Mingmei, who was still somewhat stunned by her older brother's appearance in the morning, received a lunch invitation from him as soon as get out of class ended.

When Mingmei and Muchen arrived at the entrance of the private room in the school's faculty and staff restaurant, they saw Hu Yue, who had just arrived, and Li Yuan, whose face was already turning pale. The four of them looked at each other and then sighed heavily.

It seems that something terrible is about to happen.

"Come in, everyone."

The four of them stood at the door without saying a word when the door to the private room opened. Chesil wore a slightly "hypocritical" smile, and Mingmei vaguely sensed that Chesil's mood seemed to be not very good at the moment.

Then, as soon as she entered, she saw her second brother and Hu Mingli, the one who had disrupted her brother's class, sitting inside. She was facing her second brother, and the two of them were looking at the four people at the door.

For a moment, all four of them felt their scalps tingle.

Bright and beautiful: 0.0

Hu Yue: 0.0

Mu Chen: =、=

Li Yuan: Q_Q

"Oh, everyone's here?"

As soon as Hu Mingli turned his head, the imposing aura he had just displayed when confronting Mei Qiu hadn't subsided when Li Yuan was immediately protected behind Hu Yue, making Hu Mingli click his tongue in disbelief.

"Little sister, is this all you've been looking for?"

After saying that, Hu Mingli glanced disdainfully at Mu Chen next to Mingmei and suddenly snorted.

Mingmei thought the other person was looking down on Li Yuan because of the comparison with Mu Chen, but the other person said: "Forget it, compared to a hungry wolf, a little white rabbit is fine too."

Bright and beautiful: ?

Mu Chen: ? ? ?

Li Yuan: ...

"Ha! What's the use of a little white rabbit? Only people like you, who think it's easy to bully, right? Like a bandit, you've found your wife?"

Hu Yue: Who are the bandits?

Li Yuan: The wife of the bandit chieftain

"Bandit? How dare you call others bandits? Don't think I don't know what you've done in the past."

"Pfft, same here. I wonder who else pretended to be a space pirate to rob XX's merchant ship, then staged their own rescue, and afterwards extorted protection money. One person, two scams, you're something else!"

"You're not bad either, you used to..."

Listening to the two men, both quite old, engaging in sarcastic and cryptic exchanges that subtly exposed each other's past, Mingmei and Hu Yue both saw the impending doom in each other's horrified gazes.

Is it okay for you to talk about these things?

Li Yuan was so badly embarrassed that he almost fainted.

If he heard about this, wouldn't he be silenced?!

Why did he have the illusion that he had fallen into a wolf's den?

"Don't stand, sit down."

Ignoring the conversation between the two men, Chesil gestured for the four young men to sit down, even though they seemed reluctant to do so.

"Yes, everyone, please sit down. Today is a family dinner... oh, and a dinner with friends too."

When the topic turned to friends, Mei Qiu and Hu Mingli exchanged forced smiles, which was a way of giving Chesil face.

"Brothers, if you're busy, you don't need to bother us." Hu Yue spoke the truth directly; she was genuinely speechless at the two of them.

She might not care about the murderous aura between the two, but Li Yuan did.

They were terrified!

These two did it on purpose, didn't they?

Hu Mingli couldn't help but laugh at Hu Yue's protective manner. He put away his imposing aura, silently took a sip of tea, and said nothing, but his behavior already seemed to indicate that he had compromised.

Once one side compromises, it's up to the other side.

So, Mingmei sat there at her angle, and she could see her second sister-in-law's hand had already touched her second brother's waist and twisted it.

Mei Qiu: Hiss!

"Alright, we can go eat now. Everyone sitting here today is family. Some things you should forget once you leave this room, understand?"

Mei Qiu's gaze swept over Hu Yue and Li Yuan as she spoke. Although Li Yuan didn't say anything, his nodding manner, like a chick pecking at rice, amused Mei Qiu.

"Hmm, your boyfriend is pretty good."

Mei Qiu felt annoyed when she turned her gaze to Mu Chen, who was pouring water for Ming Mei and whose attention was entirely on his younger sister.

Someone else's shrew brought home a little white rabbit, while my own lovely little cabbage is being guarded by a ferocious beast. That's just ridiculous!

As if sensing what Mei Qiu was thinking, Hu Mingli suddenly let out a pleasant yet provocative chuckle, immediately drawing Mei Qiu's attention away again.

Soon, another round of verbal sparring began.

My stomach hurts from eating lunch today!

...

"Second sister-in-law, is my brother really here to help?"

Privately, after finishing her homework late at night, Mingmei dialed Cheshire's video call again, and only asked the question after confirming that Meiqiu was not there.

"We're here to help."

After she finished speaking, Cheryl paused for a second, feeling guilty, and then nodded: "Your brother is quite reliable when it comes to serious matters."

Mingmei remained silent in response.

"What grudge does my brother have against Colonel Hu Mingli?"

"There's probably no deep-seated hatred between them, but Hu Mingli is your brother's junior in school."

"Hmm? I thought they were in the same grade."

"So that's how it should be. But you should know that your brother used to be a space pirate, right?"

Mingmei: "...?"

She knew about it, but couldn't she tell others about it? What did this have to do with Hu Mingli?

"so?"

"So your brother did something big before he entered the school, and it happened to be within the Sixth Army Corps' territory."

Although Hu Mingli hadn't yet entered military academy or officially joined the military headquarters at that time, his family still held considerable influence within the Sixth Army Corps...

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