When Ai Guo saw Wen Tao and his wife approaching, he hurriedly pleaded for help, "Wen Tao, sister-in-law, please beg for my life! If Mo Xue hits me again, I'll be disfigured!" But the exaggerated tone of his voice made it impossible for anyone to believe him.

Wen Tao gave him a "you deserve it" look, then turned to An Moxue and said, "Moxue, that's enough. Aren't you afraid of hurting your hand by hitting this coward? Let's go, weren't you going to treat us to dinner?"

"I'll let you off easy this time, thanks to Brother Wentao's plea. Watch out, it'll be on your tab." After saying that, An Moxue raised her fist and taunted Ai Guo.

Ai Guo cowered, muttering, "I knew I shouldn't have had too high expectations of you. You always like to punch me whenever we meet. It's been almost ten years since we last saw each other, and you haven't changed your habit of bullying me. You start hitting me at the slightest disagreement and won't even listen to my explanations. Oh! How pitiful I am! What man would want someone like you?"

Several people listened to his rambling. Some facepalmed, some looked down on him, and some even gave him an expression as if they didn't know him. In short, they disliked him in every way they could.

Ai Guo looked at them one by one, and he was furious! "Hey! What kind of expressions are you all making! Who do you think you are! I was just letting Mo Xue have his way, otherwise how could he have hit me?" He really made some bad friends! They all watched Mo Xue chase after him, and instead of stopping him, they just stood there watching the show, and afterwards they even gloated.

Chu Dongmei said disdainfully, "Mo Xue is just teasing you. With your skills, you're nothing when it comes to real fighting. Otherwise, one punch would send you flying several meters away. You're stupid and don't even realize it. I'm impressed! You've been in the countryside for so many years, how have you managed to survive unscathed? I really suspect that the people in the places you went to are just too kind."

"Hey, if Mo Xue hadn't happened to visit you back then and helped you out of your troubles, who knows what would have become of you? And you're still criticizing me!" Come on! Let's hurt each other! What kind of bad friends have you made, always trying to find fault with others?

Chu Dongmei said smugly, "That's right, I was lucky. Mo Xue helped me solve my problem. You, even if you wanted to, couldn't do anything about it. Who told you to be so far away, running off to that little isolated island in the south!"

The quiet Chu Dongmei becomes anything but quiet when she's around the lively Ai Guo; she's like a little lion with its mane standing on end.

As Liu Xiaobei listened to their playful banter, she learned some things about Wen Tao and his childhood playmates, but she became increasingly curious about An Moxue, who seemed to be very good at solving thorny problems.

She gently tugged at Wen Tao's sleeve and whispered, "This Comrade An Moxue seems to be quite extraordinary."

Wen Tao looked down at her, then at An Moxue walking with Li Aidang ahead, and smiled meaningfully, “Of course—he’s extraordinary. As time goes by, you’ll gradually understand. Everyone here has received his care.”

Liu Xiaobei was somewhat surprised, "Including you?"

“Of course.” He looked at the figure in front of him, his gaze lingering.

The group walked up to the car, saw the license plate, and were all so surprised they didn't know what to say. They looked at each other, poking each other with their fingers, but no one spoke, no one asked, and no one got in the car. They were all full of curiosity.

Seeing their reaction, An Moxue chuckled, "Get in the car! We're just borrowing a license plate to hang up. It'll make it easier to go out."

None of them got into the car. They circled it again and again. Then Ai Guo shamelessly approached An Moxue and asked, "Moxue, can I drive it around for a bit?"

An Moxue didn't say anything, but threw the car keys over.

Ai Guo barely managed to catch it, muttering, "You should have at least told me! You always like to pull these surprise attacks. Luckily, I was quick-witted and caught it."

An Moxue raised an eyebrow. "What? You don't want it? Give it back to me."

"How could that be!" Ai Guo said, already rushing to the driver's side door and opening it with the key.

Several people got into the car one after another. Ai Guo drove, Wen Tao was in the passenger seat, and all the girls sat in the back.

Li Aidang also teased Ai Guo, "Ai Guo, have you touched the car since you came back? Don't drive it into the ditch and drag us down with you."

Ai Guo said confidently, "Who do you think you are! I'm a man who started driving when I was just a few years old. Driving is ingrained in my bones."

Wentao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Drive carefully. The people in the car are all important people. You can't afford to pay for anything if something goes wrong."

"Alright! The boss has given the order, so I'll definitely play it safe. Just you wait and see! Hold on tight, we're off!" After saying that, Ai Guo started the car, turned on the ignition, and drove away.

Although none of them said it aloud, it was clear that An Moxue's ability to acquire such a military jeep, and even register it under the National Security Bureau, was no simple feat. Ai Guo, in particular, could tell from the moment he drove the car that its performance was exceptional.

"Mo Xue is no ordinary person!" Ai Guo teased.

An Moxue smiled innocently, naturally understanding the meaning behind Ai Guo's words, "It'll have to do!"

Those who are clever will naturally understand the hidden meaning in the words, while those who don't understand can just take it as a joke!

"Tell me! What do you want to eat?"

"Donglaishun!"

"Old Mo!"

“International Grand Hotel.” Li Aidang said this, and the others looked at her in surprise and doubt. Guo Zhijia praised her, “Great job! Sister, you have ambition! A meal there will cost at least three figures, and the key is that you have to be a person of status.”

Seeing her brothers and sisters looking at her like that, Ai Dang asked somewhat dejectedly, "It won't work!"

"no!"

What do you think?

“Okay,” An Moxue replied with a light smile.

Everyone except Ai Guo, who was driving, looked at her in disbelief.

An Moxue looked back at the group and said, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? It's just that Ai Dang wants to go to the International Hotel, right? Let's go. It only costs a few hundred yuan for the few of us. Besides, I've never been there before. Now that Ai Dang mentioned it, I'd like to go and see for myself. It'll be good to broaden my horizons!"

As soon as An Moxue finished speaking, Wen Tao disagreed, saying, "Aid the Party, you have to have limits even if you love to eat. The International Hotel is expensive, and more importantly, you need to have certain status to eat there. Look at the group of us, only I can get in, and even then, I have to eat in the lobby. Let's find another place. Don't make things difficult for Moxue. I still think spending over a hundred yuan on a meal is too extravagant."

"So expensive?" Liu Xiaobei exclaimed in surprise, this was truly beyond her comprehension.

An Moxue persuaded, "It's okay, none of us have been there before, so let's go! It's good to broaden our horizons, so that if a friend asks you one day what the Kyoto International Hotel is like and you can't answer, how embarrassing would that be! Consider this meal as an opportunity to broaden our horizons, so it's not a loss, but a gain, don't you think, Brother Wentao?"