Rong Lan really didn't notice. She had been immersed in the grief of a shattered dream. The little fox was like a flower bud broken by the wind and snow.
God knows what a wonderful dream she had. In the dream, she was still that carefree little fox. One day, when she went to the imperial city to play, she was spotted by the emperor traveling incognito and taken back to the palace. The emperor overruled all objections and made her the empress. He would consult her on everything. She could do whatever she wanted. There were endless chickens to eat every day, and the entire palace had to obey her. Thus, she fulfilled her wish of being a disastrous empress.
The emperor in the dream had a face exactly like Chu Hengyuan's. So when she saw Chu Hengyuan's face, she suddenly woke up and returned to reality.
The emperor was gone, and the endless chickens were gone. In reality, she still had to earn money to support herself.
She must be the most miserable fox...
"Rong Lan, check the specific address of the building you got," Chu Hengyuan said.
After getting out of the car, a cool autumn breeze blew, and Rong Lan regained her senses. Hearing Chu Hengyuan call her Rong Lan, she glanced at him but didn't say much. She took out her phone to check the specific address.
"Building 7, 2nd floor, Room 203."
"Okay, let's go straight to Building 7." Chu Hengyuan snapped his fingers confidently.
Rong Lan trotted a few steps to keep up with Chu Hengyuan. As a fox with a hidden tendency to get lost, it was most reliable to follow someone who could find the way. "Is this old urban area about to be demolished?"
As soon as her mind returned to reality, she carefully observed the surrounding environment. She saw that many buildings had the character "demolish" painted in red on their sides. Moreover, the buildings in this old urban area were extremely dilapidated, and there were even many peeling parts on the outer walls.
Chu Hengyuan naturally saw those prominent "demolish" signs too. "It should be. And it seems that the Chu Group has acquired this land?"
Rong Lan: "???"
The fox was shocked. "What do you mean 'it seems'? As the young master of the Chu family, can't you be sure whether it's the Chu Group or not?"
Chu Hengyuan shrugged. "I'm the young master of the Chu family, but I don't have the final say in the Chu Group. It's already good enough that I got this insider information."
"..." Mentioning this, Rong Lan couldn't help but voice her thoughts. "Chu Chuan can't even enter the main gate of the Chu family, yet you can't compete with him in terms of decision - making power in the Chu Group."
This was like, in the era she lived in, the bastard child of a concubine dancing on the head of the legitimate son, and the legitimate son endured it. You know, this situation would never happen! She had seen bastard sons outshine legitimate sons, but she had never heard of a bastard child of a mistress outshining the legitimate son.
And Chu Chuan was just like that bastard child of a mistress who outshone the legitimate son, while Chu Hengyuan was that useless legitimate son.
"Chu Chuan can't enter the main gate of the Chu family because my mother is very strict. She once said that if anyone in the Chu family dared to let Chu Chuan step into the Chu family's old house, she would wait for my father at the divorce office of the Civil Affairs Bureau with her ID card, household register, and marriage certificate." It was such a domineering statement that made him start calling her mother when he was young.
Even though he knew that the reason she didn't allow Chu Chuan to enter the Chu family was that she thought Chu Chuan's identity was disgusting. Chu Chuan's existence constantly reminded her that the man who said he only loved her not only compromised for the sake of the Chu family, married a well - matched wife, and had a child but also had an affair during the marriage and had Chu Chuan.
"Auntie is amazing!" Rong Lan could imagine such a scene just from Chu Hengyuan's description.
She hadn't really met Chu Hengyuan's mother yet, but she always felt that she would like to get along with Mrs. Chu if her personality was as Chu Hengyuan described.
When they finally reached Building 7, Rong Lan couldn't help but grab the corner of Chu Hengyuan's clothes.
Chu Hengyuan looked down at the slender hand and stopped. "What's wrong? Are you feeling nervous as you approach home?"
Rong Lan took a deep breath. "I'm a bit nervous. I haven't thought about what to say to them yet."
Even though she was a five - hundred - year - old fox, she had never experienced such a thing. She thought she wouldn't be nervous, but as she got closer, she realized she had overestimated herself.
Chu Hengyuan smiled and placed his hand on the back of Rong Lan's hand to warm her slightly cold hand. "You'll know what to say when you really see them. When I first met my mother, I had the same thought as you. I didn't know what to say, but when we really faced each other, the words just came out naturally."
Although he only said "Hello" when he first met Zhen Rui, it didn't stop him from using this as an example to comfort the little girl.
After all, he was different from her. She was going to meet her blood relatives now, while he was meeting his step - mother that his father had found for him. Before meeting Zhen Rui, his father even told him how good their relationship was, which triggered his rebellious psychology. So when he first saw Zhen Rui, he didn't want her to live a good life.
Rong Lan took another deep breath, let go of the corner of Chu Hengyuan's clothes but didn't pull her hand away. "I've always been wondering what kind of people they are. Did you find out anything about their characters when you investigated me?"
Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows. This little girl really didn't care at all that he had investigated her. But... "I really didn't investigate such detailed things. But seeing Bai Rongran being raised so well, I think they can't be too bad."
Rong Lan agreed with what Chu Hengyuan said. Although Bai Rongran wasn't raised in the Bai family, her hands were still delicate. It seemed that she had never done any hard work since childhood.
A family that dotes on their children can't be too bad.
Rong Lan sighed. "Let's go up." She had to face this sooner or later.
"Okay." Chu Hengyuan replied.
Ten minutes later, the two came back down to the first floor. Chu Hengyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, while Rong Lan felt that all her previous nervousness had been in vain.
She stretched and completely relaxed. "It seems that the person I hired is really unreliable. The address I got is wrong. The address Young Master Chu got should be the right one."
Just now, when they went up and knocked on the door, an old grandma opened it. Just by looking at the old woman's karmic line, Rong Lan could tell that they were not blood - related.
She really needed to find a more reliable detective agency. The address they provided was so unreliable.
Chu Hengyuan raised his hand to check his watch. "It will take three hours to drive from here to the address I investigated. If Miss Bai wants to go, we can set off now and arrive around eight or nine o'clock in the evening."