Chapter 106: Prelude to the End of the World: Suppress Your Brother as Soon as Possible (6)

The two went downstairs.

Lin Ran followed and came to a small forest behind the building.

"Sister, I caught it right here."

Xiao Liheng said this and prepared to open the lid of the glass jar.

The street lights in the community are very bright, and you can see everything clearly without carrying any additional lighting tools.

"I'll do it." Lin Ran said eagerly.

She wanted to follow Xiao Liheng downstairs, of course not because she was worried that Xiao Liheng would be reluctant to release the fireflies, but because she wanted to release them herself.

After living in this world for so long, this was the first time she saw real fireflies with her own eyes, so it was normal for her to have a little childishness.

"Okay." Xiao Liheng immediately put the loosened bottle cap back on and handed it over obediently.

After spending a few years together, under Lin Ran's conscious discipline (suppression), Xiao Liheng is now really well-behaved.

You can tell from the number 30 above his head.

From -30 at the beginning to 32 now, they can be considered as siblings who get along well with each other in the reconstituted family!

After releasing the fireflies, they watched them fly into the grove and disappear, then they slowly walked back.

"Xiao Liheng, have you finished your homework?"

After they slept in separate rooms, Lin Ran never saw Xiao Liheng doing his homework again. She only saw him often going out to play.

But he always got full marks in every exam, so no one at home cared whether he read or did homework after returning to his room.

"It's just a little homework, I finished it before school was over." Xiao Liheng didn't care.

He and Jiang Yu were used to finishing the homework assigned by the teacher at school so that they could play together after school.

Lin Ran nodded and said nothing more.

Just finish the homework.

She is not his nanny, and apart from asking this question, she will not interfere with him.

……

Soon, another two years passed.

Lin Ran noticed that Lin Mengqin often went to the hospital recently.

There always seemed to be a hint of melancholy lingering between her and Xiao Rongjian's brows, which could be felt even when they smiled at home.

Considering that Lin Mengqin had not gotten pregnant in the past two years, Lin Ran suspected that she went to the hospital frequently because of pregnancy.

weekend.

Xiao Rongjian went on a business trip.

Lin Mengqin went to the hospital early.

After the two people at home finished their breakfast, Xiao Liheng consciously went to wash the dishes and pots.

Lin Ran was tidying up the house when she accidentally found an inspection report hidden among miscellaneous items in a cabinet in the living room.

It turned out that after two years of trying to get pregnant, Lin Mengqin, who was already over 35 years old, went to the hospital for a check-up and was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure, and the chances of natural pregnancy were very low.

In order to have a child, Lin Mengqin decided to do in vitro fertilization, so she kept going to the hospital.

test tube……

Pregnant women suffer already, and women who get pregnant through test tubes suffer even more.

Lin Ran put the inspection report back to its place, trying to pretend that she hadn't noticed.

As soon as she turned around, she found someone squatting behind her, and Lin Ran almost bumped her head with his.

"Why didn't you say anything behind my back?" Lin Ran couldn't help but glare at Xiao Liheng. Xiao Liheng slowly stood up and explained: "I walked here openly, you just took it too seriously."

She was so absorbed in watching something that she didn't even notice when he squatted behind her and watched her.

Lin Ran said "oh" and accepted his explanation, "So, you saw everything?"

"Yeah, I saw it." Xiao Liheng touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.

In fact, he had already discovered the inspection report just now.

This is because he usually cleans more often at home, so he discovered it earlier than Lin Ran.

But adults will deal with adults' affairs, and even if he saw it, he could only pretend not to see it.

The same is true for Lin Ran now.

However, after Lin Mengqin came back from the hospital, seeing the gloomy look on her face, he could guess that the IVF process might not be very optimistic.

Lin Mengqin had no more energy to take care of the children. She told Lin Ran to look after her brother and tutor him in his studies when necessary. Then she went back to her room to rest early after dinner.

Lin Ran and Xiao Liheng both knew what their mother was worried about. They were very tired after having to work during the day, so they consciously took care of themselves and did some housework at home to reduce their parents' worries and fatigue.

After finishing this year of school, Lin Ran was promoted to junior high school.

The junior high school is located near the school district house, and I can walk to and from home within fifteen minutes.

In the second semester of Lin Ran's first year in junior high school, Grandma Xiao closed her eyes completely while sleeping at home.

A few days of keeping vigil at the funeral hall.

Xiao Rongjian had an argument with one of his sisters and one of his younger sisters, and they blamed each other for not taking good care of the old lady, which led to her passing away so early.

The old lady had only been 80 years old for less than two years. In the eyes of the three men, although she had difficulty walking, she was still in good health and had no illness, so she should have lived longer.

This requires us to blame the son Xiao Rongjian.

Raising a son to provide for one's old age, the family house was also inherited by him. The two sisters did not take anything from the family, but Xiao Rongjian did not take good care of the old lady.

But Xiao Rongjian was busy with work, so he always hired a nanny to take care of the old lady. He changed the nanny several times before he finally found a good one. He also cared about taking care of the old lady.

But he has his own family to take care of, and the children have to rely on him and Lin Mengqin to earn money to raise them, so how can he accompany the old lady every day?

Xiao Rongjian also blamed his sisters.

Since my sister got married, she has only been caring about her own family. The number of times she comes back to visit my mother throughout the year can be counted on a few fingers. She has not fulfilled her responsibility as a daughter to support my mother.

As for my younger sister, the old lady doted on her the most during her lifetime. When she was able to do so, she would often go to her house to help take care of the three children, for she was afraid that she would be too busy.

Moreover, the old lady's leg was accidentally broken when she was helping to take care of the children at her sister's house!
After the old lady's legs and feet became inconvenient and she could no longer help take care of the baby, the younger sister would only visit her during the Chinese New Year and other holidays, and they would not contact each other at other times.

The elder sister, the younger brother and the younger sister blamed each other, and as they kept blaming each other, they couldn't control themselves and started quarreling in front of each other's children.

He even threatened that after handling the old lady's funeral, the three of them would not have any contact with each other anymore!
Since they were not Lin Ran's biological aunts, Lin Ran didn't have any feelings about them. Xiao Liheng's two aunts had never looked at her straight in the eye over the years. After all, they were not related by blood.

However, these two aunts seemed to be pretty nice to Xiao Liheng. Every time they came, they would secretly give Xiao Liheng pocket money, for fear of being seen by her.

But what they didn't expect was that as soon as they left, Xiao Liheng immediately split the money with her.

at night.

The adults who were still angry left, leaving only a few older children in the lobby to keep vigil.

As Xiao Liheng's grandson, he could not refuse to keep vigil.

Lin Ran was also among them. After all, Grandma Xiao treated her very well, and it was worth it for her to stay up all night to keep vigil.

Of course, modern wakes do not involve kneeling on the ground the entire time.

Instead, you can sit in the lobby where the coffin is placed, chat, play with your phone, or read a book.

In the second half of the night, Lin Ran sat with a cousin and talked about girls' things.

Somehow, Xiao Liheng punched one of his cousins, which attracted the attention of everyone present.