In name only: In the name of Zhao Mengsheng's son!

As for Hou Liangping, Lu Yike didn't even want to mention him. Gao Yuliang was thinking that since they were inviting people to dinner, they shouldn't be biased and should invite Li Kangjian and Qi Tongwei as well.

Li Kangjian is living a good life right now. He seems depressed on the surface, but he's actually incredibly happy at home. He's on official leave! His teacher invited him to dinner, so how could he refuse?

So he answered the phone and said!

"Teacher, I'll be there in a bit. Xiao Ai is also in Handong, so I'm bringing her to pay her respects!"

Zhong Xiaoai?

"Why?"

Did I say I was going? Where can I run into Zhao Zhongxin? She doesn't want to go anywhere!

Since Li Kangjian had already agreed, Zhong Xiaoai couldn't say anything!

Moreover, Li Kangjian had already told Teacher Gao that she had come to Handong, so she couldn't possibly fly back to Beijing now.

"Xiao Ai, Brother Xin is a very good person. Back then, boys would fight all the time. What boy doesn't fight and brawl when he was young? They're all competitive and fierce! Now, Brother Xin doesn't bully the Li family or the Zhong family anymore!"

Li Kangjian knew that Zhong Xiaoai had a problem with Zhao Zhongxin, so he offered some advice! He thought Zhao Zhongxin was a great guy, such a wonderful older brother!

Zhong Xiaoai didn't refute it; refutation would be useless, and she didn't want to refute it anyway. She simply didn't have a good opinion of Zhao Zhongxin.

Qi Tongwei readily agreed. He had originally planned to tell his teacher, but the teacher directly invited him to dinner, saving him from embarrassment!

Sure enough, when Qi Tongwei picked up his son Qi Wenjie and Xiao Piqiu, they went straight to Gao Yuliang's house!

Sha Ruijin also lived next door to Gao Yuliang. Looking at Gao Yuliang's small villa, which was bustling with people, he couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, they were on the same side for the time being and didn't have to fight each other. Otherwise, it would be hard to say what would happen in Handong. The power of the master and his disciples was too great!

"Teacher Wu, let me help you!"

Qi Tongwei put on the apron with a smile. He couldn't bear to see Teacher Wu cooking alone while a group of people ate. It wasn't that Zhao Zhongxin and his wife and Li Kangjian and his wife didn't want to help; it was just that their cooking was really so-so. They usually had a housekeeper to cook at home, and they rarely cooked a meal!

Zhang Wanxin was about to go help, but Wu Huifen kicked her out shortly afterward because she wasn't as efficient as her son Zhao Miao!

Wu Huifen shook her head. She was born into a wealthy family and never lifted a finger to do housework!

When Zhao Zhongxin saw Zhong Xiaoai, he greeted her with a smile!

"Long time no see, Junior Zhong! We haven't seen each other since university, have we?"

Zhong Xiaoai paused upon hearing this, and managed a weak smile.

"Yes, Senior Zhao!"

Then he stopped talking. Li Kangjian was speechless. I brought you here to get on good terms with Brother Xin and catch up. Aren't you usually very confident at home? You always do things better than me. What's wrong with you now? Did you just see Zhao Zhongxin bullying your cousin when you were little?

So what if they bullied him? If he were Zhao Zhongxin's little brother back then, he would have said something like, "Did you, Zhong Jianjun, say thank you? Did you pay for the cigarettes?"

"This must be your wife. It's our first time meeting. My name is Li Kangjian! Hello!"

Since Zhong Xiaoai is useless, Li Kangjian has to do it himself. He originally thought that Zhong Xiaoai and Zhao Zhongxin's wife should get along well so that the couple could work together, but it seems that he has to do it himself!

"Hello! Zhang Wanxin, I heard from your brother Xin that you guys were the closest of friends in college. It's a good thing I was too young, otherwise I would have come to Handong back then!"

"Zhang Wanxin? Your sister-in-law's name is also 'Xin'? Haha, it seems this marriage was arranged a long time ago. I remember your brother's name is Zhang Dongxin, right? It's true that our families have the same generational names!"

Li Kangjian already knew, but he pretended to have just discovered it!

"Yes, our two families have been on good terms for generations. My son is from the 'Shui' generation, right? His name is Zhao Miao, and my brother-in-law's son is too, his name is Zhang Cheng!"

Zhao Zhongxin spoke with a smile, then thought for a moment and added:

"Hey, Junior Zhong, why didn't you bring your child to Handong? I remember you got married young, so your child must be seventeen or eighteen by now, right?"

"No, my child is fourteen this year and will be starting high school next year. We were in a long-distance relationship back then, one of us was in Changping and the other in Miyun, so we didn't consider having a child! Yeah, Xiao Ai, why didn't you bring our son and daughter? Look how much fun we guys are having!"

Li Kangjian also asked Zhong Xiaoai a question, and Zhong Xiaoai smiled and reluctantly replied.

"I only came to see Kangjian this time; it's inconvenient to bring the child! Next time, definitely next time!"

In Zhong Xiaoai's eyes, the bully's child must also be a bully. How could she dare let her child play with him? What if he took her child and burned someone else's butt with a cigarette butt, or burned her own child's butt with a cigarette butt? She would really cry! Her child is her life!

"Sister-in-law, this is our first time meeting, isn't it? You've been in Handong for so long, and Tongwei has only brought you out once. Seeing you today, it's truly amazing! I'm always worried about bringing such a beautiful wife out!"

Zhao Zhongxin looked at Qi Tongwei's wife, Dong Ru, sitting there alone, feeling somewhat awkward. He spoke up, but as soon as he said that, he suddenly felt like he was being pricked by thorns! It was Zhang Wanxin. She was thinking, "Didn't you squeeze me dry yesterday, Zhao Zhongxin? And today you're praising someone else's wife for being pretty? Does that mean I'm not pretty? Why don't you bring me out in public?"

Honestly, Zhao Zhongxin only mentioned it because he felt it was awkward for someone to be there alone. As for whether Dong Ru was pretty? He didn't know; he was face-blind!

Zhong Xiaoai looked at Zhao Zhongxin with disdain. "You little rascal, you don't actually like other people's wives, do you? You have this weird fetish for married women, do you? Especially your good brother's wife!" But her smile quickly faded. It seemed she herself was a married woman! Her husband and Zhao Zhongxin had a good relationship. "You're not coming after me, are you, Zhao Zhongxin?"

"Brother Xin, it's impolite to compliment someone else's wife on her beauty! Look at me, I never compliment your wives on their beauty, because my wife is the most beautiful!"

Qi Tongwei also came out carrying dishes, and said with a big smile!

"Look at other people!"

Zhang Wanxin said irritably! Zhong Xiaoai also agreed with Qi Tongwei's words! How could you praise someone else's wife for being beautiful!

"Alright, alright, Teacher Gao, let's go play chess! They're all ostracizing me!"

Zhao Zhongxin was also unhappy, so he dragged Gao Yuliang to play chess! To be honest, Gao Yuliang's chess skills were about the same as Zhao Zhongxin's; both of them would take back their moves. If you said Gao Yuliang wasn't good at being a cadre and didn't deserve to be the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, he might just smile and say nothing. But if you said he couldn't play chess, he'd have to debate with you, and maybe even have a free-for-all afterward! Gao Yuliang loved working out; he was all muscle. Frankly, among the people in the provincial party committee, except for Zhao Zhongxin, Gao Yuliang wouldn't be afraid of anyone in a one-on-one fight!

Whether it's dead muscle or not, come and try it if you dare!

(This is the second chapter today. Please give me some encouragement, godfathers!)