Secretary Lu didn't know that Ye Ming accompanied Shen Youbin and them to the capital, so when he heard his daughter say that Ye Ming had just gone to her house and talked about his relationship with him, he couldn't help but be surprised, and was silent on the phone for a long time, and then said slowly: "Xiaozi, he is right: I have dated him several times, and I did stay at his house for one night. I didn't know he would come to the capital to find you this time, otherwise, I would have called you first. ”

Lu Nianzi listened to the tone of her father's last words, as if she was very concerned about Ye Ming, and she was also shocked in her heart, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, why do you pay so much attention to this young man?" He is just a small civil servant in a small county, even if he has the ability and ability, he is not worthy of the attention of you, the secretary of the provincial party committee! Besides, I just talked to him a few words, he doesn't seem to have a beginner in officialdom, he is a little willful and naïve, he can't stand even a few words of criticism, he is full of joy and anger, and there is no city government at all. Moreover, just now he told me in detail about the process of your relationship with him, if he goes outside in front of other people, and brags about his relationship with you, it will affect your reputation. ”

Secretary Lu was very dissatisfied with Ye Ming in her tone, so he said: "Xiaozi, you don't know Ye Ming: he is not as you imagined, he is a person who likes to brag and pull tiger skin to make a big banner. On the contrary, he rarely mentions my relationship with him in front of people. I guess the reason why he wanted to talk to you about his relationship with me just now is because you are my daughter, and he is anxious for you to help them with their county affairs, so he has to say my relationship with him.

"As for your statement that he has no entry in officialdom and no city government at all, this is true. However, you also have to understand and be considerate of him: he was only promoted to the position of deputy director of the first branch of their county local taxation bureau four months ago, and he has never been mixed in officialdom before. Moreover, he is a child with a lot of personality, with strong self-esteem and an upright personality. If you criticize him like that, and say that he wants to use my fame to climb up, of course he will be angry—because he has no such thoughts or thoughts in his heart! ”

When Lu Nianzi listened to his father's words, the more he listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, and the more he listened, the more surprised he became-listening to his father's tone, it seemed that he not only had a clear grasp of Ye Ming's basic situation, temperament, personality, knowledge and experience, but also defended him everywhere, defended and protected him everywhere, what was going on? My father has just been to Tianjiang for more than half a year, how did he make such a close "friend"?

So, she asked with doubts: "Dad, what is the matter between you and that young cadre named Ye Ming?" Is he particularly capable and capable, so you value him very much and want to train and promote him? Listening to your tone, it seems that you are very fond and protective of him, this is not your personality and style! In my impression, although you treat your subordinate cadres modestly and easily, you are very principled and have a very bottom line, and you will never establish any intimate personal relationship with your subordinate cadres, nor do you allow your subordinate cadres to walk around and run relationships with you in private. But you seem to be a little too intimate with this Ye Ming, can you explain the reason to me? ”

Secretary Lu was silent on the phone for a long time, and then asked in a very solemn tone: "Xiaozi, do you have to know the reason?" ”

Lu Nianzi heard her father's tone a little strange, and the curiosity in her heart was even heavier, and she hurriedly replied, "Of course, I do want to know the reason. ”

Secretary Lu was silent for a moment again, and then said word by word: "The reason is very simple: because this child named Ye Ming is the son of me and your Aunt Zhao Han, and also your half-brother!" ”

The reason why Secretary Lu wants to tell Lu Nianzi the truth now is not because of his whim, but because he has been thinking about it for a long time.

Secretary Lu is very clear: his daughter Lu Nianzi, although her appearance is trendy and foreign, and she is also relatively strong, but in fact, in her bones, it is still some traditional concepts of the old family of their Lu family: she is very filial to her parents, attaches great importance to family affection, attaches great importance to friendship, stresses morality, abides by rules and principles.

It is precisely because of these virtues that she is very respected by the leaders and colleagues in their unit, and she is very capable and highly educated, so she became the head of the department at the department level in her thirties.

Lu Nianzi was aware of the past between Secretary Lu and Zhao Han, and expressed her sympathy for the unfortunate woman in front of Secretary Lu many times.

Therefore, Secretary Lu felt that he should have told Lu Nianzi that Ye Ming was his son earlier, so that she would have a bottom in her heart, so that she would not feel very abrupt and unacceptable when she and Ye Ming recognized each other in the future.

Therefore, when Lu Nianzi asked what the relationship between herself and Ye Ming was today, Secretary Lu told Ye Ming's life experience......

After hearing his father's earth-shattering words, Lu Nianzi first exclaimed "ah", his eyes suddenly widened, and his hand holding the phone shook, almost shaking the microphone to the ground.

Then, she touched her chest with her hand, which was rising and falling rapidly, and finally stabilized herself, and asked in a trembling voice, "Dad, what were you talking about just now?" You repeat, I didn't hear clearly! ”

Secretary Lu once again said in a subdued and frustrated voice, in an unquestionable tone: "Xiaozi, you hear clearly: the young man who left from you just now is the son of me and your Aunt Zhao Han, that is, your half-brother!" Did you hear me clearly? ”

Lu Nianzi heard it clearly this time, but the doubts in her heart were even worse, so she immediately asked: "Dad, what is going on?" I'm confused by you, please tell me what happened! ”

Secretary Lu said "um", and after carefully considering the wording, he told Lu Nianzi in detail about Zhao Han's pregnancy at school, quietly quitting school for his future, Xia Yeming, a remote rural middle school student in Xinleng, teaching incognito for more than 20 years, and dying of liver cancer a few years ago.

In the process of listening, Lu Nianzi has been crying silently. Especially when she heard her father say that Zhao Han wrote a desperate poem before she died, expressing her thoughts about her lover who had been guarded all her life, and asked Ye Ming to engrave this poem on her tombstone, the tears in her eyes rolled down like spring water, and she couldn't wipe it off with a tissue......

It was only at this time that she understood why she had a sense of familiarity and familiarity when she first met Ye Ming. It turns out that this is a natural sister-brother relationship, a sense of closeness and warmth connected by blood......