“Don’t move if you still want to listen.”
Farren Austin’s hand pressed against her shoulder, stopping her from trying to escape his grasp.
She instantly wimped out, shrinking into his arms, and said in a jarring voice.
“Sir, that’s not a shady deal.”
“Unfair dealing?” Farren Austin gave a low hum, “Which of the deals you’ve made with me have been legitimate?”
Amelia Bright suddenly blushed.
Farren Austin didn’t seem to notice, and after wrapping his arms around her and shifting to a more comfortable position, he naturally brought the conversation back on track.
“Mr. Xue is a highly decorated man who has participated in countless battles, and after the founding of the country, he asked himself to guard the border in the East Ridge Military Region, and only returned later when his health did not allow him to do so.
“Such a powerful person, huh? Is his temper not too good?”
“Temperament depends on who he’s talking to, and what mood he’s in.”
“What about the others?”
“He has only one daughter, who is not well and does not go out often, so the only person who usually accompanies him is his grandson Mars Xue.”
Amelia Bright was listening carefully, and suddenly it was gone, surprised, said
“No more?”
“What else do you want to hear?”
Amelia Bright was a bit speechless, after talking for a long time only to introduce a family character relationship, but nothing else is said.
“The Xue Family has no taboos, is this Mars Xue good to get along with? Will it mind if I’ve been in jail before? If you are embarrassed by this, I think it’s better if I don’t go.”
The topic finally came around to the subject after half a day.
She really doesn’t want to go to this birthday party that has nothing to do with her, especially since tomorrow is the first day of IM’s store opening.
“No.”
“Why are you so sure?”
Farren Austin’s voice came from overhead.
“Haifeng and I grew up together and are my comrades in arms.”
The low voice echoed in her ears, and she froze for a moment, returning to her senses with a silent internal lament, finally giving up on her plans to run away from the battle.
The following night, Amelia Bright arrived at the birthday party on time with Farren Austin.
Because Farren Austin was in a wheelchair, he inevitably received a lot of attention.
Amelia Bright followed Farren Austin all the way to greet some people she didn’t remember at all, repeating his greetings like a repeating machine, and by the time she entered the banquet hall, her face was almost smiling.
“Farren.”
A loud voice came from inside the ballroom, and looking up at the sound, Amelia Bright saw a tall figure walking towards them.
The young man was in his early thirties, about the same age as Farren Austin, but unlike his deadly dullness, the man gave off a refreshingly pulsating, as soon as he spoke.
“I’ve been waiting for you for a while, Biao and the others have arrived, you’re the only one left.”
With that, he came to push the wheelchair.
Adjutant Xun coughed before the youth noticed Amelia Bright on the side, and instantly guessed her identity, and then smiled generously.
“This is sister-in-law, right?”
Farren Austin looked up, introduced to Amelia Bright, and said
“This is Haifeng, I told you about last night.”
Amelia Bright looked back and smiled slightly at Mars Xue.
“Hi, I’m Amelia Bright, just call me Amelia.”
“The party hasn’t started yet, go in and sit down, the lounge is full of your own people.” Mars Xue took the initiative to take Farren Austin’s wheelchair from Adjutant Xun, side by side with Amelia Bright, the three of them walked towards the inner hall of the banquet hall.
“Ah Biao, look who’s here.”
As soon as the door of the lounge opened, Mars Xue shouted inside with great excitement.
The lounge, which was already a bit noisy, was instantly bustling with activity.
The three or five men sitting around on the couch stood up in unison and shouted at Farren Austin.
“Company Commander.”
“Brother Sam.”
“…”
All are five big and three big men, all flocked to the formation really scared Amelia Bright, subconsciously back several steps, standing outside the door hesitant to enter.
The first time Mars Xue spotted her, he gave the loudest man a punch.
“Ah Biao, why are you shouting so loudly? Are you afraid that people don’t know that Brother Sam was our company commander? See how scared you are for your sister-in-law.”
“Sister-in-law?” The crowd was startled again, “Brother Sam’s daughter-in-law?”
The eyes of the crowd fell on the door.
Amelia Bright was inexplicably nervous about being watched by so many eyes at once.
She was called in by Farren Austin and introduced herself again, only then did she realize that these people were Farren Austin’s former comrades in the army.
“This is the first time that Brother Sam brought his sister-in-law to see us.”
“Not to see us, it’s for my grandfather’s birthday, you guys are lucky to see her.”
“How is our luck, is brother Sam lucky ah, daughter-in-law so beautiful, several of us are running four, still playing bachelor, on you and brother Sam became a family.”
“…”
A bunch of people talking, no need for Farren Austin to speak at all, the atmosphere soon became lively.
“These people are all your comrades?” Amelia Bright sat next to Farren Austin and asked in a whisper.
“Guan Biao is a guard who has been with me for five years, transferred to Bohai Military Region after my accident, Chang Le is a sniper, now in Lingnan …”
Farren Austin’s voice was not loud, almost drowned in the noise of the crowd thinking freely about the past, but Amelia Bright still heard clearly.
The best relationship with Farren Austin here should be the tall black man Guan Biao, just now only he shouted Farren Austin ‘company commander’, and see him when the eyes are containing tears, several times want to say and stop, iron bones of the man if not the love of easily do not shed tears.
“Hey, I propose that tonight we do not return without getting drunk.”
“You drink it yourself, brother Sam must not go home with his daughter-in-law?”
“Bring your sister-in-law with you.”
The last drinking incident left a shadow on Amelia Bright, who was a bit panicked for a while.
Farren Austin’s voice came to her ears.
“She doesn’t know how to drink.”
The room was quiet for a second, followed by an outburst of voices.
“Ai yo yo … Brother Sam will also be heartfelt.”
“Look at what you said, your daughter-in-law you do not feel sorry for? The man who does not care for his daughter-in-law is still a man?”
Amelia Bright was teased and blushed, tugging on one of Farren Austin’s sleeves, “You didn’t tell me you had so many friends here before you came, I wasn’t prepared.”
I was not prepared for this.” She was in a state of confusion.
Farren Austin looked at her calmly, his thick black eyebrows raised slightly.
“What do you have to prepare for?”
“Socializing with you and meeting your friends are two different things, and you’ll be easily misunderstood.”
“Misunderstand what?”
He asked calmly, as if he didn’t think there was anything wrong with this, while Amelia Bright’s heart missed a beat under the gaze of his eyes, and she was a bit lost in thought for a moment.
The maid from The Xue Family knocked on the door and reminded.
“Young master, the party is about to start, the wife asked me to remind you to take the guests out and take their seats.”
Mars Xue immediately stood up and greeted the crowd in a loud voice, saying.
“Don’t talk about the big mountain, Changle hurriedly put down that dice don’t play, all go out and sit, after a while in line to my grandfather birthday.”
When his eyes fell on Farren Austin and Amelia Bright, he teased.
“Brother Sam and sister-in-law won’t be in a hurry, we’ll all go so you don’t have to get so close to chat.”
Amelia Bright was abruptly aware that she was practically pressed up against Farren Austin’s ear.