When Shi Xia said on the phone that something was wrong, Song Jingchen still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and when he heard her mention the Planning Bureau, there was a trace of disappointment in his eyes.

At this time, the waiter happened to come over: "Do you two order now?"

Song Jingchen looked at Shi Xia.

The waiter understood and handed the menu to Shi Xia, Song Jingchen took the opportunity to say: "I haven't seen you for so many years, I'll do it, you can order a few more dishes." ”

Shi Xia pushed the menu over: "Then what's the matter, I'll invite you after saying it." ”

Neither of them would give in, the menu was pushed back and forth several times, and the waiter couldn't stand it anymore, so he persuaded: "Miss fairy, you just give the handsome guy a chance." ”

When she said this, Shi Xia was embarrassed.

As soon as he opened his mouth to explain, Song Jingchen followed: "She is right, when two people eat, how can there be a reason to let the lady pay for it? Besides, if you still call me Brother Jingchen, how can I let you spend money." ”

When the menu was put in Xia's hand: "Hurry up and order, don't delay getting down to business." ”

Shi Xia couldn't put it off, so he had to take it.

I ordered two green vegetables casually.

After she finished ordering, Song Jingchen took the menu and asked with a smile: "Do you girls don't eat meat in order to maintain their figure?"

Flipping through the menu, my finger quickly clicked on the picture: "This, this, and this ......"

In a few seconds, five or six dishes were ordered.

Shi Xia said anxiously: "There are two of us, and we can't eat so many dishes." ”

Song Jingchen closed the menu and handed it back to the waiter, and said, "What are you afraid of if you can't eat? I haven't come here for so many years, what if those dishes before were not delicious, it would be unappetizing to order a few more." ”

Shixia: "......"

While waiting for the food, Song Jingchen picked up what Shi Xia asked just now: "I am a small clerk in the Planning Bureau now, and I don't know much about it. If you want to ask about anything, I will tell you if I know. ”

Shi Xia first said, "Thank you." ”

Song Jingchen laughed: "Hey, although we have little contact, we can be regarded as growing up together since childhood, what are you polite to me?"

Shi Xia said: "Then I'm welcome." ”

Song Jingchen: "Don't treat me as your own brother, do you?"

As soon as he said this, Shi Xia was also happy, breathed a long sigh of relief, and put away the initial restraint, "That's right, a friend's project of mine was submitted to the Planning Bureau for review, but it has been a long time, and there has been no news." I heard that Brother Jingchen went to the Planning Bureau after you came back, so I thought I would ask you to help me ask and see where the progress was. ”

Song Jingchen asked, "Do you know the name of the project?"

Shi Xia said: "A project to renovate an old community. ”

Song Jingchen thought for a while: "Jiangcheng is now listed as a key development city in the province, and it is doing city renovation, and several projects will be the transformation of old areas next year, so it's really hard for you to ask." If you don't know what your friend's name is, I'll just ask them to check who declared the project. ”

Shixia hesitated.

She didn't want Qiao Jinsheng to know about Song Jingchen, so she didn't want to report Qiao Jinsheng's name. After thinking for a moment, she said: "It is a project of Yuansheng Group, and it just so happens that my friend is the person in charge of this project. ”

Song Jingchen understood: "Wait for me." ”

Went out and made a phone call.

A few minutes later, it was back.

On the table that was still empty just now, there were already a few dishes on the table, and when he saw that Shi Xia hadn't moved his chopsticks, he beckoned: "Let's talk while eating." ”

Shi Xia said, "Okay." ”

After eating two bites, he suddenly thought of something and smiled: "Look at my memory, I am happy to see you patronizing, and I didn't ask you what to drink." ”

Shi Xia said: "The water is very good. ”

Despite what Shi Xia said, Song Jingchen still called the waiter: "What do you have to drink?"

The waiter asked, "Wine or drink?"

Song Jingchen looked at Shi Xia with an inquiring gaze: "Can you drink?"

Shi Xia hurriedly waved his hand: "I have to have surgery when I go back in the afternoon." ”

Song Jingchen replied to the waiter: "Then drink, what's there?"

Waiter: "Is the juice okay?"

Song Jingchen said: "Cheng." ”

Shi Xia said: "I really don't need it. ”

Song Jingchen said, "I finally invited you to dinner, can't you think of me as stingy?" and asked the waiter: "Is there any freshly squeezed juice?"

The waiter said, "Yes." ”

reported several varieties, and finally Shi Xia chose hawthorn juice, and Song Jingchen chose strawberries.

Watching the waiter turn to leave, Shi Xia whispered a little embarrassedly: "Brother Jingchen, let me settle the bill for a while, don't rob me, it's not good-looking for so many people to pull and pull." ”

Song Jingchen smiled naturally: "If you know it's not good-looking, just stay aside, don't rob it." ”

Shixia: "......"

Song Jingchen was afraid that she would talk about the settlement again, so he quickly changed the topic: "I just asked the colleague in charge of this area, Yuansheng does have a project going through the process, but this matter seems to be a bit troublesome." ”

Shi Xia frowned: "Why?"

Song Jingchen said: "Listen to what my colleague meant, it's really not our bureau's card. Hasn't our city just changed its leadership group? When a new leader takes office, he has to make achievements, and the most direct thing is the project to benefit the people. The land that your friend is planning to use for the project is going to be used by the city to build a water park. ”

Shi Xia's brows furrowed even tighter.

So, Yuansheng's project was not deducted by the surname Cheng?

Song Jingchen saw that she was puzzled, and said with a little regret: "Your friend's project, if it had been submitted in half a month, it would have been completed, and we only received a notice of the city's planning this week." ”

As soon as he said this, Shi Xia understood.

If it weren't for the deliberate stopping of the surname Cheng, Yuansheng's project would have been approved. It's just that I don't know the new plan in the city, and Qiao Jin Sheng doesn't know it.

This project is yellow, Yuansheng is going to lose a lot of money, right?

The juice was delivered, and Song Jingchen pushed the cup of hawthorn in front of Shi Xia, and took a sip of strawberry juice. Seeing that Shi Xia was still thinking about something, he persuaded: "Don't think about it, if the city plans it, we can't change it." Go back and talk to your friend and let him plan ahead. ”

After thinking about it, he said again: "For the sake of you calling me Brother Jingchen, I will give you a suggestion." Your friend plans to build a commercial house, and after the flour mill community is demolished next year, there will be a pedestrian street over there, so you can suggest that your friend consider getting a piece of land nearby. ”

Shi Xia was grateful: "Thank you, Brother Jingchen." ”

Song Jingchen winked at her: "Eat quickly, the dishes are cold." ”

Shi Xia picked up the chopsticks.

Halfway through eating, Song Jingchen pretended to be unintentional and asked, "You and Qiao Jinsheng...... How are you doing now?"

Shi Xia was stunned.

I swallowed halfway through my meal, took out a tissue and wiped my mouth before replying, "It's fine." ”

Song Jingchen's eyes darkened.

But soon, the smile blurred the distress and regret: "Actually...... I heard about Uncle Shi when I came back, and I wanted to call you earlier, but I was afraid that you wouldn't want to see us. I am relieved to see you the same today as before. ”

Shi Xia was moved.

The blessings of people in good times may not be so profound, but the greetings in adversity are particularly moving. pursed his lips, pressed down the sourness on the tip of his nose hard, and revealed a big smile: "I'm fine, and my mother is also fine." ”

Song Jingchen nodded, and his tone was much more relaxed: "Ask another question that shouldn't be asked, you came today for him, right?" I remember that Yuansheng belongs to the Qiao family. ”

Shi Xia nodded.

asked unnaturally: "Brother Jingchen, you won't blame me, right?"

Song Jingchen's smile also widened: "How come, you can come to me, it's too late for me to be happy." Picking up the strawberry juice that barely moved, he raised it to Shi Xia: "I hope that if we have a chance in the future, we can still sit together to eat and chat like today." ”

Shi Xia's eyebrows and heartbeat.

Raised the juice and touched him: "Yes, Brother Jingchen, you are back now, there are more opportunities to get together." ”

Coming out of the hotel, Shi Xia did not go back to the hospital, but went to Yuansheng.

When the hostess at the front desk saw her, she shouted enthusiastically: "Hello Miss Shi." ”

Shi Xia was unexpected: "Do you know me?"

The front desk lady said, "Miss Shi came last time, and Assistant Lu personally came down to pick you up." ”

It's summer.

The front desk lady said again: "A beauty like Miss Shi, as long as you have seen it, it is impossible to forget it." ”

If you are complimented, everyone loves to hear it, and Shi Xia is naturally not exempt from vulgarity. The smile is bigger than just now: "Thank you for the compliment, you are professional and beautiful, and your memory is good." ”

After exchanging two sentences, the front desk lady asked, "Is Miss Shi here to see the president?"

Shi Xia nodded: "I didn't make an appointment." ”

I called several times on the way, but Qiao Jinsheng didn't answer.

The front desk lady said: "The president has specially explained that Miss Shi does not need to make an appointment when she comes." Coming out of the front desk, he led Shi Xia to the elevator: "Miss Shi, please." ”

Shi Xia followed.

The front desk lady didn't press the elevator to open the door, and when Shi Xia arrived, she politely pointed to the button and said, "This is the president's private elevator, and the password is your birthday." ”

Her birthday, the front desk didn't know.

Shi Xia nodded: "Thank you." ”

The front desk lady owes herself and goes back.

Shi Xia walked up to the button and lost six digits.

The elevator opened.

Shi Xia remembered that Qiao Jinsheng's office was on the 52nd floor, and he pressed 52F directly.

Just got out of the elevator and met Qiao Yi.

As soon as Qiao saw her, she was more surprised than when she heard the front desk lady call out her name downstairs: "You're not going back to work in the hospital, why are you free to come here at this point?"

Shi Xia raised his eyes: "Do you know about my suspension?"

Qiao Yi said: "Brother Sheng's heart, can we still not know?"

Shi Xia smiled embarrassedly.

Someone came behind Qiao Yi, probably saw them talking, stopped a few steps away, and looked this way. As soon as Qiao saw it, he turned his head and said, "You don't have to worry about it." ”

The man was in debt and returned to his seat.

Qiao Yi didn't take Shi Xia to the lounge, but took her to the president's room, passed in front of the assistant who got up to greet him just now, and knocked on the table: "Ask someone to bring a snack." ”

The assistant nodded: "Yes, first brother." ”

Sit back and make a phone call.

Qiao Yi opened the door of the president's room and asked Shi Xia, who was following him: "Are you in a hurry to find Brother Sheng?" He made an appointment for dinner at noon today, and he hasn't come back yet. ”

Shi Xia said: "It's not urgent, just pass by to take a look." ”

As soon as Qiao understood, he pointed to the sofa: "Then you can sit here for a while, if you feel bored, you can play a game, and I can't say when it will be over at Brother Sheng." ”

Shi Xia said: "You are busy first, I'll just wait." ”

As soon as Joe settled her, he went out.

A few minutes later, the assistant came in with snacks and fruit plates.

Nodding his head in greeting, he placed the fruit plate on the coffee table and stepped back again.

After he went out, Shi Xia looked at the snacks on the coffee table, which were almost exactly the same as the last time she came, and Qiao Jin Sheng asked them to send them.

The corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily.

Qiao Jinsheng's office is huge.

The layout is extremely simple.

Shi Xia began to take books from the bookshelf next to the sofa to read, but the results were all economic books, and she was not interested. I stood by the huge floor-to-ceiling windows and watched the traffic on the road outside......

After waiting for more than two hours, I still didn't see Qiao Jin Sheng come back.

In the end, I had to lie down on the couch and fall asleep.

In a daze, she felt her cheeks itching, as if someone was touching her face, and there was a faint smell of wine in her nose.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the man's enlarged handsome face.

Before the rest of the words came out, Qiao ...... was swallowed by the man, and the man grabbed her lips domineeringly, and then her body also covered it.

A hint of wine, with the familiar taste of a man, comes to the face, and the whole world is his taste.

Shi Xia was powerless to struggle.

Even, she found that she didn't want to struggle, wrapped her arms around her neck, and took the initiative to respond to his kiss. The man seemed to have been summoned in some way, and his movements became more unscrupulous.

Ripping off her blouse, his hand reached inside.

Shi Xia was startled by those hot hands.

Instinctively, I shuddered violently.

The sofa in the office was not big, and she shook it, lifted the man on it, and with a pop, fell down on the carpet in the middle of the sofa.

Shi Xia, who was stunned by the kiss, instantly sobered up.

I got up and tried to help him.

Qiao Jinsheng held her hand, leaned on the edge of the sofa, and sat up straight.

I didn't speak for a long time.

Shi Xia didn't know what he was thinking, and asked nervously, "Are you okay?"

Qiao Jinsheng shook his head: "I drank a little too much." ”

Shi Xia remembered the previous experiences, and always felt that every time he said that he had drunk too much, he was pretending, and he looked around his face suspiciously.

Qiao Jinsheng's eyes were closed, and his brows were furrowed.

The slender fingers rubbed in circles around the eyebrows, as if they were not very comfortable.

Shi Xia asked, "Do you have a headache?"

The man made an "um" sound.

Shi Xia took his hand away, sat behind him, and let him lean on his lap to help him press his temple. Asked softly, "Is this more comfortable?"

The man let out another faint "um".

Shi Xia patiently helped him rub it.

After a while, the man breathed evenly as if he was asleep, Shi Xia just wanted to stop, the man reached over and held her hand: "Tired?"

Shi Xia said: "I'm afraid of waking you up." ”

Wanting to rub him for a while, the man held her hand and sat back on the sofa: "I'm fine, just rest for a while." ”

Lie down on the couch and take a nap with your eyes closed.

Shi Xia remembered that there was a rest room inside, and proposed, "Why don't you go to bed?"

The man's eyes that had just been closed opened again, and he looked at Shi Xia's eyes with a hint of narrowness: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to control myself after I go in, and I'll force you." ”

Shixia: "......"

The blushing face of no avail.

Fortunately, the man didn't continue to talk about it, and closed his eyes again to take a nap.

Although his eyes were closed at this time, and his breathing was not as even as as it was just now, Shi Xia knew that he was not asleep. Thinking of the purpose of this trip, she asked, "Did the project you mentioned last time not be approved?"

Qiao Jin Sheng didn't answer directly, his thin lips opened lightly, and he asked in a straight voice, "Why do you think of asking this?"

Shi Xia didn't want him to know that he had asked someone on purpose, so he excused himself: "I heard them chatting and said that there was going to be a water park in the city, and the location seemed to be the place you chose before." You are a commercial business, and the city's planning is a project for the benefit of the people, so why should I let you make way?"

Qiao Jin Sheng opened his eyes again: "The news is so well-informed, who did you listen to?"

Shi Xia sold Guanzi: "Don't worry about it, is there such a thing?"

Qiao Jin Sheng nodded: "Yes, yes, but that piece of land was bought by Yuansheng a few years ago, and now even if a commercial community is not allowed to be built, the land use right is still in Yuansheng's hands, and they want to use it, so they have to give an explanation." ”

The so-called statement is compensation.

No matter how tough the new leadership team is, it is impossible to be accused of bullying private enterprises. As for how to coordinate between enterprises and the government, there are many interests in it.

Shi Xia asked, "Why do you drink so much wine?"

Now she is basically sure that Qiao Jinsheng is not pretending, she has known Qiao Jinsheng for so many years, and it is the first time she has seen him drink so much, and she still doesn't answer the phone.

Qiao Jin Sheng opened her eyes.

He used to stand, she was a head shorter than him, and when he looked at her with this kind of look, she always felt that he had a kind of domineering momentum.

Now he was lying and she was sitting.

She was more than a head taller than him, and when he looked at her with this kind of look, she still had the feeling that he was superior and she was inferior to him.

Qiao Jinsheng seemed to see through her thoughts.

Reaching out and rubbing her cheek, half explaining, half explaining: "The people you just mentioned are the ones you just mentioned who are having dinner today." ”

Shi Xia's heart sank.

The smile on his face also disappeared cleanly: "You said, the one who ate with you at noon was the new mayor?"

Qiao Jinsheng knew her sensitivity, and he could also see the sadness on her face.

How big a blow did Shi Zhengyuan's incident hit Shi Xia, Qiao Jin Sheng knew better, what the newcomer represented to Shi Xia, Qiao Jin Sheng knew better.

He sat up with his arms propped up on the sofa: "Don't think too much. ”

Shi Xia reluctantly squeezed out a smile and avoided the topic: "I know, I just overheard it, so I want to come and tell you, in case you don't know......" After a pause, she continued: "Since you know, then I won't say more, there is still something in the hospital, I'll go back first." ”

Get up and go.

Qiao Jinsheng grabbed her wrist and dragged her back into his arms: "Xia Xia, it's actually ......."

He wanted to say that he was already asking about Shi Zhengyuan, but thinking of the unknown result, he couldn't bear to disappoint her after giving her hope.

When the words came to his lips, he stopped again: "Everything will be fine." ”

Shi Xia nodded: "I know." ”

Forcefully pulled away the hand on his wrist behind him: "I'm really okay, I'll go back to the hospital first, you have a good rest, and I'll come to see you tomorrow." ”

Pick up the bag on the coffee table and leave in a hurry.

As soon as Qiao walked this way, he saw Shi Xia's back, and a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes. Pushing the door into the office, Qiao Jinsheng sat on the sofa, smoked a cigarette and came out before he had time to light it.

glanced at Qiao Yi and nodded his head.

Qiao glanced outward: "After waiting for an afternoon, why did you leave as soon as you came back?"

Qiao Jinsheng said: "I mentioned sad things. ”

Qiao's eyes flashed with an unexpected luster, and he asked puzzledly: "You told her that you had dinner with the city government at noon?"

Qiao Jinsheng nodded.

Qiao Yi was even more puzzled: "You know that she will definitely be unhappy if she knows, do you still say?"

No wonder Shi Xia didn't look back.

Qiao Jin Sheng stretched out his hand and knocked the cigarette ash into the ashtray, with a little indifference in his tone: "Sooner or later, you have to know." ”

Qiao Yi asked again: "I see that she came to you today, it seems that there is something." ”

Qiao Jin Sheng sighed lightly: "She heard that the project was stopped, so she came to remind me." Silly girl, she also said that she heard someone else chat, and the new plan has only been set for a few days, how can outsiders know?"

Qiao Yi said: "When Shi Zhengyuan was in power, there were a few people close to her, and if she had a heart, it was not difficult to find out." ”

Qiao Jinsheng didn't reply.

Pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, leaned on the sofa, and his tone became calm: "It said that after the demolition of the flour mill community, a pedestrian street and office buildings will be built, and the commercial center will be relocated there." If I'm not mistaken, there's still an idle plot of land over there. ”

Qiao Yi thought: "I'll do it now." ”

As soon as Qiao went out, Qiao Jin Sheng leaned on the sofa and began to think back to the information he had collected these days.

Shi Zhengyuan, should I find a way to meet him first?

——

Shi Xia left Yuansheng International and returned to the hospital.

The nurse's station chats daily, and today's topic is Cheng Jianing's father who was detained for accepting bribes. Shi Xia didn't linger and walked straight to the office.

Passing by Cheng Jianing's office and seeing the closed door, she had mixed feelings in her heart.

A few months ago, she was also taken away by the procuratorate because of her father, and became the center of conversation in the entire hospital.

The same is true for Cheng Jianing.

Probably the difference between them is that Cheng Jianing's father deserves it, and her father is wronged, right?

Back in the office, there was a box of chocolates on the table.

And a whole bunch of flowers.

The girl sitting at the next table looked envious: "Doctor Shi, you can pick the remaining handsome guy and introduce one." ”

Shi Xia glanced at the label on the flower, directly removed the label, and sent the chocolate of the flower to her table: "Next time, you can just accept it directly, it should be given to you." ”

The girl hurriedly sent her back: "That's not good, I don't win people's love." ”

Shi Xia said: "Take it, you can put it in a vase for a few days, and if you put it here, it is estimated that you can only throw it in the trash." ”

The nurse said, "Really?"

Shi Xia nodded.

She took the flower away with a look of surprise.

Shi Xia pointed to the chocolate: "Take it away too, I lose weight and don't eat sweets." ”

Others in the office: "......"

It seems that she usually eats cake.

The little nurse did come and take the chocolate with her.

Before taking it away, he said seriously: "You still think about me when you don't want it this time, I don't lose weight." ”

It made everyone laugh.

Shi Xia sat down, looked at the label with his name signed, and his smile faded.