Chapter 112 Ill-gotten Gains

Xu Yanqing drove, Xia Jinxian told Xu Yanqing again what Ye Maocong asked her earlier.

After hearing this, Xu Yanqing said, "It seems that someone is trying to protect Zhou Chao and choose Zhao Yuanzhou. This is the art of balance."

Xia Jinxian did not think of this at the time. She asked, "How should I say?"

Xu Yanqing said, "Zhao Yuanzhou is obviously the one who is Zhou Chao's people, what is the relationship between Ge Dong and Zhou Chao? As far as I know, Ge Dong relied on Zhou Chao's support. The two people have worked closely together over the years. Obviously, if Zhao Yuanzhou took over Ge Dong, there would be some problems. The matter will not be investigated in depth. After all, Zhou Chao and Zhao Yuanzhou have a good relationship, and because they are a community of interests, Zhao Yuanzhou will help smooth things over. Although Zhao Yuanzhou is not very good at business, he is smooth and will not resolve many conflicts. Touching."

The more Xia Jinxian listened, the more sense she felt. She asked, "Who do you think is protecting Zhou Chao?"

Xu Yanqing curled his lips and said in a mocking tone, "Who else could you choose, Ye Maocong? He even invited us to his family dinner. Zhou Chao has no other connections. Do you understand whose background the projects he has promoted in the past six months are?"

Xia Jinxian was told by him, she asked, "Yes. Your ex-father-in-law?"

Xu Yanqing turned his face, pinched her cheek and said, "It's obvious, isn't it?"

Xia Jinxian said sadly, "If you hadn't met me -"

Xu Yanqing's index finger touched her. On his lips, he said, "Then my life will be very boring .

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But I think she should be satisfied if she can be in the deputy bureau. "

Xia Jinxian said with a smile, "It's your mother after all."

Xu Yanqing snorted, "It's just my mother who is naive. She thought Su Liumei could help her, but she probably didn't know that one time when Han Yun was quarreling with me, Han Yun blurted out that Su Liumei told her that whether my mother could mention this matter was in the hands of the Su family. What’s funny is that whether my mother promotes me or not, what does it have to do with me?”

Xu Yanqing’s ex-parents may have been the help his parents most expected, but to them, Li Yun was just a means of restraint. Xu Yanqing’s bargaining chip.

Xia Jinxian sighed and said, "Emotions can also be used as weights. I really don't understand their fun."

Xu Yanqing said, "I don't understand either."

The car drove to Hongqiao Railway Station and the two of them took the high-speed train. .

Xia Jinxian went to buy two cups of coffee and gave one to Xu Yanqing.

Xu Yanqing looked at her Mocha and then at his American. He frowned and asked, "Why is it so light?" Xia

Jinxian asked strangely, "Didn't you say you like to drink bitter coffee in the past few years?"

"We are both married, why are you giving me this to drink ?" 

The two hugged each other, laughed, held hands, and wandered around the various small shops in the train station. 

Even if it's just a convenience store, it can be fun to visit. 

After getting on the high-speed train, Xia Jinxian suddenly remembered the scene when the two of them traveled to Hangzhou together. 

She was held by Xu Yanqing's hand and said to him, "Let's go to Hangzhou again sometime." 

Xu Yanqing kissed the back of her hand and said, "Any time, I will follow your orders." 

Xia Jinxian leaned on his shoulder and said, " Isn’t it said that if a couple goes to Hangzhou, they are destined to break up? I later went to Hangzhou once a year. At that time, I was thinking that it was probably because we went to Hangzhou together." 

Xu Yanqing smiled and scratched her nose. He said, "What are you thinking about? There is no such truth. If you insist on saying so, then we have already obtained the marriage certificate and we are not afraid to go again." 

Xia Jinxian also smiled. 

The high-speed rail goes all the way from cities to villages. 

Spring has returned to the earth, and everything is full of life. 

The expectation for a new life overflows in my heart. 

On Xia Jinxian's WeChat, a salesperson from a decoration company sent a design plan for their new home. 

The two of them opened it and looked at it. 

Xia Jinxian’s bay window, Xu Yanqing’s study, and the future children’s children’s room. 

Xia Jinxian held her mobile phone and said, "If you have two children, three bedrooms and one living room will not be enough." 

Xu Yanqing had never thought that Xia Jinxian had such an idea of ​​having more children and grandchildren. 

He asked, "Do you like children so much?" 

Xia Jinxian said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to have one." 

Xu Yanqing rubbed her nose and smiled, "I'll try my best." 

The topic unknowingly became distorted. 

The two people gave the designer a few more suggestions for modifications, and basically it was about the same. 

Xia Jinxian leaned next to Xu Yanqing, looked at the decoration design plan and said, "I am looking forward to my future life." 

Xu Yanqing smiled and nodded. 

In fact, they also had such a longing back then, but in the end they each took a step back and were so close to each other. 

Xu Yanqing suddenly said, "Why would anyone say that taking a step back will open up the world? There are some things that you should persist in." 

Xia Jinxian was still looking at the renderings of the kitchen, but she was speechless when she heard what he said. 

She asked, "Are you blaming me?" 

Xu Yanqing said silently, "I dare not." 

Xia Jinxian poked his face, Xu Yanqing hugged her back, kissed her and said, "How dare I bully my child, her mother?" What?" 

Xia Jinxian frowned deliberately, "I always feel like you are scolding me." 

Xu Yanqing said, "You are overthinking." 

The two of them talked and fell asleep next to each other. 

When Xia Jinxian woke up, the high-speed train was about to arrive at its destination. 

After getting off the car, someone from the other party came to pick them up and take them to the hotel. 

Xin'an respected Xu Yanqing very much and sent the deputy director of the Propaganda Department and the successor of Mrs. Li Chong to pick him up. 

Along the way, the deputy minister introduced them to the customs and customs of Xin'an and invited them to a welcome banquet in the evening. 

Xu Yanqing declined and said, "I'm bringing my wife here for a weekend, so I won't cause any trouble to you. I'll be there on time tomorrow morning." 

The other party invited her again and again, but Xu Yanqing was firm. 

Xia Jinxian stayed by the side, just smiling and not interrupting. 

Seeing how persistent they were, the other party gave in. 

After checking in at the hotel, the two of them had some time to themselves. 

Now that I'm here, I naturally want to have some fun, so I go out and travel to Xin'an together. 

They live very close to the Xin'an River. It can be said that the entire city of Xin'an is built around the water. 

The hotel recommended a scenic spot, and Xu Yanqing chartered a car to go there. 

Xia Jinxian asked him jokingly, "How much does your lecture cost this time? Is it enough to charter a car?"

Xu Yanqing said, "The lecture fee is only a small part. They bought a lot of my books, which is more profitable."

Xia Jinxian could not think of such a trick and asked him, "Isn't this a bundled sale?"

Xu Yanqing said, "The last edition of my book was sold out, so I still asked the publishing house for help to get 200 copies."

Xia Jinxian covered her face and smiled, "It seems that I have found a potential stock. District Chief Xu can not only give lectures, but also It's quite profitable."

Xu Yanqing smiled and rubbed her head, and said proudly, "I still have many advantages, waiting for you to discover them."

Xia Jinxian leaned in his arms and said, "It's a pity that Han Yun couldn't discover them . These potentials of yours."

Xu Yanqing was quite happy to hear that she was jealous, and he said, "There is no need to let her know."

The driver drove the car to the parking lot of the scenic spot, Xu Yanqing helped Xia Jinxian carry her bag, and the two of them entered the scenic spot.

There were not many people in the scenic area, and on a cloudy spring afternoon, the wind was still a bit cool.

Xia Jinxian wanted to take a boat, so the two of them hired a boat.

Sitting on the boat, looking at the turquoise river water, the distant mountains are like black and hazy.

Xia Jinxian was lying on the railing, blowing the oncoming river breeze, and felt that life was so perfect.

Xu Yanqing leaned on the other side of the boat and took a photo of her.

The weather in April is a bit naughty and can change at any time.

Two people were sitting on the boat. The boatman looked at the sky and said, "It might rain."

Before he finished speaking, it became dark.

Xu Yanqing asked, "Do we need to dock?"

The boatman said, "There is no place to rest on either side. It will probably only rain for a while and it will stop after a while. You can sit in the middle of the boat."

The two people squeezed into the belly of the boat, and the boatman I rowed hard, but the heavy rain still fell instantly.

Xia Jinxian huddled in Xu Yanqing's arms, watching the raindrops covering the sky outside, making the sky dark.

"It's so beautiful."

The heavy rain turned the scenery into an ink painting, and the painting stretched before our eyes, which was very classical and beautiful.

Xu Yanqing hugged her, and both of them got wet.

He recalled that after they broke up, she got wet from the rain and came in through the back door of the district government.

At that time, so many men saw her wet look and their eyes went straight.

And she was completely unaware of her own temptation, just looking at herself, which really made him feel distressed.

He took off his coat on the spot and gave it to her to wear. For a while, rumors abounded.

Xu Yanqing asked her, "Xiaoxian, did I hurt you deeply at that time?"

Over the years, he felt that he had brought too much harm to her, so he still had no face to face her.

Xia Jinxian looked at him strangely and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Xu Yanqing remained silent.

Xia Jinxian was lying on the railing, half of her body was wet.

Xu Yanqing said, "Come in."

Xia Jinxian stretched out her hand to catch the rain, turned around and looked at him with a smile and said, "At that time, I just felt that I was dragging you down, causing you to fail in your appointment, and it was such an ordinary family. I can't give you the future you want, so I feel guilty and feel inferior. It was me who broke up with you. Then I went to find you and saw you with Han Yun. She could give you so much, so..."

Xu Yanqing felt very sad when she heard what she said.

He pulled her over, and both of them were wet from the rain.

Xu Yanqing warmed her with his body temperature, combed her hair that was wet from the rain, and said gently, "I have been back too. I wanted to see you many times, but I didn't have the courage. Later, I went to a country park with Pan Yijun and others for dinner and saw you. You have a child, it should be from Lawyer Ling's family, she looks like a good wife and mother, I thought you were doing well."

In the heavy rain, they talked about the time when they lost each other.

Only then did I realize that these past few years have been filled with deep nostalgia for each other and regret that we missed each other.

Holding each other's warm hand and looking at the quiet beauty at this moment, Xu Yanqing couldn't help but sigh, "It can only be said that we had no fate in those years."

Thinking of how many times she had tried to start over and failed, Xia Jinxian laughed in her absence. .

Xu Yanqing asked her, "Why are you laughing?"

Xia Jinxian looked at him with gentle eyes and said, "Smile is blessed by God."

The rain fell harder and harder, and the two of them cuddled up, looking at the mountains and rivers rendered like ink.

At that time, I felt that those hardships were like an endless heavy rain, which made the two of them feel discouraged.

But in fact, the hardships in life are gone in the blink of an eye.

The rain gradually subsided, and the boatman asked them if they wanted to find a place to rest.

Xu Yanqing still felt that taking a boat to see the mountains and rivers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait was more artistic. He said, "The rain has stopped soon. You'd better go forward and turn back when you reach the end."

The boatman said, "Okay." He held up the bamboo pole and Keep rocking the boat.

Xia Jinxian said that the master had worked hard and took a hundred-yuan note from her bag, saying that she wanted the master to buy something to drink and warm up.

After a while, the rain stopped and the clouds dispersed, and a rainbow hung in the sky. Xia Jinxian squinted at the rainbow in the sky and smiled, "Look, it's so beautiful, isn't it?"

Xu Yanqing hugged her and heard her sneeze.

Xu Yanqing was no longer interested in traveling now and was anxious to go back.

The boatman said, "I just sent you off. I'm going back too. I see your wife's clothes are all wet. You need to change. My home is a central village and there are clothes for sale. You can follow me, just opposite." "

After speaking, he pointed to a location in the mountains where many houses were built.

Xu Yanqing agreed. Although he knew that the boatman also wanted to go home early, his proposal was indeed reasonable.

The boat docked, and the boatman took Xu Yanqing and Xia Jinxian toward the town. A wide road was built on the mountainside.

Xu Yanqing said, "I didn't expect that your village's economy is very developed. Is it because of tourism?"

The boatman said, "Where? We have a girl here, surnamed He. She followed a rich boss ten years ago. Later, the boss She is getting more and more prosperous. Although she is not married to her boss, her boss gave her a lot of money, so she built a big house for their family."

The boss said while pointing to a splendid villa not far away.

Looking from here, the villa is halfway up the mountain, with mountains behind it and water on its side, shrouded in clouds and mist, making it look like a fairyland.

The boatman said, "You don't know, that piece of land used to belong to a rich man in our village. Later, this woman took a fancy to it and took over the land. In the end, the rich man owes a lot of gambling debt. He jumped into the river and died, and the children of that family are still making trouble."

After hearing this, the two looked at each other.

There are all kinds of things in the world, all living things.

It's just a fight for power.

The two held hands and followed the boatman into the village. It was indeed a lively scene.

After escaping the heavy rain just now, the merchants set up their stalls again. Xia Jinxian and Xu Yanqing bought clothes and changed into them first. They were not in a hurry to go back and simply started shopping.

I tasted the special snacks here and found a restaurant to eat.

After walking around the village, Xu Yanqing and Xia Jinxian passed by the road in front of the villa.

Xu Yanqing stepped on the concrete road on the ground, "The money for road construction alone is not a small amount."

Xia Jinxian said, "No one can be rich without windfall."

Xu Yanqing hummed, and he said, "So being poor means being poor, no. You can't take wealth from justice."

Xia Jinxian looked back at the villa and said, "There is no beauty at all."

Xu Yanqing said sarcastically, "It just looks magnificent."