The outcome was the same as the dinner they had at Gu Chengrong's house when they were stuck in a situation.

Huo Qianli got drunk again.

But the difference from before is that that was a drunkenness of sorrow, while today it is a drunkenness of joy.

He no longer had to be nervous, restrained, or vigilant. He just had to relax completely like a child returning under the wings of his parents.

Then, naturally, I became confused.

When Gu Haitao helped him to the room, he was already extremely unconscious and always felt that he had forgotten something, but he could not remember what it was. He lay on the bed, tilted his head, and fell asleep.

At the wine table below, Gu Daqiang and Han Zhiyuan continued to chat and drink with two handfuls of fried peanuts.

Gu Daqiang took the initiative to explain: "Don't worry, brother. Huo... cadres don't usually drink like this. They just saw that you were happy, so they drank a few more cups."

Han Zhiyuan smiled and nodded. The more clear-headed Gu Daqiang's mind was, the more at ease he felt. With such a person to help keep an eye on things, Huo Qianli's career would be more secure.

He held the wine glass and sighed softly, "Brother, to be honest, not only is he happy, your sister-in-law and I are happy too! Coming here is a bit tiring, but it's comfortable and lively! It's better than the lonely life of the two of us at home!"

Gu Daqiang opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.

Han Zhiyuan smiled as he peeled a peanut, slowly rubbed off the skin, and put it in his mouth. "You want to ask, we don't have any children, right?"

Gu Daqiang raised his glass, clinked it with Han Zhiyuan, and drank it all in one gulp.

"It's embarrassing to say this!" Han Zhiyuan sighed, looking at the horizon outside the door. "I have a son and a daughter, born under the red flag, raised in New China, and educated with great effort, but in the end they both settled abroad and became foreigners. They always send me emails, asking us to go abroad as well. Abroad is good! It's more developed than ours! But... let's not talk about career, faith, or mission, just one thing."

Han Zhiyuan, who was slightly drunk, raised a finger and stomped his foot on the ground, "How can I bear to leave this land where I have lived for most of my life!"

Gu Daqiang picked up the bottle and helped pour the wine. He said sincerely, "Brother, just for these words, I'll toast you a glass."

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"Sister-in-law, then how did you get to know Officer Huo? Was he the one who came to study?"

In the kitchen, Sister Jiang asked curiously while cleaning up the mess and preparing pig food.

Cheng Suqing sat in front of the earthen stove, which she hadn't sat on for nearly 20 or 30 years. She could still skillfully pick up a bundle of firewood with tongs and put it into the stove hole. She smiled and shook her head and said, "My children all went abroad at that time, and life became quiet. I had the idea of adopting a child from an orphanage. I fell in love with him at first sight."

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"I went to ask the director, and he said that he only had one father, and his father had an accident. When they paid compensation, the relatives said that the child was bought and had no right to share the money. The police inquired and found that it was true, but they couldn't find his biological parents, so they had to send him to an orphanage. I heard your sister-in-law wiped her tears and said she would raise him."

Han Zhiyuan lit a cigarette, reminiscing about the past.

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"Unfortunately, he was already eight or nine years old at that time. When the dean asked him, he directly refused, saying that his relatives said he was unlucky and he didn't want to harm a good person. He was only eight or nine years old. Just tell me, what a silly and good child he was!"

Cheng Suqing's eyes reddened again as she recalled the past. She sniffed and forced a smile, "At that time, Lao Han and I were both in the rising stage of our careers. We calmed down and no longer wanted to raise a child, so we began to quietly support him in his studies. He doesn't even know that the good people who supported him in his studies were me and his teacher."

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"It's really fate that he went to Shuzhou University by accident." Han Zhiyuan smiled, "Then I can't let him slip away and deceive him into studying for my master's degree."

Gu Daqiang nodded slowly, "It's really fate!"

At this point, Han Zhiyuan raised his glass and said sincerely: "Brother, Qianli is a smart, excellent, and kind child, but he has suffered too much in recent years. I hope you can help him. After all, helping him is also helping you."

Gu Daqiang's expression became serious, and he stood up directly. "Brother, don't worry. Just because you are willing to tell me these things today, I will put my words here. In terms of supporting Brother Huo, I, Gu Daqiang, will absolutely not reserve anything."

But as he sat down, Gu Daqiang couldn't help muttering in his heart, Brother Huo really doesn't know?

Based on my understanding over the past six months, he is probably afraid and is pretending not to know, right?

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"Lao Yang, Lao Zhou, get up!"

Xiao Yao knocked a fist with his left hand and slapped the front, trying to wake up his two companions.

Unexpectedly, both of them opened their eyes and looked at him, without any sign of sleepiness on their faces.

"Huh? You guys didn't sleep?"

"Nonsense, how can you sleep in this situation?"

At this moment, the minibus, like the busiest bus routes in Jincheng, was packed with people. The conductor kept shouting at people to go a little further inside, and then they stopped every three steps and every five steps on the road.

But no matter what, the sign of Qianfu Town can be seen outside the car window, and the key point is right in front of us.

"Do you think Old Huo would be moved to tears when he saw how hard we were working?"

"Have you guys decided what to eat? I suddenly want to eat pickled fish."

"Why are you suddenly a little excited?"

"I say, when we get there, we shouldn't just drink and have fun. We should also help Lao Huo and see if we can give him some advice and help him achieve some results. Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang! Did you hear me?"

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