under the spotlight

Chapter 259 Dilemma
When Chen Ke saw A Hao, he couldn't see his eyes with a smile: "What are you busy with recently, I can't see anyone online or offline."

A Hao rubbed his face: "Don't mention it, I have to learn while doing this job, I'm afraid I have to go back to the stove, hey..."

"Isn't there your brother, why are you working so hard?" Chen Ke took the suitcase from Ah Hao's hand.

Ah Hao glanced at Jiang Zhongze who was talking to his sister with a smile on his face, shook his head and smiled wryly: "They are newlyweds, so they didn't feel much at first, anyway, someone backed them up, and now my brother is almost becoming a shopkeeper, but it's true." Let me figure out how much I weigh."

"It's all the same. I used to dawdle in the stage. Now that I'm out, it's a lawsuit over my head. It's not much better than you. But I have a lot of big names here, so I won't be in trouble." Chen Ke patted Ah Hao on the shoulder and said.

"That's right, just my sisters, just looking at them makes people feel at ease. By the way, is there any girl in love today?" A Hao lowered his voice and asked Chen Ke.

Chen Ke curled his lips: "Just what your sisters said, I'm a staff member, I need to be professional, you understand..."

"Hey, you can't make an appointment first, and then talk about it later..."

"Ahao, what the hell are you two thinking about? Aren't you hungry?" Lu Beicen waved at Ahao.

A Hao walked over quickly: "Hungry is hungry, it's just that I have eaten hotel meals for too long, and I want to eat something that suits my taste."

How could Jiang Zhongze fail to understand what Ah Hao was up to, and scolded with a smile: "Your sister is tired all day, and she still has to cook for you, besides, it's not convenient here, so you can make do with it if you have something to eat. Can't eat home-cooked food?"

"Brother, you can go home soon, but when can I go home? How about we change..."

Seeing Ah Hao pretending to be pitiful, Lu Beicen smiled and shook his head: "Okay, I know you came today and left a fish head, which is wild in the lake, cook a fish head tofu soup, and stir-fry chili fried meat , No trouble, just wait for me for a while."

Fan Qigang said he was going to the bathroom, but he walked around for a while, and when he came in, he heard Lu Beicen's words, and he answered very familiarly: "Hey, I'm here today, I've heard about Ah Hao's words for a while. Said that the siblings are good at craftsmanship..."

Lu Beicen asked Jiang Zhongze just now why Fan Qigang followed him.

Jiang Zhongze also had a look of helplessness on his face. Several people came back from negotiating together in other places, whether it was intentional or not. Anyway, Fan Qigang knew on the way that the two of them would come to Lover Island to watch the blind date meeting, so he insisted on following.

Jiang Zhongze didn't know what Fan Qigang's purpose was. Ever since Lao Fan asked him about Ran Zhen before and he was banned by Lu Beicen, Lao Fan stopped mentioning it to him.

No matter what, this person came here, and Lu Beicen still greeted him politely: "It's commonplace, Lawyer Fan can do whatever he wants, Ah Hao, treat Lawyer Fan well!"

He then greeted Chen Ke: "Help arrange a room for Lawyer Fan. There is no room here. You arrange it in a hotel. There are still two suites on the top floor."

Chen Ke quickly raised his hand: "Okay, leave it to me, let's go, Ah Hao, let's go there together, you wash it first, look at your upright body, tsk tsk, I feel panicked just looking at it Lawyer Fan, please follow me!"

Fan Qigang really didn't regard himself as an outsider, he tsk-tsk smiled and said, "What's the situation with you two brothers, why does it seem to me that you want to solve important life issues on the spot?"

Chen Ke and A Hao glanced at Fan Qigang, saw the wickedness in his eyes, and immediately understood what was going on with the major events in life he said. Do you still want to eat dinner? I am the only one in our Lu family..."

"Our Chen family is also..."

"Joke, just a joke..."

Jiang Zhongze took a shower, changed into a T-shirt and shorts, and went downstairs. The food here has been removed, and everyone has gone out for a walk to watch the excitement. Compared with the hustle and bustle outside, the house is quite quiet.

In the kitchen, Lu Beicen has already stewed the fish head in a huge pot, and it is steaming. The soup has changed from clear water to milky white visibly. Lu Beicen is cooking on another stove. The sound of the kitchen and The hustle and bustle outside and the busy woman in front of him made Jiang Zhongze feel extremely soft and at ease in his heart. The exhaustion of the past few days disappeared without a trace.

Jiang Zhongze walked over, hugged Lu Beicen who was busy from behind, put his head on her shoulder, and rubbed her gently.

The cooker hood roared, and Lu Beicen felt the scorching heat behind him and the freshness after bathing. He turned his head and looked at Jiang Zhongze with a gentle smile: "Tired?"

"Well, a little bit. There are too many details involved in this round of negotiations. However, Ah Hao has grown up very fast recently."

"I still have to let go, I always have to grow up."

"He said he would continue to study, and I asked him to learn in actual combat first."

"It's because of too much pressure. You scared him to run away?" Lu Beicen chuckled.

Jiang Zhongze felt the same: "We still need to give him a little room to breathe, or he will be scared away. If you pay attention, find a girl for him, and he may be tied up."

Lu Beicen laughed out loud: "I think he's still like a child who hasn't grown up. Besides, I don't want to get involved in his marriage. Comrade Lu may have arrangements."

Jiang Zhongze seemed to be shaking his head, and rubbed his chin against Lu Beicen's neck: "I think it's enough, but Ah Hao actually has big ideas in his heart."

Lu Beicen struggled: "It's itchy, let me go..."

Jiang Zhongze hugged him even tighter when he heard the words: "Really? Where is it itching? Do you want to, Xiaobei, I miss you..."

Lu Beicen's face turned red in an instant: "Fuck you, let go, they will be here soon, I'll fry some more vegetables, and we can eat."

Jiang Zhongze knew that Lu Beicen was thin-skinned, so he didn't bother him any more. He let go of his hand with a chuckle, and watched his wife put the chili fried meat in the pot into the plate without looking back...

Lu Beicen washed the pot and changed the subject: "Lawyer Fan knows that Sister Ran is here?"

Jiang Zhongze shrugged his eyebrows: "I don't even know, how would he know."

"Then what does he mean?" Lu Beicen was a little puzzled.

Before Jiang Zhongze could speak, he heard Ah Hao and Chen Ke walking in laughing.

"That's right, it's time for dinner. Where's Lawyer Fan?" Seeing that only two people came in, Lu Beicen thought of what Ran Zhen said in the morning, and felt bad.

Chen Ke replied indifferently: "I took Ah Hao over there to see the beauties. When Lawyer Fan saw the group of people in the law firm, he just stayed there and refused to leave. But by the way, he is a big boss in a Shanghai law firm. Are you so familiar with Sister Ran and the young lawyers in Zhongjiang's local firm?"

A Hao also nodded: "Old Fan seems to like Yifan very much, I think he is holding Yifan and refuses to let go..."

No wonder Ran Zhen felt suffocated. It seemed that during this period of time, Fan Qigang hadn't moved much. He was probably determined to win Ran Zhen and Ran Yifan, and he even put it on the bright side.And according to how smart an old fox like him is, coupled with his secret investigations, he may have confirmed that Ran Yifan is his son, but he doesn't know if he has done a paternity test in private.

For Fan Qigang, he definitely wanted to recognize Ran Yifan back in his heart, but for Ran Zhen and Ran Yifan, this was not a good thing.

In any case, Fan Qigang was still married at that time. Once this matter was exposed, Ran Zhen would undoubtedly have to bear the reputation of a third party. This must be a very serious reputation problem for Ran Zhen, not to mention, She is still a lawyer, and Fan Qigang's ex-wife is also in this industry. At that time, her mouth will grow on others, but she can say whatever she wants. Some students seduce the teacher with their illegitimate children, causing the teacher's family to break up. Just come without money...

But for Xiao Yifan, the status of a good legitimate child has become an illegitimate child. Although these things are not as strict as in the past in this era, such a stain is still the fault of an adult. It is undoubtedly cruel for a child to carry it on his back.Besides, when he grows up and is sensible, it is immeasurable what kind of shadow he will have on Ran Zhen's behavior as a mother.

Seeing Lu Beicen's pale face, Jiang Zhongze didn't know what she was thinking, but based on his understanding of her, he immediately sensed something was wrong, and quickly took out his mobile phone to call Fan Qigang, still saying: "This Lao Fan, I called and asked him to come over for dinner quickly."

Unexpectedly, no one answered the phone at all, Lu Beicen simply said: "Go and find him, Sister Ran had some wine today..."

Jiang Zhongze hurriedly nodded and went out. Chen Ke also saw that something was wrong with Lu Beicen, so he quickly got up and followed him out: "Let's go, I'll take you there. There are too many people, I'm afraid you won't find it..."

It’s been a while, if Ah Hao still can’t see it, it’s because Bai Chang is so old. Seeing that the two of them went out one after another, he asked softly: “Sister, what’s going on? Does my sister have an old relationship?"

Lu Beicen was agitated, he was really worried that Ran Zhen wouldn't calm down after drinking, so he turned and turned off the fire of stewed fish soup: "Little boy, don't worry about adults, you and Chen Ke will feed him later." Order wine, it's best to pour it directly."

A Hao looked unconvinced: "I'm a brat, how can a brat drink alcohol?"

Lu Beicen was amused by A Hao and laughed: "You just drink one liter, in front of your sister and me, that's still a kid, fish head tofu soup, I specially reserved this fish head for you, come first A bowl?"

Ah Hao doesn't gossip himself, he just wants to play tricks to make his sister happy. Seeing that Lu Beicen smiled, he quickly nodded doggedly: "My sister is the best to me, okay, I'll have some soup first, wait Let's start it up and get old Fan drunk, what a fool."

When Jiang Zhongze was looking for him, Fan Qigang was already in front of Ran Zhen, but there were a lot of people, and not all of them were winking, and Ran Zhen deliberately avoided him, so he hadn't talked to him yet.But Jiang Zhongze could tell that when Ran Zhen saw him coming, there was a hint of gratitude in his eyes, as if he was relieved.

"Old Fan, let's go and have dinner! You don't answer the phone, what's the matter, do you want to meddle?" Jiang Zhongze said as lightly as possible.

Fan Qigang turned his gaze back from Ran Zhen and glanced at Jiang Zhongze, but he couldn't see any expression, but he said naturally: "What am I involved in, they are all young people, I just saw my colleagues come to say hello .”

"I said, why did you change the taste, let's go, the fish soup is going to be cold!"

Fan Qigang greeted a group of young lawyers, but his eyes were on Ran Zhen, but only for a moment, and then he followed Jiang Zhongze back, passed through the lively crowd, and asked on the road with no one: "You what does it mean?"

Jiang Zhongze's expression was innocent: "What do you mean?"

"Okay, you are all sensible people, why are you pretending to be stupid with me, and I asked where you stand?" Fan Qigang simply stood still, maybe he had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

"Where are you standing? I'm hungry and I want to eat. Aren't you hungry?" Jiang Zhongze turned his head and looked at Fan Qigang with interest. Although the words were simple, they were obvious.

Fan Qigang stared at Jiang Zhongze for a long time before laughing: "Okay, you are a full man who doesn't know how hungry a man is, and now you are the number one wife in the world, right?"

Jiang Zhongze also laughed: "Of course, my wife can cook fish soup for me..."

Having said that, Jiang Zhongze was silent for a moment, looked at the area that was still full of people, and continued: "This blind date is also very interesting, simple and clear, they are all young people, there is no burden, the main thing is to pay attention to seeing right Eye……"

Fan Qigang followed Jiang Zhongze's gaze, filled with laughter and fireworks, a wry smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he could only turn his head and pretend to be joking lightly: "Hehe, I can't see that your localization process is advancing so fast. It's pretty fast, you've learned how to look at each other..."

When Jiang Zhongze and Fan Qigang came back, Chen Ke got two bottles of white wine out of nowhere. The bottles were retro transparent glass bottles with iron caps, and the labels were already mottled. Fan Qigang was delighted when he saw it: " Yo, it’s terrible, is this wine old?”

"Lawyer Fan still knows the goods, unlike these two fake foreign devils, who store the original puree in a serious cellar. The wine is good wine, but I heard that this factory is about to be finished. Ours is the last batch before the restructuring. The later wines are not available. This is great!" Chen Ke said as he began to pour the wine, and took three glasses with a wink.

Fan Qigang didn't want to do it anymore, but when he saw Lu Beicen poking there, he had no choice but to joke: "Okay, Lao Jiang, I remember you should be a few years younger than me, right? Are you in a hurry to close the mountains and cultivate forests?"

Lu Beicen is so thin-skinned, so he pretended not to hear, and quietly left the dining room. Jiang Zhongze was too lazy to argue, and filled a bowl of fish soup: "It's not like you don't know what's going on at my house. The old man and the old lady seized the opportunity Just tell me what to say, I can't take it..."

Lu Beicen washed two apples, went upstairs and entered Fangnan's room, the big belly woman was lying on the bed, having a great time following the variety show on TV, took an apple and took a bite: "Nothing happened, right? "

Lu Beicen shook his head: "I've already drunk it, I told Ah Hao to do it."

Fang Nan chewed the apple until it was crunchy, and his mouth was vague: "That's okay, that's it, and I don't know what the result is. Looking at it now, my senior sister seems not very happy, but I think Well, if she really doesn't have such a person in her heart, she won't be such a burden."

Lu Beicen nodded in empathy: "But from Sister Ran's point of view, it is indeed difficult. The key is what will the child think in the future? Besides, they are all in the same industry. After that..."

Fang Nan is really looking like a pregnant woman right now, obviously he didn't think too much about it, after hearing what Lu Beicen said, he turned around in his mind before he realized what she meant, and took a bite of the apple But suddenly he laughed: "If I were Lawyer Fan, I would pretend that I didn't know anything about Yifan. It's not impossible for a simple unmarried man and unmarried woman to happen again. Don't you think so?"

Lu Beicen was stunned when he heard this, and then curled his lips: "Forget it, how do you know whether someone is targeting the child or the child's mother?"

Fang Nan moved his bulky body up and sat up, pouted: "It doesn't matter who you are at, anyway, there is only one correct answer, and you can have a child only after you have settled the child's mother. Do you think this is the truth?"

"Aren't you wishful thinking? The key is what Sister Ran thinks. You are married and have children now, so why do you say that Sister Ran has a stable life, healthy children, and a successful career? She is no longer a little girl."

"That's what I said, but do you think my senior sister is not lonely? When she was in school, she didn't look down on our senior brothers. She studied for seven years and never heard of a serious relationship. I think she I just like this kind of mature and stable uncle, and she also likes to be serious, anyway..." Fang Nan shook his head while talking.

Lu Beicen looked at Fang Nan in surprise: "What's the matter, I see what you mean and want to help?"

Fang Nan smiled without saying a word, looking at Lu Beicen with an apple in his mouth, the light in his eyes made Lu Beicen know that nothing was good.

Lu Beicen hurriedly said: "Let me tell you, I think what Sister Ran said is quite reasonable, but Lawyer Fan's style is indeed a bit suffocating, too tight, and it is easy to break the string, you don't want to Adding fuel to the fire, who can tell if it will be good in the future!"

"Look, you're nervous. I didn't say what I'm going to do. Can't I just stand on the shore and watch the show? How interesting, hehe, being urgent means that I'm in a hurry. Your cooking is different, it is easy to burn when the fire is too high..."

When Jiang Zhongze entered the room at night, Lu Beicen was already in a drowsy sleep. Feeling that he had gone to bed, he naturally hugged him: "Why is it so late?"

Jiang Zhongze took Lu Beicen into his arms, put his chin against her fluffy hair, and said with a light smile, "You asked those two to drink wine for Lao Fan, right?"

"Otherwise, what should we do? There are so many people today, and they live in a concentrated place. If anything happens, it will be a big scene." Lu Beicen muttered softly.

"Old Fan is getting old, and he is about to become a man. He wants to drink today. Otherwise, you think he is a barrister who has been famous for a long time, and he can get drunk casually? Lao Fan is having fun today. I used to..." Jiang Zhongze put his hand into the quilt, the soft but warm touch made him focus on the buttons on her pajamas.

"Don't wear this kind of pajamas next time, don't you like the pajamas I bought for you last time?"

Lu Beicen grabbed Jiang Zhongze's hand: "You haven't finished your sentence yet! What happened to Lao Fan?"

Jiang Zhongze broke away dissatisfied, and continued to touch the buttons:

Lu Beicen laughed, and continued to grab his hand: "Say it or not, I don't care if I don't!"

"It's okay to say, then you..."

"Old Fan said that today he is like a young boy who is full of spring. There are so many people in the venue, he can see Ran Zhen there at a glance, just like doing exercises when he was in school. No matter how many people are there, he can see the girl he likes at a glance... ..."

……

Early the next morning, Lu Beicen found out from the WeChat group that Ran Zhen took Ran Yifan off the island on the first boat and went back to Huxia. Thinking about Jiang Zhongze's trouble last night, his brain became dull. Now I think of what he said about Fan Qigang, heh, it's not getting drunk, it's obviously acting drunk, life is like a play, it all depends on acting...

"It's early in the morning, what are you thinking about?" Jiang Zhongze's voice rang in his ears, and he knew he had woken up for a while.

"It's nothing, Sister Ran took Yifan back in the morning."

"Hey, it's firm enough."

Lu Beicen thought for a while, and then said: "She said she felt that Lawyer Fan made her feel a little suffocated. At her age and the situation in front of her, she might not like Lawyer Fan's crushing style very much."

Jiang Zhongze glanced at his wife in surprise: "You're changing a little too quickly. After sleeping, you changed your mind?"

"What do I change my mind about? What does it have to do with me? I just think that Sister Ran is not happy, and it's not good for Yifan. Anyway, hey, forget it, let's not talk, get up."

Today's activities are all on the boat tour and island tour, Lu Beicen and Fang Nan are happy and leisurely as usual, but today Chen Ke strangely did not follow along to shoot (see the beauties).

Seeing Chen Ke running over to find breakfast in the middle of the morning, Fang Nan joked with him in a good mood: "Ah, it seems that the beauties this year are not very good-looking, our young master Chen is not even a camera."

Chen Ke laughed, took a big mouthful of porridge, and then said: "I have a buddy who is in this city. He called me over the day before yesterday and told me something. I have been busy these two days. I didn't get a chance to say it."

Lu Beicen and Fang Nan looked at Chen Ke together, beckoning him to continue.

"It's the white wine we drank last night, so who, Ah Hao, how do you feel?"

Ah Hao looked puzzled: "It's okay, the main thing is not to start, and the taste is not bad. I drank about half a catty yesterday, and I don't feel much today."

"I also think it's okay, but I'm a little uncertain about starting first."

"What do you mean, you don't want us to invest in this winery, do you?" Fang Nan looked disgusted and unreliable.

"What's the matter, they don't need a lot of money. I don't think it's impossible. This wine used to have a good market in our province. It's just that in the past few years, TV commercials have been bombarded with liquor. They are not the big business. Yes, I couldn't keep up with the trip, so I fell a little bit." Chen Ke said what was in his heart.

Lu Beicen shook his head in disapproval: "The main reason is the impact of the general environment. Although it is said that the high-end liquor market is mainly affected, the top is changing its strategy to seize the mid-end market. Such a small factory is hard to eat. Let's live. I think this matter is not suitable for us right now. If we wait another half a year or a year, maybe we can consider it, but we have to change our thinking to sell it..."

(End of this chapter)