After a pause, Mu Qianying continued: "In order to make up for the gap in this aspect, my father made a special trip and invited Uncle Zheng, whom he has known for many years, over."

"Uncle Zheng is the president of the United Chamber of Commerce of the Three Southern Provinces, and also serves as a standing committee member of the Zezhou Industrial and Commercial Association. He has considerable influence in the political and business circles. If our Mu family gets the support of the Zheng family, we can make up for our weaknesses.

Overwhelm the Cai family and finally regain the position of the first family in the provincial capital."

After hearing this, Chen Fei nodded. He could understand Mu Tianhan's thoughts, but he couldn't understand Mu Tianhan's move of letting his daughter be a bargaining chip, so he asked with some doubts, "In order to get the support of the Zheng family, so you

Dad wants you to get engaged to Zheng Kun?"

Hearing this, Mu Qianying shook her head and said: "Actually, my dad didn't force me. At the beginning, my dad didn't think about the engagement at all. It was only after Uncle Zheng and Zheng Kun arrived at my house two days ago that they

Uncle Zheng brought it up to my dad two days later."

"Uncle Zheng just made a suggestion. My dad didn't agree directly. Instead, he asked Zheng Kun and I to get along with each other more and wait until we get to know each other better!"

"I don't have any feelings for Zheng Kun. Later, I asked someone about Zheng Kun's reputation in the local area. It seemed that it was not very good, especially in terms of the relationship between men and women. In addition, Zheng Kun has been pestering me these days, and he has been pestering me from time to time.

He wants to do something to me, which is very frivolous. Therefore, I don’t want to get engaged to him at all.”

"I told my dad privately about my thoughts and wanted him to reject Uncle Zheng's engagement directly. But my dad was worried that it would affect the relationship between our two families, so he asked me to wait until the Lantern Festival is over before mentioning it again.

thing."

"My family didn't say no, so Zheng Kun thought we agreed and thought I liked him. He usually touches me more frequently. He even wanted to ask me out for a drink alone last night."

After hearing this, Chen Fei finally understood what happened.

This so-called engagement is just a statement made by the fathers of both parties, and there is no confirmation at all.

The Mu family, considering the relationship, did not refuse immediately. Zheng Kun, on the other hand, was too proud and thought that Mu Qianying didn't refuse directly because she liked him, so he started to make moves more and more frequently.

After clarifying this, Chen Fei gently patted Mu Qianying's head and said: "Qianying, don't wrong yourself. If you have any ideas, just say it clearly. If your father is in trouble, wait, I'll go there

Talk to him."

Hearing this, Mu Qianying nodded with a smile and said, "Brother Chen, thank you. But it's okay. You'll be fine after tonight."

Afterwards, a few people continued shopping for a while. Suddenly, a huge and bright firework exploded in the air, attracting everyone's attention.

Seeing this, Mu Qianying said to Chen Fei and the others: "Brother Chen, the Lantern Festival is about to begin. Let's go back to the wooden building. You can see it most clearly over there."

So, a few people immediately returned to the wooden building. A lot of people had gathered in the wooden building at this moment, but obviously, everyone still determined their position according to their status. The higher the status, the higher the floor they were on.

Chen Fei and the others returned to the third floor. Compared to the empty space just now, there were obviously more people on the third floor at this moment.

Among them, the one centered on Mu Tianhan is mainly composed of people from the Mu family and the distinguished guests invited by Mu Tianhan.

On the opposite side of the Mu family is the gathering place of the Cai family. Mainly Cai Xiyuan, the current head of the Cai family, and guests invited by the Cai family.

In the middle, there are several top bosses in various industries in Zezhou Province, who can be regarded as witnesses of the overt and covert struggles during this Lantern Festival.

When Chen Fei and the others returned to the Mu family crowd, Zheng Kun immediately looked over with an unkind look and let out an unhappy snort.

Zheng Qinshi also cast his gaze over and said with a touch of official accent: "Qian Ying and Mr. Chen are back. You had a good time down there just now!"

These words are nothing, but combined with Zheng Kun's expression, you can see the displeasure and questioning of the Zheng family and his son.

When Mu Tianhan on the side saw this, his expression couldn't help but change. He looked at Mu Qianying and said in a deep voice: "Qianying, what did you just do? Why don't you apologize to Zheng Kun and Uncle Zheng quickly?"

"I——" Mu Qianying was a little surprised and seemed a little dull for a moment.

Chen Fei frowned, with a hint of displeasure between his brows, and stepped out, ready to resolve the matter. Even if he offended Mu Tianhan, Chen Fei didn't care, he didn't want Mu Qianying

Be wronged.

But before Chen Fei could step out, Mu Qianying pulled Chen Fei's sleeves, looked at Chen Fei with a pair of big watery eyes, shook her head gently, bit her lip and said, "Brother Chen, I'm fine."

."

Then, Mu Qianying walked towards Zheng Qinshi and Zheng Kun, bowed her head and apologized: "Uncle Zheng, Zheng Kun. I was willful just now and accidentally offended Brother Kun. I apologize to you."

Hearing this, Zheng Kun showed a proud look on his face, deliberately looked towards Chen Fei, raised his eyebrows with joy, then took the initiative to help Mu Qianying up, and said: "Sister Qianying, you don't need to apologize, it's nothing."

I have forgiven you for the big deal."

Zheng Qinshi on the side also smiled, glanced at Mu Tianhan, and said loudly: "It is normal for children to have a little bit of emotion when they are playing around. What young couple doesn't come here like this? It will be fine if they get together in the end.

"

"It's just that it's better for the two of us to handle the matter ourselves. It's unnecessary for outsiders to interfere." When Zheng Qinshi said the next sentence, he deliberately looked at Chen Fei with a warning look in his eyes.

When Chen Fei saw this, he narrowed his eyes and did not take Zheng Qinshi's warning to heart. Instead, he looked at Mu Qianying with an encouraging look.

At this time, the atmosphere seemed a little awkward. Mu Tianhan laughed and said with a smile: "Look, the Lantern Festival has begun."

As a result, a group of people immediately looked towards the Canglang River.

At this moment, night has completely fallen, and the exquisite and gorgeous lanterns on both sides of the Canglang River are all lit up.

Lanterns of different shapes, combined with colorful lights, create a brilliant and magnificent world of lights.

The lights on the shore are reflected in the river, and combined with the gorgeous fireworks in the sky, the entire Canglang River turns into a colorful world, lively and beautiful.

In addition to exquisite lanterns, the use of modern high technology has also given traditional lanterns new twists. There are various lanterns floating with the flowing water on the river, and there are lantern arrays built by drones in the air, constantly changing the various lanterns.

This shape is dazzling and endlessly amazing.
Chapter completed!