In the conference room, Jiang Lanzheng attacked Liu Mingyu with a look of disgust.
"What kind of tea is this? Don't think that my old lady has never seen the world. Just change it for me."
With that said, Jiang Lan pushed the teacup in front of her, and Xiao Zichen and Masnian happened to come in. Seeing this scene, they winked at Liu Mingyu, and Liu Mingyu left directly.
When Jiang Lan saw Liu Mingyu ignoring her, she immediately yelled without any education.
"Hey, I'm talking to you. Are you deaf?"
But Liu Mingyu ignored Jiang Lan at all and left the conference room. He even closed the door after leaving. Fortunately, the conference room had good sound insulation, otherwise the call just now might have attracted other people's attention.
Seeing that she was ignored, Jiang Lan patted the sofa angrily, but when she saw Xiao Zichen and a strange young man walking in, she calmed down a little.
Before Xiao Zichen and Masnian could sit down, Jiang Lan said arrogantly and disdainfully while clasping her fingers that were dissatisfied with the wrinkles and painted with red nail polish.
"Xiao Zichen, I'm here this time to ask you for the five million you didn't give me last time. Be happy. I took the check and left immediately."
When Xiao Zichen heard this, a cold feeling flashed in his heart. It seemed that as he grew older, his greed became bigger. At least when he had a relationship with Jiang Moyao before, this person had not been so unscrupulous.
If he wanted money for himself, the most he could do was seek some favors from Jiang Moyao.
Xiao Zichen was very sure that even if he satisfied Jiang Lan's request today, it would not be possible for this matter to come to an end. For a greedy person, blindly forgiving will only make her worse.
Masnian sat aside silently since he came in. He didn't know the identity of the old woman opposite, but the attitude and tone of her words gave people a feeling of disgust.
Xiao Zichen sat opposite Jiang Lan. When Jiang Lan was talking, he knocked on the table in the conference room intentionally or unintentionally, and a rhythmic clicking sound came from the conference room.
After Jiang Lan finished speaking, Xiao Zichen did not speak for a long time, but stared coldly at the greedy old lady in front of him. Jiang Lan was stared at with horror, and her arrogance was suppressed little by little.
At this time, a contemptuous sneer flashed across Xiao Zichen's lips, his thin lips opened slightly, and his voice came out in a low voice.
"Jiang Lan, do you know that the human heart is like a snake swallowing an elephant? Have you forgotten my advice last time? That five million is enough for the rest of your life. Don't push yourself too far."
"Five million is like sending me away. Xiao Zichen, do you think you are sending me away to a beggar? I have inquired about it. When you and your wife adopted my good grandson, you took over all his company. That's
One of the top fund companies in the UK. You and your wife have taken over such a big company. Why would I be greedy if I wanted tens of millions? If it weren’t for you, that company might not belong to anyone now."
It seems that Jiang Lan has not been idle during this period. She feels that she has a handle and threatens Xiao Zichen again.
Masnian on the side was obviously stunned when he heard this. He knew the Xiao family's industry well.
Yaoyuan Group does have several fund companies, but only two of these fund companies have been established for more than 20 years, and the others were only established in the past five years, and none of them is from the UK.
Started on the side.
Could it be that his parents have some secret properties that even he doesn't know about? But from his understanding of his parents, they are definitely not the kind of people who seize other people's property.
After Masnian was surprised, he calmly looked at Jiang Lan opposite him. Instead of believing the words of a greedy old lady, it would be better to follow his heart and trust the parents he knew.
When Xiao Zichen heard this, he was not surprised at all. After all, although they controlled some of the direction of public opinion about what happened back then, Zhou Junyi was also the number one figure in the UK at that time, and the couple were not powerful enough to control the information in the UK.
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As for the fund company Jiang Lan mentioned, which was the very powerful Sennuo Fund back then, only the name of the company has changed, and this fund company has always been under Xiao Yingze's name, but Xiao Yingze himself didn't know it yet.
"Jiang Lan, it seems that you have been prepared. You think you can blackmail me with these."
"I don't dare to threaten him. I'm just telling the truth. I'm the child's grandmother. It's a blood relationship, so I'm the only person with whom he has a blood relationship in the world. Why, it's not too much for me to ask for child support."
Jiang Lan did not hide her greed at all, her attitude was very clear, she was just here to ask for money.
When Xiao Zichen heard this, his instinct was ridiculous. He really underestimated a person's shamelessness. He snorted coldly.
"If family love in this world could really be measured by blood relations, there wouldn't be so many homeless orphans. Jiang Lan, I think you are an elder, so I can save you some face, but it's a pity that you are like this
If people don’t know their tastes, then don’t blame me for being rude.”
With that said, Xiao Zichen stood up. It was impossible to communicate with such a person. It would be better to be happy and completely break this old woman's heart.
Jiang Lan didn't expect that Xiao Zichen would leave suddenly. He obviously had the handle. Could it be that this person didn't care about the child at all.
Seeing Xiao Zichen approaching the door, Jiang Lan couldn't sit still and immediately threatened.
"Xiao Zichen, aren't you afraid that I will go find him and tell him everything?"
"Humph, Jiang Lan, do you think the children raised by Mo Yurou and I are the kind of people who can't tell the difference between right and wrong? But let's talk about it first. If you dare to hurt him, don't blame me for being rude. Those warnings last time,
Don’t think I can’t do it.”
After saying that, Xiao Zichen opened the door and walked out. Seeing this, Masnian also left the conference room.
Liu Mingyu had been standing guard at the door. When he saw Xiao Zichen walking out angrily, he was afraid that Jiang Lan would chase him out again and cause trouble, so he first asked two people to guard the door while he followed Xiao Zichen.
Xiao Zichen did not stay on this floor for long. He checked the time and entered the elevator directly.
"Mingyu, send someone to check. Why did the old woman suddenly change her mind? Five million cannot be used up so quickly."
"OK."
Liu Mingyu nodded. Xiao Zichen thought for a while, frowned, and when he was approaching the first floor, he gave another warning.
"Keep an eye on her and don't let her appear next to Yingze."
"I know how to do it, Chairman, please go slowly."
The elevator stopped on the first floor. Liu Mingyu did not step out of the elevator, but sent Xiao Zichen and Mas Nian away before returning to the top floor.
Masnian followed Xiao Zichen closely until he got into the car, and then Xiao Zichen spoke.
"Do you have a lot of questions?"
Masnian nodded and asked.
"That old lady upstairs is my second brother's grandmother?"
From the conversation just now, Masnian clarified some of the relationships between the characters.
Xiao Zichen nodded and sighed.
"Hey, do you still remember when Luo Luo was kidnapped?"
When Masnian heard this, he nodded immediately. The reason why Xiao Yingxi had stomach problems was caused by the kidnapping. He clearly remembered that time. Xiao Yingxi stayed in the hospital for a long time. After that, every winter, she would feel slightly uncomfortable.
Be careful, you will catch a cold and a fever, and in serious cases you will have to stay in the hospital for ten days and a half.
Xiao Zichen spoke again at this time.
"When you were young, your mother and I didn't tell you many things. When we brought Yingze back, we didn't tell you his life experience in detail, so that the outside world always thought it was your mother and me.
For our first child, we thought this would be good for Yingze, so we didn’t explain it too much.”
Speaking of this, Xiao Zichen let out a long sigh. What happened back then has always been a past that they didn't want to mention. He and Mo Yurou had always hoped that the grievances and grievances of the previous generation would be reflected on a few children, but they couldn't.
Now it seems that some things cannot be avoided by hiding.
After that, Xiao Zichen continued.
"Back then, the person who kidnapped Luoluo was Yingze's biological father. Because of the death of Yingze's mother, he had always held a grudge. Unexpectedly, he eventually embarked on a road of no return. At that time, Yingze had an uncle, but because of him
His father is an illegitimate child, and his uncle doesn’t care about Yingze’s life or death. If we don’t bring him back, he will be sent to a local orphanage. You also know that in Europe, race and skin color are particularly important. A yellow-skinned person
I believe you also know what a person will go through in the end in an orphanage with a bunch of white people."
Hearing this, Masnian could not be described as shocked.
Fortunately, Luo Luo was fine back then, otherwise, the future of his two children would have been ruined. And he admired his parents immensely for being able to ignore their past grudges and adopt the children of their enemies.
"Dad, you said that the second brother's biological father was angry with you because of the death of the second brother's mother. You and his mother also know each other?"
"Hey, this is another bad fate..."
Xiao Zichen sighed, and then told Mas Nian everything that happened between them.