Su Meilian knew what she was thinking and said earnestly, "No matter how powerful Qin Shouguo is, you have to strive for excellence first.
It is not like the past where one could become a general even if he was illiterate. We live in a prosperous age now, and rules and academic qualifications are important everywhere.
A diploma is a stepping stone.
With it, you won't miss any opportunities when you move up. If Qin Shouguo favors you in the future, he won't be able to use this as an excuse.
You're right, aren't you?
Su Meilian asked her.
"Right."
Su Meilian breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her response, and thought to herself: The child is also reasonable, and not as stubborn as A'ran said. You see, she listened to what I said.
Su Meilan felt very happy. As expected, her daughter was more beautiful and more well-behaved.
Lin Nanfeng was almost unable to breathe because of her hug.
After Su Meilan's reminder, she kept her chatting all night long. She wanted to go to bed several times but failed to do so.
The next day, when he arrived at the alley entrance, Lin Nanfeng saw Xiang Guifan there.
Lin Nanfeng was puzzled. Why was this guy like a dog-skin plaster, and he couldn't get rid of it once he stuck to him?
Wu Shengli said, "I was worried about you going back alone, so I sent someone to look for him. His family is also in Beijing. He's been away for so long, it's time for him to go back."
Wu Shengli knew a little about Xiang Guifan's identity because his second son was also in the same line of work. Afraid that his wife would worry, neither Nanfeng nor he wanted to tell Su Meilin much.
So Su Meilin just thought of Xiang Guifan as Nanfeng's comrade-in-arms and didn't think much about anything else.
This arrangement pleased Su Meilian very much. She clapped her hands and laughed:
"Although Xiao Xiang can't speak, he is a man after all and can protect you, so I feel much more at ease!"
Lin Nanfeng retorted in his heart: I need him for protection?
Just as she thought of this, Xiang Guifan smiled and reached out to help her take the bag.
Lin Nanfeng didn't want to make Su Meilian worry, so he handed it to him obediently.
Su Meilian smiled and said, "School will start in a month after you go back. Study hard. I've agreed with your mother that we will go to Su Province to celebrate the New Year together."
Celebrating the New Year as a family?
Lin Nanfeng subconsciously looked at Wu Shengli. His godfather couldn't leave the island without a transfer order, let alone during the Spring Festival.
During Chinese New Year and other holidays, border defenses generally cannot be relaxed, and it is even more impossible for the commander to leave the island.
Wu Shengli had a serious face and didn't want to talk at all.
If he guessed correctly, he would definitely not be included in the family his wife was talking about during the New Year.
Su Meilian took Lin Nanfeng's hand and said with a smile, "Don't look at him. He can't go out, but I can go out. It's no problem to come back before school starts."
What could Lin Nanfeng say but to chuckle at Wu Shengli.
"Thank you for your hard work, Chief."
"What a hard life." Wu Shengli said this to his wife.
Isn't it a miserable life to have a wife who doesn't care about him?
"Go to hell." Su Meilian said righteously and unforgivingly: "My life is so miserable because I married you and stayed here with you until you retired. Even in my dreams, I feel miserable."
"You're the Commander's wife, but you still have a miserable life. I see you're so proud when people call you that, like a rooster, just waiting to crow."
Su Meilian was so angry that she reached out to pinch him. The older Wu Shengli got, the less afraid he seemed to be of her. Now he even dared to talk back and called her a big rooster.
While the couple was bickering, several little girls behind them were whispering and giggling.
Lin Nanfeng watched the two enemies fighting quietly and felt that this feeling was really good. With someone by his side, no matter what he did, it would be good.
*
It was six days later when they went out again and arrived in Beijing.
Lin Nanfeng knew whose territory this was, and before parting with Xiang Guifan, he asked him to help investigate the Zhang family's affairs.
Lin Nanfeng said, "Don't look for Fatty. He helped my mother hide this from me. This guy must have been bribed by my mother. Who knows how much truth there is in what he says."
Xiang Guifan nodded immediately. He could investigate the matter even without the fat man. He asked Lin Nanfeng to go back and wait and left.
Lin Nanfeng did not go home. Instead, he went to the scrap yard and took out a broken telegram. He fiddled with it for a long time before sending the message.
I heard from my mother on the phone before that the Zhang family has been living in Country M in recent years.
Coincidentally, she had been in Country M for eight years and had some useful people there, so she still wanted to find out more about Zhang Shicheng's background.
Soon after the message was sent, she received a reply asking her to wait for a few days.
Since she couldn't take the telegram home like that, she found a place to bury it.
After tossing and turning for half a day, I felt a little embarrassed and my stomach was growling with hunger.
She was queuing on the roadside to buy a steamed bun. She had only taken a few bites when a man in a suit and tie stood across the street and waved his hand towards her.
Zhou Chengfeng was here for a blind date today, and through the glass he saw his niece queuing across the street.
She was wearing a red dress and carrying a big bag, which made her very conspicuous. She was buying buns.
Lin Nanfeng had been gone for more than two months without a word. When she met someone today, Zhou Chengfeng saw that she seemed to have not eaten anything, so he couldn't help but come out to call her.
Lin Nanfeng finished the bun in his hand in two or three bites before walking over.
"Uncle Zhou, you called me?"
Zhou Chengfeng nodded and looked at her. She had lost weight and looked much darker.
"You just came back, haven't you eaten yet?"
"Yes!" Lin Nanfeng said, "I just got off the train and was about to go home. You are having dinner here."
Behind Zhou Chengfeng is a western restaurant. This western restaurant is very famous and expensive in Beijing, and ordinary people cannot enter.
Lin Nanfeng tilted his head to look behind him, and saw a woman walking towards them affectionately. She walked to Zhou Chengfeng, tilted her head and asked curiously:
"Brother Chengfeng, who is this?"
"My niece."
Lin Nanfeng thought to himself: Seeing how seriously you said it, I almost believed it.
Tian Dai had a faint smile on his face.
I thought to myself: Niece? Could it be the daughter of Zhou Chengfeng's eldest brother's ex-wife who was born abroad? How come I haven't heard of such a big daughter before?
Zhou Chengfeng introduced the people around him to Lin Nanfeng, "Tian Dai, she is a few months older than you, you can call her Sister Tian."
Lin Nanfeng later understood Zhou Chengfeng's situation. He had no partner and not even a female around him.
Seeing that he was wearing formal clothes today and had an expression of being forced into prostitution, it was not difficult to guess what they were doing here today.
Zhou Chengfeng seems to be trying to get the upper hand over the younger girl.
Lin Nanfeng wanted to slip away after saying hello, she didn't want to be a third wheel.
Zhou Chengfeng seemed to have something in mind as well. He quickly grabbed the strap of her backpack and stopped her from leaving.
"Since you haven't eaten yet, why don't you eat with us and then go back together."
I'm just going back with you, but I'm just a big light bulb, so there's no need for me to eat.
"Uncle Zhou, I have something to do, so I won't eat."
Lin Nanfeng turned around and tried to get rid of him.
Zhou Chengfeng intended to use her to ward off romantic interests, so how could he let her slip away easily?
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