Military compound, Xie family.
When Qin Shu returned home, she saw a room full of men, women, young and old. These unfamiliar faces were dressed in the style of the rich or noble.
"Ashu is back!"
Mrs. Xie, who was entertaining guests, saw Qin Shu coming over to greet her personally.
Qin Shu smiled lightly: "Mom, there are a lot of people at home today."
Mrs. Xie took her arm and whispered, "Most of them are relatives within the fifth degree of mourning. Some of them took the opportunity to come to Old Xie to ask for favors. I'll take you to see them in a while. Don't pay any attention to what they say."
Qin Shu nodded obediently: "Okay, I understand——"
In the next half hour, Qin Shu got to know the minister's son, the general's wife, the director's eldest daughter, and some big guys who came to her for help.
When Qin Shu went upstairs, she glanced at the eldest son of the minister.
This young master surnamed Shi looked gentle and refined, but there was a faint black mist lingering between his eyebrows.
There is also an indescribable aura surrounding him, which makes people feel very uncomfortable when they get close to him.
Qin Shu lowered her gaze and stared at Mr. Shi's heart, with a look of understanding in her eyes.
——It turns out that he was dying.
Qin Shu withdrew her gaze and walked straight upstairs.
"Brother Lan! You lost again!"
In the corridor on the second floor, a familiar voice came from a room. It was Chu Lianying.
Qin Shu looked towards the study room with its door open and walked forward slowly.
Xie Lanzhi sneered: "If you lose, you lose. Why are you so excited?"
Inside the house, Chu Lianying approached mysteriously and said, "Brother Lan, tell me the truth, did you have a fight with your sister-in-law?"
Liu Sheng, who was holding the cards, and several other young men from aristocratic families all had gossipy expressions on their faces.
Xie Lanzhi glanced at Chu Lianying and said with a half-smile, "Which eye of yours saw that Ah Shu and I had a quarrel?"
Chu Lianying pointed at his eyes and said, "I saw it with both eyes. You have never lost five cards in a row. Since you came back at noon, you have been absent-minded and looked like you have lost your soul.
Who is my Brother Lan? He is one of the best in the whole of China, famous in the northern and southern armies, with countless merits and honors. He is the king of soldiers in the north and south, with strong willpower and concentration. But today he is different, he looks lost, his heart is out..."
Chu Lianying shook his head as he spoke, a look of regret on his face, with a narrow smile of gloating in his eyes.
"Oh!"
Xie Lanzhi sneered and threw the cards in his hand on the table.
He leaned back on the sofa with a relaxed body, looking down at Chu Lianying.
"Can't I just be distracted by official duties? The mess in Yunzhen is more difficult than being in the Longting Special Operations Brigade."
Chu Lianying laughed: "I heard that Mr. Qi attaches great importance to the Yunzhen Special Economic Zone and has high hopes for it. Thank you for your hard work, Brother Lan. Such a heavy burden falls on you."
Liu Sheng interrupted and asked, "Brother Lan, I heard that there are many foreign companies in Yunzhen, and there are also many Japanese companies that have been rooted for decades?"
The emotions on Xie Lanzhi's gentle face disappeared, and he responded expressionlessly.
"Yunzhen needs a major cleanup, and the rotten flesh in its bones needs to be cleaned out."
Liu Sheng nodded: "You and my sister-in-law should be careful in Yunzhen. I heard that the Japanese imperial family held some kind of sacrifice before the New Year. It caused a sensation and even spread to other countries."
Xie Lanzhi asked calmly, "What kind of sacrifice?"
Chu Lianying also knew about this and said disdainfully: "It's just a ceremony to worship someone, not to worship their Yasukuni Shrine.
The photo in the newspaper was taken in some temple. It gave people a gloomy feeling, and everyone's face was made up to look like a ghost."
Xie Lanzhi kept this in mind and nodded, "I understand."
“Knock knock——”
Qin Shu saw that several people in the room had not noticed him yet, so she raised her hand and knocked on the door.
"sister in law!"
"Sister-in-law!"
Liu Sheng, Chu Lianying and others stood up one after another.
Xie Lanzhi stood up and walked towards Qin Shu: "Finally you're back, have you eaten?"
Qin Shu looked aggrieved: "No, I'm so hungry."
Xie Lanzhi held Qin Shu's hand and walked out without saying a word to Chu Lianying and the others.
Chu Lianying's lips twitched: "Brother Lan just left us here like this?"
Liu Sheng acted as if she was used to it: "It's normal. After all, our brother Lan only has this one wife. If he doesn't pamper her and coax her, he will be a bachelor for the rest of his life."
Chu Lianying said indignantly: "There is no loyalty to the opposite sex!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a sweet and intimate voice came from outside.
“Brother Chu——!”
Everyone looked back and saw an innocent baby face and innocent and clear eyes.
Nini still looked innocent and childish, her heart and eyes full of Chu Lianying.
When Chu Lianying saw his wife, the corners of his lips curled up into a brilliant arc, and he seemed to be floating.
"Nini, why are you here? Are you looking for Qin Shu? She just went downstairs to eat."
Nini tilted her head and said in confusion: "No, I came to see Brother Chu. I missed you."
She said it simply and frankly, but Chu Lianying blushed.
He coughed softly: "Ahem - Nini, let's talk about this when we get home."
Chu Lianying took Nini's hand and was about to leave, but was called out by the jeers from behind.
"Master Chu, don't go!"
"Who just said that there is no loyalty to the opposite sex?"
"I think Master Chu is the same as Brother Lan, both of them have the opposite sex but no brothers!"
Chu Lianying turned around and said with a fierce face: "My Nini is shy, you guys stop making trouble here, it's getting late, I'm leaving first, you guys should do what you need to do!"
After saying this, he took his wife's hand and ran away without stopping.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
There was a burst of laughter in the study.
When Chu Lianying heard this, the smile on his face deepened.
The group of bachelors in the room have no idea how comfortable it is to hug a sweet and soft wife, and they don’t know that the difference between a wife and a brother is like the difference between pearls and dirt.
What kind of brotherhood is this? It's not even as good as a sweet smile from my wife.
*
The next day.
Qin Shu came to the round-faced girl's home with familiarity and gave Zhou Ya a second acupuncture treatment.
Speaking of this round-faced girl, her family background is not simple. Both of her parents are engaged in scientific research. They work in a remote underground laboratory in China and cannot return home for several years.
The round-faced girl is called Feng Luxia, and she is a disciple of Ling Yue, the president of Jingshi University.
Qin Shu knocked on Feng Luxia's door, and heard messy footsteps from inside.
The door opened, revealing Feng Luxia's excited and rosy face.
"Sister Qin, you're here!"
Qin Shu's eyes swept past Feng Luxia and saw a middle-aged man with black-framed glasses and an elegant temperament, as well as several excited young boys and girls.
She was startled, but asked calmly, "Who are these people?"
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