Chapter 121: 這兩個月，林然就住在這種地方
[For the past two months, Lin Ran has been living in this kind of place.]

“Ran Ran….” Song Zhixu opened his mouth for a long time before he found his voice, but he only called out Ran Ran.

Lin Ran looked at him sideways, pursed his lips and did not take the initiative to speak, and after waiting for a while Song Zhixu did not continue to speak, he divided the noodles cooked in the pot into two bowls, put in a few boiled vegetables, and on top of it poured a little bit of noodle soup, and dripped a few drops of soy sauce.

Simply two bowls of noodles, Lin Ran did it very quickly, and brought them to the table, he and Song Zhixu each had a bowl.

The half of the chicken breast Lin Ran cooled on the side, will be given to Xiao Huai.

Lin Ran’s house is too small to have a dining table, so the two sat on the sofa and ate their meals with a tea table.

“Ran Ran… You just eat a bowl of noodles in clear soup?” Song Zhi Xu only found his own voice after a long time and asked Lin Ran in a low voice.

Lin Ran looked at Song Zhixu, nodded, and suddenly remembered Song Zhixu every time he ate, he needed to eat several dishes, but also add meat to it.

He was afraid that Song Zhixu would not be able to eat it, so he looked at Song Zhixu and thought about the meat he had cooked in the kitchen for Little Bad, and finally came out and handed it to Song Zhixu.

“Song Zhixu eat first.” Lin Ran said in a low voice.

Lin Ran bought a piece of chicken breast every time, Little Bad eats less, and can eat for a day. Since Song Zhixu wants to eat, he will cook the rest of the meat for Little Bad.

Song Zhixu shook his head, looking at the bowl of nothing, simply cut it into small pieces of meat, put it in boiled water, and then looked at Lin Ran.

“Ran Ran, aren’t you going to eat?”

“Ran Ran will just eat the noodles, this is for Xiao Huai.”

If it was an ordinary small cat, it would have come over to ask for, today because Song Zhixu, this stranger came in, Xiao Huai did not come close, it was hiding in the corner.

“Little bad?” Song Zhixu thought for a moment and realised that it should be the little orange cat that he had just seen at the door, and that this name was a good match for Xiao Guai at home.

“I don’t eat.” Song Zhixu shook his head and picked up the noodles that Lin Ran had cooked for him, not caring if they were hot or not, and ate them in big gulps.

This was the first time Lin Ran had cooked something for him, and although the noodles were bland and tasteless, Song Zhixu still found them delicious.

Lin Ran saw Song Zhixu eat, also relieved, his face slowly raised a smile, he also sat down to eat.

The noodles were somewhat hot, Lin Ran blowing only a few mouthfuls, Song Zhi Xu had eaten most of it, Lin Ran looked at his own bowl, afraid of Song Zhi Xu not having enough to eat so he gave him some.

Song Zhixu’s hand froze for a moment, and he slightly sidestepped, not to be seen by Lin Ran, the wetness in his eyes.

After the meal Song Zhixu wanted to go to wash the dishes, but was pushed away by Lin Ran, Lin Ran cleaned up the table, and then took the bowl to the kitchen.

Song Zhixu can not squeeze in, he can only now stay in the living room, surveyed once, this small room.

He did not know where Lin Ran found the house, the outside is broken, the inside is also some old, the house is very small, a whole living room plus the kitchen and toilet, he can see the space, not as big as a bedroom in his villa, the living room is empty, there is just a worn out sofa and tea table, and a pile of miscellaneous things that are placed in the corner.

In the past two months, Lin Ran has been living here. Song Zhixu felt confusion in his heart. He should be lucky that Lin Ran can have a place to live outside in the past two months, but also feel sorry for Lin Ran to live in this kind of place.

Although Lin Ran had a bad life before, he always lived in a villa, this kind of house before, he probably had never seen this kind of house before.

Lin Ran came out from the kitchen, his hands were a little red from the cold water, he took out his only cup and poured a cup of hot water, holding it and handing it to Song Zhixu.

“Song Zhixu, drink the water.” Lin Ran whispered.

Song Zhi Xu came back to his senses and took the cup of water, accidentally bumping into Lin Ran’s cold hands, making his brows frown and looking over to realize that Lin Ran’s hands had already turned red from the cold.

“How come it’s cold like this, is there no hot water for washing dishes?” Song Zhixu put the cup of water aside and covered Lin Ran’s hands with his own warm hands.

“Yes, you can boil hot water, it doesn’t matter if you’re washing dishes, you’ll be warm after a while.” Lin Ran explained seriously to Song Zhixu.

Song Zhixu pulled Lin Ran to sit on the sofa and asked again in a small voice,

“Where’s the heating? Is it not there? Or is it not hot enough?” Song Zhixu had been here for just over an hour, and even though he had just eaten, he could still feel the chill running up from the bottom of his feet.

Lin Ran shook his head: “No … Heating is too expensive.”

Previously, Auntie Wang had asked Lin Ran about heating, because many empty houses downstairs were not heated, and there was no way to connect the upstairs, so it would be too expensive for Lin Ran to install heating pipes alone.

“Is this the kind of place you’ve been living in for two months?” Song Zhixu’s voice was a bit hoarse.

Lin Ran nodded gently, feeling that Song Zhi Xu’s mood seems to have some loss so he explained in a low voice,

“Here, it’s very good, there is Little bad, Ran Ran like here, at night there is electric blanket, Ran Ran not cold.”

Song Zhixu thought for a moment, still shook his head, there was a small voice to persuade him.

“Ran Ran, we are not going to stay here, okay? It’s too cold here, so we go back to the villa area to live. It is warm there, and also big. Your two little turtles… Your two little tortoises are also there, and I’ve been keeping them for you.”

Lin Ran heard Xiao Guai and Xiao Guai’s wife, his eyes brightened for a moment, but only for a moment, after a while he still shook his head, unwilling to go back.

“Ran Ran doesn’t want to go back, Ran Ran wants to be here.”

Lin Ran doesn’t like that big empty house, it’s too big, every time he wants to find Song Zhi Xu, he has to call him loudly, room by room, Song Zhi Xu goes to work, he can only be locked up inside alone.

Lin Ran still likes this small house, although there is only him and Xiao Huai but the house is very small, by opening the door, he can only turn back to know where Xiao Huai is.

“Ran Ran …” Song Zhixu even had the urge to forcefully take Lin Ran out of here, but he just found Lin Ran and knew that he couldn’t scare him, so he could only promise, and said, “Then don’t be in the living room, isn’t there an electric blanket? You go to the bed, covered with a quilt, it’s warm.”

Lin Ran nodded and was led by Song Zhixu to his room.

Opening the door of the bedroom, the space inside is very small, only a one-metre wide bed with a worn-out nightstand at the head of the bed already occupies half of the room, and there is only a thin mattress and a neatly folded quilt on the bed.

In December in the capital, a few days ago it just snowed, Lin Ran here without heating, covered with a quilt?

Song Zhixu couldn’t stay any longer, turned around and picked up Lin Ran and headed out.

“Ran Ran, we are going out to stay overnight, you can not live here, your bed is too cold, you are still pregnant with a baby, can not stay here.” Song Zhixu walked on one side while saying this.

Lin Ran froze for a moment and struggled hard again.

“Don’t, don’t go back, Ran Ran wants to be here … Song Zhixu, let go … You promised Ran Ran not to go back, you lied…”

Lin Ran looked at himself to be carried out of the door, has been hidden in the corner of the small orange cat seems to have some nervousness also ran out to chase two steps, and did not dare to approach.

Lin Ran cried all of a sudden, Song Zhixu wanted to take him away, what should we do with the little bad? To be locked up here.

The moment Lin Ran cried, Song Zhixu’s heart softened, his footsteps stopped, there was some hesitation to put him down, with the back of his hand, he wiped his tears.

“Ran Ran… Don’t cry.” Seeing Lin Ran’s crying face full of tears, Song Zhixu thought for a while and sighed, “Don’t cry, I won’t take you away, don’t cry anymore.”

Song Zhixu looked at the place, thought for a while, and could only pick up his mobile phone to call Mu Qingting.

The person on the other side seemed to be busy, and only after a while did he get through, with a somewhat agitated voice.

“Old Song? You found Xiao Ran Ran?”

“Well… I am now in Ran Ran here, need you to help me”

Mu Qingting promised.

Song Zhixu gave him the address, told him to go buy a new set of bedding and send it over, and hung up the phone again.

He carried Lin Ran back to the bedroom, took off his shoes, put his cold feet in his own down jacket and warmed them up for a while, then stuffed him under the quilt, switched on the electric blanket, and wrapped him tightly in the quilt.

Lin Ran was held in Song Zhixu’s arms from behind, and wrapped in the quilt in front of him, and his head was also covered by the hat on top of the down jacket, only revealing his palm-sized face on the outside.

He moved, blinked, and said in low voice,

“Song Zhi Xu, Ran Ran is not cold… The baby isn’t cold either.”

He was like this every day these days, and it wasn’t too cold today.

Song Zhi Xu looked down at him, wanted to say look at the child in his stomach, but it is too cold here, afraid that Lin Ran will lift up the clothes, so he did not say anything, just held the person tightly before he said,

“Ran Ran is obedient, let me hold you for a while.”

Lin Ran bit his lip, and honestly leaned in Song Zhixu’s arms and didn’t move.

It was only after Mu Qingting and Xiao Nanyu circled around and found a place with great difficulty that Song Zhixu let Lin Ran go out and brought in the bedding.

Mu Qingting saw this kind of place and also had some disbelief, surprised as he said,

“For the past two months, Lin Ran has been living in this kind of place?”

Song Zhixu nodded gently and pushed the person out again.

“It’s very late now, Ran Ran should be sleeping, you can see him again when you have a chance.”

Mu Qingting also understood Song Zhixu’s meaning, nodded and left with Xiao Nanyu.

Song Zhixu gave Lin Ran a goose down soft cushion for his hard bed, and changed the goose down quilt for him, and then let Lin Ran sleep.

Lin Ran was pregnant and he was very tired after a long day. However, he still managed to hold on to his sleepiness and carried the boiled chicken breast, with Xiao Huai, to the bedroom before lying down.

He looked at Song Zhixu: “Here… There are no more beds, Song Zhixu uses the old quilt, ba.”

Song Zhixu shook his head, “No, you cover, don’t mind me.”

Song Zhixu covered Lin Ran’s quilt and closed the door and left the bedroom.

During the night, Song Zhixu didn’t have the slightest sleep. Today he found Lin Ran, only to find out that Lin Ran had been living this kind of life for the past two months, he felt so uncomfortable (so tormented) in his mind.

Song Zhixu stood by the window, opened the window, blowing by the cool wind outside, and smoked for half the night.

The next day, before dawn in the northern winter, Lin Ran woke up and prepared to continue to hand out flyers today.