WWY Chapter 31

Chapter 31: Going Home. Brother, From the first time…

Lan He single-heartedly took the painting as if he had found a treasure, his fingers gently caressing it as he continuously muttered words like ‘pity’ and ‘regret.’

Luo Minhu deeply empathized, “Yes, our country’s cultural relics have long become a tool for certain people to amass wealth, constantly flowing overseas over the years. Especially during those years you mentioned, it was simply rampant!”

Lan He’s eyes welled up with tears, “Our civilization, spanning over five thousand years, has accumulated so many treasures! We have been striving to protect them, but some lawbreakers have been wantonly destroying them for money. Now, the collections in all our country’s museums are less than one percent of what has been lost. I don’t know when they will return home. Those scoundrels, every single one of them, deserves to be shot!”

The room fell into silence.

After a while, Lan He loosened his tightly clenched fist, sat down beside him, and softly said, “Uncle Dan, I’ve been interested in cultural relics since I was a child. When I was young, I lived abroad, going to many local museums, but I was too young back then and didn’t have a camera. I could only draw what I liked when I got home. Do you think I could bring those drawings over for you to see which ones are ours, what their names are, so I can fulfill my childhood dream?”

Dan Han excitedly grabbed his hand, “Of course, of course you can!”

“It’s just that it’s been quite a few years, so I need to find them slowly.”

“Okay, no problem, I’ll be staying here. You can bring them over anytime!”

So, the main topic of the day became cultural relics. Dan Han was indeed a leading expert in the country, and his extensive knowledge amazed Lan He. Lan He’s common knowledge was simply rudimentary in front of this old man.

Luo Minhu sipped his tea, amusedly watching the old man and the young man, and finally said, “Little Lan, I think you might as well move in. I’ve never seen old Dan talk so much in one breath in my life!”

Dan Han shut his mouth, glaring at him, but Luo Minhu didn’t flinch at all, saying, “It prevents Alzheimer’s, it’s a good thing!”

Lan He smiled, took out his phone, and glanced at the time, but inadvertently saw a news notification on the screen, and his expression immediately turned stern.

He put away his phone and slowly stood up, “Two seniors, something suddenly came up at my house, so I’ll take my leave first.”

They had chatted quite a bit, but not for too long. They were surprised that he was leaving so soon, it seemed like something really had happened at home, so they asked a few concerned questions.

Lan He brushed it off, hurried downstairs, and when he returned to the car, his face was so gloomy that Jiu Ya was frightened.

“Lan Young Master?”

“Home.”

“Yes!”

Lan He took out his phone, found Si’nian He’s WeChat. The last message between the two of them was still from 7 months ago, Si’nian He said he had gotten off the plane and would be home soon.

[Lan He: Come home.]

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The rain band hadn’t passed yet. The sun briefly peeked out in the morning, but it started raining again in the afternoon. Dense raindrops “pitter-pattered” echoing in the mountainside.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Si’nian He’s car pulled into the villa. Aunt Long was surprised to open the door for him, “Young Master He? Why are you back at this time? Come in quickly, don’t get wet!”

As soon as the door opened, moist and cold air rushed in. Lan He, who was sitting in the living room painting, glanced at him, threw the ballpoint pen in his hand, pressing it on the half-painted jade disc.

Si’nian He slowly walked to him, hanging his head, not daring to look at him, “Brother…”

Lan He pushed the phone to him, “Explain.”

[Green hat worn to your own home! Si’nian He vs. Ya Gu, a fierce battle staged in the presidential suite, the flesh is delicious!]

Below were bed photos of the two of them, seemingly taken by a pinhole camera in the headboard. The faces of the two people were clearly visible. Although the key parts were censored, the scene was still unsightly.

After seeing the content on the phone, Aunt Long’s mouth opened wide, holding the tray with tea and snacks, standing still, not daring to move.

She subconsciously looked at Lan Young Master, only seeing his calm face, but the downturned corners of his mouth indicated that he was now forcibly suppressing his anger.

How could this happen?

Si’nian He also didn’t say a word, his head hanging very low, looking at his toes without looking sideways.

The rain outside continuously beat against the house and the ground, but the home instantly fell into deathly silence.

The phone screen gradually dimmed. Lan He picked up the ballpoint pen again, continuing to scribble on the paper. In another twenty minutes, his first painting would be finished.

“Shasha shasha…”

The sound of the pen tip rubbing against the paper echoed the sound of the rain outside. Twenty minutes passed, he finished painting, but everything in the house seemed to have been pressed on pause, without the slightest change.

He blew on the finished painting, put it in the folder, turned his head to Aunt Long and said, “Aunt Long, go rest.”

Aunt Long wanted to say a few words of persuasion, but in the end, she didn’t say anything, leaving in frustration.

Si’nian He spent twenty minutes like hell, his throat was hoarse, “Brother, I’m sorry.”

“Sincere?” Lan He sneered, “Si’nian He, you guys are something, joining forces to mess with me?”

“It’s not…”

Lan He stood up, suddenly forcefully grabbed his tie, pulling him into a stagger, “It’s not? It’s not what? The photos in the media are fabricated, you were wronged, Ya Gu schemed against you to destroy our brotherly relationship, what else? Do you have any other excuses?”

At this moment, Si’nian He, who was more than half a head taller than him, was ashamed and couldn’t find a place to hide, wishing he could prostrate himself at his feet to beg for forgiveness, but Lan He became even more aggressive.

“No wonder you kept lobbying me to divorce Ya Gu. Si’nian He, you have quite the calculation, huh?”

“Brother, I…”

“Don’t call me brother!” Lan He pointed to Weiyu He’s portrait above the offering table, “Tell Dad yourself, say you slept with your future sister-in-law, say you cuckolded your brother! Say it!”

The sudden burst of anger from Lan He caught Si’nian He off guard. In his impression, Lan He had always been gentle and harmless. It was the first time he had seen him so virile, the stern light flashing in his eyes made him tremble with fear.

His legs softened, kneeling down in front of Lan He, weeping bitterly, “Brother, I’m sorry, don’t be angry anymore, I’ve settled things with the media before I came, I guarantee this matter won’t ferment anymore, Brother, I was momentarily muddled, I shouldn’t have met with Ya Gu, we were both drunk, I never expected this kind of thing to happen!”

“What did you meet with Ya Gu for?”

“Ya Gu, Ya Gu said she wanted to talk to me about cooperation. I wouldn’t have cooperated with her before. That woman is too scheming, and she doesn’t understand management at all! But now that you’re married, I couldn’t refuse her, so I agreed.” Si’nian He sobbed like a child, “I tried to avoid business topics and talked to her about family, but the more we talked, the more we drank, and then… who would have thought that there were cameras in that hotel!”

Lan He was amused by anger, “Si’nian He, do you still think that the bad things you do are okay as long as they’re not exposed?”

“No, Brother!” Si’nian He grabbed his sleeve tightly, “When Ya Gu and I were chatting, we were talking about you, I really don’t have any feelings for her!”

Lan He squatted down, staring at him, “Your words aren’t convincing at all. You hoped that Ya Gu and I would get divorced before. Now you say you don’t have any entanglement with her, if it were you, would you believe it?”

“It’s not like that! Brother, you’ve been back in the country for more than three years, although we don’t spend much time together, don’t you really understand what I’m thinking in my heart?” Si’nian He became anxious, grabbing his arm, “Brother, from the first time…”

Before he could finish speaking, a slap landed heavily on his face, making him stunned.

Lan He stared coldly at his bewildered eyes, squeezing out a word from between his teeth, “Get out.”

At some point, thunder and lightning began to flash outside the door, and the rain poured down.

Si’nian He forgot to take his umbrella, staggered to the car, and after getting in, he was dripping wet.

He also forgot to start the car, sitting in the car staring at the second floor of the villa. Warm lights lit up in Lan He’s window, but his body was strangely cold, as if his clothes were filled with ice.

Brother is really angry!

Brother won’t forgive me!

These two voices were like sharp alarms, crashing back and forth in his mind, making his head ache so much that he wanted to go crazy, mixed with the scene just now of Lan He covering his chest and driving him away, forcing him to want to go crazy.

No, no!

He frantically took out his phone and dialed Ya Gu, but she didn’t answer after the phone rang many times.

So, he sent her a text message.

[Something to discuss, call me back!!]

Lan He hid behind the curtains, seeing Si’nian He’s car finally driving away, helplessly shaking his head, and pulled the curtains closed.

What a mess? Are these people all crazy?

He started to seriously consider what Tuxi Ling had specifically told him last time: Gu’s Trading was being investigated for making false accounts, and Ya Gu and her father, Jia’an Gu, were coveting the He family’s assets.

He curled the corners of his mouth.

So, Ya Gu repeatedly ran into walls with him, plus she was being investigated by the police, so she jumped the wall in desperation and found the most annoying Si’nian He?

For the sake of her career, she was really willing to go to such lengths?

However, he wouldn’t let her succeed, unless she was really willing to go all out and kill him without anyone knowing!

He called Xiaocheng Chu.

Xiaocheng Chu clearly knew why he was looking for him. As one of Si’nian He’s confidants, he was a little embarrassed.

“Lan Young Master, He Director really acted without consideration in this matter, this accident shouldn’t have happened, I…”

“You also think this is an accident?”

Xiaocheng Chu fell silent.

This young master would hold 59% of the company’s shares in three years, and was the destined heir of He Group. He didn’t want to lose this high-paying job, although no one could say for sure what would happen in the future.

“Don’t talk nonsense, I don’t care what happens to the two of them, I just want to know now, if I divorce Ya Gu, is my dad’s will still valid?”

“Valid! The key element of the will is children, as long as there are children, you can get the inheritance.”

“What if I divorce without children?”

“Then in three years, the inheritance will be directly transferred to the foundation through the trust.”

“In other words, if I don’t have children, I can’t get this inheritance no matter what, right?”

“Not entirely.” Xiaocheng Chu hesitated for a moment, and gritted his teeth, “Lan Young Master, there’s something I think I should tell you.”

“Say it.”

“That is… He Mr. actually has another will!”