Chapter 57 By the time that familiar face

was on the table, there was already food on the table, several cups of food had been consumed, and the wine was in the ears, the conversation naturally turned to a different topic again.

Men in the business field like to brag if they have a little money. Those who brag about their boasts often have to squeeze out nine percent of the water in a sentence.

Xu Yanqing listened anyway and didn't say anything.

Over the years, he has become accustomed to it. He never chats too much with strangers and cherishes words like gold.

It's just that he remembers what everyone says, analyzes the purpose behind it, examines the other person's character, and then judges whether the other person is worth knowing and interacting with.

Of course, he will also find some people who speak to the point at the wine table. These people are often talents in the professional field. He will look for opportunities to make acquaintances. After all, this will also help him in his work.

When I was in the ministry, I needed to formulate policies and implement evaluations. Sometimes, various problems would be encountered during the implementation of certain policies. Only those who know the industry would know where the problems lie.

As a comprehensive department, he often doesn't understand the ins and outs of it, so he makes friends with some talents in the professional field and communicates privately to understand the key points, which is very helpful to his work.

It is also because of this that although he has now returned to a local position and is still responsible for the more stressful work of economics, he actually has a lot of resources at his disposal. The key is that these friends are relatively sincere and indeed have some level of skills. The company is also quite capable in doing projects, and Xu Yanqing can mobilize a lot of resources.

In addition, the new district has a solid foundation. Although it is very tiring to do incremental work, for him, the pressure is not too great.

The current problem is how to straighten out the lines in one's field of responsibility. Only those who are of the same mind as one can help us get the job done well.

He also planned to find a way to kick out those who should be included and those who really couldn't be brought to the table.

The topic turned from politics to gossip, and then to Zhou Chao and Cyndi Liu. These gossip topics are always the most interesting.

Mentioning Cyndi Liu, someone also mentioned Lu Mingwei.

One Mr. Mao asked, "Did the vice-chairman of the New District CPPCC surnamed Lu get a female secretary? When he was the director of the investment committee in our place, he made a lot of gossip."

Another Mr. Liu answered. He said, "You don't understand this. Only when a male leader is paired with a female secretary can the work be promoted. If a man and a woman are paired together, the work will not be tiring."

Another Mr. Yao, who is a member of the CPPCC in the district, raised his cup and shook his head. , "You don't know something about this. I heard people from their CPPCC say that this woman is very powerful. Not to mention, her figure alone makes her not an ordinary person."

At this point, he wiped his mouth and said, "But Well, I heard that their CPPCC has changed a lot during this period. Director Li, you have been in the new district for so many years, so you should know better than us."

At this time, Li Zhiqi, who knew the inside story, was much more embarrassed than Xu Yanqing. He didn't dare to say anything, let alone answer the question.

Xu Yanqing knew that Xia Jinxian was recruiting people, but he didn't expect that there was someone coveting her body, so he also looked at Li Zhiqi.

Li Zhiqi stood up bravely, raised his cup to toast, and blocked the mouths of those people.

Xu Yanqing shook the wine glass in his hand, touched it with Qiu Dong next to him, and glanced at Jin Guohua, who was looking at him.

This second session was indeed boring. In the end, everyone ran out of conversation, and at 10:30, we finally dispersed.

Xu Yanqing followed everyone out, and Pan Yijun's call came, saying that they had just finished there and asked him if he wanted to chat for a while.

After seeing the address sent by Pan Yijun, it was at a teahouse not far away, and Xu Yanqing readily agreed.

Li Zhiqi followed Xu Yanqing and said respectfully, "Xu District, do you need me to call a driver to take you off?"

Xu Yanqing waved his hand and said, "No, I'll take a taxi."

Li Zhiqi did not continue to force it, and lowered his hands and waited for Xu Yanqing to leave first . .

Jin Guohua also wanted the driver to see him off. Xu Yanqing held up his mobile phone and said, "I'll take a taxi. The driver is already here, so I won't bother you."

Jin Guohua said, "Xu District, you have to give me a chance to help you."

This sentence naturally has an overtone. Xu Yanqing said, "How dare you? As long as Mr. Jin is willing to show his noble hand, it has given me face, hasn't it?"

Jin Guohua's mouse-like eyes looked at Xu Yanqing, but he pretended to be confused. , smiled and said, "You are the one. With your noble hand, ordinary people like us can make a lot of money and prosper together."

Jin Guohua is really shameless when we are prosperous together.

Xu Yanqing said no more and waited for the car to arrive, then got in the car and left immediately.

After he got in the car, Jin Guohua's face darkened and he spat, "What the hell, you don't know how to praise me."

Li Zhiqi handed the cigarette to the side and said with a smile, "Isn't that right? Mr. Jin, didn't I hear that he was not praised? See you up there?"

Jin Guohua snorted, lit a cigarette with the help of the lighter handed to him by his assistant, squinted his eyes and took a puff, "Isn't that right? He is the grasshopper after autumn. I don't think he can do anything else. "Bounce, this thing is over."

Xu Yanqing rushed to where Pan Yijun was, and Zhou Qiang hadn't left yet. However, Zhou Qiang had to catch a flight in the evening, so Xu Yanqing could only say a few words to him, and agreed to start the New Year after the Spring Festival. Come visit.

After seeing off Zhou Qiang, Pan Yijun poured tea for Xu Yanqing and asked, "How was it? You didn't drink much in that scene just now, did you?"

Xu Yanqing held the tea cup and shook his head and said, "Jin Guohua wanted to see me, so he went around in a circle, that's all. "

Pan Yijun asked while peeling peanuts, "What's wrong? Is it because of the project you mentioned last time?"

Xu Yanqing nodded and said, "There are so many people interested in this land that he even vomited after eating it. Can you come out without vomiting?"

Pan Yijun said, "You too."

Xu Yanqing sipped the tea, "I also think that it will pass if you open your eyes and close your eyes. Or how could you end up like this if you persisted from the beginning? Such a dilemma?"

This sentence is really the most realistic portrayal of him in these years.

In order to protect someone, I have trapped myself for the rest of my life. I have to ask the question and not regret it.

He thought she would live happily ever after, and he had nothing to regret.

But when he learned that she was divorced, how could he not regret it?

In this life, I never thought about spending the rest of my life with anyone other than her.

Pan Yijun also knew him, and he said, "You just can't get over the hurdle in your heart. There are a lot of rumors outside when you come back this time."

Xu Yanqing sneered and said, "You can even think about it. Isn't that what people do? What I love most is When the tiger falls and the fish is stuck in the shallows, who would expect others to rise to the top and soar into the sky? If this is the case, wouldn't it make you feel so sad? People, it's best to just hope that others are not as good as you. Li Zhiqi, even if you look at me so respectfully, you probably want to stab me when you turn around."

Pan Yijun raised his eyebrows and asked, "Which Li Zhiqi?"

Xu Yanqing said, "You were the one who helped my mother. When I asked you to be the director of the district office, you were the one who made small moves."

Pan Yijun opened his mouth and said after a while, "You are becoming more and more broad-minded now, and you can actually sit down to eat and drink with this kind of person. It’s okay, I admire you.”

Xu Yanqing snorted and asked him again, "When Xiaoxian was punished, I came to see you, and then..." At this point, Xu Yanqing couldn't go on.

When he saw the recorded experiences in her file, he realized more clearly how miserable and miserable she was at that time.

As for her appointment, the past should have been over long ago. Who knows, it can be used as a reason to terminate the process, proving that she has not had a good life in the CPPCC these years.

Once this thought came to his mind, Xu Yanqing's throat began to tighten, and he couldn't let go of his hand holding the cup.

Pan Yijun was still waiting for his next words, but seeing his expression he knew what he was thinking.

He advised, "If you really can't let go, go and talk to her."

Xu Yanqing clutched the cup and said nothing. Pan Yijun couldn't stand it anymore, so he directly picked up the phone and called Xia Jinxian.

It kept showing that it was being connected, but no one answered.

Pan Yijun refused to give up and hit him again five minutes later.

Xu Yanqing stared at Pan Yijun's darkened mobile phone screen for a long time, then laughed, wiped his face, and said with relief, "Forget it."

When he came out of the teahouse in the depth of winter, the cold wind was biting to his bones.

Pan Yijun asked a driver to take him there. When he arrived downstairs at his apartment, Xu Yanqing never went upstairs.

He suddenly envied those men who were addicted to smoking. When they had nowhere to go, they could at least smoke a cigarette.

In the past, it would snow in Beijing at this time.

Xia Jinxian had always wanted to go see the snow with him, but she never did.

For many years afterwards, he was the only one watching the snow in the capital.

The sky is south and the water is north.

The climate is very different.

It has not snowed in Shanghai for many years.

Naturally, it was impossible to get wet in the snow with her.

In this life, I don’t know if it will be possible to grow old with her.

He even thought about going to the nursing home where she lived when he got old. Even if it was impossible to get married or fall in love, he would be satisfied just looking at her and talking to her.

I still remember that when they first moved in together, it was also the last two days before the Chinese New Year, when the work for the year ended and the annual meeting was also held.

So the two of them began to live a quasi-couple life seriously. Thinking about it now, that was the only tender moment in his life.

At that time, he had just transferred to the new district and was in charge of the comprehensive department in the district office. The old section chief in the department didn't buy it. Along with it, Ren Bei, the clerk at the time, who is now in the city office, was also unable to do his job.

Later, he and Xia Jinxian learned that Ren Bei had hooked up with Liu Wanjun and his mother, hoping to become a quick son-in-law and take a shortcut in his official career.

At that time, he also told Xia Jinxian that Ren Bei and Liu Wanjun were just in love and not really married. Even if they were married, they would live together for a long time.

Unexpectedly, a joke he made at that time would eventually be confirmed by himself, which is ironic.

After hearing his words at that time, Xia Jinxian's face didn't look very good. Now that he thought about it, Xia Jinxian had always been worried and uneasy in her heart at that time.

She had actually been ready to retreat a long time ago, right?

That hurdle at that time was really a chasm for her, and it was difficult to cross.

The weather was very cold at that time, a rare winter season in Shanghai.

The sky was dark, with layer after layer of dark clouds.

Xia Jinxian stood on the balcony collecting clothes, and he would help her take off the clothes one by one to save her from using the clothes drying rod too hard.

After the two of them finished doing housework, they would spread an electric blanket on the carpet under the coffee table, then order snacks such as peanuts, melon seeds, walnuts, etc., and eat them while reading.

At that time, the love was strong, so Xia Jinxian would make some wine, boil a pot in the cold weather, and take a sip to warm her heart and stomach.

He once joked to Xia Jinxian, "If there is a stack of salted edamame, a stack of salted peanuts, and some chicken feet, well, that would be the greatest fun for a middle-aged man."

After hearing this, Xia Jinxian laughed, stood up and said to him, "You want There are indeed such things, but middle-aged men don’t.”

So he held her hand and said with a silly smile, “There will be in the future.” Xia Jinxian smiled, “I was also

a middle-aged woman now.”

New year, melon seeds, peanuts and edamame seeds, what do you want without me?

What is not there is just him and her, who are getting into middle age, holding hands and cuddling.

Snowflakes gradually fell from the sky.

Xu Yanqing opened his palm to take it, and the snow melted in his palm. There was only a slight cold touch, and even the melted snow water disappeared.

He murmured to himself, "It's snowing in the evening, can I have a drink?"

Xu Yanqing was blown away by the cold wind, but he was unwilling to let it go.

Especially during the day, when she saw her smiling and accepting the snacks handed over by Zhou Chao, but unable to talk to him properly, her unwillingness became even stronger.

Xu Yanqing took a deep breath, suddenly walked out of the apartment, called a car, and went straight to Xia Jinxian's house downstairs.

If this long period of pain is due to the unexplained silent ending and her hasty marriage.

So the reason for the painful and painful period after he came back was because they were too used to using silence to face their past emotions.

Xu Yanqing just wanted to talk to someone at the moment, not anyone else, but her.

When Pan Yijun called Xia Jinxian before, Xia Jinxian was taking a shower.

After washing up, Tan Qing came back. He looked very bad, smelled of alcohol, and vomited at the door.

Xia Jinxian was extremely speechless. While cleaning up, she called Tan Xia to help deal with this drunkard.

However, Tan Qing went crazy after drinking. The two of them surrounded Tan Qing, and it was past early morning after they finished their troubles.

It was already very late when Xia Jinxian looked at her phone again. In addition to Pan Yijun's call, there was also an unknown number.

Xia Jinxian took two showers, and it was midnight, so she naturally wouldn't call her back.

Xu Yanqing arrived at Xia Jinxian's downstairs and looked up to see that the lights were still on.

He remembered her floor very clearly, and he figured out that the unhappiness for so many years was nothing more than losing her.

Because it was obvious back then that as long as I persisted a little longer, I wouldn’t have wasted these long years.

Now that he knew she was single, no matter what choice she made, at least he still wanted her to know that his mind had never changed over the years.

At least let her know that he still loves her.

Ever since that year on the riverbank, after getting her promise, he had never changed.

Xu Yanqing dialed the number. Xia Jinxian just lay down tiredly and saw the phone screen light up. She thought it was Pan Yijun again.

She didn't know what Pan Yijun wanted to do with her, but she wanted to pretend to be asleep. She took her phone and glanced at the screen. When she saw a message, her hand shook and the phone hit her face.

Grinching her teeth in pain, she silently turned off the light, rubbed her face and decided to sleep.

Xu Yanqing persevered, fearing that Xia Jinxian no longer had her phone number, so he sent her a WeChat message: I called you. I knew you were at home. Your lights were just on, and I was downstairs at your house.

Xia Jinxian was shocked when she saw this news.

She ran to the window and looked downstairs, but no car lights were on.

If you look carefully, you can see a person wearing a black coat standing under the street lamp of the community in the thin sleet.

Xia Jinxian's nose felt sour, she held the phone and called back.

The two people were holding mobile phones, separated by more than ten floors, and neither of them spoke.

Xu Yanqing spoke first.

He asked her gently in his deep voice, "Are you really asleep? It's cold outside. You don't have to come down, I just want to talk to you." There

was a brief silence on Xia Jinxian's side, and then he heard her sobbing. Voice.

Xu Yanqing also felt sour in his heart. He said, "The past few days have not gone well, so I miss you very much."

Xia Jinxian only heard this sentence and began to cry silently. When the words came to her lips, it was difficult to make a sound.

Xu Yanqing said, "You also know that when I come back, I am actually assigned. Anyway, it has already happened, so I am not afraid. I am actually mentally prepared for many things before they happen, but I still feel annoyed when I actually encounter them. In today's world, it is necessary to It's too difficult to do something and there are too many constraints."

She sighed in a nasal voice. After calming down for a while, she asked seriously in a nasal voice, "The bosses below you are not easy to deal with, right? Deputy District Chief Zhu Binghui followed closely.

"Yes.

"

Also lost his voice.

The two men held their mobile phones and neither spoke.

Xu Yanqing heard rustling sounds from over there, then the sound of shoes being put on, and then the sound of the door closing softly.

He stood downstairs, his hands were cold from the cold, but his heart was hot.

Just like when I used to take her to take the public exam on the excuse of waiting in the parking lot of her school.

They have ambiguous feelings for each other, and in the hazy emotions, they continue to test and accumulate good feelings.

At this moment, he was waiting downstairs at her house just like before, waiting for her to appear.

Waiting for that familiar face.