Li Lan had his own ideas. The purpose of him going out was to get rid of the influence that his parents exerted on him. He wanted to experience what it meant to be free. He definitely wouldn't live in his own house, so that they could know his whereabouts.
Hence, he said perfunctorily, "We'll see how it goes. When I went to the Expo with Li Ke and the others, I could roughly see what the house looked like. I'm sure I'll like it. If I don't like it, I'd rather rent one."
He Fang said, "Rent what? If you don't like our house, you'll definitely not like the houses outside. Anyway, you can go pick first. If you're not satisfied with our house, your Auntie Wu Shuping, Uncle Chen Dadi, Uncle Pan Guangcai, and even your uncle and son-in-law have houses. I don't believe that there won't be any that you like. "
She had seen through her son's thoughts. Li Lan was not a picky person at all. In some aspects, he was similar to Second Brother Li. He was adaptable and did not care about what he ate, drank, or wore.
Li He said, "I'm not going to restrict you. You can do whatever you want. No one will care about you. You don't have to hide it."
Hearing this, Li Lan was shocked. He felt that his father was implying something, so he said calmly, "Who's hiding? Who doesn't have some privacy?"
He Fang smiled and said, "Okay, no one will care about you. We'll talk when we get there. I'll call your Auntie Wu later and ask her to arrange someone to pick you up at the airport."
Li Lan quickly said, "No need. I'm just going to have fun. They have their own things to do. Not only will I waste their time, but I'll also feel uncomfortable. Why bother? Don't tell anyone. I have money in my pocket. I won't be hungry or cold. I won't lack anything."
He Fang said, "You've said so much nonsense before. So, you've made up your mind to find a house on your own? That works too. Let Song Gu accompany you. What do you think? "
Li Lan shook his head and said, "I don't want to trouble anyone. What's wrong with me going out alone? Who knows who I am? Besides, it's hard to say who's unlucky to meet two people. "
Li He said, "How about this? Fu Dahai's son, Fu Wang. Aren't you getting along well? How about letting him accompany you?"
He called himself a gentleman, so naturally, he would not associate himself with vile people.
Fu Dahai was a despicable person, but just like Chen Youli, he couldn't bring himself to hate him.
He finally understood why Qianlong liked Heshen so much. After all, it was not easy to have someone around who could figure out what he liked and what he wanted to do.
His son, Fu Zhanwang, was naturally taught by words and deeds, and was on par with his son. Li Lao 'er did not dislike this little brat either, and even felt gratified.
He Fang said, "That brat is full of evil tricks. What good can I learn from him? Don't make random arrangements."
Li He said leisurely, "I'm glad that you can learn to be bad."
He Fang glanced at his son and finally understood what Li He meant. He smiled and said, "How can you treat your father like this?"
Li Lan pretended not to hear anything and went upstairs.
In the morning, he woke up very early. His mother was making breakfast, but his father was nowhere to be seen. Needless to say, he must have gone for a morning jog.
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, he carried a backpack downstairs.
He Fang asked, "You only brought this much? Didn't you bring some clothes? "
Li Lan said, "Two to change will be enough. If it's not enough, I'll buy it myself."
The backpack had two large pockets. The inner pocket contained a laptop, and the outer pocket contained a shirt, a pair of pants, a pair of underwear, and a pair of socks. Together with the one he was wearing, it just so happened that there were two sets. He had always been like this when he went out.
He Fang prepared breakfast and ate two mouthfuls. Then, she said to Li Lan, who was drinking soy milk, "There's something going on at school today, so I won't be sending you to the airport. See if your father has time and ask him to send you."
Li Lan said, "I'll ask Uncle Song Gu to send me."
He Fang nodded, put down the bowl, picked up the bag, and said, "I'll be leaving then. Just send the bowl to the kitchen after breakfast and let it soak in water."
Before Li Lan could respond, he heard the sound of a car starting up at the door.
After he finished eating, he was about to clear the table when his father came back.
Li He was wearing a singlet and was completely drenched. He went in to take a shower and rested on the sofa for a while.
Li Lan knew that his father was going to eat later, so he didn't continue cleaning up and went to find Song Gu.
Song Gu and a few others were either leaning against the wall smoking, eating noodles, or pacing back and forth on the phone.
The sound of gunfire could be heard from the speakers in the room. A man in his twenties with a buzz cut was playing Counter-Strike. When he saw Li Lan come in, he quickly exited the game and stood up.
Song Gu explained, "The equipment has been upgraded, and the surveillance room has been moved upstairs. Secretary Wang let us use the outdated computers to watch movies, listen to songs, and play games."
Li Lan said to the man with a buzz cut, "Brother Peng, your skills aren't good enough. You can't use your body to push the door open. Otherwise, once the enemy sees your gun, they'll immediately die.
Throw a smoke grenade at the door, and the door will open automatically. If you throw it at the right angle, the door will explode. Then, use your graceful footwork and flash your knife, and it'll be over in two or three moves. "
Jia Jingpeng had been in their house for less than two years. He was just an ordinary hacker, but Li Lan had seen his skills before. With his skinny body, he could climb more than twenty floors without the help of any tools.
Li Lan was shocked. He thought that he was agile, and with the help of the sewer pipe, he could barely climb to the roof of the second floor.
Jia Jingpeng smiled, "I'm just playing around. I'm not good at it."
He didn't dare to ask Li Lan to teach him such inconsiderate words.
After coming to work, the first thing Song Gu said to them was, "Don't think that you don't have a temper just because you're friendly."
Li Lan habitually looked at the motherboard and felt that something was wrong. He bent down to take a look, and it turned out that the video cable was connected to the motherboard. He smiled and asked, "Doesn't it lag when playing games? The graphics card has become a jobless person. "
Jia Jingpeng scratched his head, "This is a high-end one. Secretary Wang said that he bought it for more than thirty thousand yuan."
Li Lan shook his head and helped to tidy up the cable again. He smiled and said, "You can try again."
Jia Jingpeng logged back into the game, turned around and grinned, "Wow, that's fast …"
Bang bang, he fired a few shots at the wall.
Li Lan asked Song Gu, "I haven't thanked you for my classmate's matter. Sorry to trouble you."
When Bai Xuefeng excitedly told him that he got four hundred thousand yuan as compensation, he was shocked.
Song Gu said, "You think too highly of me. In the end, it still depends on my relationship with Mr. Li. If not, who would recognize me when I go out?"
Li Lan said, "After all, you relied on your comrade's help."
Song Gu said, "Aren't you ashamed to say this? Although we're comrades-in-arms, they wear white shirts. If I'm just an ordinary little security guard, it's already an honor for him to drink with me. Who would be willing to protect me like this?
Without Mr. Li, we won't be able to show our faces when we go out. "
"Uncle Song, you're too polite." Li Lan then said, "I'm going to the airport at noon. Can you give me a ride?"
Song Gu said, "Let Xiao Jia send you. Secretary Wang just sent me an email. I looked at the itinerary. Mr. Li will be attending some Sino-Russian Economic Forum later. He might not be able to come back in time."
Jia Jingpeng said, "Don't worry, I'm a safe driver."
Li Lan nodded, "Then I'll call you when I leave."
Li He was holding a water hose at the door to bathe the dog. The dog's head was facing the water hose. It was so happy that it even ran out from under the water hose and ran a circle around the door. After shaking off the water on its body, it continued to rush under the water hose.
Li Lan took off his shirt and threw it on the stool. He picked up the pet shampoo on the ground and called the dog over. He squeezed onto its body and rubbed it.
"Don't move. If you splash water on me, I'll beat you up." Li Lan said as he patted its back. Sure enough, it stopped moving and obediently let Li Lan rub it.
Li He threw the hose on the ground and went into the house to change his clothes. He said, "I'm going out. I have a meeting to attend. You, be careful on the road."
While they were talking, Song Gu's car had already circled around the house and stopped by the side.
Li Lan picked up the hose and watched the car drive away.
When the dog was almost done bathing, he didn't need to care about it anymore. It ran around on its own and shook its hair. After three to five minutes under the sun, its hair was shiny.
Li Lan poured some dog food into the dog's bowl, and it ran over and started to gobble it up.
When it was close to nine o 'clock, he asked Jia Jingpeng to drive and the two went to the airport together.
At around one o 'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed at Hongqiao Airport.
As soon as he reached the exit, he saw Gao Siqi standing outside the guardrail. Gao Siqi waved at him and he smiled and nodded back.
When they came out of the exit, Gao Siqi wanted to take his bag but he refused. He smiled and said, "Let's go for a smoke outside."
The two of them walked all the way to the departure floor and outside the building.
Li Lan lit a cigarette and took a deep puff. He smiled and said, "I seem to be addicted to smoking. I don't feel at ease if I don't smoke."
Gao Siqi said, "I only smoke when I stay up late at work. I don't smoke normally."
Li Lan asked, "When did you arrive? Did you fly here from Bingcheng? "
Gao Siqi nodded. "I've been here for three days. You said that I didn't need to rent a house, so I stayed in a hotel."
Li Lan finished smoking and took two steps before throwing the cigarette butt into the trash can. He turned around and said, "Let's go inside and take the subway."
The two of them went through the security check again and went inside. They followed the signs and found the subway entrance.
Gao Siqi took out a handful of coins from her pocket and bought a subway ticket.
There were many people on the subway. When it was their turn, they couldn't squeeze in anymore and could only wait for the next train.
A few minutes later, another train arrived. This time, the two of them couldn't care less about being polite and squeezed in.
Line 2 changed to Line 3. As they walked out of the Longcao Road subway station, Li Lan looked up and saw the huge billboard of the Cardiothoracic Hospital.
Gao Siqi said excitedly, "The location here is very good. The stadium and gymnasium are just two stops away. You don't know, but when I first arrived, I couldn't tell the difference between these two places. I went around in circles and went back to where I came from. It was so infuriating."
Li Lan asked, "Why did you think of coming here?"
Gao Siqi lowered her head and said, "I wasn't sure when you would come. It costs more than a hundred a day to stay in a hotel. If you don't come, I'll have to rent a house. I searched on the Internet and found that Longwu Road is up ahead. There are many urban villages there and the houses are cheap. A single room is less than seven hundred. It's not far to take the bus to Xujiahui. Do you drink water? I'll go buy a bottle. "
"Let's go together." Li Lan accompanied her as they walked along Longcao Road. The sun was scorching hot, and his shirt was sticky. He urgently needed a car.
If he was willing to look for Chen Dadi, Wu Shuping, and the others, he would definitely have a car, but he did not want to.
After walking for another five or six hundred meters, he found a small convenience store and took two bottles of water. In order to enjoy the air-conditioning, he deliberately dawdled for two minutes before coming out.
Under the scorching sun.
Gao Siqi said, "Just a little further and we'll be there."
Li Lan had heard this three times. He sighed and said, "I really don't want to hear it a fourth time."
After walking for less than two minutes, Gao Siqi pointed happily at a small billboard and said, "We're here. This is the one."
Li Lan followed her into the room and said with a smile, "A small hotel. It's really small."
It was about ten square meters. From afar, he could smell the bleach on the sheets on the bed. When he looked closer, there were all kinds of spots on the sheets with unknown colors.
Gao Siqi said, "Sorry, the conditions are a little bad."
After running to the toilet, she came out and said with a smile, "Pack your luggage. Let's go. This place is really not suitable for people."
No matter how picky he was, he was very particular about hygiene. He could not live in a place like this. He could have stayed in a better place, but he insisted on staying here. It was self-torture.
Gao Siqi naturally listened to him and quickly packed the clothes into her bag and big suitcase.
Li Lan helped carry the big suitcase downstairs and let her check out. When they reached the entrance, they just stopped a taxi. She checked out and came out.
As soon as he got in the car, he asked the driver, "Sir, is there a better hotel nearby?"
The driver said, "This road is just ahead. Is the Four Seas next to Longhua Temple good?"
Li Lan waved his hand and said, "Forget about the Four Seas. Is there any other place?"
If he went to the Four Seas, he would be walking into a trap.
The driver said, "Then let's go to the Xujiahui State Guesthouse. It's very lively at the entrance."
Li Lan said, "That's fine. Let's go there."
The car stopped at the entrance of the hotel. Before he could take out the money, Gao Siqi had already handed the money to the driver. Without saying anything more, he pulled the suitcase out of the trunk and entered the hotel.
Gao Siqi followed closely behind. While she looked nervous, Li Lan booked two rooms.
After taking the room card and entering the elevator, she said in a low voice, "Actually, one room is fine. The housing prices here are very expensive. It's better to save that thousand yuan."
Li Lan said, "I hope that the two of us can talk about something that is beneficial to the progress of human society and not this kind of trivial matter."
He had no concept of money since he was young. He drove a luxury car and lived in a mansion because most of the time, he spent his parents' money.
But now, every penny he spent was his own private stash! He couldn't help but feel a little pained.
Pain!
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