Chapter 978 The Old Man’s Invitation
Norma’s grandfather, William Lampson, is the head of their Lampson family. Although he is 78 years old, he is still in good health.
When he was seventy years old, he announced his retirement and almost no longer held key corporate positions in the Lampson family. However, he still firmly controlled the Lampson family office, which truly controlled the Lampson family. The major assets under the name of the Pusen family.
Therefore, Williams Lampson actually retired and was still the owner of their Lampson family empire.
On the surface, Williams is a very kind and kind old man. He has always shown the image of a kind and honest elder to the outside world, and he is kind to everyone.
But in fact, Williams is a very serious and even stern person within the family, especially the descendants of the family whom he values, his attitude is even more stern.
Norma, as his most admired granddaughter, has always played a relatively important role in their family, so Williams's requirements for her are much stricter than for descendants like Molly.
Norma has grown up step by step under the strict control and guidance of the old man over the years.
She had an instinctive awe for the old man, so when she saw the call was from him, she immediately answered the call reflexively without any delay.
“Grandpa, what’s the matter?”
Norma subconsciously sat up straight and asked directly. The old man doesn't like nonsense and polite words, especially when talking on the phone.
"What's going on with your assistant?" The old man also asked directly.
When Norma heard that he was asking about this, she felt a little heavy and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"The news I got now is that he was jealous of others. After irritating the other person, he was accidentally killed by the other person. It was an accident."
When talking to the old man, she did not hide anything and put herself All she knew was told, even if it was a bit rude to the late Hans, the fact was the fact, and she did not dare to hide it from the old man.
Besides, the old man called to ask about Hans directly. He probably already knew how Hans died and just wanted to confirm it from her side.
"Next time you choose an assistant, look for someone with a family and children and a clean private life." The old man said with some dissatisfaction.
Hans, his granddaughter’s assistant, died because of such a scandal, especially since he was gay. If this news was reported, many people would definitely make a joke about the Lampson family.
Fortunately, the Lampson family is also a major financial backer in the media. The news of Hans' unexpected death can still be suppressed and will not be widely reported, let alone in-depth reports.
The old man is a very conservative old-school person. Especially on the issue of homosexuality, the old man has always despised or even hated it.
Therefore, after learning that Hans was gay a few years ago, the old man was not very satisfied with Hans being Norma's assistant.
It’s just that Hans had been with Norma for several years at that time, and Norma was quite easy to use. Of course, it was difficult to replace her. In addition, the old man did not directly order her to replace her at that time. Hans continued to follow her until now when something unexpected happened.
"Yes, Grandpa, I remember."
Norma agreed immediately. If she chooses an assistant again, she will indeed choose according to what the old man said.
Williams then asked: "What are you doing in Los Angeles this time? When will you come back to New York?"
After a moment of hesitation, Norma did not choose to tell the truth. After all, the Bald Eagle Medal was not yet available, and if she told the old man, she would not get much credit.
Only when she gets the Bald Eagle Medal and sends it to the old man, her greatest contribution will be.
"Come here to meet some friends, and I will go back in the afternoon. After all, tomorrow is your birthday, and I have to go back to celebrate your birthday with you."
After hearing what Norma said, The old man's tone finally softened: "I'm right now There is no interest in celebrating birthdays. One more birthday means that I am one year older and one step closer to the grave."
"Grandpa, don't say that. It is possible to live another fifty years.”
"Okay, I'm almost eighty years old. How can I still live for fifty years? If I can live for another ten years, it is God's blessing."
"Don't worry, our company is not developing longevity drugs. I think there should be results in two or three years."
"I hope so."
"Okay, grandpa, goodbye. ”
“Hmm.”
...
After finishing the call with his granddaughter Norma, Williams called another granddaughter, Molly.
Williams has three sons and two daughters, as well as eight grandsons and three granddaughters.
In fact, he only has two granddaughters, Norma and Molly. As for the other granddaughter, it is somewhat different. In this regard, there is not much difference between Dragon Kingdom and America.
So, things are rare and valuable, and a granddaughter must be more valuable than a grandson.
Even though Molly is a recognized marginalized member of the Lampson family and has never participated in the management of their family's company, she has not engaged in any commercial activities, let alone started a business. She is recognized as a transparent person, but he This grandfather has always had this little granddaughter in his heart, but he has never forgotten her.
Even because of Molly's character, the old man has more of a real grandfather-grandson feeling towards her. After all, he doesn't have to guard against her.
The phone rang for a while before it was answered.
"Grandpa...Hello."
Molly on the other end of the phone was obviously a little nervous and reserved.
"My little Molly, you haven't called me for two or three months, and we haven't seen each other for almost half a year."
While talking to Molly, the old man obviously changed. An attitude and tone.
When Molly heard what her grandfather said, she felt a little guilty. She immediately apologized and said, "I'm sorry, Grandpa, I'm traveling around the world. So, I haven't been back to New York to see you. In fact, I have I haven’t seen my parents in almost a year.”
The old man sighed lightly and said, "Then on my birthday tomorrow, can you come back to see me?"
"Tomorrow?" Molly subconsciously wanted to agree, but soon thought of Chen Feng What she told him before, after all, was related to her life, she still hesitated.
Seeing that Molly was silent and didn't answer, the old man sighed again and said, "Do you have anything important to do in Los Angeles? If there is nothing else, you can come back with your sister in the afternoon."
The old man Having said that, Molly couldn't refuse, so she could only agree: "Okay, I'll go with her." Go back."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you to come back and stay in our family manor. I'll let the housekeeper prepare a room for you."
"Okay. br>
The old man chatted with her for a few more minutes before ending the call because something happened. After putting down the phone, Molly began to hesitate. She happily agreed, but deep down she still didn't want to go back to New York.
In addition to Chen Feng's warning, there is also her instinctive rejection of New York.
Although she was born in New York and grew up in New York, including going to college in New York. Many of her friends, including her first love, are in New York, but she does not have a good impression of New York. .
The first is her poor family. She seems to be born in a wealthy old family like Lampson, and her family is considered prominent, but she has never cared much about money or her surname Lampson. This is very much like his father. On the contrary, it puts more pressure on me.
Secondly, her parents divorced when she was nine years old. She followed her father, and her younger brother followed her mother. This had a great impact on her life. She was autistic for a time, and even suffered from depression at the age of sixteen.
Fortunately, with the guidance of her parents and younger brother, she slowly came out. But she knew that it was just an appearance. Although her parents and her brother loved her, it was difficult for her to get close to them anymore.
The divorce of her parents still caused scars in her life, making her lack of character and making her feel inferior and unconfident. It took her several years to slowly correct some of her character flaws.
After that, her bad first love when she was eighteen years old also cast a shadow on her life. She was attracted to the quarterback of the school football team, and then she was deceived by him. He used it as a way to show off to his friends.
The scumbag quarterback even shared the intimate photos of the two of them with many people at that time, which caused her to suffer a depression and almost contemplated suicide.
Fortunately, the family later took action and completely suppressed the matter, and found an excuse to have the quarterback expelled from the school and sent to jail.
But she was still deeply hurt.
Although she finally got out of the haze of these negative things, he really didn't want to go back to that sad place again.
She has been traveling around the world in the past two years. Isn’t this a kind of escape from New York?
But she really couldn't refuse the old man's invitation.
After feeling distressed for a while, Molly called Norma and said, "Grandpa asked me to go back to New York with you in the afternoon. I promised it, but I really don't want to. Go back, how about you help me explain it to grandpa then?”
"Grandpa wants you to go back to New York?" Norma asked in surprise.
“Yes, he just called me and said that he missed me and asked me to go back to see him and celebrate his birthday with him. In addition, he talked to me about some things in the family. I almost fell asleep after listening to it. Fortunately, he ended the call later when something happened."
When Norma heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little bit disgusted.
Although the old man took the initiative to call her this time, he was mainly talking about business matters and did not take the initiative to invite her to the birthday party.
Comparing the two sides, the old man is obviously closer to Molly.
"He even called you and asked you to go back to celebrate his birthday with him. If you still don't go back, aren't you disrespecting him?"
"But I really don't want to go back. Besides, Chen Feng didn't give him a warning before. Did I? Let me stay in the hotel room for the next two days. Stay here, don’t go out, otherwise your life will be in danger.”
The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. When Molly said this, Norma’s heart suddenly jumped, and then she thought of Hans’ unexpected death. There was a shuddering feeling that went straight from the tailbone to the sky.
"Or just say that I suddenly fell ill. To be more specific, just say that my anemia is cured. I am indeed a little anemic and I won't be able to return to New York for the time being. Norma, what do you think?"< br>
Norma did not answer She suddenly said in a serious tone: "Tell me your current hotel address and room number, and I will go find you right away." Molly asked in confusion: "Why did you come to see me? You can't talk about anything on the phone. ”
Norma said in a serious tone: "Hans is dead."
"Hans? Your assistant?" Molly couldn't help but widen her eyes. Hans had been with Norma for more than ten years, almost Molly can see him every time Norma appears. He is the most loyal dog around Norma.
Molly had known this person for more than ten years. Even though she was not very familiar with him and had not had much communication, she had met him many times. She was still shocked when he died so suddenly. , a little hard to believe.
After all, Hans was only in his forties, so his sudden death must have been an accident.
Norma answered her question in a solemn tone: "Yes."
"How did he die?" Molly was too surprised and curious.
Norma didn’t hide anything, she told the truth.
After hearing what happened, Molly was speechless and silent for a while.
Norma then said: "You just said that the old man invited you to go back to New York and celebrate his birthday with him. Under normal circumstances, without Chen Feng's warning, it would be difficult for you to refuse, and you would definitely attend. , isn’t it?”
After being stunned for a moment, Molly finally understood. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was indeed the case. If without Chen Feng's warning, the old man took the initiative to call her and asked her to go back, it would be really hard for her to refuse, and she wouldn't even think of any excuse not to go back.
Therefore, if she really wants to agree to go back, she may encounter the dangers Chen Feng mentioned before.
"I came here on our company's business jet this time. Assuming that you want to travel with me this time, you must take this plane with me. So, do you think that Chen Feng had foreseen that you were in danger? Is the source of the danger on this plane?”
Hearing Norma’s words, Molly suddenly felt shuddering.
It is not uncommon for rich and famous people to crash in planes in the United States. It is very normal.
But Molly certainly doesn’t want to be one of them, and neither does Norma.
"This... this shouldn't be possible, right? There should be no problem with the safety of your company's business jets. Business jets are originally designed to be safe." Molly still tried her best to think on the bright side.
Norma said calmly: "The plane crash is not only caused by the plane itself, but also by man-made, weather, birds and other reasons."
"...Okay, you Successfully gave me one more person who will not return to New York The reason is, I'm afraid of death."
"I'm afraid of death, too. Tell me the hotel address and room number right away, and I'll go find you right away."
"You want to find Chen Feng? ? He may not be in the hotel now. ”
"Anyway, I'll go over and meet you first."
"..."
More than half an hour later, Norma successfully arrived at Molly's hotel room.
Norma just came in and before she sat down, she said to Molly: "Now you call Chen Feng and ask him to come here."
Molly said helplessly: "He must be with Linna now, making love to me. It will definitely be useless if I ask him to come over."
Norma said: "If you tell him that you feel unwell, dizzy and nauseous, do you think he will come to see you?"
Molly: "...Okay. But you Why did you ask him to come here?”
Norma twitched her lips and said, "Didn't he foresee your danger? Then let him be our danger detector to ensure our personal safety."
(End of Chapter)