Liu Zhizhong pretended to be clueless and said, "Mr. Xuan, what are you talking about? What's going on?"
"What's going on? I freaking... I freaking..." Qian Xuan rolled his eyes at Liu Zhizhong, shook his head, and gulped down the tea in front of him.
"Pffft! Spit, spit, spit..."
Qian Xuan suddenly spat the tea out, then with his tongue stinging, he kept spitting for a long while, in extreme agony, tears streaming down his face.
Liu Zhizhong didn't know whether to cry or laugh, "My dear sir, that tea was just made with 80-degree boiling water, you..."
Qian Xuan's face turned painfully red, and he felt utterly miserable, shaking his head while wiping his mouth and the tea on the table with tissue.
"Damn it, I brought up Feng Xiaoyue's crappy marriage and couldn't control my emotions. Ah... It burned me to death, damn..."
Qian Xuan's complaint went on but he didn't blame Liu Zhizhong, which was rather sensible of him. Otherwise, with his twisted personality, taking it out on Liu Zhizhong would not have made a pretty scene.
Liu Zhizhong soothingly said, "It's not too late to calm down now, sir."
Qian Xuan nodded and sighed, then he refilled his tea and lit a cigarette.
He didn't really smoke much, but now he smoked fiercely and coughed several times before he got used to it.
Liu Zhizhong, on the other hand, stayed quiet and slowly went about cooking his dish.
After smoking most of the cigarette, Qian Xuan let out a long sigh, "Zhizhong, when you went to the south, did Feng Xiaoyue ask you to seek help from the Xiang family?"
Liu Zhizhong paused for a moment, then said somewhat bitterly, "Yes, she did. The Xiang family did help a lot."
At a time , in front of Qian Xuan, it was not suitable to lie, nor could he.
Although originally, Qian Xuan had said that he couldn't handle the Xiang family in Ningnan Province, people at that level were in the same circle, and there was always some interaction and news would circulate.
So, it was better to tell the truth more sincerely!
Qian Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, if the Xiang family couldn't even help with this, they might as well have been just wasting decades in Ningnan and Eastern Guang Province, haha..."
Liu Zhizhong could only nod in agreement, thinking to himself how impressive the Xiang family was to have such influence across two provinces in the south? The Qian family themselves spanned across two provinces, Hu Yang and Yunxi.
Qian Xuan continued, "Since Feng Xiaoyue asked you to seek help from the Xiang family, you must have met Xiang Wenhua, that damn fool, right?"
Hearing this name, Liu Zhizhong felt a sense of foreboding. Calling me "Wild Old Man," the past grudges must be significant!
"Hehe, I did meet him! His help was indeed significant. However, he has been reclusive for some years now."
"Reclusive my ass! That fool has his own cable car, his own private helicopter, and a private parking lot, making it very convenient for him to travel. He's a hypocrite, talking about being reclusive is just fooling the blind!"
Liu Zhizhong feigned a surprised expression and said, "Really? I thought he was quite a solid guy!" Updates are released by 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚•𝙣𝙚𝙩
Qian Xuan snorted coldly, then picked up his teacup, this time wisely blowing on it a couple of times before taking a deep sip.
After setting down the cup, he said, "If Ma Qingqing weren't his biological daughter, do you think he could be straightforward? Do you think Ma Xudong could change his name and emigrate to the UK to live out his retirement?"
"Uh..." Liu Zhizhong was completely stunned, thinking to himself, "Wow, within their circle, news does get around! Such a secretive matter and yet this twisted Qian knows it!"
Liu Zhizhong could only give a bitter smile, gently stirring with the spatula in his right hand, while giving Qian Xuan a thumbs up with his left, "Young Master Xuan is bloody impressive, well-connected, I'm impressed, capital I!"