Lin Yao hesitated for a moment, thinking that this kind of thing would not be a secret to General Xia sooner or later. He looked up and stared straight at the old man, "I am a guest elder of the Yi family."
"The Pei family in Shenyang and the Sun family in Nanjing are both supporting the Yi family. The Yi family has also brought down the Jiang family in Changzhou. Are you aware of all this?"
"certainly."
"This time, the Shenyang Military Region, Jinan Military Region, and Nanjing Military Region all submitted lists of people promoted through exceptional means, and they are all surnamed Yi. So it is obvious that they come from the Yi family. They have also confirmed this. Even the Lanzhou Military Region is going to submit a list of people promoted through exceptional means, which is probably also from the Yi family in Yanji. It seems that the resurgence of the Yi family is a foregone conclusion."
General Xia sighed deeply. The history of the rise and fall of aristocratic families was intricate and complex, filled with bloodshed and hardship. Even he, who was not from an aristocratic family, was terrified by it. One can only imagine how difficult it must have been for the Yi family of Yanji, who were caught in the middle of it all.
The intelligence he had gathered already revealed that Lin Yao's name was repeatedly mentioned in the rise of the Yi family in Yanji. That's why he specifically invited Lin Yao home as a guest to get a better understanding of the situation.
"I estimate that the Changzhou Military Region will be handed over to the Yi family for oversight in the future, so I have a question for you, and I hope you can answer it directly."
After a pause, General Xia's expression became even more serious. "What is your status in the Yi family? I mean, can you mobilize most of the Yi family's forces?"
"I am more important than ordinary elders." Lin Yao still gave a somewhat uncertain answer, but it carried enough weight to reply to General Xia.
"Ordinary elders? Like Yi Fei, who's currently in Baoding?" General Xia pressed.
“Yi Fei calls me ‘sir.’ He used to be my personal bodyguard.” Lin Yao’s casual words made General Xia’s eyes widen in surprise.
Yi Fei is a private bodyguard?!
This former bodyguard of the number three leader is said to have reached the highest level below the Heavenly Realm in terms of personal strength. Apart from another person from the Yi family named Yi Dao, Yi Fei is the most powerful.
The fact that such a powerful person was merely Lin Yao's personal bodyguard was something General Xia found hard to accept.
"Grandpa, just say what's on your mind. Don't beat around the bush. It's exhausting to listen to."
Lin Yao changed his form of address, suddenly realizing that he had never truly respected the title of "Grandpa" in his memory, and hoped that the old man in front of him could become the grandfather he respected.
"Good, that's straightforward. I've been holding back for a while now." General Xia waved his hand, feeling quite pleased. "If anything happens in the future that requires mobilizing the Yi family's influence in the military, can you do that?"
Lin Yao looked at General Xia strangely, wondering what kind of matter required him to take matters into his own hands.
After thinking for a moment, he continued, "If it doesn't harm the interests of the people, there's no problem. I can persuade Elder Yi."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yao suddenly realized that his promise was very similar to the promise made by the male protagonist in a certain novel. However, the protagonist was forced to make a promise to a woman. What kind of situation was this?
Upon hearing Lin Yao's answer, General Xia carefully analyzed and compared Lin Yao's medical skills, his status and influence in the Yi family, his personal influence over General Kang, and the role General Kang could play.
After a long time, General Xia finally raised his head and looked at Lin Yao with burning eyes.
"Be my granddaughter's husband! My daughter Wenwen will marry you!"
Lin Yao was startled and almost fell off his chair.
Is this old man acting strangely? Why did he suddenly make a 180-degree turn? He immediately wants to marry his granddaughter to him. Although he's quite willing, such a request in this kind of conversation is really chilling.
With a cry of "Ah!" followed by a loud crash.
Xia Yuwen, who had just appeared at the study door, dropped the two bowls of bird's nest soup she was carrying on the floor. The thick wooden floor and the high quality of the product ensured that the two blue-and-white porcelain bowls spun around on the floor intact, leaving glistening streaks of clear bird's nest soup on the floor.
"Sorry, I accidentally dropped it. There's more downstairs, I'll go get it right away."
Xia Yuwen turned and ran in a panic, not even caring about the two porcelain bowls on the ground. A moment later, a loud thud was heard, followed by a low cry of pain, and the footsteps gradually faded away.
"Yaoyao, Wenwen just bumped her head on the stairs. That girl is so careless, she can't even walk properly, haha."
The bored little grass habitually stretched out its tendrils to look around, and at this moment it was laughing at Xia Yuwen without a care in the world, which made Lin Yao smile wryly. He couldn't explain the simple truth that humans become stupid when they are excited.
"This girl..." General Xia turned his head back from looking at the study door, shook his head, and continued looking at Lin Yao, "Do you want to be my granddaughter's husband? Give me an answer, don't dawdle like that."
"Yes! Of course I want it!" Lin Yao answered quickly.
General Xia smiled with narrowed eyes, looking at Lin Yao's handsome face, thinking to himself that this little bastard wasn't that bad-looking, so why did he always find him repulsive every time he saw him before?
Lin Yao felt a little uneasy under General Xia's gaze and a sense of crisis, so he immediately added, "You are not allowed to let me treat people's illnesses, and you are not allowed to interfere in Min Hong's affairs."
"Hey! You little bastard, you're trying to negotiate with me! You've gone too far!" General Xia's good mood, which had just begun to rise, was completely ruined by Lin Yao's words. "I've raised my chubby little daughter for decades and given her to you, and you still dare to negotiate!"
"This... is irrelevant, it's irrelevant."
Lin Yao touched his head sheepishly, feeling that he had acted impulsively just now. He shouldn't have said such things now; he could have waited until later to persuade him. Anyway, the old man had given his advice, and he could have simply ignored it. Why say it and make the old man lose face?
But this Angry Lion General was the most concerned about his reputation, and he had just stirred up a hornet's nest!
"What's unrelated?! You haven't even fulfilled your promise to save people! You broke your word!"
General Xia, not one to back down, began to roar, almost causing Xia Yuwen, who had just brought in two more bowls of bird's nest soup, to stumble and fall again.
"Your old subordinate is cured, so stop swearing!"
Lin Yao retorted without hesitation, thinking that he had forgotten to collect the consultation fee last time, which was a real loss. He was so happy to have found a girlfriend that he forgot to collect the consultation fee, which was at least two million. No wonder the family was so grateful when he left that they almost knelt down. They thought he was doing a free consultation.
This wife is really expensive!
Lin Yao felt he had been taken advantage of and had to make the old man know he had been wronged, so he shouted loudly again, "Last time, your old subordinate didn't even take the money because of you, and he even said he had followed the right leader. And you actually scolded me?!"
"real?"
General Xia immediately lost his temper, beamed with joy, and felt as comfortable as if he had drunk chilled plum juice on a hot June day.
He charged eight million for his own medical treatment, but the exact figure wasn't publicized. However, the fact that his former subordinate was saved for free certainly made his reputation spread. How satisfying!
Seeing General Xia's expression, Lin Yao inwardly cried out in alarm and quickly tried to make amends, "This kind of thing can't happen again. I've lost a lot of money, millions of dollars in costs. You don't want Wenwen to be with a penniless guy, do you? From now on, we have to follow the rules and not always give face."
"Of course, of course."