Ye Ming heard Wang Xiuguang say that he wanted to pay himself, and hurriedly said: "Mayor Wang, I went to see Secretary Lu, and I should bring him some gifts." Besides, I can be said to be a complete layman in the appreciation of antique poetry and paintings, and I don't even know how to care for this famous painting. However, Secretary Lu is a connoisseur of calligraphy and painting, and he also knows the value of this painting, and should know how to protect this painting and how to appreciate this painting. As the saying goes, 'the sword is given to the hero, and the pink is given to the beauty', I will give it to Secretary Lu, which can not only repay him for his kindness to me, but also make this famous painting find a good owner who really understands it, right? So, don't say anything about giving me money. Don't worry, as long as I see Secretary Lu, I will definitely talk about your affairs and try to make him clear up his misunderstanding of you. ”

As soon as he finished the last sentence, the mobile phone in his trouser pocket suddenly rang, and when he took it out, it was Xia Chuchu calling.

"Hillbilly, the day after tomorrow, I am engaged to Wang Xu, and I am going to set up a few tables of wine at the Chutian Hotel and invite some relatives and friends to participate. I think about it, you are also one of my friends! Although you have no conscience, and you have repeatedly bullied me. However, Miss Ben is generous and is not prepared to care about those things of yours. What do you think? Would you like to come to my engagement reception? ”

"Huh? It's true? Chu Chu, are you going to get engaged so soon? ”

Ye Ming was taken aback when he heard the news, and his surprised tone startled Xu Fei next to him.

Xia Chuchu also sensed his surprise, laughed a few smugly over there, and teased, "What, are you surprised?" Regretted it? Hillbilly, let me tell you a sentence: there are flowers that can be broken straight and must be broken, don't wait for no flowers and empty branches! If a month ago, you came after me, I would probably have promised you. But now, you are like Xia Haoyu on the Lang Man hand-holding show that day, holding a large bouquet of diamond roses, kneeling in front of me and begging me, it's too late. ”

Ye Ming smiled reluctantly and said, "Chu Chu, congratulations!" It just so happens that tomorrow I will come to the provincial capital, and the day after tomorrow is Uncle Li's birthday, and I will accompany him to his birthday dinner, so I may not be able to come to your engagement banquet. However, I can bring Kiki over and ask her to bless you on my behalf, okay? ”

"No! You can't bring Chen Mengqi over! If you're going to come to my engagement feast, come by yourself. If you bring Chen Mengqi here, I won't pay attention to you for the rest of my life! You can do it! ”

As he spoke, he hung up the phone with a grunt.

Ye Ming smiled bitterly, thinking to himself that you are engaged to Wang Xu, what's the point of ignoring me for the rest of your life?

At this time, he suddenly remembered the words that Xia Chuchu had said to him before leaving when he went to Xia Chuchu's house for dinner and pretended to be her boyfriend: "Before I am 29 years old, as long as you have not married Chen Mengqi or other girls, I will always wait for you." ”

As soon as he thought of her promise, Ye Ming shook his head and sighed secretly, thinking that a woman's heart is really unpredictable, sunny for a while, cloudy for a while, sworn for a while, and ruthless for a while.

Although, he knew that Xia Chuchu was not his favorite type. However, men are very strange emotional animals: if they feel that they can easily get something, they will not cherish it; But once this thing is really lost, I feel a little pity - Ye Ming is in this kind of mentality towards Xia Chuchu now......

Xu Fei also heard what Ye Ming said when he called, and asked a little surprised: "Xiao Ye, what did you just say?" Chu Chu invited you to her engagement banquet? That doesn't seem likely! I went home on Sunday and went to Director Xia's house, but I didn't hear them talk about it! ”

Xu Fei has always hoped that Ye Ming would find Xia Chuchu as his girlfriend, although he knew that he now had a Chen Mengqi by his side, but deep down he still vaguely hoped that Ye Ming would change his mind and finally marry Xia Chuchu. In that case, it will be of great benefit to Ye Ming and his future in the local taxation bureau.

Therefore, after hearing that Xia Chuchu was going to get engaged, the surprise in his heart was no less than Ye Ming's.

In order to confirm the truth of this matter, he made a phone call to Wang Yaozhong, director of the Office of the Provincial Bureau: Wang Yaozhong took the initiative at Director Xia's house almost every day, and he also had a good relationship with Xia Chuchu. If Xia Chuchu wants to get engaged, he should know very well, and he will definitely help Director Xia's family handle the engagement matters.

After Wang Yaozhong received his call, he was surprised and said, "Director Xu, who did you hear that Chu Chu was going to get engaged?" Nothing like that! If she wants to get engaged, Director Xia will definitely tell me. ”

As soon as Xu Fei heard Wang Yaozhong's answer, he immediately understood that Xia Chuchu was deliberately testing Ye Ming, so he thanked Wang Yaozhong with a smile, turned his head to Ye Ming and said, "Xiao Ye, you fell for that ghost girl in Chu Chu!" What kind of ghost marriage is she engaged to? It's just a matter of nowhere. ”

It turned out that, as Xu Fei expected, Xia Chuchu originally called to ask Ye Ming when he was going to the provincial capital to celebrate Li Runji's birthday. But as soon as the phone was connected, she had a prank idea, wanting to deceive Ye Ming, saying that she was going to get engaged, to see how this hillbilly reacted, in order to test whether he had any feelings for her.

The result of the trial made her very satisfied: Ye Ming was not only as she expected, but also surprised. And, from his tone, she seemed to hear a sour taste. And this sour tone is really what she likes to hear from Ye Ming the most: because of this, it proves that he still cares about himself, and he is still a little reluctant to get engaged to someone else - with this judgment, she feels full of confidence, full of longing and expectation for the bright future of herself and Ye Ming......

So, she decided to keep pretending. Even if Ye Ming comes tomorrow, she will continue to say that she is going to get engaged, that is, she wants to anger him and sour him to death......

However, she didn't expect that this little trick of hers would be exposed by Xu Fei with a phone call, and she was still fantasizing beautifully: how would he ask herself after she met Ye Ming tomorrow; What kind of jealous expression did he look like; If he suddenly can't bear to himself and wants himself not to get engaged to Wang Xu, how should he answer him......

After Ye Ming heard Xu Fei say that he was in love with Xia Chuchu, after thinking about it carefully, he also felt that Xia Chuchu could not be engaged to Wang Xu so soon: because she told herself that she had no feelings for Wang Xu at all, and she repeatedly ridiculed him as a "turtle".

It seems that Xia Chuchu, the ghost girl, is indeed playing tricks and testing herself, and she actually fell for her!