I haven't received a call from Song Hanlin for a long time, and there is less and less information about Song Hanlin, so little that this person is almost about to disappear. This is not a good sign, Pu Tiancheng was uneasy, and several times he couldn't help but want to take the initiative to make a phone call and ask Song Hanlin how he was doing, but every time he dialed half of the number, he stopped again.

What is he afraid of, is he afraid that Song Hanlin will blame him and lose his breath, or is he afraid of ...... Later, he understood that he was still afraid of hearing bad news, even if Song Hanlin sighed, he would not be able to sleep. Qiao Ruoxuan was also uneasy, it was about the future of the family, Qiao Ruoxuan did not pretend at this point, but truthfully said the worries in her heart. She said: "Why have I been having nightmares lately, isn't it ......" Pu Tiancheng didn't allow Qiao Ruoxuan to finish speaking, so he took the opportunity to show love and plug Qiao Ruoxuan's mouth. But where are they still interested in really showing love, although the two of them hugged each other, the fire couldn't burn, and then Qiao Ruoxuan awkwardly pushed him away and said, "Or, I'll go to Beijing?" ”

"What problem can you solve if you go?" Pu Tiancheng said.

"I don't know, I just want to meet him."

The strange thing is that this time Pu Tiancheng was not jealous, and almost said to go. Later, when I thought about it, Song Hanlin's wife once tactfully warned him on the phone and asked him to take care of his wife, which could not be understood anymore, Mrs. Song has an opinion, if she supports her wife to go to Beijing at this time, won't she be uncomfortable for herself, if Mrs. Song loses her temper, she doesn't care about anything.

So he comforted: "Forget it, we are worrying about nothing." ”

Qiao Ruoxuan said: "I hope so." ”

Pu Tiancheng wanted to get out of that entanglement, but he really couldn't. Because there are too many similar examples, once a person leaves an important position, there are all kinds of variables, and it is of course a good thing to develop in a positive direction, but if you are tripped by something, you dare not think about the end. There are many people who capsize immediately after leaving their seats, which also makes the change of cadres a kind of weather vane. Therefore, the transition period is particularly important, and Pu Tiancheng is almost counting the days when Song Hanlin left Haidong with his fingers. Although so far, there has been no storm on Haidong's side, but Song Hanlin can't take up his post for a day, and this kind of uneasiness cannot be ruled out. Now he regrets that it is not a good thing to know other people's secrets, and those who do not know have nothing to fear, this is the truth.

At the end of the month, the central inspection team went to various provinces to inspect and guide the first phase of study and practice activities. The third group came to Haidong, and the leader was a leader of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Pu Tiancheng didn't expect that Dai Xiaoyi was also among them.

On the afternoon of the first day, the main leaders of the province accompanied the members of the inspection team to dinner, which can be regarded as a reception banquet. Lu Bo was very interested, he and the group leader had known each other for a long time, and the two had been classmates at the Central Party School for three months, so this time the third group went to Haidong, and Lu Bo felt very good about himself. Fang Nanchuan didn't show anything, he followed behind Lu Bo decently, Lu Bo was a flower, and he was a foil for green leaves. Pu Tiancheng and Dai Xiaoyi smiled at each other when they met, and only made eye contact, not showing the excitement of reuniting after a long absence, but Pu Tiancheng could still clearly feel the longing in Dai Xiaoyi's eyes.

The meal was relatively restrained, although Lu Bo tried his best to adjust the atmosphere, wanting to make the scene more lively and relaxed, and even joked with another female leader in the group. The female leader is younger than Lu Bo, and her position is lower than Lu Bo, so it doesn't hurt to joke at ordinary times, they are all people, and the topic of men and women is inseparable from the dinner table, everyone has long been accustomed to it, even if the joke is too much, it doesn't hurt anything. However, this inspection team is different from others, since the beginning of the study and practice activities, the political atmosphere has been inexplicably tense, and no one's strings are tense and cannot be loosened. The female leader really didn't accept the call, Lu Bo was a little uncomfortable, and the team leader sitting in the main seat felt it, and said with a smile: "Secretary Lu is still so humorous." Lu Bo laughed at himself: "I'm humorous, I'm about to become a vulgar." His eyes subconsciously swept to the face of the female leader, and the female leader was also deliberately avoiding him, taking advantage of the waiter's empty pour of water, getting up and walking out, saying that she was going to the bathroom. There was already a toilet in the private room, and the female leader did this, which made Lu Bo unable to sit still. Dai Xiaoyi also got up and said, "I'll accompany the leader." Lu Bo's eyes swept to Pu Tiancheng's face, Pu Tiancheng didn't say anything, got up and went out with Dai Xiaoyi. As soon as he arrived at the corridor, Dai Xiaoyi said: "Why are you haggard, is the governor working too hard?" Pu Tiancheng smiled and said: "I can't hide anything from your eyes, you can see how much gray hair you have." Dai Xiaoyi said: "There is no white hair, but the governor's mental state is not as good as before." Pu Tiancheng said with a pun: "It's not what it used to be, where is there any state." Dai Xiaoyi laughed twice and gave Pu Tiancheng a meaningful sentence: "It seems that my worries are right, the day before yesterday, I accompanied Secretary Hanlin to dinner, and I also said that you should go to Haidong, and the people of Haidong can miss you." ”

"What did the old secretary say?" Pu Tiancheng asked anxiously.

"The old secretary said that you had forgotten him a long time ago, and you didn't make a single phone call, and you couldn't even receive a greeting."

"Won't it?" Pu Tiancheng was overjoyed, Dai Xiaoyi's words were too useful to him, and then he asked, "Is the old secretary okay?" ”

"Okay, everything is fine, he told you all to put your minds at ease and put your energy to work."

"Oh......" Pu Tiancheng suddenly felt a coolness slip through his heart, extremely comfortable.

What else did the two have to say, the female leader came out of the bathroom, and Dai Xiaoyi deliberately said loudly: "How can I drink, I will get drunk with one glass, and the governor will drink with our team leader Wang, team leader Wang is massive." ”

"What bad things do you say about me, Xiaoyi?" Deputy Team Leader Wang looked at Dai Xiaoyi with a smile, and her eyes and expression told Pu Tiancheng that she liked Dai Xiaoyi very much.

"How dare I say bad things about the team leader, Governor Pu wants to hold a Hongmen banquet, with bad intentions, team leader, you have to be careful, Governor Pu has a lot of alcohol."

"Governor Pu is not as dangerous as you say, people know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade. I'm right, Governor Pu. Deputy Team Leader Wang looked at Pu Tiancheng with a smile.

"Is the team leader praising me or hurting me, how dare I pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, that is to make a mistake."

"Other mistakes are not worth it, this mistake is worth it, and I support the governor to make mistakes."

"Okay, the team leader openly supports the comrades below to make mistakes, and I have to report it to my superiors."

"Dare!" Deputy Team Leader Wang glanced at Pu Tiancheng angrily, and then smiled, "I am Xiaoyi's protector, and you can't do it if you want to." As soon as she said that, Dai Xiaoyi's face turned red. It can be seen that Dai Xiaoyi and Deputy Team Leader Wang said everything, and Pu Tiancheng suddenly understood why Deputy Team Leader Wang didn't accept Secretary Lu Bo's trick at the dinner table just now, it must have been Dai Xiaoyi who did his homework in advance and erected a wall in Deputy Team Leader Wang's heart.

Pu Tiancheng thanked Dai Xiaoyi gratefully and warmly invited the two ladies into the private room.

The next few days were reported and inspected, everyone was busy, and Pu Tiancheng received an investment group from Malaysia in the middle, and Dai Xiaoyi had little time to talk. When the inspection came to an end, Pu Tiancheng sent an invitation to Dai Xiaoyi to drink tea at the tea shop next to the Taoyuan Western Restaurant.

I simply drank some red wine at dinner, so when the two sat in the teahouse, Dai Xiaoyi's face was still slightly red, which made her both charming and cute, and Pu Tiancheng was somewhat distracted, as if he was confused by a certain characteristic of Dai Xiaoyi. Dai Xiaoyi looked down-to-earth and generous, and didn't hide it, and asked straight to the point: "How is it, the cooperation with Master Fang is still pleasant, right?" ”

"Grand Master Fang?" Pu Tiancheng's mouth opened wide, it was the first time he had heard such an impudent name. Dai Xiaoyi smiled frankly: "When I was a child, we were often together, he acted as my protector, I got used to it, I can't change it, and besides, you are not an outsider, so there should be no problem with calling it like this, right?" ”

Although Pu Tiancheng knew that Dai Xiaoyi and Fang Nanchuan had a different relationship, he was still a little shocked by the cordiality to such a degree. He smiled a little unexpectedly and said, "I'm really not used to you calling him that." ”

"It's fine, he can't hear it anyway. Let me call him the governor, it's so awkward that I can't shout. Dai Xiaoyi grimaced, showing that she didn't care.

"It's a lie, haven't you been screaming these days?" Pu Tiancheng quipped.

"That's on the scene, now it's private, you won't tell the truth, but you are not afraid to tell the truth. Anyway, it's not a year or two after I called, by the way, yesterday he invited me to coffee, and I didn't give him face. ”

"Won't it?"

"Really, there is discipline in the group, and you can't act alone."

"Then ...... today" Pu Tiancheng asked halfway, and stopped talking, he should be able to think of this.

"Today is an exception, of course I want to come if you have a treat, I told Wang Group before I came, and she agreed." Dai Xiaoyi explained.

"You have a good relationship with her."

"No, we can just talk, women and women, either very smelly, or very intimate, Wang Group is the kind of person who is very arrogant, and his temper is similar to mine."

After talking for a while, Dai Xiaoyi was suddenly surprised: "What's the nonsense, the question I asked you just now hasn't been answered, do you think that Master Fang is difficult to approach?" ”

Pu Tiancheng shook his head, nodded again, and said with a little difficulty: "There is a run-in period with everyone, and we are now in the run-in." ”

Dai Xiaoyi thought about the word "running-in", nodded affirmatively, and said: "Actually, he respects you very much, and you shouldn't be on guard against him, governor." ”

"Am I on guard?" Pu Tiancheng thought this was outrageous.

Dai Xiaoyi smiled and said: "Don't admit it, you have precautions against everyone, in fact, we are all the same, how can we really open our hearts." You and I are both people in a suit, and one mask is not enough, it takes several, and sometimes it makes me sick. After saying that, her face darkened, and her expression showed a pained expression.

"Classic." Pu Tiancheng agreed, and his face was gloomy. He was thinking, can he and Fang Nanchuan really open their hearts?

The bad news came to Dai Xiaoyi half a month after they went back, this half month, Pu Tiancheng was in a good mood, and it was also related to Dai Xiaoyi's trip to Haidong, this beautiful female director not only brought him the news that Song Hanlin was safe and sound, but also left him something special that night. On the night half a month ago, in the teahouse next to Taoyuan Western Restaurant, the air was normal at first, Pu Tiancheng and Dai Xiaoyi said what they should say, avoiding the questions that should be avoided, and the two talked openly and restrainedly. is open about Fang Nanchuan, Dai Xiaoyi really has no scruples when talking about him, and dares to say anything, including Fang Nanchuan's wife, vice president of a Beijing institution of higher learning, dean of the School of Political Science, and an expert in international studies. Dai Xiaoyi is like a few family treasures, and said a lot of interesting things about Fang Nanchuan's wife Tian Qing, including that she never mentioned her father on any occasion, let alone her husband and father-in-law, once interviewed by a foreign reporter, the reporter asked her whether her ability to become the vice president of a famous Chinese university is related to her family background, Tian Qing smiled and asked the reporter, can you come to the great China for an interview, is it also because of the family background? One sentence made Western reporters stammered.

"These two guys, typical Bolsheviks." Dai Xiaoyi affirmed. Pu Tiancheng could hear that Dai Xiaoyi was full of respect for the Nanchuan couple, but she expressed it in an affectionate way, but she was never suspicious of showing off or showing off. This is completely different from her talking about Song Hanlin's wife Liu Jianying, they also talked about Liu Jianying, the wife of Secretary Hanlin, Dai Xiaoyi immediately took moderation, and only said: "She is in the fog, we can't see through it, and we should stay away from people and things that we can't see through." ”

That's about how the sense of distance comes about. Distance represents many things, including likes and dislikes for someone.

If you talk about it like this that night, it won't leave suspense, but Dai Xiaoyi suddenly asked a question later: "That Dahua, why do I sound very legendary, legendary to an outrageous degree, don't you think, governor?" ”

Dai Xiaoyi suddenly returned the title to "you", Pu Tiancheng sighed in his heart, honorific titles are sometimes distance, and the most feared thing between people is distance. Dai Xiaoyi, as the director of the National Development and Reform Commission, will not mention Dahua for no reason, and this time he mentioned it, he must have heard something in Haidong. Thinking that after Song Hanlin left Haidong, Dahua suddenly fell from the most dazzling light in the past, and more and more people dared to pay attention to it, even Fang Nanchuan was deliberately avoiding it, and Pu Tiancheng's heart was heavy.

It's heavy.

One day half a month later, Pu Tiancheng suddenly received a phone call from a certain official in Beijing, whom he had met in a study class at the Central Party School before he became executive vice governor. The two have similar qualifications, and their experience is also a bit similar, Lao Gao served as a vice governor in a southwest province before, and after the study class, Pu Tiancheng fulfilled his wish and became the executive vice governor, but Lao Gao did not return to the southwest and became a member of the capital.

The two first chatted on the phone for a while, talked to each other about the current situation, and then briefly talked about the overall situation of the current work. ”

Pu Tiancheng said: "The old leader is very low-key now, living in a simple house, and not letting us disturb him." ”

"I'm afraid it's not just that, right?" There is an extra layer of meaning in Lao Gao's words.

"How?" Pu Tiancheng's voice tightened suddenly.

There was a pause, and after a while, Lao Gao's suppressed voice came: "Recently, I heard that his situation is not good, some people settle accounts after the autumn, and report a lot of problems to the high-level, as far as I know, the high-level has already reacted." ”

"Won't it?" Pu Tiancheng's voice was frightened.

But he said: "I can't talk about this matter more, I will tell you a letter, and I hope that the governor can be prepared in advance, so as not to ...... in the future."

Pu Tiancheng didn't dare to ask more, the other party was able to reveal this step, it was already very out of line and very violated, and he also took a risk, he said thank you gratefully, and took the initiative to hang up the phone.

This phone call was like a cold current, and it swept away Pu Tiancheng's good mood. For the past few days, Pu Tiancheng has been following the news, and there is a faint expectation in his heart that he can see Song Hanlin in the media or on TV screens. But no, Song Hanlin's group went to a certain province in the south, and the news about the province's learning and practice activities was on CCTV, but there was not a single word from Song Hanlin in it.

That night, Qiu Yanni suddenly found her home in a panic, and when she entered the door, she said that the Audit Commission was coming to Dahua to audit the relevant project funds.

"When?" Pu Tiancheng didn't care that Qiao Ruoxuan was there, so he asked tightly.

"The news I just got was notified by the headquarters."

"HQ?" It's good not to listen to the word "headquarters", but when he heard it, Pu Tiancheng almost started a fire. Qiao Ruoxuan probably realized something, made an exception and didn't embarrass Pu Tiancheng, and generously beckoned Qiu Yanni to sit.

"What's the matter, please sit down and talk, why are you in a hurry?" Qiao Ruoxuan was implicitly criticizing Qiu Yanni for not being calm enough. Qiu Yanni sat down obediently and looked at the couple pitifully.

Pu Tiancheng was still thinking, Qiao Ruoxuan said first: "Your headquarters is capable of this, whoever wants to check it will let it be checked?" ”

Qiu Yanni has long lost the strong woman demeanor of the past, although she also wants to try to be calm, but she can't calm down. After a long time, he stammered and replied to Qiao Ruoxuan's words: "The headquarters said that let them check it and see what they can find." ”

"!" Qiao Ruoxuan shouted irritably, grabbed the phone as if she was going to call out. Pu Tiancheng squeezed her hand on the phone and asked softly, "Who do you want to call?" ”

"Who else can you call, isn't it clear what it means to send someone to audit at this time?"

Pu Tiancheng gently took Qiao Ruoxuan's hand away, put the phone back in its place, and then said to Qiu Yanni with a smile: "You go back first, even if we know the situation, as for what to do next, it is up to your headquarters to make the decision." ”

Qiao Ruoxuan and Qiu Yanni put their puzzled eyes on Pu Tiancheng's face at the same time, and seeing that Qiu Yanni was still sitting there and not moving, Pu Tiancheng said in an accentuated voice: "Did you hear it, this is your own business!" ”

Qiu Yanni retracted her gaze a little sadly, got up and left gloomily.

That night, Pu Tiancheng used his identity as vice governor for the first time to say to his wife: "You prepare and go to Beijing tomorrow." Qiao Ruoxuan was just about to ask something, but Pu Tiancheng said again, "There are two things you must pay attention to, first, you can't let him know when you go to Beijing, and you can't alarm the old chief." Who exactly is looking for, you must know; Second, at present, it must be guaranteed that no party can intervene in Dahua, and Dahua's fire must be extinguished by Dahua itself, and at the same time, you must find out the true intentions of Dahua's senior management, and I am more and more worried about this company. ”

"Are they going to release water?" Qiao Ruoxuan was stunned.

"Anything is possible!" The whole world has become a heavy road.