I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

Just as Jia Dongxu was whipping Qin Huairu, Second Aunt happened to be passing by the courtyard. Hearing the commotion coming from the Jia family's house, she was so frightened that she rushed home and shouted to Liu Haizhong, "Husband! Something terrible has happened!"

Liu Haizhong looked at her with an impatient expression.

The second aunt, panting, said, "Qin Huairu and Zhou Weiguo... and Sha Zhu... the three of them are having an affair... Right now, Dongxu is beating Qin Huairu half to death at home, I can hear the cracking sounds!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong immediately perked up. He was about to get up, but then suddenly sat down again. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "No, now is not the time. To catch a thief red-handed, you need to catch him in the act. I have to wait for the right opportunity. As long as I can bring down Zhou Weiguo, that will be a great achievement, and I believe I can become a true leader then!"

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Zhou Weiguo, Natasha, He Yuzhu, and He Yushui sat around the dining table.

It must be said that Zhu Zi's cooking skills are truly remarkable.

In just over half an hour, twice-cooked pork, Mapo tofu, braised pork meatballs, cold dishes, and a bowl of steaming tomato and egg soup filled the entire table.

After everyone was seated, Zhu Zi and He Yushui looked at Zhou Weiguo expectantly, waiting for him to start eating first.

Zhou Weiguo simply smiled, reached under the table and magically produced a bottle of specially supplied liquor.

This sudden move completely stunned He Yuzhu.

He quickly bent down and carefully examined the area under the table for a long time, then asked with a look of surprise, "Uncle, when did you put the wine in? I didn't know anything about it!"

Zhou Weiguo chuckled and joked, "Stop dawdling! There's wine to drink, why all the talk? Hurry up and open it and pour!"

He Yuzhu took the bottle, his eyes widening: "Wow! Another special edition! Uncle, how much stock do you have left? I heard this wine is really precious, where did you get it from...?"

Before he could finish speaking, he obediently shut his mouth at Zhou Weiguo's signal and took four small wine cups from the side to prepare to pour wine.

At this moment, Natasha suddenly reached out to stop her, asking with a face full of curiosity, "Pillar, do the men of your Xia Kingdom drink from such small cups? Isn't this a cup for children?"

He Yuzhu was completely confused: "Auntie, what does 'for children' mean? How do you usually drink it?"

Natasha walked to the table next to her and picked up three enamel mugs: "We'll have to make do with these!"

As she spoke, she deftly opened the bottle and poured two-thirds of the liquor into both enamel mugs. Just as she was about to pour the third glass, Zhou Weiguo snatched the bottle away, saying with a look of disgust, "You two drink from those; I don't like that. I'll use my little wine cup."

He Yuzhu was taken aback by Natasha's forthrightness. He was about to follow Zhou Weiguo's lead and say that he would also exchange for a small wine cup when he heard Natasha say, "Zhuzi, you're not going to back out at the last minute, are you? Do you still count as a man of Beijing? Or are you trying to back down in front of me, the big goose?"

These words instantly ignited He Yuzhu's fighting spirit. He slammed his hand on the table: "Auntie! We men of Beijing never back down! You say how much to drink, and I'll drink with you to the very end!"

Looking at Natasha's smug grin, Zhou Weiguo silently mourned for He Yuzhu for three seconds in his heart, and quietly moved his chair to the side.

Natasha laughed, "Then today your aunt will teach you how we goose people drink! It's a pity there's no Sara, no pickles, or even a can of herring would be nice."

Hearing this, Zhou Weiguo's brows furrowed deeply.

He Yuzhu, however, was full of curiosity: "Wow! I, He Yuzhu, have really learned something today! Auntie, please begin, I'm determined to learn properly today!"

Natasha nodded, picked up a cucumber from the cold dish with her left hand, took a deep sniff, muttered "Eighth Master He Lei" under her breath, then exhaled sharply, picked up the enamel mug, and began to gulp it down.

He Yuzhu stared in disbelief at Natasha.

With a gulp in her throat, she downed most of the glass of wine in one go.

After finishing her drink, Natasha let out a soft "Ah," dispelling the spiciness in her chest, and shook her head, saying, "The wine from your Xia Kingdom is quite strong! Alright, Pillar, your turn!"

He Yuzhu glanced at Natasha, then at the wine bottle, and finally turned his pleading gaze to Zhou Weiguo, his eyes clearly saying, "Uncle, uncle, save me! Save me!"

Zhou Weiguo glanced at He Yuzhu, then at Natasha, and without saying a word, silently lowered his head and picked up a piece of food to eat.

Although He Yushui felt the atmosphere was a bit strange, she still applauded Natasha's drinking capacity: "Auntie, you're amazing! Silly brother, it's your turn, hurry up, you just said you couldn't embarrass the men of Beijing, you're not trying to cheat, are you?"

He Yuzhu looked around, gritted his teeth, glanced at his sister with reluctance, then put on a heroic expression of going to his death, imitating Natasha, smelling the cucumber, Eighth Master He Lei, exhaling, and then tilting his head back to pour the wine into his mouth.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Weiguo instinctively began looking for a place to hide.

Sure enough, He Yuzhu couldn't hold on any longer after downing most of a glass of wine in one go.

He stared at Zhou Weiguo with wide eyes, then clenched his teeth to suppress the urge to vomit.

In a flash, he determined the direction of the "pour" and turned to spray water at He Yushui on his right.

"Pfft!"

He Yushui, who was clapping happily, was suddenly "washed in the face" by the special supply of liquor.

She looked bewildered, as if she hadn't yet realized what had happened.

After a long while, she finally realized this wasn't a dream. Then, like a madwoman, she lunged at He Yuzhu, shouting, "Idiot brother! I'll fight you to the death!"

Zhou Weiguo secretly rejoiced: This nephew of his at least knows what's important.

He looked at Natasha with a reproachful expression, thinking to himself that this girl was too troublesome, doing these inhuman things instead of doing anything serious!

Afterwards, He Yuzhu didn't dare to say a word and pulled He Yushui to quickly clean up the mess.

Only Zhou Weiguo and Natasha remained in the room. Natasha, her face slightly flushed from the alcohol, stood up, sat on Zhou Weiguo's lap, and wrapped her arms around his neck, pouting, "Little master, are you angry with me?"

Zhou Weiguo said helplessly, "Get down here quickly, it's so annoying! All they do is cause trouble all day long!"

Just then, there was a loud knocking on the door.

Natasha reluctantly got up, and Zhou Weiguo quickly got up to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Yi Zhonghai greeted everyone with a broad smile: "Weiguo, are you eating? I'm so sorry to disturb you!"

Zhou Weiguo asked suspiciously, "Is something the matter?"

Yi Zhonghai explained with a smile, "It's like this, I've been occupying your house, and Cuilan felt it wasn't appropriate, so she urged me to rent the room next to the Jia family's house from the neighborhood office. We just moved out, and I've cleaned your old house thoroughly, so I've come over to return the keys to you."

As he spoke, he handed over three keys.

Zhou Weiguo looked at Yi Zhonghai with suspicion, wondering to himself: What's Yi Zhonghai up to now? Before he could ask, Yi Zhonghai said, "Since you're eating, I won't disturb you any longer. I'll be leaving now. Another time, I'll provide the food and have Zhu Zi put us at a table, and we can have a proper get-together!"

Watching Yi Zhonghai's departing figure, Zhou Weiguo always felt that Yi Zhonghai had been "possessed" by someone.

However, he was too lazy to think about it. He closed the door, subconsciously plugged it in, sat back down in his original seat without saying a word, picked up his chopsticks, and continued eating.

Seeing this, Natasha snuggled into his lap again, sitting on his legs and saying, "Little master, you're such a good actress!"