tossed on the road for most of the day, and when the two of them returned home, it was already half past eleven, so that Chen Ruonan, who was resting at home, saw that when the two of them came back together in the middle of the night, his eyes were obviously a little wrong, but Chen Ruonan didn't ask much in the end, but Min Rou was very embarrassed to say hello to Ruonan and then limped back to the guest room on the second floor, in fact, she originally planned to drive Chen Yang over and go back to her dormitory to rest, but Chen Yang saw that it was too late, In addition, Min Rou has been for so long, obviously not much energy, Chen Yang didn't dare to let her drive back by herself, so he insisted on letting her follow the house, anyway, the relationship between the women in the family has long been like this, and those noisy days have passed, as long as he doesn't bring Yan Yue's little vinegar jar home, Ruonan doesn't have much opinion on the other women.

took a shower in the bedroom, changed into clean pajamas, sat on a plane for a long time, and tossed for another night, Chen Yang was so sleepy that his eyes were almost open, and he fell on the bed and was about to sleep, but he woke up Chen Ruonan at this time, but he had no pajamas, sat on the edge of the bed, looked at him fixedly without blinking, and asked him: "Didn't you say on the phone two days ago that you would come back after the 10th, why did you come back early today?" Can you walk away there? It looks like the National People's Congress will only meet next Wednesday, right? ”

Chen Yang's original intention of returning to Beijing early was of course for the position of the unresolved secretary of the Huahai Municipal Party Committee, but of course he would not bring his official business home to say, and he didn't want Ruonan to worry about himself, so he replied casually: "There has been nothing going on in the city recently, didn't I think I could accompany you for a few more days if I came back early?" ”

"you, it's weird to believe you!" Chen Ruonan pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid you want to come back to accompany your Xiaorou in advance, right?" Stay with me! Tell me honestly, where did you two go before? ”

Chen Yang heard her slightly jealous words, and he and Min Rou really didn't do anything good before, so he couldn't help but feel hot at this time, and hurriedly said to him: "Eh, that's right." Wakaman. What about Nannan? ”

"Don't divert from the topic." Chen Ruonan saw through his trick at a glance, and then frowned and said angrily, "You're embarrassed to say it, do you know?" A while ago, Xian'er secretly went to Lanzhou to find Nannan, fortunately, I happened to be over there at that time, if my mother knew, I wouldn't help you say anything good at that time. ”

Chen Yang was taken aback when he heard this. Of course, he knew that it was very unfair to Xian'er to send his daughter back to Beijing to follow Chen Ruonan, but the reality could only make him do this, in fact, he knew very well in his heart that his mother was clear about his several women, but he didn't say anything, but his mother had vaguely mentioned it to him a few times. is that if he has a child outside, he must take it back to the Chen family to raise, as for who the child's biological mother is, she doesn't care, anyway, the child must grow up with Chen Ruonan, this should be the mother's bottom line. To put it bluntly, I hope that it is Chen Ruonan who will be close to the child when he grows up.

Although Chen Yang was speechless about this, he could only rely on his mother's wishes, otherwise, he absolutely believed that his mother had the ability to make Xian'er and the other women automatically disown him with great interest.

Of course. The child follows Ruonan, he actually doesn't care. But if it's Xian'er, I'm afraid it will be difficult to accept for a while. It's just that he still never expected it. Xian'er still secretly ran to Lanzhou, no wonder she said a while ago that she was going to go over there, and she didn't go to see a newly opened branch over there at all, but went to find her daughter.

But it's really hard to say anything about this, after all, it is a bit inhumane to let their mother and daughter separate their flesh and blood at such a young age. However, what he told Xian'er at the beginning was to let her and Nan Nan go back to the capital to accompany Ruonan, and then she couldn't accompany herself in Huahai, and she really didn't mean to let their mother and daughter separate. Who knows why he was suddenly taken away by his mother again.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help frowning and reproaching Ruonan: "Ruonan, you too, didn't I let Xian'er take Nan Nan back to Beijing to live with you?" Why was he carried to Lanzhou by his mother for a long time? ”

"Che, can you blame me for this?" Ruonan was also angry, and lay down with a stuffy face, pulled the quilt, and then continued, "You think I don't want to leave Nannan by my side?" Who knows how my mother came back suddenly on a whim a few days ago, and then when she saw Nannan, she smiled and took her away, and I couldn't stop it. ”

"You won't tell your mother that it's someone else's child?"

"Do you think Mom will believe it?"

Chen Ruonan asked with a depressed face, to be honest, she really planned to raise Nan Nan well, in order to make up for the defect that her baby son had been away from her for a long time since he was a child, who knows, Xian'er took Nan Nan back to Beijing and lived for a few days, and her mother didn't know where she received the news, and she suddenly went back to her home in the capital without saying hello, and then she only stayed for one night and took Xiao Nan away, and said it quite seriously, saying that since Nan Nan and Xiao Ze are brother and sister, Then you have to stay together from an early age, so that the relationship between the brother and sister can be deep, so as not to grow up in the future.

Chen Yang thought about it, so he could only shake his head and sigh in his heart. If you want to blame it, it's too cute, chubby, not to mention the old man's like, even if it's himself, he likes it very much, and in comparison, his love for Xiao Ze or Xiao Jun's two sons is not as good as this baby little daughter, for his son, he is still quite strict, but for his daughter, he always can't put on a strict father's face.

"By the way, did Xian'er tell you when she came back from her hometown?" Chen Ruonan suddenly asked again.

Chen Yang was busy with work a while ago, and after Xian'er found an excuse to run to Lanzhou, she couldn't successfully pick up her daughter, so she could only go back to her hometown in a stupid way, because it was almost the New Year, so she stayed in her hometown to accompany her grandmother for the New Year, of course, she didn't hide Chen Yang when she returned to her hometown for the New Year.

"No, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I thought that if she came back, I would find a way to get her back from her mother for a few days." Chen Ruonan explained.

"Well, that's fine, I'll give her a call tomorrow."

Chen Yang nodded. Although Xian'er's grandmother's body is quite tough, after all, she lives in the mountains, and all kinds of medical conditions are not very good, but the old people refuse to leave the small mountain col alive or dead, so in the past few years, as long as Xian'er has nothing to do, she has tried to stay in the small village to accompany her grandmother, after all, no matter how good the old man's health is. It's also a ninety-year-old person. Not many days have passed, Xian'er grew up with her grandmother when she was a child, and her relationship with her grandmother is very deep, so she still has to decide whether Xian'er will come back or not. But I think if she can come back to see Nannan, she should fly back immediately.

The couple talked for a while, and Chen Yang was also sleepy. He turned over and hugged Ruonan's warm body, hugged Ruonan into his arms, closed his eyes and said, "Okay, it's late, go to sleep." ”

Chen Ruonan was completely sleepy, and said unhappily: "What are you anxious about?" You don't have to go anywhere tomorrow. ”

But her voice fell for a long time. Chen Yang didn't reply, but instead heard a low snoring. She tried to shake Chen Yang's arm gently, but Chen Yang still didn't react at all, she poked her head out of Chen Yang's arms, and was about to wake up Chen Yang regardless of 3721, but seeing Chen Yang sleeping very sweetly, she relented again.

"Really, there's definitely nothing good going on. Xiao Rou is also yes. How can you let his temperament come and look at him tired. ”

After a few muttered words. She closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

To tell the truth, she really wronged Chen Yang, although Chen Yang is over thirty years old, his body is still very healthy, especially in that aspect of ability, don't look at him There are several women, but he really didn't spend much time on it, plus the women in the family almost every day have to get him some precious medicinal materials to replenish his body, which makes him feel more fierce than when he was younger, let alone dealing with Min Rou, even if he adds two or three, it is not a problem. The main reason why he feels so tired is because of work.

Indeed, officialdom is not so easy to mix, especially when it comes to a step like him, almost every day there are countless documents that he needs to read, countless work instructions that he needs to express, and even countless officials waiting in line to report to him. And in the more than three years that he has been in Huahai, he has hardly really rested for a few days, and he has been so endlessly consumed for a long time, even if he is an iron body, there is always a period of special exhaustion. Only when he stays at Yanjing's house can he be considered to be able to sleep well.

And recently, it is a critical period when the post of secretary of the Huahai Municipal Party Committee is to be finalized, and he can't relax at all, not only to pick up the burden of Huahai alone, and control the overall situation of Huahai after the chaos, but also to think about running around like this exhausted today, and he has to pay close attention to the dynamics above every day, but even so, when the answer is about to be revealed, he still has no bottom in his heart, and even, after a long talk with Yu Qiang in the organization department in the afternoon, His original confidence seemed to have been wiped out by Yu Qiang.

It is true that he must admit that after the outbreak and escalation of the Wu case, he did offend many high-level or some factions with ambiguous positions, and even many people attributed the reason for Elder Li's dismal retreat from politics to him, no way, no one dared to offend the principal, he could only shoot him, and some time ago, the former No. 1 leader in the high-level called his name on many occasions and criticized him unceremoniously. Although the former No. 1 leader has abdicated for several years, after all, his influence in the domestic political arena is still quite huge, and the old chief's words can definitely affect many high-level perceptions of him Chen Yang.

Of course, Chen Yang can only admit that he is unlucky, in fact, the reason why he didn't really want to go to Huahai back then is because of this aspect, after all, everyone knows who is really standing behind the Huahai system, he jumped out so strongly and almost destroyed most of the Huahai system, can the No. 1 leader of the family have no opinion on you? Of course, a Wu Yunsong is not even a fart, but Director Li, who retired from illness, was definitely brought up by the former No. 1 chief.

Although as long as anyone with a bit of political mind can see that it is actually the principal who really can't wait to eliminate the influence of Huahai in the domestic political arena, and it has nothing to do with him Chen Yang, but no one dares to mess with the principal now, so he can only use you Chen Yang as a scapegoat, and if it weren't for you to do it first, the principal would never have found such a good opportunity to realize his political intentions, speaking of which, in the eyes of other factions, it is not an exaggeration to say that you Chen Yang is the culprit of this political incident. Right now. You fuck off Wu Yunsong. forced Secretary Gao away, and even directly led a highly respected elder to retreat from illness, and he actually wanted to unify Huahai logically, dreaming of you.

At least, that's definitely not how politics are played. Among the many objections, even if the principal wants to reward meritorious deeds, I am afraid that he will have to think twice.

And that is exactly what happened. In the next few days, Chen Yang did not honestly stay at Yanjing's home and was equal to the teacher's news.

In the old man's study, he clearly expressed to the old man that he hoped to succeed Gao Ming as the secretary of the Huahai Municipal Party Committee, but in the end, although the old man did not express his position. But he could feel it somewhat, the old man didn't seem to be very concerned about this matter, and even criticized him very vaguely for being too anxious and impetuous.

But can he not be in a hurry?

Let's not talk about how crucial the impact of this step is on his career, let's take the East China New Area that he worked so hard to build, seeing that it is about to be the time to produce results, at this time of course he urgently needs to take this huge achievement in his own pocket. Just think about it, it's someone else. I'm afraid I will never watch the fruit I have worked hard for several years to be picked by others, right?

There was no clear support from the old man. He was not discouraged, and then seized the time to visit several bigwigs of the neutral faction one after another. But several bigwigs have ambiguous attitudes, official words, and almost no support he hopes to get.

In the end, he even went to the Fang family's mansion in person, hoping to have a good chat with Old Man Fang, but in the end, Old Man Fang didn't see him, but instead ran into Fang Qing, who happened to be eating there, and was beaten down by Fang Qing very unhappily that night, why didn't he inform her when he came back early. In fact, Chen Yang is really not to blame, it is obvious that Fang Qing is on a business trip and has nothing to do with him, but there is no reason to talk to a woman, and Chen Yang is in a bad mood, so he angrily said a few words, and in the end, he naturally broke up unhappily.

All in all, his original intention of expecting Tong Guò to return to Beijing early in the past few days has obviously failed, and now his last hope can only wait for news from the teacher's side. Yes, he must find an opportunity to report to the principal in person, and his strong desire to be the leader of Huahai and let Huahai's economy achieve a second take-off in his hands is very accurate and clear in front of the principal.

At about 8 o'clock on Tuesday night of the second week of his return to Beijing, that is, the night before the Fourth Session of the 10th National People's Congress, he received a call from a confidential secretary of the General Office of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, informing him that he would come to Zhongnanhai in half an hour and that the principal would listen to his work report.

Although he was surprised that Teacher Yu did not inform him in advance, he still hurriedly drove out of the door and went straight to Zhongnanhai, which is extremely mysterious in the eyes of the world.

After a very cumbersome series of security checks, he was guided by Secretary Wang, who notified him to come, all the way to a yard planted with a lot of flowers and trees.

Although Chen Yang was fully mentally prepared when he came, when he entered this quiet courtyard, he was secretly taken aback, this is the principal's living place, is it a mistake? What's the matter, if I don't go to the office, is it possible that the principal is going to invite me to dinner? But isn't that the right time?

Although he was a little drumming in his heart, of course he wouldn't ask much, and soon, the mystery was revealed, and the principal was really going to invite him to dinner.

In a dining room of about ten square meters, which is not too big, Chen Yang was surprised to see the principal and the principal's wife who were having dinner.

This one

"Hello, Secretary-General, I'm here."

Although he was surprised, Chen Yang still took the initiative to greet very calmly, the principal nodded slightly, and Chen Yang immediately looked at the principal's wife and said hello, "Director Liu, hello, I excuse you and the secretary." ”

"Hehe, you are Hua Hai's Xiao Chen, come and sit down."

The principal's wife looked at Chen Yang with a smile, her expression was very kind, and she could actually recognize Chen Yang at a glance, which made Chen Yang very surprised, and she seemed to be really famous now.

And the principal's wife seemed to have already finished eating, and after whispering a few words to the principal, she got up, and then left the small dining room after Chen Yang nodded and smiled.

"Xiao Chen, come and sit."

When the principal saw that Chen Yang didn't move, he smiled and waved at him again.

"Oh, yes, secretary."

Chen Yang responded, but quickly found a place at the table and sat down. He thought that the principal should have finished eating, and was about to follow the principal to the office to report to work, but he didn't expect the principal to let him sit down here. And he could tell that the headmaster's face looked a little tired. It is no wonder that the work intensity of the principal can be imagined when there is a conference to be held in the past few days.

"Hehe, have you eaten, if you haven't eaten, just accompany me to eat some." The headmaster waited for him to sit down before asking him again.

"Secretary, don't bother, I ate it before I came." Chen Yang hurriedly said. He did eat at home, and he ate a lot, because Min Rou took a public vacation during this time, stayed with his family every day, and was busy making food when he had nothing to do.

"Hehe, it's okay, let's eat with me." The principal smiled faintly, although the tone was very polite, but it still made people feel that they could not be refused.

At this time, Secretary Wang, who led Chen Yang in front, had already brought a new pair of chopsticks and put them in front of Chen Yang very respectfully.

Don't look at this secretary Wang Da is very good in front of him, he called Chen Yang over in a commanding tone, and when he led Chen Yang over, he also looked like he was silent, but at this time, the gap between him and Chen Yang was still very clearly reflected, he was just an errand to serve the leader, and Chen Yang was undoubtedly the guest of honor at the principal's table, he only stood honestly here, but Chen Yang could report to the principal while enjoying food, and even, if Chen Yang was willing, he could also try to order wine, I don't think the principal will refuse him.

Of course, it is said that it is food, in fact, there are a few dishes on this big table, counting, that is, the standard configuration of four dishes and one soup, two meat and two vegetables, and a nutritious soup, and at a glance at the dishes, he knows that it should be very light, at least Chen Yang can't raise much appetite when he sees these dishes. It's just that in a sense, there are probably not many people who have the opportunity to dine with the principal on such occasions all day, so it is definitely worth it as food.

Fortunately, Chen Yang is a person who has seen countless big scenes after all, and he is also from a wealthy family, although he was a little surprised, but soon he was not as restrained as when he first entered the restaurant, and he also picked up a bowl of rice with the principal at random, and also drank a small half glass, about one or two Moutai wine.

During the whole process of accompanying the principal to dinner, except for the principal's wife who came out to give a few words when the principal was happy to let the staff bring wine, Chen Yang basically didn't say much, and he didn't take the initiative to report to the principal, mainly because he didn't know if the principal had the habit of talking about work at the dinner table, at least, many bigwigs he knew didn't like to talk about work at the dinner table.

Sure enough, the principal kept his mouth shut about work, and happily finished his dinner, and then motioned for Chen Yang to follow him to a study-like room in the middle.

The principal's study was simply furnished, even rudimentary, with almost no extra ornaments left except for a large party flag hanging on the wall.

This made Chen Yang, who was accustomed to the kind of study room that was very chic and very literati-style, a little unaccustomed for a while, especially the party flag facing the desk, which made him feel a kind of solemnity in his heart as soon as he entered this study, and a solemn feeling arose spontaneously in his heart. (To be continued.) )