On the morning of November 27, Secretary Lu and his entourage, driving several cars and a van, set off from the provincial party committee, and ran quietly along the way.

When passing through K City, Qing Tao, secretary of the K City Municipal Party Committee, joined the convoy with a few entourages and a few reporters, and had a Chinese meal in an inconspicuous shop, and then continued to rush to Zijiang County non-stop.

After arriving in Zijiang, Secretary Lu first went to several large enterprises in the county seat to investigate and learn about the production and operation of these enterprises, and held a forum in the evening to listen to the reports of the secretary of the Zijiang County Party Committee and some grassroots cadres.

The next day, he began to go to the countryside, starting with the most remote townships and towns, constantly visiting the poor and asking questions about their suffering, listening to the opinions and voices of the masses, inspecting the building of grassroots party organizations, and understanding the economic development ideas and current situation of townships, towns, and village communities.

In the afternoon, he came to Zhao Han's hometown, Mishan Village, Fukou Town, Zijiang County. This address was reported to Xu Lizhong when he went back.

In Mishan Village, Secretary Lu stayed for two hours and visited several households in the village's nine groups.

Later, under the guidance of Xu Lizhong, he came to the dilapidated red brick house in Zhao Han's hometown, stopped there for a long time, and then paced in, silently looking at the collapsed walls, overgrown weeds, some rotten broken furniture, and cold stoves in the red brick house, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart - this is the home where Zhao Han has lived for more than 20 years. Although both of her parents have passed away. But what is it about this house that is dilapidated like this?

According to reason, even if Zhao Han is married, he will always come to his hometown to take a look during the New Year's holidays! At least, when sweeping the tomb on Qingming Day, she should also come back to sweep the tomb of her parents.

Judging from this dilapidated house and Xu Lizhong's report, Zhao Han seems to have basically not returned home in the past 20 years.

So, where exactly is she married? Did you marry far away? Why do people in the village think that she is a ruthless, unrighteous woman with no sense of home?

Because he didn't want people to guess the real purpose of his research in Zijiang, Secretary Lu didn't mention Zhao Han in Mishan Village, nor did he ask anyone about her recent situation - because he knew that Xu Lizhong was very reliable. If he can't find out Zhao Han's whereabouts in the village, then it will definitely be in vain for him to ask someone now.

His only hope now is that Zhao Han is still living in Zijiang County or some other county or city in K City, and can see his own footage on TV through TV reports, recognize himself, and take the initiative to contact him.

On the third day, Secretary Lu was still shuttling and visiting various towns and mountains in Zijiang County, and the farthest place was at the foot of Daxiong Mountain, which borders with neighboring provinces.

To his disappointment, he spent three days in Zijiang researching, and local and provincial newspapers and television kept reporting intensively. Moreover, in order to give Zhao Han more chances to see his image, he, who usually doesn't like to appear on TV, asked the photojournalist to give him a few more close-ups, which puzzled the few entourages who had been following him......

However, until they were about to leave Zijiang County, Zhao Han, who he was expecting, still did not show up, nor did he inquire about any news of her.

After a day of research in Xishan County, Secretary Lu was completely disappointed: it seems that Zhao Han may no longer live in K City, and may have married to other provinces. Or maybe she has a grudge against herself, and although she sees and recognizes him on TV, she doesn't want to come to see him......

Thinking of these two possibilities, especially the latter, Secretary Lu felt extremely sad and disappointed: it seems that his wish to repay Zhao Han cannot be realized in this life! She has paid so much for herself and sacrificed so much, almost gambling on her lifelong happiness, but she can't even give her a woolen coat, and she can't even say a word of comfort and thanks to her face-to-face......

On December 1, Secretary Lu, who was already disheartened, hastily ended his research activities in Xishan County, and rushed to Shizhu County, K City after breakfast.

Shen Youbin, who has already mastered Secretary Lu's itinerary, has been hopefully guarding the intersection of Xinleng County and entering the city when Secretary Lu passed through Xinleng on November 27 and rushed to Zijiang County, hoping that Secretary Lu can stay in Xinleng, even if it is just for an hour or two, and meet him.

However, when Secretary Lu's motorcade passed by him, it didn't even reduce its speed, and went straight through the city and headed for Zijiang.

Qing Tao, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of K City, saw Shen Youbin standing on the side of the highway with his secretary in the car, with an expectant expression on his face. After the convoy passed, he called Shen Youbin and told him that even he, the secretary of the municipal party committee, and Secretary Lu only chatted a few words at lunchtime, and there was no chance to have in-depth exchanges and contacts with him. Therefore, he advised Shen Youbin not to have any hope, it is estimated that Secretary Lu will also pass by Xinleng when he comes back, and he will not stop at anything.

After listening to Secretary Qing's advice, Shen Youbin was extremely depressed, but he still did not give up.

On the morning of December 1, he knew that Secretary Lu Daolu would pass by Xinleng at around 9 o'clock. So, he took his secretary again and stood at the intersection of entering the city from the direction of Xishan County, and fought for the last time.

But this time, Shen Youbin didn't stand there stupidly like last time, watching Secretary Lu's convoy leave. When Secretary Lu's No. 1 car appeared in his field of vision, he immediately took a step into the middle of the road, and when No. 1 car passed by him, he smiled and waved his hand into the car.

At this moment, a miracle happened: I saw that the No. 1 car suddenly braked and stopped after driving for about 200 meters.

Then, a person came out of the car, beckoned to Shen Youbin, who was a little dumbfounded, and shouted: "Xiao Shen, come here, come to this car!" ”

And the person who called him was Qing Tao, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of K City.

It turned out that in the process of rushing to Shizhu County this time, Secretary Lu wanted to listen to Qingtao's work report in the car, so he called him to his car and asked him to briefly report the current economic development ideas of K City.

Just when he passed by Shen Youbin, Secretary Lu happened to see him smiling and waving to himself, so he ordered Xu Lizhong to stop quickly, and asked Qingtao who was the person waiting on the side of the road?

When he heard Qingtao reply that this was Comrade Shen Youbin, Secretary of the Xinleng County Party Committee, I didn't know what to do, Secretary Lu's image suddenly appeared in his mind, and his heart couldn't help but move, so he asked Qingtao to call Shen Youbin into the car.