Chu Hengyuan understood what the little fox meant. He stood up following her lead. "You must be hungry. I'll go get your roast chicken right away."
Rong Lan, exhausted both physically and mentally, subconsciously nodded her little head.
Unfortunately, this subconscious gesture was caught by Tang Xingwei.
"Hey—this fox can nod? Did I see it wrong?"
Rong Lan was startled. She was afraid that her excessive intelligence would arouse suspicion that she wasn't an ordinary fox.
She stiffly nodded again, and then shook her head, trying to create the illusion for Tang Xingwei that she was just stretching her neck.
Sure enough—
Tang Xingwei was deceived. "Oh, this fox is just twisting its neck. I knew it. If there really was a fox smart enough to nod, it should go to school."
Rong Lan let out a sigh of relief. Thankfully, thankfully, Tang Xingwei was easy to deceive.
What she didn't know was that the person closest to her had also seen her nod.
However, he said nothing. Watching his little girl get nervous after showing a flaw while pretending to be an ordinary fox, he tried hard not to laugh.
She was smart enough to deliberately mislead Tang Xingwei. Otherwise, he would have had to lie and say that he had noticed when he picked her up that she liked to nod.
"Let's get ready for dinner." Chu Hengyuan suppressed his smile. He picked up the little fox with one hand and the little ragdoll cat with the other, and took them to the dining room.
Little Amber was rarely allowed to eat at the table. It meowed excitedly several times.
Out of guilt towards the little fox, Chu Hengyuan put a plate in front of the little fox with not a single vegetable on it. The plate was filled with the little fox's favorite roast chicken.
And Chu Amber, who rarely got to eat at the table, also got to enjoy its favorite cat food cans.
"I never thought that one day when I eat at your place, I'd be at the same table as a little cat." Tang Xingwei sighed and even wanted to take out his phone to take a photo and post it in the group, so that others could see how much marriage could change a person. You know, Chu Hengyuan used to keep his distance from small animals. Who would have thought that just getting married could make him accept dining with pets at the same table.
Chu Hengyuan looked calm. He glanced at the little fox from time to time, afraid that the little fox wouldn't eat well. "What's so strange about this?"
In his eyes, these weren't just small animals. They were his family.
"By the way, you've been at work all day. Have you seen the gossip spreading in various groups?"
Gossip? Rong Lan, who was concentrating on eating, pricked up her fox ears and looked up at Tang Xingwei.
It was really uncomfortable not being able to speak at this moment. She couldn't even ask 'what gossip'.
Chu Hengyuan shook his head. His eyes were deep. "I didn't check the groups. I was bothered by those smart people in the Chu Group all day. They were afraid that I was even worse than Chu Chuan. They tested me with all kinds of complicated and strange documents for a whole day."
Hearing this, Rong Lan shook her fox ears again. Her eating speed slowed down as she distracted herself to listen to their conversation. Did the people in the Chu Group bully her brother? If not, he wouldn't have even used the word 'bothered'.
Tang Xingwei was flattered to hear Chu Hengyuan sharing his work with him. This guy always kept his words to a minimum, but now he actually took the initiative to talk so much to him?
What he didn't know was that Chu Hengyuan deliberately steered the topic to his work. He wanted to share with his little girl what kind of weirdos he had met that day. But he couldn't just talk to a fox. It would easily arouse the little girl's suspicion. So he could only take advantage of Tang Xingwei's presence and use him as a tool.
And Tang · Tool Man · Xingwei didn't think too much about it. He just thought that Chu Hengyuan had been so wronged at the company that it had triggered his desire to share. He smiled and continued Chu Hengyuan's words, "So did they get the result they wanted?"
"I guess not." If he let those smart people succeed easily, it wouldn't be fun. "I can roughly guess what Chu Chuan's business ability is like in the company. I just need to do about the same as Chu Chuan, so that father won't place too many expectations on me."
Tang Xingwei felt like a spectator. "Don't you want to take this opportunity to secure your position as the heir of the Chu Group? If you did, you could not only piss off Chu Chuan, but also those who have looked down on you for so many years?"
Chu Hengyuan scoffed lightly. "No. If I really wanted to argue with those people, after my fate returned to normal, I could still go back to the CY Group and slap those people in the face."
Tang Xingwei nodded thoughtfully. "That's true. You still have—" the CY Group.
Before he could finish his sentence, Chu Hengyuan coughed lightly to interrupt him. "There are quite a few people in the company who only follow Chu Chuan."
As soon as he heard the words 'still have', he knew what his friend was going to say next. After all, all his good friends knew that his biggest backer had never been the Chu family, but the CY Group.
Throwing out this heavy topic, Tang Xingwei immediately forgot the second half of his sentence. "Only follow Chu Chuan? What do they want? Do they want Chu Chuan to hook up with well - known rich and promiscuous women in the circle? Or do they want Chu Chuan to know how to coax rebellious teenage girls with words?"
"They are the people promoted by Chu Chuan. I plan to test their business abilities in a few days. If their business abilities are good, they can be saved. If not, they'll have to go." Although he didn't know how long he would stay in the Chu Group, as long as he was there for a day, he wouldn't make himself uncomfortable. It was definitely not okay to keep people who would tip off Chu Chuan by his side.
So tough! She liked this decisive approach! Rong Lan secretly praised her brother in her heart.
Tang Xingwei also gave Chu Hengyuan a thumbs up. "You're still you..."
Their topic always revolved around the Chu Group. It wasn't until after dinner that Tang Xingwei picked up his medical kit and was about to leave that he remembered the gossip he hadn't had time to share with his friend. "You can take a look at the chat records in the big group later. It's really interesting. It's the kind of interesting that can fill many gossip headlines."
Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows. "Is what you're talking about related to Chu Chuan?"
There was a gloating smile on Tang Xingwei's baby - face. "Yes."
Hearing them mention Chu Chuan again, Rong Lan was extremely curious. While Chu Hengyuan was sending Tang Xingwei downstairs, she dragged her exhausted body and took the little ragdoll cat with her. She rushed straight to the study, dug out the tablet from the desk drawer, and planned to secretly log in to the chat software on the tablet to see if there was any fresh and juicy gossip.
However, she overestimated her flexibility after being injured. After struggling with great effort, she finally managed to drag the tablet to the ground. Just then, the sound of the door opening rang out.
Not long after, Chu Hengyuan came to the study. At this time, the little fox had just unlocked the screen.
The man and the fox looked at each other. There was a hint of surprise in the former's eyes, while the latter awkwardly shook her fox ears and started to create the illusion of being naughty.