Yuzhou City, Mingya Cheng Residential Area.
A domineering black Range Rover drove through the gates. The security guard hurriedly opened the barrier. The Range Rover continued on and finally stopped in front of an apartment building.
Yao Haikuo, in the driver's seat, frowned. "Why isn't my car parked in my spot?"
The next second, he recognized the familiar license plate, and the tension in his heart eased.
He found an empty space and parked, then picked up a large plastic bag and entered the elevator. He knocked on the door.
Yao Yiyao held a spotless Maine Coon in her arms and called out, "Dad!"
Yao Haikuo smiled. "Has your Uncle Lou arrived?"
As soon as he spoke, a middle-aged man walked out from inside. Neither fat nor thin, he stood ramrod straight. His particularly sharp eyes carried an oppressive air.
When Lou Rui saw Yao Haikuo, that imposing aura vanished, replaced by warmth. "Brother Yao!"
Yao Haikuo felt a little embarrassed. He had gone to the Agritainment to buy groceries, then fought his way through King of Fighters '97, completely forgetting that they had guests coming over today.
He quickly lifted the large plastic bag in his hand and gestured. "Brother Lou, when I heard you were coming today, I specially had someone cook up a free-range country chicken and make a pot of wild Crucian Carp soup!"
"Then I'm in for a treat today!" Lou Rui was in equally good spirits.
He and Yao Haikuo had been classmates. Two or three decades had passed, but they still made time to meet once or twice every year. With Lou Rui holding such a high position, pure friendship was truly rare.
"Come in, come in!" Once Yao Haikuo entered, he saw Lou Rui's wife and daughter. He asked in confusion, "Lunlun