"I go first."

Lu Jingchi said this and turned around to leave. Xia Yan almost jumped up in anger, "Jingchi!"

It's a pity that the man didn't even look back.

Xia Yan was furious. She had just come back from the hospital, and this stinky man didn't even know how to comfort her.

Lu Jingchi drove to the restaurant, but when he went there, the lights had already been turned off and it was pitch dark inside.

He sat in the car, stared at the dark restaurant, was silent for a moment, and then took out his mobile phone to call Jiang Lan.

But the phone says it's off.

He irritably took out a cigarette and lit it, took two puffs, threw the cigarette out, grabbed the steering wheel and turned back to the villa.

No one was found in the villa, and the bedroom was neatly folded, proving that Jiang Lan had never come back.

Only then did Lu Jingchi remember that he had frozen Jiang Lan's card. How could she come back if she didn't even have the money for a taxi?

Thinking of this, he immediately called Lin Zheng and walked out.

On Jiang Lan's side, he sent Grandma Zhang back to her residence. It wasn't even a house, it was just a shed built on the frame of a broken car near the garbage dump.

According to Grandma Zhang, the owner of the garbage dump gave her this iron frame, and he helped her build it out of pity.

Jiang Lan had mixed feelings for a moment. She put the things she had just bought at the 24-hour convenience store in the shed. She leaned in and smelled an unspeakable smell in the shed.

Grandma Zhang turned on the solar light hanging above, and she saw clearly how dirty the quilt underneath was.

She opened her mouth and looked at Grandma Zhang with a complicated expression, with a touch of distress in her eyes.

Jiang Lan remembered that when she was a child, Grandma Zhang taught her writing, origami, and told her stories to put her to sleep. She couldn't help but get red-eyed at the scenes of her caring so much for her.

The Grandma Zhang in her memory shouldn't be like this.

Grandma Zhang wanted to stretch out her hand to pull her, but the outstretched hand was withered and thin, and black dirt covered her hand like armor. The old man silently retracted his hand.

Jiang Lan held her hand and sat down next to the old man.

"It's so dirty. Don't get your clothes dirty. They are such beautiful clothes." Grandma Zhang probably thought of her son and daughter-in-law, and her eyes were red.

Jiang Lan bit her lip and raised her hand to sign: Grandma Zhang, I will take care of you from now on.

Tears shone in the old man's eyes, and he forced a smile on his withered face: "No, it won't be easy for you in the Lu family. I'm already my age. You can just come and see me when you have time. I don't need you to take care of me."

Jiang Lan didn't answer her. She simply tidied the bed, and then gestured to the old man: Can I sleep with you tonight?

"It's too dirty here, child, don't wrong yourself." She choked again when she said this, embarrassment and guilt welled up in her heart. It was too remote, and she didn't even have a place for Jiang Lan to stay.

Jiang Lan shook his head: It's not dirty, not dirty at all. Your place is cleaner than any other place.

Grandma Zhang couldn't help laughing, but her laughter contained indescribable vicissitudes and sorrow.

Jiang Lan took off her shoes and lay down next to Grandma Zhang. All the money she had on her was spent on buying things. She had no money to go back and her mobile phone was out of battery.

And it was so late that she didn't dare to take a taxi herself.

Even if she goes back, it will be a cold house and she would rather sleep here.

"What a silly child." Grandma Zhang sighed in the darkness.

Jiang Lan closed her eyes and fell asleep despite the unpleasant smell in the bed.

In the morning, she was woken up by the cold.

Opening his eyes, Jiang Lan turned his head and saw rays of light falling on the horizon. The strange morning glow coated the buildings with a layer of gold.

Grandma Zhang had gotten up early. She was sitting on the stone outside, boiling water and cooking something.

Jiang Lan walked over and squatted down next to Grandma Zhang, only to see her boiling eggs that she bought last night.

"Are you awake? Wait a minute, the eggs will be cooked soon."

Jiang Lan smiled and nodded.
Chapter completed!