Cheng Ran didn't walk far after leaving the lobby. He sat on the stone steps of a slope outside the hotel. It was noon, and some kind of insects were chirping in the cracks of the green and growing stones around him, making the slope seem even more deserted.
The footsteps broke the silence here. Cheng Ran looked up and saw Jiang Hongshao in the distance.
She moved fast at first and then slowly, and finally stood in front of Cheng Ran. Jiang Hongshao's voice came, "If I didn't come out, how long would you wait here?"
Cheng Ran looked up and saw her slightly red eyes.
"It is precisely because I knew you would come out that I am here."
The tacit understanding revealed in the words made Jiang Hongshao's eyes slightly widen. She had already imagined that whether Cheng Ran was angry or depressed, she had a corresponding response, but at this time, Cheng Ran did not show such emotions at all.
It just shows an attitude.
I've been waiting for you here because I knew you would come out.
Jiang Hongshao was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and kicked Cheng Ran's ankle which was hanging outside the stone steps.
Cheng Ran suffered an unexpected disaster and his eyes looked innocent and puzzled.
Jiang Hongshao said, "Can't you get closer? I've run so far, aren't I tired?"
Cheng Ran then said in a bad tone, pointing to the gatehouse in the distance, "I wanted to stay outside, but there were a lot of transparent glass windows in the building, and the security guards there stared at me from head to toe, which made me feel uncomfortable."
After a pause, Cheng Ran said, "The man just now said that you were accompanying an important friend... Your grandfather's arrangement?"
Jiang Hongshao frowned, nodded... and then shook her head.
Seeing Cheng Ran's puzzled look, she said, "He was a brother from a nearby compound when I was a child. He often came to the compound, so my grandfather liked him very much. Later, he went abroad to study and is back now. When we came here last night... we didn't know he was here."
Jiang Hongshao spoke very quickly, as if she wanted to describe the situation in the most precise and concise language possible. The urgency revealed in her tone was completely different from her usual calm demeanor.
The leisurely mood that Cheng Ran originally had here had actually almost disappeared by now.
Jiang Hongshao looked at him and asked, "Liu Gao, what else did I say to you?"
With Lao Jiang's keen insight, Cheng Ran was not allowed to enter the more core Building No. 3 to find him, and was not even allowed to enter the lobby of Building No. 5. She was almost shut out. She immediately understood that her cousin Liu Gao was pretending to obey but actually disobeying behind the scenes.
"I didn't say anything, but what I did reveal was that I shouldn't disturb you."
Jiang Hongshao nodded and said, "Don't pay attention to what this person says. Just treat it as if he is farting."
Cheng Ran looked at her cursing without caring about her image at all and laughed again... This is very old-fashioned.
Jiang Hongshao said, "I didn't tell Grandpa that you would come... I should tell him in advance next time. Maybe this won't happen."
Cheng Ran said, "It's okay, it's just that someone is playing chess and chatting with your grandfather, so it seems that there is no need for me to participate."
After Cheng Ran finished speaking, he saw Jiang Hongshao stunned for a moment, then she walked straight forward, stretched out her hand to grab his wrist, and pulled Cheng Ran down the stairs. It could be seen that she was determined to pull Cheng Ran back without looking back. Cheng Ran staggered a little.
Being pulled by Jiang Hongshao and following behind, her black hair was flying in the air, and one of her hands was pulling him so hard that blue veins appeared under the skin of her fair wrist.
One after the other, it seems like they will never come back.
The girl's hair in front of him brought a refreshing scent with the wind. If possible, Cheng Ran felt that he would like to be dragged to walk all over Mount Emei.
But in the end, Cheng Ran stood still and used greater force to stop the two from moving forward.
Jiang Hongshao turned around and looked at him.
Cheng Ran said, "It's a rare opportunity for your grandpa to come. Don't let unnecessary things affect your mood. It will also make things more likely to get messed up."
Cheng Ran patted the back of her hand, then separated her hand from his wrist.
The most important thing about these words is to remind Jiang Hongshao that this is the place where her grandfather is recuperating, and it is very likely that her grandfather was behind this. If this is a matter of great importance, it would be better for him not to go this time if he followed her to appear in front of her grandfather.
Jiang Hongshao obviously thought of this possibility, so she remained silent.
The front is like a huge mountain above your head, pressing down on you endlessly.
Maybe she could drag Cheng Ran into the Marshal Building today and alert the Lu and Jiang families, but if the situation was really as she imagined and the two families reached a consensus, such impulse would be of no help.
It doesn't change anything at all.
All the youthful spirit, all the struggles, all the roars and shouts will echo in the empty mountains and valleys. Even if they are noisy for a while, they will eventually die out.
Cheng Ran said, "Whatever I said before, you already know that you are from a wealthy family. If you think about it, you can probably think of many things in wealthy families... Even ordinary families are not that simple, and there are also complicated twists and turns, let alone a large family. There are always some things that are beyond your control... For example, strategic marriages, although they are very vulgar, but from ancient times to the present, it has always indicated such a truth that the alliance bond formed by relying on in-laws is the most trustworthy for both parties."
Jiang Hongshao lowered her head, then raised her head again, her eyes shining with fighting determination, "My family can't control me. Even if it's my family's will, they can't decide on such things. Unless I want to, I won't let such a thing happen to me."
"So far, no one has told me anything like this. If one day my family tells me that someone is going to make this decision..." Jiang Hongshao fixed her eyes, raised her head, and said seriously, "Then I will never see Lu Wei again."
Although the ground was covered with spots of light, she was in a scene where there was a gentle breeze blowing from the mountains. The girl was so bright and beautiful that it was beyond description, and her will seemed to be able to penetrate the mountains that surrounded her on all sides.
"I believe you. Who are you? Spring Jiang Hongshao..."
"What kind of nickname is this?" Jiang Hongshao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Cheng Ran said seriously: "The greater the force that the external difficulties exert on you, the stronger and higher you will bounce back."
Jiang Hongshao: "If you don't know how to use metaphors, please don't use them randomly. If I praise you for being able to smash yourself into pieces when you encounter difficulties, would you be happy if I gave you the nickname "Bronze Hammer Cheng Ran"?"
"I... Cheng Dachui."
Cheng Ran laughed at himself and pointed at the girl opposite him.
"You, Ginger Spring."
"Hey, you!"
Just when Jiang Hongshao's beautiful eyes widened to protest, Cheng Ran spread out his palms, "Is it agreed?"
Jiang Hongshao was stunned... Then she raised her lips slightly and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Let us high-five and make an alliance to overcome the difficulties and obstacles in our future lives, and not compromise until we grow old."
"No, so old-fashioned..." Jiang Hongshao shook her head.
Cheng Ran looked stunned.
But then Jiang Hongshao slapped out with her slender palm, and hit the hand he was about to retract in the air.
“Getting older doesn’t compromise.”
The girl's eyebrows were as beautiful as a painting. "It's a deal!"
…
Cheng Ran smiled and nodded, then looked behind him to signal that Liu Gao and the others were already standing in the open space outside the reception building, watching the two from afar. Cheng Ran signaled, "Go back quickly and stay with your grandpa. I'll go back first."
"Would you like me to take you to the station..."
"No," Cheng Ran laughed, "because it would make me look like a failure."
Cheng Ran turned around, waved to Lao Jiang on his back, and walked down the slope where spots of light were scattered.
Jiang Hongshao walked back, and Liu Gao walked forward and smiled tentatively, but what made him feel depressed was that Jiang Hongshao no longer cared about his identity as her cousin, and was indifferent to his enthusiastic greetings and smiling faces, as if she was a transparent person, and she no longer looked at or responded to any of his greetings, but just walked past with a cold face. Even when his wife Zhao Yue tried to smooth things over, Jiang Hongshao did not respond at all and walked into the hotel.
Liu Gao knew clearly that it was inevitable that he and his niece, who was the future of the Jiang family, would become enemies.
But he did not regret it, because in the turbulent storms and changing situations in the future, the girl will eventually grow up and will inevitably shoulder her responsibilities and future.
He is her villain, but he will be a hero to many people.
For thousands of years.
…
As Jiang Hongshao walked along the smoke-filled wooden trail towards the end of Lu Wei, her slender figure seemed to be walking alone towards the mountains that stood tall in front of her.
Cheng Ran took a bus back to Chengdu from Baoguo Temple. When he entered the main road and the cell phone signal was restored, his first call was to Li Mingshi, his father's apprentice.
Li Mingshi followed his advice and developed a disaster prevention and loss reduction system in the first half of the year. Now that the system is online, it is all the work of subsequent engineers. As a builder, his most important work has passed and he seems to have nothing to do. He is currently researching new projects.
When Cheng Ran called, Li Mingshi seemed to hear something strange on the other end of the phone, "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing... I have nothing to do right now, so put it aside for now. I have some ideas that I'm ready to implement, so let's start with the first one."
Li Mingshi said solemnly on the other end, "You speak."
"Come to my house at 8pm."
Li Mingshi knocked on the door on time. Xu Lan opened the door, greeted her warmly, and let in Cheng Feiyang's apprentice. Li Mingshi walked straight into Cheng Ran's room and saw him sitting at the desk, thinking about something.
Li Mingshi came in, sat down in front of him, spread out his notebook and took out a pen.
Cheng Ran pressed his hand lightly, indicating that he didn't need to record it, and directly placed the plan printed on the stack of paper in front of him.
Li Mingshi put down his manuscript in confusion, took the plan on the table, opened the cover of the first A4 page, and the content revealed was
Overview of the instant messaging social software project.