Chapter 324: 320. The Father-in-Law is No Ordinary Man (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

In the car, Zhu San finally regained his composure slightly, though his gaze toward Zhang Ran remained filled with shock and disbelief.

"Mr. Zhang, your... appearance..." Zhu San began.

Zhang Ran looked at him and said, "What? You didn't know? Didn't Dayong tell you?"

"He didn't tell me?" Zhu San was confused.

He Yong was also puzzled at this moment, "I already told you that Brother Zhang is back; didn't you go check the situation?"

Logically, as long as Zhu San had checked the news even a little, he would have known about the news of the Goddess of Destiny; how could such a misunderstanding have happened?

"I... I..." Zhu San didn't know what to say for a moment, but then he looked at his daughter, "Lili, didn't you say that Tian Yaohui had run into trouble?"

Zhu Mingli said blankly, "He did run into trouble; he went to prison, and his entire company became someone else's."

After her father asked last time, she had carefully looked into Yaotian Pharmaceutical and the situation with Huamei.

At this moment, thinking back to He Yong's words earlier, Zhu San realized he seemed to have been thinking in the wrong direction from the very beginning.

Tian Yaohui ran into trouble because of Zhang Ran, not because He Yong had taken action.

With that, everything was explained clearly.

Zhu San said somewhat hoarsely, "Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry, I misunderstood."

"Misunderstood what?" Zhang Ran said.

"I thought Yong Ge was going to..." He looked at the two children as he spoke, and said in a low voice, "was going to come and settle scores."

However, after saying that, he added anxiously, "But Mr. Zhang, I really didn't call the police, and I didn't expect my daughter to call the police."

Liao Qi sat on the recreational vehicle in a daze; he was just an ordinary person, working an ordinary car repair job, and married to an ordinary wife.

He had always assumed his father-in-law's family was just like theirs, an ordinary family.

Or perhaps even less well-off than theirs.

He also knew something about Zhu San's situation, knowing that he would often go to help people, and that the money Zhu San had earned over the years had basically all gone into that.

But those were his previous thoughts; now, he didn't dare to think that way anymore.

Just from these few sentences of conversation, he had heard something, and he felt as if he had heard something extraordinary.

Furthermore, although he didn't know Zhang Ran, he had heard of Huo Zhiyuan, and with the police having already confirmed Huo Zhiyuan's identity, his heart felt even more... strange?

The old man he previously felt was just a kind-hearted person had suddenly become someone who seemed very high-profile?

And he even knew a business mogul like Huo Zhiyuan?

The most critical thing was that he had heard the word 'settle scores'!

It seemed he had gotten himself involved in something extraordinary?

He then carefully and secretly glanced at Zhang Ran, who was looking indifferent; the aura on his body made him feel more and more that his father-in-law seemed to have been quite formidable in the past?

Of course, a large part of this so-called aura was something Liao Qi had imagined in his own mind, but he really did have that feeling.

Not only Liao Qi, but even Zhu Mingli, who had some mental preparation, was dazed at this moment.

Zhang Ran looked at the earnest expression on Zhu San's face and said nothing more; just then, the car arrived at a restaurant, "Let's eat first, we'll talk after we eat."

He then led everyone off the car; Zhu Mingli and Liao Qi also followed carefully behind Zhu San, and then Zhu Mingli seemed to think of something and pulled on Zhu San's clothes somewhat anxiously.

"Dad, um, Mom is still waiting for my news," Zhu Mingli said.

Before Zhu San could speak, He Yong, who was on the side, said, "Lao San, have your wife come over too; it's a good chance for Brother Zhang to see her and get to know her."

After a pause, he added, "It will be good for you."

He Yong no longer held any resentment toward Zhu San after experiencing the incident with the Longevity Tablet, and with what Zhu San had done this time and his current mindset, He Yong felt even less hatred.

He believed Zhang Ran felt the same way, only Zhang Ran didn't know how to face Zhu San.

If he acted like before, as if nothing had happened?

That was clearly somewhat impossible; no matter how magnanimous Zhang Ran was, Zhu San had, after all, been someone who betrayed him.

But if he treated him with cold indifference, or even took revenge?

That was not something Zhang Ran was willing to do; it could also be said that the timing of the Longevity Tablet incident Zhang Ran witnessed was truly perfect.

It happened to be after he had experienced the events at Tianjia Mountain Village that he encountered such a thing, which couldn't help but make him feel a bit more... moved?

Upon hearing He Yong's words, Zhu San didn't ask anything more, just told Zhu Mingli to call Ge Meichun and have her come over.

After receiving the call, Ge Meichun wept with joy; she didn't know the specific situation, but knowing her husband was fine was enough.

Having been with Zhu San for over twenty years, Ge Meichun understood Zhu San quite well; when she saw what Zhu San had been doing these past few days, she knew that Zhu San had made up his mind.

Over the years, she had also heard Zhu San talk about his past intermittently; in Zhu San's words, his former boss, Mr. Zhang, was practically mythologized.

Ge Meichun could clearly hear Zhu San's worship and reverence for this Mr. Zhang.

But the more this was the case, the more Zhu San's final betrayal made him blame himself; this self-reproach might have been alleviated slightly in the past by the things he did.

But as Zhu San's legs became inconvenient over the last two years and he spent more time at home, the torment deep in his heart became harder and harder to bear.

The reason he had stayed in the basement tinkering with his broken things for the last two years was, in a way, a form of self-punishment.

Actually, just as Zhu San said, if this time had been what he imagined, wouldn't it have been a form of relief for him?

But it was better now; although her daughter hadn't said much, she had heard it—that Mr. Zhang had really returned, and he hadn't come to make things difficult for her husband, and that was enough.

After composing herself slightly, Ge Meichun also hurried over; until she saw her husband with her own eyes, her heart wouldn't be completely at ease.

Zhu San, on his side, quietly asked He Yong, "Yong Ge, what exactly is going on?"

Even now, he hadn't figured out how Zhang Ran had returned, and why his appearance hadn't changed at all.

He Yong was truly speechless at this moment, "Do you not watch TV? No, do you not read the newspapers? Don't you know the news that the Goddess of Destiny has returned?"

Zhu San shook his head blankly; he hadn't had the heart to look at these things for the past two years, let alone TV or newspapers; he had even rarely chatted with others, becoming increasingly withdrawn over these two years.

"Dad, I know," Liao Qi said in a low voice, carefully glancing at He Yong as he spoke.

"What's going on?" Zhu San asked.

Liao Qi told him everything he knew about the news of the Goddess of Destiny; after all, the incident had caused quite a stir back then, and he wasn't like Zhu San, so he knew at least something about the news.