Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 323 - 331 Old Comrades Meet

Chapter 323: Chapter 331 Old Comrades Meet

"Old Xu! Haha... I really didn’t expect to see you here. I thought you old rascal had kicked the bucket," another man’s hearty laughter came from outside.

"You’re not dead, how could I be?"

"Exactly, you old sod. You’re still quite the specimen, not much different from when you were younger."

When Xu Zhenguo went out, the door to the private room wasn’t closed properly, so the few people inside heard the exchange between the two men. Xu Shanshan pursed her lips and said, "This must be another one of my dad’s army buddies. They always talk so loosely."

Xu Yingying agreed wholeheartedly. Her father normally spoke quite properly to others, occasionally even putting on airs, but as soon as he met an army buddy, he would definitely take on this kind of tone.

Xu Yingying’s mother shook her head and laughed, "Who knows who that is, but it looks like your dad’s going to sneak out tonight again."

The three women commented on Xu Zhenguo with a playful attitude, but at this moment, Li Yifei’s expression was extremely odd because he realized that Xu Zhenguo’s army buddy was none other than Lin Qiong’s father.

Now things were really getting out of hand. If the two old men came in together and saw him, the boyfriend of both daughters, the situation would truly become a spectacle.

Most importantly, he was neither Lin Qiong’s husband nor Xu Yingying’s husband, which made carrying this blame even more grievous.

"Sister-in-law, what’s wrong with you?" Xu Shanshan asked Li Yifei, noticing his odd expression.

Xu Yingying and her mother both looked at him, leaving Li Yifei with no way to explain. He had to say, "It’s nothing. Maybe I just had a bit too much to drink."

"I don’t believe that," Xu Shanshan retorted doubtfully. "We didn’t drink that much."

"I guzzled a bit too fast when I went to toast in the other room," Li Yifei quickly explained before surreptitiously winking at Xu Shanshan.

Although Xu Shanshan didn’t understand why Li Yifei did that, his wink made it clear that he didn’t want her to ask any more questions, which also meant that they didn’t want their mom to know what was up.

Xu Yingying’s mother immediately said, "Then let’s go. Yifei, you should head home and get some rest."

Li Yifei was startled, knowing that if they left now, they would really be in for it, so he hastily retorted, "How could we? Mom’s birthday is today; we should stick around and drink some more."

"Why keep drinking? We have a birthday every year, and anyway, we’re just family here. Do we really need to get drunk? We’ve all eaten our fill. That’s good enough," Xu Yingying’s mother said, already standing up.

Li Yifei inwardly groaned. He knew Xu Yingying’s mother was being considerate, but her timing was truly terrible. He blurted out, "Dad hasn’t come back yet. Let’s wait a bit longer."

"He’s just outside," Xu Yingying’s mother replied instantly. "Let’s go out and take a look. It would be rude not to greet his army buddies."

Drat! Now Xu Yingying’s mother was set on going out and Li Yifei, at a loss for a suitable excuse, frantically signaled to Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan with his eyes.

Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan felt puzzled. Li Yifei was obviously trying to keep their mother from going out. Could there be something out there she mustn’t see?

As women, Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan suddenly thought of a reason. Could it be that their father had someone on the side and was with her right now, and it just so happened that Li Yifei knew and was now covering for their father?

If that was the case, while their father was in the wrong, as his children, they naturally couldn’t make a big fuss about it. The first thing to do was to help hide it from their mother, and then persuade their father to have a change of heart and break it off with the other woman.

This was essentially the first reaction of most children, and Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan, the twin sisters, thought and decided the same.

However, Xu Zhenguo was still unaware that a mere glance from Li Yifei had given the two women such thoughts. If he ever found out, he would feel even more wronged than Dou E.

Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan, the twin sisters, each took one of their mother’s arms, one on the left and one on the right. Xu Shanshan immediately cooed, "Mom, it’s your birthday today, and you’re the most important. Even if Dad’s war buddies came over, they should come in to see you, right? How could the birthday star go out to them?"

Xu Yingying also quickly added, "Yeah, exactly. You don’t know how Dad is. He’s definitely going to bring them in."

Xu Yingying’s mother insisted, "That would be so impolite, and your dad’s war buddies have a very close relationship with him. If I don’t go out, wouldn’t that make your dad lose face?"

Xu Shanshan gave her mother’s arm a little shake and said, "What does face matter? Dad’s war buddies aren’t that fussy. Besides, I haven’t had enough to eat yet. If you go out now, we’ll have to go with you. Leaving the table full of food untouched, that would be too cruel."

Following Xu Shanshan’s lead, Xu Yingying said, "Yeah, I was so busy chatting just now; I barely ate anything. I want to eat some more."

"You two kids, really." Xu Yingying’s mother was very fond of her daughters, and upon seeing that both said they hadn’t eaten enough, she reluctantly sat down again.

Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan both secretly sighed with relief, but Li Yifei at that moment didn’t dare relax at all. Lin Qiong’s father and Xu Yingying’s father were war buddies, and it would be all too easy for the two to start talking about their children, after which the conversation might inevitably turn to their son-in-law.

"Eh, that’s not right. You two girls are clearly not letting me go out. What are you really up to?"

Before Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan could breathe a sigh of relief, their mother was already frowning at them with a suspicious look. A mother knows her daughters best; she knew exactly what they were normally like. Their abnormal behavior just now, insisting she not go out, must mean there was something outside they didn’t want her to see.

Since Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan were women, their mother, also a woman with more life experience, naturally thought of the same possibilities. Her complexion changed immediately, her body shook slightly, and she said with a dry voice, "Are you keeping something from me?"

"No, not at all!" Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan immediately shook their heads together, looking utterly earnest.

"What do you mean, no? Is there someone outside... someone you don’t want me to see?" Xu Yingying’s mother’s voice trembled slightly.

"Not at all! Dad is just chatting with his war buddy outside," Xu Shanshan tried to explain, but at that moment she felt extremely guilty and quickly looked to her sister Xu Yingying for help, knowing that their mother would believe her more.

Xu Yingying felt troubled but managed a faint smile and said, "Mom, what are you thinking? There’s nothing outside you need to be afraid of seeing."

"No, I have to go out and see for myself." As soon as Xu Yingying’s mother finished speaking, she suddenly stood up, the reactions of her two daughters having made her extremely unsettled.

But just at that moment, the front door opened, and Xu Zhenguo and Lin Zhenhai, the two men, appeared in the doorway.

Seeing these two, Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan were both startled; there seemed to be nothing alarming about them either, so why did Li Yifei not want their mother to go out?