Chapter 83 Screw Your Overall Situation

Meng Anran wasn't sure when Jing started liking Liu Zhi, but it must have been at least three or four years.

Ming Jing and Qin Mu both understood Liu Zhi's feelings, but Liu Zhi always thought they were just childhood friends and brothers.

Meng Anran was speechless and helpless. She held Liu Zhi's face and rubbed it, "Zhizhi, seriously, if you don't need your eyes, just donate them."

"Ah?" Liuzhi frowned in confusion, "What does this have to do with my eyes?"

Meng Anran shook her head, unable to explain. "Don't worry about what Mingjing thinks. Tell me what you think first. Do you have someone you like? Do you want to date someone else? Do you like my brother?"

"Oh, no, I was just talking nonsense." Liu Zhi pulled Meng Anran's hand away, sat up straight, poured half a glass of red wine and poured it into her mouth. "Actually, I don't have anyone I like. I just like looking at handsome guys. Sometimes I envy you and Qin Mu a little."

"What is there to envy about Qin Mu and me?" Meng Anran was puzzled. She didn't think she was anything special.

There is no bloody plot like kidnapping, car accident, amnesia or hero saving the damsel in distress. It is just a plain, simple and natural development into the current relationship.

But Meng Anran didn't know that what Liuzhi envied was this naturalness.

As the only daughter of the Liu family, she cannot make her own choices on many things, including marriage.

When it comes to relationships, the process is often more important than the outcome.

But the ending of her marriage was determined from the beginning. She was unable to feel the other person's affection through getting to know each other, and then finally determine whether that was the person she wanted.

"Okay, don't worry about it. The most important thing right now is your studies. You and Mingjing are not getting married tomorrow. After graduating from high school, you will go abroad for further studies. It's not certain what will change."

Meng Anran snatched the red wine glass from Liu Zhi's hand and helped her up. "Go upstairs and sleep. You'll figure everything out after a good night's sleep."

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On the other side, Beijing Private Hospital.

Qin Hua travels abroad all year round, so he lets Qin Mu take over the group temporarily to train him. Once he leaves, he won't ask much about the affairs in Beijing.

When Qin Mu hurried to the ward, Zhuo Cheng was reporting important recent news to Qin Hua.

Mr. Zhao said that the patient should not think too much after waking up, so Zhuo Cheng picked out a few things that Qin Hua needed to know.

This includes the issue of the Lu family's real and fake daughter, and the Lihai Group's Song family trying to use cooperation to force Qin Mu to get engaged.

Seeing Qin Mu coming, Zhuo Cheng stopped talking and stepped aside tactfully.

Qin Mu walked to the bedside and gently held Qin Hua's hand, which was still unable to move. "Dad, how do you feel?"

Looking at his son's red eyes, Qin Hua forced a loving smile, "Mu Mu, I've made you worry during this period. You have to take care of the company, your studies, and you also have to worry about us. You've worked hard."

"It's not hard. I'm glad you woke up." Qin Mu was naturally tired, but when he saw his father waking up, the physical fatigue and mental burden were nothing.

"My son has grown up." Qin Hua was very pleased. After listening to Zhuo Cheng say a lot just now, he felt that he could hand over the group to the next generation with complete confidence.

Suddenly changing the subject, Qin Hua asked, "How is An Ran doing recently?"

Zhuo Cheng must have explained the Lu family's affairs regarding the real and fake daughter to Qin Hua in detail. Qin Mu did not mention the cause of the incident and simply said, "She is doing well. The Meng family loves her very much. She also has her own business and will not suffer."

"That's good..." Qin Hua murmured with a sigh, "This way, you can rest assured."

Qin Mu's expression froze, "Dad, what do you mean?"

Qin Hua looked at his son, who had been lying in bed for a long time and relying on intravenous drips to maintain his vital signs. His cheeks were sunken and he looked much older than before.

After pondering for a moment, he spoke again: "You have met Song Wanqiu, the second daughter of the Song family. She is only three months younger than you. If you get to know her more, you should have a lot to talk about with people of the same age."

Qin Mu frowned, unable to believe his father said such words to him right after he woke up. "Dad, I confessed my feelings to An Ran tonight, and she agreed. Now she is my girlfriend."

Qin Mu tried to resist. He had a girlfriend now. Unless Qin Hua no longer cared about the reputation of the Qin family, he would be persuaded to abandon his beloved for the sake of profit.

He believed that his father had founded the Qin family and spent most of his life to bring the Qin family to its current position, so he would not ignore the Qin family's reputation.

But Qin Hua broke Qin Mu's fantasy as soon as he spoke: "I don't object to you dating An Ran, but love and marriage are two different things. I know you and An Ran grew up together and have a good relationship. You can be lovers, but not husband and wife."

"Dad, what are you talking about!" Qin Mu was really angry. Didn't his father's words mean that he should get engaged to Song Wanqiu and let Meng Anran be his underground lover?

Who do you think he is?

What do you think of Meng Anran now?

Qin Hua knew it wouldn't be easy to convince his son, so he remained calm and said, "Mu Mu, I didn't object to your contact with An Ran before because she is the daughter of the Lu family, and our two families are well-matched. If you can just let nature take its course and get together, it will definitely be more perfect than a paper marriage.

"But it's not like that now. She left the Lu family. You know very well what the Meng family is like. She's not a good match for you. Even if you love her very much, even if your mother and I treat her like our own daughter, can you stop the gossip from the outside world? Can she bear it?"

Qin Hua sighed and continued, "I also like An Ran very much. I have long regarded her as half a daughter. But you and she are not on the same level now. You are destined not to be happy together."

Qin Mu stood there dejectedly, his beautiful phoenix eyes filled with loneliness. "Will I be happy if I marry Song Wanqiu? For over a year now, it's An Ran who has been by my side, helping me the whole time. If she hadn't led Rui Ming to produce the chip, the Qin family would still be controlled by Li Hai. And you want me to ignore her efforts, ignore my own wishes, and marry into the Song family?"

Qin Hua sighed and said earnestly, "Lihai has more than just chip technology, and the Qin family has more than just this one project. The marriage between the Qin and Song families is a powerful alliance. It will allow the Qin family to take another big step forward and break the situation where the Lu family has taken over half of the Beijing business circle. You have grown up, and it's time to mature and learn to put the overall situation first."

"Screw your overall situation!"

Before Qin Mu could say anything, Zhao Cizheng, who had just finished giving acupuncture to Tanya, could no longer sit still.

He packed up his acupuncture kit, stood up, pointed at Qin Hua's nose and cursed, "If An Ran hadn't knelt in the rain for two hours until she passed out, begging me to treat you and your wife, you'd still be lying here like a corpse! And you, the moment you woke up, started complaining about An Ran's incompetence and even meddling in our younger generation's love affairs. I might as well give you an acupuncture needle and make you mute!"