Qiao Xinruo had a well-thought-out plan in mind. She figured her family wouldn't know Zhou Jinglan was coming, much less that he had made an appointment with her, as long as she didn't expose him...

As soon as they got home, Su Yueya greeted them with Lu Si'an in her arms.

"An'an, ask quickly," Su Yueya urged her daughter.

Amidst the expectant gazes of her family, Lu Si'an spoke in a childish voice.

"Auntie, did you see Uncle today?" Lu Si'an asked sweetly.

That one sentence completely baffled Qiao Xinruo.

"Wh-what?" Qiao Xinruo was dumbfounded.

Uncle-in-law?

"We all know that Zhou Jinglan came to the army. I don't believe that kid didn't come looking for you?" Qiao Gaoyang said lazily from the side.

He's been making good progress with Leng Yingying lately, so he's in a particularly good mood, which is why he's come to his sister's place.

Qiao Xinruo: "..."

The whole family knows that Zhou Jinglan came to the army.

Qiao Xinruo's shock was so obvious that Su Yueya explained, "After learning about this exchange program, I had a feeling he would come, so I asked Zhang Yufeng to help me check, and it turned out he really was!"

Liu Yuying also knew about this, since the main content of the exchange project was to learn the secret manual, and the cultivation of this secret manual was proposed and led by Liu Yuying and Qiao Shouyan, so she naturally had first-hand information.

Furthermore, although Liu Yuying and Qiao Hanxue do not urge their youngest daughter to get married, they would strongly support her if she could have a sweet relationship and experience the joy of being in love. These two points are never contradictory, so of course she cares.

“I have a list too. Even if your sister doesn’t ask around, this matter can’t be kept secret,” Liu Yuying said with a smile.

After all, everyone knew about Zhou Jinglan from Leng Yingying's inner thoughts. Although they hadn't met him yet, they already "knew him very well."

"By the way, Crescent Moon, is Zhou Jinglan's face all better yet?" Liu Yuying asked with concern. She knew all too well that her youngest daughter was someone who cared a lot about appearances. If his face hadn't recovered, the two of them definitely wouldn't have a chance.

“Alright, when I ran into him at Qiaorentang last time, I saw the condition of his face and estimated that he would be better after using five more boxes of the treatment. So I gave him five boxes on the spot. As long as he didn’t slack off and used them on time, his face should be completely healed by now,” Su Yueya said confidently. She was sure she was right about this.

"That's good. Looking at the list and the resume, this Comrade Zhou Jinglan is quite good. He's one of the rare talents in their unit. At such a young age, he has already risen to the position of regimental commander through his own abilities." Liu Yuying praised, seemingly quite satisfied with Zhou Jinglan's objective qualifications.

"Then we still need to work harder," Qiao Shouyan said, already being picky before even meeting the person in charge.

After all, he wanted to be his brother-in-law. He didn't have the chance to be picky about Lu Zhengjun before, so he let someone marry Yueya. Now that Zhou Jinglan wants to date Qiao Xinruo, he and Qiao Gaoyang have to have a good time being "brothers".

“Exactly, with Xinruo’s qualifications, a mere regimental commander would dare to pursue her? Tch, what are you thinking! Unless…” Qiao Gaoyang stroked his chin, a mischievous look on his face.

"Uncle, unless what?" Lu Si'an was a natural straight man, especially fond of responding to adults, particularly her uncle, who always played along exceptionally well.

"Come here, An'an, let your uncle hold you!" Qiao Gaoyang took Lu Si'an in his arms.

"Uncle, please tell me quickly!" Lu Si'an hugged her uncle's neck, very anxious.

“Unless Zhou Jinglan is good-looking enough, even if he is the head of the military region, your aunt won’t give him a second glance,” Qiao Gaoyang said.

"Hahaha……"

The whole family laughed, having a very good understanding of Qiao Xinruo's aesthetic sense.

Qiao Xinruo: "..."

On her way home, she had already begun to doubt and condemn her own good looks. Now, seeing her whole family openly "making fun" of her, she was even more furious.

What's wrong?

So what if I like good-looking people?!

“Auntie is pretty, and Uncle must be pretty too. An’an likes pretty people too!” Lu Si’an spoke up for her aunt.

The family chatted and laughed, all very interested in Qiao Xinruo and Zhou Jinglan's affairs. Only the person involved remained silent and didn't say much. She was even less willing to tell her family that Zhou Jinglan had not only come to see her, but also invited her out for dinner on the weekend.

The scariest thing is that, in a moment of madness, she actually agreed.

I can't imagine how loud my second brother will laugh if I say this now!

"Xinruo, has Zhou Jinglan come to see you yet?" Su Yueya asked softly.

Qiao Xinruo: "..."

"Did they look for it or not?" Su Yueya couldn't tell.

"I'm tired, I'm going back to my bedroom to sleep. You guys have fun." With that, Qiao Xinruo slipped away, leaving her family members, who were completely baffled, behind.

"So... did they look for it or not?" Qiao Shouyan was completely baffled.

“He definitely didn’t look for her,” Qiao Gaoyang said, his tone immediately filled with dissatisfaction with Zhou Jinglan. “If he had, would Xinruo have kept quiet? I don’t think this kid is any good. He’s always been so slow and indecisive. Now that she’s here, he’s still not taking the initiative. What is he thinking? He expects our Xinruo to take the initiative? Dream on! I’m giving him a bad review first. I don’t approve of this brother-in-law!”

"I have a feeling he's already spoken to Xinruo," Meng Yingxin said, holding the opposite opinion. "Xinruo's reaction just now clearly showed that she has some secret or something on her mind, and maybe she's too embarrassed to tell us?"

“Yingxin, you’re right, I think so too,” Qiao Shouyan said.

"Big brother, you..." Qiao Gaoyang pointed at Qiao Shouyan several times, so angry that he couldn't speak. He finally understood what it meant to forget your brother after getting a wife. He turned to Su Yueya and asked, "Yueya, what do you think?"

"My thoughts are similar to my sister-in-law's..."

"Hey Crescent Moon! Fine, fine, now the three of you are in cahoots, huh? We'll see!" Qiao Gaoyang said.

When the weekend arrived, Zhou Jinglan came to the Qiao family's gate to pick them up as promised.

Qiao Xinruo sneaked to the door like a thief, just about to say she was going to pull the person away, when unfortunately she was bumped into by Qiao Gaoyang.

Previously, Qiao Gaoyang had helped a neighboring military unit solve some computer problems and reinforced their firewall. Zhou Jinglan was the one who received him at that time, so the two had met once.

"Hello, Brother Qiao!" Zhou Jinglan greeted him very politely.

Qiao Gaoyang didn't expect that this kid would actually come to his doorstep to pick someone up. It seems that he lost the bet with his older brother and Yueya. In addition, he already had a problem with Zhou Jinglan, so now he's even more hostile.