The feeling of having that deep-seated pressure released.

"Xiao Gao!"

"You didn't call me Uncle Xu for nothing!"

"We old folks have seen and remembered everything you've done!"

After chatting for a few more minutes, Shi Yuan looked at Gao Ren, who had just hung up the phone.

A look of deep admiration immediately appeared on his face.

"Mr. Gao!"

"It's clear that Commander Xu truly treats you like his own nephew!"

"This kind of thing would have been impossible if Commander Xu hadn't made the call himself!"

Gao Ren certainly knew what Shi Yuan was talking about.

The north isn't like it was in my previous life, full of bars and nightclubs where you could just casually take someone to a hotel room.

At this time of day, to the north,

But there is one crime: hooliganism!

If this crime were committed in the 21st century, it would have resulted in the execution of a billion people!

"From the moment I started calling him Uncle Xu, I have always regarded Commander Xu as my own uncle!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yuan burst into laughter.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Shi Yuan politely declined Gao Ren's invitation to stay for dinner.

After watching Shi Yuan leave, the women around him could no longer contain their excitement and jumped up and down on the spot.

They also started chattering about what kind of formal wear they would wear when they went north...

Gao Ren, seeing that the pregnant Mina was jumping around, slapped her pert bottom.

"I didn't know she was pregnant!"

Despite being hit, Myna wasn't angry. Instead, she jumped right into Gao Ren's arms and let him hold her.

"Ren-ge, should we inform my father and brother?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Ren's face immediately turned serious.

“Myna, this matter is not about whether I inform them or not, but about what your father thinks!”

Mina isn't stupid; although Gao Ren put it very tactfully...

But doesn't that mean that Gao Ren invited her father and brother to go north, and her father was worried that the north was planning to discard them after they'd served their purpose...?