Jiang Ran took a piece of chocolate and tossed it into his mouth.
The melting chocolate’s aroma spread through his mouth.
The taste was a bit strong.
Still, the flavor wasn’t bad.
Jiang Ran fetched some milk and the bread he carried with him.
The taste couldn’t be called great, but it was definitely not unpleasant.
Jiang Ran wandered around the room once and finally settled his gaze on a cushion on the sofa.
The pattern on it looked somewhat familiar.
Jiang Ran took another look and realized this pattern looked remarkably similar to a luxury brand he’d seen online before.
He took out his phone, scanned a code on it, and searched the internet.
Only then did he notice this cushion was actually genuine luxury goods.
And the price tag had reached a figure of twenty thousand.
There were nearly a whole pile of cushions like this at home.
What… all twenty thousand each???
Jiang Ran was completely stunned.
The last time he’d seen that much money was when paying tuition.
Other times, he’d never even glimpsed such sums.
Seeing this now, he was utterly dumbfounded, his mouth hanging wide open.
It was a good thing he checked online.
Otherwise, if he’d casually damaged this thing, he’d never be able to afford to pay for it.
Even selling himself wouldn’t cover the cost.
Jiang Ran couldn’t help but make a call to Su Nian.
After a brief series of beeps, the call connected.
The person who answered was a young woman.
“May I ask who you’re looking for?”
This voice didn’t last long.
After a moment, a familiar voice took the phone.
“Give me the phone, it’s fine, it’s someone I know.”
This voice was very familiar to Jiang Ran.
It was Su Nian.
‘Is something wrong, daughter? I missed your call earlier. Alright, is it about what happened before?’
“No, I’ve arrived at the place.”
Hearing this, the woman’s mood clearly improved a lot.
Probably thinking that Jiang Ran was truly willing to go to that house made her seem very happy.
She picked up a cup of black tea, took a sip, and the smile on her face began to brighten.
This brightness was completely unguarded.
“That’s good. How’s the place? Are you used to it? If there’s anything you’re missing, you can tell me. I’ll have the moving company bring it over for you.”
Still missing things???
Jiang Ran was a bit dumbfounded at this moment.
The things here were already far more than what he had before, and she was saying he was missing stuff.
It was almost hard to imagine just how much more there could be.
But Jiang Ran had underestimated Su Nian’s resolve.
Hearing her daughter’s silence, she asked again.
‘What’s wrong? You seem to have something on your mind. If there’s anything, you should tell me promptly.’
“It’s nothing. I’m just thinking about one thing right now. Mom, did you spend a lot of money on these furnishings you gave me? Before, I just thought they were ordinary, but I just searched them, and they’re all really expensive furniture.”
Jiang Ran recalled those items, thinking they were truly, deathly expensive—more expensive than anything he’d ever seen.
Any one of these furnishings could easily match his tuition, or even…
after studying for so many years, he wasn’t as ‘valuable’ as these pillows.
These pillows alone were worth several years of his tuition.
‘Ah, you mean those furnishings? Since it’s for my precious daughter to use, we should use the best now.’
“But it’s too expensive! I can use some ordinary ones. What if I break them?”
‘These are ordinary things. Do you think our family is poor?’
Jiang Ran was dumbfounded.
What was this?
Had he entered a wealthy family?
But thinking about it now…
Jiang Ran grew even more confused.
Then why did they bring him here?
Could it be to harvest his kidneys?
Thinking about his situation, Jiang Ran spoke with a trembling voice.
“Alright… By the way, if you guys want my kidneys, I can survive with just one.”
Jiang Ran figured that if he didn’t say it now, it would happen sooner or later anyway.
A few days wouldn’t make a difference.
Hearing her daughter say this, Su Nian, in her office, completely short-circuited.
She never expected Jiang Ran to say such a thing.
‘You don’t think I bought you to harvest your kidneys, do you?’
“Y-yes… Otherwise, why would you give me so much money?”
Su Nian was both amused and exasperated.
‘No, if someone was really sick, with the resources I have now, I could find a matching donor for you. There’s no need for such trouble. Alright, just live well. If you need more money, just tell me.’
Jiang Ran held the phone, still a bit unable to believe it.
Not after his kidneys?
Then what was she after?
His good looks?
Maybe he’d watched too many dramas.
Jiang Ran always felt the other party must have discovered he was the only match for their daughter’s organ transplant, pretending to recognize him as their daughter, but actually planning to use him for a match.
Otherwise, why give him so much money and go to such great lengths to improve his life, when he clearly wasn’t their relative?
Thinking about it now, it was very strange.
‘I’m helping you because I see potential in you. Alright, I have things to attend to here, so I won’t chat with you any longer.’
Su Nian hung up the phone.
Jiang Ran stood in the room, feeling utterly bewildered.
He had no idea what had just happened.
What did she mean by ‘potential’?
Why was it something he himself didn’t even know about?
All he knew was that Su Nian helping him now probably had some other motive.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so proactive.
Secondly, he thought maybe she had advanced a lot of medical fees and wanted to extract value from him.
But right now, no matter how he looked at it, this seemed like a beneficial situation.
And Su Nian was treating him very well, so much so that he felt this wasn’t some Yandere Game, but a Healing Game.
Yet, it was precisely the app’s perverse name that kept Jiang Ran from letting his guard down.
After all, if someone approached you, wasn’t it for your value?
If not monetary value, then it must be your body.
If not for profit, then it could only be…
Jiang Ran didn’t dare think further.
He could only hope Su Nian was a normal person.
As for the girls around her, they all seemed a bit excessive.
Bai Ranran would run around in front of him without clothes at the drop of a hat, leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination.
Whenever he tried to say something, Bai Ranran would always retort, saying her clothes were uncomfortable or something.
‘Wouldn’t she catch a cold?’
About this point, Jiang Ran also didn’t dare think too much.
He just hoped these strange people would let him off soon and stop joking around with him.
Putting down the phone, Jiang Ran decided not to dwell on these matters.
He should first see what food was available and figure out what to make for dinner.
Jiang Ran walked into the kitchen and found the refrigerator.
It wasn’t that he didn’t know where the fridge was, but this kitchen was as big as the living room of his old house.
It was simply too large.
He opened the fridge, and it was completely stuffed with food—an overwhelming amount.
There was also a lot of seafood.
The problem was, these were things he had no idea how to cook.
Just as Jiang Ran was pondering how to make a meal, a maid saw him staring blankly at the fridge and spoke up.
“Young Miss, are you hungry? I’ll make dinner for you.”