head and saw He Qian standing next to him holding a dinner plate, “Did you meet something happy? You are smiling like this.”

“No,” Jiang Ran pulled out the chair next to him and asked him to sit down, “Why did you come to our school?”

“I came here to play with you, and have a meal by the way. I think the food in your school cafeteria is quite delicious, better than that in our school.” He Qian sat down, put the plate on the table, and said, “What have you been doing during this time? You haven’t seen anyone, and you haven’t played any games.”

Jiang Ran thought for a while and said, “My brother was injured. I went to the hospital to take care of him for a few days.”

“Your brother?” He Qian raised his eyebrows, “Which brother?”

“Which one else?” Jiang Ran put a piece of ribs into his mouth, slowly ate it, and then said, “There has always been only that one.”

“I haven’t even seen him,” He Qian said, “call him out and play together some other time.”

Jiang Ran picked up another chopstick of green vegetables and said, “Let’s talk about it then.”

“It’ll be in a few days.” He Qian glanced at his dinner plate, grabbed a piece of braised beef and put it into his bowl, “Do you remember the team building I told you last time? My sister said it will be this weekend, and everyone from their store will go. You invite your brother, and we will go together in my car.”

Jiang Ran was eating his food, hesitant. The current relationship between him and Jiang Jin was unclear. They could be called brothers, but they didn’t look like brothers. They were said to be lovers, but there was only so much difference between them.

“I don’t know if he is free,” Jiang Ran looked at his phone silently, “I’ll ask later.”

“Well, my sister said she was going to a nearby mountain called Muxi Mountain. I read on the Internet that the scenery is good. There are fireflies at night and you can watch the sunrise in the morning.”

He Qian looked very happy and told him what to bring, “You may need to spend the night there, tents, sleeping bags, etc. I have plenty there. You have to bring some thick clothes and prepare some food and drink.”

“Okay.” Jiang Ran nodded.

*

After returning home, he had been thinking about this matter and whether he should ask Jiang Jin to go with him.

After coming out of the shower, Jiang Jin’s video call came over. Jiang Ran pressed the button and hesitated for a moment before mentioning what He Qian said to him.

Jiang Jin smiled and narrowed his eyes, “We really have a good understanding, brother.”

Jiang Ran raised his eyebrows in confusion, “Huh?”

“Have you forgotten, it’s a store jointly opened by Sister Xin and Xiaopang,” Jiang Jin said, “Everyone from the band is going, and I originally wanted to ask you if you wanted to join us.”

“Oh.” Jiang Ran realized that he had almost forgotten about it, “Then when the time comes, you…”

“You can take my car, brother.” Jiang Jin interrupted.

Jiang Ran glanced at him and said nothing.

Jiang Jin lowered his eyes and said aggrievedly, “You’re not going to take someone else’s car, are you?”

Jiang Ran: “…”

He really thought so.

“Brother, you really don’t love me at all now.” Jiang Jin curled his lips and complained softly, “Obviously before…”

“Okay, okay,” Jiang Ran quickly interrupted, “I’ll just take your car.”

He lay on the bed and saw a smile on Jiang Jin’s face again because of these words.

He must have just taken a shower, his hair was still wet, and the collar of his pajamas was mostly open, revealing his delicate collarbones.

Jiang Ran glanced at it, looked away as if nothing had happened, and found another topic: “What’s the name of the song you sang this afternoon?”

“What?” Jiang Jin asked.

“That’s the song, when the cherries are red…” Jiang Ran recalled the tune and hummed softly. Halfway through, he saw Jiang Jin covering his face with his hands on the other side of the screen, his shoulders shaking slightly.

“Jiang Jin!” Jiang Yan wanted to hang up the phone, “Don’t laugh again!”

“No,” Jiang Jin took his hand off, looked at the screen, tried his best to suppress the corners of his mouth, and said seriously: “I won’t laugh.”

“You think my singing is ugly.” Jiang Ran complained.

“No,” Jiang Jin said with a low smile, “It’s not bad to listen to, the singing… is quite cute.”

“I’m hanging up,” Jiang Ran curled his lips, took the phone away, and raised the volume, “I’m going to sleep!”

“No, no, no, brother, I can’t see your face… let me think about the name,” Jiang Jin stopped smiling and lowered his voice to coax, “This song doesn’t have a name yet, brother, please give it one.”

He stared at Jiang Ran and said begging for mercy: “I really can’t stop laughing. Please bring your phone closer and let me see you.”

Jiang Ran snorted, slowly brought the phone closer, and said to the person on the other side of the screen, “Don’t you have a name?”

“Well,” Jiang Jin said, “I didn’t have time to get it.”

Jiang Ran said “Oh” and remembered the words and melody of this song. They were different from the previous ones. It was gentle, soothing, and a little inexplicably ambiguous, like a blushing cherry on a branch.

Thinking of this, he didn’t know why, but he felt inexplicably uncomfortable. He cleared his throat and said, “Otherwise, it’s called… called…”

“Cherry tree.”

*

Early on Saturday morning, while Jiang Ran was still lying in bed, He Qian’s phone rang like a reminder, “Aren’t you up yet? Come on, come on, where is your brother? Didn’t you say you would take his car?”

“Wait a minute,” Jiang Ran said, “I’ll ask him.”

He hung up the phone and got up from the bed in a daze.Just when he was about to call Jiang Jin, the other party’s message jumped out first.

RJ: [I’ll wait for you at the school gate, brother.]

Jiang Ran replied ok to him, quickly put on his clothes, packed his things, picked up a backpack and walked out of the dormitory.

As soon as he arrived at the school gate, he was pulled over by He Qian who was waiting on the roadside.

“Where is your brother? Why didn’t you see anyone?”

Jiang Ran bit the bag of milk and pointed behind him.He Qian turned around and saw a tall and thin figure leaning against the car door.

He wore a black jacket, a peaked cap, and a pair of sneakers under his long legs wrapped in jeans. He was dressed neatly.

“Hi.” Seeing them looking over, Jiang Jin pushed up the brim of his hat, revealing his bright eyes, and greeted them.

“Is this your brother?” He Qian turned to ask Jiang Ran.

“Yeah.” Jiang Ran responded.

“Isn’t this the lead singer of that band? How come he’s your brother?” He Qian glanced at Jiang Jin again and asked quietly, “Did I admit my mistake?”

“No, he is my brother to begin with,” Jiang Ran didn’t want to say more and said perfunctorily: “We had a quarrel before and we reconciled.”

He was vague and didn’t explain the cause and effect. Fortunately, He Qian was a young man with emotional intelligence. He nodded without asking any more questions and quickly changed the subject, “Damn, what did you feed him? How did he grow so tall? Do you have any secrets to teach him?”

“It mainly depends on genes,” Jiang Ran walked forward and said without looking back: “And even if there is a secret, you are probably too late now.”

“Fuck,” He Qian said from behind, “is it so harmful? I’m still not your brother.”

“Don’t be poor, get in the car quickly.”

Jiang Ran smiled, opened the car door and got in the passenger seat. As soon as he got in, he found that there was warm breakfast, steamed buns, milk bread, everything in the car.

He was stunned for a moment. When he raised his head, he saw Jiang Jin lifting his legs and straddling the driver’s seat.

“I just passed by the breakfast shop and bought some on the way.” Noticing his gaze, Jiang Jin tilted his head and smiled, explaining: “I didn’t know what you wanted to eat, so I bought some.”

“Oh,” Jiang Ran looked at his smile, his eyelashes trembled slightly, he reached for a bag of bread and said, “This will do.”

“Okay.”

Jiang Jin responded and threw the rest to He Qian in the back seat.

“Thank you,” He Qian took it and said with a smile, “My brother is so considerate.”

“You’re welcome.” Jiang Jin responded calmly, then turned the steering wheel and the car merged smoothly into the traffic flow. “The others took a step ahead. The place we want to go is a bit far away. It takes more than three hours to drive.”

He glanced sideways at Jiang Ran, “Brother, if you feel sleepy, you can sleep in the car for a while.”

“Okay,” Jiang Ran nodded and asked casually, “How many people are going?”

“I don’t know,” Jiang Jin drove the car, “It shouldn’t be many.”

“Just the ones in my sister’s shop,” He Qian said, “and a few people from the band.”

Jiang Ran said “hmm” and didn’t ask any more questions.

After breakfast, sleepiness came over him again. He lowered his seat, covered himself with the thin blanket Jiang Jin handed him, and had a comfortable sleep.

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