"That was a few years ago."

"yes, it's been a few years in the blink of an eye." Zhao Yiping seemed to be sentimental, and then smiled, "So you should go to your aunt's house more often when you have time, aunt is now working in Haicheng, and there are no familiar people, just someone like you, you, if you have time, you will come to talk to your aunt more." ”

Chen Xing smiled and nodded, and glanced at Zhao Yiping silently, Zhao Yiping's words have a deep meaning, Chen Xing is not a fool, he can hear the hint in Zhao Yiping's words, in Haicheng, Zhao Yiping needs him to often go to the 'door', as his mother said, Zhao Yiping needs to fully understand Zhou Mingfang, and know his thoughts in time.

"How is it, Chen Xing, have you listened to your aunt's words?" Zhao Yiping smiled and stared at Chen Xing tightly.

"Mayor Zhao is polite, it is Chen Xing's honor to be invited by Mayor Zhao." Chen Xing said calmly.

Zhao Yiping smiled, and the smile on her face became lighter and fainter.

"Chen Xing, you have matured, and your people have changed." There was always a shallow smile on the corner of Zhao Yiping's mouth, "Aunt is very pleased to see that you have such an achievement now, Xiaoqing got married very early, and now the child is one or two years old, you, it's time to work hard, how about it, do you want your aunt to introduce you to a few talented and beautiful women?" ”

"Thank you Mayor Zhao for your kindness, I still focus on my work now, and I am not in a hurry for the time being."

"The ancients said that there is no conflict between starting a family and starting a business, Chen Xing, you have fallen into a misunderstanding." Urban tycoon 36

"Maybe, but sometimes people are like a strong head, often have unusual paranoia in a thing, I once said to myself, in this life must be mixed with a person, how to say, not to hope to be superior, but also do not want to be half a cut shorter than others, people look down on it, just like aunt, you also suffered when you were young, I have also suffered a lot."

"Chen Xing, you have changed, you have really changed, my aunt is very pleased, very relieved." Zhao Yiping smiled, and the shallow smile on the corner of her mouth became more and more faint.

On the way back, Chen Xing and Zhao Yiping sat in the same car, the dark and quiet carriage, and the depressing atmosphere filled the air.

"Xiao Chen, send Secretary Chen home first." After a long time, Zhao Yiping finally opened his mouth first, and in front of the driver, Zhao Yiping shouted Chen Xing's work title.

"Mayor Zhao, no, just stop at an intersection when you get to the city."

Zhao Yiping looked at it with a smile

Chen Xing glanced at the driver in front of him and said, "Xiao Chen, then follow Secretary Chen's wishes." ”

Chen Xing couldn't see the smile on Zhao Yiping's face clearly, there was no light on in the carriage, Chen Xing could only feel that the dull atmosphere seemed to be pressing on his heart.

The conversation with Zhao Yiping was not pleasant in the end, Chen Xing could have foreseen such an outcome before he came, Zhao Yiping, what he likes is his current use value, Chen Xing knows it, but now how can he be willing to be at the mercy of others.

When the car entered the city, Chen Xing asked the driver to stop at the intersection and take a taxi home.

"Chen Xing, how is it, that Zhao Yiping has nothing to do with you." Back home, the concerned eyes of his parents made Chen Xing's heart warm, he did not have a family background like Zhao Qing, but he had a family that respected himself and cared about himself, what if Zhao Qing lived in such a powerful family, a woman like Zhao Yiping, maybe she was successful in her career, but she didn't know how to be a good mother at all, in her eyes, maybe only power and money could be used to measure happiness.

Material things are the foundation of happiness, but the absence of material things does not mean that you cannot be happy.

Chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea, is not a kind of happiness.

Zhao Yiping is just a small microcosm of this real society, the society in the era of market economy has become more and more material and utilitarian, and today's Chen Xing has no resentment towards Zhao Yiping, such people abound in this society.

"It's nothing, she's just asking me to go out and talk." Chen Xing smiled. Urban tycoon 36

"You're blind, a big mayor will have this leisure and elegance to come out and chat with you? She definitely didn't feel at ease. Zou Fang's eyes were white, and seeing that her son didn't want to say more, she didn't talk about this topic anymore.

"By the way, Chen Xing, someone came over just now, and he said it was your college classmate, and he left a bunch of keys before leaving, saying that it was for you." Chen Ping suddenly picked up a bunch of keys on the table and said to Chen Xing.

"Keys? Why give me the key? Chen Xing walked over suspiciously, "Dad, did he say who it was?" ”

"Yes, he said that his name is Fei Ren, he works in the local taxation bureau, and he has a good relationship with you."

"Fei Ren? Have a good relationship with me? Chen Xing sneered, "Dad, give me the key." ”

Chen Xing picked up the key and gently held it in his hand, a string of light keys, but it was a house with a market price of five or six million, and Fei Ren really wanted to stuff this house into his hand.

"Chen Xing, what kind of key is this? Your classmate didn't say anything just now, and your dad and I thought it was yours. Seeing the expression on Chen Xing's face, Chen Ping and Zou Fang were both a little strange.

"This is the key to the house in the staff community of the Puning Road Local Taxation Bureau, a new house of more than 200 square meters."

"A house of more than 200 square meters?" Chen Ping and Zou Fang were shocked together, and looked at Chen Xing in shock, "Why is he taking this key, he wants to give you this house?" ”

"Yes, it was said that it was lent to me, and it was similar to giving it to me."

"A house of more than 200 square meters, more than 200 square meters." Zou Fang was a little incoherent, walking back and forth in place.

"Chen Xing, your father and I took out half of our life savings to buy this early house of more than 100 square meters, at that time I still caught up with the good world, you see, now the housing prices in the urban area are 120,000 square meters, that is, the salary of my and your father for a lifetime is not enough to buy a hundred square meters, this person is good, Shengsheng took out such a big house to give away." Zou Fang's eyes stared at the small string of keys in Chen Xing's hand, as if it had magical power, attracting her.

"It's worth millions at market prices, but their local taxation bureau's own internal people buy it, I'm afraid it can be bought for thousands of yuan per square meter, and that person still has real power in his hands, I don't think he really paid for the house, it is estimated that it is a symbol of "sex" to pay the down payment in advance, and the others are in arrears, and now there are more people who play this kind of cats."

"Anyway, it's a big house of more than 200 square meters." Chen Pingqing was also a little excited.

"Dad, Mom, we can't ask for this house, even if he gives it to us in the name of borrowing, we have to resign." Chen Xing looked at his parents calmly.

"yes, we can't have this house." Zou Fang sighed regretfully, and glanced at Chen Pingping, the eyes of the two of them still exuded a fiery light, but they gradually calmed down.

"Dad, Mom, we don't lack a house to live in now, so don't be dissatisfied." Chen Xing comforted his parents, he didn't expect Fei Ren to send the key directly to his house, both of his parents were paid people, and it was strange not to be blushing when they saw the big gift in front of them.

"If only the human heart were so satisfied." Zou Fang sighed, "Chen Xing, don't worry, I understand with your father that your future is more important than this house, as long as you can have a good future, it is better than anything else." ”

"Yes, we can't afford to lose something big, as long as you have a good future, we will never lack these things." Even though he was reluctant to give up, Chen Ping still nodded in agreement.

Looking at his parents gratefully, Chen Xing was a little speechless, in the face of such a temptation, not to mention his parents, even if it was himself, he was also shocked, it was a house of more than 200 square meters, not more than 200 yuan, he could refuse such a temptation, he didn't know how determined he was.

"If you want to be able to climb higher in the future, I must stick to the bottom line now, the open gun is easy to dodge, the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent, there will never be a shortage of those 'treacherous' villains in the officialdom, if I accept the silver mountain in front of me today, it is possible to accept a gold mountain tomorrow, once the person's ** is not controlled, it will often be out of control." Chen Xing firmly warned himself in his heart that he was still far from his goal, far away, and he didn't want to fall on the road.

Chen Xing's face appeared in his mind at this moment, the other party is now a high-ranking department-level cadre, and he, after becoming Zhou Mingfang's secretary, has been adjusted to the main department, but even in the face of Zhao Yiping, he is still just a small person, and today's light comes from the shine of Zhou Mingfang's power, and his value comes from his current secretary's identity, otherwise with Zhao Yiping's personality, how could he look at him more and take the initiative to invite him.

In the scorching summer, the scorching sun is like fire, and on the construction site of the city, there are groups of workers who are sweating like rain in the heat and working hard and earning hard money.

Today, on a construction site near the sea in Haicheng City, all eyes will be on it.

For the senior management of the Haicheng Municipal Party Committee and Municipal FU, today is also a day worth paying attention to.

Early in the morning, Chen Xing came to the municipal party committee earlier than usual, and when he was halfway through cleaning, Zhou Mingfang, secretary of the municipal party committee, also came to the office earlier than usual.

Today is the day of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Haicheng cross-sea bridge project, and Zhang Guohua, deputy secretary of the Jianghai Provincial Party Committee and acting governor, will attend the ceremony.

"Chen Xing, let's see if Secretary Li is here, and ask him to come to my office."

After saying hello, Chen Xing hurriedly stopped what he was doing and walked out of the office quickly.

Li Baojin, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and secretary general of the Municipal Party Committee, is responsible for arranging the preparations for the groundbreaking ceremony; yesterday afternoon, Li Baojin had already come to Zhou Mingfang's office to report to Zhou Mingfang on the final arrangements for the groundbreaking ceremony.

Chen Xing could see that this was Zhou Mingfang's extremely serious matter

Seeing that the governor is here, any leader will attach great importance to it, especially Chen Xingqing, between Zhou Mingfang and Governor Zhang Guohua, there should be some friendship in private