"I hope you didn't mean to embarrass your father." Xu Le lowered his head and cut the synthetic beef on the plate.
"I'm not interested in playing with these things." Zou Yu took a sip of red wine and looked at him with a complicated expression, "I just want to make the pregnancy a real fact... My father is a very standard soldier, I always Maybe it's up to you or your own face to fight him to the end... If the entire ACT knew I was pregnant, maybe things would be easier."
"I don't want to talk about my business." Zou Yu put down his glass, looked at him and said softly, "Tell me about your days in the research institute, I'm more curious about this. Why did you get off work so late today?"
Xu Le's meat-cutting fork stayed on the porcelain plate. He thought silently for a while, picked up the things that happened in the laboratory today that did not involve confidentiality regulations, and briefly said.
Zou Yu's eyes drooped slightly, and suddenly said, "I heard from you before that the Nutshell Engineering Department seemed to want to find you from the very beginning, but you chose the research institute... If that's the case, why do you want to seize this opportunity this time? To the engineering department?"
"Going directly to the engineering department can only start as a basic-level engineer, and can't get in touch with what I want to contact. If I am in the research institute and can help the engineering department solve their current problems, then I will be in the engineering department in the future, at least You can make my request." Xu Le resumed the movements of his hands and answered vaguely with his head down.
"Is it a mecha?" Zou Yu suddenly gave him a sly look.
"Secret." Xu Le didn't lift his head.
Zou Yu looked at the boy opposite thoughtfully and said, "I've been with you for almost 20 days, and I've never found anyone who cherishes time more than you. After washing the dishes every night, you still have to stay there. Studying late into the night in the room. I don't understand, what are you chasing after, or...what are you trying to do?"
"Don't tell me it's to get ahead. If it's for these things, with the relationship between you and the prince's brother, the Tai family can pave a golden avenue for you at any time."
Xu Le's fingers were slightly stiff, and he never thought that Zou Yu would ask this question so directly. After a moment of silence, he forked a piece of synthetic beef and put it into his lips, chewing slowly, frowning more and more tightly. He took a sip of water, raised his head, and looked at her seriously.
"The synthetic beef here is all bison beef."
Xu Le said: "I hate wildlife protection regulations, and I have also bought meat in the black market. But ordinary people in the federal government can only try this kind of taste secretly in this way. But this restaurant can do this. It's sold openly, and it says synthetic beef on the menu."
"It's your life, with more resources, and forever so hypocritical."
"Ordinary people never know what method you are using to encroach on their interests. To be honest, I don't know much about it, but I know you did."
The expression on Zou Yu's face gradually became serious, and he listened carefully to Xu Le's rare speech.
Xu Le glanced at the luxuriously dressed and imposing men and women in the Linyuan Restaurant, and said with a hint of loneliness on their faces: "People in Donglin Region, you can imagine what kind of life people in the capital star circle lead. But people living in the middle and lower classes of the Federation will never know what kind of life people like you lead. A meal here is worth the half-year relief the federal government gives to Donglin people.”
"But you're still eating." Zou Yu asked sharply.
"Yes, I seem to be able to become one of you at any time now, so as to enjoy more wealth, resources and status." Xu Le patted the military cap on the table lightly, shook his head and said: " You asked me what I wanted to do just now, but I just wanted to make myself stronger."
"Stronger?" Zou Yu didn't understand this sentence, but she was very sensitive to perceive that there seemed to be some secret in the heart of the young man opposite, "For what?"
"I am not a justice superman, and it is impossible to change all the injustices in this society, but if this injustice happens to me, or to my relatives, or I happen to see it... I really want to fight this injustice ." Xu Le said with an unprecedented serious attitude: "So I must first have the ability to fight against this injustice."
Zou Yu looked at him quietly for a long time. Since the conversation last night, she has grown in awe of Xu Le, and she knows how powerful this seemingly ordinary young man in front of her is. This kind of strength does not refer to perseverance, but to the persistence in the heart. People like this in the Federation are almost extinct, so she believes that what Xu Le said at this time is the truth.
"Perhaps... that kind of injustice has already happened." Zou Yu touched the gauze on his face gently, looked at Xu Le quietly and said, "So you are hurrying, why are you preparing."
Xu Le was silent, knowing that he had said too much. No one in the entire federation knows about his thoughts. He just opened his eyes to see the ups and downs of this society, and strengthens himself at all costs. If this society cannot pay him justice, then he will do it himself. to find fairness.
Zou Yu didn't care about his silence, looked at him with a strange look, and suddenly said softly, "Are you a follower of George Carlin?"
"No, but I think those things he said were right."
"You always say us people, I'm really not a good person, but I believe that in the vested interests, there are always some people who can meet your moral standards."
"So I'm not targeting class, but fairness."
"The problem is that society is inherently unfair. If you want to fight against this injustice, you are fighting against society, and a person's strength can never be against unless you are the old man who lives by the lake."
"You mean the Lee family in Philadelphia?"
"Yes."
Xu Le smiled slightly, thinking that there has only been such a military god in the entire history of the Federation. He could rely on his own strength to drive a mecha to raid and assassinate the emperor of the empire. Perhaps such a person will never appear in future history. However, he immediately thought of another lazy and vicissitudes figure, the uncle who walked in the mecha like a demon...
"Respect Zhang Xiaomeng." Zou Yu picked up the cup.
A look of vigilance and surprise flashed in Xu Le's eyes, who lowered his head. He did not expect that the young lady from the Zou family on the opposite side would be able to say the point in one sentence. Maybe the other party guessed it, but he could guess it , has been very remarkable.
He breathed flatly, raised the water in the cup, and said, "Respect Shi Qinghai."
Zou Yu's face became a little ugly. After she was stunned for a while, she suddenly said, "Can you tell me... what kind of person is that hooligan?"
Xu Le was stunned for a moment, quietly looking at the lingering sadness on Zou Yu's beautiful face, and suddenly thought that she and Shi Qinghai were just a one-night stand, and she didn't know what kind of person Shi Qinghai was. Maybe... In her future life, she will never have any intersection with the child's father.
Looking at the past from this point of view, the current Zou Yu is indeed worthy of pity. Xu Le even thought that he just wanted Mr. Shi to leave blood in the federation. Is this unfair to Zou Yu
"Shi Gongzi is an orphan. You must know by now that he is a spy of the anti-government army, the best kind. Why did he become a spy of the anti-government army? This has to start with the unfairness of the federation. His father …”
After a moment of silence, Xu Le began to explain everything about Shi Qinghai to Zou Yu, from his birth, to his achievements in the First Military Academy, and his work in the Foreign Service Office.
Maybe he wanted to make up for Zou Yu, maybe he wanted the girl to have a clearer understanding of Shi Qinghai, instead of a shadowy face, Xu Le was not as taciturn as usual, and began to talk. The Jedi told the story, fully presenting what he knew about Shi Qinghai, including his small movements, his addiction to alcohol, his astonishing amount of alcohol, and the twenty-seven glasses of wine sung by the vicissitudes of the night when he was drunk...
"He combs his hair and smokes Sanqi cigarettes."
"When he gets drunk, he likes to say that what I drink is not alcohol, but loneliness..."
Xu Le fell into the memories with Mr. Shi, subconsciously took out a cigarette, and immediately thought of a pregnant woman in front of him, and put it back into the cigarette case.
"It's extremely disgusting." Zou Yu said softly with his brows furrowed when he heard what Xu Le said.
She definitely couldn't talk about liking Shi Qinghai. On the snowy night after the Double Moon Festival dance, it was only under complicated emotions that she fell into the irresistible eyes of that beautiful and bewitching man. However, following Xu Le's description, she listened silently, and the beautiful man who was not like a normal person, who was unimaginably affectionate on the bed, gradually became clear in front of her eyes.
His right hand gently stroked the bulge of his abdomen, as if he could feel the growth of that little life, Zou Yu lowered his eyes slightly, thinking that your father was a poor but rogue guy...
In addition to being a spy of the anti-government army, Shi Qinghai appeared very sincere in front of Xu Le. The two men drank so many drinks. Although Mr. Shi was never drunk, Xu Le basically knew this friend's life very well. Even what he did as a child, including. That's why Xu Le can have so much to say at this time, but when he thinks of this, he can't help but feel a little guilty. He knows Shi Qinghai's childhood and Shi Qinghai's secrets, but Shi Qinghai doesn't know about him.
There were not many distinguished guests eating in the Linyuan Restaurant. They were scattered in twos and threes, and a suitable distance was maintained between each table. However, his eyes could ignore this distance. From the moment he walked into the restaurant, Xu Le noticed the strange eyes around him. Although most eyes were withdrawn later, he still felt uncomfortable looking at him from time to time.
These eyes were all aimed at Zou Yu. Deputy Minister Zou's daughter was pregnant, and there was a piece of gauze on his face, which allowed many people to have countless imaginations. Xu Le had no way to stop these gazes, and he found with admiration that Zou Yu didn't seem to care about them either. He just watched it all with vigilance.
It is also very strange. Twenty days ago, Zou Yu's abdominal bulge was not very obvious, but maybe it was because Xu Le took good care of him these days and raised him well in the apartment. The girl's belly swelled like air. When I got up, I really looked like a woman who was pregnant for several months.
Xu Le put down the glass filled with clear water and turned his head, because he found that at the table where he was paying attention, two young officers came over, and he knew one of them.
"Zou Yu, long time no see."
The young officer walking in front was about twenty-five or six years old, with deep facial features, gloomy and calm eyebrows, and just casually stood in front of the table, but stood out with a different feeling, like a forest garden. The white cliffs in the back are generally impressive and unobtrusive.
There was a hint of apology on his face, and he continued: "I'm sorry last time, I didn't know your physical condition, and I bet with you, I hope you don't mind."
"With my current physical condition, it's naturally not easy to stand up." Zou Yu replied with a smile.
As soon as these few lines of dialogue were spoken, Xu Le knew that the imposing young officer in front of him was the owner of the silver ghost who was racing with Zou Yu on Highway 2 that day. What is the purpose of your table.
Zou Yu told him that this person seems to be a direct descendant of the Li family of the Seven Great Families. Xu Le has an excellent memory and remembers that the other party is called Li Xiaotong. Does the other party know that he was driving a black car to intercept people that day? Seeing the sincere expression on the other party's face, there was no trace of ridicule towards Zou Yu and hostility towards himself, Xu Le had to wait and see what happened.
Unexpectedly, after Li Xiaotong and Zou Yu said hello, he turned his head and extended his hand politely first: "Li Xiaotong, it's nice to meet you."
Xu Le stood up, shook hands with the other's outstretched hand, and replied, "Xu Le."
"Long Yang." Li Xiaotong looked at Xu Le and said, "There is a chance to get together another day."
At this time, another young officer who came with Li Xiaotong also extended his hand to Xu Le. Xu Le looked at the blond and heroic officer, and said with a smile, "Hello."
Park Ji Ho nodded and said nothing.
"It was Xu Le who was driving the black car that night. I checked this guy, and he was a very rare and interesting guy."
Lee Hyo-tong and Park Ji-ho walked out of Lin Yuan, followed by two subordinate officers. The smile on his face was very strange. When he saw Zou Yu and Xu Le walk in before, he had already asked his subordinates to go to the parking lot of Linyuan to have a look, but he didn't expect to find the black car without a sign.
Park Zhihao was slightly startled, but he didn't expect that this distinguished young master would be interested in Xu Le, and he specially sent someone to investigate him. Although it was said that Xu Le was in the limelight in the Spring Recruitment of Nutshell, Park Zhihao did not think that a simple engineer could attract the attention of the second generation of the dignified seven masters.
Guessing what the companion beside him was thinking, a slightly ironic smile appeared on Li Xiaotong's lips. The second generation of the Lee family has always had no sympathy for the Tai family crown prince who likes to pretend to be mysterious, but it definitely does not mean that the Lee family will not pay attention to the only heir of the Tai family.
The Li family has always used money to open the way. Regarding the relationship between Xu Le, a squatting soldier, and the Tai family prince, as well as his amazing performance in the Linhaizhou incident, there is no way to hide the Li Qishao who deliberately investigated him.
That's why there was that long-awaited sentence before, but he was not going to explain it to Park Zhi-ho. He always thought that Park Zhi-ho was a little too confident. In the future, in the Nutshell maneuver, if this person was really stepped on by Xu Le, maybe it was a grind.
"I didn't expect Zou Yu to be pregnant."
Li Xiaotong's eyebrows suddenly became darker at this moment. He and Zou Yu met last year. Before, he didn't care about the children of the nouveau riche, but after hearing that Mrs. Tai regarded Zou Yu as her future daughter-in-law, he began to think a little bit about the girl in red. The only thing in this world that can't move is the mind. Once it moves, it can't stop. I really like it...
That's why there will be racing and gambling later, but he didn't expect that he didn't have time to do anything, and the girl in red has become an unmarried mother. With his palace, he couldn't help but feel a little confused for a while.
After a moment of silence, Park Zhi Ho said, "With your character, I didn't expect you to leave right away."
"I like women, but I don't like to offend others for women's sake. Our family is in business, so we must be careful when we do things."
Park Zhiho was silent, thinking that the Lee family, among the seven great families of the Federation, would be afraid of offending others.
As if guessing what he was thinking, Li Xiaotong looked at him seriously and said, "I also really want to beat that Xu Le, but I don't know that in the mind of the young master of Tai's family, this digger is a digger. What kind of status is it... And I always feel that this person is not simple. Since I am not willing to take the risk to trample him to death, maybe I will never be able to trample him to death in the future. If so, why should I offend him at this time? ?"
Park Zhihao was silent again, and he couldn't understand why an engineer in a research institute should be vigilant for the seventh young master of the Li family. Li Xiaotong glanced at him and stopped explaining. In the future, I want to be the help of the Li family in the military. If I still don't understand the reason why I took the initiative to show my favor, it is equivalent to a waste.
"I'm not my eldest brother. It seems romantic and ruthless, but in fact, I can be angry for the sake of beauty."
Li Xiaotong closed his eyes and began to rest his mind, thinking that if his eldest brother was really with the national idol girl, it seemed that it would not benefit his future at all.
"That little lunatic from the Li family is here." Park Zhihao frowned suddenly as he looked at an off-road vehicle at the entrance of Linyuan.
Li Xiaotong didn't even open his eyes, he shook his head, thinking that if he hadn't known that Madman Li was coming, he would definitely have to sit at the table for a while to see clearly the young master of the Tai family, Zou Yu, and the man named Xu Le. The real relationship between the two guys, at least to find out who the child in Zou Yu's belly is.
"It can be seen that what Li Qishao said for a long time is not a lie." Zou Yu's eyes brightened as he looked at Xu Le, "About the Linhai incident, neither my wife nor my father nor my brother told me the details. , I only know that the situation was very dangerous. And you happened to be in... Could it be that you played a very important role in it?"
Xu Le ate with her head down, ignored her, and invoked the power in her body in the afternoon, she was really hungry at this time. The only thing that surprised him in the previous scene was that Li Xiaotong would be so gentle, which was completely inconsistent with the mysterious image of the Seven Great Families' children in the imagination of ordinary people in the Commonwealth.
"The seven major families of the Federation each occupy the most important areas in society. The iron and profit family mainly controls the financial industry." Not caring about Xu Le's silence, Zou Yu gently stroked his lower abdomen and said, intentionally or unintentionally: " When it comes to wealth, no one in the federation has more money than his family. I just can't imagine that this Li Qishao actually took a post in the military."
"What is the Xilin Zhong family relying on?" Xu Le suddenly asked. Regarding the little watermelon family, he has some complicated emotions. Although the uncle died under the main gun of the ancient bell, he does have a very close relationship with the little watermelon.
"Army." Zou Yu frowned and said: "The fourth military region belongs to the Xilin Zhong family, and it has been like this since before the Xianli. There is an old saying that the emperor is far away, and the Xilin region is too far from the capital star circle, and the Zhong family is too far away. The prestige in Xilin is so high that those scholars and experts can't understand how to analyze it... In addition, in recent decades, the threat of the empire has been too great. The Zhong family's patriarch led the soldiers of the Fourth Military Region to fight alone, making the Zhong family's status more stable."
"Where's the Tai family?" Xu Le stopped eating and looked at Zou Yu curiously. Not long ago, the Seven Great Families of the Federation were just legends to him, but now it is really fascinating to hear the true faces of these families.
"No one knows." Zou Yu smiled, "But I heard that the former crystal-ore complex was owned by the Tai family, and then resources were scarce..."
Xu Le was slightly startled and fell into thinking. The crystal mine is undoubtedly the lifeblood of the federation's development. The Tai family after the former royal family can completely control the crystal mine complex, which is indeed a terrifying existence. It's just that with the decline of the Donglin Region, the remaining seventy or more resource stars in the Federation have fewer and fewer crystal mines that can be mined. Presumably, the benefits in this area are not as good as before. Tai Zhiyuan is now going from behind the scenes to the front, will it have something to do with this big trend
"Li Xiaotong ranks second in the ranking of the heirs of the Li family." Seeing Xu Le's slightly heavy face, Zou Yu thought he was worried about the previous scene, lowered his head and said softly, "Although he is also a bit playful, he can always get along. Unlike his eldest brother, who is recognized by the circle as the most beautiful man in the world, but has a heart that is colder and more incorruptible than gold."
"Is that young master of the Li family more beautiful than Master Shi?" Xu Le looked at Zou Yu and asked in disbelief.
Zou Yu frowned, as if he was unwilling to compare that man with the eldest young master of the Li family. After a while, he hesitated and said, "It's almost... It's just that it doesn't feel the same. I only met Mrs. Tai once when I was having afternoon tea. once."
Xu Le thought to herself that even if the Zou family was quite powerful, they were far from being on a par with the seven great families who could influence the Federation. She could calmly tell the stories of those top figures in the Federation in the forest garden. It was probably Mrs. Tai who liked to take her out. relation. As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous. Although he told Tai Zhiyuan the inside story right away at the beginning of the incident, Zou Yu was the daughter-in-law chosen by the lady after all. What did the lady misunderstand, and how should she explain it
"That Li Qishao just now... seems to have been interested in you." Xu Le asked.
"Your eyes are really poisonous. Li Qishao probably thought he could hide from you." Zou Yu lowered his head, lightly forked the green vegetables on the plate, and said coldly: "Those who have ideas for me are still far away. Far more than him."
Xu Le believes that Zou Yu's beauty can definitely attract many young men, and although her family started late, after all, her father is now the deputy minister of the Ministry of National Defense, and it is not surprising to match those second-generation children of the Seven Families. , What puzzled him was that people in that circle should know very well that Zou Yu was the daughter-in-law chosen by Mrs. Tai, why would they approach her
"My family background is not worth mentioning in their eyes. The problem is that I am a woman reserved by the prince's brother. For them, this status is undoubtedly a great attraction. They can't find the prince's brother, so they have to Try to show off their butt feathers by going after me."
Zou Yu's voice was a little cold, and the faint sadness in his words made Xu Le feel a little moved.
"I'm not that kind of person! Yu Zi! I'm not that kind of person!" A thunderous roar resounded through the restaurant in Lin Yuan, and everyone's eardrums were a little shaken by the words. And the floor-to-ceiling glass next to Xu Le's table also hummed and trembled with the loud drink.
Zou Yu covered his ears for the first time, and his face turned pale. Looking at the agility of her movements, it is definitely not the first time she has suffered such a sudden sonic attack.
An angry officer appeared at the table at an unknown time, how long he had been listening, and why he was so angry.
Xu Le stared at the officer who suddenly appeared at the table, immediately clenched the knife and fork in his hand, and narrowed his eyes. Because both this person and the previous roar made him feel an unprecedented danger. And the other party appeared beside him so silently that he didn't notice it at all. This was something that had rarely happened since he practiced with Uncle Feng Yu many years ago.
This officer is very strange. The reason why he is said to be strange is because his face is obviously very immature. Whether it is his facial features or eyes, it shows that his real age is not old, but this should be a young officer. However, the figure is extremely strong and burly, and the body hidden under the military uniform seems to be full of endless power, which may break the military uniform at any time.
The young face, the strong body, and the sharp contrast are extremely impactful in the parallax. In Xu Le's view, what is more impactful is the golden flower on this young officer's shoulder. When did such a young lieutenant colonel appear in the federation
At this time, Zou Yu finally put down the hands covering her ears. She looked at the young officer in amazement, she never thought that the other party would be in the capital today, in Linyuan. Then, she thought of another thing. , With the temperament of this young man, I am afraid that Xu Le will suffer.
To be honest, not only her, but even the big figures in the Seven Great Families have a headache for this young officer, because no matter who they are, they will feel extremely troublesome when they encounter an amazing lunatic who does not follow the rules of the circle and has a strong backing.
"Zou Yu! Why are you pregnant!"
The young officer's eyes widened, as if he had seen the most incredible sight in the world, staring at Zou Yu's bulging belly, his expression suddenly became extremely terrifying, he gritted his teeth, and said word by word, "Is it Tai Zhiyuan? Don't want to get married? If he dares not to want you, I will kill him!"
"Mad man Li!" As soon as Zou Yu heard this, she knew that the day was over. She was afraid that he would violently hurt people, so she hurriedly said with a pale face: "This matter has nothing to do with the prince's brother."
Xu Le looked at this scene in surprise. This young lieutenant colonel, who must be terrifying, was obviously also one of Zou Yu's suitors, but since the other party knew Tai Zhiyuan's identity, he still dared to shout and kill him? Could this young officer really be a lunatic