Chapter 274: Arranging a Blind Date

"Li Ge, you're imposing."

"Hahaha, alright, we're brothers, why stand on ceremony? It's getting late, you should head back too, and think carefully about what I said to you."

"Alright Li Ge, I understand. I'll head back now, give my regards to your wife."

"Mm, take it slow on the road."

The two watched Zhang Ping'an walk downstairs, both feeling a slight sense of regret in their hearts.

"Lijuan, do you have any suitable girls to introduce to Ping'an?"

"Hmm, how about my sister-in-law's youngest sister? Or Li Baoguo's niece?"

Xu Lijuan's sister-in-law, Zhong Yan, is the eldest daughter of the Zhong Family; the youngest sister she mentioned is the Zhong Family's youngest daughter, Zhong Mingzhu, who is twenty-three this year; Li Baoguo's niece is Li Aihua, who is eighteen this year.

"This, wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

"What's inappropriate about it? Ping'an is so outstanding. Although he's a bit older, if you just look at his appearance, would you know he's thirty-two? He looks more like twenty-two."

"If our daughter weren't still young, I'd even want to marry her off to Ping'an."

Li Huaide's daughter is sixteen this year, but she has grown up in Xu Lijuan's maiden home since she was little; they got used to it and never made her move back.

"……"

"It's not that I'm saying Ping'an isn't outstanding enough, but given the status of the Zhong Family's youngest daughter, her family wouldn't allow her to marry a man who has been married before."

"I have an impression of that girl Li Aihua, she is a suitable candidate, but..."

"That's true too. Forget it, I'll bring it up first. What if they happen to like each other, right?"

"Fine, then be tactful. Talk to your sister-in-law properly first, and I'll go ask Baoguo about his side."

"Alright." The couple just like that arranged a blind date for Zhang Ping'an's second marriage.

Upon returning home, Zhang Ping'an found his father and mother both waiting for him in the main room.

"Dad, Mom, I'm sorry. I was too impulsive a while ago and spoke a bit harshly, but I can guarantee to you that the children are all doing well."

"What you need to do now is take good care of your health, so that in the future, just like Grandpa and Grandma, you can hold your great-grandchildren."

"You silly child, why are you saying these things for no reason? There's no overnight grudge between father and son; you know your father's stubborn temper."

"With your achievements over these years, every time your father goes back to his hometown, he has to brag about them. Which of your uncles and elders doesn't envy your father for having such a good son?"

"It's just that the way Xiao Ling's family acted really hurt our hearts. No matter what, they shouldn't have just walked away and left you to bear so much. Forget it, I won't talk about her family anymore. I believe in my son."

"I feel the same..."

The next morning, having resolved their inner conflicts the night before, Zhang Laohan and his wife were now up in the morning practicing Tai Chi.

The younger brother, still in his dreams, was also dragged up by Zhang Ping'an, and then Dongzi, Donglai, and Bang Geng were all brought to the small courtyard to begin their early morning stretching exercises; everything seemed to have returned to how it was before.

"Fragrant, authentic. This Lamb Soup must have been made by Ping'an; the one Auntie Zhang makes doesn't taste like this," Yan Bugui said confidently while still lying in bed.

"……" Yang Ruihua.

"I'm telling you, Yang, don't doubt it. I've trained this nose of mine."

"Did Jiecheng inherit that from you?"

"Hey, you have a point. Why didn't I think of it that way before? When it comes down to it, it's still my seed."

"That's all you can say when it comes down to it."

"？？？"

Arriving at work in the morning, Zhang Laiwen and his brother saw their eldest brother had recovered his former spirit, and they both let out a long sigh of relief.

During this period, the two brothers had watched with their own eyes as their eldest brother slowly became decadent, listless all day long, which worried them sick, but they could only fret. Now that they saw their old brother had returned, they finally felt at ease.

Actually, Lao Jia had also been decadent for a period after reading Jia Youwei's letter, but he believed in Zhang Ping'an and his own younger brother, and didn't want his family to find out, so he adjusted himself slowly.

Inside the Military Division Hospital, Xu Lijuan was in Zhong Yan's office talking about what she and Li Huaide had discussed the night before.

"Lijuan, if it weren't for the fact that you're my sister-in-law, I wouldn't be able to stop myself from hitting you. Ping'an is very outstanding, but my sister isn't bad either; she's a university student."

"The key is that Ping'an is now on his second marriage, while my sister is a maiden. If I go home and say this, Lijuan, you might not see your sister-in-law again."

"Cough, cough, it's not that serious, not that serious..."

Xu Lijuan was also a bit embarrassed. The Zhong Family members all worked in departments with real power; in terms of status, they were even higher than her family. She had only seen Zhang Ping'an's excellence and subconsciously ignored the Zhong Family's status.

"Don't ever mention this again. Mingzhu is also interning at the hospital."

Zhong Yan shook her head helplessly. Ever since this sister-in-law was cured by Zhang Ping'an's Honey, her perception of him had been infinitely magnified.

However, she could also understand; after all, Zhang Ping'an had given Xu Lijuan a second life as a woman.

"I won't say it, I won't say it."

Little did they know that their conversation had been heard clearly by Zhong Mingzhu outside the office, and she immediately felt a bit of curiosity about this man named Ping'an.

From her eldest sister's words, it wasn't hard to tell that this person was very outstanding. If she didn't have the Zhong Family background, even if this person were on his second marriage, he would still be a match for her.

"Hmph, I'll have to see just how outstanding you are."

"Ping'an? But what is his surname?" Zhong Mingzhu was still muttering after returning to her office.

"Zhang."

"Ah? Qiu Nan, you scared me."

That's right, it was indeed Ding Qiunan, who had joined the Military Division Hospital; she was now the mother of a one-year-old child.

"Mingzhu, what are you thinking about? You keep saying Ping'an, Ping'an. We have a neighbor in our courtyard named Zhang Ping'an."

"Such a coincidence? Qiu Nan, tell me more in detail."

"Tell you what? We all have to call him Zhang Shu. His family had some trouble a while ago. He seems to be in his thirties this year, but he looks young, about twenty."

"Qiu Nan, we both study medicine. Do you believe that yourself?"

"Hey, don't you doubt it. Alright, tomorrow happens to be a day off, you can come back with me and see for yourself."

"I'll see then."

Li Huaide took advantage of the lunch hour and also arrived at Li Baoguo's office.

"Are you saying you want Ping'an to be my niece's husband?"

"Mm, what do you think?"

"I can't decide this, and I reckon my big brother can't control that girl either; ever since that girl's burns were healed, she has indeed become much more cheerful..."

Li Baoguo's words came to an abrupt halt; it seemed his own niece's burns were healed by Zhang Ping'an, and afterwards, she seemed to go find him to play often—no, that wasn't right, his niece was only thirteen or fourteen back then, she shouldn't have been that precocious.

"What's wrong, Baoguo?" Li Huaide also noticed the change in Li Baoguo's mood.

"It's nothing, I can help you convey your intentions to my big brother, but I can't control the specifics."

"Done."

Li Baoguo was not optimistic about this; after all, the age gap was right there, as Zhang Ping'an was more than a decade older than his niece.

Zhang Ping'an did not know at this moment that his offhand words of thanks to Li Huaide and his wife had been tacitly assumed by them to be an agreement to be introduced to a potential partner.

On a morning during the weekend, Ding Qiunan brought Zhong Mingzhu to the Siheyuan, and Zhong Mingzhu was also curiously looking over everything around her.

She had grown up in a large compound since she was little, followed by school, and she had truly never entered this kind of Siheyuan where multiple families lived.

"Wife of Guangtian, who is this young girl? She looks so lovely."

"Auntie, this is my colleague, she came to my home to hang out on her day off."