HLnovel Chapter 134 The couple had fun
Chapter 134 The couple had fun
"Hello, Grandpa." Qu Zibin bowed his head slightly, with a respectful attitude. He is eighteen years old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a square face, and a height of 1.77 meters. In an era when malnutrition was common, he was considered a handsome man.
Qu Zibin also entered the School of Classical Literature of Peking University through Qu Hui's relationship. Today he was wearing a student uniform of white shirt and black pants, looking quite scholarly.
Old Wen sat there as steady as a rock and did not respond.
"Dad, Hongxia and I loved each other and respected each other. Ningning was also well-behaved and sensible. They are gone so suddenly. I am heartbroken."
Qu Hui looked sad, tears flickering in his eyes. "Dad, my parents died young, and now I lost my wife and daughter overnight. I am all alone. My brother also died of illness, and my sister-in-law returned to her parents' home. Zibin and I are all alone and helpless, so I adopted him. I think Hongxia and Ningning's spirits in heaven would not object. They also want to see someone take care of me in my old age and see me to the end of my life."
"Dad, you won't disagree, will you?"
When the names of Wen Hongxia and Qu Ningning were mentioned, Old Wen's face froze and he tried hard to suppress his anger, as well as a hint of embarrassment.
Among the people who came here today, several were military officers who participated in the investigation of Ling Feng's family.
Zheng Jie's confession was that she killed Wen Hongxia and Qu Ningning because Wen Hongxia had an affair with Ling Feng and gave birth to Qu Ningning. She could not swallow this humiliation and killed them on impulse.
This is a family scandal. Old Wen feels that he has not educated his daughter well. But now Qu Hui openly says that he and Wen Hongxia respect each other and have a good relationship. People who know the situation will only find it ironic.
"Comrade Qu Hui, you don't need my consent to recognize anyone as your son. I won't care."
Elder Wen said coldly: "Today is a good day for me to recognize Xinyue as my granddaughter. If you have nothing to do, please go ahead."
"Dad, Hongxia never divorced me until she died. She and I are still married, and I will never get married again. So you will always be my father-in-law. I lost my father when I was in my teens, and after I married Hongxia, you treated me like your own son. After so many years, I have always regarded you as my own father. Dad."
Qu Hui's eyes were filled with tears. "Now that Hongxia and Ningning are gone, I will take care of you and Mingxuan. When I am older, I will still have Zibin. He is a talented writer and is now a representative of outstanding students at Beijing University. Xuanbao will definitely be better off with him taking care of him than an outsider."
After Qu Hui finished speaking, he glanced at Zhan Xinyue and Sheng Tunan inconspicuously, and his meaning was very clear: the two of them were outsiders.
"Haha." Mr. Wen laughed.
"Qu Hui, if I hadn't called you today, you shouldn't have come." Wen Lao said coldly, "I'll save your face. Family matters won't be discussed here. Take your son to the meeting room."
"Dad, is there anything that can't be said here?" Qu Hui refused to leave.
He felt that Mr. Wen was leaving now because he was afraid that he would tell others about Wen Hongxia and Ling Feng's affair. Although many people in the compound already knew about it, it was not made public. If it was made public, Mr. Wen's reputation would be ruined.
Qu Hui wanted to use this to control his father-in-law and force him to recognize Qu Zibin as his grandson. Old Wen had great power, and he couldn't let Zhan Xinyue take all the benefits!
"Commander Qu, you always say that you regard grandpa as your real father, but why don't you listen to what he says? Is this what a son should do?" Zhan Xinyue asked politely.
"I'm talking to my dad, do you have the right to interrupt?" Qu Hui glared at him.
"Qu Hui, Xinyue is my granddaughter. Please be respectful." Old Man Wen knocked heavily on the table.
"Commander Qu, I'm sorry." Sheng Tunan was too lazy to talk nonsense, he just stood up and gave Shen Zhiyan a wink.
Shen Zhiyan was stunned, and Zhan Xin said to him, "Go and take Qu Zibin to the meeting room."
"Okay." Lao Wu stood up.
Sheng Tunan escorted Qu Hui, and Shen Zhiyan escorted Qu Zibin to the meeting room. The two wanted to resist at first, but Sheng Tunan and Shen Zhiyan were both top-level soldiers, and they were no match at all.
Sheng Tunan and Shen Zhiyan escorted Qu Hui and Qu Zibin to the conference room next door in a humiliating manner, like escorting prisoners.
In the banquet hall, Mr. Wen stood up and said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you all. Comrades, please take a look at the menu first. I'll ask the waiter to serve the dishes. You can eat directly when I come back."
"Mr. Wen, please go ahead and do your work. We'll be waiting for you." Several people who had a good relationship with Mr. Wen said immediately.
"Xinyue, come with me." said Mr. Wen.
Zhan Xinyue nodded, followed Mr. Wen obediently, and went to the conference room together.
As soon as the two men left, some people who were visiting for the first time in the Great Hall of the People started looking through the menu.
The menu has a red cover with gold-plated fonts, which looks very high-end.
After opening it, the name of today's dish was written inside.
"Welcome cold dishes, six side dishes, sweet bamboo shoots and shrimp dumplings soup. Buddha jumps over the wall, dry steamed veal, pigeon with black bean sauce, bamboo shoots with scallion oil, Shunde fish soup, pickled cabbage rice noodles, clear chicken and tofu soup, abalone, curry prawn balls, chestnut and yellow cabbage, steamed sea bass, whole lamb soup, Guangdong-style fat beef, soft eel, squirrel mandarin fish, boiled cabbage, Kung Pao chicken, Wensi tofu, roast duck, Longjing shrimp, Yangzhou lion head, Dongbo meat, lotus chicken slices."
There was a young boy who unconsciously read out the menu. He was the great-nephew of Mr. Wen and worked in a printing factory. It was his first time to come to the Great Hall today. Seeing so many delicious dishes, he whispered to his parents beside him, "Dad, Mom, these dishes are delicious just by looking at the names. They are all light."
"But these next few dishes look really spicy."
"Where?" His mother is presbyopic and forgot to wear glasses when he went out today.
"Red-braised shark's fin, steamed cured meat, blood duck, chopped pepper fish head, flavorful snake meat, spicy chicken." The young man read out the names of the dishes.
His father was a train driver and had traveled extensively. "These are all Hunan dishes. They are all very spicy, but very delicious."
The two father and son were talking loudly. Those at the table who knew Zhan Xinyue was from Hunan Province couldn't help but think, "It seems that Old Man Wen really likes this granddaughter. You know, in order to cater to the tastes of most people, the Hunan dishes in the Great Hall only include the less spicy Dong'an chicken and the chestnut-braised cabbage heart without chili. These Hunan dishes should have been made by a Hunan chef hired from outside especially for Zhan Xinyue."
Previously, I thought that Elder Wen was just on a whim, and wanted to find an aunt with medical skills to protect Zeng Mingxuan before he died. Now it seems that Elder Wen really treats Zhan Xinyue as his own granddaughter. If he encounters Zhan Xinyue in the future, he will have to help her.
Zhan Xinyue had no idea that her status had been elevated in the eyes of the big guys. She, Sheng Tunan, and Shen Zhiyan were just watching the show in confusion.
I didn't expect that Qu Hui and his wife Wen Hongxia are equally good at playing.
It really proves the saying that if you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door.
"Qu Hui, I am old, but not so old that I am blind!"
In the conference room, there were only brothers Zhan Xinyue and Sheng Tunan, with no outsiders present. Old Wen directly revealed everything that Qu Hui had done.
"You and Hongxia seem to be in perfect harmony. Except for Ningning who is a little willful, your family of three is considered happy."
Old Wen snorted. These were just superficial similarities. He was very busy and had a lot of things to do every day. His daughter had never said anything bad about Qu Hui to him as a father. Every time she saw him, she said that his marriage was happy and Qu Ningning was sensible and obedient.
"Some time ago, Zheng Jie was arrested and revealed the fact that Ling Feng and Hong Xia gave birth to Ning Ning. Qu Hui, as Hong Xia's father, I feel very guilty towards you and wanted to make up for it. I urge you to find a good comrade to marry and have children while you are still in your forties."
Elder Wen laughed at himself, "I didn't expect you to bring Qu Zibin home at this time and say he was your brother's son."
How could Mr. Wen, who was able to sit in this position, be fooled by others?
He asked someone to find a photo of Qu Zibin, and immediately suspected that Qu Zibin was Qu Hui's biological son. Mr. Wen immediately sent someone to Qu Hui's hometown to investigate, and soon learned the truth.
"Qu Hui, you are a military commander after all, how come you haven't made any progress at all?" Elder Wen said sarcastically.
"The only thing I have ever done for personal gain in my life was to promote you to the rank of army commander. You have no ability and few military achievements, so it was Hongxia who begged me for two months before I finally agreed. Now that I think about it, you married Hongxia for a chance to get promoted, right?"
Mr. Wen asked a question, but his tone was very affirmative.
Qu Hui hated it most when people said he was incompetent, so he stiffened his neck and was about to stand up, but Sheng Tunan, who was sitting next to him, easily pushed him back to his seat.
"Dad, you can't say that. Even if I have no credit, I have worked hard over the years. And Zibin is indeed my brother's child. His father passed away, and as his uncle, I must raise him well." Qu Hui was held down by Sheng Tunan and didn't dare to speak loudly. He weakly defended himself.
"Qu Hui, I have met your brother. You and your brother are nothing alike. One looks like his father, the other like his mother. Your brother is less than 1.6 meters tall, and your so-called sister-in-law is only 1.53 meters tall. How could she give birth to a son who is 1.77 meters tall? Qu Zibin doesn't look like your brother, nor does he look like your sister-in-law. Instead, he looks about 40% like your uncle. You say he is your brother's sister-in-law's child. Do you take me for a fool?"
Elder Wen stood up angrily, and Zhan Xinyue stood up right after him, advising him, "Grandpa, there's no need to get angry over this kind of person. Your health is more important."
Old Wen closed his eyes, took a deep breath, nodded, and sat back in his seat.
"Qu Hui, don't quibble. I sent someone to your hometown to inquire. When your parents were still alive, they had verbally engaged with your brother's wife Zou Hongmei's parents. It was between you and her! Not your brother! Later, in order to get promoted, you married my daughter, but you still had contact with Zou Hongmei."
"Your brother has had poor health since childhood and never married. But he suddenly married Zou Hongmei, and gave birth to Qu Zibin six months later. I guess Zou Hongmei married your brother because she was pregnant with your child and couldn't have a child out of wedlock."
Qu Hui didn't expect that Elder Wen had already investigated to this point, but he still stiffened his neck and said, "Dad, those are all rumors spread by gossipy women in my hometown. Zibin is my brother's son. You can't tarnish the innocence of my sister-in-law and me based on a few gossiping words from a village woman. Zibin is also an outstanding student at Beijing University. If these unfounded speculations of yours are spread out, how can he gain a foothold in the school in the future?"
Shen Zhiyan said sarcastically, "Commander Qu, you don't think that with Mr. Wen's status, he would make a final conclusion without solid evidence, right? You know that my twin brother is studying DNA technology, right? You know that DNA technology can be used for paternity testing. You and Zibin can draw some blood and give it to my brother, and he will be able to find out right away whether you are father and son."
Qu Hui looked pale. He had heard that Shen Zhixian was researching DNA, but he didn't know that this technology could also be used to identify the relationship between father and son.
"Haha, you are really a frog in a well, ignorant and incomprehensible. A commander who got promoted by connections is really just an empty shell."
Shen Zhiyan smiled and said, he is now the battalion commander of the special forces, directly under Commander He, Qu Hui is the army commander, but because he has no combat ability, he does not lead troops. It's just an empty title.
The powerful officers and soldiers in the army look down upon people like Qu Hui who have no ability to rely on connections to get promoted.
Qu Hui was so angry that his face turned red, and he shouted angrily: "This is what Wen Hongxia owed me. After I married her, I wanted to live a good life with her."
"At first, Wen Hongxia cared about me, and we had a good life together for a few years. Later, Ling Feng came to see her. Wen Hongxia was like a bitch in love. With just one word from Ling Feng, she happily became his mistress."
"They want to avoid Zheng Jie. When they want to have sex, they come to my house and sleep on the big bed between Wen Hongxia and me. Hahahaha."
Qu Hui laughed in anger, no longer maintaining false respect, and pointed at Wen Lao and said, "This is the good daughter you raised, a rotten bitch."
"Grandpa. Take a heart pill." Before Old Man Wen had an attack, Zhan Xinyue quickly poured out the pills and handed them to Old Man Wen.
The old man swallowed the pill, closed his eyes, and waited until his violently fluctuating emotions calmed down before opening his eyes.
Qu Hui continued to chatter: "At first, Wen Hongxia had an affair with Ling Feng and asked me to be loyal to her. She said that my commander position was given by her father and asked me to obey. Later, she became pregnant with Ling Feng's child and felt that she had a future with him, so she stopped caring about me."
"Hongmei understands me. She is kind and weak. I failed her, but she has been waiting for me. When I am with her, I have the dignity of a man. That's right, Zibin is the child of Hongmei and me. I also built a small house for Hongmei at her parents' home. When I retire, I will go back and live with her in my old age. Hahaha, I have a wife and children by my side, what about you, Mr. Wen?"
Qu Hui stopped calling him "Dad" and said, "What about you? What do you have? Your son and grandson are all gone, and your daughter and granddaughter were also killed. You are a failure compared to me. I heard that you have advanced liver cancer and you won't live long. So what if I don't have real power? I am in good health, and I have a virtuous wife and filial sons. I came here today to give you face. If you accept my son as your grandson, I can also see you off to the end of your life."
Over the years, Qu Hui could not take care of Qu Zibin openly. He felt sorry for his son and thought of coming here today to ask Old Wen to recognize Qu Zibin as his grandson. While Old Wen still had a few months to live, he could get more benefits under his name.