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Diep Tich returned to the office, and before he could sit down, he saw Tieu Lanh eating cake again.

That cake was clearly bought from the 17th Workers' Food Store. It was served in a transparent plastic box and paired with an equally transparent plastic disposable spoon. Xiao Leng was using a small spoon to dig into the butter and eat it, eating it elegantly.

Looking at Diep Tich, he walked over and put another block on her table.

Diep Tich's alcohol tolerance had not yet completely gone, and he could not eat anything sweet, but he still said: "Thank you."

Tieu Lang had not said anything yet, and was about to leave, when Diep Tich raised his head and looked at him, saying: "Minister Dinh and I will borrow you for a few days."

"Huh?" Tieu Lanh stopped, "What?"

"...Originally, I should have discussed it with you first." Ye Xi felt a little embarrassed about his own behavior of cutting things first and reporting later, "But seeing that you are relatively easygoing, Minister Ding doesn't come every day, I just went to find him, so I talked to him first."

Tieu Lanh slightly relaxed the corner of his mouth and smiled: "It's okay, what's the matter?"

Diep Tich looked at the room full of colleagues: "Let's go outside and talk."

"Okay." Tieu Lanh obediently followed her out.

The two of them kept walking until the end of the corridor where there was no one around. Only then did Diep Tich tell them his plan.

She was planning to return home soon to pay her respects to her parents. If the time came, before the cruise ship mission really began, she would prepare to return again.

But even though she had thought this dangerous mission through, she still felt a lot of psychological pressure. Her parents knew her too well, and she was afraid that they would accidentally find out the clues.

Therefore, she thought of troubling Xiao Leng to go with her. With him as a guest, her parents would naturally divert some of their attention, and would also add a little more to the topic because of his existence.

Simply put, it is to ask Tieu Lanh to help her provide cover.

"Maybe." Tieu Lanh listened to her idea and agreed with his mouth full.

Diep Tich just wanted to say thank you, but he said: "However."

Diep Tich was stunned, Tieu Lanh glanced at her: "Have you ever thought that it would be strange for me to go home with you? What reason are you planning to make up?"

"I..." Diep Tich thought for a moment, "We said we would go on a business trip together, so let's go back together?"

Tieu Lanh seemed to be thinking about something: "Yes, I passed by your house, so if I go on a business trip to City C with you and have a meal at your house together, it might be possible."

"But listening to what you mean, you must keep wanting me to come to your house for a meal."

Diep Tich was speechless: "Yes..."

She planned to stay at home for a few days, telling her parents that it was winter break, so she asked Tieu Lanh to stay at her house for a few days.

Think carefully, saying that colleagues go on a business trip together, it seems really strange.

"If you don't mind saying it." Tieu Lanh gently said, "I can pretend to be your boyfriend."

Diep Tich was silent.

"Pretending not to give you a chance?" Xiao Leng smiled but not smiled, "Don't worry, I won't use this stubbornness to lick you. If you really don't like it, then find a chance to tell your parents that we're breaking up."

"En..." Diep Tich knew he wouldn't be so shameless as to lick her, but this suggestion made her feel a bit sorry for him.

Moreover, she discovered that she was a bit hesitant.

Perhaps it was because they had been living together for so long, or perhaps it was because yesterday she was a little drunk and wanted to find someone to chat with when she unexpectedly discovered that the person she wanted to find the most was him. She felt that she was no longer as determined as she was at the beginning on this issue.

So just now when he said this decision, she was possessed to think that if she went with the flow and tried to fall in love with him, the possibility would not be bad.

Anyway, it's 2024, it's not a big deal to break up at any time.

But she quickly gave up on this idea, because they were about to enter a survival mission in a few months, and now was really not the time for love.

She can't carry the pressure of death to love people, right now her life's top priority is survival.

However, she still agreed to Tieu Lanh's suggestion, and invited him to a meal, solemnly thanking him.

Early Saturday morning, Diep Tich and Tieu Lanh sat on the plane flying to City C together. Diep Tich wanted to give his parents a surprise, so he didn't contact his family first. After getting off the plane, he went to the mall to buy a bunch of things for his parents, big and small, and carried them home together.

Unexpectedly, there was no one at home. Fortunately, she had the key, so the two of them went into the room first and waited until four o'clock before hearing footsteps outside.

A few seconds later, the door opened, Diep Thu Nham and Trieu Mat entered the living room, Diep Tich and Tieu Lanh turned their heads to look at them in unison.

"..." After two breaths of silence, Trieu Mat couldn't stop laughing: "How did you come back!"

"I'm on leave!" Diep Tich welcomed them over, the family of three hugged each other, the parents were so happy they didn't know what to do.

After a few minutes, the couple calmed down a bit from their excitement, and then remembered that there was a guest at home.

"Hey, Xiao Xiao is here too..." Ye Shu Yan showed an apologetic expression because he had not treated his guests well. Xiao Leng had already stood up from the sofa. He had been poking at the backdrop for a while, but finally noticed him and nodded: "Uncle, Auntie."

Having said that, he looked towards Diep Tich.

Diep Tich coughed softly: "Dad, Mom, this is... my boyfriend, you've met him."

She said this in a very unnatural tone, but this kind of naturalness was automatically interpreted by her parents as embarrassment.

Diep Thu Nham and Trieu Mat's faces showed joy, and the joy also contained gossip: "Are you guys together?" Then they quickly welcomed Tieu Lanh to sit.

Next, everything was just as Ye Xi had thought. Her parents really shifted their attention away, and all of them put on a "taking care of their son-in-law" attitude, which made her feel a lot more relaxed.

Until almost 5 o'clock, Zhao Mo suddenly remembered: "That's right, your father and I talked about preparing money for you in two days, you came back just in time, we won't run, you take the savings book, there's a chance to buy a house in city B!"

She said as she stood up and headed straight to the bedroom, quickly returning to the living room, handing her a brand new savings account, smiling and saying: "Your father and I recently met a spiritual master, following his instructions to buy lottery tickets, one buy one correct."

... Grandmaster? Lottery ticket?

Diep Tich's first reaction was that her parents had received a fraudulent telegram, but when she opened the savings book and saw those clear and detailed accounts, she lost that idea.

The fraudulent telegram might make the target taste the sweetness, and take the opportunity to fish big, but their family is just an ordinary family, even if they send a long message, it is not worth playing so big.

——The savings account has advanced from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. If it is a scam, the initial investment is too large.

But the way my parents talk is too strange.

"How could it be so lucky..." Ye Xi was surprised, "Is there no problem here?"

"Don't worry, it's no problem!" Ye Shuyan said, arranging the lines countless times, "That master will use everything from the eight characters to the six-character combination, several types of fortune telling methods, will first calculate for us the good days to make money, then use the six-character to judge specifically what lottery ticket to buy, really pay attention!"

"..." Diep Tich's expression twisted, "Isn't it too much?"

"Is it too much?" Ye Shuyan asked with a sincere expression, "Do you feel that the sudden abandonment of metaphysics is more bizarre than the form of strange talk?"

Diep Tich was speechless and unable to answer.

Indeed, a good world can suddenly have strange dungeons, it seems that other extreme things are not too far away.

Xiao Leng looked at Ye Xi's shocked expression. He originally thought that if someone was lucky, winning a large lottery prize two or three times a year wouldn't be unreasonable. But out of curiosity, he leaned closer and saw the savings book, and was stunned.

The savings book has a total of seven entries, the lowest is fifty thousand, the highest is one million.

Tieu Lang took a deep breath: "Are you all buying lottery tickets?"

"Yes, all of them." Diep Thu Nham was not guilty at all.

Tieu Lanh's eyes stopped on that 1 million note: "1 million is? Two-color ball?"

"No, it's Quat Quat Nhac!" Ye Shu Yan said, "That Quat Quat Nhac's ultimate prize is 1 million, let's make a big splash, hahahaha!" He said with great joy.

Tieu Lanh's eyes slightly paused.

The highest prize is 1 million, if you win, you will get 1 million more?

Tieu Lanh silently looked at Diep Thu Nham and Trieu Mat, they were looking at Diep Tich with indulgent expressions.

Diep Tich was still gaping at the savings book, digesting this outrageous news.

He pondered for a moment, saying nothing.

Diep Tich was stunned for a long time, seeing his parents' sincere explanation, he finally lost his doubts and temporarily dropped this topic.

She propped her chin up with her hands and looked at her parents, with a hint of coquettishness she asked them: "Dad and Mom, are you using it for winter break this year?"

The couple looked at each other, Trieu Mat said: "No, what do you want to do?"

"Let's go out and play for a few days." Diep Tich smiled, "I've decided on a villa in the suburbs. Let's go stay for a few days and see the scenery!"

"Go!" Diep Thu Nham immediately agreed, then picked up his phone to ask for leave.

They are a married couple, Ye Shuyan directly helped Zhao Mo to apply for a fake leave. The company in City C is far from as busy as City B, and there hasn't been much work recently, so the request for winter break was a legitimate reason and the superior readily agreed.

Diep Thu Nham looked at the time, saw it was already 5 o'clock, pulled his wife and headed to the kitchen: "Let's go, I'll cook!"

"Together." Tieu Lanh stood up and wanted to go together, but Diep Thu Nham happily waved his hand to stop him, "You rest!"

Tieu Lanh smiled: "Tieu Tich likes to eat what I cook."

"?" Diep Thu Nham's eyebrows jumped slightly, he turned his head to glance at Tieu Lanh, although he didn't say anything, but a strange anger was rising in his heart.

The last time Tieu Lanh came to the house, although they also felt that he had thoughts about his daughter, but in the end, they did not confirm the relationship, so the couple were very calm, just out of boundless love they took care of him as a martyr's son.

But now that they have become male and female friends, Diep Thu Nham's attitude towards Tieu Lanh has changed to that of a son-in-law.

Xiao Leng's words "Xiao Xi likes to eat my cooking" made him, who was just a father, feel a kind of desire to win or lose, and he thought unhappily: How come, you haven't even gotten married yet and you're already provoking your father-in-law? What do you mean by liking to eat your cooking? That's my daughter! She's been eating my cooking for more than twenty years!

... Although I only know how to make braised duck neck.

But my daughter likes to eat my braised duck neck!

This kind of anger in Ye Shuyan's heart grew stronger and stronger. Zhao Mo didn't feel it at first, but after starting to cook, less than ten minutes later, he realized it.

She squinted and looked over, clearly feeling that although these two men who helped her cook seemed to be fighting for her life in a friendly manner, the atmosphere was actually not friendly, even a bit hostile.

She also heard Ye Shuyan's strange voice: "I cut the green beans, you don't know what Xiao Xi likes to eat, I still understand my daughter!"

Trieu Mat's face sank: "Diep Thu Nham!"

Diep Thu Nham was startled: "Ah?"

Trieu Mat glared at him speechlessly: "If you have nothing to do, go watch TV with Tieu Tich, don't stay here and cause trouble."

"?" While outside the snack cabinet, Ye Xi heard something was wrong, so he ran to the kitchen door and asked, "How is it?"

Diep Thu Nham and Tieu Lanh said in unison: "It's okay!"

Diep Tich looked at her father, then looked at Tieu Lanh, Tieu Lanh also looked at her: "Tonight I will come cook, let you show off your talent."

Diep Thu Nham turned a blind eye and only asked his daughter: "Eat duck neck? We have some at home. I will cook it for you. You can eat it tomorrow morning."

Diep Tich looked at Tieu Lanh and blinked: "Dad, Mom, you guys rest, let Tieu Lanh do it, I'll help with the kitchen."

"No..." Diep Thu Nham thought that his daughter's actions were in response to Tieu Leng's request, and that the matter of victory or defeat was even more important. He glared and said, "He is a guest, how can I make him..."

"Go quickly!" Zhao Mo was embarrassed that he would lose face, gritted his teeth and pushed him outside, turned his head to look at Xiao Leng Ye Xi and once again smiled, "Then let's rest today, what are you guys in a hurry for!"

The more Trieu Mat said that, the more Diep Tich felt something was wrong. His mother was clearly feeling guilty, as if she was covering up something.

So after her parents sat back down on the sofa, she went into the kitchen, closed the door, and asked Xiao Leng in a low voice: "What happened just now?"

"Um..." Tieu Lanh narrowed his eyes and thought, "This father-in-law is starting to dislike me."

"?!" Diep Tich looked surprised, "Impossible, my father is not that kind of person!"

"Oh?" Tieu Lanh asked thoughtfully, "He was really good to your ex-boyfriend?"

Diep Tich choked: "I... never had an ex-boyfriend."

"Then how do you know what will happen to your father?" Xiao Leng pouted, raised his hand and pressed it on top of her head, using his five fingers to force her back, "You go accompany your uncle and aunt, otherwise I will be even more miserable."

"What!" Diep Tich tried to turn back, "What are you doing, don't let the guest do his own work!"

"Hurry up!" Tieu Lanh resolutely invited her outside, because of the physical distance, Diep Tich really couldn't move him.

He pushed her into the kitchen and locked the door. Diep Tich stood outside the door for five seconds before returning to the living room and sitting between his parents.

Diep Thu Nham was delighted when he saw her coming out: "Come, let's have a good talk!"

Trieu Mat turned his head, his eyes from behind Diep Tich shot straight at Diep Thu Nham, his mouth moved fiercely: Sick!

An hour and a half later, six hot, four cold, and one soup were served on the table. Seeing that Xiao Leng's cooking skills had truly passed the test, Ye Shuyan could no longer say anything.

But he did not admit defeat, so Diep Tich watched as her father busily thawed duck necks all night, insisting on cooking a pot for her.

Just like that, the next morning when they set off for the suburbs' tree house, the duck neck was just finished cooking, so they packed it directly into the ice box.

On the way, Diep Tich pulled Tieu Lanh to eat duck neck together. Tieu Lanh had a very serious expression on his face, and finally used the description he learned in his life to praise the duck neck as delicious.

Diep Thu Nham sat on the vice throne, truly enjoying the compliment, but still appropriately maintained his position as a high-ranking elder: "Of course it's delicious, I've prepared many prescriptions for my daughter!"

Trieu Mat sat in the seat behind him, eyes rolling fiercely.

——50 people will make braised duck neck and cook it.

Afternoon two points many, car to people.

This so-called "Triangle Tree House Villa" is actually not really built on a tree. The rooms below are supported by wooden pillars, but they are high enough that the view out the window is about the same as the tree canopy beside it. It feels no different from living on a tree.

The tree house is divided into two floors, the first floor is the living room, kitchen, bathroom and a bedroom, the second floor is the tree house with a pointed top, so the area is not that big, there is only a bedroom and guest room, plus an open-air balcony.

In order to avoid unnecessary suspicion and doubt, Ye Xi decided that the two bedrooms in this wooden house would be double-bedded rooms upstairs and double-bedded rooms downstairs. She originally planned to make a fool of herself and say that she wanted to sleep with her mother once they got there. Then, they would sleep in the double-bedded rooms on the first floor, while her father and Xiao Leng would sleep in the double-bedded rooms on the second floor.

But considering the three wins and losses, she lost this idea.

... Well, it doesn't matter if she and Xiao Leng sleep in the same room, it's not like they haven't done this before in dungeon missions. This time, at least, it's a double-bed room, so Xiao Leng doesn't need to sleep on the floor.

So the two of them stayed on the second floor, the first floor's big bed room was for the parents. Zhao Mo closed the door and lay down on the bed, closing her eyes and resting. Ye Shuyan was packing his luggage while muttering: "After raising it for more than twenty years, the Chinese cabbage has fallen off! Shi..."

Even though Trieu Mat closed his eyes, he heard the frown: "You say with your conscience, Tieu Leng's condition, after all, can't be a pig, right?"

Diep Thu Nham: "Who said he was a pig?"

Trieu Mat: "What kind of cabbage is that?"

"..." Ye Shuyan reacted, stuck for a moment, then quickly occupied the moral high ground, "I will fight in another way! Mainly to express my intense pain! How can you ponder over every word like this! You are already starting to protect Xiao Leng?! He is not even your son-in-law!"

Trieu Mat was speechless, glanced at him, turned around with her back to him, and used a pillow to cover her head.

Diep Tich upstairs also rested a bit, then started to arrange dinner.

She flipped through the red book and said, "The whole roasted goat here is very famous, but there are too few of us to finish one, how about some roasted goat legs?"

"Yes." Tieu Lanh stood in front of the bedroom and balcony's floor-to-ceiling glass door to admire the scenery, and agreed very casually.

Diep Tich: "Then come two or three stir-fried vegetables, two delicious salads, and a main dish? How about rice?"

Tieu Lang: "Okay."

Diep Tich continued to recommend food: "For dessert, there are... roasted sweet potatoes, matcha green bean cake, can I have one for you?"

"..." Xiao Leng was silent for a moment, turned his head, and asked seriously, "Can you three see that I am even more unsightly because of this?"

Diep Tich did not even raise his head: "Then say I ordered it, but I don't want to eat it, so you help me eat it!"

"Maybe." Tieu Lanh unconsciously laughed, looking at her he thought, is this the feeling of love?

When Yang Ge had not yet been assigned to be the team leader, he had also fought with Tran Dang Vu to provide similar cover. Although it seemed fake at first glance, the two parties were obviously enjoying it.

Right now, he is also very happy in there.

Diep Tich finished the small procedure of searching the residents' accommodation, she got out of bed and patted him on the shoulder: "I'll share the meal menu with you, look at the stir-fried vegetables and see what you want to eat, I'll go down and ask my parents!"

"I will go with you." Tieu Lanh said with a smile.

The two of them went downstairs together. Diep Tich knocked on his parents' door, casually crawled onto the bed, and recited the menu for them.

The four people discussed and ordered the food together. Ye Xi pressed the "Place Order Now" button, and the interface started spinning again. After a long time, he couldn't get to the payment interface.

"The signal is not good." She frowned, remembered the router in the living room TV on the cabinet, and wanted to go to the living room to find the signal.

When she went out, she was still staring at the mobile screen. She quickly walked to the middle of the living room before raising her head. After staring at it for a moment, she suddenly took a step back, her whole body numb, and fell down.

"Smile..." She looked at the living room in front of her, wanting to call out to Tieu Lanh, but couldn't make a sound.

The living room in front of them was completely different from just now. They were in a tree house just now, the living room was made of rough wood like the tree house, looking out through the glass door, outside were full of green hills.

But now, the living room in front of him had turned into an ancient European-style dress, and the glass door had also changed from a window that was easy for tourists to see into a dark red door that was burglar-proof. Looking out the window, Diep Tich looked at the sky filled with golden sand.

She shouldn't panic because of such strange talk.

That is, her parents are also in...

Diep Tich's breathing stopped. Tieu Lanh heard her sigh and immediately turned around.

Seeing the scene before his eyes, his breathing also stopped.

"Diep Tich!" He stepped forward to support her, and when the person beside her bowed his head, he saw that she had indeed turned into a strange face.

Diep Thu Nham and Trieu Mat discovered something was wrong, and soon they also chased out. Realizing what had happened, the couple broke out in cold sweat.

They started making money with props three months ago, now they are used to seeing strange talk, no wonder.

But at this moment, their daughters are here...

The husband and wife glanced at each other and walked towards Ye Xi at the same time. Ye Xi tried her best to calm down. Hearing the footsteps, she wanted to comfort her parents. Her father's hand was already on her arm: "Xiao Xi, don't be afraid, papa and mama will protect you!"

Until this sentence, Ye Xi still thought that her father was just coaxing her. She anxiously turned her face away, and then heard her mother say earnestly: "Yes, it's fine... Don't worry, father and mother have a lot of experience with this kind of thing, and also have tools, they will definitely be able to bring you out safely!"

Diep Tich: "?"

"What are you saying?" Her eyes turned from worried to surprised, staring at her parents in front of her.

Tieu Lanh looked at the family of three in front of him, took a deep breath and hugged his arms: "No wonder the lottery ticket won 1 million, and he got 1 million in the promotion."

"?" The family of three turned their heads to stare at him.

Ye Xi's parents suddenly realized the loophole in their lie, their eyes filled with panic, but Ye Xi still didn't understand, and said in confusion: "What?"

Xiao Leng indifferently said: "Randomly won, below 10,000 yuan no need to pay tax, above 10,000 yuan 20% tax rate. So winning 1 million lottery tickets, only 800,000 comes out."

So this means...

Diep Tich's pupils shook.

"So what does uncle and aunt sell?" Xiao Leng was very interested, "1 million, [Distinguishing Dogs]? Or [High Speed ​​Racing Shoes]? Or can you add in the real rules [Maker]?"

"No matter what kind, this position should all be at max level, right?"

Xiao Leng looked at the middle-aged couple with a complicated expression: "I didn't expect uncle and aunt to be experts in gossip."

After speaking, he slightly moved his eyes and looked towards Diep Tich: "What a powerful genetic inheritance."

"?!" A family of three stared in shock at their loved ones in front of them.

"Such a big thing you're lying to me?!"

"Such a big thing you lied to us?!"

Even the script is extremely consistent.

Immediately after, Diep Thu Nham discovered that Tieu Lanh seemed to understand, immediately moved the conflict, pointed at him and questioned his daughter: "You still find a boyfriend who comes in every three days to gossip?!":,,.

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