Flash Marriage Chapter 11 and Chapter 12

 Chapter 11

Xue Heng disliked Su Shenlin, an ugly person who was unaware of his own ugliness. He was a careless fool who constantly harassed young girls.

After learning that Xue Heng was gay, Su Shenlin didn’t like to be around him. Su Shenlin wasn’t homophobic, but he found it disgusting. The thought of Xue Heng being attracted to men made his skin crawl.

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The news of Xue Heng’s marriage to Wei Zongjin hadn’t reached Su Shenlin’s ears yet. So when Su Shenlin saw Xue Heng, he thought that, like himself, this person was shamelessly trying to curry favor with Wei Zongjin.

“Everyone understands the principle of leaning on a big tree for shade, but does a coal miner from the Xue family need to dirty the Deputy Director’s eyes?” Su Shenlin intentionally mocked.

Xue Heng picked up the two large bags from the trunk, forcefully closed the trunk with a loud bang, and appeared formidable. “And you’re just a meat seller. Hmph.”

Su Shenlin’s face darkened.

With a click, the door opened from the inside.

Wei Zongjin looked at Su Shenlin and Xue Heng standing outside the door and walked forward, taking the supermarket bags that Xue Heng was carrying. He stepped aside and said, “Come in.”

Xue Heng instinctively avoided Wei Zongjin’s gaze and walked in almost mechanically, step by step.

Su Shenlin, the straight steel man, completely failed to notice anything wrong with the way these two interacted. He placed his own bag on the dining table and tried to please Wei Zongjin with a smile. “Deputy Director Wei, I’ve been busy handling matters for our subsidiary company abroad, so I haven’t had time to visit you. But as soon as I returned to the country, I specially brought some lamb meat for you. It was just freshly butchered today, very fresh.”

Wei Zongjin sat on the sofa, picked up a cup of tea that had just been brewed, took a sip, and his tone turned icy, as if keeping everyone at arm’s length. “We’re all classmates, so if you have something to say, just say it.”

Su Shenlin subtly glanced at Xue Heng, his eyes full of implications.

Xue Heng, understanding the situation, picked up the shopping bags and walked into the kitchen. He took out the recently purchased items and placed them in the refrigerator.

Su Shenlin clasped his hands together and hesitated before speaking. “Here’s the thing, the food and drug administration shut down several lamb hotpot restaurants owned by my family. It shouldn’t have been a big deal, but the administration blew it out of proportion and is still not allowing us to reopen. Sigh, we rely on our business being open every day, and if we can’t open, we’ll lose a lot of loyal customers. These losses…”

He glanced at Wei Zongjin, his eyes seeking help.

“Do you want me to talk to the Food and Drug Administration?” Wei Zongjin raised a cup of tea, his expression inscrutable.

Su Shenlin was about to nod in agreement, but he happened to catch a glimpse of Wei Zongjin’s current expression, which immediately made him break out in a cold sweat.

After a while, when Xue Heng finished putting everything in the refrigerator and came out, he found Su Shenlin standing in the corner of the room, making a phone call, with sweat dripping from his forehead. Xue Heng’s footsteps stopped.

Seeing Wei Zongjin sitting on the sofa reading the evening paper, Xue Heng walked over and lowered his voice. “Are we having dinner at home or going out?”

He was hungry and wanted to eat, but with Su Shenlin, an outsider, in the house, he didn’t know what to do. They couldn’t possibly have instant noodles and boiled ham sausage for dinner with the guest, right?

“At home,” Wei Zongjin replied.

Xue Heng couldn’t help but ask further, “What should we eat?”

It was a century-old problem.

Su Shenlin walked over with a disdainful look. “We’ll have lamb hotpot. Isn’t there ready-made lamb meat?”

Xue Heng: “…”

But the problem was: Which one of them knew how to make the broth?

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Chapter 12

Su Shenlin deliberately tried to please Wei Zongjin, constantly serving him hot pot lamb and always behaving in a flattering manner with a sycophantic smile on his face.

Wei Zongjin remained cold and indifferent, not paying any attention to Su Shenlin’s attempts to please him.

As Xue Heng enjoyed the tender lamb meat, he clicked his tongue in approval. But in the next moment, he saw Su Shenlin’s eyes looking at him with a venomous expression as if he wanted to spit poison, which filled Xue Heng with even more disdain.

This bastard.

After finishing their meal, Wei Zongjin had no intention of keeping the guest any longer, and Su Shenlin couldn’t linger either. After all, he had come specifically to build a relationship with Wei Zongjin, not to make enemies.

However, before leaving, Su Shenlin saw that Xue Heng showed no intention of leaving yet and furrowed his brow. He sternly said, “Xue Heng, why are you still here? Come back with me and don’t disturb Deputy Director Wei’s rest.”

Xue Heng clapped his hands, looked at him in askance, and was about to say something else. But he suddenly thought of something and stood up. He placed his hand on Su Shenlin’s shoulder, completely ignoring the murderous look in the other’s eyes, and said, “I’ll see him out first.”

Su Shenlin stiffened, his whole body covered in goosebumps.

Wei Zongjin frowned, seemingly dissatisfied with something.

As soon as they stepped out, Su Shenlin immediately shook off Xue Heng’s hand from his shoulder and stomped in place, exclaiming in frustration, “Stay away from me, Xue Heng.”

Xue Heng sneered and deliberately wiped his hands with a tissue. “Do you think I want to touch you?”

“Hmph.” Su Shenlin, who had always suspected that Xue Heng had ulterior motives towards him, sneered.

Xue Heng nonchalantly said, “I heard that Su Yin got married. Who’s the groom?”

Su Shenlin’s face contorted in anger, and he stomped his feet in place. “Who told you that my cousin got married? Nonsense, it’s all rubbish!”

Xue Heng understood the situation. Obviously, Su Shenlin’s attitude represented the stance of the Su family. So, it seemed that the Su family didn’t approve of Su Yin’s marriage to Qiao Anbang?

That explained it.

No wonder when he went to the wedding venue yesterday, Su Yin left the hotel for the wedding instead of leaving from her family home.

Su Yin’s situation should have been kept under wraps, but obviously, Su Shenlin was infuriated, so he couldn’t help but vent to Xue Heng, “Instead of being a proper lady of the Su family, she insists on marrying a rural boy, demeaning herself. It’s truly… disgusting!”

Xue Heng patted Su Shenlin’s shoulder. “What’s done is done. You should let it go.”

After saying that, Xue Heng suddenly paused, realizing that something was off. Clearly, Su Yin’s marriage to Qiao Anbang made him a direct victim.

With a snap, Su Shenlin forcefully shook off Xue Heng’s hand from his shoulder and cursed as he got into his car: “You from the Xue family, stop shamelessly clinging to Wei Zongjin. You’re not worthy of him.”

Xue Heng, infuriated, smirked. “Save your breath and get lost.”

Su Shenlin didn’t bother to respond and stepped on the accelerator. With a “whoosh,” he drove away.

Xue Heng didn’t care about him and, upon returning to the house, saw Wei Zongjin looking at the evening news with an expressionless face, his expression somewhat serious.

Xue Heng stopped in his tracks. “Something happened?”

The evening news showed a fire in a village in Huacheng late at night, with fire trucks and police cars appearing on the screen. Despite being fast asleep, the residents, instead of seeking safety, rushed to the scene to watch, even taking out their phones to take photos and videos.

The police officers tried their best to persuade the people to leave, but nobody listened. On the contrary, the more the police tried, the more the crowd rushed forward.

It was hard to say whether these people were courageous or just lacked common sense. The scene was chaotic.

Wei Zongjin furrowed his brow, took off his gold-rimmed glasses, wiped them with a cloth, and his eyes turned cold. “This village should have been demolished a long time ago.”

But this potential safety hazard has persisted until now.

Xue Heng could sense the anger in his words and felt a hint of worry.

After all, completely uprooting a village that had existed for nearly a hundred years was not a simple task. And for Wei Zongjin, who had just taken office, dealing with it would undoubtedly be even more troublesome.

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