Chapter 48: The Sudden Arrival of Sun Heng

  After breakfast, I was about to help clean up the table when Li Huanhuan arrived. She whispered to me, "Come over, I have something to say!"

  I knew I couldn't deceive her from start to finish, so I followed her to her room.

  Li Huanhuan is really a social mixer. As soon as I entered the house, she closed the door of her room and said coldly to me: "Don't you have anything to tell me?"

  I hastily said: "There's something... to say!" I paused for a moment, looking at Li Huanhuan who was about to explode, and I hastily said: "It's Bai Feng, she is the daughter of White Core of the Wanlong Society, and the White Tiger we caught last time and sent to the police station is her brother... And also, Zhou Hui and Bai Feng, White Tiger are really half-siblings... That's all!"

  Li Huan couldn't help but burst out laughing at my tense face: "You're so afraid of me? Then how dare you hide things from me? Let me tell you, I've already guessed all these things. Speak up! What else are you hiding from me?"

  I thought hard, afraid of missing something and being scolded by Li Huanhuan, so I carefully told her everything I knew, regardless of whether she already knew it or not. I poured out everything in one breath, and finally said: "I really have told you everything, there's nothing else I'm hiding from you!"

  Li Huanhuan finally smiled contentedly, her happy expression making me feel a bit like hitting her. But she actually went on to say: "Very good, since you're being so honest this time, I'll spare you for now. But remember, if you ever dare to secretly keep another woman again, be careful or I'll really turn against you and beat you up!"

  I hastily nodded and then wanted to escape from her room.

  Li Huanhuan grabbed me and said in an annoyed tone, "What are you running for? I'm not going to eat you up! Are you afraid your fiancée will get jealous, so you're trying to make a quick escape?"

  I feel speechless now, looking at Li Huanhuan who is holding onto me, I couldn't help but think: Why are women so troublesome? Everything relies on guessing, it's as if they don't even have a brain...

  I didn't dare to say these words, Li Huanhuan seemed to know that I didn't dare to say anything unpleasant, and smiled slyly: "This is my good... old man, loving his wife will make him prosperous, you must have heard of it, hehe..."

  I was just about to retort when I heard the phone ring. It's our home landline, which has only been connected for a short while, and not many people know the number, but generally they are family members or close relatives and friends.

  So I rushed out to answer the phone, and on the phone, I heard a loud voice saying: "Jin Cang, I'm at the town center at the foot of your mountain, hurry up and ride over to pick me up, I'm stuck on the highway, my car is skidding, can't go up..."

  The voice was actually Sun Heng, completely beyond my expectation. I had a brief daze and then quickly said: "Wait for me, I'll be right there... Now it's not even possible to ride a motorcycle, I'll run over to pick you up."

  Sun Heng hesitated for a moment, then said: "Alright, you bring the iron shovel, and it's best to bring a sturdy rope too. Let me see if I can climb up."

  I responded with a "yes" and went to call my father and Uncle Dong. The three of us, carrying iron shovels and ropes, set off along the highway to look for Sun Heng.

  From my home to the town center, it's at least seven or eight kilometers away. Although we've been rushing all the way, we still can't speed up because of the thick snow on the road. Along the way, I told my father and Dongfang Shu about Sun Heng, and also briefly mentioned some things between us, so that my father and Dongfang Shu had a certain understanding of this mysterious visitor Sun Heng.

  An hour and a half later, we finally saw Sun Heng trapped on the highway. Sun Heng was driving an army vehicle over here. Normally, with such heavy snow, highways are closed and vehicles are not allowed to pass, but military vehicles might be an exception, which is why Sun Heng was able to drive here.

  Sun Heng's car was padded with thick snow, and the two rear wheels could not touch the ground, so it couldn't move forward.

  My father, Dongfang Shu and I all had experience of helping people push cars in the snow, so the four of us worked together to quickly clear the snow under the car. We told Sun Heng to resist slow and steady progress, unless on flat roads, not to stop, and keep moving forward.

  Sun Heng started the car and it immediately moved forward, successfully driving onto a flat road before coming to a stop.

  I and Father Dongfang caught up with Sun Heng from behind, everyone got on the car together, Sun Heng drove the car slowly towards my home as we told him.

  The car skidded several times on the road due to thick snow, but with our efforts, it got back on the road again and again.

  When we finally returned home, it was already past lunchtime. At this time, almost everyone who stayed at home was gathered around the stove to warm themselves by the fire, while only the four of us were covered in sweat and had our shirts open.

  Dongfang Yu, Li Huanhuan and Zhou Hui all knew Sun Heng, no need for me to introduce. The others had never seen the military uniformed, majestic and proud Sun Heng before. It wasn't until after my introduction that everyone got to know each other.

  Sun Heng's arrival made the atmosphere in my home a bit tense, but also somewhat exciting. The tension was of course from Bai Feng, who had not taken her eyes off me since she saw Sun Heng in his military uniform, as if to say: "How could you be so unfaithful and report us to the police so quickly...and even notify the military..."

  Most people were delighted, whether it was me, Dongfang Yu, Li Huanhuan, Zhou Hui, Dongfang Shu and Guo Sijiu who knew Sun Heng originally, or my parents. Everyone was very happy and warmly invited Sun Heng to sit down and hurriedly cooked a meal to entertain him.

  Sun Heng was a military man after all, and after seeing my family, he quickly started talking to my parents and showed great demeanor, winning everyone's favor.

  As for Bai Feng, she stared at me without speaking, and I didn't think it was a good idea to explain things to her at that moment, so I let her continue staring at me with hatred.

  It was already past lunchtime, but our parents hadn't eaten yet as they were waiting for us. So the ten of us sat around a table and started eating happily and noisily together.

  At mealtime, Zhou Hui deliberately sat with Bai Feng together, and seemed to say something in a low voice to Bai Feng. I was far away and didn't hear clearly, but kept talking and laughing with Sun Heng, asking him about his recent situation.

  Sun Heng told me that he came this time on behalf of Old Chen. Old Chen said to entertain and sent some New Year's goods over through Sun Heng, and also asked Sun Heng to tell me that after the new year, I should go to school, everything has been taken care of for me.

  I had seen the large trunks on Sun Heng's car and guessed they were for me, but I didn't expect them to be sent by Old Chen. Moved, I couldn't help but think of joining the army. I immediately told Sun Heng: "Thank Old Chen for me, if I can't find a suitable job after graduating from university, I will join the army!"

  Sun Heng nodded and smiled, "The matter of being a soldier is not urgent, but there is one thing that is very urgent. Old Chen asked me to tell you that the intelligence you and Huanhuan provided for us helped us find a large amount of hidden supplies from the Wanlong Society, including many weapons and ammunition. Old Chen said it was lucky you two helped, otherwise, if those guns and ammunition fell into the wrong hands, the ordinary people would suffer again."

  I hastily made a signal with my eyes, indicating that Sun Heng should not say anything else, but unfortunately it was too late, and Sun Heng had already finished speaking without noticing my eye signal.

  Looking at my father and mother, as well as other people who didn't know the truth staring at me, I had to explain: "Actually, it's like this. I and Huanhuan sister accidentally discovered a secret base of the Wanlong Association, found some materials inside, and reported them to the country, letting the country collect those materials. That's all there is to it, don't think too much about it!"

  Almost everyone let out a collective sigh of relief, looking at me with different eyes, some happy, some relieved, some excited and some angry.

  Of course, the only one who feels angry is Bai Feng. After all, Bai Feng is a member of the Wan Long Society, and now hearing me say that Li Huanhuan and I gave their supplies to the country, it's normal for him to feel angry.

  Sun Heng also felt something was off, and glanced at Bai Feng's face, smiling: "Jin Cang, is Miss Bai your friend? I've never heard you mention her before?"

  I was at a loss for words and couldn't help but look at Bai Feng, deep in thought.

  Bai Feng loudly said: "I am Jin Cang's sister, what? You also want to control this? Do I need to show you my ID?"

  Sun Heng was taken aback, then smiled and said: "Wow, what a sharp tongue you have! I was just casually asking, Miss Bai Feng, don't be angry..."

  Sun Heng's words were cut off by Bai Feng, who shouted: "Who are you scolding? Who is the young lady? Watch your mouth!"

  Sun Heng was also stunned, with a face full of confusion. I quickly said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Sun Heng didn't mean it that way." Then I hurriedly went to look for Zhou Hui, hoping she could come out and help resolve this situation.

  Zhou Hui still understood what I meant and quickly said: "Feng Er, stop making trouble, with so many elders around, aren't you afraid of losing face..."

  Bai Feng wanted to retort, but seeing Zhou Hui's serious face, she immediately shut her mouth and lowered her head to continue eating.

  I also hastily said to Sun Heng: "The New Year is coming, everyone should not make trouble, and the most important thing now is to have a peaceful and good year!"

  "Dad said at this time: 'Anyway, the most important thing for us now is to prepare for the New Year. After a while, Jinkang will assign tasks to you, and everyone should start preparing from now on. There are only three days left before the New Year, and it's time to start preparing.'"

  I also smiled and said, "That's right. Why don't we just do it this way? I'll be in charge of running errands with Sun Heng, if there's anything else missing at home, we'll take care of buying it back today. Yuer and Huanhuan sister, you two will help my mom and Guo Si aunt cook. As for Hui sister and Bai Feng, since you're not familiar with the situation here..."

  Zhou Hui interrupted me, laughing loudly: "Come on, we don't need special treatment. Hurry up and arrange some tasks for us to do. Otherwise, we'll become freeloaders. Let's put it bluntly, I won't let you off easy."

  I took a glance at Bai Feng, seeing that she didn't seem to object, so I said: "Then you guys help Uncle Dongfang and my dad set things up a bit, it's New Year's after all, we've got to have some festive atmosphere, right?"

  "This is more like it. We're not just people who only know how to eat and not do anything, so we can't just sit around watching you guys work."

  I smiled: "Okay, let's do it that way. Everyone take a look and see if there's anything you want to buy, tell me later, I'll write it down, and then go with Sun Heng to buy it."

  After lunch, everyone started to get busy. My father and I discussed it and decided that this year we would invite our uncles and brothers from the same clan to come over for Chinese New Year. Actually, in previous years, our clan had always spent Chinese New Year together. At that time, my grandfather was still alive and celebrated with us, so every year on the 30th, my family would prepare a reunion dinner and invite all the members of our clan to come over and celebrate the beginning of the new year.

  This way, it's lively and has a festive atmosphere for the New Year. Secondly, it's also a sign of respect for the elderly. After all, they have worked hard their whole lives, and in their old age, they hope to have some children and grandchildren to accompany them and chat with them. They also hope to see their children and grandchildren gathered together, lively and harmonious, celebrating the New Year together.

  Although my grandfather is no longer with us, most of the uncles and brothers in our family still live nearby, so Dad said to invite them over for a meal, which also counts as spending Chinese New Year at our home.

  Let's leave Uncle and Brother's affairs to Father, Sun Heng and I will take note of everything everyone wants to buy, get in the military vehicle and set off to purchase at the town center.

  Because we were worried about the poor road conditions, we also brought iron shovels and ropes, which was quite a thorough preparation.

  On the way, I told Sun Heng everything that had happened, including Bai Feng's background. Sun Heng is my brother and also my elder brother, I couldn't hide it from him.

  Sun Heng listened to my words, carefully considered for a moment before saying: "If Bai Feng doesn't harm you and your family again, I'll pretend I don't know about this matter. But let me tell you, you have to be careful, there's a saying that goes 'knowing people is not the same as knowing their hearts', you've only been in contact with Bai Feng for a short time, everything requires extra caution, a safe journey of a thousand miles begins with a single cautious step."

  I nodded: "I know. So I asked Bai Feng's sister Zhou Hui to take care of her."

  Sun Heng also nodded, looking at the road ahead and said unintentionally: "How did you manage to win women's favor?"

  I was taken aback for a moment, then I knew what he meant, and smiled: "You're not going to mention Chen Jing again, are you? She doesn't even pay attention to me, let alone make me happy?"

  Sun Heng smiled: "Chen Jing originally wanted to come with me to take a look at you, but unfortunately something came up and she couldn't make it. What did you do, kid, that made Chen Jing look at you in a different light?"

  I felt a bit suspicious of Sun Heng's words: "Chen Jing wants to come over and see me? No way, are you kidding me?"

  Sun Heng looked at me and said seriously, "Why would I deceive you? What I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can call Chen Jing right now to confirm."

  I felt a bit guilty and said casually: "No need for that, I still trust you..."

  "But your family already has an unmarried wife, and there's also Li Huanhuan and Zhou Hui. If Chen Jing finds out about your infidelity, won't she stop caring for you?"

  I looked at him with a treacherous face, knowing he was joking, and said: "Then you can tell Chen Jing well, I'm also very embarrassed. You know that Dongfang Yu is my fiancée - although not legally. Huanhuan sister and Hui sister are indeed in my home now, plus the original White Feng who wanted to kill me... If you tell Chen Jing these things, maybe Chen Jing will thank you."

  Sun Heng shrunk his neck and pretended to be very afraid: "If I said that, Chen Jing... Chen Jing would definitely kill me."

  I wondered: "Shouldn't she be coming after me with trouble? How could she think of killing you?"

  Sun Heng stared and said, "Chen Jing will definitely think I'm sowing discord, do you think she'll look for trouble with me?" Paused for a moment, then continued, "Seriously, which one do you really like? You can't be thinking of having both, right?"

  My face turned red, feeling very embarrassed: "What are you talking about? Am I that kind of person? Besides, what do you know? Those few people are just my friends, not even...not even a romantic relationship between men and women, don't talk nonsense."

  Sun Heng smiled: "You little scoundrel, you're deceiving yourself again. Let me tell you, the girls around you, none of them don't like you. Of course, except for Bai Feng, she might really want to kill you, so you'd better be careful."

  I feel that Sun Heng is a bit gossipy, and said angrily: "You can laugh at me now, but when you find your ideal girlfriend, I'll have a good talk with her too. When the time comes, you'll be asking for my help."

  Sun Heng burst out laughing and said loudly: "The New Year is approaching, and you can't even take a joke? You're still thinking of revenge against me, you little scoundrel!"

  I also burst out laughing: "The one who is not local is you, not me. By the way, you're not getting any younger either. They say that when a man gets older he should get married and when a woman gets older she should be married off, so when are you going to get married?"

  Sun Heng said without thinking: "I don't even have a girlfriend, what marriage? Who am I going to marry? You little brat, can you help me find a girlfriend?"

  I really wanted to help Sun Heng find a girlfriend, so I said: "No problem, there are still many beautiful girls among my classmates. If you're willing, I can introduce you."

  Sun Heng glared at me with a look of displeasure: "Your classmates? Those are all little girls, I'm so old, how can that be suitable?"

  I laughed: "What's wrong with that? Old cows eat tender grass, men have always thought this way since ancient times, don't be hypocritical."

  Sun Heng's face turned stern, and he said in a depressed tone: "It was those men, not me. If I were to look for someone, they would have to be at least 25 years old or older, and roughly the same age as me."

  I nodded, and indeed thought of a person. It was one of my cousins, who is almost thirty years old this year and still hasn't gotten married. She works outside and is said to be very capable, but just can't find the right match in marriage matters, so she's still unmarried until now.

  So I quickly said to Sun Heng: "I have a cousin, she's already thirty years old this year, and you're just right for each other. How about I give you her phone number and you try contacting her?"

  Sun Heng listened to what I said and suddenly became interested: "That's great, you go tell your cousin first, then I'll call her, so as not to cause any misunderstanding."

  I also thought so, and after preparing to go back, I called my cousin to tell her about this matter: "After going back, call her on the phone, you first remember my cousin's phone number."

  Sun Heng nodded somewhat awkwardly, wrote down the phone number I gave him, and then said with some trepidation: "Will your cousin look down on me?"

  I laughed: "It won't, you're so excellent, still an officer, how could my cousin look down on you? Besides, isn't there me to help you, just go try with confidence."

  Sun Heng relaxed a bit and laughed: "If that happens, I'll be your brother-in-law, haha... you'll have to call me Brother-in-law from now on, just thinking about it makes people happy."

  I also smiled: "If I didn't want to call you sister's husband, it would be very simple."

  Sun Heng was puzzled: "How can it be so simple? Are you going to deny that I'm your brother-in-law?"

  I burst out laughing and said: "If I were to make my sister dislike you, wouldn't that mean you can't become my brother-in-law?"

  Sun Heng was taken aback and immediately cursed: "Good you, Jin Cang! So you're such a despicable person. I, Sun Heng, misjudged you..."

  "What are you talking about? Be careful or I'll really tell my cousin about your bad behavior and you won't be able to become my cousin-in-law!"

  Sun Heng immediately shut his mouth, not daring to say another word. I looked at him with a stifled expression and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Haha... you also have moments of being tongue-tied, it makes me very happy too, haha..."

  Sun Heng couldn't help but smile wryly, and yet he still didn't dare to defy me...

  When I and Sun Heng bought things back home, the sky was almost dark. Although it was still 5:40 in the afternoon, winter days are short, at this point, it had already turned dark.

  Everyone at home had everything ready, just waiting for me and Sun Heng to come back and eat together. We were also hungry, so we sat down to eat without hesitation, looking like we hadn't eaten in three days.

  Dongfang Yu finally remembered something and quietly pulled me to the side, saying in a low voice: "Brother, have you found another girlfriend?"

  I was taken aback and said in confusion: "What did you say?"

  Dongfang Yu said in a low voice: "Is it Bai Feng? Is she one of your girlfriends?"

  I forced a smile and said: "What's going on here? And by the way, how many girlfriends do you think I have?"

  Dongfang Yu bit her lip and said, "You have at least four girlfriends. I'm not stupid, do you think I don't know? Don't lie to me. I didn't expect to control you either, as long as the person you marry in the end is me..."

  I felt a burning sensation deep within me, but I forced myself to hold back: "Don't think too much about it, what's the big deal about having a girlfriend? She's just an ordinary friend, maybe even a friend of my friend..."

  Dongfang Yu shook her head: "I don't believe you. Huanhuan Jie, Hui Jie, Chen Jing Jiejie, and that Du Yifei... aren't they all your girlfriends?"

  I could only sigh with a bitter smile, then turned around and left, not wanting to continue talking to Dongfang Yu anymore.

  Dongfang Yu pouted and said angrily: "You wronged me, but you don't even let me speak about it. You...you're really overbearing...unreasonable..."

  I quickly found a place to sit down and said to Sun Heng: "I'll go call my cousin right away, the rest of the things will be left to you. By the way, my cousin might be at home now, if so, I'll take you to her house to find her."

  Sun Heng wanted to say something, but I stopped him: "If you want to succeed, listen to me. My cousin listens to me the most... except for her parents, so it's best if you do what I say."

  Sun Heng just nodded and didn't dare say anything more. It seems he really attaches great importance to this blind date with my cousin, so he's a bit nervous too.

  I also intentionally tease him a bit, so whenever I have the chance, I make him slightly nervous and then help him out.

  The phone call went through easily, and my cousin was indeed at home, also returning for the New Year. I explained my intention, and my cousin fell silent, only saying after a long while: "Then bring him over to take a look, whether it's suitable or not, we'll discuss when we meet."

  So I happily hung up the phone, pulled Sun Heng and ran to my cousin's house. My father was anxious behind me, calling out repeatedly: "You can't just go like this, you have to prepare some gifts! It's your first time going to someone else's home, it's not good to go empty-handed!"

  But Sun Heng and I didn't care about these things, we hastily ran towards our cousin's home.