When Luo Ziling arrived at the Ling family's old house where Ling Jinhua lived, it was almost dark.
"Damn evening rush hour!" Luo Ziling couldn't help but cursed secretly when he saw that it was already past five-thirty.
In fact, the evening rush hour has not yet completely arrived. The traffic jam has just arrived, and the traffic jam will be resolved after a while.
If Wu Yue hadn't been a highly skilled driver, very familiar with the road conditions, and not afraid of breaking the rules, they probably wouldn't have been able to reach the Ling family's old house at six o'clock.
"Here?" Seeing Luo Ziling come in, Ling Jinhua, who was watching TV news, raised his head, glanced at Luo Ziling through his reading glasses, and then motioned for him to sit down.
"The traffic in Yanjing is really congested!" Luo Ziling explained sheepishly: "I originally thought I would arrive around five o'clock, but I didn't expect to arrive at this time."
Ling Jinhua picked up the remote control, turned off the TV, and signaled to Luo Ziling that he could eat.
Ling Jinhua's dinner is very early, usually around 5:30.
Luo Ziling arrived at this time, just in time to have dinner with him, strictly speaking it was not too late.
However, Ling Jinhua still felt that Luo Ziling came too late. He originally planned to talk to Luo Ziling about something before dinner.
We can only talk about it after dinner.
During dinner, Ling Jinhua asked the waiter to bring out a bottle of Moutai from 1982 and said that he wanted to talk to Luo Ziling about some white wine tonight.
"Grandpa, this wine costs hundreds of yuan a cup!" Luo Ziling took the bottle of Moutai, whose outer packaging looked very old, and said in an exaggerated tone: "This bottle of Moutai from 1982 should be enough to replace a car.
Audi a6, right? Haha, we are going to destroy a luxury car tonight, it’s such a sense of accomplishment.”
Ling Jinhua glanced at Luo Ziling and said calmly: "It's just a bottle of wine, what's the fuss about?"
"However, there is a saying that rare things are more valuable. The stock of Moutai produced at this time is too small, and the price is sky-high. Drinking it is so rewarding." Luo Ziling opened the bottle cap and filled it up for Ling Jinhua.
A small cup, and I poured myself another cup.
After pouring the wine, he picked up the wine glass, put it in front of his nose, smelled it again and again, and praised it with emotion: "It's such a good wine, very mellow."
Ling Jinhua also picked up the wine glass, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, then said: "It is indeed a good wine!"
After speaking, he raised his hand to Luo Ziling and drank it all in one gulp.
Luo Ziling also drank it all in one gulp.
However, the feeling after drinking it was not as good as expected.
Luo Ziling rarely drinks white wine. When he is with his grandfather, he often drinks rice wine. He likes the mellow aroma and aftertaste of rice wine.
Baijiu is too strong and lacks the gentleness and lingering flavor of rice wine, making it more suitable for northerners.
Southerners probably prefer to drink rice wine, at least Luo Ziling and Luo Liansheng do.
An old man and a young man chatted wordlessly while drinking.
Ling Jinhua didn't say anything important, he just asked about some ordinary things, such as Luo Ziling and Luo Liansheng working together in the laboratory, and teaching matters.
Luo Ziling also answered one by one.
There are other staff around, so it's not convenient for them to talk about other things.
After finishing dinner, Ling Jinhua motioned to Luo Ziling to make tea for him, and then brought it to the study.
Luo Ziling naturally obeyed the order. After making a pot of tea, he took it into the study and closed the door.
"I heard that people from Wu Dongfang are investigating you?" Ling Jinhua took the initiative to talk about the matter, "What exactly is it?"
Luo Ziling guessed that Ling Jinhua came to him to talk about these things.
I didn't hide anything at the moment and gave the general situation.
After speaking, he expressed his guess again.
He told Ling Jinhua that it was most likely that the Fang family and Wu Dongfang had planned this incident, or that Wu Dongfang was helping the Fang family. Anyway, this matter must have something to do with the Fang family.
"Did your grandfather tell you about his dispute with Wu Dongfang?"
Luo Ziling did not deny it, "My grandfather did tell me how he and Wu Dongfang got to know each other. They had a good relationship at the beginning, but later when Wu Dongfang got a higher position, he didn't take my grandfather seriously and wanted to find someone else.
When he helped, he treated me with a cold shoulder."
Ling Jinhua shook his head: "Your grandfather is not such a narrow-minded person, and neither is Wu Dongfang!"
"It is true that they will not retaliate against each other because of this matter." Luo Ziling also shook his head, "But when greater interests are involved, they will have thoughts of revenge because of these small things and these grudges. Wu Dongfang relied on Fang Bingqiang's recommendation.
He is in a higher position, to a large extent, so his relationship with the Fang family should be quite close."
Ling Jinhua thought for a while and then said: "The relationship between Wu Dongfang and Fang Xiang is not very good."
"What do you mean?" Ling Jinhua repeatedly defended the Fang family, but Luo Ziling couldn't figure out what he meant.
"I'm just reminding you, don't jump to conclusions before you find concrete evidence." Ling Jinhua looked calm.
"I understand this!" Luo Ziling nodded solemnly, "We did not draw conclusions easily, it was just a guess."
Ling Jinhua nodded and said calmly: "However, Wu Dongfang has never been so easy to get along with. He has a nickname called 'Venomous Snake'. You should know that, right?"
Luo Ziling nodded to express that he knew.
Ling Jinhua said again: "There are many people who have committed crimes on his hands. He has always been very careful in doing things, and will not give people any excuses, and he will not expose his feet easily. Therefore, this time his people investigated you and were easily discovered by you.
, this matter is extraordinary. Neither you, nor your mother, nor your grandpa can take it lightly and must be extremely cautious."
"I remember my great-grandfather's reminder. I must be more careful." Luo Ziling nodded in agreement and asked Ling Jinhua again, "My great-grandfather, how do you think we should deal with this matter?"
"That's enough for you to deal with it now. I guess Wu Dongfang is also very passive, otherwise he wouldn't ask your grandpa to explain this matter immediately." After saying this, Ling Jinhua chuckled, "He should be the most passive one.
As long as you don’t have any leverage against him and things are exposed, he will be very passive. From the analysis of the current situation, he should not have any leverage over you, otherwise it wouldn’t be like this. Even so, then you can’t
Be adaptable, and if necessary, put a little pressure on him to make him less comfortable. Let's wait until your mother comes back to talk about this matter, she must have thought of a countermeasure."
Luo Ziling nodded and accepted Ling Jinhua's instructions.
Then, Luo Ziling took the initiative to tell some other situations, including some arrangements before and after Ling Ruonan's wedding, and the results of tracking down the people who wanted to ruin the wedding.
After hearing what Luo Ziling said that someone in the Fang family wanted to ruin Ling Ruonan's wedding and put the blame on the Chen family, Ling Jinhua narrowed his eyes. When he heard that Luo Ziling went to see Chen Yining today and wanted to cooperate with Chen Yining, Ling Jinhua's eyes narrowed.