I couldn't even hold the wine bottle steady, my hands were shaking so badly, it was really embarrassing.
But Lin Xiao's expression was still very calm, and there was no look of disgust as Tang Ling imagined.
He took the initiative to take the bottle from Tang Ling's hand, poured himself a glass, and then poured another glass for Tang Ling.
"Do I scare you that much?"
Lin Xiao then asked.
Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Tang Ling shook her head quickly, then blushed and said, "I'm just too nervous."
"It's just a meal, what's there to be nervous about?"
Lin Xiao said casually.
Maisie smiled and touched Tang Ling's head to encourage her.
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But Yuan Zheng's expression didn't change much.
He was always calm, but he didn't laugh in such a situation.
After a while, Tang Ling finally became less nervous and dared to talk to Lin Xiao.
During the chat, Lin Xiao also learned more about Tang Guorong, an arms dealer.
It turns out that Tang Guorong not only did business with the Dorodo City Defense Army, but also sold weapons on the Dorodo black market.
The proportion of weapons in Dorodo as a whole, excluding the Dorodo city defense army, Tang Guorong occupies about 40%.
The remaining 60% is controlled by another weapons dealer.
This weapons dealer is called Wu Houfei.
Wu Houfei, like Tang Guorong, is a native of Longguo. He came here to take root and survive, and ran a weapons business. He started from scratch and gradually became bigger and stronger. He can be said to be Tang Guorong's most powerful competitor.
Tang Guorong and Wu Houfei often competed in weapons and were defeated many times. If it weren't for the fact that Tang Guorong supplied weapons to the city defense army and thus obtained a large part of the profits outside the market, otherwise he would never be able to compete with Wu Houfei.
Wu Houfei also had ideas about the city defense army and wanted to negotiate a weapons business with the city defense army.
However, Wu Houfei approached the former commander-in-chief several times before, but failed to reach an agreement. Until now, Tang Guorong is still the only arms dealer that cooperates with the Dorodo City Defense Force.
"So, this Wu Houfei is an enemy of your Tang family?"
Lin Xiao asked.
Tang Ling nodded, but Maisie shook her head.
"What's going on?"
Yuan Zheng asked instead of Lin Xiao.
Mai Qian glanced at Tang Ling, and then explained: "That's it, our two families are indeed in a competitive relationship, and have been competing for many years, but in the past two years, Wu Houfei has wanted to join forces with our family."
"Join forces?"
Lin Xiao showed a very interested expression.
Maisie nodded and continued: "Yes, Wu Houfei seems to want to join forces with my husband to jointly control the weapons trading market in Dorado. But my husband did not agree. Of course, in order to avoid becoming an enemy, he did not refuse completely."
Hearing Mai Qi's words, Lin Xiao nodded and said oh.
Mai Qian continued: "This is not over yet. Wu Houfei has a precious son named Wu Lianyun. He wants to marry our Tang family and join forces in this way."
Hearing Mai Qi say this, Lin Xiao had a vague premonition in his heart.
The woman Wu Lianyun fell in love with was most likely Tang Ling, who was sitting next to him.
As expected, Mai Qian quickly added: "Wu Houfei came to propose marriage and wanted Lingling to marry his son Wu Lianyun, but Lingling has always been unwilling. My husband saw that Lingling did not agree, so he did not agree. Although he is very greedy for money, he does not agree.
I would trade my daughter’s future happiness for money.”
Lin Xiao smiled, feeling a little more fond of Tang Guorong.
Tang Guorong is very stingy and very greedy for money, but this guy is unwilling to exchange his daughter for benefits. It can be seen from this that in his mind, his daughter is indeed more important.
Yuan Zheng also nodded and said: "Your husband still has merit."
Hearing Yuan Zheng praise her husband, Mai Qian's face burst into laughter.
Tang Ling said in a very disgusting tone: "I will never marry that Wu Lianyun. That pretty boy is a complete scumbag. Who doesn't know that he changes women every day? If I marry him, I will definitely
I will regret it for the rest of my life.”
"Is this Wu Lianyun that bad?"
Lin Xiao is not a person who likes gossip. He just wants to know more about Wu Lianyun and his son.
Mai Qian nodded heavily and said: "Everyone in our Tang family has always disagreed with marrying the Wu family, and that's why. That Wu Lianyun is indeed an out-and-out scumbag. When it comes to women, there is probably no one better than him in the world."
An even more despised man."
"All right."
Lin Xiao smiled and nodded.
The city-state alliance is a strange place. If Cao Cao comes, Cao Cao will come.
As soon as they finished speaking, a loud shout came from the door of the hot pot restaurant.
"Tang Ling, why are you here! And you are eating with other men!"
Tang Ling and her baby mother Mai Qian turned to look together. A very ugly look suddenly appeared on the faces of the two women, one large and one small.
"That guy is Wu Lianyun!"
Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng looked over after hearing the sound, and immediately saw Wu Lianyun standing in front of the hot pot restaurant.
Wu Lianyun is very young, only in his early twenties, maybe only one or two years older than Lin Xiao.
The most important thing is that he is dressed very luxuriously, and his clothes are inlaid with gems and other decorations. The whole person is dressed like an embroidered pillow.
Moreover, his expression was very arrogant, and he exuded a burst of arrogance from head to toe. At first glance, it was obvious that he was a young man who had not been tempered by society.
Wu Lianyun is not alone. His fat body is accompanied by two strong men wearing black sunglasses.
"Tang Ling! You're going too far. I invited you several times and you refused to have dinner with me. Now you and your little mother are eating hot pot here with other men. Are you deliberately humiliating me?
Tang Ling, if you don’t give me a satisfactory answer today, I can’t forgive you!”
As soon as Wu Lianyun finished speaking, he strode towards this side.
When the guests in the hot pot restaurant saw this scene, they knew something was going to happen and quickly got up and went to the front desk to pay. Many people even left without paying.
Several waiters saw that the situation was not going well, so they came over to stop it.
But the two bodyguards beside Wu Lianyun casually pushed them to the ground.
"Get out of the way, stay out of the way!"
Wu Lianyun said fiercely, his face full of anger and contempt.
Tang Ling was a little panicked, but when she thought about Lin Xiao sitting next to her, she suddenly didn't feel scared at all.
"Wu Lianyun, what do you want to do? I warn you not to act recklessly, otherwise you will not be able to bear the responsibility if something goes wrong!"
Tang Ling warned loudly, but Wu Lianyun did not stop and approached her step by step.