"Well, Mr. An is a smart person, whether I'm lying, or whether I have some bad intentions, I believe you will have some calculations in your heart. To tell you the truth, as a member of the Gao family, I naturally have my bottom line! Even though I may not wholeheartedly help the Gao family, I will never easily do anything that is detrimental to the interests of the Gao family! Unless, it does touch my bottom line and force me to choose one of the two......

"Hmm. After hearing this, An Lu responded thoughtfully.

Then, he asked with a serious face, "So, what do you want?!"

Gao Ran naturally knew why An Lu had this question?

After all, only by knowing what she really wants can we know where her "bottom line" is! Only by knowing what her "bottom line" is that she really does not allow others to touch, can we know what kind of interests may drive her to choose "neutrality."

An Lu was not stupid enough to believe that this girl in front of her, who looked as big as her family's Yu'er, would be the one who could be persuaded to do things for them so easily—not to mention that she would choose to turn against the Gao family for the sake of profit!

However, she can also feel to some extent that the purpose of this girl's trip is mostly to cooperate with the An family, not to be an enemy of the An family.

After a preliminary examination, An Lu can basically conclude that this Gao Ran is indeed not easy to deal with! And even if a person like her can't safely cooperate with her and use it for her own use to help the An family, it's best not to let her become the enemy of the An family! Otherwise, it will definitely cause a lot of unnecessary and thorny troubles and even threats to the An family in the future!

One more thing is better than one less thing!

What's more, An Lu has begun to tend to believe at this moment that this Gao Ran is indeed as she said, she is here to show goodwill, not to provoke and cause trouble.

"Listen to what she has to say before you make a decision......"

Thinking like this, An Lu had more patience and was ready to listen carefully to Gao Ran's next answer.

"Freedom!" Gao Ran didn't think much about it, and said these two words. When she answered, her tone was very flat, but her attitude was very resolute!

"What?!Freedom?!Aren't you free now?!Miss High School, aren't you fooling me?!"

Even though An Lu had been mentally prepared in advance, when she heard Gao Ran's answer, she still couldn't react for a while. I even have to admit that Gao Ran's answer was indeed too unexpected for her! It was also too much of a test of her tolerance for her!

No matter what she thought, she felt that Gao Ran's answer was mostly a joke, not the truth!

She couldn't imagine, let alone understand, how could a young lady from a dignified family take such an ethereal thing as the thing she longed for most in her life?!

If it weren't for the negotiation just now, An Lu would have even been a little suspicious, this Gao Ranmo is not a fool?! How could anyone regard that kind of ethereal thing as the goal of his pursuit?!

Such a person, not a fool, what is it ?!

But the problem is, on the other hand, An Lu is very sure that this Gao Ran is obviously not a fool!

However, because of this, An Lu became a little angry.

No matter what she thought, she always felt that this Gao Ran actually answered her like this, she was simply playing tricks on her!

And Gao Ran naturally noticed this change in An Lu's mood - although An Lu was actually not obvious.

However, unlike An Lu's incomprehension of her, Gao Ran can understand why An Lu became a little angry because of her answer.

After all, no matter how enlightened a person is, her mind still can't go beyond the "cognitive limits" set for her by her time and touched by her thinking ability - for An Lu, the concept of "freedom" is indeed a little too advanced!

Even in Gao Ran's original world, values such as "freedom" and "equality" have only begun to emerge slowly in recent centuries and have gradually been universally accepted.

In this regard, Gao Ran himself has thought that perhaps, the reason why these "ancient people" do not prevail this kind of values is not because their thinking ability is too "poor", or they have not thought like this at all, but in the era in which they live, in their lives, they are not very urgent for this kind of thinking!

In other words, their survival, the quality of their life, does not depend on the universalization of such values!

Or it can also be said that in their time, whether a person can survive well and live a better life is not very relevant to "freedom"!

Thinking about it this way, Gao Ran found that unlike many people in her original world who liked to package "freedom" as sublime, gorgeous, and beautiful, as if it were a very high and unattainable "realm", the "freedom" she really longed for in her heart was never something lofty or pure......

For Gao Ran, the "freedom" she has always longed for in her heart is actually very sparse and ordinary, just like other things she will come into contact with everywhere in her life - for her, the only "special" thing that makes "freedom" different is that it happens to be the "most" thing in her heart!

That's all!

Because of the lack of consciousness, so want, because of wanting, so longing, because of longing, so it will always be consciously or unconsciously clothed with all kinds of beautiful "coats", so that it seems very worthy of their own pursuit......

In Gao Ran's view, it was because of the subtle influence and drive of her own values that she finally decided that only "freedom" could make her live a "meaningful" life!

And once "freedom" was finally put on the "coat" of "the meaning of life", she began to need more and more freedom, and at the same time, she became more and more in need of freedom because she needed to constantly fill this "spiritual lack" in her heart, and had to pursue freedom endlessly......

For this side of herself, Gao Ran was initially aware of it, then finally willing to admit and face it calmly, and then began to understand it more and more deeply, and thus became more and more able to accept it calmly and completely, and finally, she was finally able to truly respect such herself naturally and from the heart!

With such a little change, Gao Ran slowly had some ideas: perhaps, it was precisely because she chose not to deceive herself at the beginning and was willing to admit and face such a self, that after that, she was able to understand more deeply and objectively this side that she was not aware of; And can really respect this side of herself, and even, if necessary, because of this enough respect for herself, she can change herself from the root of the essence, and constantly improve herself......

And when she really did all this, and then jumped out, Gao Ran unexpectedly found that at this time, as long as she wanted, she could understand and respect others with her heart - for example, An Lu, who was sitting opposite her at the moment.

Although Gao Ran doesn't know Anlu very well now, she knows one thing very clearly: in Anlu's values, she must not think that "freedom" is such a "meaningful" and "valuable" thing for her.

Perhaps, for An Lu, being loyal to An Jia, being loyal to An Min, and giving everything she has for the benefit of An Jia, and then in exchange for various spiritual "honors" in exchange for this, is what she values the most, and what she feels is the most "meaningful" and "valuable".

Because of understanding this, Gao Ran consciously understood An Lu's mood at the moment. She'll think she's playing tricks on her, and that's normal.

However, understanding is understanding, and it should be explained clearly, Gao Ran felt that it was still necessary for her to explain clearly in time! lest the negotiations have not yet begun, but there has been an unnecessary misunderstanding between the two of them -- it will be too much to gain and lose!

"Mr. An, don't be angry, I don't mean to fool you. What I say is true! What I want most is 'freedom'! Moreover, I just want to be 'free'! However, what I mean by 'freedom' is not the power or ability to do whatever I want, but the ability to get away from the distractions of this earthly world and go to a quiet, warm, and crowded place, so that I can live my own leisurely life quietly. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Ran paused unconsciously. Just now, her instincts, which had always been very sharp, suddenly "alerted" her without warning—she suddenly and inexplicably realized that she seemed to have neglected something...... (To be continued.) )