Xu Xinning went to the Party School to register the next day. Mu Jingheng saw her off. He didn't expect to run into Qin Yao and Qin Ye's cousin, Qin Yu, at the Party School.

Qin Yu is much older than Mu Jingheng and the others, and seems to be in his thirties. He has been working in the government and is the son of Qin Yao and Qin Ye's uncle. He is also considered a key successor being groomed by the Qin family.

I ran into him at the Party School now, so I guess he's here for further studies. As a leader of a government department, coming to the Party School to study means he's about to be promoted again.

Grandpa Qin had four sons and three daughters. Qin Yao and Qin Ye's father was the third son. All four sons of the Qin family were soldiers and had been to the battlefield. The second son had already sacrificed his life, and the fourth son was wounded in the war and had no children. Therefore, the third generation of the Qin family was not prosperous. There were four brothers and only four children.

The other three daughters are also in the military: the eldest is a military doctor, the second is an air force officer, and the youngest is in a performing arts troupe.

The eldest and second daughters both died in the same mission, leaving only the youngest daughter from the performing arts troupe. However, this daughter is still unmarried and is already thirty-six years old.

Given the Qin family's background, Qin Yao shouldn't have needed to go to the countryside. Qin Yao had never shown any inclination to go, but she signed up the day before she was supposed to go. No one knew why, and even the Qin family found it very sudden.

Qin Yu was stunned when he saw Mu Jingheng, and then glanced at Xu Xinning next to Mu Jingheng a few more times.

The Qin family knew that Qin Yao had a good relationship with Mu Jinghuai and Mu Jingheng. In fact, they also wanted to form a marriage alliance between Qin Yao and Mu Jingheng. However, for some reason, Qin Yao suddenly signed up to go to the countryside without telling her family, which caught the Qin family off guard.

Everyone in the Qin family knows that Qin Yao likes a child from the Mu family, but they don't know which one it is.

Qin Yao's sudden departure to the countryside made the two Qin brothers, Qin Yu and Qin Yao, feel that it was related to the Mu family's children.

Therefore, Qin Yu was displeased to see Mu Jingheng, especially since he was accompanied by such a beautiful woman.

In Qin Yu's heart, both of his younger sisters were beautiful, but he wasn't blind; compared to Xu Xinning, they were definitely not as good.

Therefore, Qin Yu felt even more uncomfortable at this moment.

As soon as Mu Jingheng saw Qin Yu, he immediately went up to greet him. After all, they would likely become relatives in the future, and he needed to build a good relationship with his brother first.

Mu Jingheng: "Brother Qin~"

Qin Yu was a seasoned official; he was an expert at maintaining appearances.

Qin Yu: "Second Brother Mu, are you here for further studies at the Party School? I heard you went to the countryside? When did you come back?"

Mu Jingheng: "I did go to the countryside, and I even got married there."

Qin Yu frowned and asked in surprise, "You're married?"

Qin Yu was surprised that Mu Jingheng chose to get married in the countryside at such a young age.

Mu Jingheng smiled and looked at Xu Xinning beside him, saying, "Let me introduce you. This is my wife, Comrade Xu Xinning, and this is Qin Yu, the eldest brother of the Qin family."

Xu Xinning generously extended her hand to shake Qin Yu's hand and called out, "Brother Qin!"

Qin Yu: "What are you doing...?"

Mu Jingheng: "I brought my wife here for class; she's a teacher at a medical university now."

Qin Yu raised an eyebrow and took a closer look at Xu Xinning. The young girl seemed quite composed, but Qin Yu didn't believe that such a young girl could be a university teacher. If Mu Jingheng hadn't said that she was his lover, he would have thought that she was not yet an adult!

Qin Yu snorted coldly. Wasn't it said that the Mu family patriarch was the most selfless person? I didn't expect him to be a hypocrite.

Mu Jingheng seemed to see the disdain in Qin Yu's eyes. Others could question him, but they could not underestimate his Xin'er.

Mu Jingheng: "My husband graduated from medical school. Last year, he not only helped the Ministry of Foreign Affairs solve a very important foreign trade and investment project, but also helped earn a lot of foreign exchange. In addition, Brother Qin should know about the special medicine currently used in the army, right? It was all developed by my husband."

Qin Yu was taken aback. He knew about the foreign exchange issue; he'd heard that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had struggled for a long time to secure it. And then there was that special medicine. His grandfather often marveled at the greatness of the person who developed it, saying that if such a good medicine had existed back then, so many people wouldn't have died on the battlefield.

I never expected this young comrade to have achieved so much. He has a very promising future!

Mu Lao Er is really lucky to have met such a promising wife in the countryside.

Qin Yu's attitude underwent a complete reversal, and he sincerely said to Xu Xinning, "Truly remarkable. I believe Comrade Xu will definitely cultivate more outstanding talents in the future."

Xu Xinning noticed Qin Yu's change. If she hadn't heard Mu Jingheng talk about Mu Jinghuai and Qin Yao last night, she definitely wouldn't have spoiled him.

Based on Qin Yu's initial attitude and what Mu Jingheng told her, Xu Xinning felt that Qin Yu must have some misunderstanding about the Mu family.

Xu Xinning said politely, "Thank you for your kind words, Brother Qin. I will definitely work hard."

Qin Yu looked at Mu Jingheng and teased, "So, Jingheng, you're using your wife's connections to get back to the city?"

Mu Jingheng didn't explain, and simply replied, "I guess so."

Qin Yu glanced at his watch and said, "I have to go now, I have to go to class."

Mu Jingheng: "Then Brother Qin, you're busy!"

Xu Xinning's class time was approaching, and Mu Jingheng, worried that Xu Xinning might not be able to find her classroom since it was her first time at the Party School, took her inside.

Grandpa Mu waited at home for Mu Jinghuai for three days, but he didn't come back. The old man's temper flared up immediately.

What does this mean?

Knowing that he was going to introduce him to someone, he secretly ran away without a trace. Did he want to piss him off?

Mu Jinghuai's personality is like Mu Zhenting's; he is usually taciturn and doesn't know how to please people. Compared to Mu Jingheng and Mu Jingshu, this personality is not very likable.

Meanwhile, Mu Jinghuai, who was about to drive Old Master Mu crazy, finally arrived at Qin Yao's rural work team.

The Northeast is too big. He took a train, then a car, then a dog sled, and by the time he arrived at the brigade, it was already dark.

He had inquired about the situation at the educated youth settlement while on the dog sled, so when he learned that Qin Yao was still single, the anxiety that had been weighing on his heart for the past few days finally subsided.

Mu Jinghuai had him sent directly to the educated youth settlement.

People are always gossipy. When they saw such a handsome soldier going to the educated youth settlement to find someone, the old ladies and aunties on the dog sled started asking around.

Mu Jinghuai originally intended to establish a relationship with Qin Yao this time, so he did not hide the fact that he came to see Qin Yao.

When the older women on the dog sled heard that he was looking for Qin Yao, they had a lot to talk about.

After Qin Yao arrived in the village, many young men were interested in her because of her good looks. However, she was aloof and rarely spoke to anyone. She also usually stayed with the other educated youth who came with her, so the young men had no chance at all.

It wasn't that no one had harbored evil intentions, but Old Master Qin had asked local leaders to back her up, so those people didn't dare to do anything out of line. Otherwise, Qin Yao wouldn't have been so lucky, including the others who were with her.