gentle reunion

Xu Zan immediately went online to search for a dynamic picture of a roaring ferocious tiger and sent it to Lan Tianran.

Lan Tianran: Do you like this one better?OK, I saved it.

Xu Zan: ...

Save it and send it to me later?

Come on, it seems that in the blue natural eyes, there is not much difference between the felines.

Lan Tianran: What do you want to eat?Or Diannan Prefecture?

Xu Zan glanced at the time. It was past three o'clock. Diannan Prefecture not only wanted to expand its takeaway business, but also started selling afternoon tea?

Xu Zan: I don’t want to eat hot and sour food today.

Lan Tianran patiently "coaxed" him: How about sweet?Do you want cake?

cake?

In high school, Xu Zan and Lan Tianran once ate cake together.

It was a New Year's Day holiday, and both of them stayed in school and did not go home.

Xu Zan was sitting on the roof blowing the cold wind, Lan Tianran suddenly came over and asked him if he wanted to eat cake.

Xu Zan remembered that he said at the time: Okay, I just happened to be hungry.

He thought it was a small cake, but it turned out to be a very large birthday cake. The cream was plump and delicate, and the strawberries were fragrant and delicious. The two boys could eat half of it.

Later, Xu Zan used the rest of the New Year's Day holiday to make a birthday card for Lan Tianran.

—— Lan Tianran has everything that money can buy, but Xu Zan is short of money, so he chooses homemade gifts.

Although it was just a greeting card, it was a very complicated three-dimensional greeting card, and it took a whole night just to draw the blueprints.

Xu Zan has only done this kind of handwork once in his life, and in the future he will buy gifts directly with money.

Xu Zan typed: Do you remember when you treated me to a birthday cake in the third year of high school?That cake is the best cake I have ever eaten.

Lan Tianran asked Xu Zan if he wanted to eat cakes because he thought he liked cakes. Now that he said it was delicious, he said, "I remember, I'll order you a cake with a similar taste now?"

Xu Zan: (smiling) Forget it, I want to eat with you more, when you are free, I will go to your house or you come to my house, let's eat together.

Afterwards, the chat box was taken over by Xu Zan, and the text bubbled up, like a fish spitting bubbles happily.

Lan Tianran felt that Xu Zan's mood should have improved, so he didn't mention feeding.

In the evening, when Xu Zan was exercising and doing planks, he suddenly thought of his mobile phone, and it turned out that the call was from home.

He wiped his sweat, turned on the speakerphone, and put the phone on the table.

"dad?"

"Well, it's me." Xu Changming's voice faltered, loose and insubstantial, as if it had been eaten away by moths.

"Dad, tell me something."

"Before you said that if our family has a misunderstanding, we must make it clear."

"Yes."

"You seem to have always thought that the money was related to your Aunt Gao..."

Xu Zan heard the murmurs coming from the opposite side. It should be that Gao Peilan, who was watching, disliked Xu Changming's unclear expression, and was venting her dissatisfaction in some way.

"Aunt Gao, are you here? My dad is stupid, why don't you talk about it?"

"Cough, I'm here, I'm here." Gao Peilan cleared her throat and softened her voice. If Xu Zan hadn't seen her sharp side, he would have mistaken her for a weak woman.

"It's like this. The matter of your father asking you for money has nothing to do with me. We just met at that time, and we were not familiar with each other..."

Xu Zan interrupted: "What's going on?"

"Your father said that someone in the community had cancer at that time, and everyone was talking about how much money it would cost to treat the disease. And Sun Zhe came to chat with your father. He said that if your father is sick, you don't have to worry about money. Because you have money..."

Xu Zan frowned: "Why was Sun Zhe at home? He should still be in college, right? He should be studying in school."

Gao Peilan didn't know, so she quickly called for off-site assistance: "Chang Ming?"

Xu Changming: "He was indeed at home at the time. He lived at home for a long time, at least a month. If you don't believe me, go to the community and ask, there must be someone who remembers it."

Xu Zan: "Go on."

Xu Changming: "I think he came to talk to me just to lure me to ask you for money. I told you that he taught me those hospital examinations and symptoms."

Xu Zan was silent, in this case, some things could be explained clearly.

He will be deceived by his father, on the one hand because the other party is his closest relative, on the other hand because the other party lied very truthfully, and described the inspection steps and disease symptoms in a decent way.

Seeing that Xu Zan didn't speak, Gao Peilan became anxious and her voice became high-pitched: "Xu Zan, what your father said is the truth! Think about it, your father doesn't understand medicine. If no one taught him, how could he make up his own words?" Can you tell what those doctors can say?"

Xu Zan finally said, "He doesn't understand that."

Gao Peilan: "Exactly! It's all caused by that Sun Zhe! Their family is not a good thing! His mother hit someone's car with an electric car the day before yesterday, and insisted that he hit her. There are thousands of people..."

Xu Zan: "Aunt Gao."

Gao Peilan immediately stopped talking, and her voice softened and lowered: "Say it."

"Aunt Gao, do you know Wang Kejiu or Wang Ting?"

"I don't know, who are they?"

"Sun Zhe's friend."

"Hmph, definitely not a good person!"

"Yeah." Xu Zan said, "I always thought you knew Wang Kejiu, and it was he who asked you to get close to my dad."

"Ah?" Gao Peilan was stunned for a moment, and then became excited, "I don't know anyone with the surname Wang at all! Your dad and I met in a clothing store. I worked as a clerk in a clothing store, and your dad always came to the store... Chang Ming, talk! Is that right?"

Xu Changming quickly said: "Yes, yes, I met Xiaolan when I went shopping for pants..."

Gao Peilan: "Yes, that's how it is. We met ourselves, not someone else's introduction."

Xu Zan: "I see. Dad, Aunt Gao, it's summer vacation and the peak tourist season. Do you want to go out and play? I'll sign up for a tour group for you?"

"Ah? This, I have to think about this..."

It was so sudden that Gao Peilan and Xu Changming had no idea for a while.

Xu Zan: "Forget it, I'll transfer the money to you, and you decide how to use it."

"...Okay." Gao Peilan replied softly.

The three said goodbye to each other after a few more polite words. If there were outsiders present, they would probably think that they were a friendly and harmonious family.

Because he was afraid that Xiang Xiang would come to join in the fun again, Xu Zan could only find another place to talk with Zhao Hong.

He suddenly thought that Zhao Hong's law firm was very close to Lan Tianran's home, so he decided to go to Zhao Hong's office to discuss matters, and then he could stop by Lan Tianran's house for dinner.

——In fact, the two places are not close to each other, they are just in the same district, but compared to Xu Zan's own home, it is still much closer.

Xu Zan had always avoided going to Zhao Hong's territory to talk about things before—his defense was too high.

But after so many years, Zhao Hong has also helped him solve many problems, especially the recent scandal incident, Zhao Hong has contributed a lot.

So he thought that his defensiveness could be lowered a bit.

Zhao Hong's office is not big, and there are only a desk, a filing cabinet and a couch inside.

Xu Zan and Zhao Hong sat at the two ends of the couch, each holding a glass of water. Since there was no tea table in front of the sofa, they could only hold the water in their hands.

Xu Zan talked about Sun Zhe's situation: "His parents live in the same community as my father. He is two years older than me. We have never gotten along. Before high school, there were some fights. I lived on campus in high school and rarely went back to school. family, plus everyone has grown up and become more rational, so there is no more obvious conflict."

In high school, Sun Zhe and Wang Ting got together.

During his university days, Sun Zhe also went to university in Mingcheng, and he still hang out with Wang Ting during this period. At this stage, he did something that had a great influence on Xu Zan: he instigated Xu's father to cheat Xu Zan of money.

After graduating from university, Sun Zhe still followed Wang Ting. It was not until five years ago that Wang Ting's family went bankrupt and the family went abroad. Sun Zhe then left the Wang family and went to work in another company.

The year before last, Sun Zhe joined Dongfeng Capital to work.

Now, Wang Ting is back, and the Wang family invested a lot of money in Dongfeng Capital where Sun Zhe works. Then, Xu Zan's Infinity Technology was almost indirectly destroyed by Dongfeng Capital.

After listening, Zhao Hong said: "I understand, this Sun Zhe is a key person, I will arrange reliable people to investigate him carefully."

After talking, Xu Zan checked the time. It was still early, and Lan Tianran was still at work at this point, so he said, "I want to stay with you for a while."

"……up to you."

Zhao Hong couldn't understand what Xu Zan was thinking. He didn't want to come here before, but now he doesn't want to leave after coming. This change is too extreme.

After drinking the water in his hand, Xu Zan got up and put the water glass on Zhao Hong's desk.

There was a photo frame on Zhao Hong's desk, Xu Zan glanced at it, it was a young man and a middle-aged woman, both of them were smiling happily.

Xu Zan felt that the middle-aged woman looked familiar, so he said, "The picture shows you and your mother? You look a lot like her."

Zhao Hong looked at the photo frame and said "Yes".

"I didn't expect you to be the type to put family photos in the office." Xu Zan said with a smile.

"I didn't want to let it go." Zhao Hong picked up the photo frame and wiped it. "She has passed away."

Xu Zan estimated his age and guessed that he died of illness.

He said: "My mother is still alive, but I haven't seen her for many years, and I don't want to see her. I envy you and your mother have such a good relationship."

Zhao Hong said, "My mother and I are not close either. Due to her occupation, she spends much more time with other people's children than with me."

Xu Zan can only say: "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite."

Time ticked forward, and finally it was not far from the normal off-duty time.

Xu Zan sent a message to Lan Tianran: Are you going home for dinner today?I'm working nearby, and I'll pass by your house in a while.

Lan Tianran: Yes, I'll be home before seven o'clock.

Xu Zan: Okay, see you later.

Xu Zan bid farewell to Zhao Hong: "I'm leaving, I have a date tonight."

Zhao Hong was speechless.

What are you showing off, I have it too...

Zhao Hong's "date" is Xiang Xiang. He doesn't want to go, but he has to because he is concerned about Xiang Xiang's background.