chapter 74

Li Qian was now the assistant manager of the housekeeping department, so she didn’t need to serve the dishes herself. But Ji Xiaoli was not only her high school classmate, but also knew her boss.

Ji Xiaoli was Qin Zhenyang’s wife. Qin Zhenyang was a good friend of her boss Wei Lin. Therefore, she needed to please Ji Xiaoli, so that Wei Lin might treat her differently.

Wei Lin also knew that Li Qian was a smart person… But he knew there were a lot of such women in society. After all, he was a businessman, and he only cared about how to make profits. It was a piece of cake for him to let Li Qian serve as the deputy manager. In fact, out of respect for Ji Xiaoli, he would do so.

Ji Xiaoli also saw Li Qian. Although she was very grateful to Li Qian, she was not willing to let others take advantage of her. So she just nodded to Li Qian, and then she followed Qin Zhenyang in.

“Do you perceive that she has changed?” Looking at his wife, Qin Zhenyang asked casually.

Ji Xiaoli nodded and said with a smile, “Yes. She is tactful, but people always change in society. In fact, I have been changing… She helped me last time, and now she’s promoted. I don’t owe her any more.”

The two of them continued to talk for a while, and then all of them arrived. In addition to Wei Lin and Qi family’s two young masters, Tao Xiaoning and Luo Xia also came.

Several of them were very good friends of Qin Zhenyang.

Ji Xiaoli had never seen Luo Xia before. But Luo Xia had seen Ji Xiaoli at that engagement banquet. Compared with her sister, Luo Xia still preferred Ji Xiaoli. In addition, Luo Xia had always regarded Qin Zhenyang as a good friend. Therefore, after seeing Ji Xiaoli, Luo Xia greeted her cordially.

Qin Zhenyang introduced Qi family’s two young masters and Luo Xia to Ji Xiaoli.

“The white monkey with glasses is Qi Jinyun, the eldest young master of the Qi family. The black monkey in camouflage suit next to him is Qi Jindong, the third young master of Qi family. The beauty sitting next to you is Luo Xia. Did you say you wanted to meet the women in the army? Luo Xia is definitely a tough girl.” Qin Zhenyang introduced them vividly.

After listening to Qin Zhenyang’s words, Qi Jindong was not happy. He frowned and protested loudly, “Third brother, what you said is not accurate. Why are all of us in Qi family monkeys? If so, will my father be the monkey king?”

After he finished speaking, Qi Jinyun patted him on the head, “What monkey king? If our dad hears what you say, he’ll beat you up.”

Ji Xiaoli thought the brothers were funny. The elder brother was very gentle, but the third younger brother’s skin was dark, and he wore a camouflage suit, like a military ruffian.

But the two brothers were related by blood. Qi Jindong was only 21 years old this year, but he looked like a man in his late thirties. He was tall and strong, and his height was almost one meter nine. All the people in the Qi family were in politics, but only Qi Jindong joined the army.

If Qi Jindong was a politician, his height would frighten a lot of people. So according to his physique, he had better go to the army.

After listening to his brother’s words, Qi Jindong chuckled with sincerity, ‘My brother is considered a shrewd man in the family. I must have said something wrong just now.”

Both brothers were secretly observing the woman beside Qin Zhenyang, ‘Although she is beautiful, she looks no different from those women who come from art colleges. But why does Qin Zhenyang fall in love with this woman?’

The two brothers didn’t understand why Qin Zhenyang did this. Sometimes Wei Lin didn’t understand why Qin Zhenyang did so. But they also knew that they just needed to please Qin Zhenyang’s woman.

As for Luo Xia…

After seeing Luo Xia, Ji Xiaoli felt that she was a very powerful woman. But in the face of Ji Xiaoli, Luoxia had become a kind elder sister. She winked at Ji Xiaoli, “Hello, Xiaoli.”

It was easy for women to have a common topic. Even if Qin Zhenyang did not guide them to communicate with each other, they would soon find common topics. Ji Xiaoli worshiped soldiers very much. But she hardly ever met a woman soldier. After seeing Luo Xia, she was full of respect for the female soldier.

“Sister Luo, why did you want to be a soldier? Soldiers are very hard. In the army, men even collapse. You must be excellent!” Ji Xiaoli praised Luo Xia unreservedly.

After listening to Ji Xiaoli’s words, Qin Zhenyang couldn’t help laughing, and he said with a smile, “So she can be called a tough girl. Luo Xia was very good at fistfight in the barracks. And she’s a black belt in Taekwondo. Didn’t you say you wanted to practice Taekwondo? If you want to learn Taekwondo, you can ask her about it.”

Luo Xia was actually the daughter of a wealthy family, but her parents divorced very early. Then her father married an actress. Her mother also went to other cities. After that, she seldom contacted her mother… Luo Xia had not been a coward since childhood. When her father arranged for her to study abroad, she did not obey her father’s arrangement. She went straight to the army after graduating from high school. After that, through her unremitting efforts, she entered the special forces.

She never wanted to rely on others, and she was very good in the army. Having teammates and friends in the army was much better than being at home. Now she was married, but she would often recall the days in the barracks.

Luo Xia and Ji Xiaoli had the same experience, so they had a very harmonious conversation. Although Luo Xia’s parents did not care about her, they would not hurt her. And she never wanted to fight for family property. So her stepmother didn’t want to hurt her. Ji Xiaoli’s situation seemed to be more difficult.

After listening to Qin Zhenyang’s words, Luo Xia said with a smile, “I don’t usually like socializing. If you want to learn Taekwondo, you can contact me at any time… Women don’t need to build muscles, but it’s good for women to have a little bit of self-defense.”

Ji Xiaoli nodded happily. And she saved Luo Xia’s phone number in her mobile phone.

Tao Xiaoning couldn’t help sighing, “Our sister-in-law looks very weak now. If she practices Taekwondo with sister Luo, then we will not be her opponents.”

In Tao Xiaoning’s idea, women should be gentle. Tao Xiaoning thought that he must find a gentle and virtuous wife in the future.

Luo Xia took a look at Tao Xiaoning, “Xiaoning, you look so weak. I think any strong woman can beat you.”

The detested Tao Xiaoning felt speechless. And Wei Lin, who was sitting on the side, couldn’t help sniffing, ‘I still have to be more tolerant of women in the future…’

“Are you really married?” Qi Jinyun quietly asked Qin Zhenyang, and he flashed a meaningful look.

Qin Zhenyang nodded and said, “Can such a thing be false? I’m almost thirty-five. I have finally gotten a wife now. You must go to my wedding ceremony.”

Qi Jinyun said with a smile, “Of course. To my surprise, you get married so soon. You didn’t even have a girlfriend before. You got married so fast.”

After listening to Qi Jinyun’s words, Qin Zhenyang said with a smile, “You are three months older than me. I’m getting married. When will you get married? Are you really going to be single all your life?”

Qi Jinyun had a very good background, and he worked in the political commissar. There were a lot of famous ladies who wanted to marry him. But he didn’t like these women.

“I’d love to get married. But I can’t hurt these innocent girls. Zhenyang, to tell you the truth, I was born with no interest in women. I haven’t told anyone about these things. I keep these words in my heart, so I feel very depressed… Marriage means nothing to me.” Qi Jinyun took a sip of wine and said painfully.

After listening to Qi Jinyun’s words, Qin Zhenyang was shocked. He said quickly, “I have encountered this kind of person in the army before. But it doesn’t seem to be born. You can try to fall in love with a woman. At that time you may have sexual desire for women.”

“There are such people in the army. Zhenyang, I don’t dare to tell my parents about it. Now I work at the political commissar. After a while, it seems that I will be transferred. If it is exposed, it will have a bad impact on our family. But I’m really unlikely to get married in the future…”

“But it seems unreasonable that you never get married.”

Qi Jinyun shrugged and said, “You are right. When Jindong gets married in two or three years, I will confess to my parents. If they still ask me to marry a wife, I will marry Lin family’s daughter. I heard she is a lesbian…”

This was called marriage of convenience.

Qin Zhenyang had never heard of this word. But he also understood the meaning of the word. Although he had some difficulties in accepting the fact that his best friend was a gay. However, since this was the case, he could only bless Qi Jinyun, ‘After all, homosexuality is just one of many sexual orientations.’

“I thought you would be surprised. To my surprise, you are calm.” Qi Jinyun said with a smile.

“Ha-ha. I’m on your side. You’ve been hiding it for years. At the beginning, I thought that the relationship between you and Cheng Cheng was unusual. I thought you were very good friends. What I didn’t expect is that… Is Cheng Cheng still working in that hospital?”

Qi Jinyun nodded, “Yes, he and Xiaoning work in the same hospital. Xiaoning is in the internal medicine department, and he is a doctor in pediatrics.”

Qin Zhenyang rubbed his head and said in a meaningful way, “You and he should be careful. Don’t let Xiaoning find out about you. Xiaoning may not be able to accept homosexuality.”

Qi Jinyun nodded. He and Cheng Cheng had been doing a good job of confidentiality. So far, their family and friends had been unaware of it. But he seemed to vent his repressed emotions today. Then his mood seemed to be relieved, and he was much more relaxed.

It was a little party for them to have dinner together tonight.

Each of them had a little wine. Ji Xiaoli drank red wine. They were chatting and drinking. The two women were so happy to chat with each other that they drank a lot of wine…

Men drank more wine than women. Qin Zhenyang was drunk, too.

He couldn’t help getting a little excited when he saw his ruddy wife. He looked at his watch. It was half past ten.

Wei Lin drank less than anyone else. So he didn’t seem to be drunk, “If we drink here again, I’m afraid we’ll sleep here today.”

“Wei Lin, I’ll sleep here today.” Qi Jindong was the youngest, and he was also drunk. He even wanted to stand on the table and sing. He had a big voice.

Qi Jinyun patted his brother on the head in silence. Qi Jindong just kept quiet.

“Luo Xia, how do you go home?”

“I’m fine. The driver is waiting for me now.”

Tao Xiaoning might sleep here again today. After he was drunk, he lay directly on the table.

Qin Zhenyang drunk wine, but he was still sober. But Ji Xiaoli was drunk. She smiled shyly when she saw people.

This excited Qin Zhenyang. He wanted to sleep with his wife right now.

To his surprise, his wife put her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss on the mouth.