Qin Xuechuan, deputy director of the Mining Bureau, threw his mobile phone on the desk with dissatisfaction, this is the ninth call he made to Tao E today, but no one answered, recalling Tao E's attitude towards himself after the year, he was very dissatisfied in his heart.

Qin Xuechuan and Tao Sansheng's eldest daughter Tao E are junior high school classmates, the two have known each other for more than ten years, in middle school, Tao E's dignified generosity made Qin Xuechuan fall in love, and the ignorant first love was ignited at that time. But Tao E is a very popular girl, she can sing and dance, and she has a lot of skills, she is very good in the eyes of her peers, and there are many people who naturally pursue her, and Qin Xuechuan at that time was just a nerd in the eyes of others, so it was naturally difficult to attract her attention.

But fate changed dramatically later, Tao E did not study again after finishing high school because of her poor family background, so she went out to work early to make money, while Qin Xuechuan continued his studies, and then was admitted to the civil service through unremitting efforts. Over the years, Qin Xuechuan has been able to do things and work diligently, and has been highly praised by leaders and colleagues, coupled with good luck, he was promoted to the position of deputy director at a young age, and he also married a wife and had children, and his family career is very happy.

But at this time, he met Tao E again by chance. It was a class reunion, but it was not a junior high school classmate, but a high school one, and it happened that the meeting place was arranged at the place where Tao E worked, when Qin Xuechuan met Tao E again, he found that ten years had passed, and his former crush had become more mature and temperamental, and Tao E was even more surprised by Qin Xuechuan's transformation, which had grown from a hairy young man to a shrewd cadre, and the seed of love buried in his heart in middle school was quietly ignited at that moment.

Since then, the two have often dated quietly, and since Qin Xuechuan is married and has a special status, he does not dare to show his face publicly, so their relationship with each other has always been a big secret, and they have not told anyone except the two of them. For Qin Xuechuan, he knew that this was wrong, but he couldn't hold it, that kind of beautiful first love feeling was difficult for ordinary people to refuse, he felt that this was not cheating, but just a release of his true feelings, and it could be regarded as worthy of his own behavior. But Tao E will ignore the changes of estrangement for a while, so that Qin Xuechuan is often unpredictable, he sometimes wants to find Tao E but can't find it, when he is busy with work, Tao E may take the initiative to find it, so Qin Xuechuan can't figure out how much of this old classmate's mind is placed on him?

There was a knock on the office door, and after getting permission, Zou Qi walked in. Seeing him, Qin Xuechuan remembered what Xue Kui had already said to him, and understood the purpose of Zou Qi's trip. Sure enough, after Zou Qi came in, he closed the door, then carefully placed an envelope on the desk, and then glanced at himself. Qin Xuechuan nodded slightly, the two looked at each other and smiled, even if they understood, and then, Zou Qi left directly, and the office returned to normal as if no one had ever been there. From entering to going out, Zou Qi and Qin Xuechuan didn't say a word, but the matter of sending the money was completed.

Qin Xuechuan looked at the envelope on the table, and always felt a little hot at the moment, but since it was all delivered, and Xue Kui had said hello in advance, it was not good not to do so, so he picked it up and stuffed it into the drawer and locked it.

At this time, it was already time to get off work, Qin Xuechuan picked up the mobile phone that fell on the table again, and dialed the number again without much hope, he thought that if he couldn't find it again, he would go home to accompany his wife and children.

This time, however, the phone rang and it was connected.

"Hey, auntie, you finally took it!" Qin Xuechuan said with surprise and joy.

"I'm sorry, Xuechuan, I was busy collecting things just now, and now I'm going to rush home, so I didn't see it. Tao E replied truthfully.

Listening to her tone, it seemed that something was wrong, she was still crying when she spoke, and she was in such a hurry to go home, Qin Xuechuan immediately felt that something was wrong, so he asked what was wrong, and Tao E also answered truthfully, it was her father Tao Sansheng who called to inform her, saying that she was seriously ill and wanted her to go home immediately to discuss the future.

Qin Xuechuan was particularly understanding, and he comforted, "Okay, Xiao'e, don't worry too much, if there's anything, call me." ”

Since Tao E's father was critically ill, Qin Xuechuan had no choice but to give up, he didn't know what was wrong today, he especially wanted to see Tao E, especially after the troubles continued. But birth, old age, sickness and death, a major matter of people, not to mention Tao E's father, he had to give up and be patient for the time being. He walked around the office boredly, it was supposed to be the point where he should go home, but he didn't want to go, his mind kept recalling the content of the call just now, and he could even think of Tao E's sad appearance in front of his father, and his heart hurt unconsciously. Coming to the drawer under the desk again, Qin Xuechuan suddenly had a hint of impulsive thought, he opened the drawer again, took out the envelope sent by Zou Qi from inside, and then put it in his briefcase and ran downstairs.

It stands to reason that to be able to sit in today's position at such a fast speed, it is essential to be calm and calm, behind the steady progress, there is often a huge pressure and crisis hidden, if you want to get through it smoothly, you must first have enough wisdom and excellent control. However, these courtesies are just common practices, Qin Xuechuan is not willing to be affected by these practices and behaviors at work to affect the attitude of dealing with feelings, he can't wait to be willful, go directly to his car, and leave the unit with a step on the accelerator. He drove to Tao E's place, and at the same time called Tao E to inform him to wait downstairs and not leave.

Tao E was very surprised to see Qin Xuechuan appear in front of her, and even more surprised that she actually wanted to take her back to her hometown together, Tao E and Qin Xuechuan were just middle school classmates on the surface, and the deep-seated things must not be made public, but Qin Xuechuan insisted on this, and stuffed the envelope into Tao E's hand, saying that he just wanted to do a little bit.

Seeing Qin Xuechuan's sincerity, Tao E was also quite moved, so she did not refuse, and the money was indeed a gift in the snow, she was even worried that if her father had three longs and two shorts, the family would not have enough funds to take care of the aftermath.

However, in addition to Qin Xuechuan's true feelings, he was not without careful thoughts, and another purpose of his trip was to see Tao Sansheng, the survivor of the gas explosion case, whose existence has always attracted Qin Xuechuan's attention. It's just that due to the limitation of functions, Qin Xuechuan is from the Mining Bureau, and can only deal with the affairs of the coal mine, and the investigation of the accident is the responsibility of the Safety Supervision Bureau and the police.

Qin Xuechuan took Tao E and hurried back to the mining area, and when he arrived at the door of his house, as soon as he stopped the car, Tao E met his younger brother Tao Jinrong, who was also rushing back from outside. The two of them looked at each other, but they didn't say anything, they didn't look like their brothers and sisters who hadn't seen each other for a few months, which Qin Xuechuan didn't expect. He heard Tao E say that this little brother is not very filial and idle, but he didn't expect that the relationship between relatives has been indifferent to such a point.

The three of them entered the door together and bumped into Tao Mei who was standing in the courtyard and a girl they had never seen before, and what surprised them even more was that their father Tao Sansheng seemed to be sitting on the stool in the courtyard in a good manner, not looking like he was seriously ill and dying.

Tao E walked to her father's side with concern, looked at it carefully, and after making sure that Tao Sansheng was fine, she said a little unhappily: "Dad, aren't you so good? Why do you scare me and say that I can't do it? It really scared me to death!"

Tao Sansheng gently took his daughter's hand, smiled and replied to her: "Big girl, don't blame Dad, I say this mainly to let you all come back, especially your younger brother, I don't say that I am going to die, he probably won't come back." ”

"Then you can't curse yourself, this casual spell will be fulfilled. Tao E was still worried, squatting next to her father, she had been working in the city over the years, and she had not come back much, but she had always remembered her father in her heart, and she paid a part of her salary as soon as possible, and entrusted it to her sister to take care of her father.

"Dad, what are you kidding, you didn't die and said that you died, wasting my time!" Tao Jinrong was not polite at all, seeing that he had been deceived, he was very dissatisfied, and his tone was particularly impulsive.

"You kid, aren't you happy that I'm not dead? Just expect me to come back to collect my body when I'm dead, right?" Hearing his son's words, Tao Sansheng's heart, which had just been warmed by his two daughters, hurt again, and he wanted to slap his son immediately.

Tao Jinrong didn't care at all, he had long been accustomed to his father's scolding, anyway, it didn't matter. After Tao Sansheng finished venting, he wanted to go into the house and take all his clothes and everything and leave quickly, trying not to come home in the future.

But when he was about to enter the room, a man came out of it and almost collided with him. After a closer look, Tao Jinrong noticed that that person was none other than Zou Shaotang, who had been pursuing Tao Mei for many years.

Tao Jinrong was angry, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Why did you come to my house? Are you here to hook up with my sister?"

Zou Shaotang was asked inexplicably, but he immediately understood the situation in front of him, it must have been Tao Sansheng's lies that made the little son angry, and he also knew that Tao Jinrong had a bad temper, so he didn't want to deal with him, and looked at him coldly and planned to walk away.