Chapter 37

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The Tang family, the main residence.

Old Madam Hang was sitting on the sofa with an unpleasant expression on her face. Her hands held her cane, her fingers gripping and rubbing unconsciously, her habitual action when she was deep in thought.

Tang Shixin sat on the Old Madam’s right hand side, also with a slightly sullen expression at the moment, not knowing what she was thinking about.

“Is it true that he has returned?” A long time later, the old lady suddenly opened her mouth and asked.

Tang Shixin snapped out his thoughts and raised his head, “I’ve asked someone to check his background, and it’s indeed the same Lan Jingqian that we know.”

Old Madam Hang wrinkled her brows and said nothing.

Tang Shixin said worriedly, “I haven’t paid attention to his news over the years. Although I heard that Matthew, the founder of Auto, was a young upstart who went overseas who built an empire from nothing, I didn’t connect it to him. It was only at this time that he suddenly returned to China and the domestic financial magazines gave him a lot of publicity that I found out that it was him.”

Old Madam Hang asked, “Do you know why he came back?”

“Officially, the government announced he was back to help the development of the domestic control field. Privately, many people say that he intends to come get a piece of the pie. As for whether he himself has any personal reason……”

Tang Shixin cut off with a frown.

Naturally, Old Madam Hang knew what her son was worried about. In fact, she had just unintentionally shattered a cup after hearing the news from the same concern.

After a moment of silence, she tapped her cane: “Tang Ran’s been picked up?”

“On the way.” Tang Shixin answered and hesitated for a while before speaking, “Mom, should we be upfront and tell Lan Jingqian about Tang Ran’s existence, so we can settle the feud from back then?”

Old Madam Hang didn’t even think about it before flatly rejecting, “No.”

“But……”

Mrs. Hang said sternly: “There are no but’s in this matter! I told you back then, this kid seems to be calm and self-controlled, but in fact, he is extremely shrewd and not an easy one to handle! Coming back now, he doesn’t know about Tang Ran’s existence and maybe that incident can be left in the past, but if he really knew about it―do you think he could swallow this anger?”

Tang Shixin: “I am afraid that the paper can’t wrap the fire1.”

“Even if it can’t be wrapped up, it has to be wrapped up!” Mrs. Hang’s face was unsightly, “Do you think I made a mistake by forcing him to leave the country, and now you want to blame me?”

Tang Shixin’s face darkened and he didn’t speak.

Old Madam Hang didn’t care about her son’s face. She rolled her eyes, and finally sighed quietly: “It’s better to take her back. If you leave her outside at this time, she’ll become a ticking time bomb. It’s hard to feel at ease.”

She looked back at her son and got up.

“I’ll be gone. You can calm her down and send her to the side house.”

Tang Shixin said, “In the end, Tang Ran can’t see. Even the maids rarely go there and there’ll inevitably be insufficient help for her in the side house. Why not let her live with us here……”

“Are there no landlines at the side house? Can’t she call someone if she has a problem?”

The Old Madam interrupted unhappily, then stopped in front of the sofa with her cane, and lowered her voice:

“Forget about what happened before. Since Lan Jingqian has already returned to China, from today onwards, Tang Ran’s affairs must be kept out of everyone’s sight. The fewer servants who are in contact with her, the better! We must not let Lan Jingqian know of Tang Ran’s existence, remember?”

Tang Shixin tried to hold back. Remembering the little girl he personally sent out of the house at a young age, he finally couldn’t hold back: “Mom, Tang Ran is still your own granddaughter, you…”

“You shut up!”

Old Madam Hang suddenly became furious, and her cane striked the ground loudly.

Tang Shixin went silent, knowing that his words had touched the Achilles’ heel that his mother would never tolerate anyone mentioning, so he had to swallow his words with a sullen expression.

The old lady was still standing in place, breathing rapidly and deeply.

“Your sister has already married out of the country cleanly. She has nothing to do with that man, and I don’t have this granddaughter! If you dare to mention this sort of scandal again, don’t blame me for turning against you!”

After saying that, Old Madam Hang walked out without looking back.

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1 The truth will come out.

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