Chapter 73

Although Su Mo Ran had become a figure on the list of tycoons a few years later, Jiang Ping did not feel the slightest bit nervous when facing him. He just smiled faintly and said, "That's too much praise from Uncle Zhao. Actually, I didn't do anything significant."

Jiang Ping's calm attitude made Su Mo Ran slightly taken aback. He knew from Zhao Guoquan that this young man had just turned eighteen and had taken the college entrance exam a few days ago. However, Jiang Ping's demeanor at this moment was so steady and experienced that he didn't seem like an eighteen-year-old at all, but rather like a middle-aged man who had seen the world. This made Su Mo Ran's opinion of Jiang Ping even higher, realizing that he was more than just a kind and enthusiastic young man.

Su Mo Ran, who appreciated Jiang Ping even more, smiled and said, "These days, there aren't many young people as modest as you. Do you know how to play chess? How about a game? Uncle Zhao is a terrible player, and it's no fun playing with him."

Jiang Ping knew that excessive modesty would be counterproductive when facing someone like Su Mo Ran, so he smiled slightly and said, "I did learn a bit in the past. Please go easy on me, Uncle Su."

Su Mo Ran laughed and said, "Alright, let's play a game!"

The chess Su Mo Ran referred to was not ordinary Chinese chess but the more sophisticated Go. Jiang Ping had indeed studied Go for several years in his previous life and had even obtained an amateur 5th dan certificate. The two quickly started a game in Zhao Guoquan's study, with Zhao Guoquan accompanying them. However, his Go skills were not very good, and he couldn't understand the moves Jiang Ping and Su Mo Ran were making, so he just frowned as he watched.

The feeling of meeting a worthy opponent while playing Go was very enjoyable for Su Mo Ran, who was a better player. After dozens of moves, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "I didn't expect Jiang's level to be so high. After playing this game with you, I don't want to play with Uncle Zhao anymore, hahaha!"

When it came to the topic of Go, Zhao Guoquan couldn't remain calm and frowned, "What do you mean by that? My skills aren't that bad, are they?"

Considering his old friend's face, Su Mo Ran just smiled without saying anything. At this moment, a middle-aged man walked in, nodded to Zhao Guoquan and Jiang Ping, and then whispered to Su Mo Ran, "Mr. Su, I've connected the call to Qian Yongchang."

"Oh, let him wait a bit," Su Mo Ran said calmly. "Let me think through this move. I feel like Jiang has a follow-up move, and my big dragon is in danger."

This middle-aged man was Su Mo Ran's secretary, Jiang Xudong. He knew that his boss must be dissatisfied with Qian Yongchang, so he didn't say anything more and just held the phone, standing aside without disturbing Su Mo Ran's thinking.

Su Mo Ran thought for five or six minutes. Jiang Ping noticed that during this time, Jiang Xudong showed no signs of impatience or urgency, as if it was perfectly normal for Su Mo Ran to keep Qian Yongchang waiting. From this, Jiang Ping deduced that Su Mo Ran's position in the business world was far higher than Qian Yongchang's, otherwise, he wouldn't have done this.

Finally, Su Mo Ran placed a stone on the board and then took the phone from Jiang Xudong, saying calmly, "Mr. Qian? This is Su Mo Ran."

When Qian Yongchang heard Su Mo Ran's voice, he had already been holding the phone for almost ten minutes. Although he was very impatient, he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction. Despite the fact that Qian Yongchang's Yongchang Group was a significant player in Su City, it was nothing compared to Su Mo Ran's business empire. Many of Yongchang Group's operations depended on Su Mo Ran's support, so no matter how much Qian Yongchang was dissatisfied, he could only greet Su Mo Ran with a smile.

"Mr. Su, hello!" Qian Yongchang adjusted his emotions and greeted Su Mo Ran with a fawning voice.

"I'm not doing well at all!" Su Mo Ran had no intention of being nice to Qian Yongchang and said coldly, "This morning, a group of people caused a disturbance at the home of one of my old friends. I have a life-and-death friendship with this old friend, and now he is very unhappy. Tell me, how can I be doing well?"

Su Mo Ran's words made Qian Yongchang's heart skip a beat, and he couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Mr. Su, your old friend is...?"

"He's called Zhao Guoquan!" Su Mo Ran asked coldly, "Do you know him, Mr. Qian?"

Qian Yongchang was extremely embarrassed by Su Mo Ran's directness, unsure whether it was better to say he knew him or not.

However, Su Mo Ran didn't have the patience to play word games with Qian Yongchang and just reminded him, "Mr. Qian, I don't care whether you knew him before, but I hope that my old friend won't be harassed again. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I completely understand!" Qian Yongchang hurriedly nodded and bowed, saying, "I will personally go to Mr. Zhao's house tomorrow to apologize and ask him to forgive the previous misunderstandings..."

Before Qian Yongchang could finish, Su Mo Ran coldly interrupted him, "I said, I don't want my old friend to be harassed again!"

Qian Yongchang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and quickly responded, "I understand, I understand! Rest assured, Mr. Zhao won't be disturbed again."

"Take care of yourself!" Su Mo Ran said five words and hung up the phone without waiting for Qian Yongchang to speak.

Su Mo Ran casually handed the phone to Jiang Xudong and then smiled at Zhao Guoquan, saying, "Qian Yongchang won't come to harass you anymore."

In fact, Zhao Guoquan's original intention in seeking Su Mo Ran's help was to prevent Qian Yongchang from targeting Jiang Ping. However, since Su Mo Ran had already hung up the phone, he didn't feel right to say more. But Zhao Guoquan thought that Qian Yongchang now knew that Jiang Ping was acquainted with him and wouldn't dare to make things difficult for Jiang Ping again. So he shook his head and said to Su Mo Ran, "Sigh... Thank you, old Su!"

"Do we need to say such things to each other?" Su Mo Ran smiled and shook his head, then said to Jiang Ping, "Come, Jiang, let's continue!"

For Su Mo Ran, this was indeed a minor matter, but it left a significant impact on Qian Yongchang. After hanging up the phone, he looked gloomy and said to the nearby Jiang Yonghua, "I didn't expect Zhao Guoquan to be an old friend of Su Mo Ran. It seems... we won't be able to cause him trouble anymore!"

Seeing his boss in a bad mood, Jiang Yonghua quickly put on a sympathetic face and said, "Sigh, I never thought it would turn out this way. It looks like we won't have the chance to help Mr. Qian vent his anger!"

"Does my son have to suffer in prison for nothing?" Qian Yongchang said angrily, "No, this anger must be vented!"

Jiang Yonghua didn't want to confront Su Mo Ran over this and quickly whispered, "Boss, we can't afford to offend Su Mo Ran. It's better to let things calm down for a while!"

"Of course, we can't afford to offend Su Mo Ran!" Qian Yongchang said with a grim smile, "But he only warned me not to provoke Zhao Guoquan, and he didn't mention your nephew! In the future, I won't go after Zhao Guoquan, but I will go after your nephew. Su Mo Ran won't have anything to say about that, hahaha!"

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