Chapter: 2173

Leaf Chen didn't expect Ma Anran's judgment about Dong Ruolin to be so accurate.

In fact, Leaf Chen had already guessed her motives when Dong Ruolin first joined Emperor Group.

The Dongs must have heard that the Ye family was setting up a descendant in Jinling and also bought Emperor Group to give it to them, so they felt this was a golden opportunity, which is why they arranged for Dong Ruolin to come over.

Originally, Leaf Chen had planned not to let Dong Ruolin interact with herself at Emperor Group, like that, she would find it hard to discover her true self, and believe it won't be long before she leaves Jinling."

However, who could have thought that Dong Ruolin would coincidentally fall in love with herself.

From the moment she declared her feelings to Leaf Chen, Leaf Chen knew that this woman was impossible to shake off for a long time.

Xiao Churan heard mom say Dong Ruolin came to Jinling and actually had ulterior motives, so she couldn't help but say with a smile: "Mom, you're going crazy. Someone just comes to work, what else could they possibly have in mind?"

Ma Anran smiled wryly and said: "Well, I'll ask you this: if your family had a thousand billion yuan, would you take on a job that pays a few hundred million per year?"

Xiao Churan thought for a moment and said: "Maybe someone just wants to be an independent woman, or maybe they want to rely on themselves in the workplace, or maybe it's simply because of emotional attachment."

"What emotional attachment?!" Ma Anran waved her hand dismissively and said sternly: "Oh, daughter! You don't understand! In this world, maybe some poor people have a little bit of emotional attachment, but rich people absolutely do not!"

As she spoke, Ma Anran's face turned solemn again and said: "These wealthy people are all ruthless go-getters. They concentrate all their energy on making money, and they're so eager to waste no opportunity or create value that they wouldn't hesitate to use even the smallest chance."

In an instant, Xiao Churan remembered a saying: "The only explanation is that they saw something valuable in this small place, maybe it's even worth creating a legend!"

"Only one possible explanation is that they fell for something in this small place, maybe there's some treasure hidden here that we can't see yet."

Xiao Churan helplessly said: "Mom, originally this was just a simple matter, what do you mean by so many twists and turns?"

"In a completely serious tone, Ma Lan said: 'You don't believe it! When I was young, my grandma told me that their old place was in a mountain village. For a whole year, they wouldn't see many outsiders, and wealthy people would never go there. But from some year on, every year would have several wealthy people who would donate money to build temples. Some donated land temples, some donated Guanyin temples, saying that the gods in their place were very effective......'"

"'The villagers are all puzzled, thinking: 'We've never heard that our place has such powerful gods! If there really is a god, why do we have to be so poor and eat one meal without another? That doesn't make sense!'"

"Xiao Churan nodded slightly: 'That's indeed strange. Then what?'"

"Ma Lan said: 'Then it just went on like that for several years, with big and small temples built. But everyone was still extremely poor, until a major detective from Yanjing came to investigate the case, and everyone finally understood that those wealthy people who donated temples were actually trying to rob a Han dynasty tomb!'"

"'Ah? Robbing tombs?' Xiao Churan said embarrassedly: 'Mom, you've read too many novels! Where do all these novel thieves come from?'"

"Ma Lan spoke seriously: 'You think novel thieves are weird? I'm telling you, real-life tomb robbers are even more numerous than those described in novels!'"

"After saying this, Ma Lan rolled up her sleeves and enthusiastically used her hands to illustrate: 'I'm telling you, that large tomb is right behind your grandma's house, beneath the mountain. But the villagers have always been unaware of it! Over those few years, various tomb robbers would use the name of building temples to dig dozens of holes from the bottom of the temple, almost hollowing out a whole mountain!'"

Xiao Churan laughed: 'Mom, you're getting more and more weird. Are you trying to be a gold-digging official?'

"After Ma Lan said this, Xiao Churan shook her head: 'You're not believing yourself, Mother. Why don't you believe what Grandma said?'"

"Ma Lan nodded: 'I'm telling you, these past few years, there have been many large tombs unearthed near Grandma's house. A few years ago, a particularly famous tomb called the Haihunhou Tomb was discovered. Have you heard of it?'"

"Haihunhou? Xiao Churan nodded: 'Yes, I've heard of it. It's supposed to be a very significant archaeological discovery.'" JrNovels.com