cool autumn

The final bidder for the military port is the Lin family.

The establishment of this huge port is like a super big cake. Everyone passing by wants to share a piece of it. If only the Lin family can swallow such a huge project, a single tree cannot make a forest.A person who really understands the art of balance and the power of the tripartite will not let go of this opportunity to build momentum, as well as giving small favors and favors to win over some niche groups and balance the interests of all parties.

Since you can't eat big cakes, it's okay to ask for some crumbs. Therefore, there is an endless stream of guests visiting the Lin family's mansion these days. There, the posture is naturally not higher than those of the minority forces who actively approached.

Zhou Ran groped and walked in bit by bit according to the memory in her mind. Lin Jingxian was sitting in a curl of green smoke with her eyes closed to rest her mind. When she saw Zhou Ran coming, she just twitched the corner of her mouth and didn't leave right away. Going forward to help him, the old god still swayed leisurely on the recliner, only occasionally reminding him not to touch any sharp thorns, and to be careful not to hit the bookcase there.Lin Jingxian's smile gradually deepened when she saw how Zhou Ran would subconsciously avoid things before bumping into things that made him avoid them without speaking out.

"Auntie," Zhou Ran seemed to be consciously standing two steps away from Lin Jingxian. He groped for a mahogany chair, leaned on it and greeted her, and then sat down.

"Brother is in the living room in front, why don't you go and sit down?" Lin Jingxian stood up with a smile, brought Zhou Ran a cup of warm tea, and asked with a smile.

Zhou Ran smiled lightly and didn't answer. He just suppressed his emotions and slowly drank water from a teacup. He is not stupid. Since the Huang family can take the initiative to come to the door, it means that they came prepared. The above evidence is not enough to bring down the Huang family, and he will not go to stir up trouble and engage in naivety until he has the strength and determination to defeat him in one blow.

"How is your body now? Is there anything I can do to help?" Lin Jingxian took another sip of the tea on her lips, sat down in the chair next to Zhang Zhouran, and asked gently with a sideways face.

Zhou Ran stroked the temperature of the teacup with her fingertips, and smiled, "It's okay, you don't have to worry, your eyes will recover after a while." However, this can be regarded as a lesson, and you must not underestimate any opponent, even if No matter how harmless he behaved.

Lin Jingxian touched the teacup to Zhou Ran's cup abruptly, and said with a playful smile, "Has Mr. Huo left Xunyang?"

The teacup in his hand was bumped, and he felt his heart skip a beat. Zhou Ran turned to Lin Jingxian in a daze, as if he could see her expression through those empty eyes, and then smiled faintly. , "Thanks to my aunt's help for the kidnapping this time, he still has some things to deal with at home, and I will come with him next time to thank my aunt."

Lin Jingxian's eyes narrowed, they were all human beings, some things needn't be said too clearly, but it was rare for her to care so much about Zhou Ran, but she couldn't help asking again with emotion, "It must be him?"

She has investigated Huo Wendong's details before, and to be honest, she is not optimistic about the relationship between Huo Wendong and Zhou Ran. She has lived abroad for many years, and her experience of decades of ups and downs has made her look down on everything early on. Will the future partner be a man or a woman? It doesn't matter, but she is worried about Zhou Ran.No matter how mature Zhou Ran usually is, she is still a child who has not grown up in her heart. As an elder, she always has to worry that her younger generation will suffer.

The gap between the two of them is too great, Zhou Ran is at a disadvantage in every aspect, and she also knows something about Huo Wendong's mother's family. Judging from the complicated situation of her mother's family that she knows, she is afraid that once she gets involved, she will be at a disadvantage. He can't escape, he is not a good person to get along with, and Zhou Ran will suffer a lot if he is with him.

"Because I met..." Zhou Ran smiled helplessly, holding a teacup with a calm expression and gentle eyes.

Lin Jingxian sighed, raised her hand to cover her eyes, and said with emotion, "It's nice to be young." However, her tone changed, and she smiled and talked about the previous bidding meeting for the military port, "This time the port Our Lin family won the first prize in the bidding, but the follow-up procedures are very annoying. In recent days, people who have come to find out the truth have gone back and forth several times. The Huang family may have a lot of appetite this time... ..."

Zhou Ran paused her fingers slightly, leaned forward slightly, stroked the cup, and tried to search for information about the Huang family in her mind. Hearing Lin Jingxian's tone, she thought that the background of the Huang family was far more than what was listed in the information. It's too simple to think.

Rubbing between his eyebrows, fighting for a lifetime in his previous life was not enough, now he doesn't want to waste his extra energy, being fooled around like in his previous life, busy but without a single achievement.

"It's not so easy for the Huang family to get a share of the pie. If he wants to get involved in the port business, at least he should first get enough funds to invest in the project, and then make preparations such as participating in the shares, but even so I can't occupy the home court either," Zhou Ran subconsciously tapped his fingertips on the armrest of the chair a few times, and said word by word.

The Huang family has backers, but the backstage of the Lin family may not lose to the Huang family. Lin Jingxian carefully observed Zhou Ran's expression,

Only then slowly opened his mouth and said: "The Huang family has been ready to go for many years, and the small troubles before could not hurt its roots. Not to mention how many high-ranking officials and dignitaries the Huang family used Hu Jinbiao's ability in the early years, their The interests are intertwined, and the relationship is extremely complicated. If one person is moved, the whole body will be involved. For their own interests, they will also hug each other tightly and protect each other. Even in recent years, the background of the forces secretly manipulated by the Huang family is extremely amazing. , They came prepared this time."

"Then, what does the big man who supported our Lin family's bid and successfully bid for the port think?" Zhou Ran asked suspiciously after thinking a few times in his mind.

Lin Jingxian covered her mouth and smiled, stretched out a hand to rub Zhou Ran's hair, squinted her eyes to suppress all emotions, and the corners of her lips curled up in a sarcastic arc, "It's up to us to decide," They have a mutually beneficial relationship. They need big trees that can shelter them from the wind and rain in the mall, and those big trees also need the nutrients they give. After so many years of tacit cooperation, they can cooperate seamlessly without any words. Of course gains and losses go hand in hand.

The room fell silent for a moment, Zhou Ran was silent while holding the teacup, until Lin Jingxian collected her thoughts, brushed off the dust that did not exist on her body, looked at the neatly manicured flower garden outside, and pulled Zhou Ran with a smile, " Let's go, let's meet our guests, it's really shameful to come here to hide and relax, haha..."

And in the living room, Lin Kuofeng was sitting in the first seat, laughing and chatting with Huang Jiancheng, talking about friendship with each other. They are all people who can go to Mount Everest with their own twists and turns. The purpose, every time Huang Jiancheng mentions something about the port, Lin Kuofeng has the ability to abduct it to Zhou Ran, his brows and eyes seem to be slowly distressed and kind, Huang Jiancheng's teeth are sour when he looks directly at it, look This hypocrisy is that he is not so capable of pretending.

When Lin Jingxian led Zhou Ran to the living room, Huang Jiancheng was playing Tai Chi with Lin Kuofeng with a smile on his face, and then went around to the port. When he saw Lin Jingxian, his face froze, and Huang Siyue sat She saw Zhou Ran at a glance from the side, and she couldn't help but feel a little bit of surprise and timidity in her eyes. She didn't dare to go up to say hello, but just stared at Zhou Ran with a pair of clean big eyes, blatantly making people cover her face.

"Uncle, Mr. Huang," Zhou Ran followed Lin Jingxian's buttocks and nodded in the direction of Lin Kuofeng and Huang Jiancheng. After greeting them, he sat down on his own. Lin Jingxian reminded him when he entered the living room just now. The positions of the two, so he will not get the wrong direction now.

Lin Jingxian smiled gently, her eyes touched Huang Jiancheng and she didn't look away, she just raised the corners of her lips slightly and said: "It's rare that Mr. Huang came to visit this time, it's really rude for Jingxian to hear the news. For the sake of our playmates, I hope Mr. Huang will not blame me."

Huang Jiancheng got a lump in his throat, but he glanced casually at the still ignorant Huang Siyue from the corner of his eyes, pulled the corners of his mouth unnaturally, and smiled politely, "Jingxian really likes to joke, she is an old acquaintance, where is she Calculate these."

However, after changing his tone, he seized this gap and turned to talk about the recruitment of the port. "This bidding for the port is really dangerous. Congratulations to the Lin family for winning the first place," he paused and then Said: "Actually, I came here cheeky this time to ask for a favor from Brother Kuofeng. At any rate, let our Huang family do our bit for this Xunyang, right?"

Lin Kuofeng and Lin Jingxian looked at each other, turned away their eyes tacitly, and took some measurements in their hearts. When the atmosphere was a little cold, Lin Jingxian smiled and said: "Mr. Huang was joking, everyone is a member of Xunyang. We can understand Mr. Huang's intentions, but hearing that the Huang family has been attacked by unknown rumors many times before, we just don't know whether Mr. Huang can bear the heavy investment."

"You can rest assured about this. Although the Huang family is not as rich as your Lin family, it is still alumni's savings. This idea can't shake the roots of the Huang family. As long as you are willing to give the Huang family a chance, I believe we will I won't let you down," Huang Jiancheng said with a chuckle, looking confident and victorious.

The corners of Lin Kuofeng's eyes met with those of Lin Jingxian's, and after a subtle touch, they seemed to have reached a consensus, and then agreed to Huang Jiancheng's request with a smile on his face.

On the surface, it seems that Lin Jingxian played a key role in it. Even if Huang Jiancheng thinks about it, he will only regard it as Lin Jingxian's friendship with Huang Xiaoyue paving the way for the Huang family, rather than suspecting that Lin Jingxian, a "female family", is With what kind of mind to calculate them.

Since the Huang family had plans against the Lin family, it was better to prevent than to let go. This opportunity just opened up a gap and let him in. Inside the besieged city, tigers and leopards fought each other to see who had the better hunting instinct.

When leaving Lin's house, Huang Jiancheng stood by the door waiting for Zhou Ran, knocked him to death and casually looked at his whole body, and sighed in his heart that while Mr. Lin was seriously cultivating Zhou Ran while he was alive, his attitude towards Zhou Ran's blindness was quite It's intriguing.

"How is Zhou Xiaoyou's eyes, and how is the treatment going?" Huang Jiancheng asked warmly, not forgetting to look concerned when he stepped into the car.

Zhou Ran ignored Huang Siyue's two overly hot gazes on him, with a very calm expression on his face, "I still need to see what the doctor said, Hu Jinbiao injected too much toxin into my body, I'm afraid it will leave some sequelae, Whether the eyes can be cured depends on luck."

Huang Jiancheng pretended to be emotional, and comforted Zhou Ran in an impeccable tone, "Xiaoyou Zhou is still young, the world is so big, there is always someone who can heal your eyes, besides, Hu Jinbiao is dead, you are the one in your heart." No matter how angry you are, it won't help, so when I go back, I will let my family pay attention, and I will definitely help you find a reliable doctor to help you heal your eyes."

"Mr. Huang's kindness is appreciated by Zhou Ran," Zhou Ran lowered his eyes slightly with a smile that was not a smile, and sneered in his heart, but his face remained calm as before, "There is something about Hu Jinbiao, Zhou Ran I only believe in one sentence, people are doing what the sky is watching, no matter what good or evil people do, there will be retribution sooner or later, so why should I be anxious."

Huang Jiancheng looked at Zhou Ran with a downcast face, a little annoyed at his ignorance, he snorted and led Huang Siyue, who was lingering on Zhou Ran, away from the Lin family mansion.

The old butler kept bowing and stood aside, his eyes darkened without any emotion, until he asked the driver to take Zhou Ran back to Zhou Huaning's place, then he showed his serious look.

When Zhou Ran went back, Zhou Huaning was researching new recipes in the living room. As soon as April heard the sound of the car, he hurried out to wait. When Zhou Ran got out of the car, he happily ran over to hug Zhou Ran, and held his hand with a smile Said: "Brother, you are back, did you bring me pudding?" He led the person a few steps away, as if remembering something, and added: "By the way, your friend came to see you, and now you are sitting I'm waiting for you in the lobby."

Zhou Ran paused, tilted his head and asked, "Is there someone you don't know?"

Shaking her head in April, she tried her best to recall, and said again, "I haven't seen it."

Who could it be?Zhou Ran was puzzled.

As soon as he entered the door, there was a figure rushing towards Zhou Ran. The familiar voice and octopus-like movements made Zhou Ran seem to recognize who it was, and immediately asked in surprise: "Tang Xiaomo, what are you doing?" Why are you here?"

Tang Mo grinned proudly, looked at Zhou Ran's blank eyes, paused in his heart, and said with a smile: "I'm here to visit you specially, how about it, am I very kind, these days Didn't see me, do you miss me, haha..."

Zhou Ran smiled helplessly, but for some reason, the man's figure appeared in his mind, and he opened his mouth to ask, "Did Huo Wendong ask you to come and accompany me?"

Tang Mo's eyes rolled, and he pulled Zhou Ran towards the sofa without stopping, and practiced Tai Chi with his eyebrows curved, "Why, I'm not allowed to come to see you by myself, you are too partial."

Zhou Huaning has been listening to the conversation between the two of them with his ears upright, his eyes moving back and forth between Zhou Ran and Tang Mo, and there is already an astonishingly powerful Huo Wendong, she doesn't want her son to be missed by others and get involved with each other It's not clear, but apart from being a little more intimate, the way the two get along is normal and calm, and there is nothing tricky about it for the time being.

"Auntie, let's add dinner tonight. I heard from Aran that your cooking skills are superb. This time, I came here specially to try your cooking skills." Tang Mo has a bright personality. When he laughed, dimples immediately appeared on his cheeks. It looks very pleasing.

Although Zhou Huaning was skeptical, he didn't hate Tang Mo's arrival. When he heard the compliment, he immediately frowned, smiled softly, got up and walked to the kitchen, and gently told him, "It's rare that Ran Ran praised my dishes so highly. Auntie has to show her talents this time and not let you underestimate her, hehe..."

Tang Mo saluted her playfully, "Comrade, the party will entrust you to you."

Zhou Ran rubbed the center of his brows, and let him laugh and mess around with Si Yue, but he missed that person more and more in his heart.

After dinner, Tang Mo accompanied Zhou Huaning and Si Yue to watch TV on the sofa, while Zhou Ran went back to the room to rest.

As soon as he lay down, the phone rang, and Zhou Ran's brain was aroused, and the call was connected with his right hand, and he said eagerly, "Hello?"

There was a moment of silence, before he said, "I'm Tang Jinglin, is Tang Mo with you?"

Zhou Ran rubbed his fingers twice, restrained his emotions and gave a faint 'hmm', "He's downstairs watching TV with my mother."

Tang Jinglin's voice was cold and harsh, but when he mentioned Tang Mo, he would calm down subconsciously, "Please look at him first, don't let him run around, I will pick him up after a while." If he is obedient, his surname is not Tang.

Zhou Ran heard the voice-over, and smiled secretly, "Don't worry, Mr. Tang, I will let people keep him."

The phone hung up, and there was a beeping busy tone in my ears.

Zhou Ran fell back on the bed a little weakly, rubbing her cheeks on the soft bed, and let out a light breath of comfort, but couldn't help becoming irritable in her heart.

The room was quiet for a few seconds, and the phone rang again. Zhou Ran was not so eager this time. Instead, he waited for it to play music on the bed several times before slowly picking up the phone and pressing the button. After switching on the key, he held his breath carefully and gave a soft 'hello'.

"It's me, have you eaten yet?" When Huo Wendong's usual deep voice rang in his ears, Zhou Ran lost his mind for a moment.

The lake water that had been disturbed in a pool suddenly settled down, and Zhou Ran let out a mouthful of turbid air, and the boredom in his chest was dispelled at once, and he couldn't help but smile when he spoke, "Just now Finished eating." Thinking of Tang Mo downstairs, he asked gleefully, "Did you call Tang Xiaomo? Just now Tang Jinglin called me to find out the news."

Huo Wendong laughed softly, bowed his head on the other end of the phone, held the phone in one hand, and stared coldly at the bleeding wound on his chest with the other. He talked to him about recent events in his usual tone, but he didn't say a word. The current situation of the Huo family was not mentioned.

Linlang sterilized his wound with pursed lips, and looked at his eyebrows and eyes and talked to Zhou Ran gently, "I will pick you up after I have dealt with the matter here, your eyes are not healed yet, don't run around, and You have to drink the medicine on time, don't be lazy and throw it away, I put a lot of candied fruit at Aunt Zhou's place, and go to taste it after drinking it."

Zhou Ran rolled his eyes on the other end of the phone, sometimes it's not a cover for this man to talk too much.

The moment the phone was hung up, Zhou Ran felt that his mood began to warm up again.

Hey, the ups and downs of this mood are really exhausting.