"Dududu..." There was a knock on the door, and Li Anran opened the door. It was Tong Yue.
"Have the others rested?" Li Anran asked after letting Tong Yue into the room.
"They are playing poker with He Xiaojun." Tong Yue sat down on the chair and handed Li Anran a cigarette. "An Ran, thank you. If the dead brothers knew what happened to their families today, they would be smiling."
"Stop talking such nonsense. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have survived that day. Besides... ..." Li Anran lit the cigarette and seemed to be very determined, "Besides, your third brother Tong Lin was killed by me. No matter how much I do, I can't make up for my fault."
Tong Yue's finger holding the cigarette shook and she shook her head slowly, "I know about him. I can't blame you. I can only blame the enemy for being too cunning. This is fate. Do you believe in fate?"
Without waiting for Li Anran to answer, Tong Yue continued, "My father had to lie at home due to a work injury early on, and my mother raised five of us brothers and sisters by herself. When I reached the age to join the army, I signed up. If nothing else, having food in the army can also reduce the burden on the family. "The second year, the third child also signed up. According to the regulations, the third child is not allowed to join the army again." The third child begged my uncle, but in the end he had no choice but to open the back door. "
In this era, joining the army is not something anyone can do if they want to. The requirements are very high. Tong Lin's uncle obviously did something illegal.
"The third child has been clever since he was a child, and he is also the one who can endure hardship the most among our three brothers. I only found out about him from the military newspaper. Later I learned that he was assigned to the Beijing Public Security Bureau, and everyone in the family was very special. I am very happy and very proud.”
“We rural people can’t go to the county town many times in our lives. The provincial capital is a legend to us, let alone the capital. Everyone in the village came to the house to congratulate us, and they all talked about our Tong family. From now on, he will be prosperous. My mother, eldest sister, fourth sister, and younger brother all cried many times."
"After the news of the third child's death was sent home, my mother only said one sentence: The third child will not survive. Okay, don't blame others. An Ran, I heard about you and know that you have been feeling guilty. I want to tell you that this is fate and I don't blame you. The third child should have died in that forest a long time ago. I’ve earned one more year of life.”
Li Anran’s heart ached, and she couldn’t help but bend over, and that young face immediately appeared in front of her eyes.
"Brother Li, it's time to eat."
"Brother Li, I'll go to bed first and I'll switch to you at midnight."
"Brother Li..."
p>Tong Yue's voice became vague and distant, and then slowly became clear and audible, "...Brothers are stupid and don't know how to speak nicely. An Ran, if you have anything to do in the future, just talk, brothers. No, I will give it to you."
Li Anran silently pressed the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray, looked at Tong Yue, and said word by word, "I am proud to have brothers like you. "
Tong Yue grinned and stretched out her hand.He patted his thigh, stood up and said, "Maybe we still have a chance to return to Xiangjiang, and maybe we can fight side by side. I won't send your plane away tomorrow. Just get them settled, and we have to go back to Yuncheng."
Li Anran stood up, silently went over to hug him tightly, and patted him hard on the back, "Take care."
"Take care."
The plane was gliding quietly above the clouds. Li Anran closed his eyes and had no intention of looking at the rolling clouds outside the window.
"Sir, are you Mr. Li Anran?" There was a gust of fragrance wafting from the side. Li Anran opened his eyes and saw the thirty-year-old woman sitting next to him looking at him with a smile.
"I am, you are..."
"My surname is Bao, Bao Yiyun, Nana and I are very good friends."
Li Anran I turned around in my mind several times, and suddenly I remembered who this person was.
Among the seven famous shipping kings in Xiangjiang, the Bao family is among them. Compared with the seven major shipping companies, the Luo family shipping company is still far behind.
"Hello, Miss Bao..." Li Anran didn't know which of the four girls of the Bao family was in front of her, so she had to close her eyes and call Miss Bao to forget it.
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"The situation forced us to have no choice." Li Anran smiled bitterly. If he hadn't been unable to find out who was behind Luo Yongnian, he wouldn't have needed such drastic measures. After looking at Bao Yiyun, Li Anran suddenly remembered who this person was.
The third eldest son of the Bao family is an outlier from a wealthy family. The third eldest son of the Bao family does not like luxury, lives a low-key life, acts independently, and insists on starting an independent business. Li Anran was in awe of such women. It's not that the other person is bad, it's that he and she are the same person.
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"I heard that Mr. Li..."
Li Anran waved her hand to interrupt her quickly, "Just call me An Ran."
"Okay, then I’ll call you An Ran, and you’ll call me Third Sister.” Bao Yiyun didn’t show any pretense and immediately changed his tune. "I heard that you are still a freshman?"
"Well, you are a freshman in the Department of Physics at Beijing Normal University. You are going to Xiangjiang University as an exchange student this semester."
"Physics? Hahaha "With all due respect, you don't look like a scientist at all. I think a lawyer is more suitable for you."
"No, no, no, third sister, I like a free and unrestrained life. Let me go." It's better to kill me for reciting legal provisions. I like art, and I have a lot of calligraphy and paintings at home. If you have the chance, Third Sister can go and appreciate it..."
Bao Yiyun was overjoyed when he heard this. She has been influenced by various arts since she was a child, especially painting. How did she know that the person in front of her already knew her information and spoke likeDo as she pleases. The two of them talked very happily, and the conversation became more and more congenial along the way, almost to the point of regretting how late they met.
After parting ways with Third Sister Bao, Li Anran shook his head and laughed at himself, "The job that is most suitable for me should be sales."
When he returned to the villa, the door had been repaired long ago.
Li Anran didn’t know if Ni Yalun and the others were still monitoring this house. Anyway, Hong Tao had returned to work in the mainland, and Tong Yue was still on standby in Yuncheng. He was the only one here. If the Xiangjiang police want to monitor him, just monitor him. He doesn't care.
In two days’ time, the semester of Xiangjiang University will begin. It only takes an hour by bus from his home to school, which is quite convenient. Once you get your driver's license and buy a car, it will be even more convenient.
Halfway through packing up, Li Anran heard a knock on the door. When Li Anran opened the door, it turned out to be Rowena.
I haven’t seen the little girl for some time, and she seems to have lost a lot of weight. Her originally big and lively eyes seem to have lost their former sparkle.
"Brother Li, you are back."
Li Anran let her into the house, "What a coincidence, I just came back ten minutes ago." As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Lin Ziyang in the back.
Lin Ziyang shrugged, pointed at Rowena's back, opened his mouth and said without making a sound, "I'll guard you every day."
Li Anran smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand to say hello to the other three, Then she said to Rowena, "What do you want to drink? It's best not to say tea or coffee. I haven't prepared anything."
Rowena giggled and pointed to the packages in Pan Yuelong and Zhao Guocai's hands. , "I knew it, and I had already prepared it for you."
Pan Yuelong and Zhao Guocai placed the packages in their hands on the coffee table. Rowena untied them and took out the items one by one as if they were offering treasures. "The purple clay teapot was bought when I visited Yixing. I gave it to you."
"Longjing tea, bought in Hangzhou."
"Colombia Blue Mountain coffee beans, I forgot to buy the bean grinder, it doesn't matter, I'll just buy it tomorrow."
She muttered and kept placing various daily necessities on the coffee table, which made Li Anran feel a little confused. .
He also felt this girl's feelings. In fact, he also had a good impression of her. Unfortunately, Mrs. Luo's attitude hurt Li Anran's self-esteem. He knew that Mrs. Luo looked down on him from the bottom of her heart, and believed that the life-saving grace could be repaid in other ways, and it would never compromise his daughter's lifelong happiness.
Looking at it rationally, Mrs. Luo’s choice is not wrong. As a parent, you always hope that your children can be happy for a lifetime. The environments where Li Anran and Luo Weina grew up are too different, and they lack a basis for consensus in life. Moreover, the reason why Rowena devoted her feelings to Li Anran was that she was more grateful or loved this person more. Not only could outsiders not understand, Rowena herself could not tell either.
So in Mrs. Luo’s understanding, gratitude is such aThings cannot replace love. A daughter's impulse is confusing, and a mother must correct it even if she is blamed by her daughter for the rest of her life.
Li Anran also agreed with Mrs. Luo's idea, but Mrs. Luo used 10 million and a villa to hint at ending their involvement, which made him feel humiliated.
Even if it was a matter of business, Li Anran would not have any objection to cashing in one percent of the shares as promised or discounting 3.3 million.
In the understanding of many people, the more money you have, the better. It's a pity that Li Anran was not one of many people in his two lives.
To accept the price offered by Mrs. Luo, he has to do what he should do, so... he must wield a machete to cut off the involvement with Rowena. He just needs to find the opportunity and try his best to Don't hurt her already riddled heart.