Ashes in the crematorium

Ren Wanlin pretended to look away casually, "I am the child's father, thank you for taking him in, and to express my gratitude, please accept him."

The girl didn't accept her, so Ren Wanlin had to give the bank card to the disabled man.

Luo Ming glanced at the bank card in Ren Wanlin's hand, his face was calm and unmoved, "It's just a small matter, you don't need to do this."

Neither the girl nor the man accepted it, and no one took the bank card in Ren Wanlin's hand, so she paused in mid-air with some embarrassment.

In his living environment, he has always believed that there is nothing that money cannot solve.

Now the father and daughter have no intention of accepting it, making Ren Wanlin feel that she is worldly.

All Ren Wanlin could do was to thank the father and daughter verbally, and Ren Wanlin took his son to leave.

But the son ran away as soon as he heard it, as if he didn't want to follow him.

This made Ren Wanlin a little embarrassed and also felt strange.

Why does this kid stay at someone else's house?

"Be obedient!" Ren Wanlin didn't want to be aggressive with the child in front of strangers, so she could only comfort her softly.

But Xiao Ran actually hid behind Luo Tao, treating Ren Wanlin as a snake, scorpion and beast.

Luo Tao saw Ren Wanlin whose face was gradually darkening, then looked at Ren Ran behind her, and smiled embarrassingly, "Why don't you let him play here for a while?"

Luo Tao also felt strange, why does this child like her family so much?

"Then I will trouble you." Ren Wanlin looked helpless.

After staying at Luo Tao's house for nearly an hour, there was another knock on the door.

Luo Tao went to open the door, but Ren Wanlin and Ren Ran stayed in the living room without noticing.

Until Li Ran entered the door and saw the father and son sitting on the sofa, he was stunned for a moment.

Ren Wanlin was also stunned, and the two looked at each other, looking at each other.

Seeing this, Ren Ran jumped towards Li Ran happily, "Father!"

Li Ran hugged the child, and after realizing it, she asked Ren Wanlin, "Why are you here?"

Ren Wanlin pursed her lips and said nothing.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Ran frowned, and said angrily, "Are you checking me?"

He didn't expect Ren Ranlin to investigate him, he thought he had made it clear enough, stalking was not like Ren Wanlin's style.

"I..." Ren Wanlin opened her mouth, then closed it again.

He did come here secretly, and now that he was caught, he didn't expect it.

How did Ren Wanlin know that this place is so small.

Seeing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Luo Tao didn't speak for a while, but silently observed from the sidelines while speculating about their relationship.

She shifted her gaze to Ren Ran, no wonder she felt that this child was so familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

I didn't expect it to be Brother Li's son.

Since he is Brother Li's son, isn't the seemingly stupid and wealthy local tyrant just...

Luo Tao thought of this, and turned his attention to the local tyrant again.

Li Ran didn't want to quarrel with Ren Wanlin in front of Luo's family, let alone in front of the children.

"Brother Li? This is it?" Luo Tao looked at Li Ran and asked.

"This is... I..." Li Ran paused before saying, "This is my ex-husband."

"Ex-husband?" Luo Tao was surprised when she heard that.

divorced?

Ren Wanlin bowed her head in silence, with a sad expression on her face.

It took a while to speak, "I didn't come to pester you on purpose, it was Xiaoran who wanted to come and see you, so I brought him here."

Ren Ran's hands around Li Ran's waist tightened instantly, confirming Ren Wan's words.

Li Ran looked at his son, thinking to forget it.

The child stayed in Luo's house as a matter of course, but Ren Wanlin was not welcome, and he wanted to stay here, but no one welcomed him here.

Ren Wanlin could only leave lonely, leaving only a desolate back.

Going back alone, the aunt noticed the change in Ren Wanlin, and asked, "What's wrong? Why does it seem like a lost soul?"

The aunt looked behind Ren Wanlin, "Why are you the only one coming back? Where's Xiao Ran?"

Ren Wanlin seemed to be abandoned, lost her soul, "He's at Li Ran's place."

Seeing his expression, the aunt sighed. She didn't know what to say, she knew without asking, she must have been frustrated.

The aunt patted Ren Wanlin on the shoulder and comforted, "It's okay...it will be fine after a while..."

Ren Wanlin didn't sleep well all night, tossing and turning, until dawn, when the sound of a rooster crowing came from the yard, Ren Wanlin realized that it was dawn.

Now that it was already dawn, Ren Wanlin didn't want to sleep with his eyes open any longer. He turned over and sat up, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and lit a cigarette as nothing happened, and the scarlet cigarette butt lit up. , Ren Wanlin took a puff, then watched the smoke float up and gradually dissipate.

bother......

Unexplainably annoying...

But he didn't know how to relieve the irritability in his heart. He was the only one in a strange room and a strange environment.

Xiao Ran was not by his side either, and after finally seeing Li Ran, all he got was cold eyes.

Ugh......

Ren Wanlin sighed heavily.

How long is this going to last.

Ren Wanlin thought for a long time, since Xiaoran had already been delivered, he should leave first, so as not to be rejected by others.

He got up, and before he even had time to eat breakfast, he began to pack his things and prepare to leave. .

The aunt had already prepared breakfast, thinking why Ren Wanlin hadn't come out yet, he had already woken up at this time in the past, feeling puzzled, he knocked on the door of Ren Wanlin's room.

After knocking twice, the door opened, and Ren Wanlin was fully dressed, carrying a suitcase in his hand.

The aunt was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "You are..."

"I'm sorry to trouble you during this time, I'm going back to Sioux City today." Ren Wanlin said.

The aunt felt a little surprised, "You don't care about Li Ran anymore?"

Didn't you say you want to save it before, why did you suddenly say you want to go back?

"The company still needs me to deal with something." Ren Wanlin didn't know how to answer the aunt, so she could only find an excuse.

Seeing him say this, the aunt only felt regretful, and wanted to persuade her again, but she dismissed the idea when she thought that this man was not related to her.

"Then...you will come to play often in the future?" The aunt hesitated for a long time before saying this.

Ren Wanlin nodded, then took out an envelope from the wallet, "This is the room fee for this period of time."

The aunt hesitated for a while and took it, after all, the relationship between her and Ren Wanlin was that of a landlord or a tenant.

Although it is said that because of Li Ran, it has brought a little bit of neighbor relations, but money still needs to be earned.

The aunt took the envelope, and it still felt a bit thick in her hand. She opened the envelope, her eyes widened, and her mouth opened round in surprise.

Oh my god.

She didn't expect this tenant to be so generous.

Originally, I wanted to take Li Ran's face and give him a cheaper one, but I didn't expect that he would give him more.

The aunt took out a few from the envelope, and returned the rest to Ren Wanlin, "It's not that much."

When Ren Wan sent it out, she never thought about taking it back.

After pushing and shoving, the aunt could see that this amount of money should not be a big deal to Ren Wanlin, so she hesitated and decided to accept it.

"Then let's go after breakfast?" the aunt finally said.

"No need." Ren Wanlin refused, because he really had no appetite.

He planned to go to Luo's house again, say goodbye to Xiaoran and leave.

Putting the suitcase into the trunk, Ren Wanlin opened the door and was about to start the car when suddenly a man jumped out and blocked the way.

The man looks upright, barely handsome, but with a pair of sinister and sleek triangular eyes, he doesn't look like a good person.

Ren Wanling stopped what he was doing, frowned slightly, and looked at this strange man, walking towards him.

The man had already walked to his car window, with his hands in his pockets, his back was slightly hunched, and his walking movements were a little draggy.

He looked like a gangster on the street who wanted to collect protection fees.

Ren Wanlin didn't know what this man was going to do, but she just felt... Even if she wanted to collect protection money, he shouldn't be the target group.

The man took it out of the hand in his pocket. It was a bit cold in the winter morning. He put his hands to his lips and breathed a sigh of relief, then rubbed his hands together before knocking on his car window, signaling for him to roll the window. down.

Ren Wanlin rolled down the car window, and before he could ask what he was doing, the man laughed first, and called his sister-in-law familiarly.

Ren Wanlin narrowed her eyes when she heard that, "What did you say?"

The man glanced at Ren Wanlin, then turned his gaze to the car, and called out affectionately, "Sister-in-law!"

Ren Wanlin saw that he was calling so familiarly, but it didn't look like he was calling the wrong person, so he asked tentatively, "Li Xiao?"

He remembered that Li Ran had an older brother, who should be called Li Xiao.

Li Xiao heard the corners of his mouth grinning further, then he walked around the front of the car, opened the door, and sat in the co-pilot's seat.

The first thing he did when he came in was to look at Ren Wanlin, and clicked his tongue, "I didn't expect my sister-in-law to be a man."

Li Xiao's defiant attitude made Ren Wanlin feel uncomfortable, but he didn't get angry for Li Ran's sake, he just thought how could Li Ran have such a brother, because in Ren Wanlin's heart, he felt that he was as gentle as Li Ran With his temper, his family should be about the same.

Unexpectedly, his brother turned out to be a reversal.

Li Xiao saw a pack of cigarettes on the front of the car, his eyes lit up when he had been poor for a long time, he took out one first, and then asked Ren Wanlin if he had a lighter.

Ren Wanlin took the lighter and saw that Li Xiao had already put the rim in his mouth, waiting for him to light the cigarette, Ren Wanlin paused for a moment, then threw the lighter on the front of the car with his hands.

Li Xiao saw the lighter thrown on the front of the car, and then looked at Ren Wanlin. He didn't say anything, but picked up the lighter as if nothing had happened, and lit a cigarette for himself.

After taking a puff of cigarette, his expression was relaxed. After so many years of smoking second-hand cigarette butts, he tasted this kind of good stuff for the first time. He just felt that he enjoyed it. He asked Ren Wanlin, "Where did you buy this cigarette?"

Judging from the packaging, Li Xiao couldn't recognize the brand for a while.

"It's not easy to buy in the market." Ren Wan said indifferently.

Li Xiao chuckled, he just asked casually, he even thought about smoking Huangshan Vientiane.

"Then I'll smoke two more." Li Xiao opened the cap of the box, took out several sticks and put them in his pocket, after thinking for a while, he left two sticks in it.

Ren Wanlin watched his movements, swept Li Xiao's cigarette and put it back.

There was a hint of disgust in the corner of his eyes.

"You said that you are really serious. You don't take me as a big brother too seriously, and you don't tell me when you come back. If the buddies around you don't tell me, I really don't know anything."

Ren Wanlin didn't speak, but just listened. More precisely, he was waiting for Li Xiao to finish speaking, and then to see what he wanted to do.

"I haven't seen you for so many years, and I don't think anyone will take care of me when I come out. After all, I'm a real brother. My brother, what he did is really ugly." Li Xiao curled his lips, his tone full of dissatisfaction.

"Siblings..." Li Xiao finished complaining, and finally turned the conversation to Ren Wanlin, "I think you should be doing well?"

Ren Wanlin raised her eyebrows, neither admitting nor denying it.

"How did you and my brother meet?" Li Xiao asked again, "I have been in prison for so many years, and I have missed six or seven years of my brother's life. I don't know if it's time to make it back."

Li Xiao spoke very sincerely and regretfully, those who didn't know thought they were brothers.

Ren Wanlin looked at the gangster-looking man in front of her, and couldn't imagine how Li Ran got along with his brother.

Are they on good terms?

No no...Ren Wanlin overturned this idea. .

"As long as you say it sincerely, there will be time." Ren Wanlin said.

Li Xiao laughed, "Of course I am sincere, after all I only have such a younger brother."

Ren Wanlin sneered, but he really couldn't see it.

"I heard that that kid got married before, and I thought that kid married a beautiful younger sibling to our Li family, but I didn't expect him to be a handsome younger sibling. Why didn't I see that Li Ran has this hobby." Li Xiao said teasingly.

Hearing these words, Ren Wanlin glanced over with a cold and stern gaze. Li Xiao saw Ren Wanlin's cold eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to be frozen.

Putting away his teasing thoughts, Li Xiao said in a rare serious manner, "I'm sorry, you big and rough man, he's not very good at talking, if you make your siblings unhappy again, just treat me as a fart and don't take it to heart. "

The cry of "brother, brother, sister" made Ren Wanlin's temples hurt sharply, he had already restrained himself, he was really afraid that he would kick Li Xiao out of the car if he couldn't control himself.

They are really two brothers, didn't they hug each other wrongly in the hospital?Ren Wanlin was very skeptical at the moment.

"How is the work of the siblings?" Li Xiao asked.

"It's okay." Ren Wanlin was not enthusiastic, and responded indifferently.

"Aren't you tired?"

Ren Wanlin hummed, which was a response.

"Where is Li Ran, what is he doing now?"

"Do research and development."

After laying the groundwork for a long time, Li Xiao finally got into the topic. He first sighed, and then said slowly, "I, as a brother, feel relieved to see that you young couple are doing well."

Ren Wanlin didn't speak, she played with the ring on her hand and listened quietly to what Li Xiao said.

Li Xiao didn't stop, and continued, "Although my life is hard now, it's much better than before. When I first came out, I didn't have any money on me. I committed crimes and had to squeeze bridge holes with beggars. I was so poor. , I don’t even have the money for the bus ticket to go home.”

"Then how did you come back?" Ren Wanlin asked suddenly.

Li Xiao smiled, and then said, "I have nothing but many friends. Although my friends are different from you, they all have their own abilities."

The corners of Ren Wanlin's lips twitched, and he laughed jokingly, as if he understood what he said about friends with their own abilities.

"In a person's life, loyalty is the most important thing, especially for friends. These friends of mine are the same as me, and their pockets are cleaner than their faces. They are stumbling, and they have collected the travel expenses to come back."

Ren Wanlin came back, after waiting for so long, the big brother he had never met finally revealed his purpose.

"My brother, life is not easy, and you earn all your money. You think it's not good if people don't borrow money? It's not that I haven't told Li Ran about this before, but brother, I haven't either. There is a solution, but Li Ran said that he has no money, alas, I know that money is not easy to earn these days, if I have no other choice, I don't want to bother you..."

"But..." Li Xiao continued, "I don't think it's as difficult as you say."

Driving such a nice car and smoking such a nice cigarette.

"Brothers and sisters, look, no matter what, we are also a family, and a family has to support each other, right?"

"You're right." Ren Wanlin said, "Unfortunately, we are no longer a family."

"What do you mean by that?" Li Xiao turned to look at Ren Wanlin.

"Li Ran and I have already divorced, so the family only talks about it."

As soon as Ren Wanlin finished speaking, Li Xiao fell silent, feeling like a roller coaster in his heart.

First he was shocked that Li Ran was married, then he found out that he was marrying a man, and finally it was the news of their divorce.

This big news one after another really took him a long time to digest.

After recovering, he said, "Li Ran is also true, he didn't tell me such a big thing as marriage and divorce."

"I'm sorry, brother-in-law." After realizing what he said, Li Xiao immediately changed his words and said, "Forget, you are no longer my brother-in-law."

Li Xiao sighed heavily, "At first I wanted you to help my former big brother, but it seems that I can't count on it now, after all, I'm the ex, and I'm sorry to bother you. I have to find Li Ran."

Li Xiao said it frankly, with a typical Lao Lai appearance, Ren Wanlin could only guess that looking for Li Ran was to find trouble.

"It's okay. At any rate, I used to be a family. It's okay to do a little favor."

Hearing Ren Wanlin's words, Li Xiao's eyes lit up, "There are still many good people in this world, so I won't be polite."

Li Xiao opened his mouth and asked for 20 yuan, although this 20 yuan was nothing to Ren Wanlin.

Ren Wanlin joked, "Your travel expenses are really not cheap."

How could he not know that brother Li Ran was asking for money from him.

"Oh, it's not impossible." Li Xiao continued to sell miserably, "My friend's life is not easy, there are many places to spend money, besides, you just treat me as a borrower, and when I get rich in the future , I will pay you double!"

Li Xiao spoke boldly, as if he could make a lot of money tomorrow.

Of course, Ren Wanlin just smiled, as long as he listened to such words, he didn't expect Li Xiao to pay him back.

"Oh, by the way, ex-siblings, I forgot to ask you, what's your last name?"

After asking for the money, Li Xiao finally remembered to ask Ren Wanlin's name.

Ren Wanlin raised the corners of her mouth and smiled ironically, "My name is Ren."

"Ren... that's fine, I'll remember, you've been kind to big brother, and big brother will remember it in his heart."

Ren Wanlin used her mobile phone to transfer money and transferred 10 yuan to Li Xiao. After receiving the money, Li Xiao happily left.

After Li Xiao left, Ren Wanlin went to Luo's house.

When Li Ran saw Ren Wanlin approaching, his expression was very cold. Although he had a cold face, he didn't say anything sad.

"I just came to see Xiao Ran, and I didn't intend to disturb you." Ren Wanlin immediately explained, fearing to offend Li Ran, she continued, "I'm leaving today."

Seeing Ren Wanlin's eagerness to explain, Li Ran wondered if he was being too harsh.

He looked at and nodded, without saying anything, but the frost on his face melted a little.

Ren Wanlin went to see his son. The son was lying on the bed, still sleeping. He heard the movement beside the bed, and opened his eyes in a daze. When he opened his eyes, he saw Ren Wanlin sitting beside his bed.

Ren Ran rubbed his eyes, his voice sounded like he hadn't woken up, "Dad..."

Ren Wanlin rubbed his chicken coop head that exploded, and said, "Dad is going back to Sioux City, follow Li Ran's father well, and don't cause trouble for him, okay?"

Ren nodded, but his eyes were still not sober.

Ren Wanlin rubbed her son's face again before leaving.

Just before Ren Wan was leaving, Li Ran was also preparing to take Luo Ming's family back to Sioux City.

Luo Tao and his son were packing their things. Li Ran had booked the air ticket and rented the car. After two days of busy work, he finally returned to Sioux City.

Fortunately, the house in Beihai District is not for sale, so it is very suitable for Luo Ming and his daughter to settle here.

Luo Tao and Luo Ming got out of the car, looked at this bustling city, looked around curiously, until they came to the door of a villa, Luo Tao opened his mouth wide and looked at Li Ran in surprise.

"Brother Li, are we going to live here?"

Li Ran nodded, "The house is a bit empty, I plan to buy some furniture recently, so you can live more comfortably."

After speaking, Li Ran took out the key and opened the door of the villa. He hasn't lived in it for a long time, and the house has never been cleaned by anyone. The floor and furniture are covered with dust.

When Li Ran touched it, his palms were covered with dust, he went to the kitchen, found a handkerchief, wiped the dust off his hands after getting wet.

"It's a little messy, wait a moment, I'll clean up the house first."

"I'll help too." Luo Tao put down her luggage, picked up the broom and started sweeping.

After tidying up for a long time, Luo Tao and Li Ran were already out of breath.

Li Ran looked at the place that hadn't been tidied up, and frowned, "Why don't we go to the hotel for one night and hire two workers tomorrow."

After a day of running around on the road, Li Ran was a little tired, let alone Luo Ming and his daughter.

"Will it be expensive to go to the hotel?" Luo Tao asked carefully.

After all, their family now eats and lives in Li Ran, so she has been trying her best not to cause trouble for Li Ran.

"It's okay." Li Ran's expression was relaxed, "It's not much."

He couldn't understand Luo Tao's mood now.

"You don't need to worry about other things, just leave it to me. You just need to study hard, and don't affect your grades because of this."

After thinking about it, Li Ran said again, "Let me hire you a tutor."

When Luo Tao heard this, she shook her head and refused, "I'm still making progress in my studies, so I don't need it for now."

How could it not be used? This wasted a week, how many courses would be delayed, not to mention that Xiaotao is studying science, if she misses a class, it will have an impact on the subsequent courses.

In Li Ran's opinion, it is necessary to hire a tutor.

He will be a bit busy during this period, and he may not have time to tutor Luo Tao. Hiring a tutor is the best choice for Luo Tao.

"It's really unnecessary, Brother Li." Luo Tao repeatedly declined.

Seeing that Luo Tao was so persistent, Li Ran didn't mention it.

"That's fine." Li Ran said, "If you can't keep up with the progress, remember to tell me."

"Row."

Li Ran found a hotel for Luo Tao and Luo Ming, father and daughter, and then left.

After walking out of the hotel gate, and returning home, his son nestled on his bed obediently and read a picture book. After washing, Li Ran got into the bed and hugged Xiao Ran into his arms.

"Dad, I'm sleepy." Xiao Ran said softly.

"Why don't you sleep when you're sleepy?" Li Ran asked softly.

Xiaoran yawned, "I want to wait for Dad to come back and sleep together."

Li Ran patted his son's back lightly, "If you're sleepy in the future, go to sleep first, don't wait for Dad."

Xiao Ran nodded, "OK."

After finishing speaking, the eyes could not be opened and slowly closed, and the evenly exhaled breath spread on Li Ran's face.

In the past few days, although Li Ran was busy, he did not receive a call from Li Xiao, which made him feel lucky and strange at the same time.

This is not like Li Xiao's behavior style, but although it is strange, Li Ran didn't take it to heart, he was already thankful that he didn't come to disturb his life, why would he go to inquire about the news.

Li Ran has already forgotten about Li Xiao.

Now that Ren Ran has returned, Li Ran will send him to the kindergarten the next morning, because it is a bit far away from the kindergarten, so Li Ran gets up early and takes his son downstairs for breakfast.

When he opened the door, he happened to meet Chi You who was about to go out.

The moment he saw Li Ran, Chi You greeted him first, "Are you back?"

Li Ran nodded, "I'm back."

"When did you come back?"

"Just yesterday." Li Ran replied.

"Are things all sorted out?"

"It's about the same."

"Don't worry." Chi You was worried that Li Ran would misunderstand that he was urging him to go to work quickly, and explained, "Take care of things slowly before returning to work."

"Okay." Li Ran responded with some embarrassment, "I have caused trouble for the company."

Chi You stepped forward and patted Li Ran on the shoulder, "Although our company is small, it is still very humane."

"Send your child to school?" Chi You saw the little one carrying a schoolbag.

"Yeah." Seeing Ren Ran ignoring him, Li Ran said to him, "Say hello to uncle."

Ren Ran was forced to call uncle, with a look of reluctance.

"You child." Li Ran looked helpless.

Chi You didn't mind, he was just a child.

After sending the child away, Li Ran started to find a school for Luo Tao and transfer his student status, but after running around for a day, Li Ran felt that it was just a transfer of student status. Day and half a month.

Just like that, Li Ran procrastinated for several days and didn't go to work because he was busy with school transfer.