Chapter 172: Serendipity

Xiao Fangran curled her fingers slightly, and tapped the steering wheel for a while.

"Yes, no matter how much Mei Chi feels sorry for me, the most scruples are the face of the Mei family, at that time, the rumors spread badly, he probably had a weak heart...... The things of the year were not glorious, he is now the head of the Mei family, after all, his identity is not ordinary, he has a great reputation, and it is impossible to let himself lose his old days because of the old things. So Mei Chi told me, let me come out on my own, relying on the Mei family is not capable, if I can rely on my own strength to fight for a world, in order to make him completely at ease. When the time comes, even if it is the head of the Mei family, it can compete for one or two. ”

Hearing this, Gu Nanqiao, who has always had a good temper, was a little angry.

Mei Chi said these words on his face, but in fact, he was just looking for a high-sounding reason to keep Xiao Fangran away from the Mei family and not want to continue to be involved. After all, Mei Hanqiu didn't even want to let her sister stay in the Mei family's mansion, and Mei Chi was completely biased to the end, what to say about fair competition for the position of the head of the Mei family in the future is nothing more than a fool's dream, but anyone with a discerning eye can see it, how can it be?

Originally, the Mei family owed Xiao Fangran and her mother, but in the end, Mei Chi fell into the well like this, which is really regrettable.

Back then, because of his poor thoughts and lack of bravery, he forced his old lover to death, causing a lifetime of guilt, Mei Chi was also really uncomfortable, and he wanted to make up for this guilt on the illegitimate daughter. Who knows that after many years, the old thing will repeat itself, and the little son of the Mei family has become the old man Mei, but in the face of the big right and wrong, he still has no position, his heart is uncertain and his ears are soft, even if he knows what is right and wrong in his heart, when private feelings and interests are entangled, the balance of justice will still fall, and Mei Chi still has no responsibility as always.

If Xiao Xiaoquan had knowledge, he would probably feel cold.

Gu Nanqiao was a little angry, and he clearly knew that such distress was inappropriate, so he couldn't help but put his hand on the back of Xiao Fangran's hand. And when she realized that her movements were too intimate and obviously not suitable for the mother-daughter relationship that had not yet broken the ice, she had already patted the back of Xiao Fangran's hand several times as if she was soothing.

He ...... "I don't know how to call Mei Chi, Gu Nanqiao's tone was slightly paused, and then he shouted an honorific title a little unfamiliarly, "Old Man Mei asked you to go, will you leave?"

"Otherwise, is it possible to lick my face and stay in the Mei family? What's more, to what extent can I go, it has nothing to do with the Mei family at all, I have a skill here, I have never borrowed the momentum of the Mei family over the years, and every step is made by myself, are you still worried that you won't be able to make a name for yourself?"

Xiao Fangran's words were full of bitterness, and between her eyebrows and eyes she was still arrogant and self-controlled, as if nothing could affect her.

"As for the position of the head of the Mei family...... It's my thing, no one can take it away, Mei Chi doesn't want to admit my identity, and he doesn't give a name to the things of the year, so I want to enter the door of Mei's house in a dignified manner and take back the things he owes me one by one - it's worth paying for this, it's a natural thing, a natural thing, why not do it?"

Xiao Fangran said this sentence loudly, her tone was almost firm, as if she had smoothed out all the traces left by her years, her expression was the same as when she was in the old troupe, and the pride under her eyes and eyebrows could not be hidden, like a radiant and invincible goddess. In the past few decades, she has been quite dazzling, enjoying the attention of the public, proud, perfect, upholding the consistent high and unreachable of others.

After coming out of the Mei family, Xiao Fangran did not mention his identity again, let alone deliberately flaunt anything. She returned all her prestige to the Mei family, disdaining to stand on the shoulders of giants, and didn't want to rely on those insinuating ambiguous rumors to fight for her chances, even if such a gimmick was enough to make her path too smooth.

Xiao Fangran's dignity did not allow her to compromise.

She has enough self-confidence and enough capital, so she doesn't mind starting over, but she didn't expect that being forced to leave the Mei family was just Mei Hanqiu's first step, and she was far more ruthless than Xiao Fangran imagined. At the beginning, Xiao Fangran naturally went straight to the best platform, but Mei Hanqiu actually greeted the local theater troupe and expressed the attitude of the Mei family quite simply, so that those theater troupes were unwilling to offend the Mei family, and just after hearing Xiao Fangran's name, they directly declined, and refused to even give the opportunity for an interview.

Such an approach is tantamount to cutting off Xiao Fangran's back road, which is really too cruel for Peking Opera actors.

Mei Chi was also unbearable at first, Xiao Fangran and Mei Hanqiu were both his daughters, and the palms and backs of their hands were all flesh and blood, but their baby daughters and nameless illegitimate daughters were still different after all. It was okay that there was no conflict of interest before, and Old Man Mei didn't mind making up for Xiao Fangran with a somewhat tolerant posture of whitewashing the peace, but when such a compensation was made up for the conflict of interest of the Mei family, he quickly put away those false compassions and was completely ruthless.

For example, Mei Chiming knew that Mei Hanqiu's approach was too much, but he also acquiesced with one eye closed. Probably he was also jealous of Xiao Fang's amazing talent and talent, and was worried that if she was allowed to continue to develop, it would really set off a storm, and Bao Buqi would involve the old things behind her, which would not only ruin the reputation of the Mei family, but also offend the relationship between Mei Hanqiu's maternal side, causing uncontrollable impact.

Therefore, Mei Chi could only take precautions and cut off her daughter's way from the very beginning.

It was under such a stalemate that Xiao Fangran came to the old troupe in Xinguang City several times, and everything was a coincidence.

In the first year or two, Xiao Fangran was very angry, and she wanted to make some achievements, she took all the grievances she suffered as motivation, and she was thinking about raising her eyebrows in the future, and returning to Mei's house in a beautiful way. This so-called return to the Mei family, of course, is not Mei Chi's pie painting - "get his approval, and then be invited back naturally", Xiao Fangran thought that he would take back the name of the first horn with his own hands, so that all Mei Hanqiu's conspiracy methods would be meaningless, and all the things that the eldest lady of the Mei family forcibly took away from her.

She wanted to force Old Man Mei to regret it, completely overturn her long-term decision, and had to reconsider who was the most suitable heir to the Mei family.

and then took what the Mei family owed to their mother and daughter, and sought justice from the original place.

Xiao Fangran initially felt that she could do this.

After arriving at the old troupe, she put all her thoughts on Peking Opera, and even restrained her ordinary arrogance a little, and deigned to cooperate with the performance process of the entire troupe, just to win a place in the Peking Opera circle after the old troupe gradually became famous. After all, Mei Hanqiu can prevent her from entering an excellent troupe, but there is no way to organize her to create an excellent troupe, as long as there is perseverance, there is nothing that cannot be done.

It is precisely because she puts all her mind on family grievances that Xiao Fangran has no energy to think about those who have and don't, and always exudes an aura of rejection thousands of miles away, even if there are countless suitors around her, she has not met anyone who makes her tempted. Even an excellent person like Zheng Yandu felt that he was not worthy of her, and he didn't even dare to confess.

But when the time came, she was tempted by Gu Lin.

What do you like about Gu Lin, maybe except for the person concerned, no one can say anything clear, let alone Xindong, if you can deeply investigate right and wrong, it will not be enough to call it Xinding. In short, that fate came suddenly, and it was unreasonable at all, the rare love deprived Xiao Fangran of her sanity, when dealing with emotional problems, she completely inherited her mother's dare to love and hate, how rational and serious she used to be, and how righteous she was when she liked someone.

At least when she loved Gu Lin the most, Xiao Fangran didn't think about the consequences and costs at all, she regarded her sweetheart as more important than Peking Opera and her future, and didn't think of any other way out.

If the days go on like this, maybe Xiao Fangran will not have higher achievements, and after marrying a wife, he will become an ordinary person, and the only unwillingness may only be vented on his own daughter, and become the driving force for supervising Gu Nanqiao's hard practice of Peking Opera, and the rest of the story has nothing to do with the Mei family, and the grievances will end here.

But love can make people lose it for a short time, but it can't be indulged in it forever.

When the initial throbbing is replaced by firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, the suspicion and boredom after the passion fades also follows. In the years after getting married, as the trivial matters experienced became more and more right, Xiao Fangran still had love for Gu Lin, but this love was mixed with too much dissatisfaction and disgust, and it gradually became not simple enough.

Until that time, Xiao Fangran finally remembered her ideals and ambitions, and wanted to return to Mei's house again.

"Is that why you left back then......

Hearing the story here, Gu Nanqiao has already connected all the mysteries behind Xiao Fangran. Recalling the short childhood, it is no wonder that the relationship between parents is always erratic, sometimes sweet, sometimes detached, Xiao Fangran can't think of an accurate answer in his heart, and how to give this family enough security.

As for the Peking Opera training that is almost harsh for a little girl, the four skills and five methods that are practiced day and night, the singing passages that cannot be memorized, the waist and legs that cannot be bent, and the basic skills that cannot be completed...... Maybe in addition to the filter of "for the good of the child", Xiao Fangran is also looking for a suitable catharsis to make her feel better.

"It's not just because of these, if it's just because of these, of course I can't bear Brother Lin, and I can't leave you. Jojo, you have to trust Mom, but as long as there is a little room for manoeuvre, I will not leave alone...... It's not really going to get that far. ”

Hearing Gu Nanqiao ask about these things so bluntly, Xiao Fangran obviously didn't have much surprise.

The reason why she came to Gu Nanqiao this time was to completely open her words, but of course she didn't shy away more now, and she simply gave the answer her daughter wanted.

"The reason why I left was because I received a letter from Mr. Mei...... At that time, I really thought that everything was going to turn around, and I wanted to give you a better one, so I would take such a risky move by retreating. Jojo, you may think it's ridiculous to say it, but ...... Mom is also for you. ”