The entrance of Mei's Group Park.
"Hey, I'm back. If you came to me so early, I shouldn't go home late, I should sleep at the company and wait for you."
Mei Zhongli couldn't help tidying up the collar of his suit. He was a spirited old man. Although his hair and beard were quite gray, he still looked full of style. It's just that his left leg seems to have a problem, and he walks with a limp, so he must rely on a sturdy wooden cane. He switched his cane to the other side and took it, as if he was afraid of tripping over Nan Yang beside him, and his gray beard couldn't hide his full smile, "How have you been recuperating in Australia all these years?"
Nanyang ate the strawberry with rock candy in his hand and hummed.
"As long as you are healthy. This time, I will show you the company when I come back."
"… "
Mei Zhongli took her through the main office area and pointed to the group of people who were preparing for work, "This is the operation department, you can come here to do things first, as long as there are no major problems, I can support you again. Go up. Now the company is developing smoothly, if there is no accident, within a year... "
As he was talking, two men approached, one was in his sixties, and the other was middle-aged with extremely sharp eyes.
"Mr. Mei."
"Mr. Mei is good."
Liu Zhen and Sun Guohui shook Mei Zhongli's hand.
Mei Zhongli introduced to Nanyang with a smile: "Just right, let's get to know you, Liu Zhen and Sun Guohui are the two largest shareholders of the Mei Group besides me."
"This is Mr. Mei's daughter?" Liu Zhen squinted, looked at Nanyang, and looked at Mei Zhongli, "I just heard, Mr. Mei said what will happen within a year?"
"I'm getting older. I want her to take my place in a year." Mei Zhongli looked at Nanyang with a smile.
"Mr. Mei, is it a child's play to manage the company?" Liu Zhen's expression changed, "Don't blame me for speaking badly, if you have the heart to train her, why didn't you start earlier and come step by step from the bottom of the company? She You have been idle until you are in your thirties, and if you don’t want to waste it, it would be too irresponsible to Mrs. Mei to bring such a person who doesn’t know anything and asks three questions over to be the manager of the company.”
The smile on Mei Zhongli's face slowly disappeared, "Liu Zhen, are you trying to get rid of my daughter?"
"The company is not just your own hard work. I can't agree with your hasty decision."
The aged Sun Guohui said, "Forget it, Lao Liu, so many employees are watching..."
Mei Zhongli raised his hand to interrupt Sun Guohui's words, "He deliberately chose this time to come here to make a noise and let the whole company see a joke."
Liu Zhen gritted his teeth and smiled, and said, "Mr. Mei's words are so chilling."
"Others don't know you, so I don't know you yet?" Mei Zhongli leaned on a cane and took a step forward. He was completely different from his amiable appearance. His eyes could freeze the other party into ice, and his voice was very low when he spoke again. Low, "Don't think that I don't know what your thoughts are. If you want to eat Mei Shi by yourself, your appetite is too much."
Liu Zhen looked into Mei Zhongli's eyes grimly, "I'm all for Mei's good."
Mei Zhongli just sneered.
"You do have the bulk of the shares in your hands, but I also have quite a few. I'll put my words here, and she won't want to take over any power if I'm in the company for a day." Liu Zhen said this with a calm voice , turned away without looking back.
Nanyang just stood by and looked at them without saying a word.
Mei Zhongli looked around at the employees who were watching the excitement, sighed, and waved them away.
"You don't have to be under pressure. Everyone in the company knows that you are my daughter. If you want to act in the company in the future, they will also obey."
"… "
The park is very big. The two of them talked and slowly came to the canteen of the company. The employees who had breakfast here greeted Mei Zhongli when they passed by.
A handsome man in a neat suit came over and nodded towards Mei Zhongli, "Mr. Mei." He secretly glanced at Nanyang again, "This is... your daughter, right?"
Mei Zhongli pointed at the young man, smiled and said to Nan Yang, "This is Xiao Wang, the company's director of operations."
"Hello, my name is Wang Zinan." Wang Zinan reached out to Nanyang.
Nanyang had no expression on his face, glanced at Wang Zinan's hand, and bit down another rock candy strawberry without moving.
Wang Zinan's outstretched hand was raised awkwardly in the air, seeing that Nanyang didn't pay any attention to him at all, so he had to retract it angrily.
Mei Zhongli observed Wang Zinan, smiled and said in a joking tone: "I can tell you in advance, don't think she is beautiful, so I will hit her. I have arranged her marriage a long time ago. If I find you harassing her, You're going to get out of the Mei family tomorrow, do you hear?"
Wang Zinan let out a sigh of disappointment, and sighed with regret.
"Hurry up and have dinner, and give me the report before the end of the month."
"Okay Mr. Mei."
Wang Zinan reluctantly took a last look at Nanyang, and went to pick up the meal in a dejected manner.
"I'll take you directly to my office."
"Um."
Mei Zhongli took Nan Yang up to his office on the twelfth floor, and introduced her to the current situation of the company all the way. He explained everything in detail. When the employees in the company saw this situation, they couldn't help but overheard a few words and whispered. something. Nanyang didn't seem to be interested, just lowered his head and ate the strawberry with rock candy in his hand.
Opening the door of the office, two people were already waiting inside. Mei Zhongli smiled and let Nan Yang go in. After he went in, he instructed the secretary not to let anyone come near here.
The two familiar figures turned around, and they turned out to be Liu Zhen and Sun Guohui who had only seen each other not long ago.
Mei Zhongli locked the door of the office, Liu Zhen and Sun Guohui glanced at the locked door and stepped forward.
Then.
They bowed their heads and knelt down towards Nanyang as pious and dignified as the believers worshiping the gods.
Mei Zhongli also put down his cane, supported his unfit left leg, and slowly knelt down in front of Nanyang.
"Liu Zhen, the sixty-eighth-generation descendant of Patriarch Yuntang's family, pays respects to the patriarch."
"Bianzi took advantage of Sun Guohui, the sixty-fifth generation descendant of the ancestor's family, to visit the ancestor."
"Welcome back, old man."
Mei Zhongli's forehead was close to the ground, and he said respectfully.
If someone accidentally broke in at this time, he would definitely feel that something was wrong with his eyes, or he still hadn't woken up. In any case, three successful middle-aged and elderly entrepreneurs are kneeling in front of a young woman, which is really weird.
Nanyang raised his hand, motioned them to get up, found a corner of the sofa and sat down, and blurted out with a sign dipped in candy:
"What play did you just play, I was taken aback for a moment."
Mei Zhongli replied: "Your last ID card has expired, and I took the liberty to make a new one for you as my daughter, so that you can return from Australia smoothly, appear less abrupt in front of everyone, and make you more comfortable. It is convenient for you to use the Mei family to do things in the future. This time the ID card is still your original name, I dare not give you my surname, but only declare that you have the surname of your mother, you can rest assured. "
Liu Zhen said earnestly: "Didn't you always have little interest in managing the company? I said in public that I would take you up, so you don't have to be busy with the company's chores in the future."
"Lao Liu is more thoughtful," Sun Guohui smiled gently, "We really don't want you to waste time on these mundane things."
"Yes." Mei Zhongli rubbed the cane in his hand and sighed with emotion, "We are getting old, and we have to arrange the road ahead for you. At the beginning, the ancestors ordered that the generations after the three statues should do their best to help you. We went to the ground to protect our ancestors, and we will not forget for a moment. Fortunately, the ancestors have come here safely for more than 3,000 years. Although there have been twists and turns, we can still live up to the ancestors’ teachings.”
Every time they saw her, they couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It's like - when old classmates who haven't seen for many years don't know what topic to start with, they tacitly begin to lament the glory of their youth.
Nanyang was silent for a moment, then turned his head to look out the window, "...I saw her today."
Mei Zhongli immediately realized who Nan Yang was talking about, and couldn't contain the joy in his eyes: "Did she recognize you?"
Nanyang answered in a very soft voice.
"No."
"How could it be? Didn't you say you will remember it this time?" Mei Zhongli asked in surprise.
"I don't know either," Nanyang looked at the snow on the windowsill, his fingertips resting on the sofa arm resting on the sofa leather, "maybe... there is still a lack of opportunity."
"How could... this..." Sun Guohui frowned and fell into deep thought.
"Ancestor, you don't have to worry, no matter what, the three of us will go to find the reason. By the way, I helped you make a marriage contract, and you will have many opportunities in the future." Mei Zhongli thought of the daughter of the Zhu family, and suddenly He was also pleased, "I've watched that little girl grow up. In order to fulfill your waiting, I also gave her the same name as that old friend. This child is beautiful and has a gentle personality. The ancestors must like it. ."
Nanyang lowered his eyes and said, "...but just looking at her meaning, she doesn't seem to want to marry me."
Mei Zhongli opened his mouth, not knowing what to pick up.
"She may come to you to break off the marriage in a while." Nanyang looked at Xue outside the window again, "If she really doesn't want this engagement, don't force her, if you want to retire, just retire."
"But the old man..."
"Her destiny is her own, so she doesn't have to be entangled with me." Nanyang paused, his voice getting softer and softer, "Little Lizi, I know you made this engagement for my sake, and I'm very grateful. But who is it? Didn't even think about it, she still didn't remember me. Have you ever thought, what if she already has someone she likes? What if she doesn't plan to spend the rest of her life with a woman? What will she do if we do ?"
Mei Zhongli looked into Nanyang's eyes, and when she said these words, her eyes were full of heart-shattering forbearance.
In the decades he had known her, only when she talked about that person could he see a swaying light in her indifferent eyes.
"...I see, this matter... don't worry about it, I'll figure it out."
Mei Zhongli's fist holding the cane gradually clenched.
Liu Zhen looked worriedly at Nanyang and then at Mei Zhongli, vaguely feeling that this matter would not end so easily.