【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Chapter 289: Once the ammunition is ready, let's have another friendly match

Jia Zheng felt the cold sweat on his face gradually fade away. He then thought of Baoyu's matter and couldn't help but speak for his son:

"My second son has made great progress in his studies recently."

"Don't worry, your son is very good. I have arranged for someone to help him. He may be more successful than you in the future."

After hearing this, Jia Zheng nodded repeatedly and walked out of Li Hanlan's office after a long time.

As soon as he came out, he hurried back to the Jia Mansion, and when he met Wang Ziyan, he never mentioned the matter of divorce.

He was talking about the arrangements for the children, and that he would be transferred back to the capital soon.

As Li Hanlan expected, Wang Ziyan only saw her husband a few days a year. Today, Jia Zheng came back with several children, especially Baoyu's career arrangements, and the news that he would be transferred back to the capital. How could she not be happy? She had long forgotten about Li Haoze's arrangements.

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Inside the Li Family Old House

Li Hanlan came back rarely, and happened to meet Li Haoze at home. The two met in the living room, and Li Hanlan stepped forward:

"Grandma's birthday is coming soon. I prepared a gift for her. You can bring it to her."

"Hey, brother, are you kidding me? I don't even know where my grandma is?" Li Haoze was always nonchalant.

"There's no need to hide what we say, right? Li Shuirong and I are both looking for grandma, and you're the only one concentrating on taking over other people's companies. If you hadn't hidden grandma, I really can't find any other reason to give you."

Li Haoze took a puff of his cigar, exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Yes, grandma told me where she was. She was having a lot of fun there and didn't want to leave. She has always wanted to find a place to vacation, and as her grandson, I can't help but accommodate her.

If I have to say that I am unfilial, it is you who are unfilial. You pushed me too hard. You did not treat me as your own. I have no choice but to use the old lady as a talisman. Who knows when you will secretly attack me, or threaten me with my people, or kill me directly. If I don't find a way to protect myself and suffer your conspiracy, wouldn't it be a big loss?"

Li Hanlan raised his chin, looking calm: "You are the only one who would do such a secret thing, right? If you don't take action, we don't want to be involved with you at all. If you can take good care of your property and don't make trouble everywhere, I can also not cause trouble for you."

Li Haoze laughed loudly and said, "I can't believe it, big brother, you are hurt by my bite? Are you actively seeking peace with me?"

"Can we coexist peacefully for a while and each of us develop for some time? It all depends on our own abilities." Li Hanlan rarely said such words.

"Okay, I've been tired lately. There are also many people who want to discuss business with me, and Jiang Yuhan is looking to develop his career recently. So let's do this, for half a year, you and I will develop on our own and not interfere with each other. When we have prepared the ammunition, we can have a friendly match."

After saying that, he put out the cigar in the ashtray, stood up and walked out the door. When he reached the door, he met Lai An. Butler Lai An was holding the tea set birthday gift prepared by Li Hanlan. He looked at the direction he was walking towards, hesitated for a while and then spoke:

"Second Young Master, please take this old servant with you. I have always taken care of the old lady. I know her habits. Let me stay by her side and take care of her!"

Li Haoze didn't look at him, turned to Li Hanlan and said, "Don't even think about it."

Then he picked up the box with his hands, took a look and said, "Who knows if you have installed some kind of positioning device inside these things? I can't smash them all to check. After all, the old lady will be sad if I give her a bunch of broken porcelain pieces." After saying that, he laughed arrogantly, went out, and drove away.

Li Hanlan walked over to Lai An, patted his shoulder and comforted him: "He dares to be so arrogant because he relies on grandma in his hands. Before the equity is changed, he should not do anything to grandma. Don't worry, I will find a way."

Lai An nodded, holding the box and walked to the room where Madam Li kept the tea sets. His back seemed to be a little more bent than before, maybe because he was old!

*

Li Shuirong sat at a round table in the school cafe. He usually ordered a cup of coffee and had his lunch here. The lunch was brought from home and smelled delicious after being heated in the microwave. While eating, he would check the news and current affairs and occasionally frown.

A blonde girl walked up to Li Shuirong, leaned down slightly, pointed at the seat opposite him and asked, "Is there no one here?"

Li Shuirong looked at the empty table in the distance and wanted to say something but in the end he didn't open his mouth and just shook his head.

The girl sat down. She seemed to be wearing a very saturated pink suit. Li Shuirong didn't look closely, but he just felt a bright color dazzling opposite him.

"Korean?" the girl asked as she took out a powder compact from her bag to touch up her makeup.

"Chinese." Li Shuirong answered politely.

"I often see you driving a blue Ferrari. That's a cool car." The girl began to look for lipstick in her bag. After taking out several, she placed them on the table for her to choose colors.

Li Shuirong closed his half-eaten lunch box, as if his appetite had been disturbed.

"That's my wife's car." Li Shuirong replied.

"Oh, I didn't see you wearing a ring." The girl said, looking at Li Shuirong's fingers. She thought those hands were very beautiful.

"Because this is a school, I prefer to wear the ring in other social occasions." Li Shuirong's answer was very official, and he was already planning to end the conversation.

"I'm studying sociology, my name is Kelly. I hope we can be friends." The girl closed her powder puff and stretched out her hand to Li Shuirong.

Li Shuirong had already leaned back in his chair. He didn't plan to continue his lunch. He took a sip of the coffee beside him and said, "I see that white girls in school are not very interested in Asian boys, let alone making friends with them. If you said you wanted to make friends with me for the purpose of researching a sociology project, I might believe you. But I may not be too interested in participating in your project because I'm also busy, and you've already delayed my lunch break."

The girl did not immediately get angry. She took back her hand, picked up a lipstick and touched up her lipstick in front of the mirror. As she did so, she said, "You know that we white girls are very popular. I guess you are very smart, so I want to be friends with you."

"If you are a lady, or in other words: if you come from a prominent family, your upbringing will not allow you to touch up your makeup in front of any man at the dinner table." Li Shuirong seemed to see the shadow of Xue Baochai in her, the kind of person who will not get angry no matter what you say, and will only work to achieve her goal.

The girl finally finished her makeup, put all the cosmetics into her bag, looked around the coffee shop, and then picked up her bag and walked towards another destination.

Li Shuirong also stood up, threw away the cold lunch box, and walked out of the cafe.