Zhang Ningning was leaving, and before leaving, he came to the hospital to say goodbye to Chen Xing.

"When I'm gone, you remember to take care of your injuries, and next time I come to Haicheng to see you."

Zhang Ningning's smile is still so innocent, his eyes are so clear like two clear springs, Chen Xing has long been used to seeing the other party's smile and smile these days, but every time it still brings him a different feeling.

After settling down, Chen Xing said with a smile, "My injury is not a big deal, the doctors said that I will be discharged from the hospital in two days, you can rest assured." ”

"It's not a big deal, my stomach is broken, and I was dying of urgency."

"Hehe, it's okay now, thank you for coming to the hospital every day these days."

"You, you're always so polite, no matter how you say that your injury has something to do with me, if I don't come to see you, won't I be told that I have no conscience."

The two talked and laughed, and it wasn't until it was almost noon that Zhang Ningning got up with a smile, "I have to go, otherwise the driver will be in a hurry, and I will find time to come to Haicheng again in the future." ”

"Well, you should leave quickly, you have been coming to the hospital to see me these days, and you have been delayed for a lot of time." Chen Xing nodded, looking at the other party's beautiful face, and somehow there was a reluctant feeling in his heart.

Saying goodbye to Zou Fang, Zhang Ningning finally left, looking at the other party's back and disappearing outside the ward, Chen Xing inexplicably had a strange feeling, that feeling he hadn't had for a long time.

"Don't look at it, people are like birds flying in the sky, and you are just an ordinary person walking on the ground, you can't grow wings and fly to the sky." Zou Fang smiled and stretched out her hand to block Chen Xing's sight and shook it.

"Mom, I'm just grateful to others, Governor Zhang went back after two days of inspection in Haicheng, she was supposed to go back with his father, but she stayed a few more days to visit me in the hospital, how to say it, I have to thank people for this heart." Chen Xing muttered dissatisfiedly, but he said to himself in his heart: People can't grow wings and fly to the sky, but they can always find a way to catch the birds in the sky.

"I hope you're not duplicitous." Zou Fang stared at her son with a smile, she didn't say much, but her heart was not relaxed at all, she still didn't want her son to have unrealistic thoughts about a woman like Zhang Ningning.

Time passes quietly in the fingers, often unconsciously, a day has passed quietly, Zhang Ningning has left Haicheng for two days, every day, there are still people who come to the hospital to visit Chen Xing one after another, but not as many as the first few days.

Chen Xing stayed in the hospital for two more days, and was finally discharged with the permission of the doctor, and after packing up his things with his parents, Chen Xing left the ward where he had stayed for a short time, bidding farewell to the pungent smell of disinfectant in the hospital.

"I've been smelling disinfectant every day these days, and I'm really not used to it when it comes out." Glancing back at the hospital building, Chen Xing said jokingly.

"You bastard, if you want to smell that smell, then move your home in." When Zou Fang heard this, she couldn't help laughing and scolding, "People can't wait to stay away from the hospital, but you still think about the smell." ”

"Mom, I'm just saying it casually, look at you seriously."

The family went home with a smile and a smile, and that afternoon, Chen Xing went to work in the municipal party committee, these days he was injured and hospitalized, Zhou Mingfang was missing a secretary by his side, and the general office temporarily selected two staff members from the secretary department to replace his work.

Chen Xing was ready to go to Zhou Mingfang's office as soon as possible, but was told by the people in the office that Zhou Mingfang had gone to the grassroots level and would not come back until the next day.

"If I knew I would be lazy at home for a long time, I'll come over tomorrow." When Chen Xing heard the news, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

Zhou Mingfang was not there, Chen Xing returned to his small office for a while, browsed the information accumulated in the past few days, and then thought about going to the Political Research Office of the Municipal Party Committee.

"Hey, Chen Xing, have you been discharged from the hospital?" Li Dongyang, who had just shaken his head and came out of the toilet, was startled when he saw Chen Xing, and immediately walked over quickly and pinched Chen Xing for a while.

"Hey, I said what are you doing, if you want to touch it, touch the girl, don't come to my spring." Chen Xing smiled and pushed the other party away.

"Tsk, look at what you said, I see how you are recovering, just now after my unique method of inspection, you kid seems to be restored as before, not bad, not bad." Li Dongyang smiled matter-of-factly, "But you are really, you don't tell me when you are discharged from the hospital, I'll pick you up." ”

"If I really tell you when I'm going to be discharged from the hospital, then I won't even be discharged from the hospital." Chen Xing shook his head disappreciably and smiled, and glanced at Li Dongyang up and down, "Look at you, kid is still very leisurely." ”

"Hey, it's not leisurely, today the head and Secretary Zhou went down to the grassroots level to investigate, and Corey went to the two of them, but this kind of thing can't happen to me, otherwise you won't be able to see me now." Li Dongyang shrugged his shoulders, "Then why are you coming to the Political Research Office?" ”

"Why, the Political Research Office is my hometown, so I can't come over to see if I'm fine."

"Yes, yes." Li Dongyang nodded with a busy smile, glanced left and right, and suddenly pulled Chen Xing aside.

"Hey, what are you doing, look at your expression so obscene, like a thief."

"Chen Xing, have you heard anything about Secretary Zhou?" Fei Ren's eyes kept turning left and right, for fear that someone would pass by.

"Secretary Zhou's business? What, what's wrong? Seeing Li Dongyang's expression, Chen Xing, who was familiar with the other party, was shocked, he knew that Li Dongyang was known as the king of gossip in the political research room on weekdays, and the other party didn't know where he got the ability, he always heard some gossip for the first time, although some of them were pure fiction, but there were also some real things.

"I knew you were injured and hospitalized, and I definitely didn't know about it." Li Dongyang had such an expression, he didn't sell much, and whispered, "You know, I heard that Secretary Zhou was reported." ”

"Secretary Zhou was reported? How can it be? Chen Xing was stunned for a moment and lost his voice.

"Where did you hear the mess this time?" Calmed down, Chen Xing glanced at Li Dongyang suspiciously, he couldn't believe this kind of news anyway, Zhou Mingfang had absolute authority in Haicheng, who would dare to do such a thing?

"Who said it was impossible, I heard that the matter was still big, and the whistleblower not only wrote letters to the provincial party committee and provincial government one after another, but also wrote a report letter to the central government, and even the central leaders were alarmed." Li Dongyang said mysteriously.

Chen Xing was a little surprised, Li Dongyang's words made him dare not believe it no matter what.

"Dongyang, I see that you are really getting more and more leisurely now, don't do serious things, go to hearsay every day to tell these unreliable rumors, I advise you to be careful, it doesn't matter if you say this kind of thing in front of me, if it is heard by others and passed on to the leader, then you kid will be criticized." Chen Xing smiled and patted Li Dongyang's shoulder, after all, he didn't believe what the other party said.

"Chen Xing, I'm really not talking nonsense this time, you don't know, the investigation team in the province has come down, you say, just rush to this position, can there be a fake, if it wasn't for Secretary Zhou's accident, let the provincial investigation team come down in person."

"The provincial investigation team is down? Are you sure? Chen Xing's body was shocked.

"Hey, I've heard this too, some people say that the provincial investigation team went to Haicheng yesterday, and Secretary Zhou went to the grassroots level yesterday, do you know what others say?"

"What do people say?"

"Others say that Secretary Zhou is weak-hearted, and he deliberately avoided the provincial investigation team, otherwise how could the provincial investigation team come and Secretary Zhou just went to the grassroots level?"

Chen Xing, who was still a little skeptical about Li Dongyang's words, couldn't help but smile when he heard the other party's words, if he almost believed the rumors that Li Dongyang heard just now, but at this moment, he overturned the rumors that the other party didn't know he had ever heard, according to his understanding of Zhou Mingfang, if there was really an investigation team coming down, it would be for Zhou Mingfang, with Zhou Mingfang's strong personality, he would definitely not take the initiative to avoid it, and if it was really to investigate Zhou Mingfang, those so-called rumors Zhou Mingfang went down to avoid the investigation team, That approach is simply unwise.

"Dongyang, I look at you, it's better to think more about something else, don't listen to these unreliable rumors all day long."

Although he did not believe that Zhou Mingfang went to the grassroots level to inspect to avoid the investigation team, he still had some doubts in his heart.

The next day, Chen Xing met Zhou Mingfang, who had returned to the municipal party committee, and the secretary of the municipal party committee, who had absolute authority in Haicheng, was as usual, with a resolute and decisive spirit and self-confidence on his face.

"Chen Xing, look at your face is good." Zhou Mingfang saw Chen Xing, and couldn't help but smile on his face, "How about it, do you want me to give you permission to rest for two more days and recuperate your body more?" ”

"Secretary Zhou, my body has recovered and can work normally, thank you Secretary Zhou for your concern."

"Young people are young people, and they recover so quickly, if they were an old man like me, they would have to break their bones for a hundred days." Zhou Mingfang shook his head with a smile.

"Secretary Zhou, you are only in the prime of life, and you are still far from old age."

"Hehe, you also learn to pat on the back." Zhou Mingfang smiled, "By the way, have you called Ning Ning to report that you are safe now that you have been discharged from the hospital, you have been injured for a while, but even Governor Zhang is quite concerned." ”

"Yes, I've already called Miss Zhang." Chen Xing smiled and nodded, and at the same time observed Zhou Mingfang carefully in his heart.

"Zhou Mingfang is the secretary of the municipal party committee for a long time, and there is an investigation team in the province, he is still as stable as Mount Tai, talking and laughing, this is the real general's demeanor." Chen Xing looked at Zhou Mingfang silently, examining and thinking about characters of Zhou Mingfang's level in his heart, how different from ordinary people in their hearts. It is undeniable that Zhou Mingfang, as a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the leader of the prefecture-level city party committee, although he also has the inevitable shortcomings of ordinary people, but he is indisputable as a trendsetter in the great era of reform and opening up, and he has the courage and determination that the vast majority of cadres do not have.

What Chen Xing didn't realize was that during the days when he worked beside Zhou Mingfang, while he was constantly observing, thinking, and examining Zhou Mingfang, he was also imperceptibly influenced by Zhou Mingfang, and when he had the opportunity to become the parent official of the ruling party in the future, his style of acting was deeply influenced by Zhou Mingfang.

From the middle and high-level cadres who first learned the news to the ordinary staff members of various organs and bureaus, many people seemed to be hotly discussing whether Zhou Mingfang, the secretary of the municipal party committee who had held the absolute right to speak in Haicheng for five years, would fall in this turmoil.

The people on the investigation team did not contact the relevant media, nor did they come forward to confirm some news, but somehow, from the time the news slowly came out from the so-called insiders of the municipal party committee and government, it seems that the vast majority of people believed that the investigation team was coming for Zhou Mingfang, as if there was an invisible hand behind the scenes manipulating and spreading some rumors.

The middle and high-level cadres in the city, a small part of the dominant power class in Haicheng, are often the first to get the exact news, they are not unclear about the real purpose of the investigation team, the investigation team is aimed at Zhou Mingfang's former secretary, the current deputy director of the local taxation bureau Xing Tiande, despite this, this matter still caused a large number of people to wander and wait and see.

After all, Xing Tiande has been Zhou Mingfang's secretary for several years, and no one knows whether Zhou Mingfang will be involved in this case. Moreover, even if Zhou Mingfang is really innocent, but he committed something against the closest secretary around him, Zhou Mingfang will inevitably give people a handle that he doesn't know, which will undoubtedly affect the positive evaluation of Zhou Mingfang by the leaders above.

Zhou Mingfang has been in charge of Haicheng for several years, although he has made great contributions to the development of Haicheng, has drawn a strong stroke in the history of Haicheng, and has indelible achievements, but there are still some people in Haicheng who are dissatisfied with it.

Mayor Zhao Yiping, to be precise, acting mayor Zhao Yiping, just after the provincial investigation team came to Haicheng, Zhao Yiping suddenly became active, frequently appeared on major occasions, the main responsible comrades of the municipal government office also came forward to ask the city TV station to report the mayor's itinerary throughout the whole process, broadcast in the main news hours of the TV station.

In the past few days, the news on TV has been overwhelmingly reported on Mayor Zhao Yiping's activities, "Mayor Zhao Yiping inspected the renovation project of the city's martyrs' cemetery", "Mayor Zhao Yiping inspected some of the city's practical projects for the people", "Mayor Zhao Yiping inspected the construction progress of the cross-sea bridge project" and other reports filled the major news pages.

Overnight, it seemed that Haicheng City had become a strange situation where only the mayor had no secretary, Zhou Mingfang became extremely low-key, and Zhao Yiping, with that confident and calm face, vaguely had a proud smile that was a little proud, as if he had become the face of Haicheng City in the past few days.

The vegetable vendors on the street may not recognize what the national leader looks like, but they will not know that the new mayor of Haicheng is a middle-aged woman with a smile and a big sister next door.

Chen Xing has followed Zhou Mingfang in the past few days, and finally realized what it means to listen to thunder in a silent place, under the calm surface, there is a turbulent undercurrent surging, Zhou Mingfang is still as confident as in the past, without any abnormality, occasionally heard the high-profile actions of the city government, Zhou Mingfang always smiled lightly, and Zhou Mingfang seemed to not care about Zhao Yiping's limelight in recent days completely overshadowing him as the secretary of the municipal party committee.

Chen Xing didn't know if this was Zhou Mingfang's mind and demeanor as a deputy ministerial-level cadre or if Zhou Mingfang had been secretly preparing something, but Chen Xing had a vague illusion that Zhou Mingfang's calm eyes, like beasts in the night, exuded a terrifying glow, fiercely watching the enemy's every move, ready to launch a fatal blow at any time.