cast a peach

Tan Mingli rested for a while in the bathroom, and didn't get up until she felt her turbulent thoughts completely calmed down.

She glanced at her face in the glasses, and found that her face was frighteningly pale, and her lips were so pale that there was almost no color.

She smiled wryly, feeling that her appearance was really frightening, and while sighing, she took out the powder and lipstick from her bag to touch up her makeup, so that she would be able to meet people when she went out later.

After putting on lipstick, she raised her eyebrows again, and Tan Mingli waited until she felt that she looked more energetic before pushing the door open.

As soon as he opened the door, he bumped into Tan Mingqing.

Tan Mingqing frowned, as if she had been waiting for her outside for a long time, her mouth was still full of gunpowder, and she folded her arms impatiently: "Did you fall inside?"

Tan Mingli was so exhausted now that he really couldn't afford to deal with her mentally, so he just walked around her and said in a low voice, "Is there anything else? I'll go back first."

Xiao Shui was still waiting for her at home.

Thinking of Xiao Shui, she suddenly softened her heart, as if the tiredness and wrinkles in her heart had been ironed out.

Xiaoshui...

Guixin is unstoppable together, Tan Mingli almost wants to drive home immediately, see Xiaoshui now, and then do what she wanted to do when she left the restaurant and said goodbye to Xiaoshui——

Tightly, tightly hold the girl in his arms.

Tan Mingqing was stunned.She had never seen Tan Mingli so cold.

"Hello!" Seeing that Tan Mingli was about to walk out of the corridor, she hurriedly stopped her, stepped on her high heels and ran forward a few steps to catch up, "What's wrong with you?"

"Grandpa scolded you?"

Tan Mingqing observed Tan Mingli's expression, trying to get some clues from their conversation just now.

"..."

Almost walked out.

Tan Mingli glanced at the exit helplessly, and stopped her pace. After all, it was still easy to self-cultivate and make trouble, so she had to leave without answering.She turned around, stabilized her voice, and replied flatly: "No."

Then he said, "Mingqing, don't think too much."

Her tone was very light, but there was a hint of persuasion.Sensitively feeling her kindness, Tan Mingqing froze for a moment, then lowered her face and laughed at herself: "That's right, Grandpa loves you so much, why is he willing to scold you?"

"then you……"

Seeing that Tan Mingli didn't answer her words, Tan Mingqing looked at the tired look of the woman in front of her, and asked tentatively, "Is it in a bad mood? Or is it period?"

"..."

Tan Mingli glanced at Tan Mingqing in surprise.

She didn't dislike this cousin.Although Tan Mingqing has always treated her badly, she is actually not a bad person. She has never been really unfavorable to her, and sometimes even has some subtle duplicity.

But she didn't feel that she knew her well enough for Tan Mingqing to care.

Tan Mingli replied: "It's not... Mingqing, don't worry."

He glanced at his watch again, and said as gently as possible: "It's getting late, if you have nothing else to do, I'll go back first."

"You think well, I don't care about you." Tan Mingqing looked at her for a moment, then snorted, then lowered her head to look for the cigarette case in her bag, "I just wanted to ask what Grandpa told you just now."

She said to herself again: "I know if you don't tell me, he must have called you back to the company again...he has always wanted you to come back."

Tan Mingqing found the cigarette case, took out a cigarette, lowered her head and lit the cigarette: "Grandpa must be the happiest person when you get divorced."

The Tan family is a big family with many children. The collateral relatives are all trying their best to go to the main house and the headquarters. They have their own schemes for profit, but there are not many who are really available.In other words, the Tan family is in danger of having no successors.

If we really want to talk about it, there are only three grandchildren in the direct line: Father Tan's daughter Tan Mingli, and Uncle Tan's sons and daughters Mingqing and Mingzhao.

Father Tan is the eldest son, and Tan Mingli is the eldest daughter among the grandchildren.

Whether it is due to reason or personal ability and character, Tan Mingli is undoubtedly the best candidate for the next successor. Therefore, as soon as she returned to China, many Tan family members were quite nervous, and they were frequently framed and targeted by the family. It wasn't until after Tan Mingli graduated from university and married Shen Qingzhou that it gradually subsided.

The Tan family has an unwritten rule - there is no gender limit for heirs, and men and women compete fairly, but girls are not allowed to participate if they marry too early.Because Tan Jingshan believes that marriage is a help for men, but a burden and a moth for women.If the girls of the Tan family marry too early, it is equivalent to self-destructing the Great Wall, and they will lose the qualification to compete for the heir.

Tan Mingli was able to get away from the intensifying competition by using this almost self-defiled method back then.

Tan Mingli sighed slightly in her heart, seeing her young cousin faintly lost, she didn't know how to answer for a while.

She remembered the conversation she had with grandpa when she was in the ward just now——

"..."

Tan Mingli fell into silence and took a long time to speak.Her voice was soft, as if she was asking Grandpa, or just muttering to herself: "...Mingqing, can't you?"

"She's very smart and ambitious, and she's always wanted to make a career for you and everyone to see. She—" Tan Mingli raised her face, trying to convince her grandpa.

"I know what you want to say."

Tan Jingshan raised his hand to stop her unfinished words.

"Mingzhao is absurd, not a man to make. As for Mingqing—" Tan Jingshan closed his eyes and said slowly, "Mingqing is capable. It's a pity that his temper is too perverse and his actions are too domineering. Make a knife , or horse pawns, it is very good-sharp, can cut thorns, and can be used in the front line."

"But if you really want to take things, you can't do it."

I often say that your second uncle is confused, but he is confused, and it is only for money and power, and he still has the Tan family in his heart.Mingqing is probably not as good as your second uncle. "

Tan Jingshan opened his eyes and smiled gently at Tan Mingli: "Mingqing has hatred hidden in her heart. I hate her father, I hate the Tan family. I'm afraid that when she goes crazy, my old man , I even folded the coffin book for her."

Back then, Second Uncle Tan couldn't wait to take his lover and illegitimate child home when his wife was seriously ill, and almost pissed Ming Qing's mother to death.Tan Mingqing was still in primary school at that time, and she hated her father, stepmother, and the illegitimate son Tan Mingzhao ever since.

At that time, Tan Jingshan was reusing Tan Ershu, and Tan couldn't do without him. Although he was furious, he could only acquiesce to this matter after the punishment, so Mingqing also felt resentful towards his grandfather.

Second Uncle Tan wanted to help his son to the top, but Mingzhao was spoiled and spent all day drinking and making troubles, so he really couldn't use it.He also knew that his daughter resented her, so after guarding against Tan Mingli, he came to guard against Tan Mingqing. A few years ago, he even suggested to his grandfather that it would be fine to find a young talent to marry Mingqing. A son-in-law is not like a son, a son is useless as long as he is useless, even if he is so angry that he can't change it; but the son-in-law can pick out a capable and easy-to-handle son-in-law the day after tomorrow, and let this son-in-law come into the company to take on Tan's business.

In the end, Tan Jingshan lightly dismissed it with the sentence "The Tan family did not follow the Japanese custom of adopting sons", and never dared to mention it again.

And Mingqing hated her father even more after she knew about it. After joining the company in the past two years, she made drastic reforms without showing any mercy.

Tan Mingli said softly: "Then what should Mingqing do if you are like this?"

Since Tan Mingqing joined the company, she has forged ahead and made frequent moves, offending many people. Although she also won the honorary title of "Little Tan Boss", at the same time, more people called her "motherless little lunatic" in private.Now it is thanks to Grandpa's pressure, and it is true that there is no other heir besides her. On the surface, it is fine, no one dares to make trouble.

It took Mingqing three years to secure her position. Almost everyone had already agreed that she was the next head of the Tan family. Now she suddenly stood up again. Where should Mingqing be placed?

Tan Jingshan looked at her for a moment, then suddenly laughed loudly, and patted the back of her hand: "You, Mingli!"

"You are good in everything, but your heart is too soft... Otherwise, you would not have been forced to leave the Tan family to get married." Tan Jingshan lowered his eyes, with a look of emotion, and whispered, "But tomorrow Li, you have to know that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, and there are many things that you can't just retreat if you want to."

"The world is like a net, you can't break free."

"Let me tell you a story, okay, Mingli?"

Tan Jingshan looked at her with a smile: "At the beginning when Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to pass the throne to the crown prince, he killed all the ministers in the court. The crown prince asked him, 'Father, why did you do this?' Zhu Yuanzhang took a thorny thorny twig and called The prince held it with his hand, and the prince said, "How can I hold it?" Zhu Yuanzhang swung his sword and cut off all the sharp thorns, so the prince was able to hold it. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "I kill people like cutting this thorn—— Do you still find it difficult?' The prince disagrees."

"Now, I use Mingqing's sword to cut off the Tan family's thorns, Mingli, do you want to blame me like Prince Zhu?"

Tan Mingli's face was pale.

She felt a chill coming from the bottom of her heart, the biting cold made her almost unable to hold on.She tried her best to hold her fingers, the knuckles turned white, and retorted in a low voice: "But grandpa...Mingqing is a human being, your granddaughter. She is not a sword."

Tan Jingshan looked at her quietly, noncommittal, but said: "I will not lose her money."

"Let's go, Mingli—your heart is shaking." Tan Jingshan said softly, "Let's go, let's go."

Tan Mingli didn't know how she got up and said goodbye. She walked to the door in a daze, but was stopped by Tan Jingshan again: "That's right——"

"That child from the Zhao family, you have to get along well with her, you know?" He whispered thoughtfully, "Brother Hongliang loves her very much...she is the only child in the Zhao family's generation."

"..."

"I know." Tan Mingli turned around, and replied softly, "Please worry about it."