Chapter 671: 667. The Bait Thrown Out (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

After Zhang Ran returned, he was also "shunned" by the four little ones; children generally do not like the smell of alcohol.

After wrinkling their little noses, Zhang Xiaotao and the Auston brothers went off to play by themselves; fortunately, there was still Susu, that sweet little darling.

Although Susu was also very unhappy that her grandfather had been drinking again, and had drunk so much, the little one's heart was very soft.

She had her grandfather lie on the sofa, and the little one sat crouched on the sofa, massaging her grandfather's temples.

Zhang Ran felt so happy at this moment; this little one was truly too lovable.

"Grandpa, does your head hurt?" Susu asked.

"It doesn't hurt; it doesn't hurt once Susu rubs it," Zhang Ran said exaggeratedly.

"Then Susu will keep rubbing it for Grandpa," Susu said, her little face full of seriousness.

Huo Zhiyuan had just walked in and saw that exaggerated expression on Zhang Ran, and she smiled as she handed over the prepared hangover soup.

Zhang Ran was also afraid of tiring Susu out, so after Susu had massaged for a while, he chose to get up.

"Grandpa is all better now, Susu is truly amazing," Zhang Ran forced himself to perk up.

Seeing that her grandfather seemed to be truly fine, Susu also revealed a happy smile.

While Zhang Ran drank the hangover soup, he chatted with Huo Zhiyuan about some matters, and Susu just sat quietly by her grandfather's side.

However, Zhang Ran was indeed sleepy; he had drunk quite a lot of alcohol today, so after finishing the hangover soup, he went to sleep.

When Zhang Ran woke up the next day, he saw Susu, that little one, lying prone at the head of the bed; it seemed she had waited for a long time and had fallen asleep just like that.

Zhang Ran carefully picked Susu up, preparing to put her on the bed, but the little one was startled awake immediately.

"Grandpa." Susu rubbed her hazy big eyes with her fair, tender little hands.

"Why did you run over here?" Zhang Ran said dotingly.

Susu said: "Susu missed Grandpa; Grandpa hasn't played with Susu for a long time, and last night Grandpa drank so much; Mommy said drinking is bad for the body."

Susu said in a small voice, hugging her grandfather's neck, with no intention of getting down.

Listening to the little one's chatter, Zhang Ran suddenly felt a wave of warmth in his heart.

However, regarding Susu's complaints, Zhang Ran had no choice; it wasn't that he couldn't take the little one out to play, but doing so might make Wang Chao and the others not have a good time, so there was no need for that.

So he could only wrong Susu a little.

After carrying Susu out, he saw Zhang Xiaotao and the Auston brothers playing wildly in the living room, and he immediately felt that having a son really isn't as good as having a daughter; look at this sweet darling, and then look at this heartless grandson playing happily by himself.

After Zhang Ran finished washing up, he began to eat; while he was eating, Yin Long also hurried over.

"Have you eaten?" Zhang Ran signaled for Yin Long to sit down.

Yin Long didn't stand on ceremony, "I haven't eaten yet; I just woke up too."

"Let's eat together, and talk about yesterday's situation while we're at it," Zhang Ran said.

Yin Long casually grabbed a potsticker and said while eating: "The current situation is a bit more complex than I imagined; let's not even talk about Pusi Capital and those who are temporarily considered third-party members for now, but Tom's side is a bit hard to say."

Zhang Ran and his group had already divided the current situation into three factions; the first was naturally themselves.

The second was Jiasen's sibling family and their partners, and the third was the capital groups that didn't want to be involved in past matters.

Such a division allowed Zhang Ran and his group to clearly and plainly analyze the attitudes and situations of certain people, so they could respond accordingly.

Zhang Ran said: "Tell me about it."

"I can tell that on Tom's side, they are also somewhat aware of what happened back then, and they have even probed a bit.

However, there are also people in their family who hold opposing opinions; for example, when I went yesterday, someone gave me a cold look on the spot; it's hard to say anything about that kind of attitude.

Tom is quite capable, and he is considered a high-level member of their family, but he is not the sole person in power; his attitude can influence some things, but he cannot make the final decision, so I'm not sure," Yin Long summarized some of his observations from these past few days.

Although Zhang Ran and his group were all considered victims back then, the two sides actually didn't just lose a bit of money and influence.

Both sides suffered casualties; Zhang Ran lost a brother who had betrayed him but had a change of heart at the last minute, and Tom's family lost even more.

Of course, the crazy revenge Zhang Ran took after he escaped wasn't just aimed at the Whale Shark Organization; not a single one of these people was spared.

If it weren't for the fact that things had gotten a bit too big at the time, causing some people to step out to stop it, and because this was never Zhang Ran's home turf, Zhang Ran could only retreat in the end.

Coming to the United States again later was just to handle his own affairs; he couldn't continue the revenge, otherwise, Zhang Ran estimated he really wouldn't have been able to leave at that time.

Of course, Zhang Ran also spent a great price to be able to leave smoothly after the revenge and to clean up these things that were considered stains.

Listening to Yin Long's summary, Zhang Ran nodded and said: "This is actually not hard to guess; if you really want to talk about it, they lost much more than we did back then."

Zhang Ran was actually not surprised by such a result.

"But don't hold them in too high regard; for families that have been passed down for hundreds of years like this, many things can actually be solved with interests.

Do you believe that the reason you encountered someone giving you a cold look yesterday was largely because someone arranged it on purpose?" There was some disdain in Zhang Ran's eyes.

This is a common ailment of big families; in many cases, interests determine everything.

Just like Zhang Ran's crazy revenge back then; Zhang Ran could exhaust everything to take revenge on them for the sake of one person, for some grievances, and to vent the anger in his heart.

But they didn't dare to exhaust everything to take revenge on Zhang Ran; that is the difference.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Ran was clearly in the upper hand in the later stages; they didn't dare, but Zhang Ran dared!

Yin Long said: "There is indeed such a possibility, but Brother Zhang, what kind of choice are we going to make?

Are we going to continue to settle the accounts of what happened back then with them, or are we going to resolve it?"

This is the key to the problem, and this is also the information Tom has often sought him, Yin Long, out to probe for during this time.

Although only thirty-some years have passed in the world now, earth-shaking changes have already taken place.

Even if they are as arrogant as they want, they cannot act like they did before, but the confrontation of capital is equally full of blood and cruelty.

So Tom also hopes to get Zhang Ran's stance on this.

Zhang Ran said: "There is no rush to state our position for now; we currently occupy a clear upper hand, and the card of Fengli Finance is attractive enough.

If they want to enter Fengli Finance, then they must pay a high enough price; this is not a problem we need to consider."