Chapter 15: Never expected

"Mr. Xie, why do you have to identify yourself with the person you are in?"

"Haha, you're really good at passing the buck."

"I'm not a troublemaker. I'm just subconsciously protecting myself. If I don't shirk responsibility, Mr. Xie might accuse me of something else next time. I'm just an orphan and I can't bear it."

"An orphan girl is not as sharp-tongued as you, and she won't suffer any loss."

Tu Ran didn't plan to continue arguing with others, it was very boring.

So just reach out and turn off the light...

The bedroom suddenly became dark.

"Who told you to turn off the lights?" Xie Nancheng was a little annoyed.

"If you think it's too bright, you can go to the study."

"This is my bedroom, Tu Ran." Xie Nancheng sneered.

"Half of it is mine now. Otherwise, you can change the lamps tomorrow and put them on both sides. I'll turn off the one on my side and you turn on yours, and we won't interfere with each other."

Xie Nancheng: ...

Xie Nancheng never expected that he would be domineering for more than 20 years.

Now he is being held in the hands of a little girl who has no background or origin.

But they have their reasons and evidence, and they won't escalate the conflict with you, leaving you no chance to get angry.

"What did grandma give you today?"

He suddenly remembered that she had told him about this before.

"Everything in grandma's jewelry box was too valuable, so I only took a gold hairpin."

"Oh, that one, it's worth three million."

"What? Don't talk nonsense, it's just made of gold." Tu Ran was no longer sleepy and couldn't help turning around.

The two of them looked at each other closely in the faint moonlight, which felt a bit strange.

Especially when Xie Nancheng looked at Tu Ran in the moonlight for the first time, her eyelashes were so long and flickering.

"Why would I lie to you? You said everything about grandma is precious."

"But this is made of gold. According to the gram weight..."

"You've overlooked the historical value. These things were left by my grandmother's ancestors. This golden hairpin, if I remember correctly, was used by the imperial court in the late Qing Dynasty. It must have been given to me by a concubine."

"Then I'll return it to grandma tomorrow." Tu Ran is not a person who takes advantage of others. When he heard where it came from, he didn't dare to take it.

"Grandma gave it to you, so just take it. You are the granddaughter-in-law anyway."

"I probably won't be in office for long."

"What do you mean?" Xie Nancheng's eyes became obviously gloomy.

"Mr. Xie is a smart man, so he naturally understands what I mean. There are only two ways to achieve marriage."

"It's either the parents' order or they are in love with each other."

"But obviously, we are neither."

"Marrying Lin Siyao here is just a temporary solution for the Lin family."

"Of course, a big shot like Mr. Xie can't really be my husband forever."

"That's hard to say." Xie Nancheng said quietly.

Tu Ran almost forgot what he was going to say next.

"It's late, go to bed." She didn't want to continue discussing this topic with him and turned away.

The next morning

Not long after Xie Nancheng drove to work, Lin Chen came to Xie's house.

At that time, Tu Ran was in the living room, drinking tea with the old lady of the Xie family.

"Madam, the young master of the Lin family requests an audience."

"Please come in."

In October, the city of Xiang is cool.

Lin Chen is good-looking and has a great sense of fashion, so he has always been a famous player among the rich second generation.

He has unclear relationships with some female celebrities in the entertainment industry. His only shortcoming is that he is not very good at business.

Today, the Lin family is gradually declining under the management of the father and son.

But Lin Chen is a narcissistic person and always thinks he is great.

"Thank you, Madam. I'm sorry for the inconvenience of visiting you. It's an emergency."

"My sister Lin Siyao was sick and was hospitalized last night."

"Ranran and Yaoyao have always had a good relationship. My parents asked me to take Ranran to take care of Yaoyao."

"She won't let the nurses get close to her now. Her condition is not good."

"Oh, so that's the case. What do you mean, Ranran?" The old lady of the Xie family was not stupid either. She naturally knew the relationship between Tu Ran and the Lin family.

Therefore, I will not make a conclusion based on Lin Chen’s one-sided statement alone.

Instead, he asked Tu Ran what he thought. This small detail had already been remembered by Tu Ran, and he was very touched.

"Grandma, I'll go for a while."

Tu Ran naturally knew Lin Chen's character. Even if he made an excuse not to go today, he would not leave easily.

"Then pack up and get ready. By the way, Aunt Ping, go to the warehouse and get some supplements for the young lady."

"Yes, ma'am."

Tu Ran took some valuable supplements from the Xie family and got into Lin Chen's black G-Class.

To be honest, this was the first time she had ridden in this car in four years.

Tu Ran opened the back door and sat in the back seat.

"What are you sitting there for? Come to the front."

"I get carsick," she said.

"Will you not get carsick if you sit in the back seat? Tu Ran, do you think I'm a child?" Lin Chen smiled.

"Mr. Lin, please don't waste time and go to the hospital quickly."

Seeing that she was determined to do so, Lin Chen did not force her.

But on the way to the hospital, he deliberately drove very slowly.

There was an English love song playing in the car, the lyrics of which were rather ambiguous, and he thought Tu Ran couldn't understand it.

The recognizable voice of a female singer came from the speakers, and Lin Chen deliberately put one hand on the steering wheel to show off.

Sing along... Lin Chen is a good singer, and he often uses this trick to pick up girls. It works on most women.

He has always been very narcissistic and likes women's admiring looks at him.

"Ran Ran, do you like this song? It's one of my favorite songs."

Tu Ran remained silent.

"I forgot you never went to school and don't know English."

"The song is 'Fifty Shades of Grey' by a female singer, Ellie Goulding."

Tu Ran looked out the window and corrected lightly, "This song is the theme song of the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey" and is included in the soundtrack album of the movie. What you just said is the name of the album. The name of this song should be "Love Me Like You Do"

Lin Chen turned around in surprise and stared at Tu Ran.

Did he hear correctly? She actually spoke English fluently? And she even knew this English song.

Lin Chen was about to say something when Tu Ran pointed ahead impatiently.

"Mr. Lin, the light is red."

Squeak, luckily Tu Ran reminded me, otherwise I would have run a red light.

Taking advantage of the red light that lasted for dozens of seconds, Lin Chen looked back at Tu Ran in disbelief.

"You haven't been to school?"

"So what?"

"Then how come you know English and listen to English songs?"

"Is there a necessary connection between the two? If you listen to English songs in school, does that mean you're definitely good at English?"

Tu Ran's question left Lin Chen completely confused.

Shengshi Group Headquarters

"What do you think looks better, this quarter's financial report or my complexion?"

Xie Nancheng threw the document hard.

More than a dozen executives were so frightened that they dared not say a word.

At this time, Xie Nancheng's cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Mr. Xie, Lin Chen just picked up the young lady from the old house."

"Where did you go?" Xie Nancheng frowned slightly.