Chapter 72

(Doctor's advice, no more than four hours in front of the computer each day. Damn, I'm in the new book period! Eye lid blood vessel blockage, sounds pretty scary. Everyone, remember to bookmark the book when you read. If you have recommendation tickets, throw a few to Chen Guang, please!)

"Good kid, you're quite the lucky one, aren't you!"

That evening, when Cao Junwei personally came to the military guesthouse to pick up Xu Junran and Lin Yuqing, he couldn't help but tease them when he saw Lin Yuqing casually holding Xu Junran's arm.

In the car, there was another young man about Cao Junwei's age, who also laughed upon hearing this.

Xu Junran's face turned slightly red, as he was still not used to this. He said helplessly, "Big Brother Wei, can you not do that?"

But in his heart, he secretly thought, maybe in a few years, you won't let me call you Big Brother Wei anymore.

Cao Junwei, who had been out in the world for so long, could naturally tell that something had happened between Xu Junran and Lin Yuqing. Their relationship had become much closer than it was when he saw them yesterday. That kind of intimacy only exists between a man and a woman after a certain level of physical closeness.

Unlike girls from big cities who are somewhat reserved, Lin Yuqing, born in a small county, thought very simply. She had given her purity to Xu Junran, and her heart was now entirely his. From now on, this man would be everything to her, and everything she did would revolve around him.

Moreover, she felt a bit inferior inside. After all, she was six years older than Xu Junran, which in the countryside was absolutely impossible for a relationship.

While there is a saying that a woman three years older is like holding a golden brick, being six years older was a bit too much.

Both Lin Yuqing and Xu Junran were well aware that the gap between them was too large. Even if they could keep fighting, if love were a big ship, this ship would be carrying too many people. Lin Yuqing couldn't move the giant anchor on the ship, and Xu Junran couldn't stop the gate at the port from slowly rising. Given this, they had only one choice.

"Let's go, to Juyou Restaurant, my treat," Cao Junwei said with a smile to Xu Junran and Lin Yuqing.

Xu Junran smiled and nodded, "Alright, today I'll enjoy your generosity."

After Xu Junran and Lin Yuqing got in the car, Cao Junwei pointed to the man in the passenger seat and said, "This is Chen Hongtao, my childhood friend, the fourth son of Minister Chen from the Ministry of Railways. Just call him Brother Chen."

Then, he pointed to Xu Junran and Lin Yuqing and said to Chen Hongtao, "This is the youngest in our dorm, my brother Xu Junran, and this is my sister-in-law Lin Yuqing."

Chen Hongtao, who could play with Cao Junwei, was naturally also a well-known figure in the capital. He smiled and said, "Since we're family, no need to be formal. If you ever come to the capital, just let me know."

Xu Junran smiled and nodded, "I'll definitely trouble Brother Chen."

The car moved forward. At this time, the traffic in the capital was not as crazy as it would be later. There was no congestion within the Third Ring Road, and there were not many cars on the streets.

"Junran, I heard from Wei that you want to start a company?" Chen Hongtao asked casually from the car. He had already heard about this from Cao Junwei that morning, as it was a task assigned by Cao Junming. Cao Junwei, though a bit of a playboy, was deeply afraid of his older brother.

Chen Hongtao naturally knew that someone who could get Cao Junming to personally speak up was not someone to be taken lightly.

The current situation in the capital was a confrontation between the conservative forces and the reformists, and the old man of the Chen family was naturally on the side of the Cao family.

Regardless of this relationship, everyone knew that the second generation of the Huang family, Huang Ziqi and Huang Zixuan, together, could hardly match the Cao family's Cao Junming.

After all, Cao Junming had been praised by the first generation of great leaders. When he was only a teenager, people predicted that this child would become a pillar of the nation.

In the current capital, the most famous second-generation red offspring was not Huang Ziqi, the organization minister in Quanzhou, nor Huang Zixuan in the Central Propaganda Department, nor the other children who had already taken important positions in the capital or elsewhere. Instead, it was Cao Junming, who was content to be a teacher at Jinghua University. Everyone knew that the old man of the Cao family's chief advisor was his eldest son, and as one of the "literary pens" of the reformist forces, Cao Junming's entry into politics was just a matter of time.

Once this eldest son of the Cao family officially came out, it would truly be a time of great change!

So, when Cao Junwei said that his older brother had asked him to invite Chen Hongtao to help Xu Junran, Chen Hongtao's first reaction was that he finally had a chance to connect with the Cao family's eldest son.

Before coming here, he had already made up his mind. Even if it wasn't about reselling railway supplies, he would help Xu Junran arrange for his relatives to join the Ministry of Railways.

After all, if he could get the Cao family's eldest son to owe him a favor through this matter, it would be more important to Chen Hongtao than anything else.

Even among the children of officials, there were different levels.

Chen Hongtao and Cao Junwei belonged to the type who indulged in drinking, playing, and doing business. Cao Junming, on the other hand, was destined to stand at the pinnacle of power in China, looking down on the world.

Chen Hongtao didn't pay too much attention to Xu Junran, thinking he was just a small brother of the Cao family's eldest son.

Xu Junran, of course, didn't know what Chen Hongtao was thinking. He had no impression of this person. In his previous life, he wasn't a god; he couldn't remember all the important figures. He could only remember some major events in China because his adoptive father was the director of the Policy Research Office and often made him read policy documents. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known about policy changes.

Hearing Chen Hongtao's question, Xu Junran smiled and said lightly, "Brother Chen, you're too kind. It's not that I want to start a company. Our commune wants to organize a construction team to take the villagers who know masonry work to Pengfei City to do some projects."

Chen Hongtao was taken aback, not expecting that Xu Junran wasn't planning to start his own business.

In this era, most people who started their own businesses relied on connections or had some way in. Someone with Xu Junran's idea was rare.

"You have a good idea. I'll definitely help you with this," Chen Hongtao said with a smile.

Xu Junran thanked him with a smile, but in his heart, he knew that Chen Hongtao was probably doing this for Cao Junming's sake.

However, Xu Junran didn't mind this. No one could help a stranger at first sight. Relationships were like this; they needed to go through some events to become closer. Whether Chen Hongtao was helping out of respect for Cao Junming or genuinely wanted to help, Xu Junran had a way to bind him to his cause.

It was simple: just tie Chen Hongtao's interests to his own.

The car soon arrived at the entrance of Juyou Restaurant, one of the best restaurants in the capital. It was dinnertime, and the parking lot was full of cars. Cao Junwei had to find a spot to park, while Xu Junran and Lin Yuqing got out of the car with Chen Hongtao. The three of them didn't go inside but waited at the entrance for Cao Junwei.

Xu Junran chatted politely with Chen Hongtao, while Lin Yuqing, bored, looked around.

Suddenly, Lin Yuqing tightened her grip on Xu Junran's arm and exclaimed, "Those people don't seem right!"

Following Lin Yuqing's finger, Xu Junran's face turned grim.