Chapter 239: Empress Lu
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Ming took Lin Muqing and Tang Ran to the San Francisco Airport again. At the same time, there was an extended Lincoln concierge car. A circle of bodyguards in black suits were surrounded by them, separating them from the crowd like a barrier.
Zhou Ming came to pick up Tang Ran’s parents, but these preparations were not to show off her wealth in front of Tang Ran’s parents. Perhaps when he was in Nanjiang, he was a little dissatisfied with wanting to find face for himself and Tang Ran, but now it is unnecessary, because he was Tang Ran’s parents after all. Although he was not related by blood, he had raised her for more than 20 years. It was a bit unreasonable to mock them like this when he was old.
However, in order to prevent her parents from forcing her to get married again, she must prove to her parents that she is capable of taking good care of her, at least she is definitely better than the inexplicable Wei Hua.
It is precisely for this reason that Zhou Mingsi has thought about it and explained from the car that it is the most intuitive. The country is not rich now. Private cars are generally a symbol of rich bosses, let alone an extended concierge car. This will explain the problem again and will not over-stimulate the two elders.
Standing at the exit of the airport, Tang Ran was anxiously scanning the crowd. Suddenly, she stood on tiptoe happily and waved her arms desperately. She saw a black and thin middle-aged man coming towards her. When Zhou Ming was in Nanjiang, he specially invited her parents to dinner in order to solve Wei Hua's affairs. Therefore, Zhou Ming still had the impression that he was Tang Ran's adoptive father Tang Jun.
Tang Ran looked back at Zhou Ming. After Zhou Ming nodded at her with a chuckle, Tang Ran happily went over and threw himself into the middle-aged man's arms and called him dad.
But after being happy, Tang Ran suddenly realized why the adoptive father was the only one who came here, but his adoptive mother Lin Weixiu was not there.
Tang Jun did not rush to explain. He brought Tang Ran over to see Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing. Tang Jun looked up and down at Zhou Ming for a few glances and finally sighed and said, "It's true that you are still!"
This made Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing feel a little puzzled. In fact, Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing had thought about what they would say when they saw Tang Ran’s parents before, and they thought about many situations, but they never thought that only Tang Jun would come alone and even said such an inexplicable sentence. For Zhou Ming, he had been Tang Ran’s boyfriend and had met his parents, and could understand this sentence a little, but Lin Muqing was confused, but no matter what, this made the pre-prepared speeches that they could not use.
Tang Jun didn't say much about this, and they all got on the car first. After getting on the car, Tang Jun looked at the concierge car back and forth and sighed: "It's worthy of being the Tang family. I have never seen this kind of car in China. I've only seen it once in Hong Kong City. It's only when I'm lucky enough to see it once. Only the wealthy and noble families have the ability to ride it. With this element, I'm afraid I can't afford it if I work in the mall for several lifetimes."
Putting aside his self-deprecating, Zhou Ming heard the point of Tang Jun's words. He immediately asked: "Listen to your tone, Uncle Tang, you also know the Tang family, and you also know the secret of Ranran's life experience, right?"
Faced with Zhou Ming’s problem, Tang Jun smiled wryly and said, “As a member of the Tang family, how could I not know? In fact, this is also the reason why I will come to San Francisco alone today. Lin Weixiu is just an ordinary woman, so she should not know some things.”
"Uncle, do you say you are also a member of the Tang family?" Lin Muqing said in surprise.
Tang Jun nodded and said, "There is nothing to be surprised. When the Tang family traveled to San Francisco, they did not want to migrate with their families. Even if they actually went to San Francisco, they were just a branch. The true relatives of the Tang family were still in Lingnan. Otherwise, after the patriarch of the Tang family suddenly died, Tang Ran's father Tang Jingrong would not have the status of the first heir."
"As for me," said Tang Jun, "If I were not an authentic Tang clan, Brother Jingrong would not have adopted Ranran so confidently before going abroad."
"It's just that this identity is too sensitive in China, so Uncle Tang, you always say that your ingredients are not good, right?" Zhou Ming asked.
"That's right, I don't want to be pulled out to parade and criticize and suffer that crime. Besides, I don't have the courage and ability of Brother Jing Rong, and I don't want to have anything to do with this super family that has been away for 150 years!"
Tang Jun laughed at himself, but his smile became cold as he smiled. He then asked: "Ranran, when you were in China, your mother and I were hiding you and wanted to marry you to Wei Hua. Do you hate us very much?"
Tang Ran shook his head and said, "Dad, I have never hated you and mom. I know you must have your own difficulties, right?"
"I really want to be like your mother. I just want to find you a rich man, a local partner in Nanjiang, but it's a pity." Tang Jun sighed again when he said this, and told his secret, "In fact, it is your biological father who wants you to marry in China."
While speaking, Tang Jun took out an envelope and handed it to Tang Ran. Tang Ran opened it and there were a few pages of letter paper. Tang Jun said to Tang Ran: "That is the letter your father asked my friend from Gangcheng to bring me. There are a lot of words on it, but in the final analysis it is the same. The Tang family is very chaotic now, and everyone wants to be the emperor of the family. If one day he dies, they will definitely make your decision to fight for inheritance."
"You were left in our family because you didn't understand the situation abroad. If something happened to him, you would be left without anyone there. Now it is to avoid you becoming a victim of family politics. The best way is to find an ordinary person in China to marry first, so that even if they find you, they will give up for the sake of the family."
Tang Jun finally looked at Tang Ran and said from the bottom of his heart: "Ranran, I'm sorry to force you to marry someone you didn't like, but that was also something we had to do."
Almost as soon as Tang Jun finished speaking, Tang Ran threw himself into Tang Jun's arms and cried and said, "I'm sorry, Dad, I should say I'm the one who's sorry. You and Mom love me so much. How could I not have thought that you would have the difficulties of suddenly forcing a marriage? I even ran away from home. I am the worst daughter in the world!"
Behind Tang Ran, Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing also looked at each other. Although the scene in front of him was unexpected, it was reasonable. Finally, there was no such disgusting thing as using Tang Ran as a bargaining chip or marrying his daughter to get a bride price.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ming said to Tang Jun: "Uncle Tang, I think I should be sorry for me. I didn't understand the situation, and I misunderstood your kindness."
Tang Jun waved his hand: "You did it right, because we didn't do it well. Wei Hua is not a good thing. If we really marry Ranran and she doesn't live well, we will feel guilty for the rest of our lives."
Thinking about it, it was true that Zhou Ming's sudden appearance completely disrupted their thoughts. However, if Zhou Ming had not been able to do so, would Tang Ran have the final marriage, would he suffer from Wei Hua's domestic violence every day? Or was it still snatched by the Tang family as a bargaining weight? Zhou Ming didn't know, but Zhou Ming was sure that these were not what he wanted to see.
"Okay, don't mention those things in the past. Let's talk about you now. I just heard Mu Qing say that Zhou Ming, you are helping Ranran compete for the inheritance rights of the Tang family, right?" Tang Jun asked.
Zhou Ming shook his head: "Just yesterday, Ranran has officially become the patriarch of the Tang family."
This answer surprised Tang Jun very much and felt very incredible, but soon he came back to his senses and said to Zhou Ming very sincerely: "This must be your credit, right? Thank you very much."
Then Tang Jun said to Tang Ran: "But this Tang family is a big family that has lasted for 150 years. You, the patriarch, will definitely work very hard. Ranran, you have never been in such a family. Can you do it?"
Tang Ran answered very confidently: "It's absolutely fine. I will work hard to enrich myself and be the leader of this patriarch!"
Faced with Tang Ran's confidence, Tang Jun was silent. After a while, he sighed and said, "It seems that everything is destined. Ranran, you may not know that when you were born, your father had seen the old man in his family for you and said that you had the fate of Empress Lu. At that time, your father was very surprised why Empress Lu and not Wu Zetian? Now I understand."
Zhou Ming and Lin Muqing were both stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, there was still such a metaphysical thing here. You should know that Empress Lu and Wu Zetian were both powerful women. The biggest difference between them was whether they had become emperors. In other words, they were a man who reached the peak of his life by himself, while the other man still had to rely on himself from beginning to end.
Zhou Ming smiled at this and said, "It seems that I am destined to be Ranran's noble person."
After resolving these doubts, the atmosphere in the car became relaxed. At this time, Lin Muqing glanced at the time and asked Zhou Ming: "See the time, the governor should come. Have you arranged everything?"
Zhou Ming nodded and said, "I promise that the governor will not lose his identity."
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The flight from Brighton landed at San Francisco Airport. Massachusetts Governor Edward and Louis were immediately surrounded by reporters waiting here. They said and said, "Why are they coming to San Francisco?" Are they attending important events? Or are they secret itineraries, or are they dating a sexy actress in Hollywood? Or are they preparing for possible congressional elections in the future.
Faced with these sudden reporters and the problems they mentioned, Edward was completely unprepared. You should know that they did not take their own private plane, just because they did not want to attract the attention of the media, but they did not expect to be blocked by the reporter.
Even though Edward was used to facing reporters, he was still shocked. In the end, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "I'm sorry, everyone, I'm just here to meet an old friend this time, and there is no other meaning, there is no sexy actress, and there is no Congressional election."
After saying that, Edward ignored these reporters. With the bodyguards leading the way, he and Louis left the airport.
When they got on the car they had already prepared, Louis joked: "It seems that the governor is the governor, and there are reporters who follow him wherever he goes!"
Edward shook his head and said, "Do you think these reporters happen to be here? It seems that our dinner with Mr. Zhou Ming is hopeless!"
"Indeed, these reporters are too suspicious. It is obvious that someone has arranged it on purpose. It seems that Mr. Zhou Ming's temper is really big. I just don't know if he can solve it in the end?" Louis said.
"If you believe in him, you can't, you can't believe it." Edward said.
Chapter completed!