Upon returning to the general department, everyone had already left, except for Su Qing, who was sitting in Jiang Fan's seat. Jiang Fan pointed at Yang Jin and then at the office, and Su Qing nodded. At this moment, Liu Jiulong suddenly appeared outside, peeking in with a worried look on his face as he gazed at Yang Jin.
Unfortunately, no one bothered with him.
Yang Jin went to rest, and Jiang Fan glanced at Su Qing sitting in his seat before walking behind Chen Yi. He quietly instructed Chen Yi to make some case records, saying that a rough outline would suffice, mainly focusing on the drawings, asking if they could be made clearer and more detailed. Liu Jiulong also sat beside Chen Yi, eager to join in.
At this time, Jiang Fan turned around and looked at Su Qing.
"Su, is the relocation compensation provided by the government unit or by us?"
Su Qing frowned and whispered,
"It's said to be only for the land. I'll call and ask tomorrow morning for specifics, but I heard that residents need to be transferred to a developing community. I'm not sure about the details. Jiang Fan, what's the maximum cost you've calculated to avoid losses?"
"If there are no unexpected situations, keeping it within six million will guarantee profits, and the capital will return quickly. It's too late to come up with a detailed plan, so it should be fine if I present it orally during the high-level meeting tomorrow. I'll make a call."
After speaking, Jiang Fan walked out of the general department, ignoring Su Qing's glaring eyes. He walked to the corner, took out his phone, and dialed Tang Wan's number. Tang Wan had already arrived home and seemed to be eating. She said she was feeling much better and asked if she could skip taking her medication.
The answer was definitely no. Jiang Fan persuaded her gently and asked her to call her mother to tell her that she was fine. Tang Wan responded with an "oh."
After hanging up, Tang Wan dialed the number saved as "Mom." After the call was connected, she spoke sweetly with her eyes closed.
"Mom, what are you doing? Jiang Fan went to work overtime, and I'm so bored at home alone, so I'm calling you, hehe."
If Li Jinhe were here, he would definitely grit his teeth and curse Tang Wan as a little rascal. Jiang Fan's mother held her phone and smiled happily, saying gently,
"Wanwan, did Jiang Fan leave you home alone to work overtime? Did he make dinner for you? Are you hungry?"
"He did, Mom. I have a cold."
"You have a cold? Did you take your medicine? Did Jiang Fan leave you home alone when you're sick? Old Jiang, you need to talk to your son. Call Jiang Fan right now. Can't he distinguish between what's more important, work or his wife?"
"No, no, no, Mom, don't get excited. Jiang Fan took me to get an injection yesterday. I just miss you, Mom. I want to eat the dumplings you make."
"You want to eat dumplings? I'll make them right now, put them in the fridge tonight, and ask for a car to send them to you tomorrow morning. Then you can cook them whenever you want."
Hearing the hurried footsteps of her mother-in-law on the phone, Tang Wan couldn't help but cover her mouth as tears fell. She really liked Jiang Fan's mother. Li Jinhe treated her well, but it was only in terms of meeting her financial needs. For everything else, she had to go to her father. Now, just by mentioning wanting to eat dumplings, her mother-in-law was already busy preparing to send them over.
"Mom, can I go back and spend the New Year with you?"
Tang Wan's voice trembled slightly. There was a silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, as if her mother-in-law hadn't recovered from the surprise. Then came Jiang Fan's mother's joyful voice.
"Old Jiang, Wanwan is coming back for the New Year. I need to think about it. Wanwan likes to eat crabs. I need to buy some and keep them for Wanwan to eat when she comes back. Wanwan! Don't just say it to make me happy. You didn't come back last year when you said you would."
Tang Wan couldn't control her emotions anymore, and tears continued to fall as she nodded vigorously.
"Mom, I'll go back before the New Year to spend time with you. Mom, take care of yourself. I... I'm going to take my medicine now."
Saying she would hang up the phone, Tang Wan really didn't want to end the call as she listened to her mother-in-law's voice. Jiang Fan's mother and Tang Wan chatted for half an hour until Tang Wan's phone prompted that it was about to shut down, and then they finally hung up.
Tang Wan sat on the sofa, crying and laughing at the same time.
When people are sick, they are all vulnerable, including Tang Wan, who is a strong woman in the company. When she is sick and alone at home, listening to her mother's concern and her joy at hearing that she will be coming back for the New Year, Tang Wan is really touched.
Tang Wan doesn't know how to express her mother's kindness to her. She only knows that when she went back for the New Year the first time, Jiang Fan's family lived in a bungalow. Jiang Fan's father started making a fire before dawn, worried that she might be cold. The chicken that was supposed to crow in the morning was killed. Tang Wan would only eat breakfast after she woke up. Her mother-in-law would hold her hand and talk about the past, about Jiang Fan when he was a child. At that time, Tang Wan would always hug her mother's arm and she wanted to eat this or that, and her mother would smile and nod, asking her father to prepare it.
In fact, Tang Wan doesn't know that at that time, she had already gotten accustomed to Jiang Fan and opened her heart to accept Jiang Fan's mother and father.
After charging her phone, Tang Wan sent a text message to Jiang Fan: "Don't tell Mom and Dad that we're divorced."
Jiang Fan looked at the message with a confused expression. Why did Tang Wan suddenly send this message? The next second, his phone rang, and after answering it, he was scolded by his father. Jiang Fan felt powerless and slumped in his chair.
He thought, "I'll tell Li Jinhe not to worry. Why did she call my mom?"
Jiang Fan only remembered his father saying one sentence, "You wait until you come home, and I'll beat you up."
His father is a person who doesn't easily make promises. Whenever he says this, Jiang Fan has never escaped it. He really gets beaten up.
"Does this woman think about tattling on me when she's sick?"
Then Jiang Fan made a phone call to his mother-in-law. It seemed that she was scolding Tang Wan's father for secretly drinking alcohol. She told Jiang Fan not to spoil Tang Wan too much. Listening to Tang Wan's father saying not to bully his precious daughter, Li Jinhe's roar seemed to pierce Jiang Fan's eardrums.
"Bully your daughter? Tang Wan's father, is that even human talk? Don't you know what kind of person Jiang Fan is? Don't you know that Jiang Fan stayed in the hospital with Tang Wan for a whole night just because she had a fever? Can you, as a father, stay up all night to watch over your daughter, or can I, as a mother, stay up all night? Jiang Fan, don't listen to your dad. No couple lives without arguments."
"Hey, Li Jinhe, you're wrong. For thirty years, you've always been bullying me. Do you really think I, Tang Wan's father, don't have a temper?"
"Want to try?"
"You should go play cards."
Jiang Fan silently hung up the phone. His mother-in-law's temper and personality would probably make even Su Qing behave obediently. She really would take action.
Feeling hopeless, he slumped in the chair, picked up a book, and covered his face with it. He was still thinking about whether his father would forget the promise he made during the New Year. It would be best if he forgot. The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. Jiang Fan felt like he was going to explode.
"I'm going to sleep. Wake me up in the morning."
Then, under several pairs of stunned eyes, Jiang Fan put his leg on a chair and was about to sleep. Chen Yi's eye corners twitched slightly. He really wasn't worried at all? Su Qing's eyes were almost spitting flames. She gritted her teeth and said in a trembling voice,
"Liu Jiulong, go to the security room and tell them to turn off the surveillance in the general department. I'm not angry. I'm not angry. He's the ancestor I recruited. I allowed him to work at Rongyao!"