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"Son, your dad is still being watched by spies. Your uncle will arrange a car and security personnel to take you back later."

"Once we get to our hometown, they will be waiting nearby. If you need anything or want to go out, just give them a call."

On the third day, Lin Dong arranged a time to return to his hometown. Zhang Xiali called early in the morning to confirm the situation and told Lin Dong the general details.

Although the Lin family was already wealthy, Zhang Xiali didn't have any of the typical mindset of a rich man's wife.

Every day, I still go to work, come home, buy groceries, and cook, just like always. In my spare time, I go for walks with Lin Weiliang and play mahjong with Zhou Xiaoyan and the others.

But now her son is taking a group of classmates back to his hometown for a visit, and she can still manage the scale and expenses.

After all, it's impossible for a group of teenagers who are old enough to eat their fathers out of house and back to their hometown, leaving two elderly people to do all the work.

"Understood." Lin Dong nodded.

"Xiao Dong."

Just then, Lin Weiliang, while eating breakfast, seemed to remember something and looked up to ask, "Zihua, aren't you coming along to play?"

"He took the college entrance exam this year, and after filling out his application a couple of days ago, he went back to his hometown to see his grandparents."

Lin Dong paused for a moment and then said, "His grandparents probably know about Uncle Zhang's situation."

Because he skipped a grade early, Zhang Zihua saw him less often on his way to and from school, but they still met and kept in touch during holidays, so their relationship didn't become estranged much.

Of course, what impressed Lin Dong the most was his previous life.

He and Xu Qingling were planning to buy a house, but he didn't want to use Xu Ziming's housing provident fund. Zhang Zihua had just graduated and joined Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, and within two years he was promoted to a core position. When he learned about this, he transferred 300,000 yuan to Xu Ziming without hesitation...

"Even the development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs and satellites resulted in a letter. After so many years, the old man isn't stupid; he must know by now."

Lin Weiliang wasn't too surprised and nodded, asking, "Where did Zihua apply to for university?"

"Northwestern Polytechnical University, Aircraft Design and Engineering... Just one choice, but my score is fine," Lin Dong said earnestly.

"Northwestern Polytechnical University, aircraft..."

Lin Weiliang's expression froze, and after a long silence, he sighed, "This child has stepped into his father's shadow."

"Alright, let's not talk about these things now that our son is leaving..."

Zhang Xiali chimed in, handing Lin Dong a bag: "Take this back to your grandparents. It's almost time to go down; the car is already waiting at the door."

"Okay, Mom and Dad, I'm going out."

Lin Dong took the bag, slung it over his shoulder, opened the door, and went downstairs. At the same time, he took out his phone and sent a message in the group chat.

The car has arrived at the door; let's go!

[Li Tao]: Getting ready to go downstairs!

[Su Yue]: Let's go! Let's go!

[Huang Qingyao]: Xia Ran and I have arrived at the door. Lin Dong, guess who the driver is?

……

Soon after, responses began to appear in the group chat.

Lin Dong looked at these messages and had just walked downstairs when a voice sounded beside him.

"Dongdong!"

Xu Qingling walked over, pulling a suitcase, her face beaming with happiness.

A new summer dress, the hem of which falls below the knee, revealing two sections of fair, slender, and shapely calves, and she is wearing a pair of ASICS running shoes.

She had a thin fringe cut, and the rest of her hair was tied into a low ponytail and gathered behind her back, with the ends of her hair almost touching her waist. She looked youthful and energetic.

"A new dress? And she got a haircut yesterday?" Lin Dong glanced at her and immediately noticed the change in Xu Qingling today.

"Uh-huh."

Xu Qingling said happily, "I went shopping with my mom yesterday and bought a few clothes. I also got my bangs trimmed and cut off a tiny bit of the split ends. Just a tiny bit."

"It's very beautiful."

Lin Dong smiled, took Xu Qingling's hand, and the two walked outside. He asked, "Huang Qingyao said in the group chat, 'Guess who the driver is...' What's going on? Does she have a relative working at Xingdong Company?"

"I don't know either, maybe it's someone else we both know," Xu Qingling replied with a smile, and the two walked hand in hand to the entrance of the residential area.

When they saw Xia Ran and Huang Qingyao, one wearing a skirt and the other wearing sportswear, along with two special commercial vehicles specially made by Xingdong Company to transport customers of aerial drones, the two drivers of the first vehicle looked at each other and were stunned.

"Uncle Qi Jingchuan?"

Lin Dong stepped forward, looked at Qi Jingchuan, who stood tall beside the vehicle wearing Xingdong Company's work uniform, and asked curiously, "Have you retired?"

"Student Lin, Student Xu..."

Qi Jingchuan instinctively wanted to salute, but stopped halfway through the movement, smiled and explained, "There have been reforms in recent years, and I retired last year when I was almost old enough."

He was to be reassigned to his hometown after his military service, but his wife worked in Chengdu and his child was in high school there. In addition, he was not very comfortable with working in the local area.

Just then, Xingdong Company was recruiting to establish a security department, and Chief Engineer Lin helped introduce me to a job. I chose to join Xingdong Company's security department after being discharged from the military, so I could spend more time with my family. I also adapted well to the military-style management atmosphere.

"We don't need to go abroad, right?" Lin Dong asked.

Many people find it difficult to adjust to military life after joining the army, but for someone like Qi Jingchuan, who has been fighting in the military for nearly twenty years, leaving the military is even more difficult.

Choosing to work in the security department of Xingdong Company would allow me to adapt better to military-style management. The only downside is that I might have to go abroad, which carries a certain degree of risk.

"No need. Xingdong has now become a conglomerate, but apart from new energy and AI industries, everything else overseas is a one-off transaction, and we don't provide after-sales service for the time being."

Qi Jingchuan shook his head: "If it really comes to going abroad, I'm too old to make arrangements. Let other more motivated young people do it."

Over the past few years, Xingdong Company has already completed its group-based development.

New energy vehicles, power batteries + green energy storage, mechanical dogs, drones, AI chips, large AI models, pet robots, and a camel-themed sci-fi city project, among others.

There are also foreign aerial drones, foreign-made robotic pet dogs, etc., all of which have established different companies according to different businesses and markets.

The security department is now a full-time security company, not a subsidiary of any other company.

"That works. It's a one-time transaction, which saves a lot of trouble." Lin Dong didn't know much about Xingdong Company, but he nodded in agreement when he heard this.

Without after-sales service, the desert aerial photography is entirely a personal activity and has no connection with Xingdong Company.

After all, I'm just a drone seller. Who knew that after buying the drone, the customer would replace the camera themselves...

"Lin Dong, we're here! Let's go!"

Lin Dong chatted for a few minutes when a cheer erupted from the neighborhood, and Su Yue, Li Tao, and the other few people ran out one after another.

"Uncle Qi, let's go."

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lin Dong spoke to Qi Jingchuan.

"good!"

Qi Jingchuan nodded, helped put everyone's backpacks and suitcases at the back, and called out to them.

The four drivers, who were also security personnel, got into the driver's and passenger's seats of the two cars. Lin Dong and his group split into two groups and got into the two cars.

Huang Qingyao, Xu Qingling, Lin Dong, and Xia Ran shared one car, while Jiang Caiping, Zhang Yihao, Li Tao, and Su Yue shared another. Including the two drivers, the seven-seater minivan was quite spacious.

I had just sat down and fastened my seatbelt when a message popped up in the group chat.

[Su Yue]: Huang Qingyao, why did you abandon me and ride in the same car with Lin Dong? @Huang Qingyao

[Huang Qingyao]: Did I abandon you? If I go to your car, either Li Tao or Zhang Yihao will have to come and sit with Lin Dong. Who should come?

[Huang Qingyao]: I also brought some nut cookies, which I planned to eat in the car, but you ate them all while we were sitting together.

[Su Yue]: Waaaaah, I want nuts...

[Huang Qingyao]: No.

Huang Qingyao replied to Su Yue's message and took out several packets of pistachios, melon seeds, and biscuits from her bag.

He tossed a bag of sunflower seeds to Lin Dong, then ate pistachios and biscuits with Xia Ran and Xu Qingling.

"Wow, that's rare..."

Lin Dong caught the sunflower seeds with one hand and exclaimed in surprise, "I can get sunflower seeds without having to extort them!"

"Consider this a reward for eating at a big restaurant. When we get to your hometown, there won't be a Manchu Han Imperial Feast. You'll have to figure it out yourself."

Huang Qingyao made a casual remark and then turned to chat with Xu Qingling and Xia Ran, who were sitting in the back row.

I could hear the three girls behind me chattering away.

Lin Dong shook his head, opened a melon seed box, looked out the window at the scenery, and leisurely began to eat.

soon.

Two commercial vehicles drove out of the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) base, where two security vehicles waiting at the intersection picked them up one after the other, forming a convoy that headed east towards Lezhi County.

Because they set off relatively late, around 11 a.m., the convoy reached the national highway outside Lezhi County, Ziyang, then turned in another direction and drove into one of the towns.

"Lin, we've arrived... Give me a call if you need to go out or need anything."

Around noon, Qi Jingchuan parked the car in front of Lin Dong's old home, turned around and said something. The security guard in the passenger seat opened the door and got out to help him take things.

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Qi."

Lin Dong nodded, opened the car door, and jumped out.

They didn't ask Qi Jingchuan and the others where they were waiting, because while the spies were conducting a full investigation into Lin Weiliang's information, Xingdong Company had arranged manpower and a base in their hometown, near their grandparents' house.

"Xiao Dong is back?"

Just then, a shout rang out from the side, and Lin Dong's grandfather, Lin Chong'an, and grandmother, He Yin, came out of the house upon hearing the sound of the vehicle.

"Grandpa, Grandma," Lin Dong hurriedly went to greet them.

"Why!"

He Yin responded, but ignored Lin Dong and instead looked at the girls Huang Qingyao, Xia Ran, Xu Qingling, Su Yue and others who got out of the two cars.

Their eyes met, and he lingered on Xia Ran for a moment, but quickly recognized Xu Qingling. He walked past Lin Dong and strode over, taking her hand and saying happily in dialect, "Lingling, right? You're so beautiful, absolutely gorgeous..."

"grandmother."

Xu Qingling blushed slightly upon hearing these words while being held by the hand, but still responded gracefully.

"hiss--"

Not far away, Huang Qingyao and Xia Ran had just retrieved their belongings from the car. Seeing Grandma Lin Dong's beaming face and Xu Qingling's poised and graceful manner, Huang Qingyao couldn't help but take a deep breath and whisper, "They really beat the game!"