The three invitations of the Zou family, Fang Xiaoshi has asked an acquaintance to bring them over. But on October 8th, none of them went, and Fang Xiaoshi himself didn't go. The mayor called her and turned off her phone.

In the private room of a five-star hotel in Beijing, the mayor and several people from the town were waiting at the wine table to eat, they had just come down from the upstairs guest room, looking at the hotel in front of them that was gorgeously decorated like a palace, and several people couldn't help but show surprised expressions. Tang Chaoyang greeted everyone warmly and said:

"You are the guests invited by our President Cao, are you still satisfied with the accommodation I arranged? If you are not satisfied, I will find another hotel. ”

"Satisfied, satisfied!"

"I'm so satisfied, Mr. Cao is too polite. ”

"We've never stayed in such a luxurious hotel since we're so old, can we not be satisfied?" said everyone. Tang Chaoyang looked at everyone with a smile and said:

"That's good, Mr. Cao is a little busy, and he can't come to dinner with everyone at noon, so I'll accompany everyone on his behalf." He might be able to find time to come over in the evening. ”

"It's okay, it's okay! Manager Tang, if you're busy, you can be busy! We are all acquaintances in Mr. Cao's hometown, so we don't need to accompany us. The mayor stood up and said.

"That is, Mr. Cao received us rednecks like foreign guests, and we are already grateful. How can you bother him to accompany him personally?" Uncle Cao, who was next door to Cao Yuyi's hometown, also said. Tang Chaoyang said with a smile:

"Since everyone thinks so, I will thank you on behalf of Mr. Cao. Then the next dish is coming, everyone should not be restrained, just eat and drink to your heart's content. Everyone nodded happily when they heard this.

In the car, Luo Jiayi looked at Cao Yuyi, who was driving without saying a word and concentratingly, and said:

"Yuyi, let's go to the western restaurant opposite the bridal shop to eat at noon! Hearing her words, Cao Yuyi couldn't help frowning and said:

"Didn't we try on the wedding dress twice last time?

"It's the last time, and we'll get married tomorrow. The bridal shop called and said, try again, if it is not suitable, you can change it in the afternoon. ”

"Go ahead and try! I'm not going. ”

"Do you have something to do in the afternoon? Didn't you say that you would take leave in the afternoon?" Cao Yuyi didn't answer her directly, but only said leisurely:

"You can eat by yourself at noon! I need to go to the hotel." ”

"Are you going to accompany the people from your hometown?" Cao Yuyi didn't answer, which was a tacit acquiescence. Luo Jiayi couldn't help but continue:

"Didn't they have Tang Chaoyang to receive them? And didn't you say that you would go at night? How do you think that you are going to go again at noon?" Cao Yuyi drove the car skillfully as if he hadn't heard. Looking at him with no expression on his face, Luo Jiayi's heart couldn't help but feel cold. Since the last time he returned from his engagement in his hometown, his words have become smaller and smaller, that is, he is dating with her, and he spends more and more time pondering and being in a daze, and they are often relatively silent. Luo Jiayi once again couldn't help but ask herself in her heart: Is it worth it for her to love him so humbly and carefully maintain the relationship between them?

Soon arrived at the western restaurant opposite the bridal shop, Cao Yuyi got out of the car and took the lead to walk to the restaurant. Luo Jiayi grabbed his clothes from behind, and Cao Yuyi looked back at her in confusion:

"What's wrong?"

"You go to the hotel! I'll just go in alone." Looking at Luo Jiayi's gentle cheeks, a sense of guilt welled up from Cao Yuyi's heart, he pulled her closer, kissed her lightly on the forehead and said:

"I'm sorry, I came over to try on the wedding dress with you after lunch with the people from my hometown, wait for me!"

"Okay!" Luo Jiayi replied gently.

The dishes were served, and when Tang Chaoyang just stood up to greet everyone to eat, the door of the box was pushed open. I saw Cao Yuyi striding in.

"Looks like I'm late!" Cao Yuyi said.

"Mr. Cao is good!"

"Yuyi, you're here!" everyone stood up and greeted each other. Tang Chaoyang hurriedly moved another chair for Cao Yuyi.

"Sit, sit... Please sit down, why are all fellow villagers so polite?" Cao Yuyi glanced at the people on the table without a trace, and did not see the person who made him hate to the bone and dreamed of it every day, and the disappointment suddenly soaked into his whole body, making him sit on the chair and not come back to his senses for a long time.

"Mr. Cao, it seems that you are tired, drinking can refresh you, I will give you a glass first. The mayor took the lead in standing up, raised his glass and said to Cao Yuyi. Tang Chaoyang hurriedly poured Cao Yuyi full of wine and handed it to him. Cao Yuyi raised his wine glass and touched the mayor's wine glass, and it was clean.

"Mayor Town, are you still used to drinking this wine?" Cao Yuyi looked at the mayor and asked.

"I'm so used to it, I can't drink such good wine in my hometown. Listening to his words, Cao Yuyi looked at him disdainfully and said:

"Mayor of the town, you are really modest! Our hometown is quite poor, and it is only the common people, and none of you town officials have a lot of money. ”

"Mr. Cao, you can really laugh. ”

"I'm not joking, there are no outsiders here in the mayor, just tell me, you make a few million dollars a year, right?" At first, the mayor thought Cao Yuyi was joking, but now that he looks at Cao Yuyi's serious appearance, he knows that he is not joking, but playing with his words. He couldn't help but say in horror:

"Mr. Cao! Some jokes can be made casually, but some things can't be said nonsense!"

"Am I talking nonsense? Then I'll have to help the mayor calculate a year's income. lest you say that I slander you. ”

"You know our income, so let's talk about it. The mayor said in surprise again.

"I don't know the salaries of your town officials, but I know that you make a lot of money from just a few schools a year recruiting teachers, right?" The mayor's face turned purple with fright, and he quickly stood up and argued:

"Mr. Cao, what you say is too scary, I really can't afford it. Our town does not recruit teachers every year, generally only once every five to eight years, and with real skills, the unified examination in the city is fair and just. ”

"Is it fair and just? Then whose pocket did my family's 600,000 yuan go into?" Cao Yuyi asked lightly while drinking alone. The mayor of the town was so told that he broke out in a cold sweat all over his body. Now he was confused by his question.

"Mr. Cao, I really didn't understand what you said, I'm stupid, if you have something to say, just say it!" Cao Yuyi glanced at the people on the table and said:

"Aren't you afraid that if I continue, your mayor's position is not guaranteed?" the mayor looked at Cao Yuyi frankly and said sincerely and seriously:

"Mr. Cao, I was removed from his official position by Zou Dafu for corruption and bribery last year, and I took over the post of town mayor, and I am also a deputy. I won't say how much I've done for the people, but I've never overestimated a penny of embezzlement from the people. It didn't look like the mayor was lying, and everyone else at the table nodded. Uncle Cao couldn't help but interject and said:

"Yu Yi! We are here to congratulate you on your marriage, how can you say that about the mayor? And the mayor has always had a good reputation in the town. And Zou Dafu was dismissed for corruption and all his belongings were confiscated, who would dare to do this?" Hearing this, Cao Yuyi was a little dazed, he looked at the mayor, no longer in that aggressive tone, he asked the mayor in an advisory tone:

"Then do you know that Fang Xiaoshi spent more than 600,000 yuan to buy a teacher's position, who did she give her money to?" the mayor looked at him again in disbelief and asked:

"Are you asking Fang Xiaoshi, a kindergarten teacher?"

"Yes, is there anyone else in the town besides her name Fang Xiaoshi?"

"Mr. Cao, if you want to ask others, I may not know, but if you want to ask Fang Xiaoshi, I am clear, she is the second place in the city among the 10,000 teachers in the examination results that year. At that time, the city education bureau also called in person, saying that our town is really not simple, and there is such a talented girl, and said that as long as she is willing, she can go to the city school to teach, but Fang Xiaoshi refused. ”

"Mayor of the town, are you mistaken? Fang Xiaoshi personally told me that her position as a kindergarten teacher was bought for more than 600,000 yuan. ”

"Mr. Cao, that must be Fang Xiaoshi joking with you. By the way, speaking of her, I haven't told you yet, I gave her an invitation, and even the three invitations of the Zou family were given to her together. But yesterday we arrived at the meeting place, and the Zou family and her did not come for a long time. I called the Zou family, and the Zou family said that it was inconvenient for Zou Dafu to come to Beijing after being paralyzed, so he would not come. I called Fang Xiaoshi again, but she kept turning it off. Speaking of this, the mayor of the town said apologetically to Cao Yuyi:

"Mr. Cao, I'm sorry, you asked me to do this little thing. At this moment, Cao Yuyi's mind was not on this at all, he skipped this topic and continued to ask you, the mayor:

"Mayor of the town, are you sure that Fang Xiaoshi's kindergarten teacher certificate was admitted by himself, and he also took the second exam in the city?"

"There will be no fake, the good news was posted outside the gate of the town ** at that time, and the whole town knew about it. Before the mayor could speak, someone rushed to speak.

"Are you sure that the good news was not bought with more than 600,000 yuan?" Cao Yuyi asked without thinking.

"Did Cao Yuyi say that about your sister?" Uncle Cao couldn't listen anymore, he stood up and glared at Cao Yuyi and continued:

"Although Xiao Shi is not your own sister, you can't slander her like this. Why have you lived with her for many years, don't you know if she's smart or not? She used to be a high-talent student in the city's No. 1 middle school, and how many people who went to the teacher exam had her qualifications? I don't wonder at all that she won the second place in the city, why do you belittle her so much?"

Uncle Cao's words completely woke up Cao Yuyi, yes, don't you just take the teacher exam? How could she be stumped for her? If she hadn't given up halfway, her management major would have graduated long ago, and after she left Beijing, the school called him many times and asked her to go back to school, and repeatedly emphasized that it would be a pity not to study for her grades. Why didn't he believe what she said at that time? Cao Yuyi thought with remorse.