Lan Xi returned to the car. Zhu Lingling was sitting in the passenger seat, holding the medicine she had just bought from the dermatologist. "Miss, the swelling doesn't seem so noticeable anymore!"
Lan Xi fastened her seatbelt and put her phone aside. Zhu Lingling laughed at her stupidly, "I'm running around with a red and swollen face? Your daughter has covered it up."
Putting both hands on the steering wheel, Lan Xi glanced at the rearview mirror. "Is what you just found reliable? Would he allow his son to fall into that state?"
Just as Zhu Lingling was about to speak, she noticed the bruise on Lan Xi's wrist and reached out quickly, then remembered that she was driving. "Miss, your wrist!"
Lan Xi frowned impatiently and turned her wrist: "Answer my question first!"
"Oh! That's right. It seems the baby was born secretly, and they told everyone that the father had passed away!"
Zhu Lingling took out the ointment from the bag and, while waiting in line to leave the garage, took Lan Xi's hand and carefully applied it to her.
The ointment brought a slight coolness, and the soreness in the wrist was relieved a lot. Lan Xi sneered: "Then Lao Deng would let the blood flow out? This woman has some tricks!"
Zhu Lingling nodded in agreement: "Judging from the way he protects those illegitimate children, he does have some brains. But Miss, he seems to be only two years younger than you!"
Led by the navigation, Lan Xi drove into the street:
"Let's go check it out some other time. You're planning to give birth to a child, raise it in seclusion, and not ask for anything else? That's not normal! Don't tell me you're harboring any bad intentions!"
"I've found the location. He's doing well. He's a freshman at Ocean University and had very good college entrance exam scores!"
Zhu Lingling looked at the information displayed on the tablet, and her tone was filled with appreciation that she was not even aware of.
Lan Xi listened to her quietly, resting her left elbow on the car window and touching her chin with her fingertips.
Zhu Lingling looked up and saw Lan Xi driving seriously. Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly closed the tablet and put it in her bag: "Miss, I..."
Lan Xi looked over and saw her panic at a glance. She couldn't help but laugh: "You have become more thoughtful recently."
Turning back to driving seriously, Lan Xi continued, "It's a good thing that you noticed it. I'm in a good mood today and I don't want to bother with you!"
Zhu Lingling breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt sad. She knew why Lan Xi suddenly turned to the hospital. It was not that the Lan family did not have a good hospital.
When she came out of the pharmacy, she saw the man who had been talking to Lan Xi at the door last time.
"Miss, do you like that man very much?" After considering for a long time, Zhu Lingling finally asked the question she wanted to know most.
Her words were incoherent. Lan Xi frowned and thought for a moment, then relaxed. She thought of Cheng Chiyan and raised the corners of her mouth unconsciously: "Did you see it?"
Zhu Lingling clenched her hands around the bag, her throat choking. Lan Xi's smile stung her eyes. "Hmm!"
"Speaking of liking... I should be satisfied!" Lan Xi spoke slowly, as if she was really thinking about this matter.
Zhu Lingling's nervousness faded away, she turned her head to look out the window, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.
After turning a corner, a call came in on her cell phone. Zhu Lingling reached out and tapped the console lightly. The caller ID showed: Mr. Shi.
"Xixi! Are you busy?" A kind voice came from the other side.
Lan Xi smiled and replied, "Grandpa Shi, I'm not busy. What can I do for you?"
Lan Xi's voice was gentle, and her smile was more genuine than before. Compared to the Lan family, Mr. Shi was more real to her!
"Come to my house for dinner tomorrow! Bring Lingling with you!" The old man smiled and invited her to his house for dinner.
Lan Xi looked at the road ahead and said with a smile, "Okay, how are you feeling lately? Have you been practicing Ba Duan Jin well?"
The old man lowered his voice a little guilty, "I'm practicing, I've been practicing. The family doctor checked two days ago and said everything is fine!"
Lan Xi could hear his guilty conscience, but she didn't point it out:
"That's good, that's good. Good health is more useful than anything else. Winter is coming, and your old ailments are bound to relapse. You should pay attention to recuperation!"
"Good, good! This year is much better than previous years!" The old man felt so happy that his eyes narrowed with satisfaction, and he took a sip of the tea.
As the car pulled into their parking lot, Lan Xi smiled and said, "Okay, see you tomorrow. Thank you for your hospitality!"
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Zhu Lingling, who opened her mouth in tacit understanding: "See you tomorrow, old man!"
"Hello, Lingling! Why are you being so polite? Didn't we plan to have dinner at our house occasionally a long time ago?"
The old man greeted Zhu Lingling warmly, and after a few pleasantries, he hung up the phone.
The old man hung up the phone, and his expression turned serious the next second: "What has Tinghan been doing recently?"
The butler beside him bowed slightly and said, "He should be handling work at the company at this time. I will pass on any instructions you have to him!"
"Alas!" The old man sighed and put down his teacup.
"Lan Xi has already acquired Old Lan's shares. It's a foregone conclusion that she'll take the CEO position. The Lan family is about to change!"
The housekeeper didn't understand what the old man meant, and speculated, "I'm afraid the current chairman of the Lan family won't let this go!"
The old man glanced at his old butler, smiled and shook his head: "Lanting'an? He is no match for Lan Xi!"
The Lan and Shi families have been neighbors for more than ten years. The Shi family knows Lan Ting'an much better. When he was young, he was still quite smart, and the Lan family was extremely prosperous under his leadership.
But once people are over 45, their minds start to get confused. If the old man hadn't secretly intervened in the past two years, the Lan family would have fallen from grace long ago.
"Lan Xiangfu, what an old fox! How could Lan Xi have gotten his shares without some skills? Haha~"
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