Chapter 35 Chapter Four

2001 AD France In the office, two young men sat deadlocked, waiting for the other to speak first. The one on the left is Anthony Lorraine, who owns the largest wine farm in Wufuhei District, and produces the highest-grade dry liquor, sparkling wine and liqueur every year, and supplies them to top restaurants all over the world. In addition, he is also a chocolatier. He has his own land to grow the best quality cocoa, and has a well-planned factory to produce high-quality chocolate. The chocolate brand he created enjoys a high reputation in all countries in the world. The one on the right is called Fran Meunier. His background is not good. His parents divorced when he was young. When he was a child, his father took him to marry a prostitute. Within two years, the prostitute fled with all the property on his father. The father was so angry that he killed the prostitute with his own hands. After the incident, his father was arrested and he was sent to an orphanage.

Soon, Anthony appeared, adopted him from the nursery, educated him, cultivated him, and let him take over his job after he completed his master's degree, taking charge of the Noah Group. Over the years, he has managed the Noah Group with great success. Not only has he increased the production of famous wines and chocolates, but he has also extended his business tentacles into stocks and finance, allowing Noah's annual profit to grow exponentially. Anthony never interfered with Fran's actions, and only supported his decisions 100%. In recent years, he even rarely entered the Noah Group, as if those were all Fran's careers and had nothing to do with him.

"You fully accept my arrangement, no objection?" Anthony said, with a faint smile on his handsome cheek, he didn't believe that Fran would compromise so easily. "I said I accepted?" Fran asked back with a blank expression. "Don't forget, you owe me a lot of favors. If I hadn't brought you out of the nursery, you and your father might have become roommates now." "This kind of favor allows me to take over from you. I have never complained in Noah's job." Farlan's deep eyes were burning with fire, but his attitude was still relaxed, as if nothing happened. didn't happen.

"That's not true. You have accumulated a lot of business experience and wealth in the past few years. You have taken advantage of it anyway." He tapped the buttons on the table with his slender knuckles. He was very happy to watch Fran fight the trapped beasts. "Really? Why don't I feel the pleasure of taking advantage?" Biting his elegant lower lip, his attitude was like that of a noble marquis. "You are a decent person, of course you will not feel pleasure when taking advantage of others, you will only feel guilty. Well, without further ado, next Tuesday, your bride will be flown from Taiwan to Fa. Remember, her name is Luo Anan , don’t forget to pick up the plane.”

"You have no right to interfere with my marriage." His anger leaked out accidentally, which put Anthony in a good mood. Very good, if he loses the first move, he is ready to lose everything. "No right? No! First of all, please remember one thing, I am your guardian, your father in name. Compared with your real father, I seem to do more for you than him , just for this, shouldn't you give me back?" Looking at this "father" who was about the same age as him, Fran didn't know how to explain this unreasonableness. It seemed that since the year he was adopted, years had forgotten to mark his face. Maybe in a few years, he Looks to be older than him.

Every time he asked him, Anthony always said in a nonchalant tone: "Because I am a vampire who never grows old." In the end, he didn't bother to ask him any more, just as if he was willing to invest in beauty. "What if I still say no?" My father's two marriages ended in misery, and he would not be so stupid as to repeat the same mistakes. "Then I have no choice but to disband the Noah Group, causing tens of thousands of people to lose their jobs, the stock market to crash, and the economy to plummet...Of course, I will not forget your lovely and pitiful little mistress, what is her name, Sha Linna?"

"You won't." Three words popped out between his teeth, and he knew he had lost. "I will! You know very well that you are the one who cares about Noah, not me. The lives of tens of thousands of people have nothing to do with me. Mercy has always missed me. Besides, I really want to taste the taste of your little mistress... ..." The wickedness of his smile sent a chill down Frank's spine. "What does she, Luo Anan have to do with you?" He changed his angle and tried to find the key from Anthony's words. "I want her to be happy." He said succinctly.

"Follow me and she will not be happy." Of course, it can also be said in other words: follow him, he will not let her have a chance to be happy.The meaning is the same. "If you dare, I will deprive the happiness of people all over the world. I will not hesitate to destroy everyone you care about. Including your father who has struggled to adapt to prison life." If threats can get him what he wants, why not for? "You are disgusting." "Hateful and hateful, right? But I don't care about such trivial matters. As long as the goal is achieved, I don't care about the rest." Taking out the marriage certificate from his pocket, he handed the pen to Fran. "My dear son, please sign your name."

"Whatever, I won't let my marriage lead me to misery." With the stroke of a pen, he became a married man. "Silly son, not everyone's marriage path leads to misery. Your father is just one of the unlucky ones. I can guarantee that your marriage will not." He closed the certificate, and he was optimistic about this marriage. "You are quite sure." "Of course I am certain that you are not only a match made in heaven, but also a covenant in a previous life." "What are you talking about?" he asked, grabbing Anthony's words. "Don't worry about what I say, come on, sign this contract by the way, after you and An An give birth to your first son, the entire Noah Group will belong to you, then, you don't have to worry about me disbanding Nuoah Ya."

"You?" He really didn't understand his motives. What does Luo Anan have to do with him? "Don't doubt, as I said, the person who cares about Noah is you or me, so it's a gift, you get Noah, my An'an gets happiness, and everyone gets what they need, isn't it great?" He smiled He smiled, deep dimples were carved on both sides of his face, and his damn handsome face made it impossible to punch him hard. Seeing that he didn't move, Anthony pushed the contract forward. "Sign it, don't think too much about it, lest one day, I want to disband Noah again, and you must be the one who is heartbroken."

Frank surrendered and signed the contract, but he was full of resentment. "By the way, that Salina..." Anthony added, thinking of An An's rival in love. Fran stared wide-eyed, blocking his words. "You don't push yourself too hard." "Okay, okay, up to you." He believed in An An's charm, after all, that time hundreds of years ago, but his little An An won the championship. "I will leave the marriage certificate, contract and Noah's property rights at the Medici lawyer's office, and go to the lawyer's office when you have an heir." Putting the brown paper bag away, he got up and walked out. "Where are you going? There's a meeting this afternoon..." "I'm not coming back, I'm going home to see my wife." In the blink of an eye, he waved to his son, and with this move, the event was settled!An An, brother wants you to be happy. ☆☆☆ Sitting in the terminal building, An An looked at her crying mother with red eyes. She wiped away her mother's tears with a tissue, but new tears immediately poured out, which hurt her heart and messed up her feelings. I put my arms around my mother, want to cry, but don't want to show weakness, and my mother and younger brother depend on each other, support each other for many years, are we about to separate?hard to imagine. She is not afraid of facing the uncertain future. In a family like theirs where the father is absent, the first thing children learn is to be independent. Their resilience must be greater than ordinary people, otherwise they will be easily swallowed in the torrent of society. Therefore, she does not not afraid. All she has is worries, many, many worries, worrying about how her mother will get through her loneliness alone, whether her younger brother's college dream will go well, and whether this money will help them overcome countless difficulties? Having grown up so old, I have never left the family alone, but this time I have to go far away.France... a name that only appears in books, it seems to be the end of the world. "An'an, Mom put a dozen tomato juice in your luggage. That's your favorite since childhood..." The words choked up again. This child is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed. After this departure, the time to see each other is far away. ! "Mom, I'm going to marry into a rich family. Why are you worried that I don't have tomato juice?" She patted her mother on the back, preventing her tears from burning her mother's heart. "Yeah! I'm so confused. My daughter is going to marry into a rich family. I'm still worrying about all these things. I seem stupid." Wiping away her tears, she still felt uneasy knowing that her daughter was capable and independent. Will the people in this world deceive her into being unaccompanied? "I will call you when I arrive in France, and you will often write to tell me about my brother." "I will, I know you love Yaya the most, and you can't let him go... An An..." She paused and continued: "People say that it is difficult for rich people to get a job. When you marry, you have to get along well with your husband and in-laws. They are rich people who have the most picky mouths. You cook... No, no, you are afraid of fire. Marry In the past, how to cook for your parents-in-law, in case they don’t like you... An An, we’d better return the money and tell them we’re not getting married anymore.” She wanted to retreat. "Mom, it's not allowed. We received the money and signed the contract. We can't go back on our word. We don't have the money to pay liquidated damages. Don't worry, foreigners often use ovens and microwave ovens for cooking. Besides, I married a rich family. , Maybe they hired someone to cook." She comforted her mother with things she didn't know, which even she thought was absurd. "But..." As a mother, there are many things that I can't let go of. I have imagined hundreds of times to send my daughter to wear white gauze to get married. This kind of separation that teaches people to break the liver and crack the lungs. "Don't say it again, but I was going to be someone's bride happily, but now that you cry, I feel like my future is rough." She smiled again, she didn't want her mother to worry about her. "Write a letter and come back, take care of yourself." The thousands of words stuck in his throat turned into a few words. "I will." If the promise can make the mother feel at ease, she is willing to promise thousands of things. When it was time to board the plane, I turned around and hugged my mother, reluctant to let go, but finally had to let go, waved, goodbye, mother, Yaya, goodbye, Taiwan where she grew up for more than 20 years. ☆☆☆ On the plane, the seat belt was fastened, and the clouds outside the window reminded her that she was about to fly to a strange country. In the past month, everything that happened to her seemed to be illusory. She dreamed several times at midnight, and she was still wandering between reality and fantasy, constantly asking herself, is it true or false? She seldom watches movies, and she doesn't think that a sparrow turning into a phoenix will happen to her, and she doesn't believe that her beauty will lure men thousands of miles away to propose marriage. But things happened like this, and everything caught her off guard so quickly. That day, as usual, she walked out of the part-time fast food restaurant, thinking that she would first send the salary she just received to the hospital to pay the medical expenses owed.My younger brother was diagnosed with leukemia when he graduated from high school. To him, it was like a bolt from the blue. Yaya's homework has always been among the best. He really hoped that he could be admitted to the medical department of National Taiwan University. Unexpectedly, an illness shattered his dream . In the past six months, his mother quit her job and devoted herself to taking care of him in the hospital. An An had to give up her two-year university studies and take on the job of supporting the family. In the early morning, she delivered goat milk on her mother’s old motorcycle, and then went to work in the bookstore. After work, she hurried to the counter of the fast food restaurant. After get off work, it was already one o’clock in the morning, and she would be tired from working day after day. She wanted to rest too, but she didn't dare to cry out, for fear that the word "suffering" would slip out of her mouth, and since then it would have clung to her heart and made her live like years. Flipping through her watch, thinking about how to get the longest sleep time in four and a half hours, when she was about to start her motorcycle, a foreign man stood in front of her and stopped her. "Can I talk to you?" the man asked with a smile on his face. "Sorry, I still have work to do..." In the middle of the night, when a strange man blocked the way, she should have had many malicious associations, but facing this man in front of her, she just felt at ease and never even had any extra thoughts. "I want to talk to you about Lo Yaya's condition and his medical expenses." His mellow voice and his calm expression made her feel safe. "You mean you've found the bone marrow that fits Yaya?" An An unconsciously raised her voice. "Can we sit down and talk?" "Okay." After parking the car, she pulled up the man, opened the door with the key, walked back to the fast food restaurant, and they sat down opposite each other. "Can you tell me, please?" she asked eagerly. "I know that your younger brother needs a bone marrow transplant. Currently, I have a qualified husband who is willing to donate bone marrow. In addition, I can give you another 50 million yuan. In addition to deducting medical expenses, your mother and younger brother can also buy a house." , live comfortably." "What about the conditions? You won't give me so many benefits for no reason!" "Married to Fran Meunier, he is the general manager of Noah Group, thirty years old, handsome and rich." "Since his conditions are so good, why did he choose me?" "Because he likes Chinese women, and other things, it's not too late for you to ask him when you see him." I didn't bother to explain, the love in the previous life was formed by them together, he just made good things happen, and the two of them talked about problems face to face. "Only this condition?" Fifty million can buy many women, why it is her, she can't figure it out. "That's right, if you agree, just sign here, and the fifty million is yours." He pushed the travel bag in his hand forward. An An slightly opened the mouth of the bag and looked in. She was stunned by the full NT dollars. Money, a lot of money!From birth to now, she has never seen so many NT dollars... All of these will become hers, as long as she signs Luo An'an... "Do you have any other conditions?" Seeing that An Anjiu didn't reply, Anthony asked again. "You said... as long as I sign this piece of paper, all the money will be mine?" Holding the handbag tightly, she was reluctant to let go. With the 50 million, Yaya can go to the best university, Going abroad, mothers don't have to work hard anymore, they don't have to let the landlord rush... 50 million is really a good thing... "Look clearly, this is not ordinary paper, it's a marriage certificate and a contract. You will be legally responsible for signing these. If you regret the contract, you will have to stop eating or drinking and wash dishes for the rest of your life just because of the liquidated damages." An'an's silly face made him smile, she is still as cute as in her previous life, just for this, he is obliged to keep her happy for the rest of her life. "If... I mean hypothetically, if I divorce that Mr. Fran, will you still give me alimony?" It seems a little too much to say this, but the deed of prostitution is about to be signed, so we need to find out more. There will be more protection. "Luo Anan, you are so greedy." His little girl is really not a fuel-efficient lamp. There is no way, poor people are so greedy, when she has enough money to use it as meat buns to smash dogs, she will definitely not care about the amount of alimony.An An shrugged, noncommittal. "It is clearly stated in the contract that you must get a divorce after you give birth to your first son. Otherwise, no matter whether the man or the woman asks for a divorce, as long as the divorce procedures are completed, you will have to return 70% of the contract money." Seventy percent?Thirty-five million... If she had to spit out the thirty-five million, she would die of angina pectoris. The fifty million hadn't really fallen into her pocket, and she had already regarded it as her own life. "It turns out that you are looking for a surrogate mother... In this way, it will be easier for me to understand. It is indeed less troublesome to find a foreigner." An An murmured. Anthony laughed so hard that she was about to die. Her head was different from ordinary people, but it was no wonder that she was not human in her previous life. "Whatever you say, do you want to sign? If you don't want to sign, I will leave and find another target." He threatened, and he was about to finish dealing with the one in front of him, and he had to go back to France to deal with that difficult boy. "I will sign, of course I will." Thinking of the possibility that the 50 million could be transferred to someone else's account, she quickly wrote down her name on the paper without thinking too much. "Okay, I'm leaving. You don't have to go to work tomorrow. I will arrange for your brother to go to the operating room. I will send you the ticket within a month. You should be mentally prepared first." "if……" "Do you still have questions?" "If the money is counterfeit, will the contract be established?" An An asked, Anthony couldn't help it anymore, burst into laughter, opened the door and walked out of the fast food restaurant, leaving her with a look of doubt. After he left, An An sat in the store with the money in her arms, not daring to move, for fear that the money would fly away from her chest if she moved her body, she turned her head and realized that it was just a dream. At nine o'clock, the waiter from the morning shift of the fast food restaurant came to open the door. An An picked up her travel bag and rushed towards the bank. She wanted to make sure that all the money in the bag was genuine. In the following days, An An spent in a hectic mess, accompanying Yaya into the surgery room, resigning, looking at the house, buying a house, depositing deposits, she helped her mother and Yaya make all the arrangements, and then she was ready to get married with peace of mind. . When it comes to getting married, she has no feeling at all. There is no gift cake, no invitation card, no wedding dress, and no trace of wedding joy. She doesn't know what role she will play during this trip to France. She closed her eyes, she was sleepy, after days of busyness, she needed to take a good rest, and store up her energy to face another rush. ☆☆☆ After getting off the plane, a middle-aged uncle who was nearly fifty years old came to pick her up and nodded with a smile. She didn't know how to chat with strangers. "Ma'am, shall we go home first, or do you have a place you want to go?" Charlie said. "No, let's go back first." Her husband...will be waiting for her at home?Will he be eager to drag her to bed so that this farce will end early?Grasping the hem of the skirt, she felt a little uneasy.The beautiful scenery passing by outside the window never entered her eyes, and her heart was restless. Don't be afraid, An An is not afraid.She has been more mature than other little girls since she was a child. She knows very well that she has no father's shoulder to lean on. She has to stand firm and walk straight, and she must not make a mistake in one step. Otherwise, if she falls, she will be hurt and hurt. Mother's heart, she has no right to fail. This time, she didn't dare to say whether she would succeed or fail, and she didn't even have a clue about the future, but what was clear was that she couldn't make her family feel sorry for her, so if she fell or got hurt, everything would happen. Must close the door and lick the wound alone.Learning to adapt to uncertainty is her top priority. There are many doubts that should be asked, but at that time, she let Qian blindfold her eyes, only thinking about her mother and Yaya, and forgot to ask for herself, so she put herself in an environment where the situation was unknown, and she couldn't figure out what to do next. How to move one step is the best choice. "Ma'am, we're home, please get out of the car." Charlie opened the door and let An An get out of the car. Looking up, it is a house that can only be seen in fairy tale books. It is like a small castle with a large hinterland, where you can walk or ride a bicycle in the forest. In front of the house, there is a garden full of bright colors, where bees and butterflies shuttle, and a few unknown fruits hang from the vines. Taking a deep breath, she followed the old uncle closely and walked into the gate. She gasped. Although the hall is not big, it is full of style. There are exquisitely carved candlesticks hanging on the beige wall pillars, and the lifelike reliefs on the ceiling are touching. , the sky blue flannelette carpet and the sky blue leather sofa complement each other. Behind the hall is the dining room. A gorgeous crystal lamp and exquisite glassware on the dining table create a warm and sweet golden atmosphere. Looking far away, looking into the depths of the forest. Climbing up the spacious staircase, there are only five rooms on the second floor. Each room is furnished in a classical style, with wooden tables, chairs, and cabinets, and heavy curtains embroidered with patterns and hanging tassels, bringing out a romantic atmosphere in the room. An An is like Alice who accidentally entered Wonderland, so flustered that she can't find an exit.She clasped her arms, she trembled slightly, and An An kept telling herself that she had to adapt to all this quickly. "Mister... is a good person." Charlie saw her insecurity in his eyes, although he didn't understand why the master would temporarily marry a foreign woman instead of welcoming Miss Sarina, who had already had a relationship for several years, into the door. However, he believed that the master must have his reasons, and this was not something that a little servant like him could interfere with. "Thank you." A smile narrowed the distance between the two of them. "You can call me old Charlie. I'm the driver here. When I don't go out, I work with Klaus in the garden, or I ride my bicycle to patrol my favorite forest. Klaus is the gardener here. , Good old man, he went to see a batch of new plants today, I'm afraid he won't come back, I'll introduce you guys tomorrow." "Okay! Uncle Charlie, next time you are going to cycle to visit your beloved forest, can I go with you?" She liked this kind elder. "Ladies are welcome, Madame, you speak French very well." Of course, she is a student of the French department. She has a talent for languages ​​since she was a child, and she can pronounce any sound accurately after hearing it. "Thank you, please call me An An in the future, don't call me Madam, I'm not used to it." "An'an... Ma'am, you have a good name. By the way, there is a nagging housekeeper in this room——Diane, she is on leave for a few days, you can relax for two days, and your ears will be fine when you come down. You have to learn to agree with her chatter." "Is it that serious?" "She definitely has the ability to make people crazy, don't doubt it." After speaking, both of them laughed. Laughter is the best catalyst for friendship. With a few conversations and smiles, An An and Charlie established a good friendship. "Then...you rest, I won't bother you." Putting the luggage next to the closet, he leaned over and was about to leave. "Uncle Charlie..." she stopped him. "Is there anything else?" "I would like to ask you, M. François Meunier, will he...will he come home?" "He's busy these days, maybe...maybe he won't be back in a few days." It's against his conscience to tell such a lie, but he can't make it clear that the husband is in another house, comforting his mistress! "Oh! I see." In other words, she still has a few days to breathe. "I'm going down, you have a good sleep, you wake up and I may be off work, Diane put some dishes in the refrigerator, you can make some simple things to eat." "Okay, thank you." Nodding, she knew the fact that tonight, she was the only one in such a big house. After Uncle Charlie walked out of the room, loneliness broke into the space she was in, and question marks took shape in her mind. What kind of man was that François Meunier?Why did he choose her, a woman he had never met before, as his wife?He is so rich, it is not difficult to find a surrogate mother who does not cause trouble... Too many noisy thoughts circling in her mind, repeated questions and doubts, she exhausted herself, and slowly she closed her eyes, repeating her questions in her sleep.