Chapter 988

Aunt Li saw this, glared at Uncle Xiong, and said, "This Wuliangye isn't cheap; can you really drink a whole bottle by yourself? If you can't finish it, you have to pay!"

"It's fine; my brother-in-law Chen Nanxing's father and I will drink it. I just saw some cold jellyfish skin over there; I'll get some to go with the wine!"

After Uncle Xiong finished speaking, he walked toward the cold dish section.

Aunt Li shook her head in speechless exasperation: "Really, living in a small city for so long has left you with no horizon. You turn down delicacies from mountains and seas just to eat jellyfish skin. Sigh, fine, I'll take a can of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and eat it myself!"

The two of them spent over twenty minutes gathering food before returning to the dining table.

At this moment,

Chen Nanxing's parents had only taken some simple items they liked and were eating slowly.

Seeing this, Aunt Li shook her head with a smile and muttered in her heart: "As expected, the poor look poor wherever they go. With so many delicious things available, they don't take them, sticking to just chickens and ducks. Isn't that a waste?"

So,

Aunt Li thought for a moment, took two king crab legs from her own plate, placed them in front of Chen Nanxing's parents, and kindly reminded them, "Brother-in-law Nanxing, these are king crab legs; they're delicious and expensive. You and your sister-in-law should try some."

Chen Nanxing's father nodded but didn't pay much attention; he simply handed the crab legs to his wife and then said, "Hey, sister-in-law, you don't know. Sister Nannan has been sick for so long; my wife and I often come to the Imperial Capital. Nanxing's good friend Xu Hongdou always arranges for us to stay in hotels. When she's busy, the two of us just come to eat the buffet ourselves. We're tired of crab legs, abalone, and the like!"

"Yes."

Chen Nanxing's mother picked up the crab leg and handed it back to Aunt Li, then smiled and said, "At first, we were curious and ate a lot, but later we really couldn't get used to it. We always felt the crab leg meat was salty and fishy, not as good as spicy chicken, so we don't eat much anymore."

"Sister, if you like it, eat more. If it's not enough, you can tell the waiters; they will bring fresh ones."

"Okay, okay."

Aunt Li didn't expect that the sense of superiority she had maintained all along would be defeated by Chen Nanxing's parents at a buffet.

So,

Aunt Li sat down somewhat awkwardly and struggled to break open the crab legs.

Seeing this, Chen Nanxing's mother took a pair of scissors from the chopstick holder nearby and handed them directly to Aunt Li: "Come on, sister, you need to use scissors to cut these; otherwise, it's hard to open. Just do this: insert them and cut."

Aunt Li politely nodded, accepted the scissors, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly began to cut the crab legs.

Not long after,

Uncle Xiong also arrived carrying two plates.

He first set down the plates in his hands.

Uncle Xiong then took out the Wuliangye from his pocket, looked at Chen Nanxing's father, and said, "Old Chen, this wine is good. Come on, let's have a couple of glasses, a couple of glasses!"

Seeing this, Chen Nanxing's father shook his head helplessly with a smile and then agreed, "Alright, big brother, let's have some. But once this wine is opened, it must be finished. Is your tolerance for alcohol up to it, big brother?"

"About right."

Uncle Xiong said with extreme arrogance, "As for this wine, I drink it fairly often. Normally, I start with a jin. Come, come, let me fill your glass first!"

After drinking some wine,

the old men gradually started talking more.

As they chatted along,

Uncle Xiong brought up the matter of Xiong Tao.

Actually,

Xiong Tao and Chen Nanxing were born in the same year and both attended university in the same city.

However, Chen Nanxing and Xiong Tao had no contact with each other, so the two never met.

After graduating from university,

Xiong Tao returned home to take the civil service exam. After passing the written and interview selections, he successfully entered the Tobacco Bureau, Uncle Xiong's former workplace.

To be honest,

life at the Tobacco Bureau was truly relaxed and leisurely.

Then,

Xiong Tao, bored out of his mind, somehow developed a liking for motorcycles.

Moreover, he didn't want ordinary motorcycles.

He insisted on high-end models costing at least over a hundred thousand.

After saving two years' worth of salary,

Xiong Tao asked his parents for a bit more money.

He then paid in full for a Du Kadi.

On the day the bike arrived home,

Xiong Tao happily rode it around the small county town again and again.

Regarding Xiong Tao's riding,

Uncle Xiong had always been opposed.

Like many of the older generation, he believed a motorcycle was "meat wrapped in iron."

If anything happened, it would result in either death or injury.

Uncle Xiong was even willing to spend several hundred thousand more to buy Xiong Tao a better car for transportation.

But Xiong Tao wouldn't have it; he just loved riding motorcycles!

There was no way.

Uncle Xiong had to find Zhaoren Gang to help, spending his own money to order a set of professional protective gear worth tens of thousands for Xiong Tao.

But on the day the protective gear and full-face helmet arrived, Xiong Tao had an accident...