117: Chapter 98: Going All In _3 117: Chapter 98: Going All In _3 “Uh…” This ti, it was Zeng ili’s turn to be at a loss for words.
The attitude changed every other mont, and the way of speaking shifted just as quickly, leaving her utterly confused!
“Right, why do you call your second aunt ‘madam’?” Chuxia took the opportunity to change the topic.
“Well, my second aunt’s husband was the Military Commander of the A Military Region, so everyone got used to calling her ‘madam.’ Since I’ve been working here, many people are not aware of my relationship with my second aunt’s family, and I’ve gotten used to addressing her as ‘madam’ in front of others.”
Chuxia nodded, “I see, that explains it.
From the way you talk about her, your second aunt doesn’t seem difficult to deal with.
Why then would she have her own niece call her ‘madam’?”
“Lin Chuxia, did you really grow up in the countryside?”
“Of course!” Chuxia’s heart skipped a beat, but her face remained very calm, “You must have checked the household registration files when you were selecting soldiers, right?”
“Yes, we did check, but I’m very surprised at how you’re acting right now.” Zeng ili shook her head as she spoke, “Based on your words, you should know what background the regint commander’s family has, right?”
“I don’t know for sure but I can guess.
You ntioned the regint commander’s father was the Military Commander of the A Military Region.
His rank must be higher now.
I have so concept of how high a Military Commander’s rank is, so, the rank of the regint commander’s father must be equivalent to the head of a province, right?
My guess isn’t too off, is it?”
Zeng ili glanced at her, “You really surprise .”
“There’s nothing surprising about it.
Although I grew up in the countryside, in the past years, there were many ‘sent-down youths’ and reford criminals.
I love reading, and I would always borrow books from them.
I won’t say what else I learned, but at least my horizons have broadened.
More importantly, among those reford criminals, there were also high-ranking officials.
Maybe because I interacted with them more often, even though I know the regint commander’s family are all high-ranking officials, I do feel a bit nervous inside, but it doesn’t paralyze with fear.”
I’ll have to deal with Zeng ili a lot in the future, after all, she’s from that advanced era.
We’ll have many differing views on various issues, so I might as well give a precautionary warning.
This way, even if I do sothing slightly out of line in the future, they’ll be able to adapt.
Once the two of them opened up, the atmosphere beca much more harmonious, and they chatted leisurely all the way to the Zhou family’s ho.
As the car entered the solemn courtyard, Chuxia, who was chatting and laughing just monts before, suddenly fell silent—now, she was truly nervous.
Okay, I wasn’t really nervous when we were talking earlier.
After all, being on site is different.
Now, facing it head-on, how could I not be nervous?
“It’s fine.” Zeng ili reached over to pinch her hand, “I’m here for you, and my second aunt will surely stand by you.”
“I know, I’m not nervous.” Chuxia stubbornly denied it, but her twitching cheeks completely betrayed her thoughts.
Zeng ili didn’t call her out and stopped the car, opened the door, and looked at Chuxia still seated in the car gathering her nerves, “We’ve arrived.”
“Ah?
Oh, oh.” Chuxia rubbed her cheeks forcefully, jumped out of the car, and followed Zeng ili into the Zhou family’s ho with a mix of hesitant and bold steps.
The mont the door opened, countless gazes were cast her way—literally countless.
Already nervous, Chuxia felt her calves start to tremble.
The highest-ranking leader she had ever t was her grandfather’s student, the deputy mayor of the city.
And that, crucially, was a one-on-one eting, not like now, facing a whole roomful of people!
What’s more crucial, she was no longer in the era she belonged to, and her status was truly humbled to the dust.
“Zeng ili, why did you bring her here?”
Without even looking, Chuxia knew who was speaking.
Strangely enough, having already been on the verge of panic, Chuxia cald down upon hearing the angry shout.
She imdiately looked towards the source of the voice, her face full of displeasure: “Why can’t I be here?”
A gasp went through the room.
The girl, her brazenness too great, isn’t it?
No one in the room, young or old, dared to provoke him, and here she was, bold as brass, almost laying hands on a tiger’s backside…
Zhou Xiangping, who had been hiding behind Zhou Hanliang, now looked at Chuxia with outright admiration!
Zhou Mikang frowned deeply, “Lin Chuxia, do you know what’s going on today, and you still dared to co?” At that instant, he was reminded of the girl who had exploded in anger at him back in Xiaolin Village.
What he hadn’t noticed was the gentleness that had unwittingly crept into his own questioning voice.(To be continued.
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