Chen Xing returned home at nine o'clock in the evening, watching Zhou Mingfang and others play cards for nearly two hours, it was not without harvest for Chen Xing, Chen Xing had a further understanding of Zhou Mingfang's personal circle in Haicheng, and even Zhou Mingfang's temperament and personal preferences, which were not usually deeply exposed to at work.

Mayor Zhao Yiping has been dancing so happily these days, Chen Xing can see that this is Zhou Mingfang's intention, Zhou Mingfang's deliberate low-key is not because of Xing Tiande's investigation, Chen Xing can feel the confidence and pride in Zhou Mingfang's heart as always, Xing Tiande's case can only be said to be Zhou Mingfang's move to push the boat, which is Zhou Mingfang's move to test people's hearts.

Zhou Mingfang didn't make any moves now, and watched Mayor Zhao Yiping's increasingly high-profile expression coldly, just wanting to let those who were flattering on the surface, but really opposed him in their hearts, jump out a few more, Chen Xing guessed in his heart that Zhou Mingfang was afraid that Zhou Mingfang would make some personnel adjustments in the near future, and the results of those who jumped out with Zhao Yiping now would be worrying.

When he opened the door and went in, Chen Xing couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw who was sitting on the sofa, Chen Xing was stunned for a moment, it was Zhong Ling, a middle school teacher whose parents had been trying to match him, and the other party would take the initiative to come to him, which was really unexpected to him.

"Chen Xing, you're back, Zhong Ling has been here for a while, if you're late, you won't be able to see anyone."

"There's no way, it's not good to follow the leader, the leader has something to call, so we can't leave." Chen Xing smiled and nodded, and glanced at his mother a little strangely, seeing that there seemed to be something wrong with his mother's feelings, Chen Xing did not notice that his mother had something to say at this time.

"I see you're busy." Zhong Ling turned his head to look at Chen Xing and smiled.

"I'm busy, and I don't know what I've been busy with all day." Chen Xing smiled and sat down opposite Zhong Ling.

"You young people talk first, I'll go to the kitchen and wash the dishes and chopsticks tonight." Zou Fang got up and said.

"I'll also go to the study to read the books." Chen Pingping also stood up.

The two elders seemed to cooperate tacitly and left together, but only Chen Xing and Zhong Ling were left in the living room.

"In the past, Teacher Huang and Aunt Zou often lived in the school, and I could often see them walking on the playground, but recently I see that they rarely live in the school." Zhong Ling found the topic and said.

"Yes, maybe I'm busier than I used to be at work, and they're afraid that I won't have anyone to take care of, so they often come back to live." Chen Xing smiled and nodded, "Teacher Zhong also lives in the dormitory of the school, right?" ”

"Yes, my hometown is in the countryside, and it's not convenient to run back and forth every day, so I just live in school." Zhong Ling nodded lightly, "I heard Teacher Chen say that you were hospitalized a few days ago, how is it, now your body is recovering." ”

"It's been a good recovery, and it's not a serious illness."

"Teacher Chen didn't tell me that you were hospitalized, otherwise I should have gone to the hospital to see you."

"I asked my parents not to tell anyone else, there were too many colleagues who came to the hospital to see me, and the whole ward didn't look like a ward, but like a hotel, so I told my parents to stop making noise, and besides, this is not a serious illness, so everyone knows what to do."

"That shows that there are many people who care about you, I heard Mr. Chen say, you are now the secretary of the municipal party committee, and there are naturally many people vying for you, but it is no wonder that so many people rush to visit." Zhong Ling chuckled.

"I'm afraid they don't really care about me, they care about something else." Chen Xing shook his head and smiled.

The two kept looking for topics to chat, at home, Chen Xing felt that the space was not very free, and Zhong Ling on the other side also made him feel that he had hidden words in his heart and didn't say anything, thinking that this was probably because the two of them met for the second time, and Chen Xing didn't think much about it.

"Why don't you go out for a walk?" Zhong Lingtu said.

"Okay, it's still early at nine o'clock in the summer, so it's not bad to go out for a walk." Chen Xing smiled and nodded.

Chen Xing said hello to his mother, and went out with Zhong Ling, and when he walked downstairs with Zhong Ling, Chen Xing didn't notice that his parents were standing by the window of the living room and looking down.

"I didn't expect Zhong Ling, this kid to look delicate and weak, but he has such a big ideal in his heart." Zou Fang stared at Zhong Ling's back, Zhong Ling, who was nearly one meter six or five tall, stood but complemented Chen Xing.

"I always thought that Zhong Ling, the kid and Chen Xing, were a very good match, and I wanted to match Chen Xing and her good things, but I didn't expect it to be this result in the end." Zou Fang shook her head and sighed, in her opinion, Zhong Ling's character and appearance are good in all aspects, and the profession of teacher is relatively stable, if her son can marry such a woman, although he will not be rich and noble in the future, at least he can live a harmonious and beautiful life, and he will not have to worry about food and clothing.

"Yes, I don't know what Zhong Ling, this girl, thinks, she chose the profession of teacher at the beginning, it stands to reason that she should pursue stability, how could she think of going south to work hard." Chen Ping also frowned, for Zhong Ling's decision, I'm afraid that a person like him, who has been a teacher all his life and is used to a stable life, can't figure it out, he has a fixed and good income every month, and his life will not have great ups and downs, isn't this very suitable for girls?

Chen Xing and Zhong Ling walked slowly along the sidewalk on the side of the street, Haicheng is located by the sea, enjoying the light breeze blowing from the sea, but it is extremely cool and comfortable.

"Would you like to find a coffee shop and sit down?" Chen Xing looked at Zhong Ling on the side.

"No, it feels good to walk around like this." Zhong Ling shook his head with a smile, "Let's press all the big and small roads in Haicheng tonight." ”

"That's a big project, even the old people who have lived in Haicheng for decades don't dare to say that they have visited the streets and alleys of Haicheng." Chen Xing laughed when he heard this.

"Yes, it's not easy to go through the entire Haicheng, and I don't know how many opportunities I will have to see this city in the future." Zhong Lingzhao said melancholy.

"Look at what you said, don't you just live in this city, you are watching this city all the time." Chen Xing glanced at the other party strangely,

"That's now, and there won't be such a chance again."

"What, I heard that Teacher Zhong meant to leave Haicheng?" Chen Xing stopped in surprise.

"Yes, I'm going to leave the city."

"If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Zhong, your hometown is here, you still talked about it just now, why do you want to leave here instead?"

"My hometown is here, but that doesn't mean I'm going to stay in Haicheng." Zhong Ling smiled and blinked, "I'm going to go south to Yangcheng and work hard there." ”

"Go south to Yangcheng? Be a Southern Drifter? Chen Xing looked at Zhong Ling in amazement, "Teacher Zhong plans to quit his current job as a teacher and go south to find a new job?" ”

"Yes, I'm going to quit this job and go south and start all over again." Zhong Ling clenched his fists and cheered himself up.

For the first time, Chen Xing seriously stared at the seemingly delicate and gentle girl next door opposite, this kind of thought appeared in other women, Chen Xing might not be so surprised, appearing in Zhong Ling, who was doing teaching and educating people, and had a weak appearance, Chen Xing's heart was greatly impacted, he really couldn't imagine that a woman like Zhong Ling, who was suitable for a husband and children, would have such a restless heart.

"Well, you're surprised, too?" Zhong Ling's eyes were shining and Chen Xing looked at each other, "Do you also think that a woman like me is most suitable to find a husband with a good family background to marry, and then have children, and live an ordinary life all her life?" ”

Seeing through the other party's thoughts, Chen Xing didn't refute it, nodded his head, and said, "I have always felt that you are not only a woman who looks like this on the outside, but you should also think like this in your heart, it seems that people are not good-looking, this sentence is really not wrong at all." ”

"I never thought of being such a good baby, many friends said that I look like a suitable home wife for a comfortable life, the future will not be bitter, but I have never thought like this in my heart, my heart has always been restless, I especially like to read some women's business magazines, I have dreamed that one day I can become a strong woman above, in the shopping mall, how majestic it should be." Zhong Ling's whole person fell into a strange state, like a memory, like a longing, "Chen Xing, do you think I'm so stupid?" ”

"No, everyone who has a dream deserves my respect and respect." Chen Xing looked at Zhong Ling seriously, in addition to the first meeting, Zhong Ling's appearance made his eyes shine, Chen Xing also had to admit at this time that this girl with dreams, in addition to her appearance, her heart is more worthy of deep memory.

"You don't think I'm naïve, I know, a lot of people are waiting to see my jokes, waiting to see how I come back with a broken head, and then keep looking for people to cry and regret quitting my job as a teacher." Zhong Ling pursed his lips, and his eyes shot an unusually determined look.

"Zhong Ling, I admire your dreams, but the opinions of others are not necessarily wrong, you should indeed make a decision after careful consideration, after all, you are destroying your own stable future, and facing a strange, unknown life, and even an unpredictable future." Chen Xing doesn't know how to persuade such a woman with dreams, people who have dreams and dare to take risks to realize their dreams are admirable, Chen Xing can't bear to break Zhong Ling's dreams, but he has to remind the other party that the cruelty of reality and the beautiful dreams of infinite longing have a gap that is difficult to overcome.

"I know, but I'm also an adult, I have my own independent opinions and thoughts, and I can take responsibility for my actions." Zhong Ling's tone was firm, "This is my long-standing dream, I originally planned to go south with my classmates after graduation, but later considering the actual situation at home, I still came to become a teacher first." ”

"And now, now that you don't need to think about the situation in your family anymore?" Chen Xing looked at each other.

"I can't say that either, it's a little better than before. My brother is going to be a senior this year, I don't have to pay for long his tuition and living expenses, and in another half a year, he can also come out to find a job and make money, the reason why I will listen to the family's Jianyì first came out to be a teacher, at that time was because my brother had just been admitted to college, the family's economic situation was not very good, my parents hoped that I could be responsible for letting this brother finish college, and now my brother is about to be able to go out of school, I will have less of this concern, I can let go and work hard for my dreams. ”

"After being a teacher for three years, more than 1,000 days and nights of stable life have not wiped out your fighting spirit, it seems that you are also a person who has identified a path and is determined to go down, so it is useless for me to persuade you more." Chen Xing smiled, "Zhong Ling, I can only say bless you, I hope you can fight for a world in that strange city in the south, and I will watch you return home with great expectations one day." ”

"I don't dare to think about returning home, as long as I don't die in a foreign country."

"Look, you haven't started yet, so you're talking about frustration first, which doesn't look like you at all."

"Oh, we've only been in contact for a while, so what do you think I look like?" Zhong Ling stared at Chen Xing with interest.

"You." Chen Xing pondered seriously for a while, and said with a smile, "Today's you have completely subverted my first impression of you, and I think you are a very brave girl." ”

"Girls? Giggles, I'm a twenty-four-five-year-old woman, and you still say I'm a girl. ”

Crisp laughter resounded in the night sky of this city, somehow, Chen Xing vaguely felt that this pleasant laughter was mixed with a little bitterness, such a girl with dreams, the first few years of her life are the most worthy of hard work, but she is willing to be silent for her family and relatives, twenty-four or five-year-old women, has reached the point where it is time to talk about marriage, women are different from men after all, the older they are, for women, it means that marriage will be more difficult in the future, Zhong Ling can only start to fight for his dream at this time, perhaps, even Zhong Ling herself, deep down in her heart, she is also confused, once she fails, there is no way out.

Chen Xing looked at Zhong Ling in a daze, this handsome girl who couldn't guess her mind might just be holding on to the dream in her heart.

After going around a few laps with Zhong Ling in a nearby park, the two of them sat for a while when they were tired, and Chen Xing finally sent Zhong Ling on the bus back to No. 1 Middle School.

Chen Xing has always disliked to take the city's bus, which is crowded and unsafe, there are all kinds of people on the bus, and there is a third hand interspersed in the hidden cracks of people at any time, which makes people unguardable, plus the bus driver is basically driving a car like a tank, rampage on the city's densely populated roads, Chen Xing always wonders if those bus drivers like to play with emergency braking to satisfy the inner perverted stimulation.

Chen Xing originally wanted to take a taxi for Zhong Ling, but was rejected by the other party, it is not very far from No. 1 Middle School, Zhong Ling smiled and said that it is convenient to take the bus, there is no need to waste so many dollars, Chen Xing did not insist on anything, Tong Guò Tonight, he knew that Zhong Ling was a girl who was weak on the outside, but very assertive on the inside.

Back at home, Chen Xing was slightly surprised when he saw his parents sitting in the living room, and then he thought about it, and there was no big surprise, which would make him finally understand what was going on with his parents' somewhat strange expressions when he came back just now.

"Chen Xing, Zhong Ling told you everything." Zou Fang looked at her son, and the look of pity on her face was still there.

"Yes, I listened to her, I didn't expect a girl like her to have such a bold and risky idea, to be honest, I was ashamed of myself, otherwise I should have done business with Huang Ming in the first place, instead of trying to live a stable life." Chen Xing shook his head with a smile.

"What's wrong with living a stable life, look at me and your father, although this life has not been able to give you a rich and expensive life, but it has not allowed you to live a hard life, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, people, sometimes you can't be too greedy, it's good to have a stable life." Zou Fang said disapprerovingly.

"This can't be said to be a question of greed or not, it can only be said that the personality and even ideals of the individual are different, like our family, it is estimated that each other is influenced by each other, so they don't like the ups and downs of life, Zhong Ling lives in such a family, stimulated by the surrounding environment, may have hoped to bring a good life to her family with her own hands since she was a child, so she may have been looking forward to being a strong woman with a successful career, she dares to take risks for her ideals, and she deserves our respect." Chen Xing belongs to the younger generation after all, his parents may not understand Zhong Ling's approach, from his point of view, but he can understand Zhong Ling's feelings, people, only with dreams, can they not come to the world in vain, have suffered hardships, touched nails, fallen on their heels, even if they hit their heads and bled out, as long as they have paid for their ideals and worked hard, even if they fail, at least they will not leave themselves with an excuse for regret in the future.

There can be several beats in life, and I don't wait for when at this time.

Chen Xing was deeply touched in his heart at this time, Zhong Ling gave up his current stable job for his dream to take a risk, and he was the same, since God had given him a chance, he had to work hard towards his ideals, and he could no longer make excuses for his decadence in the previous years.

In the future, although he will not be able to reach the height of the temple, he will at least be able to become a parent official, if he can become a trendsetter in this era of reform and opening up like Zhou Mingfang, and stand proudly at the head of the tide, it is his ultimate dream.

"It's a pity that such a good girl, whether it is looks or morality, I think Zhong Ling is a very good match for you, I didn't expect her to live a stable life, but I insisted on learning from others to go south to drift." Zou Fang sighed, "You said that she quit her job as a girl, and she didn't leave any way out for herself, if she went out to touch her head and came back, it would be difficult to teach in a middle school again, and now there are many people who want to enter a middle school to be a teacher, and there are many people who want to be a teacher in a middle school, and there is no shortage of highly educated people, Zhong Ling caught up with a good time three years ago, and it will not be as fierce as the competition now." ”

"Mom, don't worry about others, she is an adult and has her own ideas, we can only bless her." Chen Xing smiled helplessly, his mother really had the leisure to think about so many things.

"Then again, Chen Xing, you don't feel sorry at all? There are very few beautiful and virtuous girls like Zhong Ling. Zou Fang looked at Chen Xingdao with pity.

"It's not a pity, I've only met her twice, I can only say that she left a good impression on me and feels good, but it's a bit unrealistic to say that there is any deep affection, so I still respect her choice."

"Chen Xing, are you still in contact with the governor's daughter?" Zou Fang stared at her son tightly.

"yes, I text from time to time or something, I've been in touch all the time, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Zou Fang and Chen Ping glanced at each other, both husband and wife were a little worried, and finally Chen Ping spoke, "Chen Xing, you tell your parents the truth, do you have a good impression of that woman?" ”

"Mom and Dad, where do you want to go, she and I are very good friends now, it's not as complicated as you think." Chen Xing said with a smile.

"I'm afraid you're a fan of the authorities." Chen Ping muttered in a low voice, and said, "Chen Xing, it's not that your parents want to mention your previous sad things, but with Zhao Qing's experience, your parents really don't want to see you repeat the mistakes of the past, we can't afford to climb a deputy mayor's family, not to mention that this time it's still a provincial governor, our family doesn't have that blessing." ”

"Okay, dad and mom, you are too worried, there is no such thing as you think, Miss Qiu does not stay in Jianghai Province often, she will return to the capital, I am just friends with her." Chen Xing comforted his parents as usual on his face, but he was suddenly a little confused in his heart, he really didn't have any feelings for Zhang Ningning? Does he and her have a basis for being together?

Time passed day by day, the provincial investigation team has been stationed in Haicheng for more than half a month, and still has not left, the deputy director of the local taxation bureau Xing Tiande in addition to a few days ago still went to work normally, in the second week of the investigation team stationed in Haicheng, Xing Tiande began to disappear from people's sight, the official statement given by the local taxation bureau is that Xing Tiande is on leave due to illness and will not come to work in the short term.

People who are familiar with the inside story know that Xing Tiande has an accident, and he has been accused by the investigation team from the province, and I am afraid that even the leaders of the city do not know where it is, except for the main leaders of Haicheng who have informed the main leaders of Haicheng at the beginning, the actions of the investigation team are unilateral, and Haicheng is not clear about the actions of the investigation team, Zhou Mingfang seems to have acquiesced in the investigation team's approach, and also instructed the relevant departments to try their best to cooperate with the needs of the investigation team.

Compared with Mayor Zhao Yiping's high-profile appearance at various meetings in the city, and even frequent attendance at some large-scale events, Zhou Mingfang's unusual low-key somewhat made some cadres more and more convinced that Zhou Mingfang was involved in the Xing Tiande case, and the secretary and the secretary broke their arms and tendons.