It wasn't until eleven o'clock the next night that Ye Xiaotang staggered home. She was full of alcohol, her hair was messy, her eyes were black and blue, and she hadn't slept for a few days.

Meng Dongran sat on the sofa, he tossed and turned last night, he didn't sleep all night, and he couldn't keep up his spirits during the day today. Several times he picked up the phone and wanted to call Lin Miyun, what kind of man is that man named Mango, will it be the same person in the photo? Thinking about it and giving up, the dignified director of the National Development and Reform Commission, making a sour effort for a big boy is ridiculous.

Ye Xiaotang glanced at him, threw off his high heels, and went to the bedroom barefoot.

"Wait." Meng Dongran screamed.

Ye Xiaotang ignored it, her body didn't seem to be able to support it, and she was going to fall down at any time, the hateful alcohol, tossing people endlessly. She is in dire need of a bed right now.

"Ye Xiaotang, did you hear it!" Meng Dongran raised his voice.

Ye Xiaotang burped, looked at Meng Dongran drunkenly, and said inarticulately: "Who are you, why are you talking to me?" Then she held on to the wall, she seemed to vomit, but she couldn't, she longed for the bed. Last night, those people were really not things, foreign wine and beer were poured to her in turn, she didn't know how much she was poured in, and in the afternoon, a group of donkey friends pulled her to the suburbs again, Dink, this mongrel, actually wanted to sleep with her, get out of him, my Ye Xiaotang's trouser belt is so easy to solve. Oh, Mango, Mango, where is he? Wasn't it just time to be together? His melancholy eyes, and his slender white fingers.

A good man should have fingers like that, how good it is to play the piano, but it's a pity that he doesn't know music, and he is terrible at drawing, so what will he do, poor child, even tell her how funny he is infatuated with her.

"I'm going to sleep, bed." She said to Meng Dongran on the sofa.

"Ye Xiaotang, I want to talk to you." Meng Dongran walked over and wanted to hold her.

"You want to talk to me?" Ye Xiaotang shook his head, looked at Meng Dongran, and suddenly burst out laughing. "You're going to talk to me, you're old, you're going to talk to me, get out!" She stumbled and fell, her face pressed to the ground, and she muttered, "You all want to fucking talk to me, perverts, hooligans, a bunch of idiots, ...... bed"

After a few struggles, he lay there and fell asleep.

Meng Dongran looked at his wife in a daze, her drunken state, the swear words she scolded just now, and ...... He shook his head and walked away, not at ease, and came over and looked at Ye Xiaotang again. In the end, he reached out and carried her to the bed.

No couple is intimate, never has been, no matter how good the relationship is, it can't withstand the toss of the years. Feelings are such a thing, to a certain extent, it becomes numb, and it becomes something that bullies and tortures people. Meng Dongran lit a cigarette and took a few puffs, but he didn't want to smoke too hard, choked, and let out a series of coughs. From last night to now, he has been wondering which screw is wrong with Ye Xiaotang, loose, or slippery, how can a crack come out of a firmly solidified marriage?

The phone rang, Meng Dongran picked it up and listened, it was Li Kaiwang. From yesterday to today, Li Kaiwang has been uneasy, and ran to his office several times during the day, the office was crowded, Li Kaiwang didn't say anything, his eyes touched his face, and left. When he was about to get off work in the afternoon, Li Kaiwang came to his office again, and there were still people sitting in the office, all of whom were from the following districts and counties for the project, and they all wanted to invite him to dinner, and wanted to work hard for the project at the dinner table. Meng Dongran really wanted to say something to Li Kaiwang, there are still husband and wife feelings in the family, and he can only tell Li Kaiwang that others are not only not insured enough, but the key is that they can't say it. A big man, he can't talk about his marriage and family at every turn, he is weak or not mentally retarded. But if you really want to talk about it, what do you say?

"Director, is Mr. Ye back?" Li Kaiwang's voice was more careful than usual, and there was a layer of repentance in it, which made Meng Dongran's heart sound a few more times.

"I'm back, it's good, I'm looking at you, are you okay?" Meng Dongran pretended that nothing had happened, and said it casually.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Li Kaiwang seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, Meng Dongran could imagine what he looked like at this time, how many years ago he was in front of Chang Guoan, this was the state. A few years ago, Chang Guoan exposed that relationship with Su Hongyan and was caught by Xie Zizhen, and he also had this trembling tone in front of Xie Zizhen.

"It's okay, Kaiwang you rest early, your eldest sister drank some wine and slept, by the way, Kaiwang, she asked me to apologize to you, yesterday she had a bad temper and embarrassed you, don't mind."

"I won't, director, as long as Teacher Ye is fine, I'll ......" Li Kaiwang seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't get Meng Dongran's encouragement, hesitated for a long time, and said very emotionally: "Then you should rest early, don't be too tired, you have been working too hard recently." ”

"Thank you for looking ahead." Meng Dongran's heart moved, and he endured it, and didn't start a conversation with Li Kaiwang. At this time, once he pulled it away, he was afraid that he would lose control, everyone had a vulnerable side, he knew that he was defenseless in front of Li Kaiwang, Li Kaiwang took a branch and gently stirred it, and his heart was turbulent......

Li Kaiwang didn't hang up immediately, waited for a while, and didn't wait for Meng Dongran's voice before reluctantly hanging up the phone.

Meng Dongran's heart became more and more depressed, and many things were entangled, wanting to tear him apart and drown him. Feelings, marriage, family, these things that he forcibly fell to the back of his head on weekdays, once they run out, the power is huge. In fact, the strength of a man is more often disguised, and it is a kind of power that must be had, just like the stallion of the military horse farm he has seen, you have to be arrogant when you pull it out, otherwise someone will gelding you with a knife. Once he faced his family, that strength immediately turned into a different kind of love, and it may turn into tears. Calling the wind and rain outside, pointing out the country, when you get home, can you still call and call?

After thinking about it, his mind slowly returned to Ye Xiaotang. Ye Xiaotang, Ye Xiaotang, you are really good now, dare to smash other people's hotels, dare to shake your face with Li Kaiwang, and dare to ......

He got up, went back and forth in the room a few times, and stood beside Ye Xiaotang for a while, and finally calmed down.

Forget it, I won't quarrel with you, I won't mess with you, I'll swallow this cup of bitter wine first. Think about it yourself, what I Meng Dongran didn't do well, what I can't do with you, you are a university professor and a senior intellectual, you should know what to do and what not to do. If you dare to cuckold Meng Dongran for me, I ...... I......

What a mess, how can I think so? He smiled bitterly, poured a glass of water for Ye Xiaotang, helped her take off her coat, and continued to stand by the bed, looking at his wife like a math problem. In fact, women are all math problems, and some women are algebra, and they only need to figure out the addition and subtraction of positive and negative; Some women are like functions, there are multiple variables, and as soon as the definition domain changes, she changes. A complex and knowledgeable woman like Ye Xiaotang is a trigonometric function, which is troublesome and difficult to solve. A simple-minded woman is a plane geometry, which can be done with a few lines; A woman with a complex mind is like three-dimensional geometry, and no aspect can be ignored. Men are also like mathematics, status is the vertical axis, money is the horizontal axis, in this coordinate, women draw curves according to their own needs. The relationship between men and women is more like calculus...... Meng Dongran is not good at math, and he almost let mathematics kill him when he was admitted to college, so it is normal to encounter some twists and turns emotionally now, who made him unable to read women?

Dong Yue's visit confirmed Meng Dongran's conjecture about her. On this day, Meng Dongran had just sent away a group of guests, and Guo Code knocked on the door and came in, followed by Dong Yue with a smile.

"The big director is the big director, and the office is like a bazaar, which is much more lively than where I am." Guo Code made a joke when he entered the door.

"How dare you compare with your No. 1 secretary, your side is going to become a bazaar, and you can't mess around." Say, please sit down.

"You don't need me to introduce you, Sister Dong, I have to come to visit you, your popularity as a director is good."

Dong Yue smiled reservedly, stretched out her hand, Meng Dongran shook it, and felt that this face was different from the face on the wine field that day, obviously restrained, and more solemn than that day.

"Dong Yue, Haishi Building Materials Company." Dong Yue reported to her home and handed over a business card with both hands. Meng Dongran took the business card, but he didn't look at it, the No. 1 secretary personally accompanied him, which was the best business card in itself.

"Boss Dong has a good amount of alcohol, a heroine among women." Meng Dongran said and called Li Kaiwang. Li Kaiwang came over quickly, Guo Code didn't introduce it, Meng Dongran didn't say much, some guests were inconvenient to introduce to their subordinates, Meng Dongran asked Li Kaiwang to make tea.

"Haishi Company is the boss of the province's building materials industry, and Boss Dong is the eldest sister." Meng Dongran had nothing to say, trying not to make Dong Yue feel cold.

"Where is it, Director Meng has won the award, and if Haishi wants to develop, it has to rely on Director Meng and Secretary Guo." Dong Yue spoke very decently, making people feel that she was like two people that day.

"Don't rely on me, what kind of dish am I, all the good steel is in the hands of Director Meng." Guo Code raised his wrist to look at his watch while playing haha, and then said in surprise: "It's not good, I forgot one thing, I'm going to pick up someone at the airport at nine forty." Director, I'll leave it to you, Sister Dong, please, please. With that, he slipped out. Meng Dongran knew that little Jiujiu in his heart, and he didn't break it, and sent it out politely. When I arrived at the corridor, I suddenly lowered my face: "You really brought her?" ”

Guo Code shrugged: "No way, people's target is you, I can only be a pimp." ”

"You kid!" Meng Dongran scolded, and when he saw Jiang Shangyuan coming from the side of the corridor, he immediately smiled and said: "I'll look at the materials immediately, the work assigned by your big secretary, we can't delay, right?" ”

Guo Code looked at him badly, and said in a low voice: "Are you tired, are you pretending to be with anyone?" I'm leaving, and you'll sing the rest of the play. ”

Meng Dong was anxious: "You haven't made it clear yet, what is the origin?" ”

"No comment!" Guo Code dropped a sentence and said to Jiang Shangyuan haha, and the wind drifted away. Meng Dongran stood in the corridor for a while, and when Jiang Shangyuan entered the office, he took a deep breath and walked back.

The people who came to Meng Dongran's office had no background and were false. Especially recently, a large number of projects have been pouring into the Tongjiang River, each of which is a gold mine. Mei Ying is iron-hearted, holding the axe with both hands, stunned and biased, she pressed the projects that other cities can press, and she pressed Tongjiang alone, not only did she not press, but also changed her ways to increase investment. According to her words, even if you take the project, you have to ram Meng Dongran. The financial crisis is a bad thing elsewhere, but for Tongjiang, it has become a good thing because of Mei Ying.

Dong Yue did not talk about the project as soon as she opened her mouth like other visitors, she just respectfully took out a lot of information about Haishi from her bag, asked Meng Dongran to take a look, and by the way, she introduced to Meng Dongran the development plan of Xiahaishi in recent years and the work in several projects in the province, during which she specifically mentioned the Dashuang Highway that had just been completed. It is also a key infrastructure construction project in the province, and the general contractor of the project is the Fourth Railway Bureau, and Haishi undertakes more than 70% of the material supply. Meng Dongran echoed while listening, it was amazing, Haishi really lived up to its reputation.

After talking for a while, Dong Yue felt that it was almost enough, got up to say goodbye, took out a document bag and put it on the table: "This is our material supply table, please take a look at Director Meng if you have time, if you need it, just contact me, I will provide you with the lowest price and the best quality service." I'm really sorry for taking up so much of your time. ”

Meng Dongran also said politely: "Mr. Dong is polite, the construction of Tongjiang needs the participation of all parties, our construction project is transparent and open, and Haishi is welcome to contribute to the development of Tongjiang." ”

"Definitely, definitely." The two broke up in front of the door, Meng Dongran did not send it far, but his eyes kept staring at Dong Yue until he disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Turning around and opening the file bag handed over to him by Dong Yue, Meng Dongran was immediately stunned, and the two gold cards jumped out one after the other, looking at him with a strange look.

Turns out she's here to do this!

For a long time, Meng Dongran picked up the gold card, and his heart went up and down. There is no need to check, this kind of gold card is 200,000 yuan, he has also received it in the past, some of them were returned on the spot, and some of them were accepted helplessly. He needs money, his parents want to support the elderly, his son is only ten years old, he goes to see his parents in the provincial capital, he goes to see once a week, and he will go to school in the future to go abroad to get married and buy a house, which is not lacking money. There are younger brothers and sisters in his hometown, and they also "borrow" a lot from him every year. Based on his and Ye Xiaotang's salaries alone, if he maintains the current consumption, he is afraid that he will already enter the poor family. But there are two kinds of money he can't receive, one is sent by a woman, many years of officialdom experience tells him that it is more dangerous for a woman to send money than to give sex, a woman's greed for money is far greater than that of a man, and you take her money, far more than plundering her lust makes her angry; The other is to point to too clear money, such as a project to tender, there will be a lot of money through various channels in front of him, but he can't take it, this kind of money is too hot, you have to do things for others, one thing can not be done to two people at the same time, the unknown in the middle makes you unable to judge which money is insurance, rather than quitting in the future, it is better to wait for people to thank you after the fact, thank you money is relatively much safer, and there is always a sense of friendship in it. Of course, Meng Dongran will not be too greedy, in officialdom, the only magic weapon for you to move forward is not to be too greedy. Greedy for the future but not for the present, greedy for the future but not greedy for money, are the two precepts that Meng Dongran set for himself.

Of course, Meng Dongran couldn't take this money, he carefully wrapped the card, put it away, and had already thought of a way to send it back in his mind. Dong Yue's move made Meng Dongran draw a big question mark in front of her name, what is the relationship between this woman and Secretary Xiang Ming, he needs to further confirm. You can't give her a certain status based on the Pan character written by Huang Guomin in the palm of his hand and the vague words of Guo Code, and once there is a mistake in the future, it is unclear.

After thinking about it for a long time, Meng Dongran grabbed the phone, and he could only consult Mei Ying for many things, and Mei Ying has become more and more of a godmother in his life. After the phone was connected, Meng Dongran first politely thanked Mei Ying about the last few approved projects, and then went to the topic and asked Mei Ying if she knew a woman named Dong Yue, from the provincial city of Haishi.

"Ask her what she does?" Mei Ying's voice sounded a little nervous, as if Meng Dongran shouldn't mention this person.

"It's okay, she just came to me and put something in her."

"You lack something, tell me what you lack, and I'll send it to you immediately." Mei Ying criticized him.

"Sister, don't be angry, I will send things back, but I can't send people back, she came to Tongjiang for a purpose."

"Nonsense, there's no purpose for her to go sightseeing, what scenery do you have in Tongjiang?"

"I also wonder, she came with Li Cannon of the Iron Fourth Bureau, and she cooperated with Li Cannon on the previous project."

"Can you tell me, how many Dong Yue are there in the provincial capital?" Mei Ying grabbed a sentence and said, "Count you smart, ask in time." ”

"I want to know a little bit more clearly." Meng Dongran further said.

"This person has a complicated background, you have to be careful."

"I heard that she is with ......" Meng Dongran hesitated to tell Secretary Xiang Ming. Mei Ying paused for a while and said: "No matter who she has a relationship with, you have to master a principle, don't put yourself in it for others, it's not worth it, just do it in moderation." ”

Meng Dongran was relieved, and his heart was relaxed. After talking on the phone, just about to send a large amount of information brought by Dong Yue to the office, the mobile phone beeped, and when I opened it, it was a text message from Mei Ying: That relationship is very close, be cautious, and tacitly.

Meng Dongran's head was numb for a moment, and then his whole body was numb.

Mei Ying's text message changed some of Meng Dongran's thoughts about Liutong Highway, and when he sat with Huang Guomin again, he did not shy away from expressing his opinions.

"There is a problem with our scheme design, let the Fourth Railway Bureau be the general contractor of the project, and then contract out a bid section for the second time, have you thought about it, in case the Fourth Railway Bureau takes the entire project and does not want to spit it out again?"

As soon as the words hit the point, Huang Guomin's face changed, he was stunned for a long time, and said: "I'm also worried about this, Li Dacang, this person, looks generous, but what he thinks in his heart, it's unpredictable." Since the Iron Fourth Bureau and the Sixth Company came into his hands, the practice is not quite the same as before. ”

"It's not what he thinks in his heart, it's what others think in their hearts."

Huang Guomin was thoughtful, since Dong Yue appeared, many issues related to Liutong Highway have suddenly become sensitive and more cautious. Everyone has an account in their hearts, if the relationship between Dong and Pan is true, then the Tiesi Bureau only brought a shell to Tongjiang this time, but the core inside was Dong Yue. You must not believe that Haishi only makes building materials, now there are many things like selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, and there are many companies that can build roads, Dong Yue grabs a lot of them casually, with the shell of the Iron Fourth Bureau, she is still afraid that she will not find a job? It turned out that Huang Guomin and Meng Dongran's plan was to bid according to the old way, not to attract wind and waves, and to let several companies bid, focusing on the three Iron Fourth Bureau, Dongfang Road and Bridge, and Julong, so that the main parties were taken care of. Of course, in order to further avoid suspicion, you can use the dark box operation to make the Iron Fourth Bureau more mid-point, after all, it is a central enterprise, even if the entire project is taken away, others will not say anything. The question is that now Dong Yue has appeared, how deep is this woman's water, they don't grasp it, once in the secondary distribution, what if she doesn't play according to the old rules?

"Immediately adjust the plan, make everything clear, let whoever gets it, and try to reduce the risk of secondary distribution." Meng Dongran said.

"It's difficult to operate like this, those experts are used to giving unreliable points to the Iron Fourth Bureau, anyway, for them, giving the project to the Iron Fourth Bureau is the least risky."

Huang Guomin is telling the truth. Pan Xiangming has been in Tongjiang for three years, as long as the road is repaired, the project is basically won by the Sixth Company of the Fourth Railway Bureau. The experts in charge of bidding have long been inert, and every time they close their eyes to score, anyway, they are central enterprises, and the brand is hard. Now it's really difficult to cut the project on the first step of the process.

"The expert is determined by the command, do the work first, if it really can't be done, change!" Up to now, Meng Dongran didn't dare to drag the mud and water.

"It's too obvious, will Secretary Xiang Ming ......" Huang Guomin's words pressed under his tongue finally came out.

Meng Dongran was silent, he didn't think about this, the problem is that there are more monks and less porridge, just one project, several families will fight, and several families will take care of it. I only considered Secretary Xiang Ming's side, what should I do with Zhao Naizin and Chang Guoan's side? Chu Jianfei's assistant and Zhao Shilong can run to his office every day, and Yu Haiyang, secretary to Vice Governor Luo, also made a special trip to Tongjiang for this reason, saying that the Liutong Highway can be successfully approved, and there is so much additional investment in the province, can Vice Governor Luo not speak?

The three averages take, this is no way, but also the best way to compromise, in the end, even if anyone has an opinion, but can only find the gap and balance in other projects, Liutong Highway can only do this.