Chapter 2549: Chapter 2451: Chance to Soar and Depart

Wu Jun saw the looks on the Liao family’s faces and hurriedly stood up to smooth things over for them:

"Uncle Liao, Yingzi, I did deliberately keep this from you, but it doesn’t really count as lying to you."

"Ningning is indeed the wife of the instructor from my old army unit, but she’s actually also my girlfriend’s younger cousin, and she’s my current boss."

"The reason I didn’t mention it was because I was afraid you’d feel her status was too special and wouldn’t feel at ease getting along with her."

"Don’t be so nervous, just treat her like she’s my sister. She’s got a great personality, not as high and mighty as you imagine. She came along this time mainly to accompany us siblings back home to visit relatives and sweep the graves."

"A few years back, Yaya followed me drifting around outside. Later we ended up in S City, and it was her who found me down at the docks and gave me a job opportunity, changing both my and Yaya’s life and fate."

Seeing this, Huo Sining also chimed in:

"Yeah, Wu Jun is currently the general manager at my company, helping me manage several hundred people under him. I’m basically a hands-off boss and hardly take care of anything myself."

"Yaya is also in high school in S City, and her grades are pretty good. If you ever go to S City, just come straight to me. I’ll take you around and show you the sights. S City isn’t big, but there are still quite a few fun places."

Hearing about Wu Jun’s experiences in S City, Liao Ying and the others were rather curious. They hadn’t expected Wu Jun to have gone through all that, so they couldn’t help asking for details, and they relaxed a lot compared to before.

Off to the side, Yan Yucheng hadn’t noticed Huo Sining earlier, just assumed she was a companion Wu Jun brought along. When he heard Huo Sining say that Wu Jun was the general manager at her company, he finally raised his head and looked over at her.

He hadn’t expected that one look to scare him so much he almost slipped right off the stool under his butt.

What the hell! Isn’t that...

Yan Yucheng instinctively swallowed hard, nervously ducked his head, his face flushing bright red. He reached into his pocket for his phone and immediately fired off a message to Zhang Taiming.

"For fuck’s sake, how come you didn’t tell me your chairwoman was coming too? Shit, if you’d said so earlier, I would’ve gone all out pretending to be awesome and showing off my expertise so your boss would take a shine to me. Why would I still be slaving away at that crappy law firm? I could’ve gone straight to work at Beauty Group! You bastard, you cost me my chance to soar high and far!"

There was no reply from the other side at all, because right then, Zhang Taiming had just boarded the plane to Dali City.

On the other side, Liao Ying and the others were grilling Wu Jun and Wu Ya about what they’d gone through these past years. Wu Jun basically didn’t like opening up about the past, but Yaya chattered away nonstop, and with Huo Sining on the side cracking jokes, the atmosphere warmed up quickly. Some of the stories even made Liao Ying and Liao Hong jump in shock, and the two little kids were very interested, raising their hands repeatedly saying they wanted to go to S City to play.

Off to the side, Liu Zhibin, who hadn’t said a word since entering the lounge, watched Wu Jun with a complicated expression in his eyes.

Wu Jun sensed his gaze and looked back. Liu Zhibin made a strange gesture, and Wu Jun instantly understood. While the others were caught up in the lively discussion, the two of them slipped out of the lounge.

Once they reached the restroom, Liu Zhibin stood in silence for a moment before finally speaking:

"I know who you are. You and Yingzi had a marriage contract in the past."

Wu Jun’s heart jolted. He looked up, ready to explain.

But Liu Zhibin cut him off, saying, "You don’t need to talk. Just listen to me first."

"Don’t worry. I already knew about you and Yingzi’s engagement back when I went to propose to the Liao family. It’s not something I just found out recently."

"Back then, the first time I saw Yingzi in Xiakan Village, I fell in love with her. So before I brought a matchmaker to formally propose, I’d already sneaked over to her house several times."

"That’s how I heard my father-in-law and mother-in-law talking with my eldest brother-in-law about you and Yingzi breaking off the engagement. I even heard that it was because of you that Yingzi didn’t get married until she was twenty-four."

"I know a bit about what happened between your family and my wife’s family. You’re a real man—in that kind of situation, you chose to sacrifice yourself to protect Yingzi. I respect you for that."

"But even so, I still have to tell you: I will not give up on Yingzi."

"You’re rich and powerful now. Whether it’s character or bearing, you outclass me, Liu Zhibin, by several streets. And what happened today really was thanks to you; otherwise I’d be sitting in a jail cell right now."

"I admit I admire what kind of person you are and I’m grateful for what you’ve done. But Yingzi is now my wife and the mother of my child, so I will absolutely not hand her over to you!"

"Even if following you might make her happier, so what? She’s already married to me. I, Liu Zhibin, will do everything I can to treat her well. So once this whole thing is settled, you just go back to wherever you came from and stop bothering Yingzi. Otherwise, even if it costs me my life, I’ll fight you to the end!"

Listening to Liu Zhibin’s speech, Wu Jun felt both moved and exasperated.

Buddy, your wife may be great, but she’s not some hot commodity everyone’s scrambling to snatch, okay? Besides, I’ve already got my own charming wife—why would I bother competing with you?

"You’ve really misunderstood. I honestly only see Yingzi as a little sister. She knows that too. Back when I was in the army, I even wrote her a letter specifically to clarify this. If you don’t believe me, go ask her."

"That girl’s too honest. Whatever her dad says, she just takes it. She doesn’t dare rebel. Actually, there was never that kind of romantic feeling between us. Otherwise, do you think you’d have had any chance to marry her?"

"Alright, a man shouldn’t keep going on about risking his life. Treating Yingzi well is what you’re supposed to do—not for the sake of trying to spite me, but because you genuinely care about her."

"Also, I already have a fiancée, okay? We’re engaged. If you don’t believe me, here, I’ll show you a photo. She absolutely blows your wife out of the water!"

Wu Jun decided to shamelessly go all the way this time. Praising his own wife came with zero pressure. As he spoke, he pulled his phone out of his pants pocket, opened the photo album, and brought up a picture of him and Su Qingqing together.

All the photos of Su Qingqing in that album were ones that girl had put in herself—every kind of goofy pose was in there, and there weren’t many proper shots. But the intimacy between the two of them was clearly genuine. At first, Liu Zhibin was still half skeptical, but after seeing those photos of Wu Jun, he finally believed it.

Even so, the guy still stubbornly retorted:

"Your wife is pretty, I’ll give you that. But Yingzi’s no slouch either. If she put on some makeup and dressed up in outfits like that, she’d absolutely look better than your wife!"

Wu Jun really couldn’t hold back his laughter this time. Before this, he just thought this kid was a bit single-minded and impulsive. But looking at him now, he suddenly found him kind of adorable.

Hmm, not much scheming, but genuinely honest and simple. And with Yingzi’s temperament, they’re actually a perfect match.

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