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Song Wenran was sitting in the office, listening to the middle-aged man opposite him talking.

In the summer afternoon, it was the hottest time of the day. The office was old and cramped. Although the air conditioner was on, the heat was still pouring in from the outside with the door open. Song Wenran watched the middle-aged man across from him sweat dripping from his forehead. After falling down, he began to grab a fan anxiously to fan the wind, but he still didn't intend to stop talking.

The cicadas outside had just been quiet for a while and then began to roar vigorously. Song Wenran remained motionless, listening to the cicadas almost covering the voice of the man opposite, the middle-aged man finally said at this moment: "I have something to do tomorrow, next time Come over on Monday to sign the contract, and I'll text you."

Song Wenran nodded, stood up and shook hands with the middle-aged man, said goodbye politely and left.

The moment he walked out of the office, the hot air rushed to his face, scrambling to squeeze into every pore, and the sweat quickly soaked the shirt that had just been dried in the air-conditioned room.

Song Wenran stopped to take a look at the campus. It was already the end of the summer vacation. Although the school hadn't officially started yet, students in twos and threes had begun to return to school.

This is Chong Medical University, an old medical school with a history of more than [-] years, and its affiliated hospitals are all large general hospitals that rank among the top in the country.The school is located in the downtown area of ​​Chongfeng. From the school gate, there is the main road running from north to south in the city. The school's affiliated hospital is on the other side of the main road.

When Song Wenran passed the school gate, he glanced at the guard room and the security guard standing guard outside. The security guard was young and tall, and he looked less than 20 years old.

And Song Wenran is 27 years old this year.He had just been discharged from the army as a non-commissioned officer and received a sum of money, but all of it was handed over to his mother, because mother and stepfather were in urgent need.This time he came to Chongyi because he met a businessman surnamed Xiong when he was performing tasks in the maintenance army. Boss Xiong appreciated him very much and said that he could come to him when he retired, and we all worked hard together.

Song Wenran left the army and went back to his mother, and came to Chongfeng City to find Boss Xiong. Only then did he realize that Boss Xiong was the head of the logistics group of Chongyi University. He took time out of his busy schedule to meet with Song Wenran and asked him to find the school security guards. The head of the customs department arranged a job for him.

Captain Guan was the middle-aged man just now. He picked up Song Wenran's information and went through it. He probably didn't even read the name carefully. He said that since it was related to Boss Xiong, let him go to the logistics group to sign the contract and report it. .

Song Wenran was not aggrieved, he didn't even know whether he should be aggrieved or not. According to the current situation, what he needs most is a job, and this job can arrange accommodation and three meals a day for him.

Standing at the school gate, Song Wenran pulled up the skirt of his shirt to let out a breath. He stood upright, his legs were slender and straight, and his shirt was not tucked in at the waist, but the sweat was slightly sticking to his body, still outlining his thin waistline.A young female student passed by, her eyes unconsciously looked at his face.Song Wenran has a very beautiful and handsome appearance, with straight eyebrows but soft eyes, soft hair cut very short, it looks fluffy and feels comfortable to the touch.

He took out his mobile phone to check the time, it was almost three o'clock, he opened a text message in the mobile phone to check the address, turned around and walked towards the side door of the school.

There is a narrow street at the side entrance of the school, which is full of small restaurants, coffee shops and dessert shops from beginning to end. Song Wenran was going to a restaurant called Huiwei. He followed the house number and found the "Aftertaste" .”

It was probably because it was already past lunch time, and there were no customers at the restaurant at this time, only a thin young man was behind the counter, writing and drawing in a small notebook with his head buried.

The young man wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and his appearance was gentle and handsome. When he heard someone coming in, he raised his head and took a look. He came out from behind the counter in a daze, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Is it the second brother?"

Song Wenran was also taken aback for a moment, not knowing whether he couldn't accept this address or he was not used to the other party's familiarity, he said with a vague "hmm", "Are you Wen Wenhao?"

Wen Wenhao is a cheerful young man. He invited Song Wenran to sit down and said: "Yes, I am Wen Hao. Second brother, you came first, and the eldest brother hasn't come yet. I'll pour you a glass of water after you sit down."

Song Wenran sat down and watched Wen Wenhao run behind the counter to get water glasses and kettles.Wen Wenhao is actually his half-brother. This is the first time Song Wenran has seen Wen Wenhao. He also has a brother named Wen Wenyao who is also from the same mother.

Song Wenran's original name was Wen Wenran, but he changed his mother's surname after his parents divorced.The reason for the divorce was that his father had a mistress at that time, and he and his elder brother Wen Wenyao followed their mother and the other followed their father. As for Wen Wenhao, he was the son born to that mistress and his father later.

It was already many years ago. Song Wenran was not very old when his parents divorced, and now so many years have passed, not to mention the mistress, even his father can no longer express his feelings. Song Wenran felt like a stranger to the younger brother who had passed by.

He has a restrained and calm personality, and has never been good at expressing his feelings. Now, facing a younger brother who is too enthusiastic, he doesn't know how to deal with it for a while.

But Wen Wenhao had already poured tea for Song Wenran with a smile, sat down beside him, and said, "I heard that the second brother was a soldier in the peacekeeping force?"

Song Wenran nodded, stroked the edge of the water glass with his slender fingers, and said, "It's just a mission."

Wen Wenhao looked at him with some admiration, propped his face with one hand, and said with emotion: "That's amazing! By the way, you and big brother really look alike."

"Is he - okay?" Song Wenran couldn't help asking.

Wen Wenhao nodded, and then said: "Except that the whole person is still unaccounted for, everything else is fine."

"Nowhere?" Song Wenran didn't know what he was referring to.

Wen Wenhao said with a smile: "I haven't brought my sister-in-law home yet, I don't know what I'm doing, I just like to play outside."

In fact, Song Wenran is sitting here now precisely because his eldest brother Wen Wenyao called him and told him that his father had passed away.

After his father divorced his mother, the next marriage still did not last. When Wen Wenhao was 16 years old, another third party appeared in his love life, and the divorce still ended. One of the first two sons was an adult, and the other One also went to high school and lived in school, so he started his third marriage.

This finally became their father's last marriage. About a month ago, the husband and wife had a car accident on the way out and both died.

When Wen Wenyao called Song Wenran, Song Wenran was a little dazed, he even hesitated for a moment whether he should come back or not.At that time, the eldest brother who was already very unfamiliar said to him on the other end of the phone: "Come back and have a look, some things should be yours."

Song Wenran couldn't figure out what else should belong to him, but he still came back.Before his father's incident, he first contacted the bear boss, hoping to find a job when he came back.

He came back yesterday, his father had already been buried, and he didn't even have time to go to the grave to offer a stick of incense. Last night, he received a text message from Wen Wenyao, giving him an address and asking him to meet here today.

This stylish small restaurant "Aftertaste" was opened by Wen Wenhao himself. After graduating from university, he didn't go out to find a job. Instead, he opened such a restaurant near Chong Medical University and became a small boss himself.

Song Wenran didn't like it and just sat there, he asked Wen Wenhao: "How old are you this year?"

Wen Wenhao said: "I'm 23, second brother."

Song Wenran smiled when he heard the words, and said, "It's good, it's been so many years before I know it."

They sat for a while, but Wen Wenyao still did not appear.

Wen Wenhao couldn't bear his temper, so he called Wen Wenyao with his mobile phone, and after hanging up the phone, he said to Song Wenran, "He said he won't be coming."

Song Wenran couldn't help frowning slightly, "Then why did he call me here today?"

"Talk about the distribution of inheritance," it was not Wen Wenhao who answered his question, but an old lady's voice.

Song Wenran immediately got up from his chair and turned his head when he heard the voice from outside the door. He saw a white-haired old lady coming in from outside with a five or six-year-old girl in her hand.

The old lady was already very old, and she couldn't even straighten her waist. She firmly grasped the hand of the little girl beside her, and she was out of breath after just a few steps from the outside.

The little girl was wearing a white dress, her long hair was combed into a neat ponytail on the back of her head, and her big eyes were timid. She was almost pulled in by the old lady. When she saw Wen Wenhao, she whispered: "Brother .”

Wen Wenhao went up to support the old lady and said, "Grandma, come and sit first."

Song Wenran was slightly taken aback, realizing that the old lady in front of him was the grandma he hadn't seen for more than 20 years. He opened his mouth, but couldn't say the word grandma.

Grandma Wen sat down on the chair, embraced her little granddaughter Wen Wenqian, and then looked up at Song Wenran.Song Wenran's reflection could not be clearly reflected in her cloudy eyes, her withered mouth moved, and it took a long time before she said, "Wenran?"

Song Wenran couldn't remember what his grandma looked like, but he still remembered that he had a grandma. He could only nod his head and say, "Yes, grandma, it's me."

"In a flash your mother has taken you away for so many years, and you've grown up so much!" Grandma Wen said, with tears in her eyes unknowingly.

Song Wenran didn't know what to say, he could only nod his head, and let his grandmother hold his hand with her thin hand.

Grandma Wen's hand was covered with age spots. She patted the back of Song Wenran's hand repeatedly, as if she had a lot of emotions to express, but she didn't say anything in the end. After she let go of her hand, she looked at Wen Wenhao and asked: "Where's Wen Yao?"

Wen Wenhao looked a little embarrassed, he said: "Brother said he won't come."

"not coming?"

Wen Wenhao said in a low voice: "Brother said, he doesn't want a penny of Dad's inheritance, let us divide it ourselves."

Hearing Wen Wenhao's words, Song Wenran instantly realized what grandma's phrase "inheritance distribution" meant just now, and he suddenly felt embarrassed.He had no contact with his father's family for many years. When Wen Wenyao contacted him suddenly, he didn't know where Wen Wenyao found his phone number.He didn't think about his father's inheritance. He didn't even know whether he was eligible to share the inheritance from his father from a legal perspective.

Up to now, he still doesn't understand what Wen Wenyao meant by calling him over. He glanced at Wen Wenhao, thinking about how to leave.

And Wen Wenhao also said at this time: "Grandma, I know that Dad doesn't have much money, so let's leave it all to Wenqian, my eldest brother and I—" At this point, he paused for a while, probably because he realized that Song Wenran was still there, so he didn't say anything. After speaking, he looked towards Song Wenran.

Song Wenran hesitated for a moment, and said, "I still have some things to do, so I won't bother you for now. Let's get together again when we have a chance."

"Wait," Grandma Wen stopped him, "Wen Ran, don't leave either, I have something to say."

Song Wenran had no choice but to stand where he was, waiting for grandma to continue.

Grandma Wen stroked Wen Wenqian's hair. She said, "I know that you were not born to the same mother. You didn't grow up together when you were young, but you are still biological brothers and sisters after all."

Wen Wenqian was the daughter of their father's third marriage. At that time, Wen Wenqian's father was almost fifty, while Wen Wenqian's mother was only in her early thirties.This marriage was not favored at first, and Wen Qian's mother even severed ties with her natal family. Now that the husband and wife have left, only a little girl is left to live with her 80-year-old grandmother.

Grandma Wen said: "I am old and I can't walk steadily. Wen Qian is too young, so I really can't take care of her for too long. Her father didn't leave much money. 10,000+ savings may be enough for Wen Qian to go to university. I There is also a house under my name, if any of you are willing to help take care of Wen Qian, take that house."

After the old lady said these words, Wen Wenqian lowered her head, tears fell on the table.She cried very sadly, but she didn't make a sound, but she couldn't help but sucked her nose hard to keep the snot from flowing out.

Song Wenran felt sorry for her, but unfortunately he couldn't help the family.

Wen Wenhao tore the napkin and handed it to Wen Qian, saying, "Don't cry."

Wen Wenqian took it and wiped away tears silently.

Wen Wenhao looked embarrassed, knelt down and held Grandma Wen's hand, and said, "Grandma, don't say that, Wen Qian is my younger sister, and my elder brother and I will take care of her. Let her come to my place for dinner every day, and I have dinner at night." Wouldn't it be better to just send her back?"

Grandma Wen knew that Wen Wenhao was a kind-hearted young man. She said, "This is not enough. How can raising a child take three meals a day? She is still so young, so what should I do if she has no one to take care of her?"

Wen Wenhao didn't speak, he just looked up at Grandma Wen, sighed and didn't know what to say.After all, he was only 23 years old, and he had been living on campus since his parents divorced. He occasionally went back to Wen Wenyao to live with Wen Wenyao for a few days during the holidays, and most of the time he worked outside to earn money.Only during the holidays, the family will get together for a meal or two.It's not that he doesn't feel sorry for Wen Wenqian, but he's a half-grown boy who just came out of society and can't take care of himself well, so how dare he take on such a heavy burden.

Not long after this restaurant opened, he borrowed some money from Wen Wenyao and took out some loans to open it. The business was not fully on the right track, and he didn’t dare to invite too many people in the restaurant. He had to do everything by himself. Time and energy to take care of Wen Wenqian.

Now that Grandma Wen is holding her granddaughter and crying sadly here, Wen Wenhao can only say: "Grandma, go back first, I will discuss Wen Qian's matter with my elder brother later."

Grandma Wen didn't answer, but raised her head to look at Song Wenran.

Song Wenran was slightly taken aback.

Wen Wenhao quickly said: "What can the second brother do? He is just a visitor who came back to visit relatives, and this is the first time we meet Wen Qian."

Grandma Wen shook her head and wanted to get up, but Wen Wenhao and Song Wenran hurried forward to help her.Grandma Wen pushed the two of them away, pulled Wen Qian outside, and said as she walked, "Call Wen Yao and ask him to come back to see me. Does he still recognize me as a grandma?"

Wen Wenhao wanted to go over and help her, "Grandma, I'll call a taxi for you."

Grandma Wen still pushed him away, "I don't want you, I will take Wen Qian back by myself."

Seeing Wen Wenhao's embarrassed look, Song Wenran raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder.

Grandma Wen took Wen Wenqian out of the restaurant, and when she trembled down the steps, she suddenly slipped and fell to the ground. She still held Wen Wenqian's hand tightly, and pulled the little girl to the ground.

Wen Wenqian was stunned at first, and then she was so frightened that she cried and went to help Grandma Wen.

Wen Wenhao and Song Wenran immediately ran out one after the other, Wen Wenhao carefully helped grandma, Song Wenran saw her eyes closed in pain, her forehead covered in cold sweat, took out her mobile phone and called an ambulance.

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