Chapter 3057: Revisiting old places

Ye Chen saw the two go from being at daggers drawn just now to being lovey-dovey now, and his impression of Ma Lan suddenly changed a bit.

Even though Ma Lan had so many shortcomings, in her marriage with Xiao Changkun, she was the one who truly walked with her heart and had real feelings.

As for his father-in-law, he seemed to have never had real feelings for Ma Lan.

Mentioning his past with Ma Lan, he was always full of complaints and grievances. But now it seems that Ma Lan might be his best destination. Otherwise, with his personality and style of doing things, even if he had gone to the United States with Han Meiqing back then, they would probably have parted ways by now.

Xiao Changkun had too many shortcomings common to men of this age. It's just that other peers had three or five of the twenty shortcomings, or seven or eight at most, while he had at least eighteen.

So, looking at it from another angle, the woman who could tolerate him until today, besides Ma Lan, probably wouldn't have a second one in this world.

This was also thanks to Ma Lan's straightforward personality—she scolded when she was unhappy and hit when she was angry. So, when facing so many shortcomings in Xiao Changkun, Ma Lan could use hitting and scolding to offset the damage brought by Xiao Changkun's shortcomings.

If it were someone with Han Meiqing's personality, facing all kinds of shortcomings in Xiao Changkun all day long with nowhere to release the inner depression, she would probably be driven crazy sooner or later, or simply become depressed.

Ye Chen believed that after today's hurdle, the relationship between Xiao Changkun and Ma Lan should warm up quite a bit. At the very least, when they return home in the future, they won't have to worry about the old couple fighting or having a cold war.

Xiao Churan, who was on the side, although she didn't see the old couple's mushy behavior in the back, also clearly realized that after this incident, the old couple's relationship had indeed improved significantly, and she was naturally very grateful to her husband Ye Chen.

After Ye Chen drove the car onto the highway back to the city, he asked: "Mom and Dad, where are we going to eat tonight? Are we still eating out?"

Ma Lan hurriedly said: "No, no. Churan's plane landed early, and after all the tossing, it's only past four o'clock now. Our family hasn't eaten together for a long time. Why don't we cook at home? It's so atmospheric to eat at home!"

Xiao Changkun also said without thinking: "I think that works! Churan hasn't been home for so long, she must want to eat home-cooked food. And our family hasn't had a proper family banquet for a long time. Let's just go to the supermarket together to buy some vegetables, chicken, duck, fish, and meat. Tonight, the two of us will show you two a hand."

When Xiao Churan heard this, she naturally agreed with both hands and said happily: "Mom and Dad haven't cooked together for a long time. Today I can have a feast!"

Seeing that all three had reached a consensus, Ye Chen smiled and said: "Alright, then let's go straight to the supermarket for a big purchase!"

Ma Lan sighed in the back: "Sigh, it's a pity, it's a pity."

Xiao Changkun asked curiously: "Wife, what are you pitying here? What makes you feel pity?"

Ma Lan sighed with regret: "I pity that Old Mrs. Xiao is no longer stretching plastic bags in the supermarket. Otherwise, shopping in the supermarket would allow us to enjoy her service once."

Xiao Changkun asked subconsciously: "Wasn't Qian Hongyan detained some time ago? How is her matter?"

Ma Lan smiled triumphantly: "That stinky woman, lying and selling misery, cheated so much money, she must have spat it all out!"

As she spoke, Ma Lan hummed: "Originally, she didn't have that much money to return, but it seems Xiao Weiwei is doing quite well now. The etiquette company she started is getting bigger and bigger. She managed a little deficit for Qian Hongyan, which barely counts as making it up."

Xiao Changkun asked her: "After making up the deficit, is there nothing else?"

Ma Lan said: "I heard from an old sister two days ago that the document for Qian Hongyan's non-arrest or non-prosecution seems to have been approved. They say she can go home after it's approved."

Ye Chen said: "It should be a non-prosecution decision."

Ma Lan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, that's the name!"

After that, she sighed with some dissatisfaction: "It's really cheap for that stinky woman Qian Hongyan. They should have arrested her and sentenced her to ten or eight years."

Xiao Changkun couldn't help but sigh: "Alright wife, although Mom and Big Brother's family have done many excessive things, their lives are already miserable enough now. Don't hope for their family to be broken. My big brother and Hailong haven't recovered yet and can't go out to work to make money. It's fortunate that Weiwei can still earn some income, otherwise how would their family live."

As he spoke, he was afraid that his partiality toward his mother and big brother's family would anger Ma Lan, so he hurriedly explained: "I'm not trying to speak for them or help them overturn the case. It's mainly because our lives are getting better and better, so don't hope for others to get worse, so as not to lose our own family's blessings, don't you think?"

Ma Lan was silent for a moment, nodded gently, and said very seriously: "Husband, I think you're right. Being as knowledgeable as them makes me, Ma Lan, look small. In the future, we will live our own lives steadily. I'm too lazy to care about their affairs. As long as he doesn't come to provoke us, I won't go to provoke them."

Xiao Changkun was relieved, hurriedly gave a thumbs up, and praised: "My wife's pattern is really top-notch."

Ma Lan was rarely a little shy and said: "Sigh, you make me feel embarrassed."

As she spoke, Ma Lan added: "Today I have to buy vegetables and cook to welcome my daughter. How about this, tomorrow morning I will take down all the green hats hanging on the balcony and throw them away. In the future, I won't be angry with Xiao Changgan anymore."

Xiao Changkun said in surprise: "Really, wife? You... your change is a bit fast. I can't adapt to it for a while..."

Ma Lan waved her hand: "Sigh, actually I wanted to throw away those green hats a long time ago. Hanging them on the balcony is indeed not very good-looking. But before, I was still a bit angry in my heart, so I didn't take them down. Since you said so, don't be as knowledgeable as them in the future, and I won't be angry about this either. Just take them down."

Xiao Changkun sighed sincerely: "Wife, you really make me look at you with new eyes..."

On the way Ye Chen's family drove to the supermarket, Zhou Liangyun, who had traveled through North America and Europe, finally arrived in Jin Ling.

This time he came to China with a Nordic passport. After arriving in China, he could continue to use the previous identity of Zhou Liangyun. Ye Chen had already asked Sun Zhidong, who had eyes and ears everywhere, to help him solve the domestic identity problem. The fake Zhou Liangyun identity he had created had completely become a real and verifiable file. After arriving in Jin Ling, he only needed to find a police station to report the loss of his ID card, and he would be able to get his new ID card in a few days.

Zhou Liangyun, who walked out of Jin Ling Airport, had mixed feelings.

He had previously declined Ye Chen's kindness to pick him up, partly because he didn't want to cause him trouble, and partly because he hoped to start over in Jin Ling without leaving any hidden dangers.

So, he directly hailed a taxi and headed to the Jin Ling antique street, intending to revisit the old place.

He wasn't from Jin Ling, and he had lived abroad since he was a child. In order to bring the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra" to Ye Chen, he had lived in Jin Ling for a period of time, so he was quite familiar with Jin Ling. Among them, the most familiar was naturally the antique street where he worked at the time.

Moreover, his resume as Zhou Liangyun back then was also related to the antique industry. So his current idea was to first return to the antique street, find a place to settle down, and early this morning, swaggeringly go to the antique street to find a small storefront that wasn't large and wasn't expensive, and start his own business in Jin Ling.

After the taxi arrived at the antique street, Zhou Liangyun first went to the police station next to the antique street, filled out his identity information, did facial recognition, and reissued the legal documents for the identity of Zhou Liangyun. Then the police station issued him a temporary ID card. In this way, he could normally check into a hotel in Jin Ling.

Coming out of the police station, the antique street was almost at closing time, so Zhou Liangyun directly carried his bag and walked around the antique street.

The environment here was no different from when he left, but when he left, he never thought he would come back.

Not long after Zhou Liangyun walked into the antique street, a peddler recognized him and said in surprise: "Oh! Isn't this Manager Zhou from Jiqing Hall before?! When did you come back?"

The environment of the antique street hadn't changed, and the business situation in it remained the same. Jiqing Hall was still the largest shop on the antique street. When Zhou Liangyun was able to be the manager of Jiqing Hall, basically everyone who made a living on the antique street knew him.

Zhou Liangyun didn't remember who the peddler was, but seeing that the other party recognized him, he said very politely: "Hello, I just returned to Jin Ling."

The peddler nodded and asked in a gossipy low voice: "Manager Zhou, if I remember correctly, you were fired by Miss Song Wanting of the Song family, right?"

Zhou Liangyun didn't feel embarrassed, nodded slightly, and said frankly: "That's right, I made a mistake in my work at the time and was fired by Miss Song."

The peddler hurriedly said: "Today's Miss Song is not the Miss Song of the past. The Miss Song of the past was only the person in charge of Jiqing Hall. Now she is the head of the entire Song family. You came back this time, don't let Miss Song know, otherwise she might look for trouble with you."

Zhou Liangyun smiled: "Although I was fired by Miss Song before, that was only a work problem. I don't have any other conflicts with Miss Song. I think she shouldn't be as knowledgeable as me."

After that, Zhou Liangyun added: "To tell you the truth, Zhou returned to Jin Ling this time to find a shop on the antique street and do some small business by himself. If you know of any good shops for transfer, brother, you might as well recommend them to me."

The peddler shrugged: "Business on the antique street is getting harder and harder to do now. I remember you seemed to have come from Panjiayuan before. At that time, you should have been opening a shop selling antiques in Panjiayuan, right? Why do you want to come to Jin Ling to do it now? Isn't this going backward?"

When Zhou Liangyun applied for the manager of Jiqing Hall, his resume mentioned that he started setting up stalls in Panjiayuan more than twenty years ago. At that time, many small merchants on the Jin Ling antique street felt that he was a great god, so his background and resume were passed on by word of mouth.

Panjiayuan can be considered the Jerusalem of China's antique industry. Those who have mixed in Panjiayuan can basically walk sideways on the antique street of any city in the country. Zhou Liangyun's resume is rich, and returning to the Jin Ling antique street to do business, in the eyes of outsiders, is indeed a bit of a downhill road.

However, Zhou Liangyun didn't want to explain too much, so he smiled and said: "Since you are here, you will be safe. I have been to many places over the years, and after looking around, I still like Jin Ling better."

After that, he arched his hands toward the other party and said politely: "I will come again tomorrow morning. If you have any good shops to recommend, brother, please help me pay attention. After it is done, I will pay you a tea money."

The man agreed readily: "Okay, okay, I will help you pay attention."

After speaking, he waved goodbye to Zhou Liangyun.

After Zhou Liangyun left, he stopped his stall-closing movements, took out his phone, and made a call.

Once the call was connected, he said very respectfully: "Manager Chen, it's me... It's like this, there's something I've been thinking about, and I feel it's necessary to tell you!" ===== CHAPTER 3058 =====