No. 87 Melon
Guests: I want to laugh...
But hold on!
Otherwise, Lin Cha would find out that his thoughts were heard and time would go back!
but……
It’s really funny hahahaha!
Especially Lu Yanyan, the muscles on her face twitched, which was a sign that she was failing to hold back her laughter.
Jiang Mingkai was definitely picked up by Jiang Jianye from the trash can! What kind of father would bargain for his son's ransom? And he even bargained it down from 100 million to 2.5 million!
Lu Yanyan had heard her father talk about the Jiang family before, and also mentioned Jiang Jianye. Her father recognized Jiang Jianye's abilities very much, but every time he mentioned Jiang Jianye, he was a little speechless. Lu Yanyan later learned from Lu Yanche that Jiang Jianye's nickname was Jiang Gelang.
Grandet's Grandet.
At that time, Lu Yanyan had no idea about this nickname, but after hearing Lin Cha's voice today, Lu Yanyan suddenly understood.
If he can even bargain for the ransom of his own son, he must be Grandet!
“Knock, knock, knock…”
While the guests were having dinner and chatting, the sound of slippers stepping on each other was heard outside. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a middle-aged man in Chinese home clothes coming into the restaurant.
He was about fifty years old, with a lean and upright figure and a firm and powerful gaze. He was wearing an ordinary cotton home suit with no logo on it. The only thing he could notice was that the edges of the clothes had been washed white, as if he had worn them for many years.
"dad!"
Jiang Mingkai stood up immediately and glanced at the antique clock hanging high on the side wall of the restaurant. It was already nine o'clock in the evening. "It's so late, why are you coming down?"
"I'm thirsty, just came down to drink some water."
Jiang Jianye waved his hand, motioning Jiang Mingkai to sit down, "Bringing friends home, why don't you introduce them to me?"
He said so, but his eyes were all on the dazzling array of delicious food on the table. Especially when he saw the large pieces of meat that had not been eaten, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Jiang Jianye...
[Are you not going to complain about us eating too much? ]
[He's the chairman of the Jiang Group after all... It's not that bad, is it? It's not that bad, is it?]
Lin Cha murmured in his heart, and the guests around him also echoed him in their hearts.
It’s just a meal…it’s really not that serious, right?
The next second, Jiang Jianye's strong hand suddenly pressed on Jiang Mingkai's shoulder, "It's late at night, aren't you all celebrities? Don't you need to maintain your figure? You eat so much!"
Jiang Mingkai's heart skipped a beat.
"Everyone... is hungry!"
The meal provided by the crew to the guests today was salad. They had been filming for a whole day and also went to the police station to make a statement, so it was time to make up for it.
"Kaikai, Dad isn't annoyed by you eating too much. Dad just thinks young people shouldn't waste food! You're...this is too wasteful!"
Jiang Jianye looked distressed and stared at the food on the table for several times. Suddenly, he asked, "You will finish it all, right?"
The guests' hearts skipped a beat.
I really can’t finish it.
"Don't worry, uncle, we will pack it up!"
Lu Yanyan suddenly had an idea. "The food your chef makes is delicious. Let's pack it up and use it as lunch boxes on the set tomorrow!"
After hearing this, Jiang Jianye felt much better, and the twitching corners of his mouth calmed down.
Jiang Mingkai: “…”
He suddenly remembered the kidnapping and bargaining incident that Lin Cha had just mentioned.
"dad……"
Jiang Mingkai looked at Jiang Jianye, hesitant to speak, "There's something... I've always wanted to ask you."
Jiang Jianye, silently calculating how much money the guests' meal would cost him, turned around with a pained look on his face, forcing a smile uglier than crying. "What's the matter?"
Jiang Mingkai: "Has my brother been kidnapped in the past?"
Jiang Jianye's grief-stricken expression froze for a moment, and then turned into a look of surprise, "How did you know?"
It’s true!
Jiang Jianye noticed Lu Yanyan at the table and guessed that it might be Lu Yanyan who told Jiang Mingkai. He sighed and said, "It's all in the past. Now that you know, you know it!"
Jiang Mingkai gritted his teeth and said, "So... the kidnappers kidnapped the wrong person, demanded 100 million, and you bargained it down to 2.5 million, is that true?!"
Jiang Jianye:!!!
How could Kaikai know about this kind of thing?!
Could it be that little girl Lu Yanyan said it again? Eighteen years have passed, and she still remembers it! This little girl has a really good memory!
"N-Non-exactly!" Jiang Jianye argued. "How could I possibly bargain for such a big deal? Kaikai, don't listen to his nonsense. He's definitely trying to sow discord between us father and son!"
Jiang Mingkai: “…”
Jiang Mingkai thought for a moment and then asked Jiang Jianye, "If something like this happens again and you're asked to pay a 100 million yuan ransom, would you be willing to do so, Dad?"
"Of course!" Jiang Jianye said firmly, "My money will all belong to you from now on, how could I be reluctant to give it away!"
Anyway, Ruirui and Kaikai are already in their twenties and over 1.80 meters tall. How could they be kidnapped? Jiang Jianye thought to himself, I will first calm Kaikai down and make him feel better, hehe~
"What if... I need 100 million, will you give it to me?" Jiang Mingkai asked again.
Jiang Jianye's smile froze and he hesitated for two seconds.
He glanced at Jiang Mingkai sideways, looking him up and down.
Kaikai has been doing very well in the entertainment industry lately, and I haven't heard of any projects he's planning to invest in. It wouldn't cost 100 million... He's definitely testing me! Besides, even if he did want to invest in a film or TV project, I could use the bad reputation of his investment as a pretext to veto it!
Thinking of this, Jiang Jianye patted the back of Jiang Mingkai's hand and said earnestly, "Of course, you are my good son. Dad will definitely support you in whatever you want to do!"
"In that case..." Jiang Mingkai's eyes flashed with cunning, "Dad, I just heard from my brother that the company needs 100 million to invest in a project. Why don't you give it to me first! My brother has a good eye for investment, and his project will definitely be a success! What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jianye's expression turned grim, and the smile on his face gradually turned into stone.
What?
What what what what?
Want to give this 100 million to Jiang Mingrui?
Then his one hundred million would be gone!
Jiang Jianye felt his heart bleeding...
I feel like my heart is about to stop!
It feels like the 100 million has flown away!
"Dad? Dad? Dad!"
Jiang Mingkai called out twice before Jiang Jianye came back to his senses. He looked at Jiang Mingkai, his eyes suddenly rolled, and then he hunched his back and his face became very weak.
"Oh, Kaikai, it's too late! Dad is old, and the doctor said I can't go to bed so late! Dad is going to bed first. We can discuss it tomorrow if there is anything! We can discuss it tomorrow!"
After saying that, Jiang Jianye shook off Jiang Mingkai's hand and ran away.
Jiang Mingkai: ???
He was confused, "Dad? Dad? Dad!"
However, no matter how loud he shouted, Jiang Jianye would never look back!
The guests at the scene couldn't help laughing when they saw this scene.
[Hahaha, no wonder the servants in this manor privately call Jiang Jianye a stingy person!]
[Sure enough, he's so stingy! ]
"Brother Kai wants 100 million! You know, Jiang Jianye haggles with the servants over every penny at home! How could he possibly agree to give him 100 million?"
Lin Cha had already eaten and drunk her fill, and was leisurely drinking sweetened milk, which would help her sleep better at night.
She looked at the lost Jiang Mingkai and sighed:
[Brother Kai, don't feel down! After all, Jiang Jianye was willing to spend 2.5 million to redeem him!]
[He's a real stingy person to Jiang Mingrui!]
At the beginning, Jiang Jianye and the kidnappers agreed on a ransom of 2.5 million yuan. He sorted out the cash at home and was going to deliver the money. As a result, when he arrived at the door with his suitcase, he saw Jiang Mingkai coming back with a small schoolbag on his back and eating a candied haws.
Jiang Jianye was stunned.
He quickly contacted the kidnappers, and the kidnappers realized that they had kidnapped Jiang Mingrui, not Jiang Mingkai!
So…
Jiang Jianye actually left the cash behind and continued to bargain with the kidnappers, bringing the price down to 250,000!
"So, Brother Kai, just be happy. Even though you're only worth 2.5 million in your father's heart, your brother is only worth 250,000! You're at least ten times more valuable than him!"
The guests looked at Jiang Mingkai with sympathy.
Jiang Mingkai knew nothing about the kidnapping case, but Jiang Mingrui, as the person involved, was already eleven years old at the time and must have known everything.
No wonder Jiang Mingrui and Jiang Jianye are at odds with each other! No wonder Jiang Mingrui also dislikes Jiang Mingkai!
If there is such a thing as bargaining, it would be strange if the family relationship can be harmonious!
but……
Lu Yanyan glanced at Jiang Mingkai and became curious again. "By the way, Jiang Mingkai, we went to the same elementary school, right? I remember that the different grades were not on the same floor. The kidnappers disguised themselves as teachers and went to the school to kidnap people, so how could they kidnap the wrong person?"
Jiang Mingkai's memory goes back to eighteen years ago. His memories of elementary school are a little vague, and it is difficult for him to dig out his past memories.
Suddenly, he realized something and his face turned red.
"I guess... I guess my brother and I took the wrong school cards!" Jiang Mingkai explained hesitantly.
【Took the wrong school card?】
Lin Cha blinked. "But I remember it was because Brother Kai wet his pants and hid in the bathroom, not daring to come out. Did the kidnappers mistake Jiang Mingrui for Brother Kai when he delivered the clothes?"
【Did I remember it wrongly? 】
Lin Cha scratched the back of his head suspiciously, then opened the "Eating Watermelon" system and took a look—
[That's right! It was Kai who peed his pants!]
[Also, because he waited for Jiang Mingrui for a long time but he still didn't come, he had to go home with his pants wet!]
[How could I possibly remember this melon wrongly?]
"puff……"
Lu Yanyan couldn't help but laughed out loud.
Hahahahahahahaha!
Jiang Mingkai, what the hell are you doing?
10 years old! 10 years old and still wets his pants!
Lu Yanyan remembers that she stopped wetting her pants when she was three years old!
The guests also had playful smiles on their faces and looked at Jiang Mingkai.
Jiang Mingkai wanted to die!!!
Of course he remembered what happened that year, but that was because he drank too much water and had been holding it in during class. Then when he was about to go to the bathroom, someone pushed him and he couldn't hold it in anymore, so he peed his pants!
"Just...just that one time!" Jiang Mingkai roared, "That was the only time since I was four years old!"
Jiang Mingkai tried desperately to explain to the guests. Everyone nodded in understanding, but there were snickers in their eyes.
As for Lin Cha, there was no need to explain to her. In her heart, Jiang Mingkai had already been socially dead countless times...
After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms. Jiang Mingkai instructed the servants to clean up the restaurant and then headed to his own room.
When passing by Jiang Mingrui's room, he stopped again.
The ransom bargaining sounds absurd, but for the parties involved, it is heartbreaking and sad.
In Jiang Mingkai's memory, Jiang Mingrui has always been his father's pride. He was the best child of his age, skipping two grades in elementary school and winning countless competition trophies. When Jiang Mingkai was still in the third grade, Jiang Mingrui was already in the sixth.
How sad it would be for such a proud child to find out one day that his father is only willing to use a ransom of 250,000 to save him!
His brother would distance himself from him because of this incident, but he shouldn't distance himself from his brother because of this.
Standing at the door of Jiang Mingrui's room, Jiang Mingkai hesitated for a moment, but still knocked on the door.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
Jiang Mingrui, wearing silk pajamas, opened the door. When he saw Jiang Mingkai at the door, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose with his knuckles.
"What do you want from me so late?"
"Brother, I have something to say..." Jiang Mingkai asked softly, "Can we go inside and talk?"
Jiang Mingrui paused for two seconds, then walked out of the room and half-closed the door behind him. "It's just the two of us here, so just tell me what's going on!"
It seems that his brother still cares about what happened in the past and still doesn't let him go to his room.
Jiang Mingrui could not hide the disappointment in his eyes.
"I know about the kidnapping case."
"Hmm..." Jiang Mingrui's eyes, hidden behind his glasses, showed no expression. "I can't hide this. You'll find out sooner or later."
Jiang Mingkai said anxiously, "It's all my fault! If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been kidnapped!"
Jiang Mingrui suddenly smiled, and his smile was a little ironic. "Jiang Mingkai, if you want to tell me this, there's no need. Things have already happened, and I'm not angry because of you."
"It's because of my father."
"It's late, go to bed early!"
Jiang Mingrui ordered them to leave, opened the door behind him and went back to his room.
Jiang Mingkai was unwilling to give up. Just when the door was about to close, he quickly rushed forward and stretched out his hand to block the door!
The door was mostly opened, and Jiang Mingkai noticed that there were many human-shaped things in the room.
Hmm...
A human-shaped standee?
Around?
Figure?
still……
Jiang Mingkai's eyes suddenly widened.
Inflatable doll?!
Without waiting for his confirmation, Jiang Mingrui immediately pushed Jiang Mingkai's hand away, squeezed out, and closed the door in a panic.
Jiang Mingkai's mind went blank, and he muttered, "Brother, in your room..."
"What else is there? Say it quickly!" Jiang Mingrui interrupted Jiang Mingkai rudely.
Jiang Mingkai swallowed his saliva.
Looking at his brother again, he is handsome, with an upright posture, and exudes the charm of a mature man from head to toe!
That’s right, my brother is 29 years old but doesn’t have a girlfriend. What’s so strange about having a doll to satisfy his physical needs!
We are all men!
This is normal! This is normal!
Jiang Mingkai suppressed his nagging thoughts and continued, "I just heard you arguing with your father. Is there a problem with the company's cash flow? I've saved a lot of money in the entertainment industry over the past few years. If you need it..."
Jiang Mingkai fished in his trouser pocket and pulled out a bank card. "It's not much, just over 30 million. If you need more, I'll go borrow from Mr. Lu!"
Jiang Mingrui stared at the bank card in a daze for a while. As he looked at it, his eyes actually reddened a little. He chuckled softly and said, "I didn't realize that the little boy who used to wet his pants has grown up now."
"I'm already 28! Only you and dad still treat me like a child!" Jiang Mingkai argued.
Jiang Mingrui pushed the card back to Jiang Mingkai, "Tens of millions, your brother still has some."
He glanced in the direction of Jiang Jianye's room and said calmly, "I asked Dad for a 100 million investment for a reason. His recent cash flow has been a bit irregular, and the people he's been in contact with... are also a bit questionable. Taking this into consideration, I asked for his investment."
Jiang Mingrui knew that most of Jiang Jianye's funds were used in real estate or investments. But just in case, he still had nearly 100 million in liquid funds.
Jiang Mingkai also thought of this and asked, "So, brother, you want so much investment money, are you worried that Dad's money will be defrauded by someone?"
Jiang Mingrui nodded, his eyes becoming more serious. "Dad is old after all, and... a bit greedy. Besides, if he knew he was cheated out of 100 million, I don't know how sad he would be afterwards."
He was unwilling to spend 100 million even to redeem his son, let alone being cheated out of 100 million!
"Instead of that, I might as well swindle the 100 million from him first." At least he won't lose money.
"I understand!" Jiang Mingkai clenched his fists. "I will help my brother and prevent Dad from being deceived!"
Jiang Mingrui's eyes softened when he heard this. He reached out his hand and rubbed Jiang Mingkai's head as he did when he was a child. Suddenly, he realized that Jiang Mingkai was as tall as him.
"It's too late," Jiang Mingrui lowered his arms and said softly, "Go to bed!"
"Okay! Bro!"
The two brothers said good night to each other, and Jiang Mingrui opened the door and was about to return to his room.
Through the crack in the door, Jiang Mingkai saw... one, two, three, four, five, six, seven... There were actually seven human-shaped dolls in the room!!!
Jiang Mingkai's face flushed, "Brother!"
Jiang Mingrui paused, "What's wrong?"
"that……"
Jiang Mingkai's eyes wandered uncomfortably, "You're an adult now, it's normal for you to like whatever you want! But for your health, you must exercise moderation! Moderation!"
Jiang Mingrui: ???
Confused, he caught a glimpse of the toys in the room from the corner of his eye.
Jiang Mingrui's face turned red instantly.
"I know, go back to sleep!"
Jiang Mingkai left immediately. Jiang Mingrui walked into the room while muttering softly, "You know everything? No way... your eyes are so sharp..."
After reconciling with his brother, Jiang Mingkai walked happily towards his room.
As soon as I turned the corner, I saw five figures with hunched backs, like five round fur balls, sitting on the steps, and five pairs of eyes were looking at me!
Jiang Mingkai:!!!
Jiang Mingkai was startled. "What are you doing squatting at the stairs at night instead of sleeping?"
Guests, you look at me, I look at you...
[Of course, I saw the melon-eating system right before going to bed, knew there was melon here, so I rushed over! ]
Lin Cha quickly gave an explanation for what was on his mind, and several guests around him nodded in agreement.
"Go to bed!"
Jiang Mingkai scolded, "Don't we have to shoot a short film tomorrow? If you don't sleep, you might get dark circles under your eyes!"
"But we have crucial information to tell you!" Lu Yanyan blinked, "It's related to your father!"
My dad...
Jiang Mingkai's eyes narrowed, "Do you know what happened to my dad recently?"
Under normal circumstances, Lu Yanyan and the others would not know, but they had Lin Cha. When they were eavesdropping at the wall just now, they had already heard it from Lin Cha's inner voice.
Liu Mingqian smiled and said, "Actually, Jiang Mingrui is overly worried. Your father is fine. Nothing's wrong at all."
"It's all human nature, normal! Normal!" Chen Xianzhi also said.
Jiang Mingkai became more and more confused the more he listened. "What on earth happened to my dad? Tell me!"
"Nothing!" Lu Yanyan laughed, "He just... wants to find a stepmother for you!"
"Oh, I forgot to mention that you also know that stepmother. She's the one who played your mother in the TV series you starred in a while ago!"
Jiang Mingkai: ???
Wait, Jiang Mingkai remembered that actress. She wasn't even... 40, right? At the time, he felt that the actress was barely able to play his mother!
So, now the fake mother in the drama...is going to become the real mother in real life?!
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