After the meal, we continued chatting for a while, and An Lan said he wanted to go shopping in the ancient town.
In fact, there are not many people in the ancient town at this time, but today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is still more lively than usual.
An Lan didn't let me take Xiaoman and Yangyang with me, so she went out for a walk with me alone.
She must have wanted to be alone with me for a while, after all, we haven't seen each other for so long.
So I walked around the ancient town with her. She held my hand and we walked side by side in the alleys of the ancient town that had become deserted.
I am very relaxed at the moment, more relaxed than I have ever been before. I don’t have to think about so many things, I just keep walking like this.
"It's so quiet here!" An Lan suddenly said.
"It's quite quiet. It's even busier than usual today because it's the Mid-Autumn Festival. When I first came here, it was really quiet."
"No wonder you chose to live here."
"What do you think of it here?"
An Lan seemed a little out of sorts. He was stunned for a while and then said: "It's good! There are mountains and water, and it's so quiet."
"Are you not satisfied with my life here?"
"No, why do you ask?" She stopped, tilted her head and asked me.
"I feel like you're a little out of sorts. Are you worried?"
An Lan suddenly whispered: "Is it convenient to talk here?"
I felt something was wrong when she said that, and it was wrong for her to call me out alone because it was quite late now.
Of course it is safe in the ancient town, but I don't know if it is inconvenient, because I always suspect that someone is secretly here.
I wanted to look around and then said to An Lan: "Don't talk here, I will take you somewhere."
An Lan nodded, so I took her to a water tower outside the ancient town. This water tower can be climbed up.
This is a viewing platform where you can have a panoramic view of the entire ancient town. Many photography enthusiasts usually come here to take pictures.
I climbed to the water tower with An Lan and stood on the highest platform. Then I said to An Lan: "Okay, we can talk here."
"The view here is very good! You can have a panoramic view of the entire ancient town." She still seemed a little confused and did not tell me what was on her mind.
"Let's not talk about this first. Let's talk about what you were going to say to me just now. What happened to you?"
An Lan lowered his head and was silent for a while before saying: "Chen Feng, the most important thing when I come back this time is not to bring Alyssa to discuss cooperation with you. This kind of thing does not require us to come in person at all."
I nodded seriously: "I know, and I guessed it, so what's the most important thing?"
An Lan still seemed a little hesitant, his brows were furrowed and his expression was a little solemn.
I gently put my hands on her arms and said, "Tell me, we have agreed to confess to each other no matter what."
An Lan nodded, then turned around and stared into the distance, his brows still furrowed.
After another period of silence, she finally said: "There are less than two months left, you know, right?"
"I know, I'm working hard, and I've thought about it, but I really can't sell the entire group."
An Lan smiled. The wind on the water tower was a bit strong, causing her hair to dance wildly.
As if she was in the way, she found a rubber band and tied it up casually, and then said to me: "I know you work hard, but Chen Feng, some things really will have results without hard work."
"What do you mean? Don't tell me, it's more than 2.5 billion, right?"
An Lan smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, it's not about money at all."
"what is that?"
She took a long breath and said, "Do you know I told you about Jiahua Group's palm print before?"
"Yes, I still remember."
"That's the key. I came back this time just to find the palm print...but I don't have much time. Our visa only lasts seven days."
"The palm print...isn't it always there with you?"
"I thought it was of no use and left it in your hometown. Only now do I realize its importance."
The more I listened, the more confused I became. I was stunned and said, "What do you mean? Hasn't the Jiahua Group been disbanded now? What's the use of the palm print?"
"That was not the palm print of the Jiahua Group at all. It was deliberately fabricated by my father. There was no palm print at all. It was just a box with a piece of paper inside."
"Then what?"
"Now the news has leaked out, and Jiahua Group is going bankrupt because of this palm print."
"Why?"
An Lan turned to face me, looked at me with very firm eyes, and said: "Because it is not just a palm print, it is a treasure that was stolen from our country by the British army during the war of aggression against China!"
"Then why are you at your dad's place?"
"It's a long story, and I don't know the specific reason. I only know that my dad is just the custodian."
I was still a little confused, and after a long silence I said, "Didn't you say it was just a box? Why is it a treasure again? And is this thing so important?"
"Yes, it's very important! Don't believe what Sean says. He's not a good person. He's here just for the palm print... Maybe he has planted spies around you."
An Lan's words immediately gave me goosebumps.
Because I suddenly remembered the woman who wanted to harm me. I always suspected that she had no purpose, but there should be someone behind her, and the person behind her had a purpose.
When I thought about it this way, it was instantly explained.
"Did you remember something?" An Lan asked.
I nodded heavily: "There is a woman who has been causing trouble for me endlessly, and she has no purpose, she just messes with my mentality."
"who?"
"I don't know, I've never met her before, but she said we knew each other."
"Do you have any photos? Show them to me."
I immediately took out my phone, found the woman's photo, and handed it to An Lan to look at.
Hopefully she will recognize this woman's identity.
But after looking at it for a while, she also said with a blank look on her face: "I haven't seen it either, but it looks like she must have had plastic surgery."
"Well, even though she had plastic surgery, I asked Qiangzi to check it, but I couldn't find any information about this woman at all."
An Lan took a long breath and said: "The information that even Qiangzi can't find is probably arranged by Sean."
I was very confused and said, "But why did he do this? If he is so bad, then why did he tell me so much and agree to the merger of J. Wah Group and QBC?"
An Lan smiled bitterly and said: "These are not important to him at all, and if he wants to save Jiahua Group, there is no need to force me back. He has the capital..."
After a slight pause, An Lan continued: "I have been thinking about a question during this period, why did he do this, and now I finally understand that he came here for the palm print."
"Then why didn't he just ask you where the palm print is?"
"He doesn't dare, because he is just a worker, and his master won't let him tell me the secret of the palm print."
"Then how did you know?"
"Alyssa told me."
I took a deep breath and felt that these things were becoming more and more complicated and involved.