Actually, when Chen Rou first met Xiao Zhang, her face was as long as a poker card, and she didn't have a good impression of her.

Xiao Zhang also thought that Chen Rou was just an ordinary wealthy woman from imported TV dramas, serving her husband's daily life, acting according to his mood, and fighting off his mistresses. But it turns out that they were all pretending.

Xiao Zhang immediately abandoned her reserve: "Mrs. Nie, you look so beautiful and fashionable today, I love it."

Little Minmin was still touching Chen Rou's clothes: "Mom, I like it too."

Chen Rou smiled and said, "I'll call you Xiao Zhang, but it's only polite to reciprocate. You can call me Xiao Chen."

Xiao Zhang extended her hand: "I'm 30 years old this year, probably a little older than you, you can call me Sister Zhang."

He added, "My father said he didn't treat you well the other day, and he insisted that I treat you to another meal today to express his apology. I noticed you like spicy food, so I took the liberty of arranging Sichuan cuisine. The baby isn't afraid either, because we..."

Minmin picked up a KFC paper bag from her mother and said with a smile, "KFC, hometown chicken, it smells so good!"

She opened the paper bag, took out a chicken nugget, handed it to A-Yuan across the table, and asked, "Little brother, have you had any?"

Xiao Zhang was a little embarrassed: "Silly boy, my brother is from Hong Kong, he must eat this every day."

No, that's not true. A-Yuan's father uses a meticulous approach to raising his son. He pursues the ultimate in health and naturalness in everything his son eats, including fried chicken, because he's afraid his son won't be able to digest it. So, fried chicken won't even be allowed into his house.

Chen Rou doesn't like fast food either, so A Yuan didn't even mention eating it. He didn't even know that there were such delicious foods as fried chicken and hamburgers in the world. It's just a pity that he has too few teeth. After taking a bite, the fried chicken only suffered minor superficial damage.

But just from tasting it, A-Yuan already felt that a new world had opened up for him.

If Nie Zhao saw what his son was doing now, he would probably call 999 immediately to report him and have him arrested.

Fried chicken is an unhealthy food. How could his son eat that?

Seeing that A-Yuan couldn't eat the chicken nuggets, Minmin gave him a hamburger instead.

This one is even bigger, but A Yuan already has 12 teeth, so he can bite the bread.

He took a big bite and wolfed it down.

Minmin then took out some fries: "And this too, little brother, try this one too."

Ah Yuan grabbed a French fry. Even though they didn't know each other before, wouldn't they become acquainted after eating it?

"So delicious!" The little guy kept bouncing his bottom on the stool, babbling away.

It's so delicious!

Of course, he's still young, so he can only taste everything. Seeing that he had almost finished half a bag of fries, Chen Rou closed the box and handed it to Minmin. If he eats too much at once, A Yuan will have indigestion.

After a few casual words, the adults' dishes arrived: stir-fried spicy chicken, twice-cooked pork, a plate of stir-fried romaine lettuce, and a serving of cabbage in broth. With vegetables and soup, it was a four-dish meal with a soup. Xiao Zhang's style was very much like that of the military.

Family scandals should not be aired in public. Besides, if Wang Meng's affair were to be exposed, it would be a fatal blow to the old leader's entire family. Of course, Xiao Zhang would not expose his own shortcomings, nor would he talk about Wang Meng's affair in any setting.

However, the eldest son and his wife were too bad at ruining the family, and the eldest son was born to the old leader during the revolutionary era, on the road of fleeing, and he contracted polio in childhood without timely treatment, so he was lame. The old leader was quite indulgent towards him.

After Wang Meng's affair was exposed, he was very angry and even hit the boss several times with a stick. But Xiao Zhang always felt that the investigation was not thorough enough, so she didn't want to interfere anymore, but she was also uncomfortable.

While chatting with Chen Rou about everyday matters, she learned that the Nie family also had three brothers, so she asked, "What about your eldest uncle? Is he still alive? I've never heard of him."

Chen Rou briefly recounted the story of Nie Zhen and his wife, frankly stating, "They were murdered and died long ago."

Xiao Zhang pressed further, "You called the police, right? You found out who harmed them, right?"

Chen Rou didn't say it directly, but said, "I can only say that no matter how much you guard against it, it's hard to guard against a traitor within your own family."

This statement perfectly matched Xiao Zhang's thoughts, because both she and her husband were in the military, with her husband working in a key department of national defense. They were both very career-minded and wanted to retire peacefully, and what they hated most was having their relatives hold them back.

She also spoke from the heart, lamenting, "Whether in business or politics, the most feared are those who become monks or nuns."

It's only polite to reciprocate, so Chen Rou also wanted to ask her eldest son, "Where is your uncle? Is he still alive?"

Xiao Zhang said, "He is disabled, he has polio, and he lives with my sister-in-law in the western mountains."

Chen Rou's heart skipped a beat; Xishan was exactly Haidian District.

She followed up by asking, "Is that a city or a rural area? Are there any sanatoriums there where his uncle can recuperate in peace?"

Xiao Zhang explained, "My father doesn't like his children getting special privileges, and her uncle lives in an ordinary rural area."

Minmin is in the stage where she loves to share, and today Chen Rou caught her eye again. She deliberately sat next to her and wanted to get close to her.

As she grew older, she tried to join in the adults' conversation, saying, "My uncle's family has many hawthorn and persimmon trees."

Chen Rou smiled and said, "They must have had a good harvest in the fall. Did Minmin help them pick fruit?"

Minmin is only in first grade, she's still very young and can't remember much.

However, she said, "The persimmons from my uncle's house are super, super sweet. I ate some a few days ago. Auntie, please don't leave yet. I'll call my uncle, and he'll bring you some sweet persimmons, okay?"

At this moment, Chen Ke and Yue Zhongqi arrived at the "Wang Meng Special Case Team" under the guise of observation. Yue Zhongqi was handing out Zhonghua cigarettes to everyone and bragging, while Chen Ke was looking through the property records under the names of all his family members, but he did not find any in Haidian District.

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