When Lan Zheng was a child, he was almost poisoned to death several times. Although he was too young at that time and had no memory of it, it was Aunt Ling who told him about it.
The loyal nanny beside him took the blame for him. Although they were rescued in the end, he was still afraid and on guard.
Susu took a sip of warm water, then stood up and walked to the door of the small kitchen. With her hands in her trouser pockets, she watched Lan Zheng open the refrigerator and take out the ingredients.
"What are you going to do?"
Susu asked casually.
"You've come a long way and you're hungry. I've prepared something really rich and it'll take time. You can't wait, so a bowl of noodles would be perfect for you as a midnight snack."
Su Su smiled and said, "You made a good decision. I can't wait too long."
She had to rush back to City A before dawn to avoid her sister finding out.
It was really not easy for her to come here.
"Are you good at cooking?"
"It's just okay. At least the food they cook is edible and not some kind of shady cuisine."
Lan Zheng washed the pot, put water in it, brought it to a boil, and then put the noodles in.
At the same time, he also prepared shredded pork, green vegetables, and chopped green onions, intending to make a bowl of shredded pork noodles for Susu.
“I like to add a fried egg to my noodles.”
"Can."
After Lan Zheng prepared the shredded meat, green vegetables and chopped green onions, he heard Susu say that she liked to add a fried egg, so he immediately took out two eggs from the refrigerator and made fried eggs for Susu.
When he opened the refrigerator door, Su Su saw that it was filled with everything and asked, "Do you make your own midnight snacks every night?"
“I eat it when I’m hungry, but I rarely eat noodles.”
Usually the bodyguards on duty would borrow his kitchen to make noodles for midnight snacks.
Some of his bodyguards particularly like to eat noodles.
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that the young master of the Lan family lived such a hard and tiring life."
Xu Susu sighed and also felt sympathy.
Lan Zheng is the young master of the Lan family. Although he seems to have a glorious life, he actually lives worse than an ordinary person.
The Lan family is also a big family with a lot of people. When there are too many people, it is easy for them to have disloyalty, and when there are disloyalty, all kinds of conspiracies and calculations will arise.
Some people will do anything for their own benefit.
Xu Susu thought of their Xu family and how her sister had suffered so much and endured so much over the years in order to protect the Xu family business and revive the Xu Group. She could empathize with Lan Zheng's situation.
Those who want to rob the Xu Group are not as ruthless as the Lan family, who would not resort to murder.
Born and raised in this circle, and having witnessed too many disputes over family property among wealthy families, the Jun family is still the most enviable and admired.
The descendants raised by the Jun family are all very capable. They all want to build their own piece of the sky with their own strength. No one is willing to take over the family business, but they have to share some of the burden for the family business.
Originally, Ye Junbo took his mother's surname, and he should have taken over the Ye family's company, but because his younger brother was unwilling to take over Fengchen Group, his cousins also pushed the position of successor away.
Ye Junbo, the eldest brother who took his mother's surname, had no choice but to take on the responsibility alone. In fact, he knew in his heart that he had been the designated successor because he was raised by his grandparents since he was a child.
Lan Zheng remained silent.
Before he found Qingqing, he thought all wealthy families were like the Lan family.
After finding Qingqing and gaining a brother-in-law, Lan Zheng learned that there was such an alternative wealthy family as the Jun family. After seeing parents like Jun Lifu and Ye Aijun, his understanding of wealthy families was completely refreshed.
"I heard that you spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire someone to investigate me."
Xu Susu got straight to the point.
Lan Zheng hummed, "Thanks to your help last time, I was able to escape danger. You saved my life, but I don't know your name, so I can't repay you. I don't like to owe anyone a favor, so I want to find you and thank you."
Xu Susu wanted to ask him why he sent someone to keep an eye on her again, but she swallowed the words back when they came to her lips.
If she asked that question, she would be admitting that she was Xu Susu.
Xu Susu had carefully considered coming here tonight.
Only if she showed up and let Lan Zheng express his gratitude would Lan Zheng stop asking her detective agency to look for her. She could then have someone return Lan Zheng's deposit to him, which would also save the face of the detective agency.
But she couldn't allow anyone to doubt that the reputation of her detective agency was exaggerated.
But she didn't want to admit that she was Xu Susu.
"It's just a simple favor, but it's really an honor for Young Master Lan to take it to heart."
Lan Zheng turned his head to look at her twice, then turned away again and put the cut ingredients into the noodle soup.
"I told you, I don't want to owe anyone a favor. It's just a piece of cake for you, but it's a life-saving grace for me. If I don't thank you, young lady, I will always remember it in my heart."
"May I ask your name, benefactor?"
Xu Susu was silent for a moment, then said, "Can I refuse to answer? My line of work is very dangerous. To protect my life, I've always worn a mask. I don't want to implicate my family. I don't even want to reveal my last name, for fear it might be discovered."
"I'm a very tight-lipped person and I can keep my mouth shut. Besides, you're my savior, so I won't reveal your last name, expose your identity, or put you in danger."
Lan Zheng helped Xu Susu serve a bowl of shredded pork noodles, put a fried egg on the noodles, and walked out of the small kitchen with the bowl of noodles and turned into the small restaurant next to the small kitchen.
Xu Susu didn't bother to be polite with him and sat down at the dining table, watching him go back to the kitchen and bring out another bowl of noodles.
Seeing that there were a lot of shredded pork in her bowl of noodles, Xu Susu couldn't help but say in her heart: You really can't judge a person by his appearance. A man as cold as Lan Zheng is actually a very considerate person.
"If you are unwilling to reveal your name, could you please take off your mask and let me see your true face?"
Xu Susu: “…”
She started eating noodles.
Because she was really hungry.
Seeing her start eating, Lan Zheng didn't ask any more questions. The two of them ate noodles in silence. Maybe it was because there was someone else accompanying him, Lan Zheng actually thought the noodles he made were particularly delicious.
After solving the problem of his stomach, Lan Zheng stood up again and cleaned up the dishes to wash.
Xu Susu let him do these things because she was a guest and not asking her to wash the dishes was his way of treating guests.
"Young Master Lan has a grateful heart. I think you wouldn't want to force anything on me."
Lan Zheng paused while washing the dishes, turned his head to look at Xu Susu for a moment, then turned back to wash the dishes, saying, "In that case, just pretend I didn't ask."
Xu Susu breathed a sigh of relief.
Lan Zheng thought that since this masked girl came to him and was able to sneak into his room without anyone noticing, it meant that this girl was very skilled and he didn't want to fall out with her.
Maybe we'll have a chance to meet again in the future.
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