Growing up, there are so many things you should know that no one taught you. Things you should be prepared for but weren't prepared for, such as graduating from high school – paying taxes and bills, buying food, paper and toothpaste, and the duties and responsibilities of being an adult.

There are some things that you think you understand a little bit, such as relationships, work, your future, such illusory things. But as a person in his early twenties, the reality is far more cruel than ideals, and the so-called price of growth is to wander and lose, and there is never enough money to spend.

When this thought came to mind, Lin Ran was lying on the sofa wrapped in a quilt and looking at the alarm clock on the low cabinet next to her, and her mind couldn't settle down.

After staring at his mind for a while, Lin Ran's thoughts slowly drifted to Qin Hanhai and Qiao An'an.

This thing looks simple, but it is actually a bottomless pool of sewage, there is no progress in the investigation of Bai Ling, Rong Pengtao is lying in the intensive care unit of the hospital and does not come out, the doctor said that he does not rule out the possibility of becoming a vegetative person, what is his purpose, and who is behind it, so far it is a fog......

Thinking of Rong Pengtao, her brows slowly furrowed, what kind of power did he come from behind him...... Or rather, who can make him so unscrupulous and yet so afraid.

She sighed, turned over and planned to sleep for a few more hours, planning to wake up and meet the strange man who was obviously not lacking in status, status and money, but patted his ass and left at the most beautiful time, turned around and opened a gallery.

Maybe this man has the information she wants to know.

The gallery was still exactly the same as the last time Lin Ran had been here—except for a few paintings on the wall that had been replaced—and Lin Ran stood in front of the reversed portrait, looking at the woman in the picture, not knowing what she was thinking.

Or maybe she wasn't really thinking about anything.

She stood for an unknown amount of time before the owner of the gallery came down from the upper floor with a coffee cup, and when he saw such a scene, he yawned slowly, and then slowly spoke: "I thought it was someone...... I want to drink coffee and go upstairs to pour it myself. ”

Lin Ran shrugged her shoulders and said that she was not interested in a cup of self-service coffee: "It seems that your life is as leisurely as ever." ”

"And your life is as colorful as ever." The man unceremoniously returned, he took a sip of coffee and walked down the stairs, "How did you remember to come to me, not afraid that your boyfriend would misunderstand?" Oh no, it's a fiancé, isn't it? ”

"He probably doesn't have the leisure to take care of me now, maybe he's busy with my sister right now." The corners of Lin Ran's mouth hung as usual with a smile that was kind but unapproachable, "Also, has anyone ever told you that the tone of your voice is very annoying, Su Mingyi?" ”

After a pause, she continued: "If you tell me that you don't know about Rong Pengtao, I won't believe it. ”

Su Mingyi walked to the chair and sat down, revealing a strange smile: "Did I tell you that your sensitivity is very annoying?" ”

"Just one another." Lin Ran walked across from him and sat down, "In the past six months, it seems that a lot of things have happened in Yancheng?" ”

"Actually, it's just a matter of going with the flow, do you think, how many wealthy families are here, plus Mo Zhi, who is now your backer, can Yancheng still be calm? Plus...... Yan Qingping and Lin Cheng are rare to return to Yancheng. Su Mingyi sneered and asked Lin Ran.

Lin Ran sighed: "So I said a long time ago, these two people will definitely have an accident when they meet together." ”

"Do you know Yan Qingping?" Su Mingyi frowned;

"It's more than understanding," Lin Ran's fingers unconsciously traced the delicate carvings on the armrests of the chair, "I can say that...... I know both of them very well, and even if you were someone else, I can say the same. ”

"None of these things are of interest to me anyway, I'm just curious." Su Mingyi put down the coffee cup in his hand, "So, what are you here for?" ”

Lin Ran leaned back and relaxed into the soft back of the chair: "Sure enough, it's the easiest to talk to you, don't you think Yan Qingping's performance has been too outstanding recently?" ”

"Yan Qingping......" Su Mingyi pronounced out the name, "It is indeed condescending to put this person next to the head of the Qin family who doesn't want to get involved in certain fields." But it's true that as you said, his recent performance is indeed too outstanding, indeed, I admit that there is a possibility that if he doesn't make a sound, he will already be a blockbuster, but if Yan Qingping is really such a person, it is obviously not the time for him to come out now. ”

Lin Ran nodded: "That's right, and he actually gave me a message inside and outside the action...... There's a force behind him that I don't know. ”

"Could it be that you're thinking too much?" Su Mingyi asked.

"Impossible." Lin Ran said with great certainty, "I originally thought that he was targeting the Mo family and wanted to help the Qin family become independent, but now it seems that maybe his own goal is like this, but the force behind him wants obviously more." ”

Su Mingyi's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the chair, and after a while, he seemed to think of something, and asked Lin Ran, "Why are you so sure of this matter." ”

"Because I heard it with my own ears," Lin Ran looked him straight in the eye, "I followed him and heard him discussing this with a woman." ”

Su Mingyi nodded, he obviously understood what Lin Ran meant: "I will help you check this matter, but I can't guarantee how many things my information network can touch behind him." Speaking of which, I heard something this morning, the eldest young master of the Qin family was taken away this morning to investigate. ”

Lin Ran was stunned: "Who is so bold that he dares to move the next head of the Qin family?" Even if they are really undesirable in their actions, they are really ......"

"Say it and you probably won't believe it." Su Mingyi knocked on the table between the two, "It's your second uncle's hand." ”

Lin Ran was really stunned.

She couldn't help frowning: "It seems that he wants to cut the Qin family to the root in his domain?" But this kind of action is inevitably too big, after all, the foundation of the Qin family has been placed there for many years, and he ...... such a move."

It's really hard to figure out what he thinks.

For Mo Zhi, Lin Ran felt that she had always been unable to figure him out, even after getting along for so long, even when the relationship between the two people fell into the current strange guardian and ward, she couldn't guess what this man wanted, which made her feel very unaccustomed;

She learned from the malice of the world how to grasp the human heart, how to use her wisdom to deduce everything in the world, including the human heart.

Learn to use the human heart that you deduce, not just as a collection of information, be absolutely rational, never be caught by others at any time, bury yourself deep first, break down one by one when others despise you, establish your own authority, and never reveal your emotional tendencies in front of others, so that others will have the illusion that they can't guess.

And Old Man Lin taught her to be a chess player, not someone else's chess piece.

Always planning and moving, always restraining your emotions, always leaving a life-saving card in your hand, even if you are in a weak position, you must remember that you must be the one who can really control the situation at the last moment.

Lin Ran has indeed always done this, Taoguang is obscure, and lives in seclusion.

Until she met Mo Zhi, who was obviously also out of chess status.

Su Mingyi's voice made Lin Ran, who was in his thoughts, suddenly come back to his senses: "Although I don't know why Mo Zhi did this, but his move has indeed made the current situation in Yancheng even more chaotic." ”

"Actually, here in Yancheng, the balance between the major forces is very fragile," Lin Ran brought his attention back to the conversation in front of him, "If you want to overwhelm a forest, you only need to drop the last snowflake, right?" ”

"But who fell this snowflake is a crucial matter." Su Mingyi's face showed a serious expression, "If it's that unknown force...... I don't mind just getting rid of this person. ”

"If the thing I checked was inexplicable because of you, there was no clue," Lin Ran said quietly, "Do you think I will let you go?" ”

Hearing her words, Su Mingyi's expression stiffened for a moment: "That's why I put the chips on you." ”

"You've heard of that, too?" Lin Ran smiled, "Su Mingyi, you are very smart, but you are also very arrogant. ”

Su Mingyi also smiled: "But you really won't conflict with my interests, after all, what you want is just the truth and the result of being able to get ashore from this pool of sewage, and your ability determines that you are my best ally." ”

"And you know, I need someone like you to be your ally, too." Lin Ran supported her cheeks with one hand, her long black hair slipped down her shoulders, and her beautiful eyes had broken mercury and gold sprinkled by the sun, as if she was buried with endless prosperity, "So the two of us can be regarded as mutually beneficial now?" ”

"I thought you'd have to think about it for a while." Su Mingyi looked at those eyes and said calmly, "So what do you want to do now?" ”

"It's not the point of what you want to do," Lin Ran said, "I didn't want to touch that person, but now that he has touched my interests, then it's no wonder that I'm not going to blame." ”

"It's okay for you to ask me for help, but you should remember what the two of us formed an alliance for." Su Mingyi said, "There is only one person you can't move, you should remember this incident, right?" ”

"Then you should also remember another thing," Lin Ran's hands were casually placed on the table, "My goal can only be solved by me personally, I have to watch them go to court and accept the punishment they deserve." I advise you not to break the covenant until then. ”

"So, should I say something like that?" Su Mingyi stretched out his hand, "Happy cooperation, Miss Lin?" ”