When leaving after dinner, Rong Ruifu walked out of Jasmine Restaurant with his arm around Shu Guan's shoulders.
Rong Miao walked behind them and looked at the pair of men in front of her who were like brothers, the two men she loved most in her life so far. Rong Miao smiled like a flower and felt that she was so happy at this moment.
After walking out of the restaurant, a luxurious black car stopped in front of them. Uncle Li got down from the driver's seat and opened the door for them.
But when he saw his master hugging Shu Guan's shoulders so affectionately, there was an extremely strange look in his eyes.
He knew that his master was investigating this young man, and he was investigating many things. Naturally, he knew that Shu Guan was by no means a patrol officer, and his identity was mysterious.
So I originally thought that today's dinner would end up on bad terms.
What I didn't expect was that when I came out, my master actually put his arms around this girl's shoulders so affectionately.
What happened?
Uncle Li was a little confused.
Uncle Li's expression fell in Shu Guan's eyes, and Shu Guan wondered if he should put a forgetfulness charm on Uncle Li late at night.
At this time, Rong Duanfu turned around and said to Shu Guan:
"Xiao Shu, get in the car, where are you going? We'll take you there first."
Shu Guan quickly said no, he didn't dare to take Rong Duanfu back to Xintaoyuan Village now.
Although Rong Duanfu's memory about his identity has been erased by himself, who knows whether after meeting the villagers of Taoyuan Village, he will do something else out of curiosity or to understand the family background of his prospective son-in-law. investigation.
"Then either you and Miaomiao go somewhere to have fun, such as going to a movie or something, and I, the old man, will go back first."
Rong Duanfu then said enthusiastically.
"Uncle, you haven't seen Miaomiao in almost two years. It's rare for you to come to Jingcheng. I'd better let Miaomiao stay with you these two days!"
Shu Guan said very thoughtfully.
And his attitude made Rong Duanfu even more satisfied. After thinking for a while, he said:
"I have a banquet tomorrow night. You will go with me. The patrol director of Jingcheng will also be present. I will introduce you to him then."
Rong Miao next to her covered her mouth and smiled softly.
Although his father didn't mind that his boyfriend was just an ordinary policeman, he could tell that he was preparing to pave the way for Shu Guan.
In fact, for the Rong family, the identity of Rong Miao's husband in the first place is really not that important.
As long as the Rong family is willing to support you, even if you are just an ordinary person, it will be easy to help you rise above a certain level.
It's just that the reason why Rong Miao was snickering at this moment is not that
Because his father was willing to help pave the way for Shu Guan, but because Rong Duanfu was willing to do so, it showed that he had fully accepted Shu Guan.
Originally, Rong Miao was a little worried that her father would dislike Shu Guan and be out of the family, but now this worry has completely disappeared.
Shu Guan thought for a while and agreed to Rong Duanfu's request.
Although he was not interested at all in meeting the director of the Jingcheng Patrol Department, Rong Duanfu also said during the meal that he would only stay in Jingcheng for three or four days this time. Return to Shanghai.
Originally, Shu Guan was already preparing to do something, but he was not in a hurry for a day or two.
So just stay with Rong Duanfu for the next two days, and then do your own thing after he leaves Jingcheng.
However, just when Rong Duanfu was about to bend down to get in the car, several middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes walked over from the opposite road and walked straight through the door of Jasmine Restaurant. They seemed to be here to dine as well.
Perhaps because the black car parked in front of the restaurant was too luxurious, the middle-aged men inevitably turned their heads and looked at it, and naturally saw Rong Duanfu, Shu Guan and others standing on the side of the car.
Then the middle-aged man in the lead suddenly showed a look of surprise and joy on his face. He strode over in a hurry and bowed ninety degrees to Rong Duanfu.
"Chairman, what a coincidence that you come here to eat in person!"
The middle-aged man stammered excitedly.
Shu Guan glanced at the middle-aged man who was already incoherent and suddenly felt that it was a coincidence.
This middle-aged man is clearly the manager of Rongsheng Bank who helped him handle business yesterday.
At this time, the manager finally noticed Shu Guan, and suddenly showed an unexpected and enlightened expression.
"Hello, Mr. Shu!"
He quickly and respectfully greeted Shu Guan.
Rong Duanfu, who was about to exchange a few words with his valued subordinate, the person in charge of Rongsheng Bank in Jingcheng, was suddenly a little surprised.
"Manager Meng, do you know each other?"
Rong Duanfu asked the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man nodded quickly and said:
"Mr. Shu is a big customer of our bank, so I naturally know him."
"ah!"
Rong Miao beside him suddenly let out an exclamation of disbelief.
Shu Guan smiled bitterly.
Some things are really not as good as God's.
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"Well, Xiao Shu...if you are short of money, you can tell Miaomiao in the future."
Sitting in the back seat of the large and luxurious car, Rong Duanfu spoke to Shu Guan so earnestly.
This is already the second day.
This morning, Rong Duanfu specially called Manager Meng to ask him how much money Shu Guan had deposited in Rongsheng Bank.
When he found out the amount, he was silent for a long time.
Because it was an amount that made him feel a little dazzling.
And Xiao Shu is just an ordinary patrolman. According to Miaomiao, he is an orphan and does not come from a wealthy family. So where did he get such a large sum of money?
That's why on the way to the banquet, Rong Duanfu mentioned Shu Guan in such a subtle way.
Young people, you should never stretch out your hands that you shouldn't.
Hearing the words, Bian Shuguan understood the meaning of Rong Duanfu's words, but he could only smile bitterly.
This thing is really difficult to explain.
Unless you directly tell Rong Duanfu your identity as a practitioner, if you want to live with Rong Miao in the future, such troubles and misunderstandings will only increase.
So, when you tell a lie, in the end you have to use countless lies to maintain the original lie.
But can he tell Rong Duanfu his true identity?
Shu Guan also thought about this problem last night. After all, he was still a little sorry for cleaning the memory of his future father-in-law.
The existence of their practitioners is a secret to most ordinary people in this world, but it is not an absolute secret.
For example, mortals like Xu Pingxi and Tan Yankai all know the existence of these practitioners.
It seems that there is no problem in telling Rong Duanfu the truth.
But Shu Guan knew that there were still some problems.
Because once Rong Duanfu knows about practitioners, it is equivalent to letting Rong Duanfu step half into the world of practitioners.
And once you enter the extraordinary world, it is not so easy to exit.
In the dark, there is a pulling force.
Once you enter the extraordinary world, all kinds of extraordinary powers will begin to gather around you unknowingly. For ordinary people, they will inexplicably experience some supernatural events that they would otherwise have no access to.
Mortals who know the existence of practitioners actually have this kind of problem. For example, Xu Pingxi, are there not enough extraordinary events happening around him?
Another example is Tan Yankai, who eventually died at the hands of practitioners.
Some of these inexplicable supernatural events may be good, but most of them are bad, and may even be extremely dangerous.
This is why Shu Guan didn’t tell Rong Duanfu the truth
The reason is that he doesn't want Rong Duanfu to enter the supernatural world and then have to face those unknown dangers.
But if he didn't tell her, he would be in endless trouble if he lived with Rong Miao in the future just because of the problem of concealing his identity.
Shu Guan's bitter smile grew stronger, thinking about how to discuss with Rong Miao and not live with his family in the future?
At this time, Shu Guan suddenly felt the car body shake slightly, and the car seemed to be driving uphill.
He lifted a corner of the car window curtain and looked outside, only to find that the car was already driving on the uphill road of Shishipo.
Shu Guan couldn't help but be slightly startled.
Did you go to Xu Pingxi's house for a banquet?
"Actually, I am the host of today's banquet at Governor Xu's house."
Then he saw Rong Duanfu saying with a smile.
Shu Guan let out a sigh, a little confused.
"Although our Rong family has properties all over Dahua, in fact, the focus of the family business in the past was all along the southeastern coast."
Rong Duanfu began to patiently help Shuguan explain.
"It's just that the international situation has been bad in the past two years, especially with the Kingdom of the Rising Sun. Various frictions have become increasingly serious. It is also well known that the Kingdom of the Rising Sun is ambitious towards our Dahua unit. From my point of view, a war must be avoided. It won’t work.”
"Once the two countries go to war, based on the strength comparison between Dahua and the Kingdom of the Rising Sun, and Dahua has no coastal defense at all, I am afraid that the southeastern land will fall. So a few years ago, I began to consider the family business. , moved some of them inland."
"Miaomiao's textile factory is just a small business. She was specially asked to come to Jingcheng to explore the road."
"Now the time is almost ripe. I plan to move 30% of the coastal industries to Jingcheng within this year."
"But since you want to come to Jingcheng to do business, you must establish good relations with all the local forces in Jingcheng."
"That's why I arranged this banquet today and invited some local military and political officials, business leaders, celebrities, and consuls from various countries in Jingcheng. Basically, I invited all the upper-class people in Jingcheng. Pass the invitation."
"It's just that the location of the banquet is more difficult. I went to see the venues of several hotels yesterday, but I was not very satisfied. After all, this place is still not as good as Shanghai. Not to mention the service and quality, even a hotel that can accommodate so many guests I can’t even find them.”
"So I finally found my old friend Governor Xu and directly borrowed his manor to entertain guests."
Rong Duanfu explained in detail, and it was obvious that he really regarded Shu Guan as one of his family members, and at this time he had begun to cultivate Shu Guan, consciously or unconsciously.
And Shu Guan finally understood why it was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and Rong Duanfu had asked himself to accompany him here early. If he was going to someone else's banquet, he would not come out so early, but if he was the host, it would be different. .
As for Rong Miao, she is still dressing up at the moment and will come a little later.
The car drove all the way up the Lion Slope. Shu Guan found that the Lion Slope was heavily guarded. Compared with the last time he came, the number of guards was much higher.
Although they should have said hello a long time ago, their car was stopped and inspected three times during the short drive uphill.
Of course, after a rebellion like the night before, it is understandable that the soldiers in front of them looked like they were facing a powerful enemy.
But until now, Shu Guan still doesn't know the specific story of the rebellion on the eve of the night. How did Xu Pingxi put down the rebellion under his men?
With Yuan Yingzi's meticulous and flawless acting style, it should be impossible for Xu Pingxi to have any chance to make a comeback.
There was a little doubt in my heart, but at this time the car had stopped at the entrance of the manor.
A middle-aged man who looked like a butler came up to them. This butler looked a little unfamiliar and was not the same person who entertained them last time.
Thinking about what kind of rebellion this manor went through the night before, it is possible that the original servants suffered so many casualties that a new batch of people had to be replaced.
"Master Rong, you are here."
The middle-aged housekeeper greeted him warmly.
"The dishes for the evening banquet have been prepared according to the menu you sent, and the hall is also decorated according to your requirements."
"I'll take you to see it first!"
The middle-aged housekeeper bowed and welcomed Rong Duanfu and Shu Guan inside.
Rong Duan walked into the gate of the manor first and asked.
"Where is your handsome man?"
"The Marshal has something to do in the military camp today. There was an accident in the army the night before. The Marshal has been sitting in the military camp almost all these days, but the Marshal has confessed that he will come back to see you, Mr. Rong, later. "
"In addition, the commander-in-chief also told me, Mr. Rong, you can treat this place as your own home. You are welcome. If you have anything to do, just ask us to do it."
Under the leadership of the housekeeper, Rong Duanfu and Shu Guan came to a very huge hall. It was much larger than the hall where Xu Chuxiang held his birthday party last time. It could accommodate two to three hundred people at the same time. It felt crowded.
At this time, a group of servants were setting up ladders to hang lanterns on the roof beams, and there was a band in the corner rehearsing for a sound check.
Tonight, there will be a dance party.
It can be seen that Rong Duanfu attaches great importance to this banquet tonight. After all, it is related to whether their Rong family's business can enter Jingcheng smoothly, so he inspected the main banquet venue extremely carefully, and at the same time, he did not politely let the The housekeeper arranged for manpower to adjust some details of the layout.
Then he went to the kitchen to look at the dishes for this afternoon's banquet.
Finally, I took a golden pocket watch and checked the time.
"It's almost time, let's go to the door to greet the guests!"
As he walked towards the gate, Rong Duanfu asked Shuguan a question.
"Can you dance?"
Shu Guan said "Ah".
He knew what kind of dance Rong Duanfu was asking about, it was the kind of ballroom dance in which one hugs the waist and touches the face.
Sadly, he won't.
In the era when he traveled back in time, almost no young people could dance this kind of dance. Shuguan practiced hip-hop dancing for two years in college, but in an occasion like today, Rong Duanfu would never allow him to go up and dance.
Shu Guan shook his head.
"I originally wanted you and Miaomiao to do the opening dance."
Rong Duanfu said with regret.
"You still need to learn how to dance in the future. This is a social skill that must be used on many occasions, especially in Shanghai. If you don't know how to dance, you will be looked down upon."
While talking, the two came to the gate of the manor. Rong Duanfu and Shu Guan stood outside the gate, waiting for the guests to arrive.
It didn't take long for the guests to arrive one after another.
In fact, there were many guests, and even Rong Duanfu himself did not know him. At this time, Rong Duanfu showed his dancing side and took care of every guest who came as if they were a spring breeze and made them feel at home. Once there were some more important guests, he would They will all go out of their way to introduce Shuguan.
"There is nothing wrong with getting to know more people. Whether you want to pursue an official career or enter the business world in the future, networking is the most important thing."
Rong Duanfu would teach Shu Guan a few words from time to time, and now he has completely trained Shu Guan as his son-in-law.
This young man seems to be very smart, but after all, he was just a small patrolman before, and his vision and knowledge are always a bit poor, but he can usually teach him these things slowly.
Soon after, Rong Duanfu asked Shu Guanmen to take care of him while he personally sent a group of important guests into the gate of the manor. When he came out of the manor again, he found someone coming from outside the gate. An old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest had white beard and hair, and a rosy complexion. When he came, he looked more energetic than the young man, and he had the air of an immortal.
When he saw the figure of the old Taoist priest, Rong Duanfu was overjoyed.
Because as long as this living god today
If they are willing to come to the banquet with honor, then their plan to enter the Jingcheng business of the Rong family is almost half completed.
Ten years ago, when he first came to Jingcheng, under Xu Pingxi's introduction, he was fortunate enough to meet the master of Taiyi Temple named Chen once, and also learned that this old immortal Chen was a native of Jingcheng. position in mind.
This time, he originally went to the top of Guishan Mountain yesterday to invite the old Taoist priest in person, but Taoist Master Chen had something to do and did not see him. After leaving the invitation, Rong Duanfu could only return with regret. At that time, he had no big expectations. Hope.
Unexpectedly, this old god actually came now.
At this time, Rong Duanfu was overjoyed and immediately strode forward to greet him.
After just two steps, Rong Duanfu suddenly stopped.
Because he saw a scene that was extremely unbelievable to him.
I saw that the old immortal Chen, who was also hailed by Xu Pingxi as the "Prince of the Mountain" and admired by countless people in Jingcheng, when he walked to the gate, he actually bent down in an unusually respectful manner towards his prospective son-in-law. He bowed.
What made Rong Duanfu even more frightened was that his prospective son-in-law actually accepted Old Immortal Chen's salute with a blank expression, and even patted the arm that was afraid of Old Immortal Chen.
What exactly is going on?
Rong Duanfu's mouth widened, and for a moment he felt that his eyes were dazzled.
