Chapter 272: 268. Childhood Fantasies Have Come True! (Please subscribe, please vote!)

Just as Liu Ming was still stunned, not knowing what to do, Qian Li spoke up at this moment.

"By the way, I think I saw that guy Sun Gaixin yesterday," Qian Li said.

Zhang Sicheng looked at Qian Li in confusion; why bring up that guy at a time like this?

Qian Li said eerily, "I saw his arm was broken, and when he saw me, he was like a mouse seeing a cat, trembling with fear."

Zhang Sicheng had originally been somewhat skeptical of Zhang Siyan's claims, but now he was starting to waver.

Seeing Liu Ming's puzzled gaze, Zhang Sicheng subconsciously explained, "A few days ago, that guy Sun Gaixin was still harassing Siyan, and then Xiao Li said something in front of my dad..."

Saying this, he felt he couldn't go on; it seemed all the evidence pointed to Zhang Siyan's guess being correct.

"Big brother, you don't know these things, so how do you know our dad isn't an ordinary person?" Zhang Siyan asked.

Zhang Sicheng forced himself not to overthink it at this moment, trying to calm down, and replied, "You know I attended the Internet Conference today, right?"

"I don't know," Zhang Siyan said.

"Uh..." The train of thought Zhang Sicheng had just cleared was interrupted just like that.

He glared at his younger sister in annoyance; he felt that since his sister had let go of her emotional baggage, she had changed a bit. In the past, Zhang Siyan wouldn't have been in the mood to roast him, especially after she got married.

"Don't interrupt me, or I'll beat you," Zhang Sicheng said subconsciously. This was his most common catchphrase when facing Zhang Siyan's provocations as a child, even though he had never actually beaten her once.

Zhang Siyan said leisurely, "You dare to lay a hand on me? Believe it or not, I'll tell my dad, and you'll see if he cleans you up."

Zhang Sicheng felt his sister seemed to be getting less and less friendly. Although Zhang Ran had never said a harsh word to Zhang Sicheng, Zhang Sicheng didn't think Zhang Ran's care for him exceeded that for his sister; in fact, Zhang Sicheng could vaguely feel that Zhang Ran cared more for his sister.

However, this didn't mean Zhang Ran treated them differently; it was just that their genders were different, and Zhang Ran's way of treating them was different. Zhang Sicheng understood all of this.

Zhang Sicheng sighed and said, "I won't lower myself to your level. Do you know what I encountered today?"

After finishing, Zhang Sicheng glared at Zhang Siyan, who wanted to interject, and without giving her a chance to speak, he said directly, "Ling Hua from Weiteng and Zhao Lifeng from Fengli both took the initiative to talk to me, and they even asked me to call them uncle."

As soon as these words were out, Liu Ming, who had just come back to his senses, was stunned again. He felt he shouldn't have come today.

Zhang Siyan was also a bit surprised, and Qian Li asked curiously, "Was all this because of Zhang Shu?"

"What else? Do you really think I have such a big face? To put it bluntly, what am I in front of them? I probably don't even have the qualifications to stand next to them," Zhang Sicheng said self-deprecatingly. He still had that much self-awareness.

"But these aren't the main point. The point is..." At this point, Zhang Sicheng held back, his eyes glancing toward Zhang Siyan.

Zhang Siyan was speechless at her big brother, but she also wanted to know what the main point was if this wasn't it, so she could only cooperate and ask, "Then what is the main point?"

Zhang Sicheng coughed dryly and said, "Do you remember our mom telling us about our dad's vision for the future back then?"

Zhang Siyan was stunned and said, "Of course I remember."

Zhang Sicheng said excitedly, "Do you know? Back then, our dad wasn't just fantasizing; he actually put it into practice."

"Hmm?" Zhang Siyan didn't understand what he meant.

Zhang Sicheng said, "Zhao Lifeng, Ling Hua, and those people all entered the internet industry because of our dad, or rather, because our dad entered the internet industry early."

"Not just them, you know Cheng Hong from Zhongxun Search, right? The reason he gave up his high-paying job in the United States back then was also because of our dad. He was tricked... *cough cough*, persuaded by our dad to return to the country."

The more Zhang Sicheng spoke, the more excited he became. At this moment, his mind was completely filled with the scene of Zhang Ran just arriving at the venue and those business titans standing up to greet him.

Since childhood, in Zhang Sicheng's heart, his father was the kind of person who could do anything; this was all a result of what his mother had instilled in him.

It was just that as he grew up, especially growing up in a single-parent family and entering society early, tasting the warmth and coldness of human relationships, this feeling had slowly faded. But today, it had completely erupted, so Zhang Sicheng was very excited and wanted to share it with someone, and the most suitable person was Zhang Siyan.

He wanted to tell his sister that their childhood fantasies were true, and their father was truly a very, very amazing person!

"Do you know what this means? It means the reason the entire Huaxia internet looks the way it does now is basically because of our dad, and our dad can be considered the founder of our Huaxia internet industry!" As he said this, Zhang Sicheng took a big gulp of beer.

When he finished speaking, Zhang Siyan, Qian Li, and Liu Ming were all stunned.

They never imagined that Zhang Ran had such a past.

Especially as Zhang Sicheng described it, they seemed to be able to fully imagine how Zhang Ran had laid out the internet back then and how he had led these people one by one onto the path of the internet.

To change the entire Huaxia internet with the strength of one person—what an honor this was!

At this moment, both Zhang Sicheng and Zhang Siyan were thinking: if Zhang Ran hadn't encountered the Goddess of Destiny incident back then, what would Zhang Ran's life be like now?

Thinking about it, they were all a bit dazed.

Qian Li recovered the fastest. She was also shocked by this matter, but since it wasn't her father, her ability to accept it was quick.

The second to come back to his senses was Liu Ming, but the corners of his mouth were bitter. He now discovered that his desire to pursue Zhang Siyan seemed to have become increasingly difficult.

It was no longer a matter of whether her family agreed, but whether her father, Zhang Ran, agreed.

In fact, Liu Ming had been confident about pursuing Zhang Siyan again before. After all, Zhang Siyan was currently divorced and had a child, and he truly liked her, so it shouldn't have been very difficult.

But now, after hearing what the siblings Zhang Siyan and Zhang Sicheng said, he really felt the pressure was immense!

Looking at the current situation, the Zhang Family could no longer be considered an ordinary family. Even if they had some money before, Liu Ming hadn't cared much about it.

Although he, Liu Ming, might not reach that level in the future, he wouldn't be too far off, and that would be achieved through his own ability.

But now, it was different!