CFRFGC Chapter 13

⌈When he saw the “weapon” in Lu Ran’s hand, his whole body went cold.⌋

Chen Sheng’s arm was frozen in place, neither pulling back nor letting go.

He felt a bit awkward, plastering a smile on his face.

Inside, he regretted getting involved in the Shen family’s mess.

Looking at Lu Ran’s attitude, it seemed like he was ordering without a care in the world.

Shen Xingzhuo’s attitude was inconsistent, sometimes good and sometimes bad.

No matter what, they were still brothers, despite being a bastard child.

What was an outsider like him doing sticking his nose in?

After getting tough with Chen Sheng, Shen Xingzhuo felt uncomfortable all over.

He wasn’t used to defending Lu Ran.

In the past, he had always protected Shen Xingran like he was his prized possession, but now that Lu Ran had returned, it felt like he was opposing Shen Xingran.

He had already chosen to stand with Shen Xingran from the beginning.

Now protecting Lu Ran seemed a bit inappropriate.

Shen Xingzhuo cleared his throat, casually starting to pick on Lu Ran: “I’m not paying this bill; you figure it out.”

“You can certainly choose not to pay.”

Lu Ran glanced at him.

Shen Xingzhuo raised an eyebrow.

Lu Ran squinted and smiled at him: “Then I’ll just tell them that Second Young Master Shen is my real brother.”

Shen Xingzhuo’s heart skipped a beat.

He felt no sense of disgust.

Lu Ran continued, “And then I’ll tell them that you’ve eaten shit.”

Shen Xingzhuo was stunned.

The little spark of emotion he felt vanished instantly.

Lu Ran analyzed for him: “Saying you’re my real brother only serves to corroborate the truth of the second part of the statement.”

“It’s not me… when did I—” Shen Xingzhuo was furious.

“Just that day.” Lu Ran looked at him coolly.

Terrifying memories came rushing back.

Shen Xingzhuo frantically explained, “I absolutely did not!”

“Who did eat it?”

“You just smashed that thing onto me!”

“But the bag broke,” Lu Ran said.

“That didn’t get into my mouth!” Shen Xingzhuo emphasized furiously.

His voice was a bit loud.

After he finished shouting, he realized something and turned to look beside him.

The surrounding second-generation heirs stared at him in shock.

Chen Sheng, sitting closest, couldn’t help but timidly raise his hand and ask, “What are you guys talking about eating… what?”

Shen Xingzhuo: “…”

Just as Shen Xingzhuo felt like he could shoot straight up like a rocket, some commotion was heard.

Lu Ran and the others were in the billiard room on the first floor.

On the outer side was a whole wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, through which they could just see the entrance of the other building of the twin towers.

Lu Ran had been to this club in his past life.

He knew that only half of the twin towers were open; the other half was said to only receive specific individuals, connected by a skybridge.

Now, the main door of the other building opened.

Two rows of attendants stood on the steps.

Not far away, a long business car was parked.

“Wow, the door opened.”

“Who is it?”

Lu Ran felt that the car looked somewhat familiar, so he moved a bit closer.

As he stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows, he noticed that the attendants were standing oddly on the steps.

The two rows of attendants were not standing on either side of the steps.

Instead, they were positioned… on either side of the accessible pathway in the middle.

At this moment, someone recognized the car and exclaimed, “Damn! Speak of the devil, and he shall appear; it’s the Ji family’s car!”

Lu Ran turned his head for a glance.

At that moment, the door of the business car opened.

The middle-aged butler that Lu Ran had seen before was the first to step out, standing by the car door.

He pressed some buttons and an accessible ramp extended from the door.

Then, an electric wheelchair slowly descended from the ramp and came to a steady stop on the ground.

A man sat in the electric wheelchair.

He wore a deep gray cashmere coat with broad shoulders, looking anything but weak.

However, his legs were firmly covered by a black thin blanket.

Lu Ran was too far away and had some nearsightedness, so he couldn’t see the person’s face clearly.

He only felt that the person in the wheelchair should be quite young.

So young that it seemed out of place with the heavy black thin blanket draped over him and the wheelchair he was sitting in.

Yet, there was a gloomy aura about him that matched the wheelchair.

As the man got out of the car, the waiting person in charge immediately approached him.

He bowed and said something enthusiastically.

The man in the wheelchair remained silent, seeming a bit fatigued as he leaned back against the chair. A heavy sense of melancholy emanated from him, spreading outward like oppressive gray clouds.

The person in charge, who had been warmly welcoming at first, gradually fell silent and stood aside, somewhat at a loss.

The man still did not respond.

He controlled the wheelchair to move forward remotely.

The person in charge immediately followed, wanting to help push the wheelchair.

The man made a gesture to indicate he didn’t need help and slowly maneuvered the wheelchair up the steps by himself.

His figure disappeared behind the glass door of that building.

Those watching from this side instinctively let out a sigh of relief.

The atmosphere in the private room inexplicably lifted.

After a while, someone finally mumbled, “Why did this guy come?”

Chen Sheng smoothed things over, saying, “The big shot is going to the other building; it has nothing to do with us. You guys must be tired from playing, so I’ll order some food to come over.”

The group left the billiard table and started chatting on the side.

Lu Ran looked at the business car outside, constantly thinking, “What the hell.”

The person who had sent him and Da Huang to the hospital that night turned out to be a big shot.

And he was also disabled.

So… what had he said in the car that day?

Better dead than disabled?

Lu Ran’s toes curled in frustration.

He silently marveled at the big shot’s kind-heartedness, thinking that he hadn’t let anyone throw him out of the car.

It seemed that day he had indeed hit the jackpot.

This big shot should have originally planned to deal with Huang Mao’s family.

So he didn’t mind lending him a hand while walking.

Later, he even borrowed the video Lu Ran sent out to thoroughly suppress Huang and several other families.

Soon, some dishes and snacks were brought out one after another and Lu Ran had no time to think about anything else.

He didn’t even feel like he had a chance to interact with such big shots.

Shen Xingzhuo walked out of the private room to take a phone call.

Lu Ran casually started to take food from his plate.

The food at the club was quite good, better than what he could get outside and slightly better than the cooking in the Shen family’s kitchen.

Lu Ran was determined to get his money’s worth in one sitting.

He had always taken eating very seriously since he was young, chewing every bite thoughtfully, filled with a sense of happiness.

No matter how ordinary the food was, he would eat it all with great care, as if he were savoring a culinary masterpiece.

Anyone who had seen him eat couldn’t help but take a little extra for themselves.

Chen Sheng stood next to Lu Ran and unconsciously snatched three pieces of cake, only realizing he was full after finishing them.

Seizing the opportunity while Shen Xingzhuo was away, Chen Sheng leaned closer and said, “Brother Lu, I was just joking with you at the beginning today; you won’t hold it against me, right?”

Lu Ran glanced at him and replied, “Don’t disturb me while I’m eating.”

Chen Sheng left in a dejected manner.

Lu Ran focused intently on cutting his steak.

Suddenly, a voice came from beside him: “Oh, you can cut steak, huh?”

The tone was unfriendly.

Lu Ran looked up to see a rather good-looking boy.

He remembered him.

This guy, Lin Yi, was both an opponent and a friend of Shen Xingran.

In this story where everyone was treated like royalty, he belonged to the type that acted tough but was actually soft-hearted.

But what concerned Lu Ran was not that.

He remembered Lin Yi because Lin Yi had always looked down on him.

Moreover, in his previous life, during a cold winter, Shen Xingran had pushed him into a pool and it was Lin Yi who kept jabbing him with a mop every time he climbed out, causing him to soak in cold water for an hour.

It was also because Lin Yi’s fiance had tried to sleep with him¹Lu Ran.

Seeing Lin Yi approaching, Chen Sheng was worried that something might happen, so he immediately rushed over: “Xiao Yi, why are you here? The card table over there is missing you.”

Lin Yi turned to look at him: “What do you care?”

Chen Sheng felt a sense of dread.

He couldn’t gauge Shen Xingzhuo’s attitude and didn’t dare to let Lin Yi make things difficult for Lu Ran.

But Lin Yi loathed people like Lu Ran, who came from a background of illegitimacy since his own father was an infamous playboy.

Furthermore, Lin Yi wasn’t even one of Shen Xingzhuo’s lackeys.

He was engaged to Zhang Lin, the heir of the Zhang family. With the backing of the Zhang family, he wasn’t afraid of clashing with the Shen family.

Chen Sheng didn’t want to offend either side.

“Chen Sheng, why do you pull in anyone into the private room? If someone didn’t know better, they’d think a starving ghost came in,” Lin Yi remarked.

A few people nearby laughed along.

Lu Ran pretended not to hear and continued to patiently eat from his plate.

As he was eating, a hand reached over.

With a loud “bang”, Lu Ran’s plate was knocked to the ground and food splattered all over him.

A man standing next to Lin Yi laughed, “Xiao Yi is talking to you; how rude can you be?”

Lu Ran looked up, showing no signs of anger.

He simply took a tissue to wipe his mouth and then his hands.

He gazed at the food on the ground, letting out a sigh of regret.

In a soft voice, he said, “If Shen Xingzhuo and Shen Xingran were here, they would definitely remind you not to disturb me while I’m eating.”

If the Shen Xingzhuo outside the door had heard this, he would have surely shivered on the spot.

But Lin Yi and his lackey didn’t understand this.

The lackey laughed as he knocked Lu Ran’s bag to the floor.

An old pencil case spilled out, mixed with several experimental reports scattered on the ground.

Lin Yi kicked it with his foot, glanced at the writing, and read out loud: “Extraction of bovine fecal bacteria…”

He suddenly burst into laughter, “Hahaha, what are you studying? Do you research cow dung every day?”

Lu Ran looked at the experimental report crushed beneath their feet.

His voice was flat: “The second thing I hate the most is being disturbed while I eat.”

“The first thing I hate the most is someone touching my homework.”

The people around him continued to laugh.

At that moment, the door to the private room opened and Shen Xingzhuo walked in after finishing his phone call.

He looked at the mess in front of Lu Ran and frowned, asking in a deep voice, “What’s going on?”

Lu Ran turned and walked towards the exit of the room.

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow, thinking he was going to complain to Shen Xingzhuo.

However, Lu Ran walked right past Shen Xingzhuo without even looking at him.

Lin Yi chuckled, “You’re leaving just like that? How cowardly!”

Shen Xingzhuo glanced at the scattered bag and food on the ground then looked at Lin Yi.

His expression darkened: “What did you do?”

“Just exchanged a couple of words,” Lin Yi shrugged.

He was standing up for Shen Xingran and didn’t think Shen Xingzhuo would react strongly.

But the next second, Lin Yi felt a tightening around his neck as Shen Xingzhuo lifted him up.

“Who the hell allowed you to touch his stuff?”

The crowd hadn’t reacted yet.

With a creak, the door to the private room opened again.

Lu Ran, who had just left, stood by the door while holding… a toilet brush?

The toilet brush looked brand new and was still dripping with water.

It seemed like it had been snatched directly from the hands of a cleaning lady currently scrubbing the restroom.

Upon seeing what Lu Ran was holding, everyone froze for a moment, their gazes instinctively following Lu Ran. But as he approached, they quickly recoiled.

Only Shen Xingzhuo remained calm.

Seeing the “weapon” in Lu Ran’s hand made his hair stand on end.

He quickly released Lin Yi and jumped onto the nearby sofa.

Chen Sheng, who was trying to mediate, didn’t understand what was happening but instinctively followed and jumped onto the sofa as well.

Soon, he realized he had made an extremely wise decision.

Lu Ran raised the toilet brush, aiming it directly at the lackey who had just knocked his plate to the ground.

“Just because you’re not eating doesn’t mean others can’t, right?”

The lackey still had a cheeky grin on his face, thinking of swatting the toilet brush away as he usually did.

But when he reached out, he realized there was nowhere to grab it…

The lackey stepped back in confusion.

“You…” He swallowed hard, wanting to say that they could have a civil conversation.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, the toilet brush was thrust entirely into his mouth.

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Moonlit: Big salute to those who eat while reading this novel (￣ー￣)ゞ

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