The icing on the cake

On the morning of the second day of the first lunar month, Zhuang Jinyan took a plane to the capital to visit Minister Liao's house to pay New Year's greetings. After getting off the plane and walking out of the tunnel, Liao Shengkai was waiting for him at the tunnel entrance.

"Jinyan, here." Liao Shengkai waved at Zhuang Jinyan.

"Brother Liao, why are you here to pick me up?" Xiao Han's orderly staff usually do things like picking up the plane, but Zhuang Jinyan was a little surprised when Liao Shengkai came here in person.

"You can help me here." Liao Shengkai picked up the plane in a black Hummer.

"What can I do for you?" Zhuang Jinyan stuffed his luggage into the trunk of the Hummer.

"Share the attention?" Liao Shengkai drove stealthily, reversing the direction and so on very fast, and overtaking was quite powerful.

"What attention?" Zhuang Jinyan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked questions while fastening his seat belt.

"My mother's attention! It's only been a few days since I returned to Beijing from Shenshi, and she forces me to go on a blind date every day." Liao Shengkai's tone was helpless, who told him that he was 32 years old after the Chinese New Year.

"Can I help you if I come?" Zhuang Jinyan gloated. He was only 25 years old, not too old, and he hadn't reached the urgent situation where he needed a blind date. Mrs. Liao would not pay attention to his marriage.

"Haha, don't gloat, my mother said, in order to prevent you from being in trouble like me in the future, she will worry about you in advance." Liao Shengkai smirked.

"Ah?" Zhuang Jinyan's gloating stopped abruptly.

"Zhuang Jinyan! Just prepare to be my fellow sufferer!" Liao Shengkai was in a good mood. Being depressed alone is not as good as being depressed alone, and having multiple sufferers is more of a good mood.

When they arrived at the Liao's villa in the western suburbs, Mrs. Liao complained as soon as she saw Zhuang Jinyan.

"Jin Yan, you would rather celebrate the New Year in Shenshi alone than come to your Uncle Liao's house. Do you miss you Uncle Liao and Aunt Huang?" Mrs. Liao's appearance is still so young, almost 60 years old He looks like he's in his early 50s.

"Aunt Huang, the company still has something to do at the end of the year, so I can't leave. Am I here now?" Zhuang Jinyan put the bag on the ground and hugged the woman who had been caring for him with his free hand.

"Go upstairs to see your uncle, he just came downstairs to look around." Mrs. Liao couldn't help smiling when she saw her nephew's affectionate attitude towards her.

"I'll go right away." Zhuang Jinyan handed the luggage on the ground to the orderly staff, and walked upstairs to Minister Liao's study in three steps at a time.

Zhuang Jinyan knocked on the study door a few times, and waited for Minister Liao to speak before pushing the door in.

There are two people in the study, Minister Liao and a barber.Minister Liao was sitting on a stool with a large scarf around his neck, and the barber was standing behind him, fiddling with his hair.

"Uncle, happy new year!"

"Jinyan, sit down first, uncle will be here soon." Minister Liao is not cutting his hair, but asking the barber to dye his hair.

Zhuang Jinyan walked to Minister Liao, only to see that the roots of Minister Liao's hair were all white, and the barber was carefully applying a black paste that smelled of traditional Chinese medicine to the roots of his hair.

"Hey, it's very troublesome to have gray hair early. If you don't dye it black, you don't look energetic. If you dye it black, the white hair at the root will grow back in a few days, and the hair will become gray and gray. It's even more unsightly if you don't dye it. People are afraid that they will look old when they are old." Minister Liao laughed at himself when he saw his nephew staring at his hair.

"Uncle is in good spirits, how old is he?" Zhuang Jinyan was very surprised. He remembered that Minister Liao's hair was very black. He didn't expect that Minister Liao's hair was dyed black instead of black. Minister Liao was not yet 60. I didn't expect my hair to be all white at this age.

Zhuang Jinyan carefully looked at the old man in front of him, and found that Minister Liao was not only pale, but his face was also old. He was only 57 years old this year, two years younger than Mrs. Liao. Mrs. Liao looked only in her early 50s, but Minister Liao was 64. Five-year-old face.Is this political person trying too hard to look old?

"Hehe, uncle doesn't want to grow old either. Uncle still wants to do a lot of things." Minister Liao glanced at his nephew, closed his eyes and muttered to himself.

The barber put black hair cream on Minister Liao's hair, and quickly packed away the utensils.

"Minister, I'll come back in 10 minutes." After 10 minutes, the effect of black hair is good, and the barber will come to wash Minister Liao's hair again.

Minister Liao waved lightly, and the barber left the study, closing the door before leaving.

"Jinyan, the company is doing well. The financial software you designed has a good reputation in the banking industry." Minister Liao waited for the barber to leave, opened his eyes, and smiled on his face.

"It wasn't uncle's help. Jinyan didn't have a chance to bid." Zhuang Jinyan was telling the truth. No matter how high his company's technical level was, without Minister Liao's help to make Yanhua company qualified for bidding, Yanhua didn't compete with other software at all. Opportunities for companies to compare levels.

"The most important thing is your own ability. Uncle is just playing the role of a bole." Minister Liao lit a cigarette and started smoking. "Yanhua's firewall is very powerful, and its reputation has reached the military."

"The reputation has reached the military circle?" Zhuang Jinyan's heart moved, does it mean that Yanhua can cooperate with the military circle?Today, the military circles of the Chinese Dynasty were awakened by the Iraqi Gulf War in 2003. They realized that modern warfare has entered the era of technological information. The Chinese army’s previous strategic thinking needs to be changed, and the military construction has begun to undergo information technology transformation.

"When you come to Beijing this time, go out to have a meal with me." Minister Liao implied that he wanted to introduce Zhuang Jinyan to the people in the military department.

"Well, okay." Zhuang Jinyan was a little excited. If Yanhua can participate in the army's informatization transformation, the company's scale will take another big step forward.Zhuang Jinyan is very confident in his company's ability. Last summer, hacker organizations launched attacks on the networks of various industries around the world, and all networks were invaded one after another. The Pentagon in the United States was not spared. Stopped it, after this hacker attack, Yanhua Company became famous.

Except that Zhuang Jinyan went out with Minister Liao to meet some important people in the third year of junior high school, he was forced to attend three blind date banquets with Liao Shengkai as predicted by Liao Shengkai. In the last blind date banquet, Zhuang Jinyan met his old friend. Chu Shiping who met two years ago in Liao's house in the capital.

"Hey! Zhuang Jinyan, do you remember me?" Chu Shiping's eyes lit up when he saw Zhuang Jinyan.This noble lady completed her credits at the end of last year and returned to China with her academic certificate.

"Oh, of course I remember. I talked a lot at my uncle's house two years ago." Zhuang Jinyan's memory is very good. When he saw this generous and cheerful woman, he remembered that he had just returned to the capital to help Hua Pinsu inquire about Huo Jiaxu. At that time, Chu Shiping, the daughter of the Vice Minister of Commerce who was familiar with the conditions of the princes in the capital, once wanted to find out about Huo Jiaxu.

"Sister Huang, who is this?" Chu Shiping's mother asked Mrs. Liao with a smile.

The Liao family made it clear that today's banquet was held for their son's blind date. Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Liao have a very good relationship, because Chu Shiping and Liao Shengkai have a big age difference, and at first they had no idea of ​​getting married, but as Chu Shiping grew older, Liao Shengkai still hasn't made up his mind yet. Mrs. Chu is a bit tempted to marry the Liao family. Chu Shiping and Liao Shengkai are only nine years apart in age, and their marriage is not considered an old couple.The Liao family has a good family style, and his son has never had a bad reputation in the capital. Although Liao Shengkai has never been in politics or set up a company, he has single-handedly made a name for himself in the international photography industry. He is not the kind of idle boy.It is also a good choice for the daughter to marry the Liao family.This is why Mrs. Chu is willing to bring her daughter to the banquet.

Now Mrs. Chu saw her daughter chatting enthusiastically with a strange talent, so she couldn't help but focus.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Zhuang Jinyan, my nephew." Mrs. Liao introduced Zhuang Jinyan and Mrs. Chu beamingly. She brought out the two bachelors today with the idea of ​​casting a wide net to catch more fish, and her son Liao Shengkai A lifelong event needs to be resolved, as does the lifelong event of his nephew Zhuang Jinyan. You said that Zhuang Jinyan is still young, so there is no need to worry?Mrs. Liao thought that the person who said this was a big mistake. She thought that Liao Shengkai used this sentence to prevaricate her at the beginning. As a result, year after year, she was still a bachelor at 32. How could Mrs. Liao, who has learned a lesson, continue to Making that kind of mistake, Mrs. Liao wanted to settle the marriage between the two of them in one go.

"Oh, it's the nephew of your family who runs a software company in Shenshi." Mrs. Chu suddenly realized that she got close to Mrs. Liao and knew something about the Liao family. She knew that Zhuang Jinyan's father grew up in the Liao family. The Liao family regards Zhuang Jinyan's father as a blood relative.She also heard about Father Zhuang's suicide in order not to implicate Minister Liao.

Mrs. Liao invited a total of two parties to this blind date banquet. In addition to the wife of the vice minister of commerce and her daughter, there were two other parties. These two families also brought their daughters or daughters of close relatives to attend.

Chu Shiping was familiar with Liao Shengkai since she was a child, and also knew Zhuang Jinyan, so during the banquet, Chu Shiping chatted the most with Zhuang Jinyan and Liao Shengkai, and they were the most speculative.

Mrs. Liao couldn't help but smile when she saw the three people chatting enthusiastically. She had always had a good impression of Chu Shiping.

Mrs. Chu's heart is different from what Mrs. Liao thinks. Although Zhuang Jinyan looks better than Liao Shengkai on the outside and inside, she still prefers Liao Shengkai as the son-in-law in her heart. Zhuang Jinyan has no parents and no backer. The closest nephew, the closest relative without blood, what the hell, didn't they all talk about it verbally.

On the way home, Chu Shiping was sitting in the back seat of the car chattering about Zhuang Jinyan, Madam Chu couldn't help it, and asked her daughter, "Shiping, do you like Zhuang Jinyan?"

"Yeah, I fell in love with him when we met at Uncle Liao's house the year before last." Chu Shiping admitted that the first time she saw Zhuang Jinyan, she had a good impression of Zhuang Jinyan. Unfortunately, she was going to study in England at that time, so she didn't have time to spend much time with Zhuang Jinyan. touch.

"This Zhuang Jinyan is an orphan." Mrs. Chu reminded her daughter.

"That's right, Zhuang Jinyan is quite strong. He can still make a career without his parents." Liao Shengkai wanted to send Chu Shiping and Zhuang Jinyan together, and he deliberately praised Zhuang Jinyan in front of Chu Shiping during the meal. In fact, Liao Shengkai didn't boast, just Tell the truth about Zhuang Jinyan's achievements.

"Shi Ping, I mean that Zhuang Jinyan has no parents, so he is single and weak, and no one will help him in future."

"So what if he doesn't have parents? Didn't Zhuang Jinyan make it out on his own? That Huo Jiaxu of the Huo family has parents, but can he support him?" Chu Shiping retorted to her mother, who spent the past two years studying in the UK Well, she was so annoyed by Huo Jiaxu, and because her grandparents were family friends, she couldn't just swear at him and tell him to fuck off. Now that she graduated and returned to China, she finally got rid of her annoyance.

"Hey, why did you go to Huo's house? I mean Liao Shengkai is more suitable for you than Zhuang Jinyan." Seeing that her daughter didn't understand what she wanted to express, Madam Chu had no choice but to speak clearly.

"Mom! You can't make me and Liao Shengkai a pair. I have a brother-sister relationship with Brother Liao. Don't make me feel like incest!" Chu Shiping tilted her head and looked at her mother strangely. Her own mother actually wanted to send her and Liao Shengkai together, but Liao Shengkai had seen her in ripped pants.

"Damn girl! Look at what nonsense you've been talking about, all about incest." Mrs. Chu patted her daughter heavily.

Here Mrs. Chu and her daughter are discussing important matters of marriage, and Mrs. Liao is also prattled to Zhuang Jinyan.

"Jin Yan, how is Minister Chu's daughter? Do you like her?"

"She's a nice girl, she's a good match for Brother Liao." Zhuang Jinyan's expression moved, and he directly pulled Liao Shengkai over to sit and resist.

"Hey, Shi Ping and your brother Sheng Kai didn't call, I think she has a good impression of you. Shi Ping is a nice girl, Jin Yan, don't miss it." Mrs. Liao is still very keen in observation, and Chu Shiping favored her Who it was, she clearly felt it.

"Aunt Huang, I have a lover." Zhuang Jinyan didn't want others to mess up the mandarin ducks.

"Ah? You have a girlfriend?" Mrs. Liao was surprised, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was normal for Zhuang Jinyan to have a girlfriend. After all, Zhuang Jinyan was so outstanding that it was impossible for her not to be pursued by a girl.

"Hmm." Zhuang Jinyan wanted to say that it was not a girlfriend, but a boyfriend.

"Where are you from? What job?" Mrs. Liao eagerly wanted to know about her future niece and daughter-in-law.

"He's from Shenshi. He's a sophomore in college." Hua Pinsu is a sophomore in F's college.

"Then when will you bring it to Uncle Liao?"

"In the future. It's still early." Zhuang Jinyan murmured in his heart, he hasn't settled his lover yet.

"Well, I'm only a sophomore. It's quite early. When I graduate from university, I'll bring you to the capital to show me and your uncle." Mrs. Liao is very relieved that a nephew doesn't need him to worry about. From now on, all she needs to focus on is on his own son.

Liao Shengkai didn't know that the troubled brother no longer existed, and he was the only troubled brother left to bear the care of his mother. If he knew what Zhuang Jinyan said to his mother, he would definitely jump on his feet and scold Zhuang Jinyan for lying.

Even if Liao Shengkai exposed Zhuang Jinyan's lies, Zhuang Jinyan would not stay in the capital to accompany him as a troubled brother, because Zhuang Jinyan left the capital early in the morning on the fifth day of the fifth day, and he flew back to Shenshi with Minister Liao to pay homage to his parents.