Chapter 23 A Glance for Ten Thousand Years The person

following the line today was Zhou Chao, the deputy district chief. Xia Jinxian had met him last time when Wu Tingtao held a banquet.

After saying hello to Zhou Chao, she gave in and wanted Zhou Chao to get in the car first, but Zhou Chao stood next to her and asked, "Is Chairman Zhou here?"

Xia Jinxian said he was still upstairs and should come down soon.

Zhou Chao nodded, but had no intention of getting in the car.

Xia Jinxian felt constrained, and her hands were unconsciously stroking her temples.

From Zhou Chao's point of view, she looks very mature, but also reveals some otherworldly elegance.

Zhou Chao has been divorced twice, and he has an 8-year-old child.

When Wu Tingtao brought Xia Jinxian to the banquet that day, when he saw her for the first time, his eyes lit up.

Later, several times, due to administrative litigation, he pretended to ask Wu Tingtao accidentally about Xia Jinxian's current situation.

Knowing that Wu Tingtao wanted to help Xia Jinxian further in her career, although he asked a lot of questions, Wu Tingtao also answered a lot.

He vaguely mentioned that Xia Jinxian was still single, which made him pay attention.

He asked Xun Jun to check Xia Jinxian's resume, and the marital status showed that she was divorced.

Two failed marriages have made Zhou Chao very cautious about remarrying.

His first wife met Wei Shi when he was just a small section chief. Because he was in charge of construction projects, he got to know several bosses.

Unexpectedly, one of them ran to his own house so diligently that he seduced his wife and left behind a one-year-old child. He also said that he was useless and cared too little about his family.

The second wife couldn't bear his long-term neglect of the family and even left his stepson in her care.

Both marriages made him miserable, but when he saw Xia Jinxian, he felt that this woman would be a good wife.

This is his intuition.

She has a calmness and indifference that many women nowadays don't have. She doesn't wear gold or silver. Instead, she has light makeup, decent clothes, and elegant decorations, which makes people look very comfortable.

He looked at her for a long time at the wine table that day. It was obvious that anyone here could make her career take off, but she didn't care at all.

He didn't even offer a toast to anyone.

It's like I'm not listening to what's happening, just listening to what people are saying.

But when she listened to others, she looked extremely serious.

I asked Wu Kerju to inquire again, and Wu Kerju said that Xia Jinxian should be regarded as Wu Tingtao's adopted daughter.

Although the relationship is complicated, such a special woman, coupled with Wu Tingtao's influence, makes Zhou Chao inexplicably pay attention and care.

So this time I also took the opportunity of the inspection to say a few words to Xia Jinxian and take a closer look.

At this moment, he specifically stood next to Xia Jinxian, pretending to be waiting for Zhou Zheng, and asked Xia Jinxian a few irrelevant questions from time to time.

Another group of people walked down not far away. Xia Jinxian looked up and saw Xu Yanqing, the leader.

She took a step back unconsciously.

I know it's inevitable to meet, but the frequency has been too high recently.

It is impossible for two people to abandon the old things that happened back then. Even if they want to pretend to be ordinary old acquaintances, they probably can't do it now.

After the breakup, we became the strangest strangers.

Eight years apart, and a life that we don’t understand each other.

Not even a hello, not even a greeting.

This kind of encounter made Xia Jinxian feel uncomfortable.

She lowered her eyebrows and pretended not to notice.

When Zhou Chao saw Xu Yanqing, he also raised his hand, and the two of them greeted him.

Xu Yanqing nodded in their direction, his eyes like feathers, lightly swept over Xia Jinxian, and then moved away. Zhou Chao

asked Xun Jun, the secretary who was accompanying him behind him, "District Chief Xu is also out today?

"

What about the WP-235 plot? Doesn’t the other party want to sell it at once? There are still two forced cases,”

Xun Jun said, “I have to ask the planning and command department.”

Zhou Chao is in charge of urban construction and law enforcement. However, after Xu Yanqing came, the district leaders adjusted the division of labor in the planning area. Now it is the responsibility of district chief Xie Benchu ​​himself, and he has added law enforcement.

Zhou Chao said to Xun Jun, "No need to ask, the leader has his own arrangements."

Xia Jinxian stood aside with the sign-in sheet, and came to check each committee member.

Because Zhou Chao was in charge of the real power department, many committee members wanted to come and have a chat with Zhou Chao.

But the strange thing is that Zhou Chao seems to be in low spirits today.

Xia Jingxian listened silently to Zhou Chao's words, and she always felt that his words just now revealed some jealousy towards Xu Yanqing.

Maybe Xu Yanqing can speak better with District Chief Xie?

But on the other hand, Zhou Chao seems to be showing off, showing off that he knows everything.

This kind of showing off often happens in front of women that men care about.

As the saying goes: the peacock spreads its tail.

She held the sign-in sheet and looked around. She was the only woman.

She felt that she might have thought too much. Zhou Chao asked Xia Jinxian , "What time will 

the inspection last today?" 

He called a committee to form a bureau in the evening and invited Zhou Zheng to dinner. 

This time, Zhou Zheng was specifically asked to call him Xia Jinxian. Zhou Zheng, who knew Zhou Chao well, quickly understood and laughed at him for wanting to eat grass from the side of the house. 

But although Zhou Zheng arranged the research route for Xia Jinxian and himself, he was afraid that Xia Jinxian would tell the story of the meal in advance and cause misunderstandings among other committee members, so he didn't mention it. 

I just plan to take Xia Jinxian with me before leaving at night. 

Xia Jinxian was a little confused when she heard Zhou Chao's question. 

Secretary-General Zhu knew that Zhou Chao had an appointment with Zhou Zheng in the evening, but he didn't know whether he would bring Xia Jinxian with him that night, so he said, "Chairman Zhou's arrangements are usually the responsibility of our junior master." 

Zhou Chao raised his eyebrows. 

From his actions, Xia Jinxian immediately understood that he probably called her at night too? 

but why? 

After much deliberation, the only intersection was because of Wu Tingtao. So, Zhou Chao asked Wu Tingtao to handle something? 

If Wu Tingtao can invite Zhou Chao to dinner, he is obviously familiar with him, so there is no need to look far away. 

So, Zhou Chao just accepted Wu Tingtao's love to take care of himself? 

Thinking about it this way, it's not impossible. 

Xia Jinxian realized it. Could it be that the adjustment of the inspection arrangement was because of Zhou Chao? 

Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling disappointed.

She held the sign-in sheet, curled her lips, and laughed at herself for being so sentimental again.

Even if Xu Yanqing comes back, she was the one who raised the points and got married first.

What did she want Xu Yanqing to keep from her?

Eight years later, maybe he has already forgotten the scene of the breakup.

At that time, he hugged himself and insisted on persisting, begging her not to give up. In that heavy rain, the two of them got soaked.

But in the end, she chose to let go.

Even though she said it was for his own good, in the final analysis she gave up first.

Being single all these years was her own choice, so why should she have undue expectations for Xu Yanqing?

Han Yun loves him so much, and men are realistic.

He had no reason to worry about himself anymore.

She told herself she was right.

However, once this thought comes up, it is still a little uncomfortable.

After a while, Zhou Zheng and District Chief Xie came down together, and Xu Yanqing was also next to Coster, talking to Lu Guozheng, the director of the Investment Committee.

As a little shrimp, Xia Jinxian consciously stood far away.

The two leaders talked for a while before breaking up. Xu Yanqing got into Coaster, while District Chief Xie took his official car.

Zhou Zheng followed Zhou Chao onto the bus. Xia Jinxian informed him that everything was ready and sat in the second row so that he could take care of the leaders' needs.

Fortunately, there were a lot of things going on throughout the inspection, so I had no time to worry about anything else.

Before returning from the whole day's inspection, Zhou Zheng asked Xia Jinxian, "Does Xiaoxia have any plans for her return soon?"

Zhou Chao had already hinted at it in the morning, so Xia Jinxian obediently said, "Follow the leadership's arrangements."

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, " I have some research to tell you later, so I’ll stay for a while after I get back.”

That’s why I wanted to find an excuse to accompany him to the dinner party.

Although Xia Jinxian was unwilling, she still agreed.

The car was stuck all the way back to the district government. By coincidence, the Coaster also returned to the district government in the morning.

Zhou Zheng had always wanted to invite Xu Yanqing. Although he had heard a lot of rumors about Xu Yanqing, he also knew that there was a lot of water involved.

Xu Yanqing was the deputy district chief who came from the capital and had a lot of resources at his disposal, so Zhou Zheng was quite interested.

Xia Jinxian was hidden in the night, and Xu Yanqing stood not far away.

Zhou Zheng asked Zhou Chao, "Are you familiar with Xu Yan?"

Zhou Chao said, "He and I are in charge of different fields."

This was nonsense, but it conveyed another meaning: He and I are inseparable.

That means they are unfamiliar with each other and have a competitive relationship.

This was expected by Zhou Zheng.

The relationship between deputies is often not very good.

If the group is too tight, it will easily arouse the fear of the top leader.

Checking and balancing each other is conducive to long-term peace.

However, Zhou Zheng had no scruples. Anyway, in his position as Chairman of the CPPCC, others could not move him, and he could not move to other places. On the contrary, he was as stable as a mountain.

So Zhou Chao accompanied him and went over to say hello to Xu Yanqing.

Xia Jinxian stood far away, Xu Yanqing's eyes crossed Zhou Zheng and Zhou Chao, and met her again.

Xia Jinxian's eyes flickered and drifted away.

Zhou Zheng asked Xu Yanqing, "District Chief Xu, it's so late. Do you want to go have a casual dinner together?"

Xu Yanqing said, "Sorry, Chairman Zhou, I have an arrangement tonight."

Zhou Zheng did it on purpose. He wanted to see how Xu Yanqing treated him. If he was respectful enough, he said, "Come over and sit with me first. If it's not an important dinner, it's okay to go later."

Xu Yanqing said, "It's about the implementation of an investment project. I'm afraid it really won't work tonight. I'll do it another day." I'll arrange it, please and District Chief Zhou please do it."

Zhou Zheng was slightly unhappy, nodded, and said nothing more.

Xia Jinxian knew that Zhou Zheng was selfish and not big-hearted, so she glanced at Xu Yanqing with some worry.

She found that Xu Yanqing was also looking at her.

At this glance, it really seemed like thousands of years had passed.

Xia Jinxian turned around to fill out the form with the team, finally avoiding the painful gaze.

Xu Yanqing also said a few words to Zhou Zheng, saying that he would form a game next time before ending the conversation.

Xu Yanqing did have something to do tonight. He was having dinner with the former leaders of the management committee.

It's a pity that Xia Jinxian can't be taken with him.

Although things between them have finally fallen into the dust over the years, it is inevitable that they will be stirred up.

Pan Yijun was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so he naturally wouldn't call her.

I had dinner with Wu Tingtao that day and had no chance to talk to her.

Unexpectedly, Wu Tingtao recognized her as his daughter.

Is it because of her husband?

What kind of person is her husband? Is he still the bank clerk from back then? Did he get promoted because of Han Jianjun's relationship?

Obviously if you just ask, you will definitely know.

But he had been back for so long, and it was hard for him to talk to anyone about her.

Today is a dinner arranged by the former director of the Management Committee and now the deputy mayor, Mayor Shao.

Mainly because in the past few days, Director Wang, who has gone to the Ministry of Industry as deputy minister, and Director Zhou, who is the vice president of a central enterprise, have arrived in Shanghai. Xu Yan Qing has also taken office. It is rare that colleagues from the past management committee can Everyone gathered together, so Mayor Shao served as the host and invited everyone to dinner.

Pan Yijun and the two effective section chiefs of the past management committee, who have now been promoted to the director level, are also invited. They all have their own achievements. It is rare to get together and the atmosphere is lively.

When I followed Mayor Shao, it was like a start-up company. Everyone was full of energy and the team atmosphere was excellent.

When we reunited, everyone was filled with emotion.

Director Wang, who was the first person to be promoted back then, has not been back for several years. He had already learned that Xu Yanqing had returned to Shanghai to take up a post, but he whispered to Mayor Shao and asked, "Why is Yan Qing back?"

Mayor Shao shook his head. He said, "It's hard to say, it depends on the opportunity."

When Xu Yanqing got married, no one here except Pan Yijun attended.

Director Wang was promoted first, and it was after he was promoted that Xu Yanqing was promoted to deputy director of the management committee.

He only knew that Xu Yanqing's wife had a rich family background, but he didn't know about Xu Yanqing's past with Xia Jinxian in the management committee. So he raised his cup and said, "Yan Qing, sometimes you don't have to worry about gains and losses in life. You have to be busy with local affairs. You also need to take care of your family. I’d like to toast you with this cup. Although we were both in Beijing before, we haven’t seen each other for almost a year, right?”

Xu Yanqing held up the cup and nodded in agreement.

He drank the wine in one gulp.

But others had different expressions.

Director Wang saw the subtle expressions on everyone's faces. Pan Yijun scratched his head and looked at Cen Peiling, Cen Peiling looked at Zhang Yawen, and Zhang Yawen looked at Director Zhou.

Forced to do nothing, Director Zhou could only look at Mayor Shao.

Mayor Shao clenched his fists and coughed.

Xu Yanqing, the source of the embarrassment, adhered to the principle that as long as I am not embarrassed, it will be others who are embarrassed. He raised his glass again and said to Mayor Shao, "I'd better call Director Shao and thank you for helping me arrange this time."

Mayor Shao also raised his glass. , took a drink and said, "Yan Qing, some things still need to have the right time, place and people in place to be successful."

He understood what Mayor Shao meant.

Today's frustration is temporary, and he doesn't feel frustrated at all.

On the contrary, after deciding to divorce Han Yun, he felt freer than ever before.