"Sister Yihan, have you ever watched Stephen Chow's version of Westward Journey?"
Chen Yihan nodded, "Of course, this is a very classic movie."
"When Fairy Zixia was kidnapped by the Bull Demon King to get married, she said something to her sister Qingxia.
Sooner or later, the person I love will come to marry me wearing golden armor and walking on colorful auspicious clouds.
That's how I felt that day.
I turned around and saw the old man taking off his pants behind me, with a greasy look on his face, and he was getting closer and closer to me. I was so scared that I just wanted to run away, but the man stood in front of me and wouldn't let me go anywhere. I go.
I just stood there blankly, covering my eyes, not knowing what to do. I was thinking that he would definitely do to me what he did to that girl that night.
But just when he was about to succeed, I suddenly heard a loud noise, as if something fell to the ground, and then I heard the man's painful wailing and the voice of another man.
'Get out of my way. '
"Is Mr. Zhang here?" Chen Yihan asked with a smile.
Su Ran nodded, "When I opened my eyes, I saw a young man standing in front of me, with his back to me. Although I couldn't see his face at the time, I could feel that he was a very handsome man.
The dean had fallen heavily to the ground not far away, and fell into a pool of blood. He was still vomiting blood from his mouth, not knowing whether to live or die.
Soon, a bunch of people came running from outside the laundry room, including the director of the orphanage, the director of the youth department, the deputy director, and a bunch of other leaders who would never meet in person. They all gathered here today.
I thought they would be very angry when they saw the dean of students lying on the ground, and then arrest this man who suddenly appeared. But after taking one look, they had no other reaction. Instead, they looked at this strange man and carefully asked him if there was anything wrong, or if something unpleasant happened here, and they felt sorry for it.
That was also the first time since I came to the orphanage that I saw them being so groveling. I had to carefully observe the man's face and reaction, and consider what I should say next.
I have forgotten what they said at that time. Anyway, I only remember that after they finished speaking, the man ignored them and turned around to look at me.
Sure enough, it was just as I thought in advance. He is really good-looking. I can't describe his appearance, but he is exactly the same as he is now. He won't age anyway.
While I was looking at him in a daze, he pointed at me and said to the dean, "I want to take this child away." '
I was stunned for a moment. I had always seen other children taken away for adoption by adults. I never thought that such a day would happen to me, or rather, I never thought that I would have a new family.
The dean and others naturally did not dare to have any objections to the man's words, so they nodded and agreed to the man's request without saying a word, and directly pushed me to the man's side.
From that day on, I followed my uncle back to Suzhai, and my life changed dramatically again. "
"Mr. Zhang must be very good to you after he brings you back, right? I can see that you have lived a very exquisite life these years. Even the various wives in the rich circle I have been in before seem to have a good quality of life." I'm much worse than you in Shangdu."
Su Ran thought back, "If it refers to material aspects, it is indeed impeccable.
Sister Yihan, you also know that he has endless money. After I come here, he will tell me what I want to eat, wear, play and buy myself. I don’t have to worry about money.
I was quite cautious at first. After all, I had just arrived at a stranger's home, so I was cautious about spending money. I was afraid that if I spent too much, he would dislike me and send me back to the orphanage.
But as I spent more and more time at his house and got to know him better, I no longer had any scruples about spending money.
No matter what fancy food, I only need the freshest ingredients and ingredients, and then I invite the most skilled chefs from five-star or Michelin restaurants to cook it for me at home.
The same applies to clothes and bags, as long as they are the latest styles of the season, and they are all hand-customized according to my ideas. Although they are expensive, they are all unique styles in the world.
When it comes to going out for fun, you can go anywhere around the world. After going to school for so many years, from elementary school to university, I have always been recognized by my classmates as the rich second generation. It can be said that materially, What he gave me was the best.
Of course, in addition to material things in life, he is able to meet almost all of my requirements.
Sister Yihan, do you know that our store was not called Su Zhai before? "
Chen Yihan shook her head, "I really don't know this, but I can guess that the name Su Zhai most likely has something to do with you, right?"
"Hahahaha, you guessed it right. In fact, our store's previous name was 'Jiangnan'." Su Ran said with a smile, "But I thought the name was too popular at the time, and there were too many people who liked Jiangnan. It was like... Taking advantage of the traffic of some Internet celebrity, I secretly found someone to put up a new plaque and named it after my last name, called 'Su Zhai'.
When my uncle came back and saw it again, I asked him if the new name sounded good, and he actually said it sounded good, hahaha, with a serious look on his face. "
"Looking at it this way, Mr. Zhang really loves you." Chen Yihan sighed.
"In addition to the signboard in the store, there are also those paintings on the wall on the first floor. Are they badly painted?"
After Chen Yihan thought about it for a while, she really couldn't say it was not bad without conscience, so she nodded.
Su Ran couldn't help laughing and said, "That's actually just something I drew on white paper when I was under a lot of study pressure in high school. I'm an art idiot. Haha, I don't actually know how to draw. I only know how to draw. I painted it blindly with a paintbrush, and then finally had it framed and hung on the wall of my shop.”
Chen Yihan blinked, "No wonder I saw that every painting was signed with the word 'Su'. I was thinking that with Mr. Zhang's taste, ordinary paintings would not be able to catch his eye. In all likelihood, what is it?" The works of a great painter who is hidden from the world are in a style that I can’t understand. I didn’t expect you to be this legendary great painter.”
After Chen Yihan finished speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed.
Jiang University was not too far away from Su Zhai, and the two of them happened to be chatting, so they chose to chat while walking, and soon reached the campus of Jiang University.
Because her daughter had requested before that she wanted to go to some universities to experience the atmosphere of university life, so Chen Yihan also took her to some universities sporadically.
But Jiangning University is the closest university to their home, and this is Chen Yihan’s first time here.
This century-old university, established during the Republic of China, is the eldest brother of almost all universities in the country.
The campus still retains many old-fashioned buildings from the Republic of China period that reflect the unique style of that era. Although all of them have been renovated at least seven or eight times, in order to preserve the historical complex, the school has not dared to demolish and rebuild.
Therefore, walking on the campus of Jiangda University, you will easily feel like you are back in the Republic of China era with the paths between the trees, the leaves falling on the tiled roofs, and the tall and majestic palace-style library.
Chen Yihan has a strong sense of immersion because she watches a lot of TV dramas from the Republic of China era.
Su Ran just came back from the 1990s. Putting aside the internal configuration of the teaching building, looking at the appearance and overall layout, Su Ran almost felt like he was still in the 1990s from time to time.
"Sigh, it feels like when I walk on the university campus, young people like you and I are no longer of the same era." Chen Yihan sighed.
"Nowhere, sister Yihan, you take good care of yourself. You can't even tell that you are almost forty. You look like a girl in her twenties. The senior sisters who are doctoral students in our school are also It looks similar to you, not inconsistent at all." Su Ran praised.
Chen Yihan laughed and said: "You are exaggerating, right? Of course, I don't look twenty years younger. At most, I look a little younger than my peers, but I don't look like I am twenty." How old.”
Su Ran narrowed her eyes and smiled: "I'm telling the truth. We look like sisters when we walk in school. There is no age difference."
"Hahahaha, then I will reluctantly believe it."
Although Chen Yihan always says that she is older, no matter how old a woman is, she still hopes that others will praise her for looking young.
"By the way, how were Gege's high school grades?" Su Ran suddenly remembered Chen Yihan's daughter.
"She didn't like studying in high school, the family was not short of money, and her father spoiled her, so she was sent to study art." Thinking of her daughter, Chen Yihan couldn't help but feel a little lonely, "She said before After graduating from high school, she was sent abroad to go to university, but she was delayed for a while due to changes in her family.
Now that the situation is getting better again, Dahai should send her abroad. Otherwise, with her grades, even if she takes the art path, there are not many universities in China that she can attend. "
Su Ran nodded, "Under the current situation, sending someone abroad is a good choice. If you develop well there, staying there is also a good choice."
"Her father and I think so too. After all, she is a girl, so even if she gets married, she still leaves it to outsiders.
Before, I thought to Dahai that we might have another child and try to have a son to inherit the company.
But now it seems that it may not be possible. "
Su Ran took Chen Yihan's hand and comforted softly: "In fact, everyone has his own way of doing this. It may be good for everyone if your life trajectories are separated.
It looked very harmonious on the surface before, but with Mr. Wei's ambition and desire for control, it was only a matter of time before conflicts broke out, and it might end badly by then. "
Chen Yihan sighed, what Su Ran said was indeed true.
The bigger the company gets, the greater Weihai's desire for control and ambition becomes, and the more defensive he becomes about himself. If it hadn't been for this failure, the problem might have exploded by now.
The two of them just chatted and walked on the road, and soon arrived at the Heyuan Restaurant in the school.
Looking at the huge signboard of Heyuan Restaurant, Su Ran felt a little different from before.
As early as more than thirty years ago, a murder occurred here that shocked the whole country. One of the two principals of the school died in the restaurant, and the other died on the execution ground.
The murderer who caused the two deaths is still a respected old professor in the school.
"Of course, what are you thinking about?"
Chen Yihan's voice interrupted Su Ran's thoughts.
"It's nothing." Su Ran shook her head, "Let's go, Sister Yihan. Heyuan is the largest main restaurant in our school. They have a wide variety of food. I will give you a brief taste first. If you are fine later, you can Come and eat by yourself.”
After the two people entered the restaurant, they walked around casually, ordered two rice bowls, and then found a seat to sit down.
"How does it taste?" Su Ran asked after taking a bite.
Chen Yihan nodded, "It tastes very good. He must be an experienced chef with some skills."
"Chef Jiang's qualifications are quite old. Everyone has been working here for decades. In addition, the school has strict control over the restaurant." Su Ran looked at the windows selling food and sighed. : "It's a pity that these windows will be replaced soon."
"Huh? Isn't this a good job? Why don't you change it to someone else?"
"After all, the Internet is developing so fast now, and the flow of information between schools is also faster. The taste of Jiangda's restaurant is indeed very good, but the current restaurant environment is a bit out of date. So the school leaders decided after research, Contracting out the Jiangda Restaurant to an outside catering company will change the existing environment of the restaurant. However, this means that most of the chefs who cook in the future will be replaced by people from the catering company. Then they will no longer be able to I guarantee it will still taste like this.”
Chen Yihan took a look at the environment in the restaurant. The restaurant is indeed very large, but the decoration and facilities can also be seen from the layout of more than ten years ago. Although there should be some updates over the years, Most of the overall layout and decoration are still very old.
Nowadays, many restaurants outside have been changed to modern styles, such as artistic style, Instagram style, retro style and so on.
It's still lunch time, but there are really not many people in the restaurant. No wonder the school wants to contract out the restaurant to a professional company.
"I have heard that many schools are doing this now, but most of them are because they change the style of the school cafeteria and ignore the taste of the food, and they are still complained by students."
Su Ran nodded, "This is also what I'm worried about. In fact, the taste of the restaurant is quite good now. I'm afraid that after this contract, I won't want to eat in the restaurant again."
As Su Ran spoke, she glanced aimlessly at the restaurant, when suddenly two familiar figures came into her sight.
At the door of the restaurant, Li Hanmin was walking in front with a hunched figure. Beside him was Chen Hao, a tall man in suits and leather shoes. He put his hands behind his back and nodded repeatedly as he listened to Li Hanmin's words.
Seeing Su Ran looking in a certain direction again in a daze, Chen Yihan followed her line of sight and tilted her head, "Is it Chen Hao from Lao Lang? He wants to take over your school's restaurant?"
"Do you know him, Sister Yihan?"
Chen Yihan nodded, "I must have dealt with them before when I was still in the group. Their company's reach is quite long, stretching from Jiangning to Pingjiang.
But at that time, their Laolang Group could only be regarded as a small company and could not get on the stage.
But I know that this person made his fortune in the underworld. His previous business was not very clean, including gambling and loan sharking. He was caught up with the trend of the times. If it were now, he would probably be arrested by the police just after he started. The nest is ready. "
Su Ran pointed to Li Hanmin next to Chen Hao, "That person is a professor in the history department of our school. He is also an old professor who has taught in the school for more than 30 years. He has a very high status in the school."
"He seems to have an unusual relationship with Chen Hao, and he seems to be a little...pleasing with Chen Hao?" Chen Yihan frowned. Judging from her years of experience in dealing with people, this kind of relationship is still It's easy to see.
"He lost money gambling before and owed Chen Hao more than 10 million in gambling debt, so he promised Chen Hao to help him get the right to operate the school restaurant." Su Ran explained: "And this is not the first time. "
"A highly respected professor in the university would actually go gambling and get into debt?" Chen Yihan was a little surprised.
Su Ran sighed, "He was originally a person with a bright future, but it was a pity that his good cards were ruined by himself. It was not easy because an elder who was very important in his life gave his life in exchange for his future. As a result, when I get old, I have tormented myself to death.”
"So this is the reason why you and Mr. Zhang went out these days?"
Su Ran nodded.
"Is there any solution to that?"
After Su Ran was silent for a while, he said softly: "Thirty years ago, a murder that shocked the whole country happened in this restaurant. The lives of the two presidents of Jiangnan University will always stay on that night, and the only ones who benefited from it were Only Li Hanmin.
In fact, I was originally prepared to let this matter go, but when I learned that he had started gambling again, was in debt, and wanted to sell the school restaurant, I knew that this person was completely hopeless. I don't want to give him another chance. "
Chen Yihan nodded, "If he can't change even after paying such a heavy price, it can only mean that he is really hopeless. Let the law punish him to avoid making the same mistake again."
Su Ran looked at where Li Hanmin and Chen Hao were again, and found that the old principal wearing black-rimmed glasses appeared above them again, staring at them.
"Mr. Ji." Su Ran called softly.
Ji Zhong's soul was stunned for a moment, and he looked in the direction of Su Ran, but his eyes were empty, as if he didn't know anything.
Su Ran sighed, knowing that he may have lost a large part of his memory during the more than thirty years in the underworld. Now he is forced to return to the human world just because of an obsession, but he himself does not remember what he came back to. Purpose.
"Sister Yihan, help me take a look at my body."
Chen Yihan was stunned for a moment. Although she didn't know what Su Ran meant, she still nodded.
The next second, Su Ran seemed to have lost all strength and fell on the table.
