The Magnificent Son-in-law

Perhaps in Gu Wenhui's eyes, Xiao Feng's attitude was an intentional act to hold a stance, in order to gain more leverage and propose unequal terms.

But little did she know, Xiao Feng was genuinely a bit troubled.

For him, getting a position as a reserve member of the Demon Suppression Action Team was exceedingly simple, just a matter of making a phone call to Gong Kaishan.

In fact, the identity and authority of a reserve member are vastly different from that of a formal member.

Reserve members are more like scouts on the outskirts, or to put it bluntly, cannon fodder, sent forth in unclear situations to help formal members assess the situation and formulate response plans.

So in this sense, Gu Wenhui was truly mistaken. The real danger isn't the formal members, but the reserve members she thought were safe.

Of course, with Di Junxiong's level, he definitely couldn't pass the formal member assessment, so he could only be a reserve member given the circumstances.

However, none of this was the most crucial issue.

The key is that Xiao Feng felt that exchanging this matter for some money seemed a bit of a loss, but without doing so there wasn't a better option in sight.

Simply put, Gu Wenhui's proposal could be summed up with eight words: too good to abandon, but tasteless to pursue.

After a long silence, Xiao Feng scratched his head and, fishing for words, said: "By the way, doesn't your family have any friends or something who could lend a hand?"

Although he didn't know what kind of difficulties Gu Wenhui's family was facing, it was common to seek help from friends during tough times, surely their social circle wasn't bad to the point of having no friends at all, right?

Gu Wenhui sighed and said, "Of course there are, but favors are the hardest to repay, especially within the political circle, you can't just randomly pull someone into your camp."

At this moment, as if something had crossed her mind, Gu Wenhui added: "You've worked with Song Keren before, has she ever mentioned to you that her father isn't an ordinary man, but someone with great influence?"

"Are you talking about Song Zhengbo?" Xiao Feng asked, somewhat confused, unsure what Gu Wenhui meant by suddenly bringing up Song Zhengbo.

"Exactly!" Gu Wenhui laughed somewhat sardonically: "Junxiong's father and Song Zhengbo are sworn brothers. With Song Zhengbo's status, he could help us out with just a word. But he holds his principles strictly and even refused to help, claiming it's to avoid suspicion.

Ha, avoiding suspicion, what a good excuse."

Xiao Feng's eyes lit up: "Hearing you say that, are you a generation above Song Keren?"

"So what if I'm a generation above? Song Zhengbo doesn't even care about his blood relatives, let alone sworn family with no blood ties." Gu Wenhui replied with resentment.

Xiao Feng, however, wasn't focused on that. Thinking he couldn't come up with any better terms, he might as well establish a relationship, thinking it might come in handy someday.

Of course, being a generation above Song Keren was indeed an important factor.

Thinking of this, Xiao Feng coughed twice and said: "Ahem, I think Di Junxiong has potential, maybe he could consider becoming my apprentice."

Gu Wenhui frowned, completely unable to fathom why Xiao Feng suddenly shifted the topic back to apprenticeship.

Wait!

Could it be that this guy is purely aiming to be a generation above Song Keren?

For some reason, Gu Wenhui felt this was the truth, despite having no evidence to support it.

"I've discussed the apprenticeship with Junxiong's father, we have no objections, you can decide among yourselves." Gu Wenhui said: "However, if you need us to attend the apprenticeship ceremony, it's best to inform us a month in advance."

"No need for that hassle," Xiao Feng said offhandedly.

The image of Song Keren calling him uncle welled up in his mind, and his smile grew even broader.

Seeing the peculiar smile on Xiao Feng's face, Gu Wenhui broke into a few black lines but didn't forget the main issue, taking the opportunity to ask: "Since you are willing to take Junxiong as an apprentice, we are like family. What about his reserve member status?"

"No problem, no problem."

Xiao Feng took out his phone and made a call to Gong Kaishan.

Shortly after, with a "ding," the message notification tone on the phone rang.

"It's done!" Xiao Feng handed the phone to Gu Wenhui.

Looking at the electronic ID photo and all the correct details, Gu Wenhui was dumbfounded, unable to shake off a sense of disbelief.

One phone call and it's done?

"If you don't believe it, you can have someone check it now." Xiao Feng said with a calm face.

"No need..." Gu Wenhui replied blankly, believing Xiao Feng wouldn't do something frivolous concerning this matter.

Just thinking about it, Gu Wenhui couldn't control a surge of feelings, lamenting how unpredictable the world truly is, beyond human foresight.

Who would've thought that when things were about to fall apart, a few casual words and complaints from herself would lead to such a reversal?

After a long pause, Gu Wenhui stood up, bowed to Xiao Feng, and said solemnly: "Thank you!"

After thanking him, she increasingly felt that Xiao Feng couldn't possibly be just a small figure without significant background.

To get someone into the Demon Suppression Action Team with just one phone call, if that's a small figure, then what in the world qualifies as a big one?

But she's also a perceptive person, just like Xiao Feng did not pry into her background, she had no intention of digging into how Xiao Feng managed such a feat.

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave?" Gu Wenhui, now filled with excitement, couldn't wait to rush home and share the joyous news with her family, and revel in their delight.

Such is the good fortune brought by her son, recognizing such a capable mentor, flying high was just a matter of time!

"Wait!" Xiao Feng stopped her.

Gu Wenhui was slightly taken aback and said: "We won't broadcast this matter outside, including not letting Junxiong know, to prevent any youthful indiscretions leading to trouble."

"I'm not talking about that," Xiao Feng shook his head: "Do you know about a half-finished school nearby?"

"School?" After some thought, Gu Wenhui replied: "I do remember, it's a project from two years ago, what about it?"

"I'd like you to help investigate whether the construction company involved back then encountered anything strange during the build, like a ground collapse or such..."

As he spoke, Xiao Feng detailed the location and the situations that needed investigation to Gu Wenhui.

"That's easy, I'll contact someone to look into it on my way back, and will inform you immediately once there's news." Gu Wenhui readily agreed.

It's not that Xiao Feng had to make the other party do something, but he was traumatized by the unreliability of Uncle Nine, should things drag on for a year or so, he wondered if he could still leave by then?

Even though he was away from home, Xiao Feng had never forgotten that he was a family man.

Thinking of this, Xiao Feng felt it was time to call Du Qingyue, having been away for almost a week already.