Adopting and Raising the Male Lead and the Villain - Chapter 301

Ling Lan had caught Wen Yongchen’s attention recently.

She was obedient and seemed to be naturally gifted in acting and he had good opinions of her from filming《Time Travel》together. So, Wen Yongchen was happy to support her.

Today, Wen Yongchen brought Ling Lan along to discuss a deal at Boneset Grass Restaurant.

Wen Yongchen was joking about how Ling Lan’s name also had a Lan character*.

*The first part of the restaurant’s name is 兰若草 (Lan Ruo Cao) and 兰 is the same character as the 兰 in 凌兰 (Ling Lan).

Ling Lan laughed.

But then Wen Yongchen’s expression suddenly changed.

Ling Lan followed his gaze and saw Zhong Yuhuan’s figure. Other than Zhong Yuhuan, there was also someone who looked like an assistant and some people who looked like bodyguards.

A bodyguard was pushing a wheelchair with an old man sitting in it. The old man wore a Tang suit and looked very old, though his demeanor was still strong.

Ling Lan murmured, “That’s the head of Jinghua Group…”

Wen Yongchen frowned. “He’s really Li Jinyuan’s father?”

Ling Lan nodded. “Yes.”

Ling Lan looked in that direction and saw director Li of Jinghua Group, who could only be found in Baidu and financial news articles, talking with Zhong Yuhuan, both of them looking relaxed.

Ling Lan immediately felt unhappy.

In the original story, Li Jinyuan’s father made things really difficult for her!

He even took out the standard move of ‘overbearing CEO’ novels and wrote her a check to get her to leave Li Jinyuan.

But Zhong Yuhuan?

Does she not need to leave?

Just because Zhong Yuhuan has money, doesn’t mean she can do whatever she wants.

Ling Lan felt immediately like she was a pickled vegetable, sour* from the inside out.

*Because sour = jealous

Wen Yongchen was also unhappy.

Even though he got compensation from Zhong Yuhuan, he still remembered how Li Jinyuan almost crushed his shoulder.

Wen Yongchen didn’t have a smile on his face as he led Ling Lan to a private room.

Zhong Yuhuan and Li Yong also went into another private room.

This meal lasted for over an hour, but they didn’t actually eat much. After all, Li Yong was old, so he talked most of the time.

Zhong Yuhuan deliberately made things difficult for assistant Dong before, but in front of Li Yong, she restrained herself. She wasn’t scared of him but rather because she didn’t want to harm someone especially so closely related to Li Jinyuan.

He was Li Jinyuan’s father after all.

And in front of her, Li Yong seemed to be a good newfound father, carefully asking about Li Jinyuan’s growth, his everyday life, and his happiness.

“I know that he’s happy, which is why he doesn’t want to return with me,” Li Yong said this while sighing loudly at the same time.

Then, he looked at Zhong Yuhuan again. “So I asked him what made him happy. That way, I could replicate that at the Li home.”

Zhong Yuhuan suddenly had a bad premonition.

“He said that it’s you, Miss Zhong.”

Zhong Yuhuan choked.

She coughed and hurriedly took two sips of soup. “Apologies…”

Li Yong slowly turned the teacup in his hands without saying anything more. He said nothing more even after the meal was over and as he sent Zhong Yuhuan off.

Zhong Yuhuan secretly thought, Old fox!

Grasping people by their hearts so easily.

Zhong Yuhuan suppressed her uneasy feeling and walked to the road.

At this time, a car stopped in front of her. Just as Zhong Yuhuan was about to say “Thank you, but there’s no need,” she found the license plate very familiar.

The car window rolled down, revealing Huo Chengming’s face, which still had a dark expression, just like someone who had been possessed by evil spirits for three months.

Zhong Yuhuan opened the door and got in. “Why are you picking me up?”

Huo Chengming snorted. “Who else would there be?”

As he said that, he looked out. “Is that Li Yong?”

Zhong Yuhuan nodded.

Huo Chengming was about to die from anger.

He couldn’t suppress himself and said with jealousy, “In the entire Huo family, I’m the only one who has eaten with you.”

Zhong Yuhuan blurted out, “One is enough! Even if I don’t have anything to do, I still wouldn’t randomly eat with his dad!”

Huo Chengming fell silent for a moment. “But I want to.”

Zhong Yuhuan’s eyes widened. “You want to eat with his dad?”

“No, I want to eat with you even when there’s no need to for… forever.”

Right after his voice fell, he slammed on the breaks.

Zhong Yuhuan’s slightly uneasy feeling immediately went through the roof.

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