The U.S. minister came to visit, and Pei Yongqian accompanied him throughout the visit. On the second day, the media broke the news that Chu Nanxiong had a heart attack and was sent to the hospital for rescue.

For a while, there was a lot of uproar about the succession candidates. And the Chu system is naturally unstable. Fortunately, Chu Nanxiong woke up, but his body did not allow him to continue to stay in office. So at this time, he pushed Yongqian out.

In fact, in recent times, he has more or less had this meaning, since Yongqian and Yunyi got married, Yongqian has also participated in many government affairs in the Chu family. Clear-eyed people can naturally see Chu Nanxiong's intentions, but there is no shortage of opposing voices.

This time, even if there are opposing voices, behind Yongqian is Chu Nanxiong, and most of them dare not speak out. Moreover, Chu Nanxiong did not explicitly state that he wanted to step down, but asked Pei Yongqian to take charge of it.

This time, Yongqian officially walked out from behind Chu Nanxiong, and the media also had mixed reviews about it, but most people still took a wait-and-see attitude. Regarding this matter, Zhao Shiming once publicly called out, bluntly saying that Chu Nanxiong is a sick lion, how can the king of the forest let a sick lion be it? is even more disdainful of Yongqian. Is there anyone who can compete with him Zhao Shiming.

Regardless of internal or external opposition, Yongqian turned a blind eye, and all he had to do was speak with facts.

Yuan Qian, who was far away in Fuling, also knew that Yongqian's difficulty was not easy, in fact, he had already prepared for it, or he had already prepared it from the moment he planned to marry Chu Yunyi.

At this time, Yongqian's road was not easy to walk, which was why he wanted to turn enemies into friends with Zhao Kangping in the first place. He raised his head and looked at Tao Tao, he had also suffered a lot since he was a child, and he had never lived in such difficult conditions since he was a child. But she didn't complain at all, and she was a little happy.

Especially when you're with the kids, it's like a big kid. When I'm not working, I like to take my kids to take pictures and listen to them share their dreams for the future.

For a moment, he realized that she was just a child. Now he is concentrating on the construction of Fuling, always ignoring her, in fact, it is not that he is not worried, but that he really lacks skills. And his own affairs have not yet been resolved, and after receiving Yunhe's letter, he is under double pressure.

More often than not, he doesn't know how to face Tao Tao, he doesn't dare to ask for too much, he just hopes that she can be by his side, only he can remember at any time, she is there. It was at this moment that he realized his selfishness.

And why? She didn't agree to Zhao Kangping's marriage proposal, in fact, he was secretly relieved. Many times, when he dreams back at midnight, he will ask himself, was he obstructed at the beginning, was it really because of his father's death that the Zhao family could not escape suspicion, or was he unwilling to watch Tao Tao marry someone else. In fact, the answer is already clear......

The ship ordered by Yuan Qian in Shanghai was delivered as promised, and that day when the steamer named "Minsheng" sailed from Shanghai to the Sichuan River, Shao Yizhao held a ball. In order to celebrate the birth of Minsheng.

On that day, he chartered one of the best hotels in Fuling County and invited people from all walks of life to build momentum for Minsheng. He handed Liu Xiang a post, but because of his political position, Liu Xiang did not appear.

Yuan Qian didn't want to be so high-profile, but Shao Yizhao had already arranged it, and he couldn't help but give him face, so he still went. Tao Tao wanted to join in the fun, and Yuan Qian knew that this time had also hurt her, so he agreed. Meng Ruihua and Tao Tao are like inseparable sisters, so they naturally want to go.

The people who came were all well-known figures in the four counties, and Chen Shunong also brought his wife to participate. Mrs. Chen saw Tao Tao for the first time and was amazed by her appearance. When she met people, she said that Tao Tao was the most beautiful person she had ever seen.

Meng Ruihua is a lively character, and after a while, he became familiar with these ladies. Mrs. Chen liked her very much, and knew that she was a good friend of Tao Tao, so she introduced her to her friends.

"What are Miss Meng's plans after graduation?" When Mrs. Chen heard that she was about to graduate, she couldn't help but be curious.

Meng Ruihua glanced around, her gaze fixed on Yuan Qian, and then she turned around and responded to Mrs. Chen with a smile, "I plan to come to Yudu to develop." ”

"That's a good feeling...... We're close. Mrs. Chen had already seen Meng Ruihua's thoughts, and she also glanced at where Yuan Qian was, and he was talking to Shao Yizhao and Chen Shunong.

She naturally knows about the marriage between Pei Yuanqian and Chen Yunhe, but in this era, men have three wives and four concubines, and she is not surprised. Looking at Meng Ruihua's meaning now, most of them don't care about identity. is also a person like Pei Yuanqian, who still cares about the identity of a wife or a concubine.

Don't talk about Meng Ruihua, just say that the young lady, who is said to be the daughter of Liu Xiang's distant relative, isn't it more obvious, the second brother screams, it's really sweet.

"In the future, I will rely on Mrs. Chen's care." Meng Ruihua has now understood that if he wants to gain a foothold in the upper class, he has to rely on relationships. Since she already has a relationship with Tao Tao, why not take advantage of it, as long as she can get close to Yuan Qian, she is willing to do everything.

There were many people who invited Tao Tao to dance, but she refused, but Shao Yizhao came to invite, and she did not refuse. After all, he is the chief dispatcher of this ball, and she wants to save face.

"It's not as good as Shanghai, but it's still necessary to hold a few more dances like this......" Shao Yizhao hugged Tao Tao's waist and kept looking for topics.

"I'm afraid the second brother will be unwilling."

"Oh, don't mention him, this time he has this ball, and he has a good time complaining. I'm just such a dead-eyed person, how can he be so popular. I'll have to talk to Merlin when I get back......"

Tao Tao smiled slightly, it seems that Liu Meilin's mind is no longer a secret.

"Brother Yizhao..... I'll ask you about something, but you have to promise not to talk to my second brother. ”

"I promise, you say, what's the matter?"

"What procedures do you need to transfer to Yudu?"

"Why do you want to transfer schools?" Shao Yizhao was taken aback.

"Be quiet...... Isn't that undecided? ”

"I'll have to ask you about that......"

"I can only ask ...... secretly"

"Okay, I promise you."

"Tick Hook ......" Shao Yizhao shook his head, but still did so, thinking that Tao Tao also had a childish side.

Subsequently, the Minsheng sailed into Hechuan and opened a route from Hechuan to Yichang. Then he established Minsheng Industrial Company in Hechuan. This short-haul route has made Minsheng famous among the four counties.

The prospect of the Minsheng strengthened Yuan Qian's confidence, and he ordered a passenger ship with a manufacturer in Shanghai, which had a shallow draft and was prepared to adapt to the dry season. After ordering the second ship, Yuan Qian advocated the establishment of a Minsheng Machinery Factory to repair the ship. And send both clear and full responsibility. Because before in Mingsheng, Ming was the main force of ship maintenance.

Everything is developing towards the established goal Yuan Qian is of course full of confidence, because the people's livelihood has just started, and he has to work everything big and small, so he did not go back to Jiangnan during the Spring Festival this year.

And Tao Tao wanted to go back to accompany Mrs. Pei, so he went back to Pei's house as soon as he had a holiday. Yunhe returned to Pei's mansion, which she only learned about later after returning to Shanghai.

Because of this matter, in fact, it was not just this matter, she quarreled with Yuan Qian again. After the summer vacation, Yuan Qian sent her back to Shanghai, in fact, she also knew that he didn't want to send her on purpose, because he was going to Shanghai to customize a passenger ship, so he happened to go with him.

On the ship, Tao Tao intentionally or unintentionally revealed to Yuan Qian that she was going to transfer schools, but Yuan Qian directly refused.

She was reluctant and asked him why, and he said that the conditions here were not suitable for her.

"Then why is Ruihua okay?"

"Ruihua is different from you."

"Tao Tao, Ruihua is going to be a teacher in the future, what about you? Do you want to be a teacher? ”

"I don't know ......"

"You see, you don't even know what you want, so what are you talking about transferring? Right now, you're just going to have to finish your current course. Moreover, Chongqing is in chaos, and it is not as good as Shanghai. ”

"How can Liu Meilin?"

"What are you going to say?" Yuan Qian had a hint of impatience.

"She said she wanted to come to Shanghai, and you agreed, and I said that I wanted to come to Chongqing, and you stopped you three or four times. Such a different treatment, is it a good thing that the second brother is afraid that I will persecute you. ”

"Tao Tao, if you say this in front of me, forget it, don't run out to find trouble with Meilin......"

"Look at the second brother like this, no wonder...... They all say that you men like little girls, I don't think I care, it seems that you are inevitably vulgar, isn't it that the younger you are, the more simple the more suitable for your appetite......"

"Mouth slap!" Before Tao Tao could react, he was slapped by Yuan Qian.

This is the first time she has been beaten since she was a child, not to mention Yuan Qian, even Mrs. Pei was reluctant to move a finger of her. Now, because of a Liu Meilin, he started beating her. Tao Tao felt aggrieved, she covered her face and stared at Yuan Qian, and her tears fell down.

Yuan Qian was also uncomfortable, especially looking at Tao Tao Lihua looking at him with rain, he wanted to reach out to comfort her, but she stopped him. In the past, no matter how stubborn Tao Tao was, no matter how much he quarreled with him, he would never do it, but this time it was different, she touched his bottom line.

The phrase "men like young ......" pierced his heart like a knife, and it was because of his age that he hesitated, and his feelings for her were also slow to take that step.

At the beginning, her mother said that if the Pei family had that mind and regarded Tao Tao as a child daughter-in-law, it would be for Zhiqian, not him. There is family affection between him and Tao Tao, and there is age between him..... The heavy pressure made him breathless.

These Tao Tao didn't know, she just felt that Yuan Qian had changed, because a beautiful little girl beat her up, and she also said cruelly, "Don't worry, I will never follow you without face and skin again, I will apply to study abroad when I go back...... No one bothers you anymore. ”

After saying this, she ran out of the cabin, standing alone on the deck, crying silently to the sea......