Chapter 17: The Storm of Wu Zhe (Four)

  Shen Lang, who was very clear about his own drinking capacity, heard Lin Ao Feng's words and said with a bitter face: "Crazy guy, I don't need those three cups of wine anymore, do I?!"

  Lin Ao Feng shook his head and narrowed his eyes, retorting: "What do you think?!"

  Shen Lang unconsciously looked at Xi Junmai and Hu Guofu sitting on both sides. Xi Junmai and Hu Guofu showed a helpless expression, looking at Shen Lang. Shen Lang knew that he couldn't avoid these three cups of wine, gritted his teeth, picked up the cup in front of him, and drank all three cups in one breath.

  "That's about right." Lin Ao Feng smiled and pulled out a chair, sat down and asked: "Old Xi, have you sent the person home?"

  Xí Jùnmài nodded and said: "Don't worry about me handling things!"

  "What's going on?!" asked Hu Guofu, who was sitting beside him curiously.

  "On the way, I and Crazy saved two classmates. Crazy and I sent them back home separately!" Xijun said as he raised his wine glass, "Brothers, Alan has gone to Huangpu Military Academy, it won't be easy for us to gather like this again in the future, let's take a toast first!"

  "Good!" The crowd responded in unison and stood up with their wine cups.

  After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the people present, except for Xi Junmai and Lin Aofeng, were all a bit drunk. Shen Lang spoke with a thick tongue: "Brothers, I'm really envious of you now, being able to stay in Shanghai, this haven, without worries. Although I went to Guangzhou to take the military school entrance exam in pursuit of my dreams, and successfully took the first step of my life, but you don't know, Guangzhou is full of intrigue and infighting..."

  "Alright! Aron, today is a happy day, let's not talk about those unpleasant things!" Xi Junmai saw Shen Lang getting more and more agitated, worried that he would get into trouble, so he hastily stopped him.

  Shen Lang slapped away Xi Jun Mai's hand, pretending to be angry, and said: "Today I'm happy to see my brothers, can't I vent the bitterness in my heart to my own brother?!"

  "Okay! Okay! But this isn't the place to talk, let's make another appointment and discuss it later!" Lin Ao Feng comforted Shen Lang while thinking of giving Xi Jun Mai a signal. Xi Jun Mai nodded and helped Lin Ao Feng support Shen Lang out of the private room.

  After more than ten minutes, Lin Ao Feng returned to the room, and just sat down. Hu Guo Fu, who had somewhat recovered, took a sip of soup and asked: "Did Old Xi send Alan off?"

  "See you off!" Lin Ao Feng picked up the wine jug, poured a cup of wine, and just as he was about to lift the cup, Hu Guo Fu grabbed Lin Ao Feng's hand holding the cup and asked: "Why do you always avoid Yu Yan?"

  Lin Aofeng pushed away Hu Guofu's hand and said, "I didn't avoid her. She always looks for me when I'm busy, how can you blame me?!"

  "You mean it's never a good time when Yu Yan comes looking for you?!" Hu Guofu gritted his teeth and roared at Lin Aofeng.

  Lin Aofeng sneered, "Don't think I don't know that this stupid idea was yours. Just because we're brothers and good buddies, I've been pretending to be ignorant. Since you want to clarify things today, I also don't need to hide anything."

  "You bastard!" Hu Guofu suddenly swung his right fist at Lin Aofeng. Lin Aofeng didn't dodge or evade, instead he reached out and caught Hu Guofu's right fist, staring at him with a provocative gaze, coldly sneering: "You dare to fight me? You're still too tender!" After saying that, Lin Aofeng shook off Hu Guofu's right fist and turned around to walk out of the private room.

  "Halt!" Hu Guofu bellowed, jumping up. "I told you to halt, didn't you hear me?!"

  Lin Ao Feng, who had already walked to the door, stopped in his tracks, narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Hu Guo Fu with a expressionless face, saying: "Hu Guo Fu, today I still consider you as my brother, but from tomorrow on, we will be sworn enemies, until one of us dies!" After that, Lin Ao Feng quickly left the room.

  Watching Lin Ao Feng's receding back, Hu Guo Fu plopped down into the chair, his hands slightly trembling as he fished out a pack of cigarettes from his clothes, and with shaking fingers pulled one out, lit it up, and started smoking.

  "Madman!" On his way home, Lin Ao Feng heard the shout and stopped in his tracks. Then he saw a sedan stop beside him. Seeing Xie Jun Mai sitting in the driver's seat, Lin Ao Feng asked with a smile: "Have you sent Alan back?!"

  "Sent back! Get in the car, I'll send you!" Xijun Mai opened the car door as he spoke.

  Lin Ao Feng chuckled and got into the car, saying: "After you sent Alan away, I had a falling out with Hu Guo Fu."

  "I know!" Xi Junmai said while driving: "In your and Yu Yan's matter, Hu Guofu indeed did something too excessive."

  "It's not just excessive, it's simply unreasonable. If I didn't consider our friendship of so many years, I would have turned against him long ago." Before Lin Ao Feng could finish speaking, Xi Jun Mai interrupted: "Madman, now that the words are out in the open, what do you plan to do next?! You and Yu Yan's engagement can't just drag on like this, can it?!"

  Lin Aofeng sighed and said: "I'm going to their house to break off the engagement on New Year's Day, I still can't do it. Let's deal with this after the New Year!"

  After about ten minutes, Xi Junmai sent Lin Ao Feng to the door. Just as Lin Ao Feng was about to get out of the car, Lin Quan Nan suddenly appeared beside the car and said: "Young master, I advise you not to go in now. Miss Hu Yu Xian has arrived!"

  Lin Ao Feng's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he asked, "Is she alone?!"

  "Yes!" Lin Quannan replied straightforwardly.

  Lin Aofeng thought for a moment and still waved at Xi Junmai before getting off the car, swaggering into the mansion.

  Hu Yuyan, who was chatting with Lin Aofeng's mother in the living room, saw Lin Aofeng walking in from outside and immediately became excited: "Aofeng, you're back?!"

  Lin Ao Feng glanced at Hu Yu Yan and asked: "What are you doing here?!"

  Hu Yuyan was taken aback, somewhat at a loss for words, and said: "Since we got engaged, you've been avoiding me. Today's New Year's Day, can't I come see you?!"

  Lin Ao Feng sneered and said: "You've seen it now, can you leave?"

  "Feng'er, what do you mean?! Yuyan rarely comes to our house, why are you driving her away?! It's really unbearable!" Cheng Xue Mei said with some displeasure, then pulled Hu Yuyan over and said: "Yuyan, don't listen to this kid. Don't leave today, stay for dinner! When your uncle gets back, let him give Afeng a good scolding."

  "Aunt!" Hu Yuyan threw herself into Cheng Xuemei's arms and burst into tears.

  Lin Ao Feng let out a cold snort, quickly went upstairs, entered his own room, changed into a new set of clothes, and hastily rushed downstairs. As he passed by the sofa, he said to his mother: "Mother, I have something to do tonight, so I won't be having dinner at home!"

  "No way! You're not allowed to go anywhere today, just stay home and behave yourself!" Hearing that her son was going out again and wouldn't be back for dinner, Chen Xue Mei's anger was instantly ignited. Glaring at her son, she said: "I know what you're thinking. Usually I don't care how you act, but today you must stay home and behave yourself."

  Just then, Lin Guodong and Cheng Jincheng walked in from outside. Seeing the tense atmosphere in the living room, Lin Guodong looked at his son and asked: "What's going on?! I could hear your voices from outside, can't you two have a good talk?!"

  "Hmph!" Cheng Xue Mei coldly snorted and sat down, saying: "Ask our son about it!"

  Lin Guodong looked at Lin Aofeng and asked: "Aofeng, what's going on?!"

  Before Lin Ao Feng could speak, Su Ying Xue walked out of the bedroom and said: "Xue Mei, today it's not that I, as your mother, won't help you. It's just that you two have gone too far. From the beginning, I didn't agree with Ao Feng being engaged to this girl. If you hadn't interfered in this matter, things wouldn't be like this today."

  "Mom!" Cheng Xue Mei frowned and said in confusion: "How is this my fault again?!"

  "You don't think I don't know that at home, Ziliang listens to you completely. If it wasn't for your prior agreement, would Ziliang have agreed to this marriage?!"

  Hu Yuyan, who had been sitting next to Cheng Xuemei, suddenly stood up and said: "Sorry, it's all my fault! I've made you like this. Don't worry, I won't bother Ah Feng again in the future! I'll leave first!" After speaking, Hu Yuyan grabbed her handbag and ran out. Lin Guodong sighed and gave a signal to Lin Quannan with his eyes. Lin Quannan nodded slightly and followed Hu Yuyan out.

  "Zi Liang, it's better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Since Feng'er doesn't have feelings for that little girl Yuyan, I think we should just dissolve the engagement as soon as possible! This is good for both children!" Cheng Jincheng said while stroking his beard.

  Lin Guodong hesitated for a moment and said: "Father-in-law, it's New Year's Day, going to the Hu family to discuss this matter may not be very appropriate?!"

  Cheng Jincheng narrowed his eyes and smiled lightly: "Yu Yan that little girl, crying and whining back home, will Hu Junqiu let it go? Maybe not long after, he'll come knocking on the door."

  When Cheng Jincheng and Lin Guodong were about to go to the Hu's house, Hu Yuyan rushed back to the Hu Mansion, ran quickly into her own bedroom, closed the door heavily, fell on the bed, covered her head with a quilt, and burst into loud sobs.

  Hu Yunqiu, who was scolding his son in the study, heard the sound of the door closing upstairs and immediately furrowed his brow. He walked out of the study and asked, "Is Miss back?!"

  The housekeeper walked over to Hu Junqiu with a bit of embarrassment and told him in detail about the situation when Hu Yuyan returned.

  "What?!" Hu Junqiu turned her head and glared at Hu Guofu after listening to the housekeeper's account, then quickly walked upstairs towards Hu Yuyan's bedroom.

  At the same time, in Hongkou, the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai. Akagi Koken, holding a stack of documents, appeared in Consul General Shigenori's office: "Consul General, you called for me?!"

  Akane Shikou nodded slightly and put down her pen, asking: "Akaqi-kun, what do you think about this morning's events?"

  "Judging from the situation over the past period of time, those eight people's deaths were not accidental, but a premeditated murder case!" Akagi Koshin said solemnly.

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