"I think what you said makes a lot of sense, Brother Zhang. Maybe we can go and make some contact," Lin Yao suggested.
The two, who were speaking cryptically, exchanged a glance and smiled at each other, which reassured Situ Hao and Xia Yuwen, who knew the truth, but left Qin Xuan somewhat puzzled, looking at them with a sense of bewilderment.
As for Xuanxuan beside Qin Xuan, she's just a pretty face and can be ignored.
Although it was Zhou Xiaoqi's small birthday, quite a few people came. Before long, there were already forty or fifty people gathered in the living room. Judging from their clothes and demeanor, they were all successful people.
Suddenly, a figure that had just entered the hall caught Lin Yao's attention and made him nervous.
Feeling the tension in Lin Yao's arm, Xia Yuwen followed his gaze and exclaimed in surprise.
The newcomer was none other than Major Cheng De, who served alongside General Xia!
Cheng De was Situ Hao's childhood friend. He had already noticed Situ Hao, who was sitting on the far side. Xia Yuwen, who quickly shrank behind Lin Yao, was not seen. However, he had already greeted Zhou Xiaoqi's husband, Lu Hua, and walked towards Lin Yao.
"What's wrong?" Situ Hao and Qin Xuan noticed the strange behavior of the two and turned around to look at the door.
"Situ, your childhood friend is here. It's been a long time since I've seen Chengde. He looks more energetic now."
Qin Xuan's words made Lin Yao and Xia Yuwen feel extremely nervous.
Lin Yao patted Xia Yuwen's hand and whispered, "It's okay, don't worry. Your grandfather will find out sooner or later anyway, so it's better to find out sooner."
"Yes." Xia Yuwen nodded firmly and said nothing more.
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Chapter 306 Rescuing General Kang
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what to do?
His identity was revealed? And then his current job ended, and he chose to work at Situ Hao's Jia Hui Supermarket?
This is obviously not going to work!
Lin Yao's mind raced as he quickly analyzed the gains and losses.
Finally, gritting his teeth, he used "sound transmission" on Major Cheng Decheng, who had already walked four meters away and whose face was beginning to show a surprised expression.
"Major Cheng, it's me. Xia Yuwen is here too. Please don't acknowledge me. Let's just pretend we're strangers."
Cheng De was startled, his body paused noticeably, but he recovered instantly.
A smile spread across his face as he looked at Situ Hao. "Situ, I knew you'd come, but I didn't expect you to arrive so early. Looks like you've been here for a while."
Cheng De's slightly distorted tone made Situ Hao instantly understand the reason: he wanted to pretend he didn't know Lin Yao and Xia Yuwen, especially Xia Yuwen.
Situ Hao had also heard about General Xia's marriage of his granddaughter to General Kang's grandson. Beijing was a large city, yet also a small one, so such trivial matters concerning the families of prominent figures were certainly not secrets.
"It seems Chengde is trying to cover it up to prevent the embarrassing incident of General Xia's family from being exposed. You know, General Kang's status is not low. My brother Lin is going to be in trouble in the future. Sigh... I wonder if he has eaten yet."
Situ Hao thought to himself, but his face showed a surprised expression. "Chengde, you're here too? I thought you weren't coming."
"How could that be? I'm the one who introduced you to Lao Lu. I'm more familiar with him than you are."
Chengde regained his composure. No matter how emotional he was, he had to suppress it. If the old leader found out, he would probably blow up the whole building. It was better not to expose it. He would talk to Xiaowen properly later, and if that didn't work, he would tell the old leader privately.
"Qin Xuan." Cheng De nodded to Qin Xuan in greeting, and then nodded to Zhang Zheng, whom he had never met before. He didn't introduce himself like a businessman would, and then casually pulled over a chair and sat down.
However, because he deliberately ignored nodding to Lin Yao and Xia Yuwen, the shrewd Qin Xuan noticed this unusual situation, but on the surface he didn't show anything.
"This is Brother Lin, a colleague of Seven Fairies at the company. This is the first time we've met." Situ Hao seemed uneasy and quickly introduced Lin Yao's new identity.
"Hello." Cheng De nodded to Lin Yao, his sharp gaze seeming to pierce through the man who had trafficked the girl.
"Hello!" Lin Yao feigned innocence. "I admire soldiers the most, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Who do you admire most? Soldiers!
Chengde cursed inwardly, "How could you, who admires soldiers the most, have extorted your old commander back then? And with such an extremely rude attitude!"
Turning his head away, Cheng De decided to ignore this thick-skinned guy and only talk to Situ Hao and Qin Xuan, whom he knew, to show his contempt for Lin Yao through his actions.
Xia Yuwen chuckled, unable to contain her embarrassment. It's true that people in love are bolder.
Cheng De resisted the urge to turn and look at Xia Yuwen, and continued talking to Situ Hao, but he seemed somewhat absent-minded, and his replies were often irrelevant.
The two young men, having let go of their grudges, seemed to be deliberately going against Major Cheng. They ate lunch at the same table, chatted and did activities together in the afternoon, and even had dinner at the same table, giving Major Cheng an urge to tear Lin Yao apart, but he could only bitterly endure it.
After dinner, many guests said goodbye and left. Xia Yuwen couldn't go home too late, so Lin Yao said goodbye to Zhou Xiaoqi, only to find that Zhou Xiaoqi had prepared a large bouquet of tulips for him early in the morning.
Besides yellow and black, Zhou Xiaoqi also planted tulips in four other colors, creating a rather mixed look. However, these colors were indispensable because of the beautiful meanings represented by the four colors of tulips.
"You look so beautiful today, more beautiful than tulips." Lin Yao uttered his first cheesy love confession, placing the bouquet of vibrant flowers into Xia Yuwen's arms, drawing envious glances from several men at the banquet who were eyeing her beauty.