"Hello, Chief Feng, what's wrong?" I hurried to pick up the call and asked.
"Xiao Zhuang, I just got the news that the Ouyang family and the Shangguan family announced at the same time that the engagement will proceed as planned in three days!" Chief Feng's voice wasn't loud, but it was like a bolt from the blue. I was dumbfounded.
Proceed as planned?!
Moreover, they announced it at the same time. Was he kidding me? Didn't Shangguan Guoqiang promise me that he wouldn't get engaged to the Ouyang family? Why did he suddenly announce it?
Didn't he need to discuss it with me?
Did the commander-in-chief think that I had too many women by my side and he didn't want to mistreat Little Cherry? But this topic had been made clear before. It wasn't like Shangguan Guoqiang didn't know the ugly side of the Ouyang family. Moreover, Little Cherry was his only relative in this world. Although he hadn't interacted with the commander-in-chief many times, with my understanding of him, he wouldn't push Little Cherry into the fire pit.
If it was said that I had lost in the preliminaries and the engagement went on as planned, that would be understandable. However, I had succeeded. That brilliant performance could be said to be legendary. Even if I didn't say that there wouldn't be anyone like me in the future, at the very least, it was unprecedented.
Under such circumstances, the commander-in-chief still announced the engagement. There was only one reason. He must have been threatened!
That was the only explanation that made sense.
Since Chief Feng didn't know the details of my performance in the selection, he could only guess that I had a good result. After the Zhao family came back, they looked like a frosted eggplant.
I had told Chief Feng that Little Cherry wouldn't get engaged to Ouyang Jun, so he didn't need to worry. After all, he had brought up his daughter. It would be a lie to say that he didn't have any feelings for her. Moreover, he hoped that Little Cherry and I could get married. However, Little Cherry's identity was very precious. It would be very difficult for me to convince the commander-in-chief.
So, when he got the news, he reported it to me immediately.
Seeing that I didn't say anything for a long time, Head Feng continued, "Xiao Zhuang, if the commander-in-chief promised you that he wouldn't arrange this marriage, then there might be some unknown external reason."
I could hear that his tone was especially heavy. I also understood the severity of the situation. Once the marriage went through, I would lose the opportunity to fight for the Ouyang family. In the future, Nan Yun Province would belong to the Ouyang family. Even if the Blood Wolf Hall developed rapidly, it would be difficult for them to find a new breakthrough. After all, the Ouyang family wouldn't turn a blind eye to it.
"Yeah, I think he might have been threatened," I replied.
"Maybe it's not just a threat. Within the Nan Yun Province, there are only a handful of people who can threaten the commander-in-chief. Don't you have his number? Hurry up and contact him. If anything happens to the commander-in-chief, it won't be a joke!"
Feng Tou was a little anxious. Although he had never seen the commander-in-chief with his own eyes, he had been a fan of the military since he was young. He especially worshipped iron-blooded soldiers, not to mention the commander-in-chief, who defended the country's territory and was almost like a guardian god.
"Alright."
I hurriedly hung up the phone. Since it was already too late, it wouldn't be good to disturb Shangguan Guoqiang. I sent him a text message. "Grandpa Shangguan, I heard that the Shangguan family announced that they will continue the engagement?"
However, even after a long time, I still didn't get a reply when I arrived at the hotel. I first called Little Cherry. With her relationship with me, she wouldn't be offended. I called Shangguan Guoqiang a few times, but no one picked up. I had a bad premonition, so I decided to call Shangguan Guoqiang. After two beeps, I heard a notification saying, "The number you have dialed is currently busy."
F * ck, this situation, it seems that the other party refused to pick up. After a while, I received a text message from Shangguan Guoqiang.
"It's so late, why are you calling me? You brat, can't you let me sleep?"
Seeing this message, I felt a little relieved. Did this mean that the Shangguan family wasn't in danger?
"I'm sorry, Grandpa Shangguan. It's just that I'm very nervous. I just heard that in three days, Wan 'er and Ouyang Jun will be engaged. What's going on?
Did someone spread fake news? "I quickly wrote a text message.
"It's not fake news."
Ten seconds later, I got Shangguan Guoqiang's reply. My heart thumped, and I subconsciously called him.
However, he refused to pick up again. "You little bastard, are you done or not?
Calling me in the middle of the night, even if you don't find it annoying, I can't stand it. You just need to know that you don't deserve Wan 'er. That's right, I promised you, but who said that I can't change my mind? "
Seeing this text message, my heart sank, but I also felt that something was wrong. First of all, this text message was too fast. Shangguan Guoqiang was already so old. Even if he was good at using a mobile phone, he shouldn't have typed so fast. Secondly, from the lines, I could feel that he was in the right, which wasn't Shangguan Guoqiang's style of doing things. For a big shot like him, even if he wanted to go back on his word, he should at least tell me.
Even if it was very late and he needed to rest, a few minutes wouldn't make a difference, right?
No matter what, it was Wan 'er's marriage. Moreover, I felt that Shangguan Guoqiang valued me a lot, and he even said that I would carry the flag. It wasn't hard to imagine how important I was in his heart.
Suddenly, a memory flashed in my mind. Not long ago, Old Zhao had sent a guy, who seemed to be called Xiao Wang, to investigate the situation in the private room of the restaurant. In the end, I caught him and borrowed his phone to trick Old Zhao. At that time, I didn't dare to pick up the phone, as I was afraid that I would be exposed if I heard the sound.
This scene could be said to be shockingly similar. If I wasn't wrong, Shangguan Guoqiang's phone had fallen into someone else's hands. Could it be the Ouyang family's people?
This was way too audacious!
They even dared to make a move on the commander-in-chief. From a certain point of view, this was already a bit like rebellion. In other words, if they didn't succeed, they would die.
I felt that there was an eighty to ninety percent chance that this was the case, so I was too lazy to say anything. "Alright, Grandpa Shangguan, sleep early."
If it was Ouyang Jun on the other side of the phone and I called him grandpa, wouldn't that idiot laugh so hard?
Of course, I was eager to know the situation in the military area. I wanted to know if Shangguan Guoqiang and Little Cherry were being controlled, or if something bad had happened to them.
My mind was in a mess. My sister-in-law and Liu Jie also saw my gloomy mood. They worriedly asked me, "Did something happen?" I forced a smile and shook my head.