After not seeing him for a few days, Zhao Yuejin seemed like a different person. He wore a pair of black-framed glasses and held a book in his hands, but his walking posture was strange.

Zhao Yuejin originally planned to find Zhou Meifang to inquire about Lin Tao's address, but he didn't expect to meet Lin Tao here.

Even though he was beaten by Lin Tao, after the pain he didn't hate Lin Tao at all in his heart. Instead, he felt refreshed.

Isn't it new? Before Lin Tao, no woman dared to hit him.

So when Lin Hui found him and gave him advice, he immediately began to "transform" himself. Isn't it just pretending to be knowledgeable? It's not a difficult thing, just wear a pair of glasses and hold a book, all the nerds in the factory are like this.

Zhao Yuejin: "Lin Tao, we meet again."

Lin Tao looked at Zhao Yuejin warily, her voice cold: "Zhao Yuejin, what do you want to do?"

Zhao Yuejin said seriously: "Don't get me wrong, I was drunk and talking nonsense last time, I'm not like that normally. In fact, I usually love reading, and this time I sincerely apologize to you. How about I treat you to a movie tonight, are you willing to watch it?"

"I can't watch it." Lin Tao refused with a cold face and turned to leave.

The book in Zhao Yuejin's hand looked brand new, and it looked like he had just bought it or had never read it since he bought it. How could a person who really loved reading be like this?

Not to mention Zhao Yuejin's quality, Lin Tao had already experienced it last time.

"Don't be so heartless. Haven't I already apologized to you? You don't know how many girls in the factory want to go out to the movies with me. If you knew, you wouldn't have rejected me."

Zhao Yuejin followed behind Lin Tao like a dog-skin plaster.

Lin Tao quickened her pace but still couldn't shake him off, and was still annoyed by his words.

She showed a disgusted expression and walked faster.

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On the other side, in the machinery factory, in the factory director's office.

Jiang Hongcai looked at the dusty Li Chengxi and asked, "How is it? Is your grandmother's illness getting better? Have you notified your father?"

Li Chengxi sat on the sofa and drank a sip of tea. "My grandma is fine. It was that person who called and told her how difficult it was to be a stepmother. I, the stepson, was 27 or 28 years old and still not married. People misunderstood that she was not helping to arrange things. My grandma was worried about my marriage, so she called me and asked me to go."

The old man was very worried about his life and urged him to go on blind dates.

He told the old lady that he already had someone he liked and promised to give her a satisfactory answer by the end of the year. Only then did the old lady let him go.

Grandma is old and not in good health. Li Chengxi can understand her feelings.

Jiang Hongcai was speechless. No wonder Li Chengxi disliked his stepmother. He was overreaching and even called his grandmother.

Li Chengxi asked: "Uncle Jiang, what happened to the matter I asked you to find out for me before?"

I was in a hurry to answer my grandmother's call that day. I thought Lin Tao was a factory employee and didn't have time to ask too many questions about her. Who knew that when I asked, I found out that there was no such person as Lin Tao in the factory.

Before he left, he asked Jiang Hongcai to find out about Lin Tao.

Jiang Hongcai said, "I have already sent someone to inquire about this matter. The girl is a relative of one of our factory employees. She said that the girl was afraid that the factory would cause trouble for her, so she took a bus back to Lu County that day."

Li Chengxi didn't expect that he would miss so much just by answering a phone call.

Question: "Is she from Lu County? Does she have a specific address?"

Jiang Hongcai looked at Li Chengxi's slightly wrinkled brows and could tell how much he valued the little girl.

She sighed, "This is the difficult part. The employee said that she doesn't usually interact with her relative, and this time the other party is old enough to get married, so she wanted to introduce someone to her. It just so happened that the factory held this dance, so she recommended it. She didn't know the specific address of her relative's home."

It's difficult. I don't know the exact address, I only know that he is from Lu County. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Thank you, Uncle Jiang. I'll think about it." Li Chengxi stood up.

After Li Chengxi came out of the factory, he walked towards his residence, which was a hotel in the south of the city.

Jiang Hongcai originally invited him to live in his home, but Li Chengxi was not used to living in someone else's home, especially since Jiang Hongcai already had a large family.

On the way, Li Chengxi couldn't help but think of Lin Tao, thinking of her back that was straight even though she was obviously afraid, and her lips that were pursed stubbornly.

It’s strange to say, the two of them only met once and didn’t say much to each other.

But it's so strange that he is thinking about the little girl.

Although he didn't have Lin Tao's specific address, Li Chengxi had a comrade-in-arms working at the Public Security Bureau in Lu County. He could ask that person to check, which would make it easier to find her.

After he had an idea in mind, Li Chengxi's irritability dissipated a little.

Brisk steps.

But before he had walked far, he heard a clear voice: "Zhao Yuejin, how many more words do you want me to say? I can't possibly like you! Don't follow me so shamelessly! Do you want to be kicked again?"

Although it had been several days, Li Chengxi still remembered the voice.

He walked to another corner and saw Lin Tao with a sullen face and tightly wrinkled brows. He wanted to move forward, but was blocked by Zhao Yuejin.

This is a small road, not many people come here, Zhao Yuejin has pretended to be a cultured person enough.

He thought Lin Tao was just pretending to be noble, and if he followed her lead and pretended to be a scholar, she would go along with him and everything would be easy.

I didn't expect he would be so stubborn.

Zhao Yuejin was too lazy to pretend, and showed an obscene smile, intending to make a move on Lin Tao: "Little Tangke is quite hot, I really like hot girls. Don't pretend, you have come to the dance, don't you just want to find someone with good conditions? Come with me, if you follow me, I will let my dad get you to our machinery factory right away. Not like you...ah..."

While Zhao Yuejin was speaking, Lin Tao looked past him and noticed Li Chengxi who was walking towards them.

I can't explain how I felt when I saw him again.

It's just that my heart seems to be beating faster.

Before Zhao Yuejin's hand touched Lin Tao, it was grabbed by another strong and powerful arm. Then there was a click, and Zhao Yuejin let out a howl like a slaughtered pig.

"Let go, let go quickly, my hand is broken, my hand is broken——"

It hurts so much that I broke out in a cold sweat.

Li Chengxi and Lin Tao seemed not to hear anything. They looked at each other, both wanting to ask and say something.

Lin Tao: "You..."

Li Chengxi: "You..."

Li Chengxi held Zhao Yuejin's arm with one hand and put the other hand in his pocket: "You speak first."

Lin Tao felt embarrassed, her fair face flushed, and she pursed her lips and said, "I, I just want to ask you, aren't you a worker in the machinery factory? I asked my sister-in-law, and she said she had never heard of you."

"I'm not." Li Chengqi shook his head. "I'm here to visit my relatives. Director Jiang is my uncle. I'll tell you the details later. Your sister-in-law said that you are from Lu County. Have you returned to Lu County?"

Lin Tao's face turned even redder, and she lowered her head and said, "I'm not from Lu County, my home is in Xiangcheng."

He suddenly raised his head and explained: "But my sister-in-law said that for my own good, because after I left, the factory sent people to inquire about me, and my sister-in-law was afraid that the factory would find me and cause trouble for me..."

In fact, Lin Tao wanted to ask him why the factory director did not keep his word. Didn’t he say that it was not her fault and he would not cause trouble for her because of it? Instead, he turned around and went to find her sister-in-law.

But I didn't have the courage to ask.

Then Li Chengxi said, "Your sister-in-law misunderstood. The factory didn't want to cause trouble for you. I asked Uncle Jiang to find out for me."

Lin Tao: "Ah? Asking about me?"

"I thought you were a factory employee at the time, but after asking I found out you weren't. I could only ask your sister-in-law for your contact information." Li Chengxi said frankly.

Lin Tao's face turned even redder, but she couldn't suppress a little joy in her heart.

She was originally a little embarrassed about asking Zhou Meifang about Li Chengxi, wondering if she was being too proactive.

If Li Chengxi didn't have this intention and didn't want to look for her, but she went to find him instead, what should she say after seeing him and what should she say.

But at this moment, all her worries disappeared.

Li Chengxi's words made her realize that she was not unilateral in this matter.

While Li Chengxi and Lin Tao were talking, Zhao Yuejin was enduring the inhuman pain coming from his arm.

His face turned pale, and he broke out in cold sweat from the pain. He begged for mercy: "Brother, brother, please talk, but can you please let go of my arm first? My arm is broken, it's really broken..."

Li Chengxi glanced at him and said to Lin Tao: "For people like this, we should send them directly to the Public Security Bureau and let them receive a good ideological education."

Lin Tao nodded in support: "Yes."

The two men took Zhao Yuejin to the police station. Zhao Yuejin tried to turn the tables and started crying when he saw the police: "Comrades, comrades, help me, quickly catch him. This man broke my arm. I have to go to the hospital quickly..."

Li Chengxi happened to have a retired comrade-in-arms who was now a captain at the Public Security Bureau. After hearing what Li Chengxi had said, he sent a female police officer to take Lin Tao's statement.

It was Lin Tao’s first time at the Public Security Bureau, and she looked at Li Chengxi somewhat helplessly.

Li Chengxi nodded at her, and she followed the female police officer.

As for Zhao Yuejin, they sent a police officer to hit him on the arm again, and warned him as he howled: "You are so brave to flirt with a little girl in broad daylight. You should be locked up for a while to receive ideological education."

While Lin Tao was taking notes, Li Chengxi and his comrades were smoking in the corridor.

The comrade asked: "Who are you targeting?"

Li Chengxi smiled and said, "Not yet."

"Well, you'd better try your best. All of us old comrades are waiting to attend your wedding." The comrade-in-arms showed his strength.

Just at this moment Lin Tao came out after taking notes. Li Chengxi said, "I'll try my best" and waved to Lin Tao, introducing his comrades to her.

"Forward, my comrade."

It was because of this sentence that Lin Tao realized that Li Chengxi was a soldier.

She said he looked so righteous and his posture was as straight as a pine tree.

Because of this identity, Lin Tao has an even better impression of Li Chengxi, because her father is also a soldier.

It was already afternoon when they came out of the Public Security Bureau. It would take another hour to get home from the county by ox cart. Lin Tao said that she wanted to go home and she had to cook dinner after she got home.

Li Chengxi said: "I'll see you off."