When they were leaving Ling Mingrui’s other residence, Ling Ruonan said to Luo Ziling with a bit of excited glee, "Your grandpa still thinks very highly of you!"
"Mom, it’s probably because I’m more reliable when it comes to doing things!" Luo Ziling chuckled. "Didn’t he say before that it was a pity my surname isn’t Ling but Luo? If my surname were Ling, then I’d very likely be the Ling Family’s hope in the future. Hehe, Grandpa is definitely hoping now that I can whip some Ling-family grandkid into shape for him."
"It’s a pity that Ling Haijun isn’t his grandson." Ling Ruonan chuckled, then said meaningfully, "His relationship with Ling Zhengping isn’t very good either, and Ling Haining and the other grandsons and grandsons-in-law of your grandpa aren’t willing to stay by your side and work for you. He’s quite conflicted in his heart because of that."
Luo Ziling asked Ling Ruonan with a smile, "If it weren’t like that, he wouldn’t be treating me this well, right?"
Ling Ruonan gave Luo Ziling a wry smile. "It should be like that!"
When they got home, it was only eight-thirty in the evening.
It was still early, so Luo Ziling suggested going to see Ouyang Feifei to talk to her about something, and Ling Ruonan didn’t object.
Luo Ziling called Ouyang Feifei and asked where she was.
Unexpectedly, Ouyang Feifei was busy.
The call was picked up by Ouyang Feifei’s assistant.
That young girl Luo Ziling wasn’t very familiar with said apologetically that Ouyang Feifei was discussing a cooperation deal with a foreign friend, and asked Luo Ziling to call back later, or said that Ouyang Feifei would call him back in a while.
"Then we’ll talk when she’s free!" Luo Ziling hung up the phone.
After hesitating a moment, Luo Ziling still didn’t go back to the villa, and went to Yang Qingyin’s place instead.
He didn’t call or message her on WeChat, he just ran straight over to Yang Qingyin’s residence.
Fortunately, Yang Qingyin was there.
After Ye Xiaoli opened the door, she tactfully left.
When Luo Ziling went upstairs, Yang Qingyin was taking a shower.
When she finished showering and came out to see Luo Ziling lying on her bed, Yang Qingyin was startled.
"How did you get in?" Yang Qingyin asked in surprise, "I thought it was some thief, scared me to death!"
"You can think of me as a thief, a flower thief!" Luo Ziling said as he unceremoniously wrapped his arms around Yang Qingyin’s body, and before she could react, his hands were all over her.
Yang Qingyin only put up a token resistance before giving up.
While the two of them were tumbling around, panting, Luo Ziling’s phone rang.
Because the phone was right by his pillow, Luo Ziling saw the incoming number.
Yang Qingyin saw it too.
"Oh, Ouyang Feifei asking you out. Looks like your evening activities are quite rich, huh?" Yang Qingyin pinched Luo Ziling.
Luo Ziling retaliated immediately, and Yang Qingyin cried out in surprise.
Luo Ziling didn’t answer the call; since he had come to Yang Qingyin’s place tonight, he wasn’t planning on seeing Ouyang Feifei.
After they were done fooling around, Luo Ziling sent a message back to Ouyang Feifei, saying he had something going on tonight and would go see her tomorrow.
Ouyang Feifei replied with a rolling-eyes emoji.
"I originally wanted to talk to her about something. Lingyun Pharmaceutical and Northern Pharmaceuticals are preparing to merge and form a new group company that won’t be attached to Lingyun Group or Northern Group. I’ll be the largest shareholder in the new company and she’ll be the second largest. I still need to discuss the details of the merger with her." Luo Ziling didn’t hide anything and explained to Yang Qingyin why he wanted to meet Ouyang Feifei, then immediately shifted the topic. "We had dinner with Great Grandfather this evening, and after dinner we went to my grandpa’s place."
"What did they say?" Yang Qingyin’s curiosity quickly followed the change, "Did they express their indignation?"
Luo Ziling briefly told Yang Qingyin the situation, and after he finished, he said with emotion, "My Great Grandfather’s reaction wasn’t the same as my grandpa’s. My grandpa’s reaction was clearly more intense. He even asked me to retaliate and not let those people get away with it."
"After all, your mom is your grandpa’s daughter. For parents, the feelings they have for their own children are always different!" Yang Qingyin sighed.
"That’s not necessarily true!" Luo Ziling shook his head. "Generally speaking, the relationship across generations is closer, just like how your grandpa treats you."
"Not exactly!" Yang Qingyin shook her head. "In the eyes of people their age, profit is what matters most; comparatively, family affection is much weaker. Big families are different from ordinary families. After all, maintaining the prosperity of a big clan isn’t easy. It’s not that my dad doesn’t love me, it’s just that he can’t untie the knot in his heart and takes old grudges too seriously. If my grandpa broke with you, but I still firmly stood on your side, he would also neglect me."
"That’s true!" Luo Ziling nodded, then asked Yang Qingyin, "What did your grandpa say to you today?"
"You mean his reaction to your mom being attacked, right?"
Luo Ziling nodded. "Mainly about that. If he said anything else related to us, you can tell me if you’re willing."
"My grandpa said this probably wasn’t done by the Chen Family, because they’re already in deep trouble and don’t have that much energy, and they shouldn’t be doing something so infuriating at a time like this." Yang Qingyin said slowly, "So this definitely wasn’t done by Chen Ruchang and Chen Yijing, but that doesn’t rule out other Chen Family members, like Chen Yihe, Chen Yiping, and the like, pulling something in the dark. But the biggest possibility is people from some other family. They want to dump dirty water onto the Chen Family, so that Chen Ruchang and the brothers Chen Yining and Chen Yijing will be even more passive."
"But he denied that anyone from the Yang Family was involved in this?"
Yang Qingyin shook her head in denial. "No. The fact that Grandpa didn’t order anyone to do this doesn’t mean other Yang Family people don’t have such thoughts."
Luo Ziling nodded and didn’t ask anything more.
Yang Qingyin didn’t say anything more either.
After a little while, she fell asleep lying in Luo Ziling’s arms.
Luo Ziling also started to feel sleepy; after lying there holding her for a while, he drifted off as well.
Early the next morning, Luo Ziling was woken by the ringing of his phone.
He picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from Wuyue.
It was just past six in the morning.
At this hour, a call from Wuyue definitely meant there was something to report.
So Luo Ziling immediately jumped out of bed and rushed into the bathroom with his phone.
Seeing that Yang Qingyin was sleeping soundly, he didn’t wake her.
"Young Master, Ling Haijun has been injured. Early this morning, while he was doing his morning exercises, he was attacked by several unidentified people and was seriously hurt." As soon as the call connected, Wuyue reported directly. "He’s been sent to the hospital now, and we don’t know the details yet."
When Luo Ziling heard this, he was startled.
Ling Haijun getting injured all of a sudden was definitely not some ordinary incident.
After all, now that Ling Haijun was working by his side, he could be considered his right-hand man.
"I’ll head to the hospital right away. Come pick me up!" Luo Ziling quickly decided to go see Ling Haijun.