But I didn't expect that to happen.

Pei Lao held Pei Hao's hand, the old one met the young one, his hand was as rough and dry as pine bark.

But Pei Hao didn't mind, but held his hand in his palm with his backhand.

"Ah Hao, if I had believed Rong'er back then, there would have been no such things, and she wouldn't have ......"

"Grandpa, don't talk about this." Pei Hao gently patted Pei Lao's back with his other hand and comforted him softly, "Things have passed, what we need to do now is to guard against my uncle." Don't worry, there is still me in the company, Ranran is still young, and it will be too late in a few years. ”

Pei Lao shook his head, "I'm old, I don't have a few years left......"

"Grandpa, don't talk nonsense." Pei Hao's voice was also a little lower, "You will live a hundred years old." ”

Pei Lao smiled and didn't speak again.

Many happy returns?

Everyone wants to live a long life, but how many percent can really live that long?

Moreover, the longer a person like him lives, the more torture he will suffer.

Upstairs.

Qiao Ran took a shower and just wanted to sleep when her phone rang.

When I picked up the phone, I saw that it was a call from Chu Junbei.

Just seeing the caller ID, the corners of Qiao Ran's mouth couldn't help but curl, and when she picked up the phone, her voice was as soft as a marshmallow: "Hey? ”

"How's it going at home?" Chu Junbei asked.

Qiao Ran turned on the mobile phone and put it on the dresser, wiped her hair and said, "It's good, nothing happened." ”

Chu Junbei seemed to be a little uneasy, and even his voice was a little suspicious: "Really? ”

"Really." Qiao Ran replied, "Not long after I came back, Pei Ping took Pei Xianglin and them away, and now they are not at home at all." ”

The man on the other end of the line was silent.

Qiao Ran waited for a while, didn't wait for Chu Junbei to speak, felt a little strange, and paused in the action of wiping his hair, "What's wrong with you?" Why don't you speak? ”

"Nothing." Chu Junbei seemed to sigh, and said, "Look downstairs." ”

"Huh?" Qiao Ran's movements on his hands paused, and suddenly as if he had reacted, he ran to the window.

As a result, as soon as I looked downstairs, I saw Chu Junbei's car parked below, and under the big sun, Chu Junbei was standing next to the dark and reflective car, raising his head and squinting his eyes to look at himself.

Qiao Ran couldn't help but laugh again, and brought the phone to her ear, "Why are you here?" ”

"I was afraid that my girlfriend would be bullied, so I didn't have time to come over, so I came over first." Chu Junbei still looked at her, probably feeling that the sun was shaking his eyes, and raised a hand to block his forehead, "Is it really okay?" ”

"It's really fine." Qiao Ran put the towel on her shoulder, made a flying kiss at Chu Junbei, and said, "He doesn't live at home, Pei Chengqi's brothers and sisters were also taken away by him, I won't have an accident." ”

After a moment of silence, she said again: "You go back first, don't stand there, such a hot weather, roast oil?" ”

So she heard Chu Junbei sigh, and even the tone of his voice was a little sad: "On such a hot day, I ran over from so far away to see my girlfriend, but my girlfriend didn't even give me a hug." ”

He rarely has such a time, but once he wants something good, he will talk to Qiao Ran in this coquettish tone.

Qiao Ran glared at him, but his voice softened: "Okay, I'll go to your company tomorrow to find you, it's really not okay today, grandpa is downstairs." ”

She knew what Chu Junbei was thinking.

Actually, she thinks about it too.

Although it didn't work today, but he finally got the promise of tomorrow, Chu Junbei was content, chatted with Qiao Ran for a few more words, got into the car and left.

On the other side, after Pei Ping left Pei Lao's place, he took Pei Chengqi and Pei Xianglin to his property.

In the past few years, he has not been in the country, although someone here has come to disturb him on time, but after all, he has lost a little human touch.

Pei Chengqi took a look here, touched it there, and finally went to the sofa as if he had no bones, and said lazily in his voice: "Dad, you're not good here, I'll send you some furnishings when I go back." ”

Pei Ping didn't care about this, but asked them about the situation at home.

When he was abroad, although he would also talk to Pei Chengqi and them on the phone, he still didn't know enough about some things, and now that he is back and has seen Qiao Ran with his own eyes, he can't wait to ask about some things.

As soon as his words fell, Pei Xianglin immediately said, "Dad, you don't know yet, right?" Grandpa wants to reveal Qiao Ran's identity. ”

"What?" Pei Ping frowned, "Open identity? ”

Qiao Ran has been back for so long, but his identity has not been disclosed, and he still thinks this is what Pei Lao meant.

However, it turns out that Pei Lao already thinks so?

"Isn't it?" Pei Xianglin squeezed her eyebrows and said, "If Qiao Ran hadn't disagreed, then this fourth lady of the Pei family would have been put under the sun a long time ago." ”

Thinking that after having Qiao Ran, her situation at home had changed, and she was not as favored as before, Pei Xianglin felt angry.

Fortunately, now that Pei Ping is back, someone can finally help him breathe a sigh of relief.

Pei Ping's heart was originally a little worried, but now when he heard Pei Xianglin's words, he was at a loss for a moment.

He looked at Pei Xianglin and asked, "Qiao Ran doesn't want to make it public?" Why? ”

"Who knows?" Pei Xianglin said lightly.

At this time, Pei Chengqi spoke: "I guess I want to please my grandfather through this method, grandpa has been looking for her for several years, and I am already ashamed, but now she is deliberately so pretentious, didn't grandpa hold her in the palm of his hand?" ”

Hearing Pei Chengqi say this, Pei Xianglin also felt as if it was like that.

Feeling that she couldn't go on like this, Pei Xianglin immediately sat up straight and asked, "Then what now?" If she stopped pretending after a while and agreed to let her grandfather reveal her identity, wouldn't it be very bad for us? ”

She sat next to Pei Ping, took Pei Ping's arm and said, "Dad, you have to think of a way to do this." ”

Pei Ping didn't answer, but his eyes became a little dark.

Although twenty years have passed since Pei Rong's incident, it has always been a knot in Pei Lao's heart, and now Qiao Ran has been found again......

No, if it really continues like this, it is really possible for Pei Lao to pass the company on to Qiao Ran.

Haven't all the thoughts I have put into the years been in vain?

……

Although she only stayed in the countryside for about ten days, Pei Lao felt that Qiao Ran had been gone for a long time, and always felt that everyone had lost weight after she came back, so she asked Aunt Yun to make a big table of Qiao Ran's favorite dishes at night, and asked for warmth in various ways, Qiao Ran's mouth was either eating or answering questions, and she was not idle at all.

Lying on the bed at night, Qiao Ran patted her bulging belly, looked at the ceiling for a while, and suddenly sat up again, flipped out the photo album of Pei Rong before, opened it and looked at it one by one.

Soon she saw Pei Ping in the photo again.

At that time, Pei Ping was still very young, but he already had a calculation in his eyes.

Not to mention the current Pei Ping.

He just came back today, and he didn't even eat at home, and it seems that the relationship with Pei Lao didn't want to ease.

I'm going to find Chu Junbei tomorrow, and when the time comes, I will ask Chu Junbei, maybe I can ask about the situation.

This night, Qiao Ran slept well, had no dreams all night, got up early the next day, and went to the kitchen to help Aunt Yun make breakfast.

However, she couldn't cook, and Aunt Yun couldn't let her cook, so she stood at the kitchen door and chatted with Aunt Yun.

Looking at the time, Qiao Ran asked, "Aunt Yun, it's all this time, and my cousin hasn't gotten up yet?" Doesn't she usually go to the company quite early? ”

"Miss Three didn't come back last night." Aunt Yun turned her head and looked, but she didn't see Pei Lao, so she continued, "It should be Mr. Sleep." ”

Qiao Ran nodded and didn't ask.

Hearing the sound of crutches behind him, Qiao Ran turned around and saw Pei Lao going downstairs, and hurriedly went over to chat with Pei Lao, Pei Ping came back, Pei Hao didn't dare to take the company's affairs lightly, and went to the company without breakfast.

Although Pei Hao had already told Pei Lao yesterday, Pei Lao still didn't give up, and asked Qiao Ran again while he was having breakfast: "Ranran, don't you really want to go to the company?" Ah Hao can take you ......"

"Grandpa, I want to film." Qiao Ran sandwiched a bun for Pei Lao and put it on the plate in front of him, "There is my brother in the company, it will be fine." ”

Pei Lao pursed his lips and asked unwillingly: "What about the disclosure of identity?" ”

When he talked to Qiao Ran before, Qiao Ran only said that he was not in a hurry.

But as long as he thought that Qiao Ran came back because of Pei Rong, if her identity was not made public, then Qiao Ran would probably leave after the matter was clarified, and Pei Lao felt uneasy.

However, fortunately, this time Qiao Ran did not refuse so definitely as before.

She thought for a while before she smiled at Pei Lao and said, "Grandpa, this matter, wait for a while." ”

When she makes a little achievement, when the time comes, her identity will be revealed, and it will not be considered a discredit to the Pei family.

Hearing Qiao Ran's relief, Pei Lao nodded happily, picked up the bun that Qiao Ran had clamped for himself and took a bite.

After eating breakfast with Pei Lao, I talked to him for a while, watched the news for a while, and Qiao Ran saw that the time was almost up before going out.

When she arrived at Chu's at ten o'clock, Secretary Zhang said that Chu Junbei was in a meeting, so he invited Qiao Ran into Chu Junbei's office first.

Qiao Ran hadn't been here for a long time, and she felt that the greenery on the flower stand by the window was a little more lush, so she stood by and watched, watering and pruning the flower branches.

originally thought that Chu Junbei's meeting might take a long time, but Qiao Ran's pot of flowers hadn't been pruned yet, and Chu Junbei came in.

He was wearing a black shirt and trousers, a tie around his neck, long eyebrows and sideburns, looking like an elite in the workplace, very ascetic.

But such an ascetic person, after closing the office door, immediately pulled his tie and threw it aside, hugged Qiao Ran and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why did you come so late?" ”

He was in a hurry, if Qiao Ran didn't come again, he really wanted to call to urge.

Qiao Ran rarely saw Chu Junbei so anxious, and felt that it was funny, so she pressed her forehead against him and said, "Am I not here?" ”

Originally, Qiao Ran meant that Chu Junbei was working, and she was playing next to her, looking at her mobile phone or something, and she was together.

But Chu Junbei didn't do it, and he didn't even let go at all, and took Qiao Ran to the lounge.