Chapter 456: 452. Have you finished your homework? (Seeking subscriptions, monthly tickets!)

The reason Zhang Ran gave his own explanation in the end was not because he was truly afraid of what Huang Lin had said, but because this was not his burden to bear in the first place.

Zhang Ran had received the news after Zhuo Fan sent his son inside, and after a little guessing, he understood Zhuo Fan's intentions.

When it came down to it, Zhuo Fan was still afraid of Zhang Ran's retaliation; after all, the things he had done had already been discovered by Zhang Ran.

Although it was painful and difficult to personally send his own son to prison, it was still better than leaving him outside.

Most crucially, Zhuo Fan was afraid that his son, in the heat of his youth, would impulsively go to retaliate against Zhang Ran.

The matter of Tian Yaohui's son was still fresh in his memory, and he was different from Tian Yaohui; no matter what, Tian Yaohui had never dared to harbor other thoughts regarding Zhang Ran's family.

If his own son were to fall into Zhang Ran's hands, he dared not even imagine the result, given that even Tian Yaohui's son had been sent in.

So this was the only thing Zhuo Fan could do; otherwise, he was truly afraid...

Huang Lin, upon receiving Zhang Ran's answer, also let out a sigh of relief; relatively speaking, he did not know why, but he still preferred to believe Zhang Ran's words.

He also found this person Zhuo Fan somewhat distasteful; he was arrogant and conceited, appearing kind to others while actually being very haughty inside.

Moreover, he was somewhat too self-centered in both his conduct and his actions.

Just like the matter with the contract before, he had gone to find Zhang Ran himself; although it did not end well, such an action by Zhuo Fan was indeed disgusting to people, especially to those like them.

Originally, everyone could barely be of one mind, but after he stirred things up like this, the already unaligned hearts scattered once again.

However, Huang Lin did not care too much; from the very beginning, he had not thought about relying on these people to win.

Huang Lin looked at the somewhat nervous Cheng Mei and said with a smile, "It's fine, I'll go see Zhuo Fan again tomorrow to ask about the situation."

Although Huang Lin believed in his heart that Zhang Ran would not deceive him on such a matter, the issue was of great importance, so he still had to prepare to ask Zhuo Fan.

"What exactly did Zhang Ran say?" Cheng Mei asked hurriedly.

Huang Lin relayed what Zhang Ran had just said, and upon hearing this, Cheng Mei sighed in relief and said, "That's good, that's good, he hasn't gone crazy yet."

Seeing his wife like this, Huang Lin remained silent for a long time, and for some reason, a feeling of dejection suddenly arose in his heart.

When Zhang Ran first returned, his wife had been more confident than he was when she was about to face off against Zhang Ran.

But now, following Zhang Ran's actions one after another, Cheng Mei had unknowingly lost a great deal of confidence.

Zhang Ran put down the phone in his hand and looked at the two children sleeping soundly beside him, his heart filled with peace.

No matter what, he would not let these people harm his family in the slightest, so even if it were just a tiny threat, just the mere sign of it, Zhang Ran would resolve the threat in the most ruthless way.

After resolving Zhuo Fan, Zhang Ran was also prepared to rest a little; he was not the type of person who liked to work every day.

When he could rest, he absolutely did not want to work; to put it bluntly, he was just a bit lazy.

This was also the reason he liked being a hands-off manager so much; when it wasn't necessary, he really didn't want to interfere in these matters—it was too tiring and too annoying.

With this time, it would be better to eat, drink, and play around.

In the afternoon, Zhang Ran accompanied the two little ones to play, play games, and build castles; Zhang Ran actually enjoyed playing these seemingly childish games quite a bit.

In any case, when Liu Lu and Siyan returned in the evening, they were quite speechless to see Zhang Ran in this state.

Especially Siyan, because she was in the business world and her current status was considered quite good, so there was more discussion around her.

Many of the people she came into contact with were talking about the Zhang Ran System and talking about Zhang Ran as a person.

Regarding Zhang Ran as a person, most people's evaluation now was that he was ruthless and decisive in his actions, and at the same time, he must be a person with an extremely strong desire for control.

In many people's imaginations, Zhang Ran should be a calculating person who thought about countless things deep in his heart every day.

But now, looking at Zhang Ran, who was wearing a happy (silly) smile, where was there any sign of being calculating?

"Yay, Grandpa, I won." Zhang Xiaotao jumped up excitedly, waving the game controller.

Zhang Ran revealed a dejected look, while Susu snuggled up to her grandfather, even comforting him.

However, very quickly, Susu couldn't wait to say, "It's my turn, it's my turn."

Just as Susu was about to take the game controller from her grandfather's hand, a voice came over.

"Zhang Xiaotao, Susu, have you finished your homework?"

The two excited, smiling faces of Zhang Xiaotao and Susu instantly stiffened; they turned their heads to look at Liu Lu, who was looking at them expressionlessly, and subconsciously dodged.

Immediately after, they looked pitifully at their grandfather, wanting Zhang Ran to say something for them.

But clearly, Zhang Ran let them down; he just spread his hands toward them, signaling that he was helpless too.

Siyan also pretended not to see it and went on to pick up fruit from the fruit platter to eat.

She had long since understood that the only person in the whole house who could keep the two little ones in check was her sister-in-law, so she never said a word when her sister-in-law was educating the children.

The two little ones could only start doing their homework with mournful faces.

"School starts tomorrow, and I don't want to be called to school by your teachers, otherwise watch out for your bottoms," Liu Lu's calm voice came, causing the two little ones to look at each other, and then they ran off quickly.

They hadn't written their homework for this week, and Susu finally experienced the feeling of having homework.

Before, she only watched Taotao do his homework, but now it was finally her turn.

By the time they finished dinner in the evening, Sicheng happened to call.

"Taotao, Susu, did you miss me?" Sicheng said with a smile.

But Zhang Xiaotao didn't even lift his head, just grunted twice while keeping his head down to shovel rice; he had to finish eating quickly and then go do his homework.

Susu, on the other hand, gave him face by lifting her head and saying to Sicheng, "I missed you, Uncle."

But that was all; immediately after, she also lowered her head and began to eat voraciously.

Sicheng felt a bit jealous; in the past, when Zhang Ran was away from home, the two little ones would want to video chat with Zhang Ran every night.

But he had been away from home for several days, and the two little ones only occasionally made a video call; most of the time, they only spoke a few words to him when they were piggybacking on Liu Lu's video calls.

Zhang Ran watched this scene with some amusement and said nothing.

However, Sicheng also quickly accepted reality and began to chat with Zhang Ran about his situation over there.

Everything was progressing very smoothly, and Sicheng had not encountered any issues; clearly, the retaliation Zhang Ran had left behind before he departed had made Lotnikov somewhat wary as well.