Chapter 434: 430. The Love Master is a Single Dog! (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

After Zhang Ran received Qi Lin's reply, he didn't say anything more and changed the subject: "Stay here for a meal at noon, and call your two children over as well."

After saying this, he didn't wait for Qi Lin to refuse and walked away directly, coming to Gong Nan's side.

"Alright, stop looking, I didn't make things difficult for your wife," Zhang Ran said with a smile as he watched Gong Nan's somewhat nervous appearance.

Gong Nan said sheepishly: "Brother, I've caused you trouble."

"There's no trouble or not, remember, I am your brother, don't stand on ceremony with me when you have something," Zhang Ran said.

After saying this, Zhang Ran changed the subject: "By the way, have you had any contact with the people from the welfare institute from before?"

"No, ever since the welfare institute was dissolved, we were all scattered. I was considered lucky to be adopted by my foster parents; I don't really know the specific situation of the others," Gong Nan said.

Ten years ago, Gong Nan would occasionally go to the original address of the welfare institute to take a look, but every time he went, he couldn't see anyone, so he hadn't gone again recently.

The two of them chatted idly like this, while Qi Lin sat on the side listening to them talk, or occasionally chatting a few words with Huo Zhiyuan.

At this moment, Qi Lin had a strange feeling.

This seemed to be the first time she had accompanied Gong Nan while he chatted with someone; it used to be the other way around.

And Qi Lin didn't seem to find it as hard to accept as she had imagined in her heart before; instead, she felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

Qi Lin truly didn't know what her feelings for Gong Nan were—love?

They had been married for nearly twenty years; what kind of love could there be?

But it wasn't as if she had no feelings at all; just like yesterday, when Gong Nan turned against her because of a single sentence of hers, a feeling of discomfort, and even a sense of grievance, had welled up in her heart without warning.

Huo Zhiyuan looked at Qi Lin and said with a smile on her face: "This woman, she can be a strong career woman, or she can be a housewife, but no matter what, she needs a shoulder to lean on when she is tired."

"This actually isn't a difference between men and women, just like men, most of the time, also need a woman's embrace to give them warmth and let them be full of motivation again."

Qi Lin listened very attentively, looking as if she were lost in thought.

However, if she knew that Huo Zhiyuan was a ten-thousand-year single dog, she wouldn't know what to think.

It seems to be like this nowadays: the more single one is, the more flawless their analysis of relationships seems to be, and they speak about it with great eloquence.

At half-past eleven, Qi Xiaoting ran over quickly, holding Qi Mingming's hand; by this time, she had already changed into her beloved Hanfu.

"Uncle Zhang," Qi Xiaoting called out excitedly as soon as she arrived, her little mouth very sweet.

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "Why are you wearing this today? Isn't it hot?"

"Hehe, it's not hot, I want to take some more photos, is that okay?" Qi Xiaoting said with a grin.

Zhang Ran said: "Go ahead and take them, just don't post the location."

"Alright, thank you Uncle Zhang." After receiving permission, Qi Xiaoting went off to take photos, beaming with joy. As for Qi Mingming, he was looking everywhere for Susu and Taotao, but it was clear he couldn't find them, so his little face drooped a bit.

This lunch was actually for Zhang Ran to put Qi Lin and Gong Nan at ease, so they wouldn't let their imaginations run wild.

As for Qi Guanghuan, he was not included in this; Zhang Ran also had to teach their Qi Family a lesson, so they wouldn't feel that this matter had no difficulty at all.

When leaving in the afternoon, Qi Lin finally couldn't help but ask: "Brother, may I ask, how exactly will you deal with Fengchao?"

At the beginning, Qi Lin had always called Zhang Ran Mr. Zhang, but during the meal, Zhang Ran had her change it; although she was still a bit reserved, she wasn't as cautious as before.

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "How to deal with it? You can refer to Yaotian Pharmaceutical; that is the method I use to deal with it."

"But don't worry, you will continue as you are; if you have any friends, just tell me when the time comes."

Qi Lin said hurriedly: "I didn't mean that, I was just asking."

However, deep in Qi Lin's heart, there was still some melancholy. She had entered Fengchao right after graduating, and although it was because of her uncle, she herself had also worked very hard and fought for Fengchao for such a long time.

If this hadn't happened, Qi Lin could have entered the headquarters to serve as a high-level executive within the next two or three years.

But...

But Qi Lin quickly cast these thoughts out of her mind and didn't dwell on them anymore.

"Xiaoting, why don't you take Mingming to stay at Grandma's house tonight," Qi Lin suddenly said on the road.

Qi Xiaoting asked in surprise: "Why?"

"Why ask so much? Just go when I tell you to," Qi Lin said with a stern look.

Qi Xiaoting looked at her, then looked at her old man, suddenly gave a mischievous laugh, and let out a long "Oh."

A rare trace of shyness appeared in Qi Lin's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

Qi Xiaoting left happily with Qi Mingming; although Qi Mingming was very unwilling, under the threat of his sister's iron fist, he still followed along obediently.

When a sister hits her younger brother, she really uses force; it's not just for show.

Although Qi Mingming was young, he already understood the essence of it!

Qi Lin then saw Gong Nan staring at her and said crossly: "What?"

"Nothing, just discovered you're a bit different today," Gong Nan laughed.

Qi Lin snorted and said: "Who told you to have such a good brother? If I dare to bully you again, what if you go and complain?"

After saying this angry remark, Qi Lin said: "Let's go, I'll take you out to eat today."

After saying this, she seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly added: "Did you bring money? Don't be unable to pay the bill when the time comes."

Gong Nan was dazed for a moment, but quickly reacted, his face full of smiles, "I brought it, I guarantee it's enough."

Who knew that Qi Lin would look at him straight on, "Are you hiding private money?"

"Cough, cough, cough." Gong Nan was choked all of a sudden; he really did have private money, and it was quite a bit—at the very least, more than the average person's private money.

"No, no, just a little bit of money, you know me, I..."

"Forget it, I won't worry about these things of yours, and I don't dare to anymore. Tonight, you just watch and pay; anyway, I didn't bring a single cent," Qi Lin huffed.

These private savings of Gong Nan's were all saved up bit by bit, but at this moment, it seemed they couldn't be kept. Sure enough, over the course of the next evening, the nearly twenty thousand in private savings he had stored were all gone—spent completely.

But Gong Nan didn't feel the slightest bit of heartache!

He didn't know what Zhang Ran had said to Qi Lin, but he could clearly discover that Qi Lin was not as cold as before, or rather, she had slightly taken off the things she had always disguised on the surface in front of him, her husband.