As Hoover's words fell, Zhou Ming and Tang Ran didn't speak for a long time, after all, such shocking news takes a certain amount of time to digest.

However, before that, Hoover did disappear from Brighton for a while, and it seems that he went back to San Francisco to deal with the inheritance problem within the Tang family, and even went to Lingnan to look for Tang Ran, but he didn't find it, or Tang Ran had already fallen out with his parents or ran away from home at that time;

These things can finally be matched with Zhou Ming's memory, and they have helped Zhou Ming solve a lot of mysteries, of course, after understanding these things, there are more and more headache mysteries, but these are not the top priorities.

Zhou Ming and Tang Ran were silent, but Hoover continued: "Since Miss Tang Ran is the only daughter of her uncle, then she is naturally the first heir in line to the family rules, but this family rule is a new rule that is reintegrated after coming into contact with the rules of the Western royal family. ”

And Miss Tang Ran has been living in her hometown in Lingnan since she was born, not only has she never done anything in the family, but even except for a few elders, few people know that there is such an heir, let alone any support. ”

Hoover finally concluded: "So I think that if Miss Tang Ran wants to quickly improve her competitiveness, the best and most direct way is to marry another very powerful heir, so that the double guarantee of strength and rank can ensure the smooth inheritance of Miss Tang Ran, I believe that no matter who it is, including several elders in the clan, there is nothing wrong with it." ”

Almost before Hoover's words were finished, Tang Ran shouted loudly: "Don't say it again, I'm not the heir of the Tang family, and I don't want to inherit any Tang bank, I'm Tang Ran, I was born in Nanjiang and grew up in Nanjiang, I'm just an out-and-out Nanjiang person, I'm not an heir! I beg you to let me go!"

Hoover smiled helplessly: "If it's just me, of course I'd be happy to do this, but I'm sorry, this is about the Tang family, that is to say, Miss Tang Ran, from the day you have the Tang family blood flowing in your body, this is the mission you are destined to carry......"

Before Hoover's words fell, Tang Ran shouted again: "But I don't want to carry this mission, I don't even want this bullshit Tang bloodline!"

The last sentence Tang Ran almost shouted hysterically, after shouting, she turned her gaze to Zhou Ming again, her eyes flashed with crystal tears, and at the same time sobbed but said firmly: "Brother Ming, I like you, I don't want to marry someone I don't know, if you want me to marry, I just need to marry Brother Ming, even if it's just to be your concubine...... Brother Ming, I beg you, help me!"

With Tang Ran's words, her tears slipped from her eyes as if she had burst the embankment, Zhou Ming was not hard-hearted, Tang Ran looked pitiful when I saw such a pear blossom with rain, so Zhou Ming stretched out his hand and hugged her into his arms and said to her: "Don't worry, with me here, no one can force you to do anything you don't want to do, but do you believe me?"

Hearing Zhou Ming say this, Tang Ran finally smiled, she nodded vigorously and said, "I believe it!"

The good picture will always be disrupted, and unfortunately Hoover is such a character, at this time he interjected: "I'm sorry two, I know I shouldn't have spoken at this time, but I still want to say it, because things are now, I'm afraid it's not up to you to decide." ”

With Zhou Ming's happiness destroyed, Tang Ran glared at Hoover angrily, hating to peel him off and cramp; on the other hand, Zhou Ming was much more rational than him, and just asked meaningfully: "Why? Has this risen to the level of world peace?"

"That's not going to talk about it, but it's related to Miss Tang Ran's safety, and I'm also thinking about her. ”

Saying that, Hoover also stretched out his finger and pointed at Tang Ran, and then said: "I think maybe Mr. Zhou Ming and Miss Tang Ran don't know the current situation, and you don't know how much trouble a few heirs have made over the issue of inheritance, so I'll tell you that a few days ago, a villa was set on fire, and none of the twelve people in it, including the servants and bodyguards, were spared." ”

"Do you want to say that if Tang Ran leaves here, his life will be in danger?" Zhou Ming asked.

Hoover shrugged his shoulders: "I can't be sure, maybe they will be ruthless and directly cut the grass to the roots, or maybe in view of Miss Tang Ran's special status, they will put her under house arrest, and then force her to marry herself, in order to increase her competitiveness, but no matter what, it is very bad, and it is also an ending that we don't want to see, right?"

"In my opinion, this is not much different from what you do, is it?" Zhou Ming said.

"Okay. Hoover spread his hands and sighed, "But at least I don't do anything wrong to Miss Tang Ran, and I respect her personal wishes very much." ”

"You'd be glad you did, otherwise I don't think we'd be able to sit here and talk as peacefully as we do now. Zhou Ming said.

If someone else said this to Hoover, Hoover would definitely laugh at the other party's naivety, even if the other party was a powerful person in a certain organization, because such an afterthought threat was really weak! But the person who said this at this moment was Zhou Ming, but it made Hoover chuckle in his heart, Hoover didn't understand, this kind of words obviously came from the mouth of a person with crushing strength, and it was really a threat, but in front of him was obviously just Zhou Ming, who was easily driven out of Brighton by the Adams family, how could it be?

Zhou Ming didn't care about Hoover's entanglement in his heart at the moment, he continued: "But no matter what, I still thank you very much for telling me these things about Tang Ran, and thank you for protecting her in the past two days......

Zhou Ming's words made Hoover frown, and before Zhou Ming could finish speaking, Hoover said, "Mr. Zhou Ming, don't tell me that your final decision is to take Miss Tang Ran out of here?"

"Respecting her own decision, isn't that what you said yourself, Mr. Hoover, just now?" Zhou Ming asked curiously.

In this regard, Hoover said with some embarrassment: "I did say so, but I care more about the safety of Miss Tang Ran, after all, she is the first heir in line to the Tang family." ”

Zhou Ming smiled: "First in line to the throne, I think Mr. Hoover or the successor behind you really cares not about Tang Ran's safety, but needs her to be willing to be your weight, right? Because if she is reluctant, the other heirs can use the topic to discredit the heir behind you, or even cancel his inheritance qualifications, so you have to do this." ”

At the end, Zhou Ming paused, and then deliberately stepped forward and asked Hoover, "Mr. Hoover, am I right to say that?"

Zhou Ming's words smashed into Hoover's heart like a heavy hammer, making him heartbroken, he didn't expect Zhou Ming to just say a few words, and he actually explained things thoroughly, and what scared him more than this was that he didn't understand Zhou Ming's purpose at all.

"Looks like I guessed right. Zhou Ming turned his head and asked Tang Ran, "What do you think?"

Tang Ran replied without even thinking about it: "I don't want to inherit any Tang family, I don't want any Tang Bank, I just need to leave here immediately, I don't want to stay here for a second!"

Faced with Tang Ran's answer, Hoover immediately objected: "No! You must stay here, otherwise you will only have one more enemy!"

Hoover's voice was out of tune, it can be seen that Tang Ran's words really made him anxious, maybe the people behind him gave him a death order, and asked him to convince Tang Ran that if Tang Ran really ran away, the people behind him would not let him go.

But Tang Ran obviously didn't care what Hoover was thinking, he just said: "One more enemy, one more enemy, you are afraid of the Tang family, I am not afraid, as long as Brother Ming is by my side, whatever you want!"

Hoover looked at Zhou Ming very stunned, he didn't understand what kind of magic Zhou Ming had, and he actually made Tang Ran trust him so much; after all, in his opinion, Tang Ran's appearance and quality were not bad, not to mention that she was the first heir of the Tang family, even if she was just an ordinary girl, it would not be like this.

Regarding Hoover's astonishment, Zhou Ming was also a little embarrassed and touched his nose, but he really didn't understand what kind of charm he had to make Tang Ran trust and rely on him so much.

Coughing lightly, Zhou Ming said, "That's it, since Tang Ran trusts me so much, then just listen to me." ”

Just one sentence made Tang Ran and Hoover quiet down, because they knew that Zhou Ming would definitely have a way, and Zhou Ming did have this ability.

"Actually, if you want Tang Ran to be the first heir in line, it's not impossible to even accept your cooperation......"

Zhou Ming suddenly stopped when he said this, and then said: "Please note that I am talking about cooperation here, that is, a way to do things together for the same goal on the basis of fully respecting the personal wishes of the other party, on the basis of equality of both parties, rather than your house arrest and forced marriage, do you understand when I say this?"

Hoover smiled as if listening to heaven: "Cooperation? I guess Mr. Zhou Ming, are you making a mistake? Or are you joking with me?"

"I don't think I'm kidding, I think I'm serious right now. Zhou Ming glanced at Tang Ran and said, "At least you said that Tang Ran is the first heir, don't you?" Although we don't care about this identity, and we don't want to get involved in the inheritance turmoil of the Tang family, if now that we have been involved, and in the absence of a choice, since this identity can bring great benefits to Tang Ran, I don't think I understand and accept it." ”

"I think I don't know what to say now, Mr. Zhou Ming, you don't seem to understand how strong the Tang family really is!"

Hoover continued: "Two hundred years ago, the Tang family had become the world's wealthiest super family, and later because of the Opium War and the Mexican-American War, the core of the Tang family all immigrated to California, relying on their own wealth and the funding of local American consortiums, they directed and acted in a Western gold rush, and founded the Tang Bank, relying on the gold rush to quickly accumulate capital to form the California consortium centered on the Tang Bank. ”

"In the two hundred years that followed, the California consortium grew to become one of the top 10 conglomerates in the United States, and the Tang family, which had roots in San Francisco, was even more formidable, if not less than the Adams family in Brighton, and even better in terms of wealth and control over the country!" Hoover said.

Listening to Hoover's words, Zhou Ming and Tang Ran let out an oh together, and Hoover's eyes immediately widened at this: "Oh?"

"Otherwise, do you want me to jump up and say that the Tang family is really powerful? I'm sorry, I don't think that's my style. Zhou Ming shrugged his shoulders meaninglessly and said, "And I have already provoked the Adams family in Brighton, so now I naturally don't care about another Tang family, and more importantly, I may not come to San Francisco in the future, and it doesn't seem to matter if I mess with it." ”

Hoover was about to say something with wide eyes, but Zhou Ming said first: "But Mr. Hoover, please rest assured, I'm just saying that, because I don't want to do this, so Mr. Hoover, I hope you can help me contact the gentleman behind you, I know that in this matter, you may not be the master, so I think I have to talk to him." ”