Chapter 118: 宋總，好像是你要找的人
[Director Song, this seems to be the person you are looking for.]

Song Zhixu cleaned up his emotions, and then changed the water for the two turtles and put the food and watched them finish eating, and then changed the clean water again.

He carried the fish bowl into the bedroom and put it in the place where Lin Ran always puts it. He lay on Lin Ran’s pillow and looked at the fish bowl, feeling Lin Ran’s breath on the pillow.

Only at home can he feel Lin Ran’s remaining breath.

But now he does not know where Lin Ran is, and does not know how much money Lin Ran still carries on his body, the five million card, Lin Ran has never used, therefore he can not find Lin Ran.

The capital is too big, too many people, he has no clue like a headless fly driving a car to seek a chance encounter is too difficult, how can he not find Lin Ran?

Song Zhixu’s eyes have lost concentration, lying because he is really too tired these days, lying in the place where Lin Ran’s breath is, so he unconsciously fell asleep.

Song Zhixu had a dream, dreamed that Lin Ran stood in a small room of broken money, inside the dark without much light, the floor is also dirty, Lin Ran wearing a nightgown, thin fabric outlines the round pregnant belly, his bare feet on the ground, eyes with tears looking at Song Zhixu.

“Ran Ran?” Song Zhixu had some surprise, wanting to lean over to pull him over. This time the capital city is very cold, how can he only wear a nightgown, and bare feet.

But no matter how he moved forward, he still couldn’t get close to Lin Ran, and could only stand at a distance and look at Lin Ran.

The tears in Lin Ran’s eyes suddenly broke down and rolled down in large drops.

He looked at Song Zhixu and opened his mouth to ask, “Song Zhixu likes Gege, right? Song Zhixu doesn’t like Ran Ran, nor does he like the baby.”

After saying that, Lin Ran cried and stepped back, rubbing her stomach with her hand, and gradually walked away.

Song Zhixu desperately wanted to go over, but was unable to do so.

He violently opened his eyes, sat up from the bed, shook his head and muttered in a small voice.

“No…. Ran Ran, I don’t like anyone else.”

But opening his eyes, he was still in his bedroom, there was no Lin Ran, he had not yet found Lin Ran.

Song Zhi Xu sat in a daze for a long time, he felt some unclear vision, lifted his head and rubbed it to realise that he didn’t know when he was already in tears.

He only reacted to it as an afterthought, Lin Ran’s last phone call to him.

Didn’t Lin Ran say that he missed his brother? Lin Ran is asking him if he likes his brother, but how did he do something like that? He hurriedly said to Lin Ran, let him give Lin Mu a call before then he hung it up. He remembered Lin Ran’s lonely eyes from the cctv monitor, he inhaled oxygen like a knife stabbed him in the heart.

His Ran Ran has always been very obedient, if he had problems he would always ask him, he would not put it in the heart. Every time he explained, Lin Ran would listen, but this time he did not explain, so Lin Ran went to find Lin Mu, and finally became like this.

Song Zhixu sleeps without closing the curtains. Once he fell asleep, he woke up while the setting sun had been dyed red sky outside the window. Orange light from the window through the glass slanting into the bedroom filled with orange, this makes the bed sitting figure seem even more lonely.

Song Zhixu looked out of the window and realized that since then, snowflakes had been falling outside, but because it wasn’t cold enough, the snowflakes immediately melted when they fell on the ground.

Song Zhixu took out his mobile phone and looked at it, Lin Mu and him had no news from Lin Ran, Song Zhixu got up from the bed, changed his clothes, and drove out to look for him.

Lin Ran has been living in the small house for more than two months, he learnt how to use a kettle by himself, and even tried to use gas to fry food. He has learnt how to use all those kitchen utensils that he was afraid of before, because he still has a baby in his stomach and ‘little bad’ to take care of, so he told himself to be strong.

In the past two months, he hardly went out, except for the occasional time when he didn’t know how to use something, he would ask Auntie Wang for advice and go to the convenience store to buy daily necessities, he would stay in the small house all the time.

The kitten he had picked up had grown considerably, doubling its weight in two months, and the chubby orange was jumping up and down in the house every day.

In the evening, the sky darkened, Lin Ran touched Xiao Huai in his lap who rubbed against him, thought and picked up his shoulder bag, opened out the last money inside and counted it again.

Exactly one hundred and eighty-two yuan left, to pay the rent is already not enough. For two months, he relied on the cash in the backpack to support until present is already not enough.

“Xiao Huai… Ran Ran has no money, can’t buy food.” Lin Ran bit his lip and was at a loss for words.

In the past, he had no concept of money, and could not even recognize it. Now that he is outside, he knows that money should be spent carefully, or it will be gone.

Footsteps came from outside the door, then the door was knocked from outside, and Auntie Wang’s voice came from outside the door.

“Ran Ran, are you home?”

Lin Ran heard the voice and stood up, quickly walked over and opened the door to let Auntie Wang in.

“Auntie Wang.” Lin Ran called out in a low voice, letting the door open to let her in.

Auntie Wang looked at Lin Ran and smiled,

“Ran Ran, I knew you were at home, today is the winter solstice, you have to eat dumplings, I know you must not have any here, I specially sent them here for you, they are still hot, find a bowl and pour it over, eat it while it’s hot.”

Lin Ran thanked her in a small voice and found another bowl for Auntie Wang to pour it over.

Looking at Auntie Wang, Lin Ran bit his lip and whispered,

“Auntie Wang, Ran Ran … I want to make money.” He doesn’t have any money, if he doesn’t make money, he won’t be able to pay the rent, and then he and Xiao Huai will be driven away.

“Earn money?” Auntie Wang put away her lunchbox and looked at Lin Ran with some surprise, her eyes unconsciously glancing at his protruding stomach, “Ran Ran, after the winter solstice a few days will be the New Year’s Day, aren’t you…. going home?”

Lin Ran knew nothing when he just came here, even money does not recognise adults and children. He seems to be a pampered young master from a rich family. Wang Auntie also did not think that he could live here for a long time.

Until she learnt that Lin Ran was pregnant, although she was shocked, she still believed it after a long time. She thought that this might be the reason why Lin Ran moved out on his own. After all, this kind of controversy is the most controversial thing for the rich family.

Lin Ran bit his lip and shook his head gently, he didn’t know where he was going, his brother wasn’t at home, Song Zhixu’s house was also he could not go there, he only had this place.

Auntie Wang sighed as she looked at him, and after some thought, she finally said,

“OK, I also added some part-time jobs. I will give you to see if there is a flyer, doing publicity and so on at work, you will pick up bottles with me, you can always earn money for yourself, right?”

Lin Ran’s eyes lit up with some gratitude, and he nodded his head vigorously.

“Ran Ran can, the baby is very good, and will listen.”

“Good, then …. I’ll call you tomorrow, you don’t have a mobile phone, no way to contact him, you wait for me to call you tomorrow.” The colour of the sky was already dark, Aunty Wang also did not stay longer and left.

Walking to the door she stomped her cold feet hard and muttered in a small voice,

“Such a cold day, in a few days it will snow again, you do not even have a heater here, really cold, you are still pregnant with a child, how can you live?”

Lin Ran clutched the clothes on his body, did not answer.

His place is too shabby, there are not many households, the heating can not be installed, to be able to individually pass the heating pipe is too expensive, Lin Ran does not have the money, so he didn’t order it.

Fortunately, when Lin Ran came out, he put a down jacket bought for him by Song Zhixu in his suitcase, which would keep him warmer, and there was also an electric blanket given to him by Wang Auntie to sleep at night, which would make him feel much better.

After Auntie left, Lin Ran sat down at the table, picked up the chopsticks and clamped two dumplings in the small bowl of Xiao Huai, seeing him eating, only then he began to eat too.

Lin Ran didn’t know what festival the winter solstice was, but he and Little Bad shared a bowl of boiled dumplings that were already stuck together, already very satisfied.

The next day, not long after dawn, Aunt Wang came over, somehow excited and Lin Ran said that there is a flyer job, can earn 50 yuan a day.

Lin Ran also had some surprise, nodded, changed his clothes, put food and water for Little Bad and left.

According to the address, the two took the bus to the gathering place, after receiving the flyer, stood on the intersection to distribute.

Lin Ran already has some fear of people, standing in the crowded intersection, body tightly tense, do not dare to move, not to mention to hand out the leaflets to other people’s hands.

Seeing that he had been standing still, Auntie Wang stole a glance at the supervisor and went to Lin Ran’s side and whispered,

“Ran Ran, what’s wrong with you? Why don’t you send it? There are supervisors over there watching, if you don’t send it, you won’t be paid.”

Lin Ran trembled a bit, looked at Auntie Wang with a pale face, touched his own stomach and nodded with courage.

“Ran Ran can, can send it.”

The down jacket Lin Ran bought was originally on the large side, plus this period of time he lost a lot of weight. The down jacket on his body just covers the big belly, as long as he doesn’t bump into him, other people will not see.

Although afraid, Lin Ran knows, for the baby in the stomach and Xiao Huai, he must earn money.

Lin Ran finally summoned up courage to hand out the first flyer to the passers-by, passing a young lady who looked at him and took it and also said: “Thank you.”

Lin Ran paused, hurriedly also said, “thank you”, the other side also looked at him without saying a word then left.

After the first leaflet, Lin Ran relaxed a bit, took the first step and realized that it wasn’t that difficult to do this, and people would even say “thank you” to him.

Lin Ran stood at the intersection, Lin Ran well behavedly sent flyers to everyone, if the other party waved their hands they did not want it then he took it back. His feet felt very cold, from time to time he stamped his feet, but thinking of the baby and Xiao Huai, he felt motivated.

…….

After two months of searching, Song Zhi Xu was somewhat tired, he just drove home and the phone suddenly issued a soft ring, he opened and found one photo.

There was also a message: “Mr Song, this seems to be the person you’re looking for”.

The young man in the photo is wearing a beige down jacket, standing on the roadside, handing out flyers, no need to zoom in, just a figure, which has made Song Zhixu’s eyes red.

This is his Ran Ran.