After the stand-in resigned

An Fan followed out anxiously.

There were two cakes on the table, one on the left and one on the right, with chestnuts on the left and mousse on the right. Xia Ping was lighting candles, and warmly invited Ling Ran to light one. Ling Ran shook her head with a light smile, and opened the seat , seated again on An Qingyi's right hand side.

An Fan saw An Qingyi turning his head to say something to Ling Ran, Ling Ran listened quietly, occasionally responding, harmonious as if nothing happened.

An Fan suppressed his emotions and sat down in her usual position.

The dining table is a rectangular table with no people sitting at either end. It is customary in their family to have Xia Ping and An Qingyi on one side, and An Zhize and An Fan on the other side, facing each other. In the past, there was no problem with the seating arrangement, but now there is an extra seat on the opposite side. Ling Ran became dazzling.

An Fan was apprehensive and uneasy, and cast a nervous glance towards the opposite side, caught by Ling Ran who was listening to An Qingyi's words, she winked playfully at her.

An Fan was startled suddenly, flustered for no reason, she picked up the cup on the table that contained tea or drink and took two sips.

The heart was still beating wildly.

In front of the crowd, Ling Ran quickly cast a dark glance at her, inexplicably giving her the illusion that she and Ling Ran were having an affair behind An Qingyi's back.

This is really unreasonable and absurd, An Fan discarded the thoughts he shouldn't have, and calmed down slowly.

Singing the happy birthday song, making a wish, blowing out the candles, everything was going according to the established procedures. Ling Ran didn't do anything unexpected, and didn't say anything out of the ordinary. An Fan felt relieved and took the chestnuts from Xia Ping Cake, temporarily leave the so-called confession behind.

In less than a second, what Ling Ran said made An Fan's heart rise again: "That one seems to be more delicious."

Following Ling Ran's words, everyone's eyes shifted to An Fan's hand. An Qingyi's hand passing the cake stopped in the air. She put down the mousse she had cut for Ling Ran by herself, and looked at An Fan's chestnut cake. .

Just as An Fan was about to eat, she couldn't finish it even with so many people staring at her. The dining table was eerily quiet. It was really hard for her to cope with such a scene. Based on the principle that one thing more is worse than one thing less, she backed down: "Then I'll let this one go." for you?"

Xia Ping came forward to smooth things over: "There are still more here. There are more, and you can eat it yourself every year."

Xia Ping cut another piece for Ling Ran and handed it to Ling Ran. The weird atmosphere should have ended when Ling Ran took the cake, but An Qingyi's words ignited the atmosphere again.

"Give me a piece too, I'll taste how delicious it is."

After two seconds of silence, An Zhize followed suit, and Xia Ping followed suit. The ignited atmosphere only burned into a raging fire in An Fan's heart. She thought that An Qingyi had never said that she wanted to taste it in previous years.

Stuffing a large strawberry on the cake into his mouth, accompanied by the overflowing juice, An Fan was thinking, maybe she is naive, maybe Ling Ran is naive, or An Qingyi is naive. Two innocent cakes are used as substitutes, and it is naive to insist on comparing them and making a choice.

The birthday cake didn't create much joyful atmosphere. After it was removed, it was served. The steaming food added a lot of color to the table. At least the atmosphere of the dining room was warm and homely.

Xia Ping enthusiastically talked about Aunt Zhang's specialty dishes, and An Qingyi also ordered two dishes on the table that Xia Ping cooked herself, An Zhize asked in this harmonious atmosphere: "How did Mr. Ling and our An An know each other? "

An Fan, who was obsessed with grilling rice, raised his head vigilantly, and once again met Ling Ran's gaze, she pursed her lips and smiled, looked at her, and pointed to the position of her chin.

An Fan thought the rice grains were sticking to him, so he wiped his hands suspiciously, his hands were clean, and there was nothing there, and then Ling Ran smiled, and An Fan realized that he had been tricked.

She glared at Ling Ran, and realized that the scene was inappropriate. An Zhize was still waiting for Ling Ran's answer, and her eyes must be on this side. She behaved for a second and continued to eat.

Unexpectedly, it was An Qingyi who answered, she said: "She saw my painting and liked it very much."

An Zhize said that was the case, and continued to praise: "An An's playing the piano is even better. I will have a chance to ask Mr. Ling to listen to it someday."

Xia Ping answered with a reproachful tone: "I've heard it before, so you don't need to worry about it."

In the harmonious atmosphere, An Fan was still struggling with An Qingyi's answer just now. According to what An Qingyi meant, Ling Ran liked her only after seeing her paintings. It's true that Youhua liked her, but An Qingyi also gave Has Ling Ran seen the painting?

When did you see the painting?What painting are you looking at?

And, didn't Ling Ran tell An Qingyi that she liked the person who stepped on the elevated painting?

An Fan looked at An Qingyi, then at Ling Ran, and felt that there was some misunderstanding.Or rather, something she didn't know.

An Zhize's topic has turned to An Qingyi's song, but Ling Ran is answering the previous topic, and the answer is very detailed: "On September 9th, I passed by the city center and saw her stepping on an elevated bridge to draw a head in the sun. The blue whale, that appearance is very attractive to me, I fell in love at first sight."

She was describing their first meeting, An Zhize nodded slowly in response, Xia Ping put An Qingyi's shoulders on her shoulders, and complained: "You sneaked out? You didn't listen to the doctor, it's so hot outside, in case What should I do if something goes wrong? I still step on the elevated road—"

"Mom!" An Qingyi frowned and told Xia Ping to stop talking, and turned to look at An Fan.

It was a look mixed with tension, uneasiness, fear and fear. An Fan had never been looked at by her like this before, and he seemed to understand something in an instant.

An Zhize wanted to mention An Qingyi's song again, halfway through the conversation, Ling Ran continued to talk about the first encounter: "At that time, I was in a hurry to go to a meeting, but I couldn't get out of the car to look for it right away. Later, I couldn't let it go, so I found a home. coming."

Ling Ran glanced at An Qingyi first, then at An Fan, and said, "I just found out that they are twins. At that time, I was afraid that I would find the wrong person, so I asked one more question. An An told me that I did not find the wrong person. It was her. My younger sister is in her third year of high school and was going to school that day."

Xia Ping embraced An Qingyi and said, "Yes, every year I have to go to class, how could it be her."

At this point, An Fan finally understood the reason for An Qingyi's look. She replaced her identity and became Ling Ran's love at first sight. She was afraid of being exposed by her, and she was afraid of embarrassment.

But Ling Ran mentioned such words on such an occasion, and complied with what she said. She didn't directly explain the cause and effect here, but simply stated the facts. I can let everyone present know that that day was a mistake.

An Fan remembered the phrase "Who knew it was a mistake" that she blurted out. She didn't feel wronged when she said this, Ling Ran was not enough to make her feel wronged, but Ling Ran still let everyone know that it was a mistake.

She seemed to be soothing her grievances.

Right now, she only needs to speak, she doesn't even need to say anything, just say it's me, and everyone can see An Qingyi's face clearly.

An Fan couldn't help looking at An Qingyi. Her sister was being held in Xia Ping's arms at the moment, her face was a little stiff, as if she had noticed her gaze was looking towards her, and they looked at each other for a few seconds.

An Qingyi suddenly smiled and said, "Niannian won't say that it was you that day, will he?"

She said this, as if pre-emptively attacking, and then An Fan heard her mention: "Did you skip class?"

There was no more hesitation or pity left in An Fan, she nodded and said, "Yes, I skipped class. It was me that day."

An Qingyi laughed for some reason, as if she thought it was funny, or what An Fan said was funny, then she looked at Ling Ran, trying to see her attitude.

Ling Ran was only looking at An Fan.

The atmosphere is deadlocked.

"What, what's going on here?" Xia Ping was the first to wake up from the situation outside the situation. She said, "Don't mess around every year, are you skipping class? What class are you skipping? Don't make such jokes."

An Zhize also tried to smooth things over: "Let Boss Ling see a joke. These two sisters have been so cute since they were young because they look alike. When they were young, the older sister pretended to be the younger sister, and the younger sister pretended to be the older sister. Don't mention it."

Ling Ran smiled and said, "No."

An Fan is already a duck to the rack, since she can't get off the stage, she will fight to the end, she said: "I'm not joking, it was indeed me that day, and I was under a lot of pressure from studying, so I skipped class to go to the city center to watch a movie, and I drew a picture by the way. "

Skipping class doesn't threaten her anything, anyway, she has already done bad things in the eyes of her parents, so skipping class one more time is nothing.

"This..." An Zhize was at a loss for words, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

She looked at Xia Ping, then at An Qingyi, and said seriously, "What's going on?"

An Qingyi said at this moment: "Do you like President Ling every year? If so, then—"

An Fan didn't care about the damage to her image, but Ling Ran did. Seeing that she was about to be smeared as a competitive younger sister again, she snatched An Qingyi's words and said as if she was being fair: "I thought that An An must have admitted it. There’s nothing wrong with it, after all, if it’s right, it’s right, if it’s not, it’s not, and there’s no other possibility. So let’s…”

She compromised and said: "It's very simple, just tell me which wall it is. I don't know if I haven't been there."

Ling Ran is acting, and she still needs An Fan to cooperate with her acting. On the surface, she is questioning and disbelieving An Fan, but she is actually paving the way. The more she behaves at this time, the more she trusts An Qingyi. The more hateful it is.

An Fan glanced at An Qingyi who was still pretending to be calm, her face was very pale, which reminded An Fan of her illness.

"Can't you tell?" Ling Ran asked, more like urging.

Perhaps the unbearable expression in An Fan's eyes was too obvious, but An Qingyi didn't need it. She fell headfirst into Xia Ping's arms, and was gently coaxed by Xia Ping with her victorious grievance.

There's no reason to shrink back.An Fan said slowly, "The wall next to the cinema on Jianshe Road."

After speaking, An Zhize and Xia Ping looked at Ling Ran at the same time, Ling Ran was surprised: "It's really..."

She looked at An Qingyi again, imitating An Zhize's tone, and asked, "What's going on?"

An Fan looked at An Qingyi calmly, without accusing or complaining, just silent.

An Zhize glanced at the magnanimous youngest daughter, and then at the eldest daughter who was clearly hiding from the ground, finally understood the reason, and patted An Fan on the shoulder lightly.

Turning her gaze to Ling Ran, her eyes revealed a little complacency, and An Zhize slowly realized that this was originally a scene.

Ling Ran knew that this was a joke, the purpose was to keep the eldest daughter who was still hiding from coming down from the stage, and at the same time make him as a parent feel bad.

Unable to express the apology that was originally intended to be expressed, An Zhize said seriously in a parental tone: "In the end, it's An An's fault..."

He turned to An Qingyi: "An An, apologize!"

An Qingyi was silent for a long time, Xia Ping glanced nervously, her cheeks were already covered with beads of sweat, and her hands were terribly hot to the touch, Xia Ping screamed, and hurriedly called An Zhize and Zhang Ma, and the dining table was in chaos.

After a long time, the dining room returned to calm.The dining table is covered with leftovers, just like the atmosphere of falling into the ice cave.

A good birthday turned out like this, and An Fan sat there at a loss, is this what she wanted?An Fan didn't know, she didn't even know what she wanted now.

After they all left, Ling Ran got up and sat next to An Fan. She really wanted to hug her who looked sad at the moment, but she didn't dare to reach out her hand.After a long silence, she finally said, "I'm sorry."

An Fan couldn't help thinking, was Ling Ran wrong?Ling Ran was right.Who is to blame?No one is wrong.

The one who is wrong cannot be wrong, so it can only be like this.what else?I have been here for so many years, but I can't do anything.

An Fan pursed his lips forbearance, Ling Ran's heart ached, and she was so distressed that she finally stretched out her hand, not daring to hug anyone, only daring to put it on her shoulder, patting it again and again.

An Fan is used to being strong, so she quickly adjusted her emotions and said, "I'm fine. It has nothing to do with you."

Ling Ran realized that An Fan was comforting her, and was sorry for her careless words. Ling Ran didn't really apologize much. She didn't think that An Qingyi's behavior was caused by her. She apologized out of politeness, and An Fan Listen in, she is comforting her.

Ling Ran felt even more distressed.

She changed from hugging to hugging in an unusual way, and hugged him in her arms.

An Fan struggled a bit, but he didn't break free, so he simply let her go.She thought that she was very envious of being protected by Xia Ping like An Qingyi, and she also wanted to feel how good it felt to be protected by someone.

Unfortunately, it didn't last long before An Zhize came out of An Qingyi's room.He turned around the corner and saw the two people at the dining table who were in an intimate posture. He covered his hands and coughed twice to remind him. An Fan immediately separated from Ling Ran and lowered his head in embarrassment.

When An Zhize approached, Ling Ran asked politely, "How's it going?"

"Fortunately, the situation is stable," An Zhize said.

He rubbed his hands, embarrassed by the tricky situation, and finally bit the bullet and said; "Let Boss Ling see a joke, and I didn't expect it to be like this. The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat. We handle the housework by ourselves, so we don't bother you." You bothered."

Ling Ran heard that this was an expulsion order, and guessed that An Zhize understood that her real purpose of coming here today was to complain for An Fan, so she looked at An Fan and got up: "Since there is nothing else, I will leave first, my There is also a meeting on the side."

"Happy birthday." Ling Ran said to Anfan.She rubbed Anfan's head, and accepted her stare with a smile.

An Zhize sent people outside the door, and was about to say goodbye in the manner of the master, but Ling Ran said first: "It's not the daughter who can cry out for pain."

An Zhize was startled, all the words were stuck in his throat, he was silent for a long time, and said yes with shame.

"You are not parents like this." Ling Ran commented again, and left without looking back.

An Zhize stopped at the entrance for a long time.

An Fan got up and left the dining table after Ling Ran and An Zhize left. She wanted to go back to her room, but she passed by An Qingyi's door on the way. would do something like this..."

The words were not very clear, An Fan stopped, walked a few steps closer, and heard An Qingyi say: "Then what can I do, I like her the first time I see her, what can I do? Can she like this Is it me? The doctor also said that I don't have long, otherwise would she like me..."

She talked and cried: "At the end of the day, she just likes that face. It doesn't matter if it's her or me... When I die someday, I can just return it to her..."

"You child, what are you talking about!" Xia Ping said angrily first, then hesitated: "How can you just pay for this kind of thing..."

"I know I did something wrong, do I want to pretend to be her? But what can I do... what else can I do!" An Qingyi said, crying louder, and in the end, only her voice could be heard crying.

An Fan's hand rested on the doorknob for a few seconds, her mind was still in a mess, and many shapeless words popped out one after another. She instinctively wanted to stand up and argue, but she deeply felt that she was not sober now.

What can I say, it can't change anything.She didn't need to argue for Ling Ran, who was not important.

An Fan pursed his lips, and finally walked back to the room.