Welcome to Trapped in the Same Day for a Thousand Years, exclusively produced by Feilu Novel Network, written by Sang Ze and narrated by Wang Xiaomo and Lao He. An Menglan could no longer remember the last time her father had made a drunken spectacle of himself. Perhaps it had been when she was little. Back then, the An Family had still been bitterly divided over who would inherit the business, and her father had worked himself to the bone, drinking as if his life depended on it.
"Menglan, Lanlan, my daughter! You've lost weight. Daddy's sorry. Does your leg still hurt? Daddy owes you an apology."
"My daughter, you have to forgive Daddy. Daddy knows he was wrong. You had better judgment than I did. Daddy looked down on him. From now on, I won't interfere in your affairs."
"Hey, say something! Daughter, why won't you talk to me? Are you still angry with Daddy?"
An Menglan's coat and hat hung from an upright coat rack. An Huaiguo, drunk and unsteady on his feet, was nearly kneeling before it. He clutched its wrist-thick pole and asked his daughter why she was so thin.
An Menglan looked at her father, then at Wu Chen, her eyes wide.
"How much did he drink?"
"He was happy."
Wu Chen smiled. "So he drank a little more. Though I think he got himself drunk on purpose. Apologizing to his own daughter would be embarrassing for someone in his position."
"Being drunk made it easier."
An Menglan opened her mouth, still unable to take it in.
"What did you do?"
An Menglan turned to Wu Chen again.
"Talked business."
"And you reached an agreement?"
Wu Chen smiled. "You can ask him for the details tomorrow, once he's sober."
"If I told you now, you