Chapter 544: No Matter When, I Don't Want to Put Myself in a Passive Position

"This isn't about that girl Shufang from your family causing trouble and having no choice but to come begging you."

"Oh, what kind of trouble? Do you need my help?"

Even if Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Qi didn't want to say it, the situation left him no choice: "Here's what happened. That girl went to find Xiuyan today. When she was registering at the military gate, who knows what got into her, she wrote down Fu Yan Cheng's fiancée."

But as it happened, Yan Cheng's fiancée went to the military today to visit, and when Yan Cheng helped her register, he happened to see what Shufang had written down. Figuring he had to give his fiancée an explanation, he made a direct call to the Inspectorate team."

"You also know that girl Shufang has always had a thing for your Yan Cheng. Probably couldn't think straight for a moment, that's why she did something wrong. This matter could be big or small, that's why I'm thick-skinned enough to come begging you."

After hearing him out, Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Fu's tone also carried displeasure: "You want me to tell Yan Cheng not to hold it against her?"

Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Qi reached up and wiped his old face: "Given the relationship between our two families, as long as you speak up, Yan Cheng won't refuse you face. After all, if this blows up, my Qi family losing face is the smaller issue—how will Shufang ever get married in the future? She's someone you've watched grow up, after all."

Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Fu picked up the cup in his hand and took a big gulp of tea: "Old Qi, I'm afraid I can't help you with this. Have you thought about it—if I help you at this moment, wouldn't that be holding Yan Cheng back? If he goes back on his word, where would his authority be? How would he explain it to his wife?"

"In the future, if his fiancée finds out I helped smooth things over behind the scenes, how am I supposed to face that girl? You're a grandfather, and so am I. You know how to protect your own granddaughter—I can't very well help outsiders suppress my own junior, can I?"

Once those words were out, both ends of the phone fell into silence.

Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Qi understood he was indeed forcing an unreasonable request, but he also resented Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Fu for not giving him face.

It was just a matter of one sentence, yet he had to drag out so much big reasoning: "Fine, since you've said that, I won't make things hard for you."

Without waiting for Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Fu to speak, he hung up the phone.

Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Fu listened to the 'beep beep' sound on the phone and couldn't help but shake his head: that old man Qi is really something—only his own child matters to him. He didn't educate his own granddaughter properly, so why should our Fu family foot the bill for him.

Thinking of Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Qi's attitude just now, he got annoyed too and directly dialed a call out: "Help me transfer to xxxx."

Someone on the other end picked up: "May I ask who you're looking for?"

"Help me find Fu Yan Cheng."

"Our Deputy Battalion Commander is at the training ground. Could you call back in ten minutes, or tell me who you are so we can have our Deputy Battalion Commander call you back shortly?"

"Tell him, I'm his grandfather, have him give me a call back."

"Alright, I'll go call him back right now."

Apart from a few top leaders in the military, not many people knew Fu Yan Cheng's background, so the person who answered the phone only assumed the caller was Deputy Battalion Commander Fu's elder and didn't think anything else of it.

Fu Yan Cheng had just come out of the training ground and was about to go to the barracks to take Liu Chuxue to eat, when he saw the battalion's messenger Zhang Aiguo running over: "Deputy Battalion Commander, your grandfather just called and asked you to call him back."

Glancing at the watch on his wrist, Fu Yan Cheng changed direction and ran toward the office building.

After dialing through: "Hello, Grandpa, what did you call me about?"

Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Fu didn't beat around the bush with his own grandson: "That Qi family girl went to the military to cause trouble?"

"Yes, she came to the military to find Qi Xiuyan, but the registration information used my fiancée's identity. As you know, that group of enemy agents from before hasn't all been rooted out yet. No matter when, I don't want to put myself in a passive position."