"Alright! I fully understand your thoughts. Let's leave it at that for today. I'll have Xu Da take you home, and we'll get together another day." Li Mu stood up.
"No need, I drove here." Liu Zi shook her head.
Li Mu thought of the person protecting her in the shadows and didn't insist any further.
How many days are you planning to stay this time?
"Including the round trip and travel time, it will take about 20 days for now!" Liu Zi hasn't booked her return flight yet, she plans to decide later.
"I'm entrusting the safety of my family to you, Mr. Li."
"I think you'd better tell your dad about this." Li Mu suddenly remembered the news the security company had given him today.
"What's wrong?" Liu Zi asked, puzzled.
"Your dad found out about my people." Li Mu suddenly felt a little ashamed.
"That's normal. I'd be surprised if I didn't notice anything unusual, given my background as a reconnaissance soldier!"
"But when did you send people to start protecting us? Why didn't you tell me?"
"After you agreed to my request last time," Li Mu told a little lie.
Liu Zi gave him a thumbs up, "No wonder you're President Li."
The following day at noon, Liu Zi came to pick up Liu Daqiang, whom she had arranged to meet in advance.
The two headed straight to the Yunxing Hotel, as Liu Zi had been thinking about not being able to eat there yesterday.
However, the constant nagging around her made her eat somewhat unpleasantly.
As Liu Daqiang devoured the food, he complained about how expensive Liu Zi had come to such an expensive place.
Then she complained that Liu Zi ate good food without bringing her parents and children, calling her heartless.
Liu Zi was so angry with the old man that she almost rolled her eyes. It was only when the manager came over to deliver the vegetables that the argument between father and daughter was interrupted.
"Ms. Liu, welcome to Yunxing Restaurant. This is a gift from our boss—Mexican barbecue." The manager politely instructed the waiter to set the dishes on the table.
Who is your boss?
Liu Zi raised an eyebrow, wondering if this would be the case every time she came to Yunxing for dinner.
Wouldn't that be a huge profit!
This Mexican barbecue platter isn't cheap.
"It's the big boss, Mr. Li. He just went upstairs to entertain guests and saw you here, so he told me to do this," the manager explained with a smile.
"Okay, I understand." Liu Zi nodded knowingly.
After the manager left, Liu Daqiang immediately asked Liu Zi who that person was.
He had just seen it on the menu. This barbecue dish cost half a month's salary for just one plate. Who was so generous?
"You could say he's my boss! I work for him now," Liu Zi thought for a moment.
"Don't talk nonsense. Have you ever seen a leader give gifts to his subordinates? Is he trying to do something to you?" Liu Daqiang frowned, not believing Liu Zi's words.
"Dad, stop joking around. He's a golden bachelor, a diamond bachelor. Women who want to marry him could line up from one end of Chang'an Avenue to the other. Why would he be interested in a divorced woman like me who has two children?" Liu Zi quickly reminded her father, afraid of making a fool of herself.
Hearing his daughter belittle herself, Liu Daqiang felt uncomfortable and put down his chopsticks.
Liu Zi was actually alright; in later generations, the divorce rate in the entertainment industry remained high, and most of the people around her were single.
She didn't care much about these things, and besides, they were the truth!
Seeing Liu Daqiang's expression, Liu Zi felt she should say something.
"Dad, do you have a holiday?" Liu Zi suddenly asked.
"What?" Liu Daqiang's tone was not good.
"Travel! Don't you want to take my mom back to Anshi for a visit?" Liu Zi had just suddenly had this idea.
"Back to Anshi?" Liu Daqiang's attention was immediately diverted.
"Yes, you and my mom can take Aunt Zhang and the two kids over there for fun!"
"I'll book your plane tickets. You guys have fun first, and we'll go home together after I get out of the special forces unit." Liu Zi was increasingly convinced that this was a good idea.
"Airplane tickets are too expensive, and besides, your mother and I don't have that much vacation time." Although Liu Daqiang was tempted, he ultimately shook his head and refused.
"Dad, listen to me, the flights from Beijing to Anshi are on Tuesdays and Fridays. You can come on Friday and go back on Tuesday, which is Saturday and Sunday in between. You and Mom only need to take two and a half days off." As far back as Liu Zi can remember, Liu Daqiang and Xu Mei have never left Beijing for personal matters except for work, mainly because Liu Daqiang was too busy before.
Liu Daqiang was still hesitating.
"Dad, you're not busy with work now, and you've never taken Mom out to play. Don't you feel guilty?" Liu Zi played her trump card.
After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Daqiang nodded and agreed to go back and discuss it with Xu Mei.
"But it's settled then, your mother and I will pay for the plane tickets ourselves, you don't need to." Although Liu Daqiang felt a little pained, he thought it was worth the money so that his wife could be more comfortable.
"Okay, we'll discuss it later." Liu Zi thought to herself, since she booked the tickets anyway, what could Liu Daqiang do to force her to pay if she didn't want the money?
Liu Zi originally thought she would have to persuade her mother again, but Xu Mei agreed immediately after hearing about it.
Later, during their phone call, Liu Zi jokingly remarked that her mother was much more sophisticated than her father and had a much higher acceptance rate.
Xu Mei remained silent for two seconds before revealing the reason.
"Your dad has been having the same dream for the past two years. I know he misses his comrades-in-arms, especially those lying in the martyrs' cemetery. This time, I want to go with your dad to sweep their graves and pay our respects."
Liu Zi hadn't expected all of this.
"I'll go with the children and you then."
After making the decision, Liu Zi told Aunt Zhang, who immediately said she would stay and look after the house.
She had heard that plane tickets were very expensive, so buying them for her would be a waste!
She doesn't understand anything, so it's better not to go.
But Liu Zi immediately countered with the question of what would happen if the child got lost and no one was there to look after him.
In Zhang Da Niang's heart, she regarded both children as the apple of her eye, and the thought of them being taken away terrified her so much that her hands and feet turned ice cold.
So the matter was decided amicably. Liu Zi handed the matter over to Wang Jian, asking him to arrange the follow-up and send her family members to the airport.
Liu Zi's plane landed at Anshi Airport half a month earlier than her family's.
Anshi, formerly known as Chang'an, is located in the northwest of China, in the central part of the Guanzhong Plain, bordered by the Wei River to the north and the Qinling Mountains to the south.
Anshi is a famous historical and cultural city. Thirteen dynasties once established their capitals here, and it is also the starting point of the ancient "Silk Road".
Liu Zi had been stationed here with her mother when she was a child, and she still had some vague memories of the city.
The main reason is that there are so many delicious local foods: oil-splashed noodles, minced meat noodles, mutton stew with bread, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), braised pork...
Thinking of this, Liu Zi felt her mouth watering.
She pushed her luggage forward, still wondering whether she should go out for a meal before going to the special forces unit.
"Liu Zi!"
Suddenly, she heard someone call her name, and she instinctively looked up.
At that moment, a man in black sportswear who was following behind her suddenly stepped forward and shielded her behind him.
The person who called her also noticed something was wrong, and several young men in military uniforms immediately rushed over.
Liu Zi realized who the black man was, and immediately leaned out to wave to the people rushing over, lest they start fighting again.
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