Ch. 621..630

Chapter 621: 621 Company’s Equities

 

 

Old Master Zhuang returned to the old mansion with a tired face. He was already eighty years old. If he was not a young and energetic young man, how could he withstand such torment? Moreover, he still had a grudge in his heart, and he had to vent it.

In the Zhuang family’s old residence, a few old shareholders were waiting in the hall. Some of them were even older than Old Master Zhuang.

“Is everyone here?” Old Master Zhuang asked as he sat on the sofa.

The butler stood behind him and respectfully replied, “Sir, the Seventh Old Master has not arrived yet.”

The Seventh Old Master was Old Master Zhuang’s seventh uncle and his youngest uncle. He was about the same age as him and was 84 years old this year.

Old Master Zhuang waved his hand. “Let’s not wait for him. Just tell him the results when he comes.”

Third Uncle Zhuang sat on the sofa at the side. His legs were trembling slightly, and he was very afraid that there were so many people present today. This was because Old Master Zhuang rarely held such a large-scale meeting. Moreover, it was really abnormal for him to call all the major shareholders to his house for a meeting.

“Dad, why did you call so many people over? Is there anything else you need to say to us?” Third Uncle Zhuang gathered his courage and asked.

Old Master Zhuang looked at him calmly and said, “I’m sure everyone has seen and heard what happened at the banquet this afternoon. I don’t want to repeat myself. Let’s get straight to the point.”

“Dad, what happened in the afternoon was really strange.” Third Uncle Zhuang interrupted Old Master Zhuang’s words. “We need to investigate clearly before coming to a conclusion.”

Zhuang Che could not help but nod. “Grandfather, I really didn’t mean those words. I don’t know why I said those things. Someone must have poisoned me.” As he spoke, his stomach started to hurt. “Aiya, I have to go to the bathroom!”

Even though Zhuang Che had gone to the toilet, the meeting had to go on. Old Master Zhuang asked the butler to bring a few document bags and opened one of them.

“This is the Zhuang family’s company’s share transfer agreement. I plan to transfer half of my shares to Xiao Liu.” Old Master Zhuang said.

He had 40% of the shares in his hands, so half of it would be 20%. Zhuang Liu himself also had 5% of the shares. If he added this 20%, he would be the largest shareholder of the company.

How could the major shareholders have any objections? It was very normal for shareholders to transfer shares. Moreover, Zhuang Liu had just been announced as the next head of the Zhuang family. Even if they objected, they would not change Old Master Zhuang’s mind.

“Since you have no objections, then let’s execute it according to this.” Old Master Zhuang placed the document bag on the coffee table and tapped it twice with his fingers. “When Xiao Liu officially takes over the tasks here in the Capital, we’ll transfer the shares over.”

Zhuang Liu did not have any objections. Although the old man had asked him to take over the position of the family head and take over the company in the Capital, he was also given some time to settle the matters of the company outside. He had also told the old man about the capsule pen cooperation with TL Company, so he had to deal with this matter first before returning to the capital.

When Third Uncle Zhuang heard that it was a share transfer, he immediately became happy. They knew that the old master had shares in his hands. Now that the old master had given half of the shares to Zhuang Liu, the other half would definitely be given to them. If they could get 20% of the shares, they would gladly accept it even if they didn’t get to be the next head of the Zhuang family.

However, after waiting for a while, Old Master Zhuang still did not mention the matter of giving them any shares. The third son of the Zhuang family could not sit still anymore. He asked, “Dad, Xiao Liu already got his shares. What about us?”

Old Master Zhuang glanced at them and said, “These are the shares of the family head. The remaining half of the shares will be transferred to the next family head after I pass away. That’s how I inherited the shares from your grandfather.”

When Third Uncle Zhuang heard this, he immediately jumped up. “You mean I won’t get any of them?!”

Old Master Zhuang sat there calmly, “t’s not wrong for you to interpret it that way.”

“Why?” The third son of the Zhuang family kicked the solid wood coffee table. “It’s fine if you don’t pass the position of the family head to me. Why aren’t you giving me any shares of yours?!”

Old Master Zhuang said, “This is a rule set by your grandfather. 40% of the shares can’t be moved. It can only be handed over to the next head of the family.”

As long as most of the shares were in the hands of the Zhuang family’s head, the Zhuang family would not be eroded by outsiders..

 

Chapter 622: 622 Heartless Wolf

 

 

“This isn’t fair. I’ve given so much for the Zhuang family. Don’t tell me I can’t get anything?” Third Uncle Zhuang roared, “You leave all the good things to your eldest son and third grandson. What are we?”

“Don’t shout at me here. If 1 can give it to you, i won’t hide it.” Old Master Zhuang said.

“You’re so biased. I’ve done so much, but you didn’t give me the position of the family head. Zhuang Liu didn’t do anything for the Zhuang family, but you miss him every day and want to see him back every two or three days. Even if he’s back now, he won’t do his best to run the Zhuang family’s business!” Third Uncle Zhuang almost spat on Old Master Zhuang’s face.

“Can you manage the company well?” Old Master Zhuang raised his eyes and looked at him. “You guys don’t know how the company has been doing all these years, but don’t you think others know?” He casually pointed at a senior manager of the company. “Manager Li, tell me, how is Zhuang Shang’s ability?” Zhuang Shang was the name of Third Uncle Zhuang.

Manager Li was not promoted by Third Uncle Zhuang or Zhuang Che. He was chosen by Old Master Zhuang himself. Since Old Master Zhuang asked him to say it, he would say it boldly.

“In March last year, Master Zhuang failed to discover a loophole in the contract during a business deal, causing our company to lose 30 million in the end.” Manager Li didn’t directly comment on the Zhuang family’s third son’s ability. Instead, he gave an example. “In August last year, Young Master Zhuang made a mistake in the delivery date of a batch of parts, causing the company to lose 10 million. Although Third Master made up for the loss, the other company said that they would never work with us again.”

Third Uncle Zhuang had nothing to say. They had indeed made a mistake in these two deals, but they had done so many deals, so it was inevitable that they would make mistakes. “No one is perfect. There will always be times when they make mistakes.”

However, Old Master Zhuang’s focus was not on their business mistakes, but on the amount of money that they’ve lost.

“What I care about is not your mistakes. If you make mistakes, it means that your abilities are not good enough. “What I want to ask now is about the money that went missing. It isn’t only the 40 million that we can see here. What about the other money that you’ve made illegally?”

Third Uncle Zhuang’s heart skipped a beat, and his eyes began to wander. “Dad, what illegal money are you talking about? Why don’t 1 understand?”

“Humph!” Old Master Zhuang threw the remaining documents onto his phone. “I didn’t want to talk about this today. It’s the new year and i didn’t want to call the police, but you’ve really disappointed me!”

Third Uncle Zhuang quickly took the two sealed document bags. He did not have time to remove the thread and directly tore the kraft paper tape. It was full of evidence of Third Uncle Zhuang colluding with the Song family to launder money. There was also evidence of Zhuang Shang and his son taking bribes in the company.

“Who gave you these?” Third Uncle Zhuang’s hands trembled. “Dad, you have to believe me. We didn’t do such a thing. Someone must be framing me!” Then, he remembered Zhuang Liu. It must be Zhuang Liu who found the evidence. He was the only one who had contact with the Song family.

Zhuang Liu also brought over a document. “This is the Song family’s confession. They not only talked about money laundering, but they also mentioned that you poisoned our family.”

Old Master Zhuang had long guessed that it was Third Uncle Zhuang who had poisoned them, but he did not have any evidence, so he could not say for sure.

“Bring it over and let me see it.” Old Master Zhuang’s voice trembled.

“Grandpa, there are some witnesses and physical evidence besides the confession. It’s best if you don’t look at it.”

“Show me!” Old Master Zhuang insisted.

Zhuang Liu could only give it to him.

Old Master Zhuang was so angry that his entire body trembled. “Bastard!”

He picked up the folder on the table and threw it at Third Uncle Zhuang. “I already guessed that you guys did it, but without evidence, I can’t say anything. I didn’t expect you to be so bold. You actually wanted to kill three people at once. You’re too arrogant!”

“Dad, you have to believe us. We didn’t poison you!” Third Uncle Zhuang was still trying his best to come out of this.

At this moment, the Zhuang family’s seventh elder walked in with his walking stick. His voice was like a loud bell. “Back then, I didn’t let you adopt this child, but you insisted on adopting him.. What you adopted wasn’t a pitiful child, but a heartless ingrate!”

 

 

Chapter 623: 623 Call the Police

 

 

As soon as he said that, everyone present, except for Old Master Zhuang and the butler, was not surprised. Everyone else had a puzzled expression on their faces.

What adoption? What ingrate? He wasn’t Old Master Zhuang’s biological son?

Old Master Zhuang sat on the sofa and sighed. “Seventh Uncle, what’s the point of saying all this now?”

“What’s the use?” The Seventh Elder walked to the coffee table with his walking stick and pointed at Third Uncle Zhuang with his walking stick. “Such a heartless ingrate can be punished however he wants. You don’t have to hide it for him. Just send him to prison for life.”

Old Master Zhuang was a kind person. Otherwise, he would not have adopted Third Uncle Zhuang when everyone was against it. However, his kindness had harmed his eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, and almost killed his most beloved grandson.

Originally, he wanted to lock up Third Uncle Zhuang and his son for a few days so that they could reflect on their mistakes and take the initiative to turn themselves in. However, it seemed that they did not know how to repent at all.

“Call the police.” Old Master Zhuang said weakly.

“No, you can’t call the police. I’m your biological son. You can’t give up on me!” Third Uncle Zhuang panicked and knelt on the ground. “Dad, save me, save Ah Che. Ah Che is your eldest grandson!”

“Is there something wrong with your ears or your comprehension ability?” The Seventh Old Master knocked the Zhuang family’s third son with his walking stick. “1 already said that you’re not his biological son. Why are you still thick-skinned enough to call him ‘father’?”

“How am I not my father’s biological son? What proof do you have that I’m not his son?” Third Uncle Zhuang did not believe it.

The Seventh Old Master said, “You’re as bad as your own father! Your biological father embezzled public funds, owed the wages of migrant workers, killed several migrant workers, and was finally hacked to death!”

“How is that possible? You’re talking nonsense.” Third Uncle Zhuang shouted.

“Third Master, it’s true.” The butler continued, “You were only two months old. Your mother was afraid of revenge, so she abandoned you and left the city. Sir took pity on you, and you’re the child of Sir’s cousin, so he brought you back and raised you as his own son.”

“You’re all lying to me!” Third Uncle Zhuang suddenly stood up and pointed at Old Master Zhuang. “You must have deliberately asked them to lie to me because you didn’t want to give it to me. 1 don’t believe your nonsense. Hurry up and give me the position of the head of the Zhuang family. You have to give me 40% of the shares.”

The Seventh Old Master commented, “He’s the same as his father. Not only does he not repent for his mistakes, he’s also a heartless ingrate.”

Old Master Zhuang massaged his eyebrows and said, “Call the police. Don’t say anything else.”

Hearing that he was going to call the police, Third Uncle Zhuang cowered again. “Dad, we’ve been father and son for so many years. How could you just throw everything away?”

“Then why did you poison your brother, sister-in-law, and your nephew?” Old Master Zhuang asked. “Why are you involve in these illegal businesses?”

“I…” Third Uncle Zhuang could not answer.

Zhuang Che came out of the bathroom. He did not hear the conversation in front of him. He only heard Old Master Zhuang’s question. Hence, he replied, “Because you’re biased, Grandpa. They’re all your sons. Why did you give all the good things to First Uncle and his family? I’m your eldest grandson, but I don’t have anything. If we don’t think of a way to get some benefits ourselves, we’ll starve to death.”

After he finished speaking, everyone looked at him strangely. He asked in confusion, “Why are you looking at me? Isn’t Grandpa biased?”

The butler cleared his throat. “Eldest Young Master, Third Master is actually not Sir’s biological son. Sir is just his adoptive father. By the same logic, you are not Sir’s biological grandson.”

“What?” Zhuang Che was also confused. “What nonsense are you talking about? How am I not my grandfather’s biological grandson?”

“Enough with the nonsense. Hurry up and call the police to arrest them.’The Seventh Great-Grandfather dialed 110. “If you don’t want to call them, I’ll do it. I don’t like them anyway.”

“No!!!” Third Uncle Zhuang wanted to snatch the phone.

Zhuang Liu stopped him. “Third Uncle, this may be the last time I will call you this. 1 don’t know how many years it will be before we meet again..”

 

Chapter 624: 624 The End of the Holiday

 

 

Zhuang Shang and his son were taken away by the police. According to the extent of their crimes, they would have to spend at least 20 years in prison.

“Grandpa, don’t be too sad. Just treat it as raising two beasts.” Zhuang Liu knew that the old man was upset. After all, he had raised Zhuang Shang for 50 years, and this was how Zhuang Shang repaid them.

Old Master Zhuang felt his head throb. “Xiao Liu, now that your uncle and Zhuang Che are in the company, I’ll leave the company to you. Originally, I wanted to keep them to help you, but their existence is your greatest obstacle.”

“Grandpa, you didn’t have to deal with them personally. I would have done it when I return to the company.” Zhuang Liu said.

“When will your father wake up?” Old Master Zhuang sighed again. “Give Grandpa a definite answer. Grandpa is afraid that he won’t live to see the day your father wakes up.”

“I’ll definitely wake up within this year.” Zhuang Liu concluded. This was what Tan Rou and he said.

“When your father wakes up, he can help lighten the pressure on your shoulders.” Old Master Zhuang looked at Zhuang Liu and said earnestly, “Grandpa is old. I can’t do anything anymore. Otherwise, 1 wouldn’t have allowed them to harm you so badly.”

Actually, Zhuang Liu was a little angry with the Old Master before. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have taken his parents away. He knew that with the old man’s wisdom, he must have guessed who poisoned them long ago, but the old man didn’t care about this matter. Zhuang Liu thought that the old man wanted them to compete.

Now, it seemed that the old man was too kind-hearted and was not ruthless enough to send Third Brother Zhuang and the others to prison.

After chatting with the old master for a while, Zhuang Liu left the old house. When he left, the old master even advised him to stay, saying that the old house was not lively anymore.

Zhuang Liu promised him that he would come back after a while. After all, the old man was already so old. If he did not have a child by his side, he would definitely be lonely. Although Zhuang Shang and his son were not good people, they had indeed accompanied the old master for many years and the old master was used to their company. Now that they suddenly went to prison, the old master would definitely feel lonely.

“Xiao Liu, what happened?” As soon as Zhuang Liu entered the house, Shen Jing couldn’t wait to ask.

Zhuang Liu replied, “Grandpa found out about Third Uncle’s money laundering and called the police. They’re all locked up in the detention center now.”

Shen Jing clapped her hands and cheered. “Those who do bad things will always be punished.”

Zhuang Liu didn’t say much. He had been busy all day and was a little tired. Shen Jing could tell that he was tired. She said, “You should rest for a while. I’ll call you when dinner is ready.”

“Sure.” Zhuang Liu nodded.

After returning to his room, he told Tan Rou about Zhuang Shang and his son being detained. Tan Rou sent him a fireworks emoji.

Zhuang Liu’s lips curled up unconsciously and he replied to her with an emoticon.

After a while, Tan Rou told him that she would come to perform acupuncture on Zhuang Yan the next day. In two days, she would have to end her vacation and go back to class.

Zhuang Liu also hoped to cure his father as soon as possible. Without any resistance now, it was time for him to wake up.

His father’s condition was not optimistic. If he did not receive treatment soon, he might be in a vegetative state for the rest of his life.

Tan Rou came in the afternoon. After giving Zhuang Yan acupuncture, she took out the newly developed medicinal oil. “Auntie, this is for Uncle’s massage. It can soften the blood vessels and promote blood circulation.”

Shen Jing thanked her. “Xiao Rou, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, our family would have fallen apart by now.”

Tan Rou glanced at Zhuang Liu, her eyes full of smiles. “Auntie, this is what I should do.”

Shen Jing asked Tan Rou to stay for a meal. After the meal, Zhuang Liu drove Tan Rou back. This was the first time Zhuang Liu drove Tan Rou back after knowing her for so long. In order to ensure the safety of driving, Zhuang Liu began to practice driving after his legs recovered. He could finally send Tan Rou back to school.

Tan Rou sat in the front passenger seat. This was also the first time she sat in the front passenger seat of Zhuang Liu’s car. Usually, when Xiao Mo drove, she would sit in the back seat with Zhuang Liu. Today, sitting here, it seemed like she had a different experience. It was like a married couple. The husband was driving while the wife sat in the passenger seat.

“Xiao Rou, we’re here.” Zhuang Liu stopped the car. “I’ll go back after a some time.”

Tan Rou smiled. “It’s okay. I can wait for you..”

 

Chapter 625: 625 Campus Life

 

 

The third year of high school started the earliest, and the first and second year of high school still had to wait for a while before the school started. Therefore, all the students on campus were third year students.

“IIAAAAA.. I’m so sleepy!” Li Li yawned. “When 1 was at home during the

winter break, I slept until 10 am every day. I really couldn’t get up when I was suddenly asked to wake up at 6 am for class.” After a few days of classes, Li Li still hadn’t gotten used to the early morning life.

Tan Rou had already sat up straight. “You’ll be fine once you get used to it.”

“Come to think of it, I don’t actually need to work so hard.” Li Li smiled and said, “Anyway, I’ve already been accepted into the Capital University.”

Tan Rou raised her eyebrows and turned to look at Li Li. “It’s still possible for you to head home now and sleep.”

“No, no, no.” Li Li shook her head and picked up her book. “I’ve been studying for more than ten years for the college entrance examination in four months. Even if I’ve been accepted in advance, I’ll still take the college entrance examination.”

Tan Rou agreed with Li Li’s words. “One must keep improving. You can’t indulge yourself after achieving some results.”

“Tan Rou is right.” Lu Qing also walked over. “She’s already so outstanding and hardworking. Shouldn’t ordinary people like us work harder?”

“School hunk Lu, I think your words are getting more and more pleasant. And you seem to be quite happy recently. Did something good happen?” Li Li said with a smile.

Lu Qing was indeed very happy because his grandfather’s health was getting better and better. “It’s because of my grandfather.”

Li Li understood that Grandpa Lu was happy because his health had improved.

Xu Yan walked over silently. “You guys seems comfortable.”

“Class monitor, come and sit down. Let’s chat.” Li Li asked Xu Yan to sit down.

Xu Yan said,” don’t really have time to chat with you guys but i could still stay for a mninute or two.”

“Which university are you going to, Class President?” asked Lu Qing.

Before Xu Yan could say anything, Li Li said, “The class monitor will definitely go to Capital University. With the class monitor’s strength, it will be very easy for him to get into Capital University.”

Xu Yan couldn’t help but laugh. “Li Li, don’t think too highly of me. i don’t have that ability.”

“Nonsense, your grades are much better than mine. Besides, 1 only benefited from the physics competition. Otherwise, with my grades, i definitely wouldn’t have been able to get into Capital University.” Li Li disagreed.

“There is still four months left. If you work hard now, you should be able to get the minimum score for Capital University,” Tan Rou said.

Li Li was moved by her. “Rourou, do you really think 1 can get into Capital University?”

Tan Rou gave her a thumbs up. “Trust me, you can do it. When you participated in the physics competition, didn’t you also go there for fun? In the end, you went from the preliminaries to the finals and even got a good ranking.”

Li Li smiled and said embarrassedly, “That’s all your credit. You taught me well.”

Tan Rou said, “I can only help you if you have this potential. If you don’t have this potential, it’s useless no matter how much 1 help you.”

Lu Qing also joked, “If Li Li was a little stronger, I probably wouldn’t be able to keep second place in the grade.”

Li Li raised her head and said proudly, “I’m not afraid to tell you. When I was young, my parents found a fortune-teller for me. The fortune-teller said that I would be rich and famous. I would definitely be the top scholar in the future.”

Tan Rou patted her shoulder and smiled. “I’ll see how you perform in the next four months, Li Li.”

Li Li was terrified. “Hahahaha i was just joking. You’ll always be first in

class!!”

Xu Yan looked at them silently. Although he didn’t have a recommendation, he believed that he would definitely get into Capital University.

“I suddenly feel that the school atmosphere has become very good. Is it because of the new semester?” Xu Yan looked out of the window and asked curiously.

Tan Rou also looked out of the window and replied, “Maybe it’s because there are fewer annoying people.”

Xu Yan chuckled. “I see.”

In the new semester, everyone was focused on the college entrance examination. Naturally, they had no time to think about nonsensical things. Whoever was missing or added to the school would be forgotten by others as time passed..

 

Chapter 626: 626 Time Flies

 

 

The intense study life made the students have no time to care about other things. They focused their mental energy on the college entrance examination. Other than eating and sleeping, they studied every day.

Tan Rou’s study life was not as tense. She still studied at the pace of the previous semester and took time to develop new pills every day.

Zhuang Liu stayed in the Capital and handed over the affairs here to his trusted people to take care of. However, he would take time out every weekend to come back and accompany Tan Rou. They would either enjoy a meal together, shop, or take a tour around the city.

Tan Rou would also go to the Capital on weekends to treat Zhuang Yan. After a few months of treatment, Zhuang Yan’s reaction to the outside world was getting stronger and stronger, and there were signs of him waking up.

Two months before the college entrance examination, Tan Rou and the others represented the country to participate in a world-class physics competition overseas. Lu Qing and Li Li did not get a place, but Tan Rou got second place. The first place was a foreign girl who had been exposed to physics since she was young. Moreover, that girl only specialized in physics and did not study other subjects.

Tan Rou didn’t really care about this result. She only cared about the bonus the school gave her. If it wasn’t for the bonus, she wouldn’t have participated. Although this amount of money was not even a fraction of her savings, it was her own money after all. She would like it no matter how little it was.

After participating in the competition, she could prepare for the college entrance examination in peace. Perhaps due to Tan Rou’s influence, Li Li had also worked very hard in her studies for the past six months. Even the teacher felt that it was amazing. Under normal circumstances, if a student was guaranteed admission in advance, they would choose to go home and wait for the admission notice. Very few students would stay in school.

Even though Tan Rou and the other two had guaranteed entry, their attitude towards their studies was even more correct than the students who would normally take the college entrance examination. Tan Rou was always first in the weekly and monthly exams, and Lu Qing was second sometimes. Li Li had also risen from the top ten in her grade to the top ten in the entire school.

The principal was delighted. He gathered all the third-year students for a meeting and said that as long as they could get into Capital University, they would be given a scholarship of 10,000 each.

Li Li didn’t care about the 10,000 anymore. After all, she and Tan Rou could earn more than 100,000 a month. Sometimes, they could earn more than that. However, the scholarship was very nice to hear. Moreover, the scholarship would be something in her record forever which would be very beneficial to her future development.

Time passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the college entrance examination. Tan Rou was not nervous, but the Tao family’s parents and brothers were very nervous. Even Tao Zhi, who was working in the capital, took a leave of absence and came back. For Tan Rou’s exam this time, he especially took a week off and took turns with Tao Zheng to send Tan Rou to the examination hall.

Tan Rou felt that they were being too nervous. It was just the college entrance examination and was not important at all. Moreover, she had already been accepted to the Capital University, so there was no need to worry.

She came to participate in the college entrance examination. Firstly, it was to test her own level, and secondly, to feel a sense of ritual. After studying for so many years, she had to take the college entrance examination once. Otherwise, she would have regrets.

After the exams, they went back to school to take their graduation photos. First, they took a group photo, then they took a group photo with their teachers and classmates. Tan Rou didn’t like taking photos and wanted to slip away early. In the end, she was caught by the principal.

“Principal, if I don’t do well, wouldn’t these photos be for nothing?” Tan Rou smiled.

The principal smiled and said, “It won’t be for nothing. 1 believe that you will definitely be the top scorer of the college entrance examination.”

Tan Rou didn’t want to dampen his confidence, because she believed that she would get first place. She wasn’t arrogant, but she had the ability to do so.

“Xiao Rou, are you free these few days?” Li Li came over with a bouquet. These were the flowers she had used for the photo just now. “Here’s a bouquet for you.”

Tan Rou touched the flowers and smiled. “Thank you.”

“I’m taking photos of you. I see that you didn’t take many photos. Why don’t we take a few more photos together?” Li Li pulled Tan Rou to a suitable place to take photos.

Tan Rou didn’t like to take photos, but she didn’t reject Li Li’s request. After all, this was the only chance in her life to take high school graduation photos. She couldn’t leave any regrets.

Lu Qing changed into his private clothes and went to Li Li and Tan Rou’s place. Xu Yan stopped him. “Don’t go. She would never be by your side. Don’t disturb them.”

Lu Qing just didn’t want to leave any regrets. Although they couldn’t be together, they could still leave a few photos as a memento..

 

Chapter 627: 627 Choosing Guest Gifts

 

 

“I just want to take a few photos as a memento. I don’t mean anything else.” Lu Qing explained.

“The graduation photo can also be taken as a memento. Besides, what’s the point of keeping hers? What will your future wife think when she sees this?”

Lu Qing thought for a moment, then looked at Tan Ron’s back and gave up on this idea. He turned around and hooked his arm around Xu Yan’s shoulder. “Since both of them are taking a photo together, they should too.”

Xu Yan wasn’t someone who liked to take photos. He wanted to break free from Lu Qing’s hand, but he couldn’t. “No, 1 don’t like taking photos.”

Lu Qing had to find someone to take photos today. “Come on. Stop moving.”

In the end, Xu Yan was dragged away by Lu Qing to take photos.

After Tan Rou and Li Li were done with the photoshoot, they each held a cup of fruit tea and sat under the tree to enjoy the shade. Li Li sent the picture to Tan Rou. Tan Rou did not edit the picture and directly sent the original picture to Zhuang Liu. Zhuang Liu did not reply in time, which meant that he was working.

Li Li picked a few of the best photos and posted them on her WeChat Moments. She then slowly edited the rest of the photos.

“Hey, Xiao Rou, I just asked you if you were free these few days. You haven’t answered yet.” Li Li said again.

“I do. I have nothing to do during this period of time.’Tan Rou thought for a moment and replied.

“I want to invite you to my house. We moved to a bigger house after the New Year. It’s already been three months, so 1 want to invite you to come over.” Li Li said embarrassedly, “You’ve invited me to your house before this and Lu Qing even has invited me. Your houses are very big. My house was relatively small in the past. 1 was too embarrassed to invite you over. Now that we’ve changed to a bigger house, I would like for all of you to come over.”

“What’s there to be embarrassed about?” Tan Rou smiled. “I’ll go and I’ll pick a big gift for you.”

Li Li scratched her head. “1 don’t need a gift… 1 miss the flowers in your garden. Why don’t you bring me a bouquet?”

Tan Rou agreed, but she felt that a bouquet of flowers was too perfunctory as a gift, so she wanted to pick a more practical gift for Li Li.

Not only did Li Li invite Tan Rou, but she also invited Xu Yan and the others. She even invited Liang Lu. According to her, the more the merrier.

“What gift are you guys going to pick for Li Li?” Liang Lu didn’t know how to choose gifts, so she simply followed behind Tan Rou and the others. Whatever they chose, she would choose something similar.

“I’m going to buy an intelligent cleaning robot.” Although Xu Yan’s family background was not as good as Tan Rou and Lu Qing’s, his parents were also businessmen. A cleaning robot was nothing to him.

“A cleaning robot?” Liang Lu weighed her wallet. “It’s a little expensive for me. I’ll pick a cheaper one.”

“I’m also planning to buy a cleaning robot.” Lu Qing said, “But since Xu Yan has already decided to bring that, 1’11 bring something else.”

“Speaking of robots, Tan Rou should know more about these products. 1 remember that there was a high-intelligence robot that just got released at the beginning of the year. 1 heard that the Tao family got the exclusive agency rights.”

Tan Rou nodded. “That robot’s performance is pretty good. Although the price is a little high, we can buy it together. This would also prevent Li Li’s parents from refusing our gift.”

Liang Lu also thought that this was a good idea. After all, it was too difficult for her to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy a robot.

“Let’s go to the Tao family’s mall and take a look. I’ll get them to bring out the best robots.” Tan Rou said.

Liang Lu raised her hand silently and asked, “Rourou, if you are there to purchase it, would we be able to get a discount?”

Lu Qing deliberately joked, “Be bold. The boss’s daughter will personally bring us there. It’s not a problem for her to give us a few sets.”

Tan Rou looked at Lu Qing and said, “1 think Young Master Lu is rich. Why don’t you buy a few more and give each of us one?”

Xu Yan said, “Stop messing around. If you continue this, the mall would close soon.”

Even though they had graduated from high school, the words of the class monitor still carried a lot of weight. As soon as he gave the order, the few of them got down to business.

The Tao family had many shopping malls under their name. The shopping mall was the largest one own by the Tao family. This place had everything.

The huge posters of the new product of TR Company, Robot A, were plastered all over the mall, showing how popular it was..

 

Chapter 628: 628 Robot A

 

 

Liang Lu still underestimated the price of the robot. She originally thought that this kind of robot would cost a little more than 10,000. She did not expect it to cost more than 300,000.

Of course, the performance of the robots that cost more than 300,000 was better. However, the robots with lower performance were not cheap either. The cheapest model was 78,000 yuan.

“So expensive!” Liang Lu opened her phone and wallet to check if she had enough money to split the bill.

Tan Rou said, “I don’t have to use any money to buy this robot and Li Li only needs one. Why don’t you guys buy something else?”

Xu Yan said, “Let’s split the cost evenly and Liang Lu could buy something else.”

Liang Lu was a proud person. The more Xu Yan said this, the more unhappy she became. “No, no, 1 have to contribute too. No matter how much money it is, 1’11 split it equally.”

“I really don’t need it.” Tan Rou emphasized, “This robot is my family’s agent. 1 won’t charge you for using a few of them. Moreover, this robot has some other parts. Those parts need to be bought separately. You guys can then buy them !!!”

Lu Qing said, “Let’s listen to Tan Rou. Although our gift is light, our friendship isn’t. 1 don’t think Li Li will blame us.”

The few of them finally discussed it and decided to wait. The mall here was full of display items. The top-notch new robots needed to be transferred to the warehouse.

While waiting for the robot, Liang Lu and the others also walked around the exhibition area and learned a lot about the new robot.

Robot A was a new product of the TL company this year. It received a lot of consumers’ love as soon as it was released, and it easily suppressed the old version of the Meng family’s robot.

Not only was the programming of the new version of the robot more perfect, but it also had many more functions. It was no longer limited to simple sweeping and mopping.

The new robot could water flowers, clean, walk pets, and so on. Its conversational ability was also very strong. It could ask and answer questions to chat with people, and it could also carry out simple teaching.

If they wanted to watch a movie, the robot could also project a movie so that they could experience the atmosphere of the movie theater without going out.

Of course, this was only the most basic function of robot A. It also had a very special ability that could simulate humans.

Robot A could be customized. As long as you were willing to spend money, you could get a robot that was 80% similar to a real person.

There was another function that was suitable for the elderly, which was the monitoring ability of the robot. The children could download the mobile app that came with the robot. If they could understand the situation of the elderly at home through remote monitoring, if the elderly had physical problems, the children could also use the robot to make emergency calls and assist the medical staff to send the elderly to the hospital.

After listening to the salesperson’s introduction, the young people were all tempted. If they could customize such a robot, would any of them actually feel lonely in the future?

After Lu Qing heard this, he immediately took out his bank card and bought a robot with the highest configuration. He also asked the manufacturer to modify the robot to look like him.

Liang Lu gave him a thumbs up. “Young Master Lu, as expected of you. You’re really rich.”

Lu Qing explained, “I’m buying this for my grandfather. I’m going to school in the Capital soon. It’ll probably be a long time before I can come back. I’m afraid he’ll miss me. This robot also has a monitoring function, which is more practical for me.”

Tan Rou and the others lived with their parents and did not have such worries. However, Lu Qing was different. His parents had passed away a long time ago. He had lived with his grandparents since he was very young. After his grandmother passed away, they were the only ones left in their family.

Old Master Lu was already old. Lu Qing was worried about leaving him alone at home. Even if there was a nanny at home, he was still worried.

Initially, he was still debating whether he should let his grandfather go to the capital with him. Now, there was no need to be conflicted. As long as he had this robot, he would be able to observe his grandfather’s condition anytime and anywhere.

“But can this robot really look like me?” Lu Qing was more worried about this. “Will it look ugly?”

Tan Rou promised, “School hunk Lu, you’re so handsome. The robot won’t make you ugly. And I’ll supervise it for you. I guarantee that this robot is even more handsome than you.”

The school hunk of Lu University was a handsome guy. “It doesn’t have to be more handsome than me, about 30% of my handsomeness would be sufficient.”

Liang Lu pursed her lips. “Ha, narcissist..”

 

Chapter 629: 629 Someone Following Behind Her

 

 

After buying the robot, Tan Rou didn’t continue shopping with Liang Lu and the rest. Liang Lu and the rest said that they wanted to buy something else to decorate Li Li’s house, while Tan Rou wanted to test the performance of the new robot, so they parted ways.

Tan Rou tried out the robot and of course, she used the trial model on the table. She didn’t use the robot that had just been bought. She just checked it briefly. This robot had a two-year guarantee period, so she didn’t have to worry about after-sales.

“Miss, what do you think of this robot?” The manager of the exhibition area asked Tan Rou with a smile.

Tan Rou gave a few simple comments. “The performance is passable. The design is also considered cute. The new custom-made shell is also very good. However, the price was a little too high. When the next batch of products came on the market, we should try our best to lower the price. This robot was designed so that it would benefit more people. But if it’s priced so highly, how would anyone be able to afford it.”

Cold sweat broke out on the manager’s forehead. “Miss, that’s how the prices are set in the Capital. Moreover, our prices are not considered expensive. Back then, the low-end version of the Meng family’s robot was sold for 500,000 each and that was something that…”

“Which is why they are now completely cold.” Tan Rou was not very satisfied with Hang Wei and the Tao family’s marketing strategy. From the beginning, she had said that the price of this robot had to be friendly to the public. If it was not something affordable, it would be difficult to make a lot of money.

“Ummm….” the manager said for a long time, but he couldn’t say a complete sentence.

“Of course, this has nothing to do with you. I’ll tell Dad and the others.” The person Tan Rou wanted to find the most was Hang Wei. What was this kid up to?

After leaving the mall, Tan Rou didn’t take a taxi. She wanted to walk around the city more. Soon, she would be going to school in the capital. Her parents ‘jobs would also be moved to the capital. They probably wouldn’t come back.

Tan Rou had spent more time in the Capital than in this city. However, she had spent most of her time in the laboratory at that time and had no idea what it was like outside. She did not have many memories of the Capital.

On the contrary, this place left a deeper impression on her. The climate here was pleasant and the air was fresher than the Capital. It was a very good place to retire. When she turned old, she would return here and stay at the Jade Water Elegant Residence. She would drink tea and listen to music every day. It seemed like a good plan.

As she walked, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. It seemed that someone was following her. Moreover, this was not the first time she felt someone following her. Ever since she finished her exams, someone had been following her from behind. However, when she turned around to see who it was, that person had quietly disappeared.

The feeling of being followed today was stronger than before. Tan Rou felt that there might be more than one person following her today. From the looks of it, they were probably about to make a move.

Speaking of which, Tan Rou had not been followed for a long time. When Tan Jing was alive, she always liked to follow behind Tan Rou. Even if she went to the toilet, Tan Jing would go out of the classroom door to take a look. After Tan Jing’s death, only Tan Song had followed her once. After that, no one had followed her.

The long-lost feeling of being followed made Tan Rou a little excited. She moved her wrists twice and slowly walked into an alley that was more than one meter wide. There was a lot of junk in this alley, and there were no surveillance cameras.

“Aiya, why can’t 1 get through this path?” Tan Rou pretended to mutter to herself, “Then 1 can only choose another path.”

Noisy footsteps came from behind her, followed by a rough male voice. “You don’t have any other choice now. This is a dead end.”

Four or five men blocked Tan Rou’s way back. Some of them had knives in their hands, while others had casually picked up sticks from the ground.

Tan Rou stood there calmly without moving. “What are you guys doing?”

“Can’t you tell what we’re here for?” The leader of the group, the scar-faced man, smiled.

“I don’t care what you do.” Tan Rou said in an unfriendly tone, “If you know what’s good for you, get out of the way!”

“I’m sorry, we can’t do that.” The scar-faced man pulled out a gun with a silencer from his belt and pointed it at Tan Rou’s forehead. “Because someone paid to buy your life..”

 

 

Chapter 630: 630 You Can’t Take It Away

 

 

Tan Ron crossed her arms and asked leisurely, “Even if you want me dead, I should at least die knowing who’s coming for me. Who hired you to do this?”

These killers were not stupid. They were paid to do things and would not reveal the information of their employer.

“Then I can’t tell you. After all, that person gave us a lot of money. We can’t expose his identity.” The scar-faced man said, “Don’t think too much. Just stand there obediently and let us send you on your way.”

“Wait a minute.” Tan Ron’s expression turned extremely cold. “If I die for no reason, 1’11 definitely become a resentful ghost. It’s said that resentful ghosts will settle scores with the person who killed them. If I can’t find the person who hired the killer, I can only settle scores with you guys.”

One of them was younger and more timid. When he heard that Tan Ron was going to turn into a resentful ghost and look for them, he quickly said to the scar-faced man, “Boss, why don’t we tell her the employer’s information? She would be dead anyway. She won’t tell anyone that we told her.”

The scar-faced man slapped him on the head. “We’re professional killers, not believers. Don’t be bewitched by her!”

He raised the silencer again, his face full of excitement. “Little girl, I can’t tell you who the employer is, but I know who can answer your question.”

“Who?” Tan Rou asked subconsciously.

“Hehehe, of course it’s the underground King of Hell!” The scar-faced man said as he pulled the trigger.

Tan Rou didn’t have time to react. She flew over. Using the strength of the wall, she kicked the scar-faced man to the ground. The gun flew three meters away. The scar-faced man wanted to snatch it, but Tan Rou did not give him the chance. She picked up a bamboo pole from the junk pile beside her and stabbed the gun far away.

“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and get her!!” The scar-faced man ordered his underlings to go up.

These underlings were all trained, so they could take a few moves from Tan Rou. In this one minute delay, the scar-faced man had successfully picked up the gun. This time, he didn’t aim at Tan Ron’s head. Instead, he fired directly at her, not caring about the few brothers beside her.

Tan Rou caught a glimpse of the gun from the corner of her eye, so she grabbed the groaning underling on the ground and blocked the shot for her.

When the man got shot, he screamed in pain.

“Damn it!” The scar-faced man didn’t dare to shoot anymore. Although he had added a silencer to the muzzle, it couldn’t stop people from shouting. If he couldn’t kill Tan Rou with one shot, he might attract passers-by.

When Tan Rou realized this, she abandoned the screaming man and rushed to the scar-faced man. Before he could react, she slashed his wrist with a knife. The man was in so much pain that he immediately threw away his gun. Tan Rou took the opportunity to grab the pistol and aimed it at the scar-faced man.

“You want my life? 1 think you’re daydreaming.” Tan Rou smiled contemptuously. “Hold your head and squat down, or I’ll blow your head off.”

The scar-faced man was a little scared, but he still braced himself and said, “You wouldn’t kill me. If you did, you have to go to jail.”

“There’s no one here, and there’s no surveillance. Who knows if I killed you?” Tan Rou said with a faint smile. Her current expression did not look like a teenage high school student at all. Instead, she looked like a veteran who had killed countless people.

Tan Rou had indeed practiced shooting, but she had only used mobile gadgets during her training. She had never aimed the muzzle at anyone.

The scar-faced man was in trouble today. He had thought that she was a little girl who was easy to rip off. He did not expect her to be so strong. She kicked his gun away and even defeated his men in a few moves.

Was she really a female high school graduate? Wasn’t he a hidden martial arts expert? If he had known that she was so powerful, no matter what she said, the scar-faced man would not have accepted this business.

“As long as you tell me who the employer is, I won’t hurt you.” Tan Rou held the gun and forced the scar-faced man to an open wall. “Hold your head and squat down. Don’t make me say it for the third time.”

The scar-faced man could only squat down slowly. He wasn’t sure if Tan Rou would kill him, but based on the current situation, it was better for him to squat down.

“You still wouldn’t say anything?” Tan Rou sent a message to the police officer she knew and said, “Sorry for offending you!”