Chapter 162: First in line to the throne
Tang Ran's room is a very good room, which does not mean how magnificent it is, but that all the decorations here are very elegant, from the wooden floor to the tables and chairs and even the ceiling carving, which are very rich in ancient charm and ancient style with Chinese characteristics.
Hoover told Zhou Ming that it was equipped according to the standards of the presidential suite, and that all the furniture and decoration were made from the best materials selected from the country at a great price, and even an anchor bolt was polished by hand by the best masters, in addition to these, there were several blue and white porcelain vases in the room, which were also well-preserved antiques from the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
These layout situations make the mystery bigger and bigger, but Zhou Ming is not in a hurry, because as long as he sees Tang Ran, these mysteries should be solved.
Zhou Ming thought so, and suddenly heard someone speak: "Is it Mr. Hoover? I'm sorry I can't agree, I'm sure!"
Although she hadn't seen her for a long time, Zhou Ming still heard Tang Ran's voice for the first time, she was sitting on the sofa in the living room, and since she was facing away from the door, she couldn't see the situation at the door.
Zhou Ming turned his head and glanced at Hoover, Hoover smiled embarrassedly, Zhou Ming didn't care about him anymore, but said to Tang Ran: "Ran Ran is me, I am Zhou Ming, I am here to save you." ”
After speaking, Zhou Ming could see Tang Ran's body shake violently, and then she immediately stood up, turned around and saw that it was really Zhou Ming, and immediately threw herself into Zhou Ming's arms in three or two steps and cried silently: "Brother Ming is really you, you really came to save me, I finally waited for you!"
Zhou Ming gently patted her jade back and comforted her: "That's right, it's really me who came, and I came to save you, so don't be afraid." ”
"Brother Youming, you're here, of course I won't be scared anymore. After Tang Ran finished speaking, she raised her head, but then she saw Hoover next to her, and immediately pointed at him and said, "Brother Ming is this guy, he is the hooligan who accosted me and Xiaoxue on the road that day, and he also threatened me with Xiaoxue's safety to come here, he still doesn't allow me to go out of the door of this room, you hurry up and teach this bad guy a lesson!"
In the face of Tang Ran's accusation, Hoover explained helplessly: "Miss Tang Ran, it seems unreasonable for you to accuse me like this, I used some means to trick you here, but I don't seem to have treated you badly, right? Not only do I give you good food and clothing, but also give you such a good room, if you feel bored alone, you can also bring your friends with you, I know that Xiaoxue, she must have never lived in such a luxurious place in her life." ”
Hearing what Hoover said, Zhou Ming suddenly saw what Tang Ran was wearing now, it was a black cardigan dress with a white lace lining, although Zhou Ming didn't know much about women's clothing, but under Lin Muqing's ears and eyes, it could also be seen that Tang Ran's body was very noble, and turned Tang Ran, a cute little girl in the past, into a noble princess.
And Tang Ran's explanation of Hoover was very disdainful and said: "I don't want Xiaoxue to live with me, you liar and hooligan, I won't believe your words!"
This time Hoover was completely injured, but fortunately, Zhou Ming let everyone sit down on the sofa in the living room at this time, Zhou Ming sorted out his thoughts, and he asked Tang Ran first: "You just said that you are very sure that you can't promise Hoover anything?" Just when I first came in. ”
"Brother Ming, I didn't say this to you, I didn't know that you came in, I thought it was that guy!" Tang Ran said and raised his hand to Hoover and continued, "It's him, he said he wanted me to marry someone I didn't know!"
This answer was completely unexpected by Zhou Ming, because Zhou Ming also thought about a lot of reasons why Hoover put Tang Ran under house arrest, and when he saw the presidential suite where Tang Ran was under house arrest and the expensive decorations on Tang Ran's body, Zhou Ming was even more suspicious in his heart, but no matter how suspicious Zhou Ming was, he couldn't imagine that he would force Tang Ran to marry, why is this?
You must know that Tang Ran was forced to marry by his parents in Nanjiang, but when you go to San Francisco, what qualifications do you Hoover have? Or is it really as Xiaoxue guessed, he covets Tang Ran's beauty?
Hoover couldn't bear Zhou Ming's sharp eyes and replied: "Actually, things are not what you think, Mr. Zhou Ming, I didn't force me to get married, I just gave Miss Tang Ran a friendly suggestion." ”
Before Hoover's words fell, Zhou Ming said very unhappily: "Friendly suggestion? Is your friendly suggestion to put Ran Ran under house arrest here? Is this what you call friendliness? And the most important thing is that who to marry should be to respect her own wishes, and let her choose for herself, who are you, and it is your turn to decide her life's affairs?"
Zhou Ming's words became heavier and heavier, as if a heavy hammer had smashed into Hoover's heart, making him breathless.
Hoover then explained: "Mr. Zhou Ming, please believe me, I am really doing this for Miss Tang Ran's good, because as long as she agrees to this wedding, she can inherit all the property of the Tang Bank!"
This explanation surprised Zhou Ming, and he also noticed the key point in the middle of this sentence: "Inheritance?"
Hoover nodded and said: "That's right, it's inheritance, according to the Tang family rules, Miss Tang Ran is the first heir in the family, but because of her female status, plus she didn't grow up in the family, so if she is actually competitive, she may not even be ranked in the top hundred, so she needs to marry the top heir in the family to improve her actual competitiveness." ”
"The first heir of the Tang family?" Zhou Ming looked at Tang Ran and said in surprise.
Regarding Zhou Ming's doubts, Tang Ran shook his head desperately and said: "Brother Ming, I don't know what the Tang family is, and I don't know what kind of heir I am, these must be all lies made up by this bad guy, just to trick me into getting married, Brother Ming, don't believe him!"
Hoover sighed: "Tang Bank is the second largest banking group in the United States, with assets of more than one trillion yuan, and the Tang family is the largest controlling shareholder of Tang Bank." Tang Bank is not a Chinese bank in a broad sense, but a private bank of the Tang family, because of this, generally speaking, the heir of the Tang family is equivalent to owning Tang Bank, such a large inheritance, is it necessary for me to lie to Miss Tang Ran?"
This made Zhou Ming feel a little surprised, because he originally thought that the so-called Tang Bank was just a bank jointly funded by a group of wealthy Chinese businessmen to represent the interests of the Chinese, just like many Zheshang Bank Huishang Bank in the future, but he never thought that the so-called Tang Bank was actually just a private bank with the surname of the Tang family.
Although such a Chinese bank is technically a Chinese bank, it is not what everyone thinks.
Hoover then said to Zhou Ming: "But it is not surprising that Miss Tang Ran would have such a statement, because she has always been in China in the past, and there are many things that even she herself does not know." ”
"She doesn't know, so do you know again?" Zhou Ming asked.
Hoover nodded at this and said, "Of course I know, because she and my Uncle Tang, that is, the former patriarch of the Tang family, because of the great seniority in the clan, all our juniors and people with foreign surnames must call him uncle." And Miss Tang Ran and him are almost the same mold printed, I happened to serve my uncle at the beginning, and I was very impressed with him, so I could be sure of this when I saw her at Fisherman's Wharf for the first time!"
After Hoover finished speaking, he thought for a while and then said: "I know that it may be very unconvincing just for me to say this, so Miss Tang Ran, I think you can take out the DNA identification report I gave you, I believe that is the most convincing." ”
Tang Ran heard Hoover say this, she seemed to be stimulated by something, covered her ears and shook her head: "I don't know what the appraisal report is, you are a liar, there is no such thing at all, there is no DNA identification report, you just deliberately said this to deceive us, Brother Ming, don't believe him!"
"Miss Tang Ran, please forgive me for saying that you are just deceiving yourself like this. ”
Hoover said as his eyes searched the room, and finally stopped at the trash can not far away that he had not had time to emptie.
Hoover used to find a document from the trash can, he took it and handed it to Zhou Ming and said: "This is the DNA identification report issued by the University of California Medical Center. The theories and techniques of biology and genetics, through the analysis of genetic characteristics to determine the paternal relationship between the identified parties, this is the most advanced identification technology now, and it is also the conclusion reached by the University of California Medical Laboratory, which is the most scientifically based conclusion, and according to the repeated identification of the University of California Medical Center, there is absolutely no possibility of error!"
"Because I was also worried that I would be wrong, I asked the doctors at the University of California Medical Center to do a DNA test for Miss Tang Ran after she came here. Hoover said.
Zhou Ming took the document and looked at it, and sure enough, as Hoover said, according to the identification results of the University of California Medical Center, Tang Ran is indeed the daughter of the Tang family; compared with Tang Ran, Zhou Ming, as a reborn, is very familiar with DNA identification, and the University of California Medical Center is one of the top ten authoritative hospitals in the United States in terms of comprehensive ability, so the results are very authoritative as Hoover said.
If the appraisal results really involve the inheritance of the Tang family, facing the danger of exposing it at any time, Hoover does not have the courage to cheat.
But with the identification results solving a problem, but other problems popping up one after another, Zhou Ming looked up at Hoover and asked: "In terms of DNA identification, I can trust you for the time being, but Tang Ran has always been in China, why did she suddenly become the heir of the Tang family......?
Zhou Ming looked at Hoover, and his eyes became even more fierce: "If it's just your conjecture, you can't see a similar-looking person on the road and go up and ask the other party to do a DNA test, right?"
"Of course not, but it's a coincidence. Hoover said, "First of all, I will look for Miss Tang Ran, because of the recent inheritance of the Tang family, due to the sudden death of the patriarch, it is too late to designate the heir, several heirs have been in trouble for the right to inherit, and the whole family is about to fall apart, so several elders in the clan in order to calm down the turmoil as soon as possible, asked me to secretly come out to find the heir, I also went to Nanjiang before, and returned to Fisherman's Wharf to relax but met her." ”
"As for why Miss Tang Ran is in Nanjiang, this question will be talked about twenty years ago. ”
Hoover said: "The Tang family is a big family originated in Lingnan, China, after the liberation of the then patriarch did not flee to the United States with the clan for some reasons, 20 years ago, the Tang family also found Uncle Tang because of the inheritance problem, he returned to the United States for the family, because this trip is very risky, so he gave Miss Tang Ran, who was born at that time, to the local family a side branch family to raise." ”
"So now the family is once again facing the problem of inheritance, my Uncle Tang did not leave any heirs due to some things back then, and several heirs in line also made a lot of trouble, and the elders in the clan thought of Tang Ran who was still in Lingnan. Hoover concluded.