Leave Xucheng, get down from Xudong Expressway, take the Yanjiang Expressway, and soon arrive at Meixi Town.

The construction of the Meixi New Area in the area west of the Meixi River has only begun, and the built-up area is still limited, and the east bank, including the new town and the renovation of the old town in the north, has already been completed.

There are no high-rise buildings, even multi-storey residential buildings, which are limited to four floors, and after the trees are forested, the buildings are shaded between the treetops, and the camphor poplars along the street are forested, giving people a sense of tranquility.

The car stopped at the small square in the east of Zhuyuan, crossed the bridge to Meixi Old Street to find a restaurant to eat.

Shangxi Garden is on the side of the Laohe Wharf Square at the west end of the old street, but Shen Huai and Cheng Yi stopped for a light meal, so naturally they would not go to Shangxi Garden to disturb anything.

Cheng Yi walked to the Plum Garden Hotel and stopped, looking at this house in addition to the antique shop on the street, there is also a courtyard with a half-covered door, look in, blue brick paving, red paint through the corridor, there is a fish pond of four or five square sizes on the wall, with pebbles to build the edge, there are a few clusters of bamboo in the corner, chic and quiet.

"How is this?" asked Shen Huai.

"Okay. Shen Huai said.

The courtyard is a private room, Shen Huai and Cheng Yi do not enter the courtyard, the entrance to the ground floor of the street is a wooden corner staircase, the restaurant is mainly on the second floor, and the climb up is also a color of blue brick decoration, and the tables and chairs placed are traditional and exquisite.

Two girls in blue calico jackets were entertained on the second floor, looking very handsome, Shen Huai and Cheng Yi chose a seat facing the street and sat down to order, and took in the old street in front of and behind by the window.

Tomorrow is the New Year's Day holiday, Shen Huai and Cheng Yi drove on the road for more than three hours, at this time it was already afternoon, there were no other customers in the store, and the few pedestrians on the old street were also lazy, and it felt very leisurely when they looked at it.

"You don't have the slightest idea of staying here and settling down?" Cheng Yi asked with his elbows propped up on the table, holding his chin, and looking at Shen Huai fixedly.

"Iron battalion and flowing water soldiers," Shen Huai said with a smile, "I am the 'flowing water soldier', and there is no way to think about it." ”

"No regrets?" Cheng Yi's big black eyes flashed with a sly luster, "I have been to Meixi twice, and I feel that it has become more chic and elegant, and I want to be able to live a leisurely life in such a place, which must be excellent." You put so much effort into this place, and you have no regrets about leaving in the end?"

"Many people have asked me, what are the benefits of being an official?" Shen Huai said with a smile, "There are so many restraints, so many scruples, and when it comes to power, I also see high-rise buildings, and it is difficult to say ups and downs, and there will be no bigger Vanity Fair if I jump away." But when it comes to accomplishment, it's just a huge void that is hard to fill with anything else, and that's a personality flaw......"

Seeing Cheng Yi looking at himself with a smile on her face, Shen Huai asked again, "What other questions do you have to ask?"

At this time, Wang Gang walked up the stairs with a child in his arms, and when he saw Shen Huai sitting by the window with a girl, he was startled, and came over to say hello: "Secretary Shen, I haven't seen you go back to Meixi for a long time......"

Shen Huai smiled and said, "After passing through Meixi temporarily, I stopped for a meal, and now you are running this shop?"

Shen Huai often goes back to Meixi, but when he goes back to Meixi, he goes out early and returns late, and he rarely meets acquaintances in Meixi Town - especially in front of Cheng Yi, Shen Huai will not admit that he often goes back to Meixi at night to have trysts with Chen Dan.

Shen Huai has not seen He Yuelian and Wang Gang's mother and son for a long time, after a series of events, He Yuelian's side has completely stopped, Wang Gang looked at the young man who saw him many years ago and matured much, looking at the child in his arms, as if he had just been born, Shen Huai guessed that he should also get married and have children, and asked, "Your child?" looks so good-looking. ”

"My mother doesn't care about the restaurant now, and I don't have the ability to do anything else, so I'm just staring here," Wang Gang said, "When I got married last year, I still wanted to send an invitation to Secretary Shen, but I thought that I was so ignorant and caused so much trouble to Secretary Shen, so I hesitated to come, hesitate to go, and finally gave up, and I am still ashamed to see Secretary Shen." ”

"What is to be ashamed of, I am not a good temper, the restaurant is running well, this is the ability. Shen Huai smiled, looked over, teased the child with his fingers, chatted with Wang Gang for a few words, and when the meal came up, he dined with Cheng Yi.

When leaving, Wang Gang insisted on being exempted, and Shen Huai also admitted his feelings, walked around the old street, and then drove away from Meixi and returned to Xiapu.

In the car, Shen Huai told Cheng Yi about some disputes in Meixi a few years ago.

"He feels okay, isn't he's the kind of person you said?" After a short time of contact in the restaurant just now, Cheng Yi felt that Wang Gang was still a mature and stable young man.

Shen Huai was also a little surprised by Wang Gang's changes, and said with a smile: "People always have to grow, especially after experiencing so many things, this kid can't change yet, and he will be hopeless in this life." ”

"What about you?" Cheng Yi asked with a smile, "What did you go through to become what you are now?" Many people say that after you arrived in Meixi, you were like a different person. ”

"Me, I'm complicated," Shen Huai sat in the passenger seat, scratched his nose, and said, "After I arrived in Donghua, there was an accident in front of my eyes, and I was also injured at the time, of course I missed it, have you heard of this?"

"I heard Xiao Li talk about her brother. Cheng Yi said that she had a relationship with Chen Dan in Xucheng, so she naturally knew Xiao Li, but Shen Huai was not present.

Shen Huai couldn't tell the most authentic side, but tried to say his changes before and after in a way that others could understand:

“…… Whether it's repentance or being stimulated, just seeing a living life disappear in front of my eyes is really very stimulating to me. It was also the first time that I had the idea of learning about other people's lives, dreams, and even the world, and it was almost out of control. It is also because of this that I learned to think about something, and it is also because of this that I discovered the emptiness of my previous self, and unconsciously filled the dreams and the world of another person, which is a change in the eyes of others, and for me, it may be the opportunity of life, the opportunity to say goodbye to the past......"

At this time, the car passed by a river with reeds and grass on the bank, the wind blew the reeds like snow, Cheng Yi parked the car on the side of the road, looked at Shen Huai sideways and looked out of the car window, felt tender, and reached out to grab his hand.

Called Cheng Yimian to hold it, Shen Huai turned his head, only to feel that Cheng Yi's eyes were exceptionally clear and soft, reached over, held the back of her head, and kissed her seductive red lips gently.

The lips touched softly, Cheng Yi's eyes were confused, and her body was so stiff that she couldn't control herself, and after a while, she was completely soft, and she had to hug Shen Huai's neck to maintain the kissing posture, and when Shen Huai's tongue wanted to get in, she just opened her eyes and looked at Shen Huai for two seconds, then closed her eyes in a daze, and let Shen Huai's tongue get in and suck Xiangjin.

It wasn't until a passing car saw this scene and honked its horn that Cheng Yi woke up in shock, only to notice that Shen Huai's hand had untied her coat and was moving up through the velvet jacket.

Cheng Yi opened Shen Huai's hand, straightened his messy hair with a red face, pounded in panic, turned his face away, and scolded: "I know that you are a stinky hooligan, how can you touch other girls' paws when you kiss for the first time?" Sun Yalin is really right, you must always be vigilant about you, a stinky rascal, and almost call you a fool......"

Cheng Yi was wearing a tweed jacket, thicker, hard to the touch, touching the outside, feeling Cheng Yi's delicate and elastic body, Shen Huai reached out to hug Cheng Yi's waist, but he didn't want to be abrupt and beautiful, he wanted to cry without tears, he could only smile and ask, "When did Sun Yalin slander me with you?"

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For this reason, Sun Yalin stayed in Japan during this time, and Shen Huai rarely had the opportunity to meet her.

Before, Shen Huai thought that even if he and Cheng Yi would be combined because of reality, Cheng Yi would keep a certain distance from his world, but he didn't think that Cheng Yi and Sun Yalin also had frequent contact, thinking that maybe he was too negative in this relationship.

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Shen Huai called Wang Weicheng, and there was nothing special in the county, so he didn't go to the county, but Du Jian called to talk about the house.

The courtyard in front of the tourism school was left by Sun Xun and Zhou Yu before they went abroad and handed over to Wang Weicheng to take care of on their behalf.

Sun Xun and Zhou Yu decided to stay this time, although they repeatedly said to Wang Weicheng that the house would continue to be rented to the county, but Shen Huai would not occupy the magpie's nest, and insisted on returning the house to Sun Xun and Zhou Yu and his wife, and asked the county to arrange another place for him.

In the old county party committee compound, there are several small western-style buildings, except for the current leaders of the county party committee, all retired old leaders live, and the others are a few tube buildings, which are used as dormitories for some new staff, and more public officials are divided into houses in Lingang New Town.

Shen Huai will not let the retired old leader vacate a house for him, to cause any gossip, and he doesn't want to live in a crowded place and not be quiet.

The county has several houses in a fund-raising housing community in the south of the city, which have been lived in by the county leaders who have been on temporary duty in Xiapu before, and the decoration is also new, so you can live in it when you move in; Du Jian waited for Shen Huaikong to come down and take a look, and then decided on the matter of the house.

Shen Huai also didn't know how long he would work in Xiapu, and he didn't know if he would get married after he got engaged to Cheng Yi in this process - if he got married and didn't want to change the house, then this house would be his and Cheng Yi's wedding house, and the matter of the house, he naturally pulled Cheng Yi over and let Cheng Yi make a decision.