It turned out that in the days of getting along with Zhao Han, Secretary Lu had seen the photo album saved by Zhao Han many times, and there were several photos of her childhood in the album, which were very beautiful and cute, so Secretary Lu was very impressed, even if decades have passed now, Zhao Han's photos of different ages are still deeply engraved in his mind.

Therefore, when he suddenly saw Jingjing's face, which resembled Zhao Han's childhood photo, Secretary Lu almost couldn't believe his eyes, his eyes stared at Xiao Jingjing for a moment, the expression on his face changed sharply, and the sound of breathing gradually became heavier......

Maybe it's nature, Xiao Jingjing immediately raised her head after seeing Secretary Lu, flashed her big smart and clear eyes, looked at Secretary Lu with a stunned face curiously, and suddenly opened her mouth and shouted: "Grandpa!" ”

As soon as this crisp and pleasant "grandpa" came out, Secretary Lu only felt that his heart was beating suddenly, and he felt that his whole body and mind were going to be numbed and melted by this immature and sweet "grandpa", and while he hurriedly agreed, he couldn't wait to reach out to Xiao Jingjing, wanting to hug her.

Xiao Jingjing obediently leaned out of Lu Nianzi's arms, threw herself into Secretary Lu's arms, and then called "Grandpa" twice, so happy that Secretary Lu couldn't stop kissing her forehead with her lips, and asked lovingly: "Child, what's your name?" Who are your mom and dad? ”

"Grandpa, my name is Ye Jingjing, my mother's name is Chen Mengqi, my father-"

Speaking of this, she seemed to suddenly remember her mother's instructions, so she put her little mouth close to Secretary Lu's ear, and lowered her voice as if whispering: "Grandpa, let me tell you a secret: my father's name is Ye Ming, but my mother doesn't allow me to call him father, and wants me to call him uncle." ”

Although Secretary Lu had vaguely guessed Jingjing's identity, when she heard her mother Chen Mengqi and father Ye Ming say in person, there was still a look of surprise on her face.

However, his surprise was quickly replaced by a feeling of love and ecstasy, and he hugged Xiao Jingjing tightly in his arms, ignoring that Li Jingya and Lu Nianzi were beside him, and kissed her delicate face with her lips with tears in her eyes, and murmured: "Good boy, good boy, you are so smart!" Your mother is right, you can't call Ye Ming's father, you have to call him uncle, remember? ”

Jingjing nodded sensibly and said, "Grandpa, I remember." ”

At this time, Lu Nianzi said beside her: "Dad, you give Jingjing a hug to Aunt Li, and I'll say a few words to you." ”

Secretary Lu was reluctant to put Jingjing down, and walked into the house with her in his arms, and said, "If you have anything to say, it's okay for me to hold Jingjing, she can't understand it anyway." By the way, what about Ye Ming? Where did he go? ”

Lu Nianzi's face darkened, and he said: "Just now he received a call from a person surnamed Tan from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, asking him to go to the Commission for Discipline Inspection, saying that he wanted to find out some information about him. Before he went out, I asked him what the situation was, and he said that he has now been targeted by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and it is estimated that the person surnamed Tan came to him for questioning in the past to verify some information. Dad, what the hell is going on? ”

Secretary Lu smiled bitterly, did not answer her question, pointed to Xiao Jingjing in his arms, and asked, "What's going on?" How did I keep it in the dark? ”

Lu Nianzi sighed, took out her mobile phone to open WeChat, found a few photos that Ye Ming had just forwarded to her, handed them to Secretary Lu, and said in a sad tone: "Dad, you can take a look at these photos first!" ”

Secretary Lu took the phone with one hand suspiciously, and then looked through the photos one by one.

There are three photos, the first of which is the living room of the room where Chen Mengqi lives in Beishan, where you can clearly see the gray and old walls, the dilapidated old-fashioned sofa, the uneven floor, a small old TV set, and a rusty ceiling fan. The second is Jingjing sitting alone on a broken sofa watching TV. The third is a close-up of Jingjing's toys: a cheap rag doll, a building block box, a rattle, and nothing else.

Seeing the dilapidated house, old furniture, and few cheap toys, Secretary Lu raised his head and stared at Lu Nianzi in disbelief, and asked, "This is where Jingjing lives now?" ”

Lu Nianzi nodded and said, "That's right." Chen Mengqi and her mother were deported from Australia a year ago, and because they had no money, they have been renting this dilapidated house in the western suburbs of Beishan County, where Chen Mengqi works in a nearby hotel, earning less than 2,000 yuan a month, and the family of three depends on this money to support them. Xiao Ming told me just now that Jingjing has grown so big that she has only eaten KFC once on her second birthday, so the first thing she did when she saw Xiao Ming was to quietly ask him if he could buy KFC for her to eat——"

As soon as she said this, Secretary Lu suddenly burst into tears, looked down at Xiao Jingjing in her arms, kept rubbing her hand on her little face, choked and said to Lu Nianzi: "Xiao Zi, don't talk about these details, my heart hurts so much when I hear it!" ”

Then, he kissed Xiao Jingjing on the face with his lips again and asked, "Jingjing, you like to eat KFC, right?" ”

Jingjing nodded vigorously and said, "Grandpa, I like to eat grilled chicken wings and fries the most...... Grandpa, will you take me to KFC? ”

"Okay, grandpa will buy you KFC right away!"

Then, Secretary Lu took out his mobile phone and dialed Xu Lizhong's number: "Xiao Xu, you should do two things for me right now: first, call the comrades who are going to have an interview, and tell them that I have an urgent matter temporarily, and tonight's interview will be canceled and changed to tomorrow night." Second, you should go to a KFC store right now and buy a KFC children's set meal with a few chicken wings and fries. Then you go to a shopping mall and buy some good children's toys for girls about two or three years old. After these two things are bought, you will immediately send them to Secretary Runji's house. ”

After instructing Xu Lizhong, Secretary Lu turned his eyes to look at Lu Nianzi, and saw that she was also full of tears, so he said: "Xiaozi, tell me about the detailed experience of Jingjing's mother in the past two years, I want to know." ”

Lu Nianzi wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, told Secretary Lu in detail about the hardships Chen Mengqi had experienced in the past two years, and finally emphasized: "Dad, after Chen Mengqi gave birth to Jingjing, in order not to affect Xiaoming's future and marriage, he once vowed not to go to Xiaoming again. When Xiaoming was transferred to Beishan as the secretary of the county party committee, although Chen Mengqi's life was already very difficult and very difficult at that time, she never went to Xiaoming. If it weren't for the fact that she was cornered by those debt collectors later, I don't think she would have met Xiao Ming again in her life...... Dad, don't you think she is a bit like Aunt Zhao Han? ”

Lu Nianzi's last sentence was like a tender dagger, which suddenly pierced the softest place in Secretary Lu's heart, so that he couldn't help but look down at Xiao Jingjing in his arms again, and said as if he had made up his mind: "Xiao Zi, you are right: the various sacrifices that Xiao Chen made for Ye Ming are indeed very similar to the sacrifices that your Aunt Zhao made for me at the beginning. Such a good girl, I can't watch her go to jail, and Xiao Jingjing can't live without her mother! ”