"I can't come?" Feng Zhongliang's calm expression immediately angered Feng Nan, "Who can come? Someone with the surname Jiang?"
Her tone was aggressive. Xiao Liu frowned and instinctively looked at Feng Zhongliang, fearing that he was angry with Feng Nan.
But what made Xiao Liu feel relieved was that although Feng Nan's attitude was not good, Feng Zhongliang did not seem to take her tone to heart. Instead, he instructed Wang Ma:
"Prepare my bath water."
After hearing what he said, Feng Nan could no longer restrain himself and stood up in a flash:
"Are you feeling guilty?"
She gritted her teeth, with resentment in her eyes:
"Did you go to see 'A Silver Lining' tonight? Don't you always look down on actors and never watch movies except for plays and dramas?"
Feng Zhongliang paused when he was about to put on his coat. The servants in the room who had not yet slept saw the tit-for-tat scene between the grandfather and grandson, and they were all silent, not daring to say a word.
Xiao Liu took a breath, worried that the old man would get into trouble because of Feng Nan.
Two years ago, when Feng Nancai and Feng Zhongliang were having a big fight, he had thought about easing the relationship between the grandparents and grandchildren. He had also called Feng Nan privately, hoping that she could come back to accompany Feng Zhongliang and warm the old man's heart.
But later, as Feng Nan moved out of the Feng family completely and her concern for Feng Zhongliang was not as great as that for Jiang Se, an outsider, Xiao Liu called her less frequently, until two years ago, when Xiao Liu cut off some of Feng Nan's financial supply as Feng Zhongliang instructed, and they rarely contacted each other again.
In recent years, the relationship between Feng Zhongliang and Jiang Se is not that of grandparents and grandchildren, but better than that of biological grandchildren. He also likes to see that Grandpa Feng has someone to rely on in his old age, can enjoy family life, and has the company of younger generations. Xiao Liu is also happy for him.
But from Xiao Liu's private point of view, he still felt a little sorry for Feng Zhongliang and Feng Nan, the true grandparents and grandchildren.
He was a servant who had taken care of Feng Zhongliang for many years. He had witnessed Feng Zhongliang raise Feng Nan. Now that things had turned out like this, he sometimes got anxious.
As for the girl Feng Nan, Xiao Liu still has the impression that she was gentle and quiet in the past. Even though she changed a lot later, Xiao Liu still felt that she was just rebellious for a while.
As soon as she came back, she spoke too aggressively, and Xiao Liu tried to smooth things over:
"Ms. Feng Nan, it's already very late. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow..."
"Shut up!" Feng Nan glanced at him and scolded impatiently:
"What qualifications do you have to talk to me? You are just a servant!"
This one sentence made Xiao Liu's face turn pale and blue. Besides being embarrassed, he also felt a little sad.
He has stayed in the Feng family for twenty or thirty years, taking care of the old man. Everyone in the Feng family is very polite to him, and he actually treats the Feng family as his own home. He has watched Feng Nan grow up since she was a child, so it goes without saying that he likes her. Otherwise, he would not have risked being reprimanded by Feng Zhongliang and specifically reminded her.
But now Feng Nan's words were very impolite, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.
"After a few years of wandering around, I haven't learned anything else, but I have become arrogant." Feng Zhongliang waved his hand, signaling Wang Ma and others not to stay here and to prepare bath water for him.
Feng Nan came back tonight with an annoyed look on his face, probably looking for trouble.
No matter who is in her body, she is still nominally a child of the Feng family. Family disgrace should not be made public. If it gets out of hand, the Feng family will be the ones to suffer.
"I'm not watching anything, it's not your turn to point fingers."
Feng Zhongliang was in a good mood tonight. After watching "A Glimmer of Hope", he talked with Jiang Se for a long time, which made him much calmer when he saw Feng Nan.
"I don't understand."
Feng Zhongliang did not deny it, which undoubtedly made Feng Nan's eyes even more grim:
"When I was about to make a movie, you criticized me for everything and said I was bringing shame to the Feng family."
When she was filming "Revenge", Feng Zhongliang ignored her, so she had to go out of her way to ask for help. She even made a bet with Dong Mingsheng, and the movie was also deserted when it was released. If she wanted to ask her family for help, she had to call them in person.
At that time, Feng Zhongliang had not thought about watching his own movie. Instead, on the same day, as soon as Jiang Se's "Devil" was released, he rushed to the cinema to watch it.
If she hadn't later accidentally told Feng Shiyong that it was a servant of the Feng family who let the secret slip, she might not have known about it.
His own granddaughter doesn't help, but instead goes to flatter outsiders. Feng Nan sometimes wonders if Feng Zhongliang is too old and his brain is not working very well.
"But now you go to watch other people's movies. Do you know who Jiang Se is? Her father is the kidnapper who kidnapped me back then!" She was very excited. "Both father and daughter are not good people. They want to kill me and take away my things..."
Feng Nan was so excited that he spoke without thinking. Xiao Liu's heart skipped a beat and sweat started to pour out of his palms.
He had reminded Feng Nan to be careful at the time, but he did not mention what happened to Jiang Zhiyuan.
Thinking back to the time when Feng Nan hired someone to track down Jiang Zhiyuan some time ago, Xiao Liu was worried, but Feng Zhongliang looked calm, which formed a sharp contrast with Feng Nan's anger.
"Who told you that Jiang Se's father was the kidnapper who kidnapped you back then?"
Feng Zhongliang held the crutch and asked calmly.
Feng Nan is not the 'real person'. If Xiao Liu had not reminded her later and Feng Shiyong had not let the cat out of the bag about the kidnapping, she might not have known about it at all.
Feng Zhongliang noticed that she said that 'the father and daughter wanted to kill her and take her things', and looked at Feng Nan's expression calmly:
"When did she ever kill you or try to steal something from you?"
"he… "
Feng Nan was so angry that he almost blurted out that Jiang Se had snatched Zhao Junhan from him and Jiang Zhiyuan had run over her with his car.
But in her rage, she saw Feng Zhongliang's expression. He narrowed his eyes, and there was a probing look in his old eyes.
At this moment, Feng Nan suddenly remembered what Jiang Se had said to her at the beginning of the year, on the night when "The Lost City" was released. She said that she had changed too much in the past few years, which aroused Feng Zhongliang's suspicion. This thought flooded into her mind, and she broke out in a cold sweat.
She had been angry because of her recent setbacks, her funds were frozen, she could not invest in "Criminal Suspect", and she could not get the role of the female supporting role in the drama, as well as Feng Zhongliang's anger at watching Jiang Se's movie. When she looked at Feng Zhongliang's eyes, all her anger disappeared.
"I checked. Jiang Se's father committed a crime in Hong Kong in his early years. He kidnapped people and was sent to prison. Even if he didn't kidnap me, he is not a good person!"
She spoke with a reluctant expression, causing Xiao Liu to look surprised.
Jiang Zhiyuan's kidnapping of Feng Nan was suppressed because Feng Zhongliang was quite powerful in Hong Kong, so ordinary people were not able to know about it.
But it caused a sensation in the upper class society. What's more, Feng Nan was a kidnapping victim. Even though she didn't know Jiang Zhiyuan's name because Mr. Feng deliberately concealed it, since she asked someone to look up Jiang Zhiyuan, she should recognize the man who kidnapped her.
But now when Mr. Feng asked, she easily overturned what she had said before, which really surprised Xiao Liu.
"Hmph." Feng Zhongliang knew what the result would be and was too lazy to waste words with Feng Nan.
Such a person occupied his granddaughter's body, but targeted Jiang Se everywhere. This made Feng Zhongliang more and more disgusted with Feng Nan, and he said directly:
"Speak again if you have evidence. If you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense!" He suppressed his impatience and looked at Feng Nan's somewhat familiar yet extremely unfamiliar faces. He was silent for a long time and sighed deeply:
"You are not young anymore. Instead of thinking about these things, you should think about the matter with the guy from the Zhao family of Jianghua Group."
Xiao Liu suppressed his doubts and helped Feng Zhongliang go upstairs to wash up. Feng Zhongliang took two steps and then stopped:
"You were the one who insisted on this marriage. Now that it has become like this, you should think clearly about what to do next."
Feng Nan was simply impatient to hear such words. She and Zhao Junhan were like strangers and it was impossible for them to be together again.
She felt that Feng Zhongliang said these things clearly because he wanted to use her to promote cooperation between Zhongnan Industry and Jianghua Group.
"I won't marry Zhao Junhan!"
She said it angrily, and Feng Zhongliang just smiled:
"It's up to you then."
His words did not make Feng Nan feel better, but made him more resentful:
"I got into trouble recently. Pei Yi asked someone to freeze my account and asked me to pay him back 60 million. I want you to..."
Before she finished speaking, Feng Zhongliang said:
"I can't help you."
He climbed a few steps and Feng Nan came to his senses. Just as he was about to speak, Feng Zhongliang seemed to remember something:
"You don't treat me as your grandfather, and I just treat you as my granddaughter. Don't come here again in the future."
When the crutch was leaning on the stairs, it made a dull "dong dong" sound.
It took Feng Nan a while to realize what Feng Zhongliang meant. When she pushed Feng Zhongliang to the ground, although Feng Zhongliang was angry with her, he never told her not to come to the Feng family again.
She watched Feng Zhongliang being supported by Xiao Liu to go upstairs, and remembered that when she came to Feng's house tonight, Feng Zhongliang would rather side with outsiders than help her. It was obvious that he only needed to say a word to Pei Yi to help her solve the crisis, but he stood by and watched, refusing to say a single good word for her, let alone pay 60 million for her to solve this problem.
At that moment, I just felt resentful and it was difficult to calm down.
She drove away angrily. The tires made sharp and piercing noises as they spun on the ground at night. Feng Zhongliang looked tired in the room. Xiao Liu looked at him and felt that the old man seemed even older.
"Don't bother with her. Miss Feng Nan may just be upset for a moment. All children have a rebellious period..."
He comforted Feng Zhongliang and sometimes felt that the old man was really pitiful.
So what if you have money? But you can't buy true love. What the Feng family is thinking about are the shares and properties in his hands. They may have secretly planned to divide the shares after he passes away.
With this attitude, it is no wonder that Feng Zhongliang has become more and more withdrawn. Fortunately, Jiang Se has been able to talk to him and make him happy in recent years.
"I know it in my heart."
Feng Zhongliang looked out the window. He had taken off his coat. His skinny body could not support his loose shirt.
The white hair on his temples was even more glaring under the light. He was stunned for a long while and sighed:
"You should keep an eye on Feng Nan recently and wipe out all traces of Jiang Zhiyuan. Don't let her find out anything."
From the previous conversation with Feng Nan, Feng Zhongliang knew that she was just making random guesses and had no substantial evidence.
As long as she can't get any evidence, no problem will arise even if she talks nonsense, as long as I, the Pei family and Xia Chaoqun are watching her.
As for Feng Nan, he gritted his teeth. Although he almost "lost" his granddaughter again because of her, Jiang Se was living a good life now. He also hoped that Feng Nan could live his own life well and not struggle anymore.
"Don't take what she said to heart."
Feng Zhongliang retracted his gaze and looked at Xiao Liu again:
"She is not sensible, but in my heart, after decades of living together, she is like a relative, if not a family member."
He knew that Feng Nan's words hurt Xiao Liu's heart, so he made an exception and said a few words to comfort him.
"I understand, don't worry, old man."
In fact, Xiao Liu understood the truth, but when Feng Zhongliang said these words, Xiao Liu still felt heartbroken.
Movie reviews for "A Silver Lining" have already appeared online, and after the midnight premiere, a large number of positive reviews came in.
In addition to the film reviews written for "A Glimmer of Hope" by well-known domestic film critics such as Shu Payne, there are also messages from some movie fans.
On the film database, the score for "A Glimmer of Hope" has reached 90 points. To achieve such a good result on the first day of its release is second only to "The Devil" starring Jiang Se that year.
Film critic Han Rui made no secret of his love for "A Glimmer of Hope" on the film database:
All I want to say at this moment is that it was worth the trip to watch "Silver Linings" tonight!
I noticed the aura that Zhang Jing'an displayed in his works when he directed his first film. Over the past decade or so, I have watched him gradually move towards the status of an internationally renowned director.
In my early years, I was deeply influenced by him. When I was in school, I even aspired to be a director and make amazing works like Zhang Jing'an. Unfortunately, due to some strange reasons, I was not able to hold the camera, but I picked up the pen and became a film critic, and finally I had some connection with movies.
Counting Zhang Jing'an's works, we can see that he has a very strong ability to control the plot. His personal use of the camera is not inferior to that of international first-line directors. What he lacks may be a record-breaking box office to make him a god.
I had been paying attention to "A Glimmer of Hope" when it first started being promoted. When I got the plot, I was a little disappointed that Zhang Jing'an chose this subject.
His previous film "Rescue Operation" was full of great love that transcends the nation and the country, which left a deep impression on me. The repeated climaxes in the plot also made it very enjoyable to watch. After many years, when I think of the humanitarian mutual rescue between the revolutionary army and Zhou Mingchong, my blood still boils.
When he directed a film about a subject like "Kidnapping," given the many precedents, I was actually worried that he would have trouble coming up with something new.
Before the movie started, when I thought of Liu Ye, I couldn't help but think of the heroic revolutionary army in "Rescue Operation", the "devil" in "Devil" who was holding a cigarette and said nonchalantly that he had reaped a girl's life. When I thought of Jiang Se, the first thing I thought of was Zhang Yuqin in "Devil" who lost his daughter and eventually became a "devil". (To be continued)