After my divorce, I started to have good luck

Chapter 1219 639: Beating Others to the Punch

On the way back, Chen Feng confirmed his suspicions from the conversation between Granny Ying and Qin Zhen's uncle.The reason Qin Zhen's uncle suddenly changed his mind and decided to attend Qin Zhen's engagement banquet was simple: he wanted his niece to help find connections that could lighten the punishment for his son.

After the authorities discovered serious safety hazards in his son's small workshop, it not only faced fines, but over thirty barrels of banana oil they had stored needed to be seized and transported to a secure chemical warehouse.

Even the business license his son managed to obtain with great difficulty might be revoked.

All these required help from Qin Zhen's family to smooth things over.

Naturally, Chen Feng didn't express any opinions, maintaining silence and focusing on driving.

However, inside, Chen Feng was somewhat struck by people's realistic nature. Previously, this uncle and nephew were full of resentment, determined not to attend the banquet.

But once his son encountered this issue, Granny Ying just briefly mentioned it, and he instantly agreed to attend the banquet, even offering to personally ask his niece's family for help, and inevitably having to ingratiate themselves with Qin Zhen's family.

Of course, this could be seen as a reflection of the universal parental love.

Chen Feng didn't delay on the way and, when he took the three of them back to Qin Zhen's neighborhood, the time was about ten o'clock in the morning, roughly a two-hour trip.

After bringing them to the small high-rise at Qin Zhen's home, Chen Feng didn't follow them upstairs, mostly out of fear of Mrs. Qin.

Downstairs, Chen Feng called Qin Zhen to ask if he should continue being the driver to pick up guests.

Qin Zhen didn't hesitate and immediately asked him to go to the train station to pick up people.

This time there were three people in total, two of his comrades and one of his colleagues, all visiting Lin Nan for the first time.

This time, Qin Zhen sent their names and phone numbers via WeChat, along with the time their train would arrive.

All three were on the same train, arriving at Lin Nan Station at ten-thirty.

The timing was a bit tight, but still manageable.

The town was only about ten kilometers from the train station, and it would take no more than half an hour.

Chen Feng didn't waste any time and immediately drove to the train station.

Approximately twenty minutes later, upon arrival, Chen Feng called each of the three, and to his mild surprise, one of them, named Dong Haiwei, who sounded like a man's name, turned out to be a woman, a colleague of Qin Zhen.

After all three arrived at the train station exit, they called Chen Feng, and he drove from the nearby roadside to pick them up, since parking at the entrance wasn't allowed, which would be inconvenient.

Having informed them of his car model and license plate number beforehand, it was easy for them to recognize him, and he smoothly picked them up.

Two men and one woman; the two men, both of Qin Zhen's comrades, wore glasses, projecting an intellectual image, clearly serving as non-combat personnel or technical soldiers in the military.

Superficially, they were polite and respectful to Chen Feng but seemed quite serious and not very talkative.

The only woman, Dong Haiwei, was at least 170 centimeters tall with fairly decent looks, had a confident demeanor, and appeared serious. After simply greeting Chen Feng, she remained silent after getting in the car, not engaging in conversation with Chen Feng or talking much with the other two comrades sharing the ride.

Considering Chen Feng was half a host, noticing the stiffening atmosphere in the car, he proactively started chatting with them, primarily asking about how they knew Qin Zhen. Though the three weren't very communicative, they answered Chen Feng's questions.

Chen Feng then learned that Qin Zhen's two comrades were still serving in the military, but specifics of their unit were not shared with Chen Feng. They actually only spent two years serving alongside Qin Zhen in the same department until Qin Zhen was transferred.

Despite their relatively short time together in those days, the two had life-and-death camaraderie with Qin Zhen, so they specially took leave to attend Qin Zhen's engagement, such a joyous occasion.

Dong Haiwei was now Qin Zhen's colleague at his current workplace, holding the position of instructor, and this time she came to represent the unit to offer congratulations, officially as part of her job.

However, she shared a good relationship with Qin Zhen in daily life, and once Qin Zhen had even saved her life, so this time, she proactively sought to represent the unit.

In short, all three shared an excellent relationship with Qin Zhen, marked by life-and-death bonds.

Otherwise, let alone an engagement, even for a wedding, they might not have traveled such a long way just to attend.

Delivering these three to Qin Zhen's house, it was about eleven o'clock by then. By this time, guests at the housing complex had multiplied, standing or sitting in small groups around the festive marquee.

Because the identities of these three guests were somewhat special, and it was their first visit to Qin Zhen's home, Chen Feng felt it wasn't appropriate to let them go up by themselves or leave them waiting downstairs, so he personally escorted them upstairs to meet Qin Zhen, which was the proper way to treat guests.

Before going up, Chen Feng called Qin Zhen, informed him, and indeed, Qin Zhen proactively invited Chen Feng to bring them upstairs.

Thus, Chen Feng led the trio upstairs.

Upon reaching the sixth floor at Qin Zhen's home, it was even more lively, with people not only inside but also standing at the entrance, including several of Chen Feng's high school classmates, two of whom looked somewhat familiar to Chen Feng.

But after not seeing each other for over a decade, Chen Feng couldn't recall their names immediately, which was a bit awkward, so he opted not to acknowledge them first.

Luckily, they didn't seem to recognize him either, which was convenient.

Chen Feng first brought the three guests into Qin Zhen's home, and amidst the crowd, he found Qin Zhen, allowing Qin Zhen to find a temporary reprieve from the throng and greet his two comrades and unit colleague.

Having fulfilled his duty, as Chen Feng was about to turn and leave, he noticed Qin Zhen's cousin, Yiyi, approaching him with a natural smile, handing him a bottle of mineral water.

Truth be told, after two rounds of picking people up, without even a sip of water, Chen Feng really had gotten a bit thirsty.

"Thank you!"

Chen Feng thanked her briefly, nodded slightly, and took the bottle of mineral water.

Then, Chen Feng quickly walked out of the bustling Qin Zhen's home, and once he reached the hallway outside the door, he finally had the chance to unscrew the bottle and gulped down half of it.

Setting the bottle aside and wiping his mouth with his hand, he was about to head downstairs when two people blocked his path, smiling at Chen Feng. One, weighing at least 180 pounds and standing under 170 centimeters tall, grinned and said, "Chen Feng, don't you recognize your old classmates? Not even a single greeting."

Chen Feng looked at the chubby man before him, then at his Yang-Ming-headed, half-bald, lanky companion, who appeared somewhat familiar but couldn't immediately recall who they were.

Back in high school, aside from being close to Qin Zhen and a few classmates sitting near him, other classmates bore a rather average relationship with him, not engaging or chatting much, thus his impression wasn't very deep.