It wasn't until this moment that Luo Yunqiao realized her true feelings towards Xu Zhuohua. She had never considered Xu Zhuohua a rival in love, believing that she could make Xu Zhuohua disappear again with a flick of her finger.
But she never did it, simply because she disdained it.
Things took an unexpected turn; she still couldn't understand why Cheng Muyun was so infatuated with Xu Zhuohua.
She now understood that Xu Zhuohua did indeed possess a captivating charm.
She has a fatal attraction to those around her.
She truly treated everyone equally.
Her thinking seemed to transcend romantic love, surpassing that of all women of this era, and even many educated men.
Her focus is on the well-being of the people and the world, not on personal relationships or trivial family matters.
Compared to him, Luo Yunqiao couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself.
Xu Zhuohua rolled her eyes at Xu Jixin. "Second brother, why don't you just tell me all my embarrassing stories? Is participating in a parade something to be proud of?"
"Of course!" Xu Jixin casually put his hand on Xu Zhuohua's shoulder and hugged her tightly. "You are the bravest person in our family. Back then, I wanted to participate in the parade, but my eldest brother made me kneel in the ancestral hall. After that, I never dared to think about it again."
Cheng Muyun grabbed Xu Jixin's hand and flung it away. Xu Zhuohua's shoulder felt light and heavy again as Cheng Muyun's hand came up to him.
"Although you are my brother-in-law, please do not come near me."
Xu Jixin immediately chimed in, "Wow—you two newcomers, are you declaring your ownership over me? Young Marshal Cheng, Zhuohua is a member of the Xu family, and she even bears the surname Xu!"
As he spoke, Xu Jixin pulled the chair that Xu Zhuohua was sitting in closer to him.
Not wanting to be outdone, Cheng Muyun grabbed the other handrail and pulled himself and the chair back.
Xu Jixin grabbed it with both hands and pulled it back.
The two pulled and tugged at each other, neither willing to give way.
Men's childlike competitive spirit comes about in strange ways.
Xu Zhuohua was shaken so much that she couldn't sit still. She noticed that Cheng Muyun's shoulder was injured and that she was a little outmatched by Xu Jixin, a weak scholar.
Just as she was about to stand up, someone suddenly exerted force, and Xu Zhuohua fell off the bench and landed on the ground...
"Ouch!" Xu Zhuohua plopped down on the ground, somewhat exasperated.
It was freezing cold, and the ground was so hard that Xu Zhuohua cried out in pain from his buttocks.
Cheng Muyun and Xu Jixin were stunned, and Xinghua immediately came over to help Xu Zhuohua up.
Everyone in the courtyard saw it. Xu Zhuohua blushed with embarrassment and grabbed Xinghua's hand, saying, "I'm really speechless. What are you two young masters doing?!"
Xu Jixin touched the tip of his nose. "Uh... I'm full. I'll go arrange the arms deal first."
Chen Sihai caught up with Xu Jixin and helped him up. Together, the three of them walked quite fast.
Xu Zhuohua looked at Cheng Muyun, her eyes filled with helplessness.
Cheng Muyun patted Zhang Qi, who was frantically eating dumplings, and said, "Come on, let's go too."
After saying that, he pulled Zhang Qi to stand up. There was still half a dumpling on Zhang Qi's chopsticks. Cheng Muyun kissed Xu Zhuohua on the cheek, then turned and left.
Chen Hede also stood up, "I'll go take a look."
Before leaving, he patted Liang Shaozun on the shoulder. Liang Shaozun immediately understood, stood up, nodded, and left as well.
The table, which had been bustling just moments before, suddenly became deserted, with only three women remaining.
Luo Yunqiao also stood up, "Now that the route is passable, I should take stock of the Luo family's goods."
Luo Yunqiao left, and Xu Zhuohua grabbed Xinghua's hand, "You're not in trouble too, are you?"
It seems like everyone else has something important to do, but I'm the only one with nothing to do.
Xu Zhuohua cannot accept this!
Xinghua smiled at Xu Zhuohua, "I'm fine, Miss."
Xu Zhuohua breathed a sigh of relief, then thought of something else, "Xinghua, you're working under Chen Hede now, what does he ask you to do?"
Xinghua smiled and said, "At first, Deputy Director Chen wouldn't let me do anything. I felt that was wrong, so I said that I had learned a lot from Miss. Then he started to have me do some simple things."
Xu Zhuohua asked, "Then how did you get here?"
If it were a simple matter, there would be no way to ask Xinghua to do these things. It would be good to have Xinghua as an informant at the Paramount.
Tiger Wolf Mountain, and the Japanese, it's a bit dangerous. Xinghua is definitely not a suitable place to come.
Xinghua scratched her head. "Deputy Director Chen said there's something wrong with the Luo family's shipment, and he told me to get on Miss Luo's good side so he can investigate something."
"Investigate what?"
Xu Zhuohua felt a chill run down her spine. Chen Hede was a man who would never take a wrong step, and he would never do a business that would lose money.
The fact that they went to such great lengths to come to Tiger Wolf Mountain and bring Xinghua here suggests there's an even bigger conspiracy at play.
“I’m not quite sure either, it seems to be related to people in higher positions,” Xinghua said in a low voice, “It’s embezzlement.”
Xu Zhuohua suddenly opened her eyes wide.
No wonder Cheng Muyun didn't object to Luo Yunqiao's closeness; there's definitely something going on between him and Chen Hede.
The person in charge who could get Chairman Luo of the Chamber of Commerce involved in smuggling must be incredibly powerful.
Are they going to use the Luo family's goods as a clue to investigate further upstream?
That's too dangerous.
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