When they looked into each other's eyes, their expressions practically screamed "helplessness".
"Did Dad persuade you to work at Chu Group because of Chu Chuan's incident?" Rong Lan asked as she bent down to untie her shoelaces.
Chu Hengyuan replied, "Most likely. Although there are people speaking up for Chu Chuan, his reputation is already ruined. For the future of Chu Group, no matter how much Dad likes Chu Chuan, he won't let him take over the company."
However, he didn't want to take over Chu Group either.
In his eyes, Chu Group was a mess. To him, it was more interesting to return to CY than to take over Chu Group.
Moreover, he couldn't handle too much money now as it would make him sick easily.
After changing her shoes, Rong Lan straightened up and threw herself into the arms of the man standing behind her. She rubbed against his chest coquettishly and asked, "Does big brother want to work at Chu Group?"
Chu Hengyuan wrapped his arms around the delicate little darling and shook his head without hesitation. "No."
"Then don't go! Anyway, I'll support you!" Rong Lan declared boldly and generously.
Chu Hengyuan smiled helplessly. He reached out and gently stroked her cheek. His expression was gentle, with a tender smile on his face. "I'm really touched by what you said, Lan Lan. But why do I feel like you're up to something?"
Her eyes were firm, but the smile on her face was just like that of a cunning fox.
Although she was indeed a fox, he always felt that something was off.
The little fox who had been "wrongly accused" patted Chu Hengyuan's chest. "What could I be up to? I'm clearly confessing my love to you!"
She said it seriously, showing not a hint of guilt.
However, within half a day, Chu Hengyuan found out what the little girl's smile the previous night meant.
Mother Bai called him and told him that Rong Lan had said to her that as long as he was willing to work at Chu Group, Rong Lan would return to Bai Group. Mother Bai advised him that for the sake of Bai Group, he should seriously consider whether to work at Chu Group.
He had to come up with an excuse to fob her off first and planned to settle the score with Rong Lan after she got off work.
The little fox had been particularly immoral in this matter. Now, it was as if the pressure from both families had been placed on him. He would be persuaded by both the Chu and Bai families to work at Chu Group.
When Mother Bai called Chu Hengyuan, Rong Lan was lying on the sandalwood table in the fortune - telling shop, calling Bai Rongran.
"My dear little sister Rongran..." She didn't even need to think to know that it must be Bai Rongran who had said something to their parents, which was why they suddenly persuaded her to return to Bai Group. Before this, her parents had acquiesced to her leaving Bai Group for fear that Bai Rongran might think too much.
Bai Rongran, who was sitting at the dinner table sipping soup, was concise. "Speak!"
"What did you say to Mom and Dad?" Rong Lan drawled out the words, her tone sounding extremely aggrieved.
Bai Rongran immediately understood what Rong Lan's out - of - the - blue question meant. "I didn't say anything to Dad. I just told Mom that I would never inherit the family business in the future. It's too tiring. I want to be a carefree rich young lady with company shares."
Rong Lan was speechless. Bai Rongran's wish was also hers, but how could Bai Rongran be so unmotivated! If her little sister Rongran was so unmotivated, her wish would never come true!
"I'm not really a member of the Bai family. If I inherit the family business, I won't even feel guilty if I squander it all." She wanted to scare Bai Rongran with this.
However, having been tricked by Rong Lan so many times, Bai Rongran could tell which of her words were true and which were false. She didn't believe Rong Lan's nonsense. "You won't be so irresponsible. And, I've said that you're the eldest daughter of the Bai family. How can the eldest daughter of the Bai family not be a member of the Bai family?"
"I've made a profit!" Rong Lan said with a smile in her voice. "I've made a huge profit by getting my little sister Rongran, who used to hate the title of 'second young lady' so much, to firmly recognize me as her elder sister!"
Bai Rongran rolled her eyes.
"But! I think we can still talk about this!" Rong Lan saw Si Mo walking in with a take - out bag. She sat up straight. "Tell Mom that I'll bring your brother - in - law home for dinner this weekend. I'll talk to you properly then."
She didn't have the time to have a heart - to - heart talk with her little sister Rongran from afar now. It was lunchtime.
"Okay." Bai Rongran replied simply.
After the sisters pretended to be polite and said goodbye, they both hung up the phone without the gentlemanly thought of waiting for the other to hang up first.
Putting down her phone, Bai Rongran picked up the soup spoon. She took a sip of the soup before smiling at Mother Bai, who was also sitting at the dinner table sipping soup. "Mom, sister said she'll come home for dinner this weekend."
"I knew it was Rong Lan on the phone." Mother Bai said with wrinkles at the corners of her eyes from smiling. "You two clearly have a good relationship, but every time you chat, it's like you're arguing."
Bai Rongran lowered her head and secretly rolled her eyes. Their relationship was indeed good, but it had only become so recently. Before, their sisterly affection had been an act. But even though their relationship was good, she just couldn't help but retort to Rong Lan.
Mother Bai gently admonished, "Rongran, send your sister a message later and ask her what she wants to eat. I'll ask the maid to prepare the dishes."
Bai Rongran responded and then asked curiously, "Mom, why don't you ask sister if she'll bring... brother - in - law?" She deliberately didn't mention that Rong Lan would bring Chu Hengyuan and was waiting for her mother to ask her.
Mother Bai took a sip of soup, with a gentle smile on her face. "No need to ask. Rong Lan will bring Hengyuan back."
Bai Rongran was stunned.
Mother Bai continued, "When you find someone one day, someone I'm sure you'll bring back with you every time you come home, I'll be about 70 or 80 percent relieved."
Bai Rongran tightened her grip on the spoon handle and put on a shallow smile. "I will find such a person!"
She would never find another heartless scumbag who didn't love her. She would surely find someone who loved her.
On the other side, the dragon and the fox sat facing each other. They opened the lids of the take - out boxes and were about to have lunch.
"Where is that fox now?" Rong Lan asked curiously.
Si Mo replied expressionlessly, "Still in the Forest Park."
"Eh—It actually went back to the Forest Park." While expressing her surprise, the little fox put on disposable gloves and grabbed a drumstick.
"Probably it sensed that we left, so it went back there to continue its cultivation." Si Mo wasn't as bold as the little fox. He picked up chopsticks to pick at the chicken. "I checked some information last night and found something very interesting."
"Something interesting? Tell me." Rong Lan was waiting for Si Mo to tell her some gossip.
"The Forest Park in the capital wasn't always this popular. Not to mention on weekdays, even on weekends, it wasn't difficult to make a same - day reservation to enter the park. The park started to get popular about a month ago, and even the media couldn't figure out the reason for its popularity. The reasons they gave were just things like the kapok flowers in the park were in bloom or you might run into celebrities in the park." Si Mo slowly recounted.