Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year’s Eve.
Most of the servants had already received their annual leave and generous red envelopes and went home. The Luo family, which was usually crowded with people, was always exceptionally deserted on the eve before the New Year.
Luo’s main building, dining room.
The heavy solid wood double doors with intricate patterns were pulled open by the servants on both sides of the dining room, as a young man strode in, bringing the cool night breeze with him.
Butler Lin Yi took a step toward the main seat, bowed and whispered, “Old sir, the young master is back.”
In the main seat, Mr. Luo raised his eyes and said, “Yes.”
Luo Zhan stopped beside the high-back chair to the left of Mr. Luo. He then casually took off his dark blue long coat, and the servant who followed him in took it. Meanwhile another servant handed him a hot towel to wipe his hands.
While wiping his hands, Luo Zhan glanced at the empty seat opposite him – there was no tableware, and the high-back chair was pushed under the long table.
Luo Zhan lowered his eyes and sat on the soft leather cushion of the high-back chair: “My brother can’t come back today?”
Lin Yi smiled: “The eldest master said that he has work to do in another place tonight and will not be back until tomorrow morning.”
Luo Zhan’s mouth twitched slightly: “Grandpa, I think this is a lack of family discipline. The longer he is left outside, the more his heart will go wild. I suggest you bring him back as soon as possible to take over the company – tying him up will make things stable.”
“He can’t come back. Isn’t that your fault, little brat?” Luo Jingyuan said with a cold face.
Luo Zhan wiped his slender hands and lazily threw down the hot towel, with a look of disinterest on his face: “He made up excuses not to come home, what does it have to do with me?”
“If it has nothing to do with you, how come someone told me that he made a bet with you and that’s why he’s been missing all year?”
“It’s obviously a frame-up and slander.” Luo Zhan answered lazily without even thinking.
Mr. Luo snorted coldly and ignored him.
Luo Zhan picked up the polished metal knife and tapped the table bell with the handle. With a crisp sound, the side door of the dining room opened and two servants came in pushing a dining cart.
One of them walked up to Luo Zhan, holding a bottle of decanted red wine on a piece of fine white silk in his hand, and went to pour it for Luo Zhan.
Luo Zhan raised his eyelids, raised the handle of the knife in his hand, and the back of the knife blocked the slender body of the red wine bottle.
“Master?” The servant who was pouring the wine lowered his head in confusion.
“I may have something to do in the evening and need to go out.” Luo Zhan said in a light tone.
Sitting at the main seat, Luo Jingyuan frowned slightly: “Are you going out again today?”
“Possible.”
“Isn’t there a driver on duty at home?”
“Private business, I’ll drive myself.”
“…”
Seeing that Mr. Luo was obviously unhappy, Lin Yi smiled and bowed, and advised in a gentle voice: “Young Master, it is New Year’s Eve after all, you should have a drink with the old gentleman…”
“Hasn’t Butler Lin heard that sentence?” Luo Zhan raised his eyelids lazily.
“?”
Luo Zhan said calmly: “One drop of wine from the driver, two lines of tears from the relatives.”
Lin Yi: “…”
In the main seat, Luo Jingyuan laughed angrily: “You are really a law-abiding citizen.”
Luo Zhan didn’t raise his eyes: “You taught me well.”
While they were talking, the dinner plate, knife, fork, spoon and saucer were already placed in front of Luo Zhan.
Luo Zhan picked up the knife, then stopped his hand in mid-air: “…What is this?”
Lin Yi introduced the appetizers.
Luo Zhan frowned: “I haven’t eaten at home for just a month, and the chef at home has been replaced by someone who feeds rabbits?”
Mr. Luo, who was chewing expressionlessly, froze.
Lin Yi suppressed his laughter, coughed lightly, and added: “A senior nutritionist came to our house last month, and this is the health-preserving meal he researched and matched.”
Before Luo Zhan could speak, the old man on the main seat snorted, “Eat it if you want. If you don’t want to eat it, get out. Go back to your laboratory and drink your robot nutrient solution.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi suddenly felt a headache.
Everyone in the family knew the young master’s temper. The old man’s words might be intimidating to anyone else, but they only had a counter-effect on Luo Zhan…
Lin Yi was ready to welcome the storm on New Year’s Eve, but he waited for a long time and saw nothing. So, he looked up in surprise: Young Master Luo frowned, but he didn’t refute a word and started eating.
Lin Yi subconsciously turned his head and looked at Mr. Luo’s face, which also looked thoughtful.
After dinner, Luo Zhan went to Luo Jingyuan’s study.
When he arrived outside the study, he saw Lin Yi walking out of the study.
“My grandpa doesn’t have anything else to do tonight, right?” Luo Zhan asked.
Lin Yi smiled and said, “The old man has been waiting for you.”
“Waiting for me?”
“The young master has been acting unusually tonight. He must have something to discuss – how could the old gentleman not even see that?”
“Yeah.” Luo Zhan didn’t care about being exposed, “I do have something to beg of him.”
“…”
Butler Lin was stunned.
When he turned around to look, the young man’s slender figure had already walked into the study without looking back.
Butler Lin stood there for a few seconds before turning back and muttering, “He actually still needs to use the word ‘beg’… Is the sun rising from the west?”
Twenty minutes later.
The old man’s shocked voice rang out in the study: “What did you say? Say it again!”
The young man leaning on the sofa still spoke in that lazy tone: “Lan Jingqian is Ran Ran’s biological father.”
Luo Jingyuan had already stood up from his seat, and after a moment of shock, he asked in a deep voice, “Are you sure?”
“Hundred percent.”
“…”
The old man slowly relaxed his body and leaned back in the wide and soft chair, his slightly cloudy eyes revealing a gleam of racing thoughts.
“In that case,” Luo Jingyuan said after a while, even revealing a very faint smile, “then you really don’t have to consider your engagement with Tang Luoqian.”
Luo Zhan glanced at him with disdain: “Grandpa, you are so old, don’t be like this, you stink of money.”
Mr. Luo was so angry that he stopped smiling: “Isn’t it because of the future of you little brats?”
Luo Zhan said coldly: “The greatest consideration you can give me is if you think less about me.”
Luo Jingyuan glared at him angrily.
Luo Zhan was silent for a few seconds, then slowly clasped his long fingers together: “However, there is a more important question now.”
“What’s the problem?” The old man glanced over.
Luo Zhan leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said word by word: “Ran Ran’s eye restoration surgery.”
“…” Mr. Luo paused, his expression becoming subtle.
Luo Zhan said: “Matthew’s international connections are much more powerful. Through his network, we can get the exact number from the international cornea donation pool before June of the new year at the latest.”
Mr. Luo picked up the red teacup in front of him and said calmly, “The Tang family won’t agree. If they are willing, then Tang Ran’s eyes should have been treated a long time ago.”
Luo Zhan’s eyes darkened.
Mr. Luo waited for a long time but saw no movement. He looked up in surprise and asked, “Aren’t you curious why?”
“I’ve already guessed it.”
“Um?”
Luo Zhan slowly clenched his ten fingers, and the pale blue blood vessels on the back of his cold white hand slightly stretched.
After several seconds, he said in a hoarse voice: “They don’t know that I already know the truth. They are afraid that Tang Ran will recognize me as the person she saved that year, so they are unwilling to give her treatment.”
Mr. Luo was silent for a moment. He put down the red teacup and sighed softly: “Hang Wei is a cruel woman. She won’t give in easily.”
“I know.”
“So what are you going to do?”
Luo Zhan was silent.
After waiting for a while, Mr. Luo straightened up and took the initiative to speak: “This fall, I asked Lin Yi to check for traces of Tang Shiyu.”
Luo Zhan was startled, and raised his eyes from his deep thought: “Tang Shiyu?”
“Yes, it’s Tang Ran’s mother.” Mr. Luo looked uncomfortable for a few seconds. “At that time, I knew that you would probably go down this path in the future, so I had to make some preparations in advance.”
“Did you find out?”
“We already have a clue. But she has never been at peace in these years. She has changed her name several times and has been traveling around the world without a permanent place to stay.” Old Master Luo frowned and said dissatisfiedly, “Yes, it’s the personality of that crazy girl back then.”
Luo Zhan frowned slightly: “That means we don’t know when we can find her.”
“Um.”
“Tang Ran’s surgery cannot wait for that woman to show up.” Luo Zhan paused, then changed his words, “As long as I get the donation quota, I don’t want her to wait one more day.”
Luo Jingyuan glanced at his grandson helplessly: “She has been waiting for so many years, are these few days too much?”
“…”
“I see, you don’t want to push her into the limelight, do you?”
Luo Jingyuan looked away angrily.
“No matter what the lawsuit is, if Lan Jingqian, the Tang family, or even the Luo family are involved at the same time, it will cause a big uproar. I think you are simply worried that the little girl can’t stand the pressure of public opinion, so you are unwilling to consider it!”
After the old man finished speaking, the study was quiet for a full minute.
A minute later, Young Master Luo’s expression gradually faded, and he leaned back on the sofa, pretending to be unconcerned and frivolous: “You will understand.”
Mr. Luo snorted angrily: “Go ahead.”
“Say what.”
“Stop playing innocent. If you don’t have something to do, then why did you come to me on New Year’s Eve to talk?”
“Well, since you asked…”
Luo Zhan stood up and took the initiative to move to a seat closer to the old man.
He leaned forward and said, “I’ve thought about it and found that there is only one simple and effective way to make the old woman from the Tang family give in.”
“Don’t keep me in suspense.” Old Man Luo pegged his eyelids and said unhappily.
Luo Zhan’s lips curled slightly: “I will pretend not to know. You will come forward to finalize the engagement verbally. After you coax Tang Shixin to sign, I will reject the engagement.”
Mr. Luo was silent for a few seconds: “Okay…”
Luo Zhan: “As long as you agree.”
“——You’re so good!”
Mr. Luo was furious and almost flipped the table onto Luo Zhan’s face. He gritted his teeth and said:
“Your bad idea is to use my old face and the Luo family’s century-old reputation to exchange for your little girl, right?!”
Luo Zhan was too close and was splashed with the old man’s saliva.
He wiped it off in disdain and moved a few steps to the side: “I haven’t finished yet.”
“What else do you want to say? I just spoiled you too much! Why don’t you just hang me out in the streets and parade me around?” Old Master Luo was furious. “If it really comes to that, not to mention my shame – who would dare to do business with the Luo family? How can the Luo family survive in the industry!”
Luo Zhan sneered and said nonchalantly: “Breaking a contract is not something that has never happened in the business world. What’s the big deal? As long as we give the Tang family a sufficient explanation, who will still gossip about the Luo family?”
“…”
Mr. Luo paused for a moment with an angry look in his eyes. After a moment, he slowly suppressed his emotions, sat back, and asked in a cold voice:
“Between the Luo family and the Tang family, rejection of marriage is no small matter. What explanation can you give them?”
Luo Zhan’s ten fingers hanging on the sofa rose and fell, tapping lightly. He smiled frivolously: “How many subsidiaries should we divide out for them?”
“——!”
Old Man Luo picked up the red teacup and was about to throw it at Luo Zhan’s face.
Luo Zhan pretended to dodge: “It’s just a joke. Grandpa, please don’t get mad. I’m counting on you to be so shameless and got to people’s house to cheat them.”
“I think you just want to piss me off to death so you can ruin the Luo family as much as you want!”
Luo Jingyuan was so angry that he brought the cup to his mouth and took a sip of the cold black tea, which slightly calmed his anger.
He then looked at Luo Zhan coldly: “Do you have any reliable explanation?”
“Yes, I have.”
“Then tell me!”
“…”
Luo Zhan narrowed his eyes slightly.
A few seconds later, he leaned sideways on the sofa, raised his hand that was holding the leather backrest, and pointed his index finger at the east wall of the study.
Mr. Luo followed his gaze and looked over –
On the simple and heavy altar, the Luo family’s time-honored family baguette was resting steadily on the polished guardrail.
Mr. Luo was stunned.
After a few seconds, he turned back in shock: “You crazy boy, you don’t want to…”
Luo Zhan lowered his hands and smiled nonchalantly.
“No matter how many explanations the Tang family wants, I will give them to them.”
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