Chapter 135 Visiting the Ran Family
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Ran Qiuye couldn't hold it in any longer and covered her mouth with her hands and laughed softly.
Sitting next to Chen Jianye, she angrily said, "Well, I won't mind your frivolity."
"Let's read a book."
"Okay." Chen Jianye nodded and lowered his head to read.
Ran Qiuye moved her mouth. She originally wanted to say a few more words to Chen Jianye.
It would be nice to hear Chen Jianye praise her a few more times.
But I didn’t know that Chen Jianye was actually reading the book.
She didn't want to disturb the other person.
Thinking of what his mother said, Ran Qiuye felt a headache.
Does she really want to invite Chen Jianye to her house for dinner?
How to speak?
Ran Qiuye opened the book, his eyes fell on the first page, but his mind drifted far away.
After a while.
Chen Jianye took out a water cup from the cloth bag.
Ran Qiuye looked at him.
"Are you worried about something? You seem a little absent-minded today."
Chen Jianye asked with a smile.
"Ah? Is there any?"
Ran Qiuye's cheeks felt a little hot, and she wondered if her expression was that obvious.
"Maybe I saw it wrongly."
Chen Jianye revealed the topic.
"Hey, Comrade Jianye, I..."
Ran Qiuye seemed to want to say something but stopped.
Chen Jianye didn't say anything, waiting for Ran Qiuye to finish his words.
"Would you like to come to my house for lunch today?"
Ran Qiuye lowered his head and lowered his voice: "My parents tasted your sweet potatoes and said they were delicious. They want to invite you to my house for dinner."
Chen Jianye smiled: "Okay."
Ah, you agree now?
Ran Qiuye was a little dazed. She looked up and saw the smile on Chen Jianye's face. It seemed that her little thoughts were seen through by him.
Her cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"You look surprised. Don't you want me to go?"
Chen Jianye asked teasingly.
"No no."
"Then we'll leave around 11:30. It'll take half an hour and we can take the bus back to my house."
Ran Qiuye waved his hands repeatedly.
"I don't need to take the bus. I bought a bicycle. How long does it take to ride there?"
Chen Jianye said calmly.
I felt a little happy.
Sure enough, the first big thing a man must buy is a car.
It can really improve people’s self-confidence.
"Ah? You bought a car?"
"How come you're so awesome?"
Ran Qiuye looked surprised.
"Okay, we'll go to your house later and you can show me the way."
Chen Jianye's mouth curled up slightly.
"Well, it's really convenient to have a bicycle."
"My family also has a bicycle, which my parents use for work, so I don't get to use it."
"I can't buy it even if I want to. There are no tickets."
Ran Qiuye said with some envy.
"You will have opportunities in the future. You are a college student, so you will definitely have a bright future."
Chen Jianye comforted.
"Hopefully."
Ran Qiuye smiled.
Chen Jianye lowered his head and continued reading.
Ran Qiuye was also reading a book, and this time he was obviously able to concentrate on the contents of the book.
Time passed quickly and it was already eleven thirty in the afternoon.
"Comrade Chen Jianye."
Ran Qiuye reminded quietly.
"Ah, it's time, isn't it?"
Chen Jianye emerged from the ocean of knowledge and closed the book.
The two returned the books to their places, picked up their cloth bags and walked out of the library.
Chen Jianye went straight to his bicycle, unlocked it, and got on it.
Ran Qiuye sat on the back seat of the bicycle with her legs closed and her shoulders facing Chen Jianye's back.
"Comrade Ran Qiuye, if the bike hits a pothole and shakes left and right, just hold on to my back."
Chen Jianye tilted his head to take a look and gave a reminder.
"Ah."
"Let's take that road and keep going. I'll remind you when we turn."
Ran Qiuye nodded.
Chen Jianye stepped on the bicycle pedal and the bicycle wheels started to turn.
"Turn left ahead."
"Turn right at that intersection and you'll reach my home."
Along the way, Ran Qiuye was very quiet.
She would only give instructions when reaching a critical intersection.
"We're here. Those two big redwood doors are my home."
Ran Qiuye pointed at the two doors and said.
Chen Jianye came to the mahogany gate and stepped on the brakes.
The bicycle stopped heavily forward, and Ran Qiuye's shoulder hit Chen Jianye's back.
If Ran Qiuye sat in the back seat with her legs open, the collision would have hit her chest instead of her shoulders.
"Thank you, Comrade Chen Jianye."
Ran Qiuye got out of the back seat holding the cloth bag in both hands.
"Thank you for what? I should be thanking you for inviting me to your house for dinner."
Chen Jianye smiled brightly and hung the cloth bag on his shoulder.
There are several pounds of sweet potatoes inside.
When you come to the Ran family for dinner, you must not come empty-handed.
However, he didn't put too many sweet potatoes into his bag. If he had brought ten or eight kilograms, it would seem like he was well prepared.
Ran Qiuye pushed open the door and shouted towards the house: "Dad, Mom, I'm back."
"Hey, our eldest girl is back."
A middle-aged man wearing glasses and with a kind face came out of the small room.
His eyes fell on Chen Jianye: "Hey, this is your good friend, Comrade Chen Jianye, right?"
"Hello Uncle Ran, my name is Chen Jianye."
Chen Jianye bent down slightly.
"Good boy, you look really good, no wonder my Qiuye wants to be friends with you."
Father Ran speaks very casually.
Ran Qiuye glared at him secretly.
"I invited you here mainly to thank you for exchanging sweet potatoes with my Qiuye last time. They tasted really good."
Father Ran quickly got down to business.
"If uncle likes to eat it, I have a lot of it here."
As he spoke, Chen Jianye opened the cloth bag and took out a few steamed sweet potatoes.
"Hey, you're well prepared."
Father Ran was very surprised.
"These sweet potatoes are what I prepared for my lunch."
"Since we're coming to the Ran family for lunch, I don't need to save any food for lunch."
Chen Jianye took out the sweet potatoes and put them on the table.
There are three ripe sweet potatoes and three unripe sweet potatoes.
"What about these unripe sweet potatoes? Are you planning to eat them raw?"
Father Ran asked curiously.
"Before I came here, I thought that if Comrade Qiu Ye likes to eat them, I would give these three to her."
Chen Jianye smiled.
"Young man, you are really good. You always think about my daughter no matter what you do."
Father Ran said with satisfaction.
"Dad, where's mom? Why can't I see her?"
Ran Qiuye felt that Ran's father's words were strange and was worried that Chen Jianye would misunderstand, so she quickly changed the subject.
"Your mother is in the kitchen. Go check on her. Comrade Jianye and I just happened to be having a chat."
Father Ran said casually.
Ran Qiuye simply left, out of sight, out of mind, so as to avoid hearing anything and feeling weird.
"Oh, the girl has grown up and has her own ideas. She is not easy to take care of."
Father Ran sighed.
"Will she? I haven't been with Comrade Ran Qiuye for a long time, and I think she should be a well-behaved and obedient person."
Chen Jianye asked doubtfully.
"Qiu Ye was indeed very well behaved and obedient when she was little. Now that she has grown up, her mother and I are worried about her marriage, so it is inevitable that we quarrel."
"Girls should not be kept when they grow up. If you keep them, they will become enemies. It is difficult for his mother and I to grasp this point."
Father Ran sighed.
"Parents always have endless worries."
Chen Jianye echoed.
"Hey, young man, what you said is really true."
Father Ran praised him and asked, "What's going on with your family?"
"My home? My home..."
Chen Jianye hesitated slightly and talked about his family.