Chapter 58: Kind as She Is, It’s Hard to Make a Choice

Su Ran followed Xu Tianna's gaze and looked at her backpack, then said: "My backpack is indeed from Rickdus, but it's not as luxurious as I boasted. I bought it on Taobao for 50 yuan, and it also came with a sun hat."

Xu Tianna bit her lip, trying not to laugh out loud. In Su Ran's eyes, she looked so beautiful that he couldn't look away.

Finally, Xu Tianna held back her smile and asked: "Is the sun hat also from Rickdus?"

"Who remembers? Last time a friend borrowed it to go fishing and didn't return it. It's so uncivilized."

"It must be from Rickdus. It's so luxurious, so your friend coveted it." Xu Tianna analyzed seriously.

This time it was Su Ran who was amused, but he pretended to be serious and said: "So he has no quality. He sold his personality with a hat. If he likes it, just tell me. I am such a generous person, how can I care about a hat?"

Xu Tianna smiled and shook her head, and stopped talking to him. Perhaps she didn't appreciate Su Ran's nonsense. Sometimes she was amused by him, but in fact, she was helpless.

The waiter quickly brought two bowls of rice noodles and some snacks, and Su Ran and Xu Tianna began to eat.

During the meal, Su Ran looked at Xu Tianna from the corner of his eye from time to time. She was very quiet from beginning to end, but Su Ran noticed a trace of loneliness in this silence. This loneliness had nothing to do with material things, but came from her life experience. But even so, she still lived independently with her own strength. Since they met, Su Ran had never heard her complain about life.

Su Ran looked at her absent-mindedly. When he thought of the conspiracy she was about to face, he felt a wave of heartache and strong struggle in his heart, but he felt deeply powerless.

As the dinner was coming to an end, Su Ran finally spoke up: "I still owe you 10,160 yuan."

Xu Tianna responded nonchalantly: "I haven't forgotten, but you don't have to rush to pay it back. Go find a good place to live first. As you said, don't experience the pain of having nowhere to go again."

"You remember my words clearly."

"You just told me this last night, so of course I remember it."

Su Ran skipped this topic and asked: "Then why did you close the door and not let me in when I went back from meeting my friends yesterday? I knocked on the door for nearly ten minutes."

"Even if you knock for an hour, I won't open it. I've told you that I won't rent the house to anyone."

"Then tell me, why did you buy that old house and not want to rent it to others?" Su Ran once again raised this question that had troubled him for a long time.

Xu Tianna looked out the window, her expression slightly dazed, and after a long time she whispered: "This is my private matter, don't ask again."

Seeing this, Su Ran did not ask any more questions, but he had some guesses in his heart, but he was not sure.

In Su Ran's silence, Xu Tianna rarely took the initiative to say: "It's still early now, I will accompany you to find a house. You should settle down earlier, otherwise you don't know how to explain to your father next time he comes to see you."

Under the cover of night, Su Ran sat in Xu Tianna's car, holding a mobile phone, searching for rental information on 58.com, and calling to inquire when he saw a suitable one. Xu Tianna acted as his driver, traveling with him to every corner of the city, watching him bargain with the landlord or agent using various "rogue" means.

With Xu Tianna's help, Su Ran efficiently looked at five houses in just over an hour, but they were always unsatisfactory for various reasons, so they continued to look for them in this huge city.

Another half an hour later, Xu Tianna parked the car on the side of the road and said with emotion: "It turns out that renting a house is really not easy."

"Yes, there are many black-hearted agents nowadays, and you will fall into the trap if you are not careful."

Xu Tianna nodded in agreement. She had never had the opportunity to come into contact with these things before, but she had just fully appreciated them. This also made Su Ran realize that sometimes it is not that they cannot understand each other, but that they have never really entered each other's world and lived.

"Are you thirsty? I'll buy you something to drink." Su Ran asked Xu Tianna.

Xu Tianna nodded. Su Ran opened the car door and walked down without even asking her about her preferences. At this moment, his mood was again uncontrollably depressed. Although he and Xu Tianna had quarreled countless times over the old house, he did not hate her in his heart. As they got to know each other better, he found that she was not as unattainable as when they first met, but was very easy-going. She seemed indifferent, but actually enthusiastic. Perhaps she was really a kind woman.

I still remember that time when Su Ran was down and out, Ban Di came to visit. Although Su Ran did something extremely excessive to her, she still chose to help Su Ran hide the truth from Ban Di, and even left on her own in the end, leaving the house to Su Ran and Ban Di. I also remember that by the moat, she put a coat on Su Ran to protect her from the cold; and she also brewed honey milk for Su Ran in Robben's hut after she got drunk.

Su Ran repeatedly asked himself in his inner torment: "Su Ran, do you really want to watch such a woman fall into your uncle's business conspiracy?"

He finally turned around and looked at Xu Tianna, who was illuminated by the lights in the car. Her figure was a little confused and lonely, reflected on the car window, which made Su Ran heartbroken. But he still couldn't tell the truth, just because of Fang Yuan, just because of Chen Jingming, he couldn't selfishly ruin their bright future.

Su Ran bought two cups of hot lemon tea, returned to the car, put a straw in it for Xu Tianna and handed it to her, and reminded her: "It's a little hot, drink it slowly."

Xu Tianna nodded, holding the plastic cup with both hands, absorbing the warmth of the lemon tea. This autumn night has already felt the chill of winter.

After a long silence, Xu Tianna asked: "Do we still want to continue looking?"

"It's up to you. If you don't feel tired, I'm fine."

Xu Tianna smiled and said: "It's better to do things from beginning to end, so let's do it in one go and help you find a good place tonight."

Su Ran joked: "Miss Xu Tianna is really passionate and thoughtful. If you can finish my business tonight, you can rest assured and enjoy the success in the future."

"The term 'enjoy the success' is not appropriate. I also helped you find a house, and the house is mine. It's too far-fetched to say 'enjoy the success'." Xu Tianna said seriously.

"Tsk, why are you so serious about it." Su Ran waved his hand impatiently.

"I learned it from you."

Su Ran took a sip of the lemon tea in his hand, but almost spat out saliva because of the burn.

Xu Tianna took out a tissue and handed it to him. While wiping the tea that splashed on her, she complained: "You just reminded me to be careful of the heat, how come you forgot when you drank it yourself?"

Su Ran did not respond, his heart was full of bitterness. Forgetting is because of absent-mindedness, and absent-mindedness comes from inner struggle. At this moment, he had a strong urge in his heart to reveal the conspiracy against Xu Tianna. However, reason was like a solid shackle that bound him tightly. He didn't know how to choose, should he follow morality and keep the secret, or obey the kindness in his heart and tell Xu Tianna the truth? This dilemma was like being stuck in a quagmire. The more he struggled, the more he could not extricate himself. He could only continue to rush around in the city at night with Xu Tianna in pain and entanglement. The future seemed more and more confusing in this thick fog. He didn't know what kind of twist of fate would be waiting for them.