Chapter 53
Jiang Tang: "Then I don't know what Staff Chief Meng means, is he going to transfer me away?" β
With his hands behind his waist, he stood up from his chair and said in a serious voice: "Xiao Jiang, you have been here for a lot of time, putting aside the relationship between superiors and subordinates, you and my daughter are about the same age, and I can treat you as half a daughter." I also wish you a better future, which is why I want to give you this opportunity. β
"I received Chief Meng's wishes, but I don't think I want to leave the district yet, I want to continue to stay here, I have feelings for this land and don't want to leave."
Staff Chief Meng stared at her for a few more minutes, and suddenly sighed, a little bit hated that iron could not be made of steel, and he said, "Aren't you fooling around? Given you a chance, you still won't leave? β
Staff Chief Meng's tone became stern, and he looked at her frequently and shook his head.
Jiang Tang said: "Chief Meng, have you heard of something? β
Staff Officer Meng didn't deny it anymore, and said bluntly: "I've heard of some." β
"So Staff Officer Meng still wants to transfer me away because of Cheng Ji." Jiang Tang whispered, guessing what Staff Chief Meng meant, even if he didn't say it explicitly.
Senator Meng pondered, "I don't deny that there is this relationship, but it is more about your future prospects, if you don't want this opportunity, it's okay." β
"Chief Meng, are you taking pity on me?" Jiang Tang's eyes were red, and he said stubbornly: "Everyone around me knows my feelings for Cheng Jiu, and in the past few years, I have also had the opportunity to leave here, but I didn't go, my reason is very simple, it is because Cheng Jiu is also here." β
"Since Senator Meng treats me as half a daughter, then I will also tell you the truth, I like him, and I want to stay here, I don't want to leave."
"Cheng Zhen has a girlfriend."
"I know, but I'm not reconciled."
"Jiang Tang, this is not a game of play, as long as I approve the two of them to get married, and you go to get involved, you are a third party, and you will even lose this job. We don't allow this to happen, there is discipline in the district, and it must be strictly followed! β
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Staff Chief Meng was really angry, he was angry that Jiang Tang couldn't distinguish the situation, so he plunged into it, regarded the discipline in the district as the wind in his ears, and repeatedly warned her not to do anything, otherwise she would bear the consequences at that time.
Jiang Tang knew from Jiang Yang that Xin Gan had not left Beiyu, and when he inquired, he also lived in the family home, and lived in Cheng Jiu's house.
Xiao Shi hadn't left yet, but when he saw Jiang Tang standing not far away, he hurriedly told Cheng Zhen and said, "Brother Jiu, Jiang Tang is watching you over there." β
Cheng Ji followed Xiao Shi's line of sight, and sure enough, she saw Jiang Tang, she also looked over, and then walked over, walked up to the two of them, and said, "Still running so late?" β
Xiao Shi said, "I'll go back immediately." β
Jiang Tang smiled slightly and said, "Tomorrow and Saturday, I don't have an appointment tomorrow, I invite you to have supper, do you want to?" β
Xiao Shi had no resistance to supper, so his heart moved, and he nodded hurriedly, and asked Cheng Jiu again: "Is Brother Jiu going?" β
Cheng Zhen was as cold as ever: "Don't eat it, you can go." β
Jiang Tang looked at him at this time: "Do you have to be friends with me?" I'm in for a treat, and you don't give face. β
The atmosphere was delicate, Xiao Shi was so embarrassed that he wanted to curl his toes, he immediately regretted agreeing to Jiang Tang for supper as soon as possible, he forgot Jiang Tang's thoughts.
Cheng Zhen said: "No, I still have something to do, so I won't go." β
"What else is going on with you? Are you going to find Xingan? β
Cheng Ji looked at Jiang Tang again, and said as if compromised: "Xin Gan is not accustomed to the water and soil, and she is not feeling well, I will go to see her." β
"Is she unwell? I also want to go and see, I don't know if it's convenient? β
Cheng Zhen said: "No need, it's inconvenient so late." β
"Okay then, I can't say anything more, she's more important."
Xiao Shi cautiously moved a few steps back, his eyes glancing out, not daring to look at the two of them.
Cheng Zhen mumbled, and then left.
Jiang Tang felt uncomfortable, and quickly cheered up and said to Xiao Shi: "Cheng Yan doesn't eat supper, it seems that there are only the two of us." β
Xiao Shi suddenly didn't want to eat it.
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Xingan didn't go anywhere during the day, there was plenty of sun outside, she was allergic, she didn't want to go out to bask in the sun, so she rested in the house, at most she went to the canteen to eat, of course, it was Cheng's father who called her.
Xin Gan applied anti-inflammatory and calming ointment to his face, turned off the light and went to sleep.
She didn't know that Cheng Ji would be smoking in the courtyard downstairs, he was standing by the big tree, the fire burned and went out, and soon disappeared, he didn't know how many cigarettes he smoked, and he only left when he saw that the light in the upstairs window was turned off.
Cheng's father called him and asked him to come over.
When they met, Cheng's father made tea for him and said, "These are all tea sets and tea leaves that I asked for from your Meng Shen Chang, and they are your Meng Shen Chang's treasures, you can taste them." β
Counselor Meng is not from Beiyu, his ancestral home is a small city in the south, and that city is famous for tea, so Counselor Meng also loves to drink tea.
Cheng's father couldn't stand the tea that was too strong, especially when he drank tea at night, so he brewed a little bit, not much.
Cheng Yan didn't say anything, he played with his mobile phone and waited for Cheng's father's next words.
"Counselor Meng is a native of Zhoucheng, the locals of Zhoucheng have been drinking tea since childhood, I have been to Zhoucheng since I retired, they locals chat and talk about business are drinking tea, I will talk about business with the locals, I started drinking tea in the morning, drinking until the evening, and then the stomach really can't stand it, and you Meng Counselor complained a few words, he laughed at me for several years."
Cheng Jiu's expression was faint, although it was not said that he had no feelings, but there was no fluctuation, he and Cheng's father had no common topic before, so they would sit together, and both of them were a little embarrassed.
Cheng's father talked about himself, Cheng Ji was not interested, and occasionally responded with a sentence or two, and finally provoked Cheng's father, kicked him in the leg, and said, "Don't be dumb, talk to you." β
Cheng Zhen finally reacted and said, "What to say? I'll just listen to you. β
"Dare you come to me to listen to stand-up comedy."
Cheng Zhen hooked the corners of his mouth.
"Tell you the truth to Dad, what do you think?"
"What do you think?"
"When do you plan to get the certificate, your grandfather is urging urgently, confirm this matter as soon as possible, and your grandfather can rest assured."
Cheng Yan stretched his legs and frowned.
Father Cheng understood when he saw his expression, and said, "I can't even handle a girl like this, and I'll be ashamed of you if you say it." β
Cheng Yan glanced at Cheng's father, and his eyes seemed to be talking back.
Cheng's father said: "You too, you let you contact Xin Gan a long time ago, you don't want anything yourself, who will blame you." β
Cheng Yan was also irritable, grabbed a handful of hair, and said, "You can't help, it's better to go back early." β
Cheng's father was holding a cup of tea, he was almost choked, and coughed, "This is driving people away?" I raised you for nothing. β
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At night, Xingan was woken up by a phone call in a half-dream, she squinted her eyes and touched the mobile phone next to the pillow, answered the phone without looking at the caller ID, and fed softly, and a man laughed over there.
"Went to bed at half-past eleven? Xinxin. β
The sleepiness dissipated immediately, she heard this voice, she immediately woke up, and even sat up, cold sweat crawled up her back, she wanted to hang up, He Cheng's voice was like a ghost, and it came again.
"Xin Xin, if you hang up with me again, I'll come to your house tomorrow."
Xin Gan grabbed the quilt, sat against the wall, and shouted his name, with a bit of warning: "He Cheng, what do you want to do?" β
He Cheng chatted with her as if no one was around: "Sleeping so soon?" β
"You called so late, just tell me something."
Xingan heard the sound of a lighter on his side, except for the sound of the lighter, there was no other sound, as if in a very quiet place, so late, and called her, and it was a different number, which made her defenseless.
He Cheng was not in a hurry, and asked her slowly, "Guess where I am?" β
"Can't guess."
"Downstairs in your house, Aunt Xin just came out to take out the garbage, I saw the light in your room turned on and off, Xin Xin, where are you?"
Xin Gan felt that he was asking on purpose, pursed the corners of his lower lips, and said, "I'm not at home, don't go to my house." β
"And where are you?"
"......" Xin Gan's breathing gradually became unsteady, she paused, and said, "In Beiyu." β
"Why are you running so far?"
"Find someone."
"Who?"
"He Cheng, this has nothing to do with you."
He Cheng asked in a deliberate tone: "Who I can't know?" β
Xingan clenched her fingers, her nails sinking deep into her palms, she felt the pain, let go of her hand again, and said, "My fiancΓ©, is this okay?" β
"Cheng Jiu, right?"
"Yes."
He Cheng gritted the back of his teeth and said, "It's because of him that you didn't say goodbye and returned to China?" β
Xingan said, "This really has nothing to do with you. β
"Xin Xin, your mouth is so hard, is it because you have found a backer who can help you back?"
Xingan didn't want to talk to him, but she couldn't hang up the phone, she was afraid that he would go to the house to make trouble, He Cheng was hot, once he went crazy, he was no different from a madman, he was too extreme, she was defeated in his extreme.
Xin Gan got up and turned on the light, then walked to the living room to drink water, and then said, "He Cheng, just take it as if I begged you, you let me go, is it okay?" β
"This should be me, Xin Xin, you come back, don't go to Beiyu, don't go to Cheng Jiu, you come back to Yongcheng, let's go back to Lundun together, I will listen to you in the future, if you tell me to go to school, I will go to school, if you don't let me interact with other girls, I won't come and go, follow me."
Xingan was silent, a glass of water went down, and put down the cup, "Don't." β
"Why not?"
"There's no why, He Cheng, don't make a fool of yourself." Every time Xingan talked to him, he was exhausted and said, "It's so late, I'm going to sleep, you should go home quickly, hang up first." β
She hung up the phone as she spoke, and then turned off the phone, afraid that He Cheng would call again.
He Cheng hung up the phone, and he didn't have a temper, staring upstairs from afar, she was not at home, he knew that he would not go to her house to toss, this was a matter between them.
He Cheng drank wine in the middle of the night and drove back home, Mrs. He was still waiting for him at home, seeing him staggering into the house, full of alcohol, he couldn't help but educate him a few words, he immediately put on a face, Mrs. He quickly changed her tone, and said: "Second brother, I am also for your good, saying that you are all worried about you, don't drive if you drink in the future, what should you do if something happens to your family?" β
He Cheng lay down on the sofa, impatiently waving away Mrs. He, who came over with water.
Mrs. He had no temper, and coaxed him in a good voice, "What's wrong with you today, you're in a bad mood?" Who messed with you? You tell Mom. β
As soon as He Cheng heard this tone, he immediately became angry: "Don't talk to me in a coaxing tone, I'm not a three-year-old child." β
Mrs. He had mixed feelings and said, "But in my heart, you are my child." β
"Don't say this disgusting me, get out, it's noisy."
Mrs. He was yelled at and stood aside at a loss.
The nanny aunt came over and hurriedly helped Mrs. He to sit upstairs, Mrs. He couldn't cry, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and confided in the nanny: "Why did the second child become like this, I was good to him with my heart and lungs, gave him pocket money behind his father's back, and never dared to treat him badly, I didn't even treat the boss so well, why didn't he know how good we were?" Treat us like enemies. β
The nanny didn't know how to comfort her, and gently patted Mrs. He's shoulder.
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He Chuan was at home, and when he heard the movement downstairs, he went downstairs, and when he saw He Cheng paralyzed on the sofa unconscious, he asked, "What about Mom?" β
"I don't know." He Cheng didn't fall asleep completely, and replied impatiently.
He Chuan was not afraid of He Cheng, walked over, kicked his outstretched foot, and said, "Take your leg back, it's in the way." β
He Cheng yelled at him irritably: "Won't you go from the other side?" β
He Chuan looked at him and sneered: "What's the matter, you're drinking again, and you're going to be drunk again?" What are you doing in front of me, do you think I'm our mother will coax you? β
He Cheng was a little stunned of He Chuan, since he was a child, the two brothers fought when they didn't get along, and when they got older, He Chuan was several years older than him, and his height and physical fitness were stronger than him, he was not an opponent, in this family, he didn't dare to argue with He Chuan, so he would be warned, and honestly retracted his feet.
He Chuan took the water cup and poured a glass of water, and said, "Where are you fooling around again, it smells bad, don't lie here, go back to the room and lie down." β
He Cheng suddenly sat up, looked up at him, and asked, "You have a good relationship with Cheng Jiu?" β
He Chuanhu said suspiciously: "Something? β
"Yes." He Cheng said.
"I have a good relationship with him, don't you know?"
He Cheng had a gloomy face, naturally he knew, so he was even more irritable, he always knew that Xin Gan had a marriage contract, but he didn't know that person was Cheng Jiu, and it was also a summer vacation a few years ago, when he came home to listen to the elders chatting, he mentioned this matter.
He Cheng grabbed his hair and asked, "Has Cheng Yan ever talked about a girlfriend before?" β
"Why do you care about this?"
"Don't say it."
He Chuan smiled: "He Cheng, don't think I can't guess what you're thinking, let me tell you, Cheng Ji is my friend, Xin Gan is my friend's fiancΓ©e, I won't let my brother destroy my friend's feelings, the two of them are the marriage of the two elders personally, I don't want you to make a male junior and embarrass our family." β
He Cheng didn't know if he had listened or not, but lowered his head and said to himself: "It's not certain who is the junior." β
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He Chuan walked into the restaurant, saw Mrs. He wiping her tears, frowned, and said, "Mom, why bother." β
When Mrs. He heard He Chuan's voice, she was even more embarrassed, and asked again, "What about He Cheng?" β
"I'm going upstairs and back to my room."
"It's still your words that work, I'm a mother, and what I say doesn't work."
He Chuan shrugged his shoulders: "Okay, don't be serious with him, his character is not spoiled by you, and I don't have this treatment." β
Speaking of this, Mrs. He was even more ashamed in her heart, "It's my mother who is sorry for you two brothers." β
"Okay, don't talk about it, he's already back to the room, you can rest early, don't cry."
Mrs. He nodded, stood up, pondered for a moment, and said: "Ah Chuan, Ah Cheng just came back and has nothing to do, this is not a way, or let him enter the company to find something to do, so that you can also watch him, don't let him cause any trouble again, and only when you speak, he listens." β
He Chuan's expression didn't show any emotion, and said, "Okay, I'll tell him tomorrow when he wakes up." β
Mrs. He showed a smile at this time: "Thank you for your hard work." β
"Alright, I'll take you back to your room."
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Xin Gan's mood was messed up by He Cheng, she didn't sleep well all night, so she sat on the sofa with the light on all night.
She wanted to get rid of He Cheng, but on the contrary, He Cheng couldn't get along with her, so he pestered her.
At dawn the next day, she fell asleep on the sofa unconsciously, and only slept for more than half an hour when she was woken up by a knock on the door.
She went to open the door in a daze, opened the door and saw Cheng's father standing at the door, and said, "Xin Gan, go, go to tea with your uncle." β
Xingan sighed.
Cheng's father said again: "What's wrong? Haven't gotten up yet? β
Xingan hurriedly said, "No, I'm going to brush my teeth and wash my face now." β
"That uncle is waiting for you downstairs."
Cheng's father went downstairs first.
When Cheng's father said that drinking tea, he was drinking tea with Counselor Meng.
Xin Gan couldn't get into the topic of conversation between the two elders, so she sat on the side and poured tea, obediently and skillfully.
It's in the office of Senator Meng.
Counselor Meng and Cheng's father talked and laughed, chatting happily, and from time to time the topic went around to Cheng Ji and Xin Gan, and also mentioned the marriage of the two of them.
Xin Gan will start to get sleepy, she has been napping, she has an allergic face and can't drink tea, she will wear a black-rimmed glasses, and her bangs are also down, blocking her cheeks, not wanting to be seen that her face is bad.
I don't know how long it took, Counselor Meng said that he would go to the cafeteria for breakfast, and Cheng's father said yes, so he brought Xin Gan.
Xingan wore a denim jacket today, with a racer jacket inside, which would be hot at noon and still cold.
Today, Saturday, during the break, there was no one in the cafeteria, and not long after they found a place to sit, Jiang Tang also appeared in the cafeteria, and Cheng Zhen also came.
Cheng Yan saw Cheng's father and Xin Gan at a glance, and before he could walk over, Cheng's father beckoned to him, and he could only walk over.
Jiang Tang saw Counselor Meng and wanted to walk over, but the next second she saw the elder sitting next to Counselor Meng, and at a glance she recognized that it should be Cheng Yan's father, and she saw Xin Gan sitting opposite, and her face immediately sank.
She didn't expect it to be Cheng Yan's father, just speculated, and Xin Gan was also there, she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart, jealousy and resentment.
Very unpleasant.
Cheng Ji sat next to Xin Gan, and glanced sideways at Xin Gan wearing a pair of glasses and not in a good mental state.
"Do you have anything to do today?" Cheng's father asked Cheng Zheng.
Cheng Zhen said: "No. β
"Then you take Xingan out to see a doctor, the red spots on her face haven't disappeared yet, don't delay it, what if it gets worse."
Xin Gan subconsciously refused, and the words came to his mouth and swallowed again.
Cheng said yes.
Counselor Meng followed the conversation and said, "By the way, the little girl has been here for so long, have you ever gone to play?" β
"I haven't been anywhere yet," Xingan said. β
"That's a pity, tomorrow is still a holiday, let Cheng Ji take you out to play, Beiyu is a piece of natural scenery, what is the Lamo Prairie, so West Lake, Rainbow Beach, are all good places."