"Excuse me, I'll answer the phone." Chen Xing took out his mobile phone from his pocket, the caller ID was an unfamiliar number, Chen Xing frowned, who could it be, and picked up the phone suspiciously, "Hello." ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone, Chen Xing looked at the screen of the phone again strangely, it was displayed in the call, but no one spoke, "Hey, may I ask who you are?" Chen Xing had to speak again, this time if no one spoke, Chen Xingke would hang up the phone directly.

"Chen Xing, I haven't seen you for a while." On the other end of the phone, there was finally a voice.

Chen Xing's body was like an electric shock, and he suddenly stiffened, this voice was too familiar and too unfamiliar to him, "It's you, Zhao Qing?" ”

"Yes, it's me, I didn't expect you to hear my voice all at once." Zhao Qing's voice seemed to be a little happy.

Chen Xing was silent and didn't speak, Zhao Qing would take the initiative to call her, or when she first arrived in the provincial capital, obviously making him a little surprised.

"What, think I'm surprised to call you? Still think it's presumptuous? ”

"It's a little surprising."

"There's nothing surprising about it, how can you say we're still friends?" Urban tycoon 58

"Still friends?"

"Yes, isn't it?"

Chen Xing sneered slightly, if Zhao Qing was in front of him at the moment, he would still have this expression, how long has it been since the last incident, how did Zhao Qing express himself at that time, like a knife engraved in his heart, the son of the director of the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau, let Zhao Qing ignore the fact that he was almost killed by the other party and ignore justice, ignore who is right and who is wrong, and stand on the other party's side, even if it is a person he doesn't know, he shouldn't be so indifferent and ruthless, not to mention that the two once had a four-year relationship.

"Zhao Qing, do you have something to do with me?" Chen Xing's tone was a little cold.

"Can't I look for you if it's okay?" Zhao Qing smiled and asked, "But we haven't been in touch for a long time, it's really a bit presumptuous to call you suddenly today, I heard my mother say that you came out of Haicheng at about three o'clock, and I estimated that you should go to Jiangcheng at about this time, so I tried to call you." ”

Chen Xing suddenly forgot how Zhao Qing had his own phone just now, it turned out that he knew it from Zhao Yiping, and the other party even told her when he would arrive in the provincial capital.

"Chen Xing, do you have time to come out and sit with you in the evening?" Zhao Qing finally said what she meant.

"At night?" Chen Xing's eyes narrowed slightly, his heart was struggling, to go or not to go?

"Okay, then evening, you name a time and place, and I'll be there then." Chen Xing agreed, since he had let go of the past relationship, there was nothing he didn't dare to face, Zhao Qing was just a forgotten figure in her memory, so why was he afraid? Chen Xing thought so in his heart.

"Secretary Chen, you still have friends in the provincial capital, you have a place to go as soon as you come, and you won't be bored in the provincial capital in the future." After Chen Xing answered the phone, Wang Hai on the side said with a smile.

"yes, an old friend from many years ago." Chen Xing smiled faintly, and when he said this, he felt a little bitter in his heart, but how could Wang Hai on the side understand his state of mind.

Zhou Mingfang went in from more than five o'clock, and when he came out, it was nearly seven o'clock, Chen Xing and Wang Hai were waiting for the stomach to growl, almost the front chest was close to the back, Chen Xing was even more surprised in his heart, he guessed that Zhou Mingfang had just arrived in the provincial capital and hurried to the provincial party committee, it should be to see Jiang Min, secretary of the provincial party committee, and now Zhou Mingfang is also the head of the organization of the provincial party committee, and the people who can let him come to visit for the first time except for Jiang Min, secretary of the provincial party committee, are afraid that others do not have this weight, of course, Liu Jian, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, is not impossible, It's just that a few days ago, Liu Jiancai went to Haicheng on behalf of the provincial party committee to announce the appointment decision, and Zhou Mingfang talked with Liu Jian in the office at that meeting.

"Well, you're both hungry." Zhou Mingfang got into the car and smiled at Chen Xing and Wang Hai, "Send me to the Jiangcheng Hotel first, if you two are hungry, you can eat there." ”

Wang Hai answered, hurriedly started the car, where the Jiangcheng Hotel is he is no stranger, out of the gate of the provincial party committee, already familiar with the road, turned into the road, and drove to the Jiangcheng Hotel. Urban tycoon 58

Chen Xing quietly observed Zhou Mingfang, looking at Zhou Mingfang's appearance, it seemed that there was something wrong, Zhao Qing set a time with him at 7 o'clock in the evening, Chen Xing originally thought that Zhou Mingfang would come out after entering the provincial party committee for a while, but he didn't expect that it would be more than an hour to enter, and it was already more than six o'clock when he came out.

"Secretary Zhou, do you have anything special to order at night?" Chen Xing said with some apprehension.

"At night? There's nothing important in the evening, what, what's the matter with you? Zhou Mingfang glanced at Chen Xing with a smile, "You can arrange the time in the evening, but you have to report on time tomorrow." ”

Chen Xing smiled and nodded, slightly relieved in his heart, Zhou Mingfang was still very good to him

, In private, he rarely takes the leader's shelf, and Chen Xing doesn't know if it's because of the Zhang family.

Zhou Mingfang arrived at the Jiangcheng Hotel and went in alone, Chen Xing asked Wang Hai to go to dinner first, he wanted to take a taxi over, but Wang Hai insisted on sending him to the Regent Hotel, which was the place that Zhao Qing agreed with him, Chen Xing had a faint impression of that place, as if it was on the side of the road a little out of Zhao Qing's community.

"Lao Wang, when you get to the hotel, you can also order some food for yourself, I will invite you." Wang Hai insisted on sending him over, and Chen Xing was a little embarrassed in his heart, after all, the other party was also on an empty stomach.

"Secretary Chen, you don't have to be so polite with me, I'm afraid I can't afford to eat a meal, I don't need to be invited, and I can take the invoice back for reimbursement." Wang Hai refused with a smile.

When he arrived at the destination, Wang Hai insisted on not letting Chen Xing invite, but Chen Xing had no choice but to say, "Lao Wang, then you remember to eat something, otherwise you will be hungry, but my sin." ”

"Got it, Secretary Chen, go in quickly." Wang Hai smiled and nodded.

Chen Xing didn't pretend anymore, turned around and walked into the hotel, Zhao Qing was already waiting for him inside, and when he really arrived here, Chen Xing found that his heart was very calm, and he was not the slightest nervous, nor was he happy and angry.

"Zhao Qing is now just a passerby on the journey of life in my eyes." Chen Xing said to himself calmly in his heart.

Zhao Qing sat in a double position by the window, Chen Xingpu went up to the second floor, and saw each other at a glance, she was too familiar with this back, familiar and a little unfamiliar.

Listening to the footsteps behind him, as if he had a hunch, Zhao Qing turned his head, stared at Chen Xing with a smile, stood up, and looked at Chen Xing fixedly.

Chen Xing was stunned in his heart, slowed down slightly, and the two looked at each other.

"It's been a long time since we've had the opportunity to sit down and eat together." Zhao Qing smiled and took the lead in breaking the silence, "Sit, why are you still standing, you can't grow taller." ”

Chen Xing's brows frowned slightly, Zhao Qing's seemingly unintentional words, but it evoked his college memories, he still remembered that when the two were in college, he often went to play basketball, Zhao Qing would wait for him on the side of the court, whenever he was sweating profusely, Zhao Qing would always laugh at him for jumping up so desperately to grab the ball, and he wouldn't grow taller anymore, today I heard this familiar sentence from Zhao Qing's mouth again, Chen Xing didn't know whether the other party was intentional or unintentional.

"It's been a long time since I've sat down like this and had a good chat." Chen Xing sat down with an indifferent expression.

“

It seems that you still have some preconceptions against me. Zhao Qing glanced at Chen Xing, and the smile on his face slowly faded, "Do you still blame me for helping Lin Mao speak last time, and not putting myself in your shoes?" ”

"Lin Mao?" Chen Xing frowned, and immediately remembered that the person who almost hit him while driving drunk was called Lin Mao, Chen Xing had only remembered that the other party was the son of the director of the provincial public security bureau, but ignored the other party's name a little, "Do you think it's right to stand on Lin Mao's side?" Even if you don't know someone, you should at least know what is right and wrong. ”

"I didn't say I was right to do that, but I can only say that I wasn't wrong to do that." Zhao Qing shrugged her shoulders a little as a matter of course, "I remember I told you at the time, as long as you apologize, I will help you intercede, so that Lin Mao will not be blamed in the past, do you think I did that wrong?" Do you think that if I don't have the slightest sense of justice, I almost lose my human "nature"? ”

"Yes, I was just going to send you these two comments." Chen Xing glanced at Zhao Qing coldly, "I was afraid that it would hurt too much to say it, but I didn't expect you to say it yourself." ”

"Hurt? Chen Xing, you underestimate my psychological element too much, I'm not as fragile as you think, if you have any dissatisfaction with me, you can avoid venting, there is no need to scruple, I think I can still stand it. Zhao Qing said indifferently.

Zhao Qing glanced at Chen Xing, saw that the other party had no intention of speaking, and said again, "Chen Xing, there is no absolute fairness and justice in this society, and people are often unfair to each other, I remember that you were not Secretary Zhou Mingfang at that time, oh, no, you should be called Minister Zhou now, I remember that you were not Minister Zhou's secretary at that time, do you think you are just a small staff member, and you want to talk about fairness and justice with the son of other leading cadres, don't you think it's ridiculous?" ”

"According to what you say, even if I was hit and killed by Lin Mao at that time, I deserved not to be long-sighted? Those people from poor and humble backgrounds in the world, when did they go out and unfortunately encounter a car accident, they can't get justice, and they are also humble and deserve to be killed? Zhao Qing, I don't know how you have lived in the past few years, your heart is too cold, and you are completely different from before. ”

"I didn't say that, you understood it that way, I just want you to know that this world is not as fair as you imagined, things under the world, ten times is unsatisfactory, you don't need to hold a compassionate idea, this world, only justice under power, not justice under the legal system."

"Yes, what you said has some truth, but you have gone to the extreme, our country's legal system will one day become more and more perfect, and the rule of man over the rule of law will one day become history."