I just want to give the elves a home. What's wrong with that?

Li Ran went to the hospital almost every other day these days. Seeing that Yanyan's grandfather's health was getting worse day by day, he was in great pain. Yanyan saw her grandfather tossing and turning in pain on the bed and cried several times. Her originally bright eyes became red and swollen.

"Oh, Yanyan is such a pitiful child."

His behavior also attracted Hong Pang's attention, so he followed Li Ran to the hospital.

"Do you think I should provide you with more funding?"

"Let's not do that... You've already donated two hundred thousand dollars, and your family's money didn't come from the wind."

Li Ran stopped him in time. The old man had a terminal illness and spending money would only make him suffer less before he passed away. There was no possibility of a cure, and he himself had already refused treatment.

The person chatting with Yanyan in the ward was Dr. Asakusa. The old man's critical illness notice came yesterday, so they all planned to stay in the hospital late today.

"grandfather!"

There was a sudden scream, and Li Ran and Hong Pang ran in without thinking. Originally there were stable ripples on the electrocardiogram instrument, but now it had turned into a flat line and a shrill alarm sounded.

"Quick! Save the patient!"

The doctor in a white coat came running over quickly, and Happiny followed closely with instruments in his hands, shouting anxiously.

But there was still no change in the heartbeat ripples. After the doctors tried their best for half an hour, they finally got the other party to shake his head regretfully.

"I'm sorry, we tried our best."

When the doctor removed all the things from the old man's body and he lay quietly and motionless on the white sheets, Yanyan finally understood what death meant.

She stood quietly beside Li Ran, her small hands tightly grasping the corner of Li Ran's clothes, staring at the hospital bed infatuatedly, tears silently flowing from her eyes. She cried very quietly but it made everyone present feel heartbroken, until the moment the bed was pushed out of the ward.

Li Ran squatted down and wanted to wipe her tears when he heard what she said.

"Grandpa doesn't want Yanyan anymore..."

Afterwards, her whole body seemed to lose strength and she collapsed. Fortunately, Li Ran was quick to pick her up. Seeing this, Hong Pang and Dr. Asakusa stood there in silence. They were like headless flies, unable to find direction as to how to solve Yanyan's subsequent problems.

Yanyan, who lost her last relative, became an orphan.

"that......"

Li Ran's words made the two of them look towards him.

"Although I don't know if Grandpa Lu agrees... Can I adopt Yanyan? I'm an orphan, I don't know if it's okay..."

Hong Pang's expression did not change, but Dr. Asakusa's eyes widened. She had always thought that Li Ran was a greedy person, but now she understood why Li Ran was greedy.

"Can you? Or should I..."

Hong Pang was about to say something. He was worried that Li Ran's life, which had just gotten better, would return to where it was.

"Don't worry, I can still come up with this little money."

Li Ran interrupted him with a smile. Based on his understanding of the elves, it should be no problem to make some money to support them.

"I'm sorry, Li Ran. I misunderstood you before."

Dr. Asakusa took a step forward and looked at Li Ran apologetically, only for the other party to wave his hands as if nothing had happened. Li Ran didn't feel that Dr. Asakusa had done anything excessive. Dr. Asakusa continued.

"You can adopt Yanyan. I have acquaintances over there who can help you make the contact."

"Well, then, once everything is settled, I'll ask her if she's willing to go with me."

Li Ran did not refuse, but after all, this matter still needed Yanyan's consent.

Grandpa Lu's funeral was very simple, and there were still only a few of them present. It was not until Yanyan placed the urn containing Grandpa Lu in the cemetery that Li Ran touched her little head and spoke.

"Yan Yan, do you want to live with your brother? Xiao Shui and the others are here too."

"But Brother Li Ran, will I cause you trouble?"

Some light finally returned to Lu Xiaoyan's eyes, but soon dimmed again.

"How can it be troublesome? I'm the only one in my brother's family. If you don't mind, we can be siblings in the future, okay?"

Li Ran smiled, feeling even more distressed when he saw that she was so young yet so sensible.

"Is it really possible?"

Lu Xiaoyan nervously twisted her two fingers and raised her little face to look at them.

"Of course!"

"Yan Yan, don't worry, if Brother Li Ran treats you badly, Sister Qian Cao will help you teach him a lesson!"

Hong Pang stepped forward and patted his abdomen which had shrunk several sizes.

"Me too, I will keep an eye on him all the time, and if he treats you badly, Brother Hong Pang will help you beat him up!"

The corners of Li Ran's mouth twitched slightly. These two people were taking advantage of his misfortune to find a reason to beat him. Although he wanted to refute, he still acquiesced. He also hoped that they could supervise him so that Yanyan would feel safe. After getting Yanyan's consent, Li Ran stepped forward and took Yanyan to bow deeply to Grandpa Lu's grave.

"Grandpa Lu, I will treat Yanyan as my own sister, so don't worry, Grandpa Lu!"

"Yan Yan, let's go then? Come back to see grandpa another day, okay?"

Li Ran spoke softly, afraid to scare her. After getting Yanyan's nod, he left the cemetery, looking back every two steps.

Thanks to Dr. Asakusa's help, Li Ran's process of raising Yanyan was much faster. Soon, a line of Lu Xiaoyan's information was added to his elf household register. As for the passbook left by Grandpa Lu, Li Ran gave it to Yanyan for safekeeping.

On the way home, Li Ran specifically asked Yanyan to choose a small bed she liked, and had it delivered by the furniture company and placed in the room where he originally slept. He then moved into the original storage room, where the light was good. After arriving home, Li Ran released a few elves and made room for Yanyan's Magikarp to place a rubber swimming pool.

The entire space suddenly became much smaller, but seeing Yanyan's smile when she played with Xiaoshui and the others, Li Ran suddenly felt a little warm. It turned out that he was also a person who longed for family affection.

"Good night Yanyan."

"Good night to you too, brother!"

After dinner, Yanyan took a shower by herself and returned to her bed. Li Ran said goodbye to her and then closed the door, but he did not leave. He just leaned against the door and listened to Yanyan's soft sobs.

He knew that Yanyan only looked strong on the outside. How could she not be sad all of a sudden when her grandfather left her? She could only rely on time and tenderness to slowly dilute her sadness.

"Xiao Shui, if she kicks the quilt off again, you have to help cover it up."

Only when it became quiet inside did Li Ran quietly walk into the room, put back the quilt that Yanyan had kicked off, hushed to Xiaoshui who had just woken up, and carried her to Yanyan. When he saw Xiaoshui nodded solemnly, he carefully left and closed the door.