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The waiting time was long, and soon it was past four o'clock in the afternoon, and Hao Dongmei's parents still hadn't come. This made Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei a little anxious, but Zhou Zhigang didn't show any sign of being anxious.

However, Zhou Chen saw through Zhou Zhigang's thoughts at a glance. He appeared calm on the surface, but in fact, he was no less anxious than Zhou Bingyi.

Although he was an eighth-level worker, he was still a member of the working class after all. He was far inferior to high-ranking officials like Hao Gaoguan. Therefore, he believed from the bottom of his heart that being able to marry into the Hao family would be a great honor for the Zhou family.

The senior official Hao and his wife did not wait for the person they were waiting for, but they waited for an unexpected person.

Provincial compound!

After lunch, Jin Yueji visited the homes of her old friends Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen.

She is going to meet the Zhou family today. Although she has been a cadre, this is her first time meeting her in-laws. She doesn't know much about the Zhou family's situation, so she came to Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen to ask for some information.

After learning the purpose of the elder sister's visit, Qu Xiuzhen of course told her the truth.

"Sister Jin, when it comes to your in-laws, Lao Ma and I are not really familiar with them, but we are very familiar with Bingkun."

Jin Yueji said with great interest, "Really? Then tell me about Zhou Bingkun. I have heard Dongmei mention him many times at home. Every time Dongmei talked about Zhou Bingkun, she was very impressed and said that he was extraordinary."

Qu Xiuzhen smiled and said, "Dongmei has a good eye. Zhou Bingkun is indeed an extraordinary guy. Lao Ma and I are well-informed people, but we don't often meet young and promising guys like Zhou Bingkun. He..."

When talking about Zhou Bingkun, Qu Xiuzhen really talked nonstop. Ma Shouchang, who was sitting beside her, added a few words from time to time, allowing Jin Yueji to have a more three-dimensional understanding of her daughter's brother-in-law.

She felt that the young man who was valued so much by Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen and who was often mentioned by them must be no ordinary person. But she wondered how he compared to her son-in-law Zhou Bingyi?

As the three of them were talking, they suddenly received a phone call and Jin Yueji's face changed instantly.

"Godmother..."

The person who came to the door turned out to be Qiao Chunyan. She walked in holding Li Suhua's arm and looked familiar. When she saw the people in the room, she greeted them with a smile on her face.

"Godfather, brother, Brother Bingyi, Sister Dongmei, Juan'er, you are all here. It seems that I came at the right time."

Facing the smiling and enthusiastic Qiao Chunyan, Zhou Zhigang gave two dry laughs.

"It's Chunyan. I heard that you are now the director of women's affairs in the district and a state cadre. Not bad, not bad. You have brought honor to your parents and to our Guangzi Film Group."

When Qiao Chunyan heard this, she immediately said humbly, "Godfather, I'm not as good as you say. Compared with my brother, Brother Bingyi and Sister Zhou Rong, I'm far behind. The three of them are the only three college students in our Guangzi School. Everyone in our Guangzi School knows them. They are the role models of our Guangzi School. It's an honor."

Zhou Zhigang, who was originally in a low mood, burst into laughter when he heard Qiao Chunyan speak so nicely.

"You are not bad either. The other three are still in school, but you are already a government official. You have a bright future ahead of you."

"I am just an uneducated woman with no future. I am content to maintain the status quo."

"You young people keep chatting, I'm going to go out for a walk."

Zhou Zhigang put his hands behind his back and walked out of the house. He had no intention of chatting more with the junior Qiao Chunyan.

After Zhou Zhigang left, Qiao Chunyan immediately and enthusiastically sat next to Zhou Chen.

"Brother, Juan'er, why didn't you tell me that you were back? If Yu Hong and Wu Qian hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known you were back."

Zhou Chen didn't say anything, and Zheng Juan replied gently: "We just came back a few days ago, and we have been busy cleaning the house recently, so we didn't go to Guangzi Pian."

Qiao Chunyan looked at Zhou Chen and suddenly pulled up his arm: "Brother, why are you ignoring me? Are you still blaming me and Debao for what happened back then? Brother, so many years have passed, and Debao and I already know we were wrong. Can't you forgive us?"

Zhou Chen: "Don't, Chunyan, you are not wrong, and you don't need to forgive me. Don't think too much about it."

Qiao Chunyan was overjoyed and said, "Brother, so you mean that you are willing to make peace with us and stop blaming us?"

Zhou Chen said calmly: "You didn't do anything wrong, why should I blame you? Let's not talk about the past anymore, let the past be the past."

Qiao Chunyan was a smart person. She understood what Zhou Chen meant. Although she said that she didn't mind, her tone was very cold, as if she was keeping her at a distance.

She was only thinking about restoring her relationship with Zhou Chen, so even though Zhou Chen's tone was not very good, she still did not show any abnormality.

"Okay, brother, you are my brother, I will listen to you whatever you say. It's just that our Debao, that narrow-minded guy, has been worried that you are still blaming him, so he didn't dare to come with me. Don't worry, I will talk to him after I go back. Our brother is so generous, how could he still be angry."

Hey, having said that, Zhou Chen felt that Qiao Chunyan's abilities had improved again. It seemed that the ups and downs over the years had indeed given her different kinds of training.

"Brother, on the third year of junior high school, Debao and I have invited Ganchao and Guoqing to our house for dinner. If you and Juan'er are free, you can come too. We haven't gotten together as childhood friends in Guangzi for a long time. Let's take this opportunity to have a good time and have some fun. What do you think?"

Zhou Chen evaded the question, "It's the third year of junior high school, I may not be free."

"Brother, please don't. You have to give me this face. If you don't come, our dinner party will be meaningless. You must come. Otherwise, I will come again on the third day of junior high school and drag you and Juan'er with me."

Seeing that Zhou Chen did not agree, Qiao Chunyan spoke to Zhou Chen in a coquettish and scoundrel manner.

Zhou Chen didn't want to argue with Qiao Chunyan any more, so he stood up and said, "Chunyan, sit down first. I need to go out and discuss something with my dad."

Using this excuse, Zhou Chen quickly got away, mainly because it was New Year's Eve today and Qiao Chunyan also came with some things. Even if he had some opinions in his mind, he couldn't just chase her away, so he could only slip away.

As soon as Zhou Chen went out, Zhou Bingyi followed closely, leaving only three women in the room to talk.

"Bingkun, Qiao Chunyan is really different now."

Zhou Bingyi was naturally not a stranger to Qiao Chunyan. Although he hadn't seen her for many years, he had met her many times when they were young, so he had a certain understanding of her.

"If it weren't for Zheng Juan, given the relationship between our mom and Aunt Qiao, you and Qiao Chunyan might have become a couple."

Zhou Chen glanced at him and said, "You still have time to laugh at me now?"

Zhou Bingyi's face suddenly turned dark. Of course he knew what Zhou Chen meant. He was really talking about something that was not relevant.

"Let's wait a little longer. Dongmei's parents are the kind of people who keep their word. Since they have agreed to come, they will definitely not break their promise."

"Hopefully."

Zhou Chen did not discourage him, but just said: "Brother, listen to my advice and be mentally prepared. If they don't come, you have to think about how to persuade our father. He is more active than you in this matter today."

Zhou Bingyi remained silent. He certainly understood his father's thoughts. However, Hao Dongmei's parents were not someone he, as a son-in-law, could decide for himself. Whether they came or not was not up to him to decide.

"It will come. It will definitely come."

This was said not only to Zhou Chen, but also to myself.

But what is supposed to come will come.

Qiao Chunyan did not stay in Zhou's house for long. Finally, Li Suhua persuaded her to leave because of something at home. But before leaving, she pitifully pulled Zhou Chen aside and talked to him, but Zhou Chen just dealt with it perfunctorily and did not give a positive answer.

Zhou Chen didn't want to have too much interaction with Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao. Today, Qiao Chunyan took the initiative to come to his house and her attitude was very enthusiastic. He didn't treat her too coldly because of the friendship between the two families.

But if Qiao Chunyan wanted to take advantage of their past friendship and get him to attend the party, he would definitely not agree.

The sky was gradually getting dark, but Zhou Bingyi was still standing outside the yard waiting, and Hao Dongmei was pacing back and forth anxiously.

She has already said it today. If her parents don't come, how can she face her parents-in-law, brother and sister-in-law? So she is no less anxious than Zhou Bingyi.

Zheng Juan nudged Zhou Chen and motioned him to look at his father.

Zhou Zhigang looked unhappy and fidgeted. He picked up his pipe and rolling papers from time to time, but after thinking for a while, he put them down again.

"Bingkun, what time is it now?"

"It's twenty past five."

Zhou Zhigang said in a hoarse voice: "It's past five o'clock. What time should your sister's train arrive?"

"It's said to be in the afternoon, I don't know the exact time, but it should be in time for the New Year's Eve dinner."

"It's good to catch up, it's good to catch up."

Zhou Zhigang kept muttering to himself, and Zhou Chen didn't know how to persuade him. At this point, he knew that the Hao couple probably wouldn't come.

"Drip."

Suddenly, a whistle sounded outside the yard, which made Zhou Zhigang, who was sitting restlessly, stand up instantly.

"Are Dongmei's parents here?"

Having said that, he immediately walked towards the door. Halfway through, he saw Zhou Chen still sitting on the sofa, and immediately urged him in dissatisfaction.

"Bingkun, why are you still sitting here? Come here quickly."

Zhou Chen had no choice but to get up and follow Zhou Zhigang, while Zheng Juan followed him closely and walked out of the house together.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 602: Raising the flag, failed in-laws meeting

Before Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Chen and others walked out of the door, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei, who were guarding outside the door, had already gone to greet the incoming car.

But when they saw that only Secretary Huang got out of the car, their faces suddenly turned ugly.

Hao Dongmei couldn't hold back her anger and asked directly, "Secretary Huang, where are my parents?"

Secretary Huang quickly explained, "The chief and Director Jin are not here. When the chief was visiting the chemical plant today, his asthma suddenly flared up and he has been sent to the hospital. Director Jin is also in the hospital now."

When these words were spoken, everyone in the Zhou family present was very surprised.

Such a coincidence?

Hao Dongmei, on the other hand, showed a lot of concern on her face, but she still asked, "Secretary Huang, didn't my dad bring his asthma medicine with him?"

Although asthma is serious and troublesome, in general, as long as you take asthma medicine with you, there will be no problem unless the condition is extremely serious.

Hao Dongmei didn't believe that her father would forget to bring his asthma medicine because he had suffered from asthma for many years.

Secretary Huang said, "I brought it, but it disappeared after two uses, so we had to send him to the hospital for emergency treatment."

Zhou Chen laughed in his heart after hearing this explanation. It was gone after just two uses? Did he really think everyone else was a fool?

Zhou Zhigang's originally excited expression had subsided, but he still said to Zhou Bingyi: "Bingyi, hurry up, take Dongmei to the hospital to see her parents."

Secretary Huang said, "Sir, no need. Asthma is a serious disease, only when it strikes. As long as you take medicine in time, there will be no big problem. Director Jin has already gone there, so Bingyi and Dongmei don't need to rush over. Director Jin specifically asked me to come here to talk to everyone, so that you can rest assured, and Dongmei can also rest assured."

After hearing this, Hao Dongmei's face turned cold and she said nothing. Zhou Bingyi's face also looked unhappy.

Although Zhou Zhigang felt uncomfortable, as the head of the family, he still asked with concern: "How is Chief Hao now?"

"It's nothing serious now. If there was something wrong, I wouldn't be able to come."

"That's good, Secretary Huang, come in and sit down."

Secretary Huang smiled and said, "Don't worry. When I came here, Director Jin specifically asked me to bring a lot of things. He said that although they can't come for the time being, the gifts must be there. The things are in the car. I'll take them down now."

As he spoke, he opened the back door of the car, which contained a large box and a small box of gifts. When Zhou Bingyi saw them, he immediately went over to help, holding the large box.

At Zhou Zhigang's invitation, Secretary Huang sat down on the sofa in the living room.

In fact, he had nothing to do with the Zhou family, but he dared not relax Director Jin's instructions. He was now representing the senior officials Hao and his wife, so even if he was just sitting there idly, he had to sit for a while.

"Secretary Huang, have a sip of tea. This is something my brother brought back from Yanjing. I heard it's a special supply. Try it."

Although he is the son-in-law of the Hao family, Zhou Bingyi did not put on airs in front of Secretary Huang. Instead, he was very polite. Secretary Huang was not the only secretary of Hao, but he was the most respected one. He was still a commoner, so naturally he could not compare with Secretary Huang.

Secretary Huang was very surprised after hearing this: "Specially supplied tea?"

Zhou Bingyi smiled and said, "Yes, my brother's classmate's family is not ordinary. The elder is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

"Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs?"

Secretary Huang was shocked. Although he didn't know what specific aspect he was responsible for, his level was similar to that of the senior official Hao he was currently serving.

The Zhou family has such a relationship. His eyes involuntarily looked at another young man in the room. He knew that this man was Zhou Bingyi's younger brother.

Zhou Chen listened to the conversation between Zhou Bingyi and Secretary Huang, and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously. It turned out that his elder brother was also capable of using the tiger's skin to wave the banner.

He was very unhappy about this kind of thing, but he could more or less understand Zhou Bingyi's mood at the moment. If his parents-in-law did not come, it would be a slap in the face of their Zhou family, so Zhou Bingyi would do such a high-profile behavior, just because he did not want their Zhou family to be underestimated.

It's just this kind of thing...

"Bingkun, come here."

While Zhou Chen was still in deep thought, Zhou Bingyi suddenly pulled him aside.

"Secretary Huang, this is my brother Zhou Bingkun, who is currently studying at Yanjing Medical College."

Secretary Huang did not underestimate Zhou Chen and quickly reached out to shake his hand. "Comrade Zhou Bingkun, hello, hello."

"Hello, Secretary Huang."

Zhou Chen was very calm. Never mind. Zhou Bingyi was still his elder brother after all. He definitely couldn't let his elder brother lose face.

Secretary Huang took a sip of tea and then said with a smile: "Not bad, this special tea is really good."

What kind of person is Zhou Chen? He can understand the elegant meaning of the music by just listening to it. The quality of the tea is secondary; the main thing is to find out its origin.

"If Secretary Huang likes it, please take some with you when you leave. My classmate Lao Wan knows that I like to drink tea, so he stole a lot from home for me."

Secretary Huang's eyes lit up. His surname was Wan. As the secretary of senior official Hao, he naturally knew the names of many senior officials. He remembered that there was indeed a deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital named Wan.

After getting confirmation, he naturally became more enthusiastic towards Zhou Chen.

"Then why are you so embarrassed?"