What does happiness look like?
Probably how Yin Hanruo looked at that moment. When she returned to the private room, overjoyed after receiving a phone call, she secretly made a victory gesture to Shuanguan Qingmeng.
Yin Hanruo returned to her seat and picked up her wine glass, "Brother Bai Bin, I propose a toast to you. Thank you."
The phone call was from her father and he was furious. As soon as he opened his mouth, he harshly scolded her. But Yin Hanruo didn't pay any attention to it, nor listened at all, her mind was completely filled with the sentence: "the Liu family called off the engagement" and was immersed in unexplainable joy.
The engagement she desperately wanted to get rid of was mysteriously ‘called off’ today.
The reason certainly couldn’t be Liu family’s sudden goodwill. Someone was secretly helping.
“Why are you thanking me?” Bai Bin was confused, he didn’t know about the true relationship between Liu Yanbo and Yin Hanruo yet.
It wasn’t him?
Yin Hanruo could see that Bai Bin’s puzzlement was not an act.
But then, who else could it be?
Whether it was him or not, Yin Hanruo didn’t intend to keep this a secret.
“Yanbo and I were married privately, without the consent of my family."
Bai Bin nodded and said, “I know, young Sir Bo already told me.”
Yin Hanruo paused and firmly said: “Someone that could have helped us now... I can only think of you, brother Bai Bin!”
These days, it was simple to rent a fake boyfriend or a girlfriend for a family reunion, or a fake husband or wife to introduce to coworkers. There were many tricks like those.
The marriage between Liu Yanbo and Yin Hanruo was starting to sound like one of those "fake couples" Bai Bin had heard about.
The more he thought about it, the more skeptical he became. He finally decided to ask: "Young Sir Bo, are you really married?"
The look of trust on Bai Bin's face made Liu Yanbo feel guilty. He wanted to tell the truth, but before he could open his mouth, something tugged at his clothes.
It was Yin Hanruo, whose hand was secretly pulling on a corner of Liu Yanbo's shirt, under the table.
"My dear brother, you’re treating me like a three-year-old child! Marriage is such an important thing. Tell me the truth, is this all an act?"
Liu Yanbo clenched his teeth, he couldn’t tell him yet, "how about I give you my marriage certificate? Then you can easily find someone to verify its authenticity. And if that’s not enough, why don't you come and listen to the room tonight?"
Listen to the room?
Yin Hanruo's face turned red all of a sudden and she glared at Liu Yanbo.
Bai Bin believed Liu Yanbo unconditionally and hurriedly waved his hand, saying with a dry smile, "I don't have to listen to the room. I'm not an old lady. I'm not that suspicious."
"You were no different from an old lady," Liu Yanbo curled his mouth and complained, "Are you drinking this wine or not? Everyone has been waiting for you."
Yin Hanruo had one hand under the table and the other held the glass of wine.
"I’ll drink! Of course! This is the first time someone proposed a toast to me."
Bai Bin hurriedly filled a glass of wine and said with a smile, "although I didn't help, I know who it was. I'll drink for him. He's too old and shouldn’t drink too much anyways."
Not only did Bai Bin figure out who it was but his comrades too. They were shocked, not only because Han Dingguo would help in such a trivial matter, but also by Bai Bin's courage. The old chief was addicted to alcohol. How dare he say he should drink less? Was he crazy?
Brother Biao said with a smirk: "Captain if I accidentally slip my tongue one day, you’ll be beaten up with a belt by the old chief."
Remembering the feeling of being beaten in the past, Bai Bin felt a little regret. He boldly drank the wine and fiercely said: "Don’t you dare!"
"Haha~"
The other soldiers laughed loudly and happily.
"Young Sir Bo, can I ask you a favor?"
Bai Bin filled his glass again and touched it against Liu Yanbo’s.
Liu Yanbo took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "Go ahead!"
"Lin Xue has been admitted to Haida University this year. Since it’s in your city, can you help us take care of her?"
Lin Xue was 18 years old. Her parents died when she was very young. She had a brother named Lin Feng. The two took care and depended on each other, they had a very good relationship.
Two years ago, Lin Feng died while on a mission at the borders. Before he died he asked his comrades, which was Bai Bin’s team, to help take care of Lin Xue and send her to school.
Bai Bin and his comrades came to the city for two reasons, one because of a mission, and the other was to send Lin Xue to school.
They were all soldiers, and they seldom had time to visit Lin Xue. On top of that it was very difficult for them to arrive straight away in case of any emergency. However, Liu Yanbo drove a taxi in the city. It was much more convenient for him to take care of these matters.
The most important thing was that Bai Bin wholeheartedly trusted Liu Yanbo. In this society, it was difficult to find someone to trust, especially to take care of a beautiful girl like Lin Snow. It made him even more cautious.
"Young Sir Bo, please!"
"We really beg you!" The comrades joined in.
...
"All right."
Bai Bin was relieved, Liu Yanbo naturally wouldn’t refuse. He said, "Lin Snow, save my number later, you can use it to call me if anything happens."
Lin Snow bowed her head and said "ok" shyly.
"Young Sir Bo, you have to pay attention to this," Bai Bin worriedly explained, "Lin Snow is a very sensible girl. She doesn’t want to cause trouble to others, refuses to speak out when she encounters trouble, and only endures it by herself when she’s aggrieved. She always calls to report the good news but never the bad news. So, you should often visit her and go to her school to learn about her situation."
"Brother Liu, don't listen to Brother Bai. I can take care of myself."
Lin Xue’s head was low and her ears turned red. The way she got embarrassed so easily, made it clear that she wasn't the type to ask for help.
"I understand."
Liu Yanbo patted Bai Bin on the shoulder, wanting him to rest assured.
"Lin Xue, if you have something to say that you don’t want to tell these big men, you can tell me, okay?" Yin Hanruo said, holding Lin Xue's hand.
Bai Bin hurriedly agreed: "That's right! Xue sister, if you feel uncomfortable with us then you can tell your sister-in-law, is that all right?"
Lin Xue nodded, looking less shy than before.
"It's so thoughtful of my brother and sister-in-law, thank you for agreeing to help."
"Of course, no problem."
Satisfied with the food and alcohol, everyone was slowly preparing to leave. Except for Qingmeng, who hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, my business is not over yet."
Upon seeing half a bottle of Burning Knife being poured in a bowl by Shangguan Qingmeng, Yin Hanruo frowned and asked, "Qingmeng, do you really have to compete with him?"
"Of course!" Shangguan Qingmeng raised her eyebrows and said to Liu Yanbo, "little brother, hurry up!"
Liu Yanbo shook the wine bottle and asked, "do I really have to?"
Shangguan Qingmeng was too lazy to speak and threw him an intimidating look. Liu Yanbo smiled, poured the wine into a large bowl, and picked it up: "Shout for us to start!"
"Go!"
As soon as the word left Shangguan Qingmeng's mouth, Liu Yanbo raised his wine bowl with one hand, lifted his chin, opened his mouth, and poured the wine in. He poured quickly, drank well, and didn’t waste a single drop.
When Liu Yanbo finished, Shangguan Qingmeng had drunk less than half of it.
"This time didn’t count! I wasn't ready. Let's do it again."
Shangguan Qingmeng shamelessly cheated, asking the waiter to bring some more wine.
Liu Yanbo awkwardly asked, "is this all for the sake of that formula?"
Shangguan Qingmeng refilled his bowl, nodded, and said, "absolutely! This is related to the future development of our company. Ask your wife if you don't believe me."
"Sister-in-law and Ms. Shangguan are in the same company?"
Bai Bin only knew that Yin Hanruo started the company herself, he didn't know that she opened it with Shangguan Qingmeng.
Yin Hanruo nodded: "We started the company together."
With a big wave of his hand, Bai Bin didn’t even look at Liu Yanbo and said: "Then why are you competing for it? What do you mean sell? Isn't it just a formula? Don’t worry, my brother Yanbo will give it to your company."
"Really?" Shangguan Qingmeng's eyes flickered and smiled like an old fox.
"Really." Bai Bin elbowed Liu Yanbo and asked, "Right?"
Liu Yanbo was speechless and nodded with a gloomy look on his face.
"Are you happy now?"
"Very!"
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