Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 230 Smuggling
Audiences who have watched the TV series "Love in the Courtyard" and are familiar with Lao Li's temperament know that Li Huaide is a well-known person who is particular about details.

He is also praised by many netizens as a model of how money can really get things done!

Even, you don't need to be rich, as long as you have a skill that Old Li can use, he will accommodate you.

Regarding this point, the best example is the original drama where He Yuzhu lost his temper for the young widow Qin Huairu and beat up Li Huaide, but he was still able to live well and was even promoted to canteen director.

(Whether it was Li Huaide who promoted him is unknown, and the TV series does not explicitly state this. However, Li Huaide did not give him any trouble afterwards, and he even said that as long as he could be of use to him, he would let He Yuzhu be the canteen director.)
Therefore, although Lao Li looked down on Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru, the fake sisters, from the bottom of his heart.

They even had complaints about Chen Xueru, who dared to openly mix with the Russian diplomatic attaché and engage in smuggling.

But just because the two of them have a pretty good relationship with Ximen Lang and are not completely worthless, he is willing to look upon them with a higher regard.

He even gave some advice to Chen Xueru, who had already stepped into the abyss and was almost dying of anxiety, and created a good relationship with her.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Chen Xueru still has a bottom line. She will not seek death by shipping everything back, which will cross the bottom line and harm the Chinese people.

Otherwise, even if she was as close as Ximen Lang, he would never pay attention to her and get into trouble.

Not to mention, Ximen Lang is far more principled and has much more bottom lines than any of them imagined.

Therefore, seeing that Chen Xueru was not hopelessly stupid, Li Huaide said something before leaving.

"I see that Shopkeeper Chen has been looking at Brother Ximen for a long time, hesitant to speak. What difficulties does Shopkeeper Chen want to discuss with Brother Ximen?"

After Li Huaide said this, Ximen Lang also looked at Chen Xueru curiously.

After seeing Chen Xueru being pointed out by Li Huaide, a look of panic appeared on her face.

Ximen Lang asked curiously.

"Are you having difficulties? Just tell me what your difficulties are. Brother Li is here too, so just tell me what you have to say. As long as it doesn't violate the principles and doesn't touch the bottom line."

Thinking that he didn't want anything in the afterlife, he only thought about himself and threw himself at Xia Yiyi.

I’m afraid Chen Xueru is the same.

Halfway through his words, Ximen Lang changed his tone.

"Let me make this clear first. I'm getting married soon. If you have any relationship problems, don't look for me. Look for..."

Glancing at Li Huaide, who was not picky about food, Ximen Lang winked.

"Look for Brother Li. He has more experience in this area."

Li Huaide, who was just joking, directly expressed his strong protest.

It turns out that such a super rich son-in-law is not something she can dream of.

Even though Chen Xueru had already prepared herself for this, she knew very well that it was impossible for anything to happen between them.

But when she really heard the news that Ximen Lang was about to get married, she couldn't help feeling a little lost.

But this little disappointment was nothing compared to the fear of having all my little tricks completely discovered and being shot at.
That's totally not worth mentioning.

Therefore, seeing that Li Huaide didn't say anything, he directly pointed out his little thoughts.

A huge fear instantly engulfed Chen Xueru.

Chen Xueru, who was filled with fear, subconsciously denied everything and the fact that she was in trouble.

But before Chen Xueru could speak, a strong hand pressed directly on her arm.

Xu Huizhen, who had long known that Chen Xueru had issues and was even more worried that this fake sister would miss out on this precious opportunity, initially followed Ximen Lang's lead and made a joke. "She'd like to, but she'd have to be worthy. With a whole family to support, which young man would be interested in her?"

Stabilized the situation.

Then, while pinching Chen Xueru's arm and telling her not to do anything stupid at this critical moment, Xu Huizhen spoke earnestly.

"Just say whatever you want to say. Brother Lang and Brother Li are not outsiders. Didn't you hear Brother Lang say that as long as it doesn't violate the principles and doesn't cross the bottom line, it's not a big deal. Come on, speak up."

With Xu Huizhen's encouragement and urging, Chen Xueru finally stopped resisting.

Then, I can really let go.

Chen Xueru made up her mind and knelt down on the ground in front of Ximen Lang with a thud.

Ximen Lang was frightened and quickly grabbed him.

"What's this for? If you have something to say, just say it. What's this for?"

Finally, under everyone's persuasion, Chen Xueru told the story of how she got to know the Russian military attaché and how she got involved with the Russian military attaché's girlfriend to engage in smuggling together.

In the backyard of the tavern, Ximen Lang listened to everything Chen Xueru said and didn't say anything for a long time.

He didn't say anything, and it was even less likely that others would speak nonsense at this critical juncture.

In this silence, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, there was silence for a long time.

Ximen Lang finally spoke.

"Chen Xueru, you're so smart, you know what the military attachés of embassies abroad do, don't you?"

"It's okay if you don't know. I'll tell you. Military attachés stationed abroad are diplomatic representatives of a country's armed forces and military assistants to the embassy chief. Their basic mission is to engage in military diplomacy and military intelligence work!"

"To put it bluntly, he's the head of the intelligence and spies! You can't even hide from people like him! And you're actually mixing with them! And even engaging in smuggling!"

"Chen Xueru, you're really good! You're really good!"

This is exactly the fundamental reason why Ximen Lang thinks that The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate is a bad drama.

Because anyone with a bit of common sense would definitely stay away from such people and would never pay any attention to them if possible! (Except for those in our own country, we are all honest people.)
As a result, she not only became friends with people, but also started business with them.

What Ximen Lang couldn't understand the most was that such a big business had not been discovered by anyone.

How could this not make Ximen Lang feel magical?
"But I never provided them with any intelligence! I also didn't bring in any contraband! All I brought in were daily necessities, food and cloth that were urgently needed in the market. There wasn't a single thing that was taboo."

As he was speaking, the tightly closed back door was suddenly pushed open.

Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Bai Ling, who had rushed from the steel mill, finally arrived and strode into the middle of the crowd.

He first looked at Ximen Lang, whose face was full of surprise, and sighed.

"You're really good at stirring up trouble. You can't keep an eye on someone and you make big news for me."

Ximen Lang didn't know what to say.

Then, Bai Ling spoke rudely to Chen Xueru, whose face was filled with fear.

"Nonsense! If you really dared to bring in contraband and pass on information to him, we would have arrested you long ago. How could we have let you go until now?!"

(End of this chapter)