After wearing books and raising cubs, I am rich

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Chen Cuicai is not tall, but now that she is old, her body is even more rickety.She shrank her neck and looked at An Ran timidly, as if she didn't understand what the other party said.

An Ran naturally didn't bother to pay attention to her, turned her head to look at Xi Zhaowu who was a few steps behind, and regarded her as an eye-catcher.

After receiving Xi Zhaowu's reassuring gaze, he turned his toes and looked around the backyard.

The backyard of Yixi Homestay in Kyushu has been renovated. Xi Zhaowu moved the camphor tree here to City B, and now he has rebuilt a lotus pond on the original open space.

The mouth of the pool is not big, only the size of a square one-meter-long table.At the end of summer and early autumn, the lotus has withered cleanly, and the corners of the dark green leaves are turned yellow, but the shower head, which is the size of a baby's fist, is unexpectedly full.

An Ran was cheap and greedy, and immediately picked the biggest one into her hand, then turned her head and waved her paw at Xi Chaowu.

Xi Zhaowu had been standing at the gate of the courtyard looking at him, seeing him waving his hand and shaking his head lightly, leaning on the edge of the door with one toe on tiptoe.

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Don't leave!

An Ran turned her back to Xi Chaowu, and peeled the lotus seeds on her own, without paying attention to Comrade Chen Cuicai beside her.

Chen Cuicai hadn't recognized the young man in front of her before, but just now the man's smile seemed to open the cage of her fear, and she instantly recalled the fear of being "mopped" in the old house by An Ran's collar. feel.

She shrank back tremblingly, wanted to leave but then thought of her useless son: "I, I just want something..."

"Why do you want it? You should avoid our house if you want food!" An Ran squinted at her with a smile.

Chen Cuicai: "You, you are not his, their family! You..."

Xi Chaowu stood by the door without moving, the fragrance of lotus seeds wafting in the wind.He couldn't hear what An Ran said shortly,? He saw Chen Cuicai, who was already trembling, sitting down on the ground.

Xi Chaowu raised his eyebrows, as if thinking of something funny, he chuckled lightly.Seeing An Ran walking this way with his hands in his hands, he slowly stood up straight and greeted him. As soon as this man walked in, he took out a hand and stretched it out in front of his eyes, holding a few white and tender lotus seeds in his hand.

An Ran: "Eat? It's not bitter."

Xi Chaowu picked one up, the white lotus seed was only the size of a fingernail with a hole in its heart.

An Ran chuckled: "The lotus core is on fire, I ate it!"

"Brother is very powerful." Xi Zhaowu walked towards the front yard with An Ran in his arms, and said with a smile, "I see Grandpa later, I hope my brother can be as good as this!"

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Chen Cuicai and Xiao Anran haven't spent much time together, and these years of life have bent his back. The stepson in her imagination are all the appearance of a villain and a rich man.The man's smile just now seemed to bring him back to the days of continuous rain...

Those fears that disappeared naturally because of Xiao Anran suddenly returned...

Chen Cuicai stared at An Ran's receding figure in horror, as if seeing the former villain turned into a ghost and crawling out of the grave.

By the time Kyushu Yixi completely returned to calm, it was already late.The place near the great lake is cool at night, and the old trees are blown by the evening wind, making a rustling sound.

An Ran sat with the old man in the front yard drinking tea, Kung Fu tea!There is a table of large and small tea sets, and half an hour is only enough to take a sip.It's hard for the thirsty An Ran, and it's hard for the old prince who pretends to be x!

"Come, come, have a taste!" The old man has thick thumbs and is used to rough work, holding the small side of the teapot, as carefully as a Hulk embroidering, "What's your name? How old are you this year?" ?The family members... agree?"

An Ran pinched the cup the size of a coin, and glanced at the old man: "...25, the family hasn't said it yet, but they should agree."

The old man twitched the corner of his mouth, and the action of setting the teapot was a little rough.

An Ran observed the old man's reaction, and decided to use the "substitute" to the extreme. Anyway, a poor Taoist is not as good as a dead poor fellow Taoist!

Baby, daddy is sorry for you!

An Ran silently glanced at the kitchen, and whispered, "Zhao Wu called me Xiao Ran..."

The old prince: "Then you are willing too?"

An Ran smiled sadly: "Yes, as long as he is willing to get along with me." "..." The fragile teapot fell on the saucer and broke, "Even if he, he is not sincere?"

"Yeah." An Ran nodded firmly, "President Xi is also very kind to me!"

The old man rested for a long time without speaking again, staring at An Ran with changing eyes, and finally said in a deep voice: "If, if it's for his money...Grandpa didn't say that you are such a person, or that you are with me. Tell me about the situation! If you are purely for his money, you don’t have to follow him like this! Although he looks rich, he is really in debt! He’s just a showman!"

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Mr. Xi, who was exposed by his own grandfather, felt uncomfortable after dinner tonight.Not only did he have to be stared at by the old man with death, but he also desperately endured the pitiful gazes from An Ran from time to time!After finally surviving dinner, the old man told him the room number. At that moment, the young Mr. Xi wondered why he wanted to open a B&B hotel!

If there are too many rooms, it will not exist anymore!

The old man seemed to be very worried about his grandson's conduct. When booking a room, he acted like a queen mother beating mandarin ducks, completely separating their rooms by eight feet.

The two mandarin ducks looked at each other silently, An Ran went upstairs carrying the suitcase, while Xi Chaowu carried the clothes into the room next to the old man.

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I didn't think of it either!

Xi Zhaowu: "..."

you wait for me!

The old prince: "What are you looking at! Get out of here and go to sleep! I'll see who doesn't sleep at night, and whoever I talk to!!!"

Kyushu at night is peaceful, An Ran sits on the balcony of the top floor room after taking a bath and looks down, all the familiar scenery.

His soul was split into two halves, one half drowned in love here, and the other half struggled in family affection there.

He didn't dare to think how long time had passed there, whether his parents had received the message that he was leaving again...

Early the next morning, An Ran woke up to the fragrance of the old prince's breakfast.Looking down from the balcony, there are already tourists swimming slowly on the street.

Kyushu is like this, it has a beautiful and quiet lakeside sunrise.

An Ran washes up and goes downstairs, except for the old man, no one else is active in the homestay.When he was going to the kitchen, he passed the room on the first floor, took the room card at the front desk at the corner, and walked to the innermost room.

After entering the room, Xi Zhaowu was no longer on the bed, and the sound of water came from the bathroom.He knocked on the bathroom door and stuck his head in: "Morning~"

Standing under the shower head, Xi Chaowu brushed back her wet hair, and said with a smile, "Together?"

"I don't," An Ran shook her head, "Grandpa will call for breakfast later!"

After finishing speaking, An Ran shrank back, lay down on the bed and said, "I'll play with your phone for a while!"

He hasn't had time to buy a cell phone yet.

An Ran's pupil model was entered on Xi Zhaowu's mobile phone, and he cut the page as soon as he got it.A group of missed calls popped out on the screen, showing that it was Fang Shifang.

He thought about it for a while, and waited for Xi Chaowu to take a shower and go out. The two of them got tired of it for a while, and completely forgot about it.

Young people generally don't like to eat breakfast, and it is rare for the old prince to cook a table of specialties slowly, and they are all rounded up by An Ran.He ate until his belly was round, and lay down on the dinner table to tease the old man.

"I won't go to City B with him!" The old man twitched his beard and raised his legs, "He's a big boss in a big city, and I'm just a bad old man! I'm disgusted by others!"

An Ran was amused by the old man: "Then you beat him with a small stick, a dutiful son will come out of the stick!"

The old man: "... Which country are you from?"

"Hahaha," An Ran pulled a deep-fried dough stick, wanted to eat it but couldn't fit it in, and simply threw it into Xi Zhaowu's soy milk bowl, "I followed justice!"

Xi Zhaowu grabbed a napkin and wiped An Ran's mouth. The old man didn't talk to him, so he could only be a dinner partner.

They sat and chatted until Li Feng and Ms. Xi Liu'an got up, and the old prince took advantage of their breakfast to go back to his room and change his military uniform.

Xi Chaowu stood up to clean up his and An Ran's bowls and chopsticks, and just as he piled up a few dishes, he heard the old man calling for someone at the top of his voice.

An Ran stamped Chaowu's arm, motioned for a glance, and took the dishes on the table: "I'm calling you, the little old man is embarrassed to reconcile with you in front of people!"

The dining room is not far from the old man's room, Xi Chaowu walked quickly, the door of the old man's room was closed, and he was putting on his coat with his back turned.

"Grandpa." Xi Chaowu walked over and pulled out the collar pinned to the old man's neck.He is now much taller than the old man, the old man who used to be tall and strong now only reaches his chin.

The old prince: "What are you doing here! My name is Boy Feng!"

"Brother Madman is eating."

"Then what about your boy? Let him come!" The old man's military uniform was left over from his youth. It was a recruit fund for more than [-]s. It was the one given back by the army after his eldest son left.

Xi Zhaowu helped the old man pull up the hem, and then lightly patted the folds on the top, stood up straight quickly, and gave a military salute: "Hello, squad leader!"

The first time Xi Zhaowu saw the old prince in military uniform, he was still a little boy in his teens.At that time, the military salute was not standard, and the look of tense little face was cute and ridiculous.

Today's tall and burly Mr. Xi is very worthy of a military salute, but he insists on pretending to show his two inappropriate little canine teeth: "Grandpa, so cool!"

"...Get lost," the old prince was stunned for a moment, then pushed Zhaowu away from the seat, turned around and touched his face, and said, "Go and get my badge here! Don't give me the old position! Broken clothes! How old are you still pretending to be young... Tsk, even Xiao An is not as good as you!"

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, this year's family portrait is pretty much the same as the first year's pose, although there is an extra Li Feng.

It hung with the old family portraits, turned a corner, and hung under the first one.

There are four people above, An Ran is holding Xi Zhaowu, and the old man is holding Ms. Xi Liu'an.The old man below sat in front of Xi Liu'an, An Ran sat in front of Xi Chaowu, and Li Feng stood in the middle, smiling like a big fool.

The old man said that the family is like this, come and go, go and come again.

69,

70.

They took a complete family portrait, and Li Feng proposed to go to the suburban cemetery together, but the old man refused to go to Xi Chaowu.

An Ran kept her head depressed and said nothing, of course he didn't want to visit Xiao Anran's tomb, who knows if the original owner would crawl out suddenly and want to have a cross-century conversation with him? !

He and Xi Chaowu shared a car to go back to Jiuzhou, but they were stuck in the middle of the road due to rush hour.

An Ran pushed down the back of the co-pilot's seat, pulled Xi Zhaowu's coat over her eyes and fell asleep: "You are quite unfeeling, if you don't want to go, I won't go, I will use that body to support you so big!"

Xi Chaowu turned his head to look at him, and his voice was a little cold: "Before you came, I could pretend that he was you. But when you came back, there would be nothing there. I would still let Xiaoan pay homage to him, just because he At that time, I didn't have to find Xiao An to vent my anger."

An Ran's eyes hidden under Xi Chaowu's clothes opened suddenly, he almost forgot how the earliest Xiao Anran abused his two babies.

He took off the cloth on his face, got up and kissed Xi Zhaowu: "Why is he so angry? Then do you remember what you promised me before?"

Xi Zhaowu didn't even think about it, and said, "I'll buy you spicy strips, give you your salary, and always listen to your words."

"...Don't talk about spicy noodles!" An Ran was ashamed, and then smiled, "I suddenly found that you were much more flirtatious when you were young than you are now! You shouldn't have a crush on me at such a young age, would you? ?”

Xi Zhaowu blocked An's next question, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Isn't it enough to flirt now?"

"That's not true," An Ran snickered, and whispered next to Xi Chaowu's ear, "Now I can get hard just by looking at your chest muscles! There's no time to hear what you're talking about!"

Xi Chaowu: "...What if I don't have pectoral muscles?"

"Huh? Abdominals are fine too, young man!" To show sincerity, An Ran's salty pig was stuffed along Xi Chaowu's hem.

Xi Chaowu pressed An Ran's pretentious paw, and continued to assume: "Don't you have abdominal muscles?"

An Ran frowned and looked at people, seeming to be very entangled: "Can you make a face?"

"Not at all! I'm just a rich man with a small chest and a big belly!" Xi Zhaowu finished speaking in one breath, feeling amused by himself, and stretched out his finger to poke An Ran's forehead, "You can't be like me, you love your soul?"

An Ran rolled her eyes, and while retracting her hands, she touched her two abdominal muscles and said, "Scent of the soul? Let's do it. If you grow out of shape in the future, I will still love you!"

After finishing speaking, he fell back on the back of the chair, and said to himself: "Tsk, I really didn't see it, you are so shameless! You don't want anything good, and you still can't bear the name of 'big money'." Head! Sure enough, he is a person who owes a lot of debt..."

Xi Zhaowu: "..."

At this time, the traffic in front suddenly started to move, Xi Zhaowu was driving while thinking about what he could talk to An Ran about in the company.But before he could speak, he heard the phone ringing between the two of them.

On the vehicle display screen, the three characters Gu Yipei jumped up and down.

"By the way, when I was playing with your phone in the morning, there was a missed call from Fang Shifang." An Ran suddenly remembered and added.

Xi Zhaowu glanced at An Ran, slowed down the car and turned on the call.

Inside the spacious and warm car, Gu Yipei's voice came out in a panic: "Hey, Chaowu, Shifang has been kidnapped!"

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"I'm driving," Xi Zhaowu said, "You can make a long story short."

The loudspeaker in the car is very clear, amplifying all the small voices on the phone end infinitely.An Ran listened to the messy cries and instructions over there, and exchanged a glance with Xi Zhaowu.

Gu Yipei: "I'm at Fang's house now, my aunt and the others are very anxious! The kidnappers just called and said they want me to pay the ransom alone!"

Xi Zhaowu calmly waited for the follow-up: "Well, continue."

Gu Yipei: "I want you to go with me," Gu Yipei took a breath and pleaded, "I know your ability, you will convince the kidnappers more than calling other bodyguards! I don't ask you to protect me, but can you do it for Shifang...I just want Shifang to be safe!"

An Ran listened, sat up straight quickly, and before she could speak, she saw Xi Zhaowu's calm eyes.

Xi Chaowu: "Did you call the police? Call the police first, otherwise I can't guarantee Mr. Fang's safety. You will call Director Liu."

Fang Shifang's mother is Liu Meilan, who is now the chairman of Haitian Group.

After the call was handed over, Liu Meilan was not as flustered as Gu Yipei, and even quickly agreed to Xi Chaowu's call to call the police.

The two discussed simple matters on the phone, and then made an appointment to meet.

Xi Chaowu asked An Ran to send a message to Li Feng on the tablet, and he called Wei Sianan and the others.

An Ran was editing text messages while listening to Xi Zhaowu's phone call. Wei Siannan seemed to have not woken up yet, and his voice was blah, until there was a clear slap from the other side, and he finally regained his energy.

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"Brother Xiao Ye is Sheng Jian's godson." Xi Chaowu turned the steering wheel and got off the highway, "Let's go back to City B first, and Brother Xiao Ye has booked the air tickets for us. Don't worry, Brother Xiao Ye can trust you!"

An Ran didn't have an ID card, so she had to go to the police station to book a plane ticket.It was a long time later that An Ran realized that this miraculous ticket did not come from the police station at all, the main reason was that Brother Ye had a pair of hands!

All tm all ID cards!

Even by plane, by the time Xi Zhaowu and An Ran arrived at Fang's house in City B, it was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

Gu Yipei was the one who opened the door of Fang's house. When Fang's mother borrowed the phone number from the kidnapper, she asked the aunt at home to rest.There had been kidnappings in her family before, and it was the family employees who were leaking the news.

"Dong Liu, did the kidnappers call after that?" Xi Zhaowu led An Ran in without even looking at Gu Yipei.

The corners of Liu Meilan's eyes were slightly red, and she looked at Xi Chaowu as if she saw the backbone: "I'm sorry, your uncle left early, and you know everything about your aunt's house. I really can't find anyone to discuss with."

"Auntie, Chaowu and Shifang are friends, and he won't leave him alone!" Gu Yipei brushed Xi Chaowu's arm and sat next to Liu Meilan, "Shifang has always said that Chaowu is his best brother Xiao Anran's younger brother!"

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That's not true, the main reason is that Fang Ba in the past was always a sand sculpture stuck over!

Xi Chaowu didn't say much, and after asking whether to call the police, he called "Jiuzhou Yixi" to order food.

The boss's private order, the waiter brother came very quickly.Xi Chaowu greeted Liu Meilan to have something to eat first, and at the same time brought food for An Ran.

Halfway through the meal, Liu Meilan's cell phone finally rang.

Xi Chaowu glanced at it, it was an unfamiliar number, and after receiving Liu Meilan's approval, he picked up the phone.

The kidnapper used a voice changer, and his voice seemed to be mixed with fine sand: "I know you haven't called the police yet. If you don't want to see Mr. Fang who is missing arms and legs, you'd better keep on obediently like this."

Xi Zhaowu glanced at the people at the dinner table, and said in a deep voice, "Time and place."

"At three o'clock tonight, Nanjiao Bridge on Haibin Road. Just put the money in the positioning box, and then throw it from the bridge into the water. Don't play tricks!"

Xi Zhaowu: "Yes, but let's meet President Fang first."

"Heh," the kidnapper laughed. The laughter coming from the voice changer seemed very strange in the empty villa. "So what if I met him? There is only one Fang family, do you dare to bet?"

Xi Chaowu lowered his eyelids, unable to see any expression: "You guys want Gu Yipei to make a deal by name, I can guarantee at least one will live."

The call Liu Meilan received before was that after the kidnapper received the money, the kidnapper would send another address for Gu Yipei to pick him up.

The kidnapper was silent for a few seconds, and then let out a weird laugh: "That's fine, I'll send you a video. But I don't like just taking pictures without moving~"