Rong Lan had an extremely strong ability to grasp the key points. From that paragraph, she only caught the last sentence.
She took her brother's wrist and retorted with a straight face, "Brother, how could you think you're useless! You're the founder of such a large group! As long as you want, it probably wouldn't be too difficult for you to build another business empire. As for the fate..."
She thought for a while. "Let's ask Si Mo for help some other day."
She could only see the surface things. For matters like this, Si Mo was more reliable.
Chu Hengyuan took Rong Lan's hand instead and pinched her fingertips. He deliberately asked, "If I can only maintain this kind of fate for the rest of my life, would Lan Lan think I'm very useless?"
Rong Lan shook her head firmly. "No! We agreed at the beginning that I would support you. So whether brother has money or not isn't particularly important. I'll earn money to support the family."
Chu Hengyuan looked into his Lan Lan's bright pupils, and his smile deepened.
"Right!" The little fox broke free from the hand holding hers. "I almost forgot." She reached into her pocket and took out a car key.
Chu Hengyuan was just about to ask how she put the car key in her pocket. Taking a closer look, he found it wasn't the key to the family car, and it obviously looked brand - new.
Rong Lan pulled his hand over and placed the car key in his palm. "This is a New Year's gift for you." Of the two million yuan Song Wanyue gave her, after paying the year - end bonuses for Si Mo and Wang Tong and the money for treating the ghost Bai Ronglan to a meal, she spent most of the remaining money on this new car.
Chu Hengyuan was stunned.
Rong Lan then explained, "I said when I proposed to you that as long as you were willing to be with me, I would buy you a new car within half a year." Although it might have been more than half a year since they got together, she had been working hard to fulfill her promise.
Chu Hengyuan held the car key in his hand, feeling his heart burn. To be honest, if she hadn't mentioned it, he might never have remembered this. After all, when she said this, he hadn't fallen in love with her yet, so he didn't deliberately remember her words.
He shook his head and laughed. Finally, he gave in to his most genuine desire. Before the little puppet cat could cause trouble, he leaned over and planted a kiss on his little girl's lips.
The suddenly - attacked little fox was stunned. She blinked her innocent eyes and subconsciously reached out to cover the little puppet cat's eyes.
Chu Hupo: "Meow?"
"So Lan Lan still remembers." Chu Hengyuan lowered his eyes, his voice slightly hoarse. "Does Lan Lan still remember that I said I had someone I liked back then?"
"Remember." Rong Lan nodded. "But I've long known that you were lying when you said you had someone you liked."
If he really had someone he liked, he couldn't have fallen in love with her so quickly. A person with his personality wouldn't change his heart so fast. So after she was sure that he liked her, she could basically refute his previous words about having someone he liked.
"That's good." Chu Hengyuan lifted his lips and smiled lightly. "I said that back then because I didn't want you to feel embarrassed. I thought you didn't want to marry me, so I used having someone I liked as an excuse so that you wouldn't feel embarrassed."
He was the former executive president of the CY Group. Since he had already told her such a big secret, he might as well confess all the things he had inadvertently hidden before.
Today was New Year's Eve. He would leave all the things that might cause misunderstandings and unhappiness on this day. Their relationship would surely go smoothly in the coming year.
"Also, I have to confess to Lan Lan that I've long known that Lan Lan runs a fortune - telling shop. I called Xie Xinxin over to help Lan Lan out. I was worried that you would be sad if no customers came, so I asked my friend for help." At first, he really didn't know her abilities. He only thought she was just playing around by opening a fortune - telling shop. He never expected that his little girl was so amazing that she could help Xie Xinxin solve her long - standing knot in her heart and dig out the big secret that Xie Feng wasn't from the Xie family.
Rong Lan: "!" She seemed to have heard a big secret.
"Brother!" The little fox gritted her teeth. "You've been hiding this from me for so long!"
Chu Hengyuan was helpless. "I was wrong about this, but Lan Lan, you've also been hiding something from me, right?"
The implication of his words should be obvious enough. He just didn't know if the sly little fox would understand.
Rong Lan didn't understand at first, but then she thought about it and saw the mysterious smile on the man's face. She somehow felt that she understood the hidden meaning in his words.
But...
There seemed to be something wrong...
"Wait!" Rong Lan reacted. "Brother, have you long known...?" That she was a fox...
She only said half of the sentence. Since she wasn't 100% sure, she didn't continue.
Seeing the little girl's vigilant look, Chu Hengyuan smiled and helped her finish the second half of the sentence. "I've indeed long known that my little wife is a fox."
Rong Lan: "!" She felt that her whole self as a fox was in a mess. She covered her chest, looking weak as if she had been strongly stimulated and would faint the next second. "When did you know?"
It turned out that her brother had been hiding such a big secret!
This secret was even more explosive than the fact that he was the former executive president of the CY Group!
Chu Hengyuan didn't say it too directly. "The pair of glasses Lan Lan took before were given to me by Si Mo. The main function of the glasses is to see Lan Lan's fox ears..."
He knew that he would have to confess sooner or later. Involving Si Mo could at least let someone else share the little fox's anger.
Rong Lan was shocked: "Si Mo???" This matter was also related to Si Mo?
Si Mo, who was sitting cross - legged on the sofa at home alone, using the Spring Festival Gala as background noise and video - chatting with his family, suddenly sneezed.
"Pfft—Baby, you're not catching a cold, are you?"
Si Mo twitched the corner of his mouth, tapped the virtual screen of his optical brain, and said helplessly, "Mom, you're gloating."
Since the annual leave started, he had been so bored at home that he actually managed to repair his optical brain, which hadn't worked since he came to this world. The optical brain was the most important communication tool in his world. After he repaired it, he tentatively sent a communication request to his elder sister. Miraculously, his elder sister accepted the request, and he could finally contact his family at any time.
So, on this lonely New Year's Eve, he made a video call to his mom with his optical brain.
It was a pity that due to the time difference, in his world, his mom and the others weren't celebrating the New Year. Otherwise, he could have experienced the feeling of celebrating the New Year with his family from afar.
"Come on. I just think that if you're not catching a cold, then someone is scolding you. Do you want to admit that you're catching a cold or that someone is scolding you?"
Si Mo: "..." His mom's amazing logic was really...
It made people speechless.