77. The Choice (7)
"Hahaha, Ran'er is really a good boy who is obedient and understanding! Come to think of it, Ran'er must have been afraid of life just now, so she didn't dare to get too close to my aunt and me, right?!"
"Uh...... Hehe...... Let the master of the Fu family smile......"
Seeing that Fu Tong once again called herself "aunt", Gao Ran knew that this time she could no longer refuse Fu Tong's overtures to her too directly as before, but she couldn't just let go of her wishes so lightly!
After thinking about it, Gao Ran could only deal with it vaguely with a little embarrassment, with an ambiguous attitude, neither affirming nor denying......
"Eh, you kid, why do you still call me 'Master of the Fu Family'?!" Seeing that Gao Ran still called her "Master of the Fu Family", Fu Tong deliberately pretended to be a little disgusted and complained about this.
However, before Gao Ran could react, she re-rounded her words by herself, "Alas, that's fine! Your child may have been used to staying in her own courtyard since she was a child, and she rarely saw people, and it is normal to be afraid of life! Uncle and aunt won't force you anymore! However, my aunt still hopes that Ran Er can adapt to the outside world as much as possible, and it would be good if you could get closer to me soon! Otherwise, my aunt will be sad......
As she spoke, Fu Tong's previous enthusiasm gradually returned--only, this time, her affection for Gao Ran was much more sincere than before! At the same time, she was less vigilant than before......
"Ahh Come to think of it, if you don't spend more time with us, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to get acquainted with us, right?!"
"We?!"
Gao Ran keenly grasped the wording of Fu Tong's words, and immediately understood: It turned out that it was not only the Gao family who knew her real living conditions in the Gao family in the past! Even the head of the Fu family, who was far away from the capital, seemed to have some understanding of her past!
Otherwise, how would Fu Tong know that although she and Gao Qi are sisters, their relationship is actually not close?!
Although Fu Tong didn't say it explicitly, she didn't even need to confirm it, so she directly moved to Fu Mansion to spend a few more days with her and Gao Qi, which was conducive to cultivating "feelings......
From this alone, Gao Ran knew that although it was not clear how much Fu Tong knew about the true situation of their Gao family, one thing was for sure - she must have a plan for the Gao family!
"Ah! Don't hide it from the head of the Fu family, Ran'er actually has this intention!"
Gao Ran hurriedly followed Fu Tong's words and changed the matter of "staying in Fu Mansion" from Fu Tong's invitation to his current initiative.
Although the final result is that Gao Ran will stay in the Fu Mansion, in the eyes of outsiders, especially those with a heart, the meaning behind this matter and the possible consequences of these meanings are very different......
If Gao Ran took the initiative to put forward the expectation, then this is Fu Tong's hospitality, which meets Gao Ran's expectations, so that it can also show the friendly relationship between Fu and Gao Gao to the "outsiders" by the way......;
What's more, the big family in this town is not just the Fu family!
If you add to those other business families that are small in power but not a lot in number, and they are also the same as the An family, they have always been eyeing the Fu family......
After all, enemies of enemies, if they have the same interests as each other, can actually form temporary allies!
Speaking of which, the four great families of Yunxiang Kingdom have been in such a state for a hundred years: they seem to be friendly to each other on the surface, but in fact, they have always checked and balanced each other, and no one wants anyone to suddenly dominate, let alone anyone who finally breaks away from the dynamic balance between the four families and secretly forms an alliance behind their backs, so that while strengthening their own family power, it also breaks the equilibrium that the four families and the imperial court have tried to maintain for nearly a hundred years out of their respective interests.
Therefore, over the past hundred years, the four great families have coexisted in harmony with each other on the surface, but behind the scenes, no one has planted eyeliner in other families: first, in order to be able to find out the real situation within other families in time; second, even if they can't find out any key information, they can also use some trivial rights and wrongs in each other's families to create some gossip that is taken out of context, but it is indeed "based on facts", and then spread them to the people, so that these "right and wrong" It can be widely spread among the people, so as to achieve the purpose of magnifying the contradiction to the greatest extent.
Even if those contradictions, at the beginning, may be just some very fragmentary small contradictions for the parties, it is likely that after the incident, most of them will be forgotten.
However, when these small but numerous small contradictions have been processed by "well-intentioned people" with a little care, when they have deliberately magnified these small contradictions again and again, and when people, especially the parties concerned, have heard this kind of gossip more times, even the strongest relationship may not be able to resist the erosion of so many gossips like this!
Even if such small winds and waves may not be able to cause any serious damage to the entire family of a big family in a short period of time, but a little damage to the reputation, prestige, and status of the family in the business world and in the eyes of the people, and even let the parties involved in the rumor leave a little bit of suspicion for each other in their hearts, and can slightly separate the relationship between the parties involved…… The more times it takes, the effect will eventually come!
It wasn't until this moment that Gao Ran suddenly realized: The Fu family was willing to give all the only two sons of his family to the Gao family, and Fu Tong so blatantly wanted the whole world to know that among the four great families, the Fu family and the Gao family were the closest......! Although I don't know what kind of ulterior but extremely close and important interest connection there is between the Fu and Gao families, one thing is certain: the benefits brought by this interest relationship must be big enough to make the Fu and Gao families willing to pay the price of offending the Dong and An families, and even touching the bottom line of the imperial court!
After realizing this, Gao Ran suddenly felt a little glad that he had chosen to visit the Fu family first and then visit the An family.
Now it seems that if she had gone to Anjia first, then I am afraid that she would not only offend the Fu family because of the order of this visit, but also, in Anjia, she would also be very likely to leave because she was going alone and did not have the backing of the Fu family......
Thinking of this, Gao Ran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart, and after that, when she interacted with Fu Tong, her attitude was much more positive than before-because at this moment, she wanted to have a better relationship with Fu Tong with a stronger purpose!
In addition, in order to show the appearance that "Fu Gao's two families are indeed very friendly" in the eyes of "people with a heart", Gao Ran took the initiative to express his willingness to live in the Fu Mansion, and followed Fu Tong's hint to take all the responsibility for the "Fu Mansion" on himself!
In order to achieve this effect, Gao Ran patiently explained, "Don't hide it from the Fu family master, in fact, just now when Ran Er was waiting for the Fu family master to arrive, she happened to meet the eldest sister who happened to pass by here, and Ran Er chatted with her for a while. The eldest sister also hopes that Ran'er can move to the Fu Mansion to live with her for a few days...... Of course, Ran Er herself also hopes for this! However, after all, this is the Fu Mansion, not the Gao Mansion...... Originally, Ran Er was still worried about how to open her mouth to explain to the Fu family master Ran'er's desire to move here for a few days, but she didn't think about it, the Fu family master actually noticed Ran Er's thoughts, and took the initiative to invite Ran Er to move in for a few days...... The Fu family master is so sympathetic to Ran Er, Ran Er is really grateful! If the Fu family master agrees, Ran Er wants to pack up and move here immediately after going back today! Ran Er actually wants to be able to become familiar with 'everyone' as much as possible......"
Gao Ran's words were ostensibly for Fu Tong, but in fact, she and Fu Tong both knew that these words were actually for the "spies" who might be hiding in a dark place at the moment and that Fu Tong might not have noticed so far. (To be continued.) )