Chapter 462

To tell the truth, I didn't have any confidence in Huang Weiwei's suggestion. Likewise, my aunt didn't either. Therefore, their Q&A seemed plausible yet questionable, and we could only smile.

But one thing was certain: Huang Weiwei's suggestion had dispelled my aunt's idea of petitioning. If my aunt didn't petition, it would be good for everyone. The petition department itself had no power; it couldn't accomplish good things, but it could ruin big ones.

They would ask every petitioner a few hasty questions and accept their materials. Turning around, they would make a phone call to the local area, and the materials would be transferred back at the same time. In this way, the matter that the petitioner wanted a result for would return to the hands of the target of the petition. It was as if something had been transferred from the left hand to the right hand, without any change at all.

The result of my aunt's petition would inevitably return to the Hengyue City Public Security Bureau after going around the petition department.

If that were really the case, would the Hengyue City Public Security Bureau let my aunt off?

Not to mention that her Luqiao Company would more or less have bones picked out of the egg, wouldn't I, Huang Weiwei, and Director Chen Yazhi, who had never shown her face, be implicated?

I didn't know if Huang Weiwei's suggestion was out of the purpose of protecting ourselves or if there was another motive. However, using the pen in Chen Meng's hand, as well as her professional background as an uncrowned king, to first create some momentum in public opinion was the best possible method.

But in this way, Chen Meng would also be implicated. If Chen Meng were implicated, Secretary Chen couldn't stay out of it. If things kept going like this, not to mention turning the world upside down, it would at least stir up a storm.

Once everyone had made up their minds, their moods lightened up a lot.

The three of us couldn't all stay at He Jiaxiao's house. His apartment was small, just one room and a living room. We had to find a hotel to stay in outside.

He Jiaxiao had been in the provincial capital for two years and was familiar with all the big and small hotels in the city. He volunteered to take us to stay, saying he was familiar with the bosses of several hotels and could get a discount on the price.

He Jiaxiao's proposal was simply mind-boggling to me. In my heart, he had always been the image of a playboy; if he could actually take pleasure in the trivial matter of a price discount, it was truly beyond our expectations.

We couldn't ignore his hospitality, so the four of us went downstairs and followed him to find a hotel.

We checked two, and both were full. He Jiaxiao felt a bit embarrassed, standing in front of the service desk losing his temper, revealing his usual playboy face.

The service staff in the provincial capital had seen the world and completely ignored his clamoring. In Hengyue City, everyone would give He Jiaxiao some face, after all, he was the son of the Deputy Municipal Party Secretary. But in the provincial capital, even his father might not be able to shout and scream, let alone a small fry like him.

We dragged him away to find the next one.

He Jiaxiao said embarrassedly, "Aunt, Brother, you don't know. This ghost of a provincial capital, I don't know what ghost has come out, everyone leaves their own homes empty and likes to run here to open hotels. It makes it so that people who really need to stay can't find a place."

I smiled and said, "People in the province have money."

"Have money my ass!" He Jiaxiao cursed bitterly, "They are all just puffing themselves up to look like fat men."

I smiled falsely and said, "How so?"

He Jiaxiao hesitated and said, "Take me for example, although I can't be considered a rich person, compared to them, I can be considered a rich master, right? My own salary, plus the pocket money my mother gives me, is just enough for daily living expenses. Let alone staying in a hotel every day, even if I went to a restaurant for a simple meal every day, I couldn't afford it. So you see, I mostly cook for myself at home. This is also good, it has trained me to have a set of culinary skills."

Huang Weiwei sighed and said, "Jiaxiao, I am truly happy for Mengmeng. Your skills will have a place to be used in the future."

He Jiaxiao looked like he wanted to cry and said, "Mengmeng refuses to eat the food I cook, saying she's not in the mood."

Huang Weiwei scolded him, "They all say you men are stupid, Jiaxiao, you really are stupid. She says she's not in the mood, can't you give her a good mood? Women need to be coaxed, you've already had a child, can't you still not coax a woman?"

He Jiaxiao's face flushed red, and he stammered, "Accident, it was all an accident."

Huang Weiwei was unhappy, staring with her phoenix eyes and questioning, "You say it was an accident, do you regret it?"

He Jiaxiao said in a hurry, "Sister Weiwei, how could I dare to regret it? I'm too happy to regret it." He pointed at me and laughed, "Look at my brother, he's so much older than me and still doesn't have a child. This time I've finally gotten ahead of you."

Huang Weiwei hit him and said, "Your brother is a person with career ambition. Unlike you."

He Jiaxiao complained, "What's wrong with me? Sister Weiwei, is it wrong for me to pursue love?"

Huang Weiwei smiled and said, "No one said you were wrong. It's just that you Northerners grow up too early."

He Jiaxiao laughed loudly and said, "My brother is also a Northerner. Did my brother grow up early too?"

Huang Weiwei blushed and reached out to hit him again. He Jiaxiao jumped to the side, hiding behind my aunt, and said, "Aunt, look, Sister Weiwei likes to hit people all day long. If my brother keeps going like this, won't he be tortured to death by her?"

My aunt scolded, "Little guy, it's a pity you're still a father, don't you know that hitting is affection and scolding is love?"

He Jiaxiao hesitated for a moment and asked with a confused look, "Could it be that when Weiwei hits me, she is kissing me?"

Huang Weiwei had long since blushed from his teasing; she quietly reached out and twisted me, hurting me so much I almost jumped up.

"Your brother is bullying me, and you won't help me?"

Hearing this, I smiled and said, "Jiaxiao, your wings have hardened, huh, daring to make fun of your sister-in-law, watch me deal with you."

He Jiaxiao bowed with both hands and said, "Brother, even if you gave me a thousand guts, I wouldn't dare."

I scolded, "Still nagging, hurry up and take us to find a hotel. Aunt is tired."

Everyone looked at my aunt; she was indeed sleepy-eyed, looking like she was about to fall over.

He Jiaxiao said apologetically, "I'll make another phone call. This is a buddy of mine who opened a club. Usually, they don't host guests for overnight stays. But I know he has a few guest rooms, let's see if he can let us stay."

I urged him to call quickly. I reached out to support my aunt, lest she really look like a sleeping beauty and fall to the ground, which wouldn't look good.

He Jiaxiao walked to the side to make the call, I supported my aunt, and Huang Weiwei hugged my arm, standing at the entrance of the hotel with its blurred lights, as cold and stern as a sculpture.

Huang Weiwei asked me in a low voice, "Chen Feng, tell me, what kind of ending will Jiaxiao and Mengmeng have?"

I asked back, "What do you think?"

She smiled lightly and said, "I don't have any confidence either. I haven't seen Mengmeng for a long time, I don't know what she's thinking."

"What do you hope for?"

"Of course, for them to be together."

"Since we all hope for this, do you think they will go in opposite directions? No matter what, they still have to live among us. They can't just hide away in a peach blossom paradise and ignore the world."

"But they are still in a cold war right now."

"It's a matter of time," I comforted her, "As the ancient saying goes, good things take time. Let them grind it out first."

Huang Weiwei smiled sweetly, hugged my arm tighter, and said, "Chen Feng, you can always see the result of things."

My aunt on the side opened her eyes, looked us over, and said, "You two, go to a private space to say your sweet nothings, don't tease me into getting goosebumps all over."

As soon as she finished speaking, He Jiaxiao came jumping over, shouting happily, "Done, done."

I asked suspiciously, "That easy?"

He Jiaxiao patted his chest proudly and said, "Brother, you don't see what kind of person your little brother is! He is a close buddy of mine who likes to collect things. I promised him I'd take him to appreciate the treasure of our research institute."

"So there were exchange conditions," I smiled, "Close buddies still play this game? If you didn't agree, he wouldn't agree to you?"

He Jiaxiao laughed, "He would have agreed anyway. Because I said there were two peerless beauties. I said I'd take him to appreciate the treasure, it was just a benefit I gave him."

My heart skipped a beat and I asked, "I can't stay?"

He Jiaxiao smiled embarrassedly, scratched his scalp, and said, "He only has two guest rooms. Brother, why don't you squeeze in with me for the night?"

I hesitated and didn't know what to say.

Huang Weiwei pouted and said, "I'm not going either."

My aunt stretched and said, "If you guys aren't going, I'm going. I'm exhausted."

He Jiaxiao looked at me, hesitating.

I reached out and patted his head, saying, "Kid, you said you were taking two peerless beauties. Remember, one is your aunt, and one is your sister-in-law."

He Jiaxiao stuck out his tongue, made a face, and said, "I didn't say anything wrong. My aunt and sister-in-law, which one isn't a peerless beauty? The common, vulgar people around him can't even compare to half a finger of my aunt and sister-in-law. I'm letting him see that I, He Jiaxiao, am no ordinary person."

"What kind of person is he?" I asked.

"He has a bit of a background," He Jiaxiao hesitated and said, "His father is a big official in our Central Province. What specific official, I'm not very clear."

"How did you get familiar?"

"He likes antiques and collecting, we met on the street."

"Just that?"

"Also, he is a scholar. Very refined."

"How old?"

"Around thirty or so," He Jiaxiao looked at me and said, "About the same age as you, Brother."

I frowned.

He Jiaxiao clearly saw it and hurriedly said, "He's not as handsome as you, Brother."

Everyone laughed after he said that.