It felt really bad to be at the mercy of others, Xia Xiang swallowed a dumpling in one bite with great resentment, and said vaguely: "Actually, the dumplings in Langshi are not unpalatable. ”

Lian Ruohan got angry all of a sudden: "You are now full of food, and the whole family is not hungry, isn't it?" Men are all virtuous, they all want to have a free day, you are flying now, there must be a new person by your side, goodbye! Saying goodbye, really goodbye, the phone hung up, Xia Xiang smiled dumbly, it was really a misunderstanding caused by dumplings.

wanted to call Lian Ruohan again, but the phone rang again, and it was Gu Yu: "Do you want me to accompany you?" I'm in the capital now, and it's been an hour in the past. ”

Xia Xiang choked on a dumpling in his throat and almost spit it out, how could Gu Yu speak in a tone with Lian Ruohan? After he forcibly swallowed it, he asked: "Don't make a mess, stay in the capital and be obedient." ”

"Teasing you, I'm in Yan City, not in the capital.

Even if you are in the capital, I don't go to see you, where is there a cheap thing to send to the door, you have to take the initiative to come to the capital to see me. ”

Gu Yu seemed to be eating, and said while eating, "Grandpa is also in Yan City, I'm having dinner with him......" Xia Xiang was excited: "Are you eating with him, talking to me in front of him in this tone?" But he was startled, and when he heard it, he could know that Gu Yu's almost coquettish tone was a woman's tone of flattery to her man.

Gu Yu lowered her voice: "Tell you, grandpa just met an acquaintance, went to talk to the side, and hasn't come back yet, but he is looking over here......" She probably was also deliberately playing tricks on Xia Xiang, just to create a tense atmosphere, "Oh, grandpa came over, I'm going to hang up the phone." ”

said to hang up the phone, but she never hung up, and after a moment of silence, she giggled: "Scared you to death, coward."

Okay, I won't mess with you, I'll tell you one thing, grandpa said that the situation in Lang City is special, and we should focus on the big picture and start small. ”

Lao Gu should know a little bit about Lang City, and it would be good to have time to talk to him.

Xia Xiang finished answering Gu Yu's call and was full, when he heard a man and a woman arguing at the next table.

Man: "I don't agree with you going to work in Excellence Company, Excellence Company is Oh Chen's company." ”

Woman: "I don't care whose company it is, as long as the salary is high and the treatment is good, I will go."

It's so difficult to get into an excellent company, I finally passed the interview, and you said that if you don't let me go, you won't go? You raise me? How much money do you make in a month? Man: "Oh, Chen is not a good person, you are so beautiful, you went to his company, if he takes a fancy to you, can you still escape from his clutches?" How many women he has harmed, you haven't heard of it! Woman: "That's a rumor, someone is deliberately slandering him."

Oh, Chen is a big philanthropist, he donates first in Quanlang City every year, and besides, he is in his 50s, how can he fall in love with me? Don't be suspicious. ”

Man: "You don't understand, men are the most persistent in one thing, and they will never change, that is, they like 18-year-old women when they are 18 years old, they still like 18-year-old women when they are 28 years old, and they still like 18-year-old women when they are 58 years old!" Female: "I'm 23......" Male: "......" Xia Xiang smiled and got up and left the dumpling restaurant.

Oh Chen is the number one philanthropist in Yan City, he has known it for a long time, and the city government has relevant information, but some people say that Oh Chen is lustful and has harmed many women, but it is the first time he has heard of it.

Sometimes it is necessary to listen to the voices of the people, which is more conducive to him to understand what he is doing.

Although in his opinion, the girl who quarreled with her boyfriend just now is actually not beautiful.

In November, Lang City has fully entered winter, the night wind blows, and the cold hits.

Xia Xiang walked through a dim alley, then entered an old community, came to Unit 3 of Building 3, went up to Room 302, and knocked on the door.

…… Li Caiyuan is indeed sick, but it is not a physical illness, but a heart disease.

Since the moment he heard that Mayor Xia was going to reactivate him as a secretary, he first burst into tears, and after a few years, he didn't expect that there would be a day when he would come out, and he thought that he would confess like this all his life, but there was still time to operate.

But then something happened that immediately extinguished his enthusiasm.

Deputy Mayor Tu Yun talked to him, and after the conversation, Li Caiyuan felt like a basin of cold water falling from the sky on nine cold days, pouring him a cold heart.

Although Tu Yun said it quite implicitly, he still understood that someone didn't want him to be Xia Xiang's secretary! After thinking about it, Li Caiyuan also knew his current situation, and there was no other way than to be obedient.

When Xia Xiang first came to Lang City, he didn't understand the sinister situation in Lang City, and he didn't know the arrogance and huge underworld forces behind him, he couldn't affect Xia Xiang because of his future.

After all, Xia Xiang is the only one among the leaders of the municipal party committee who appreciates him.

The grace of knowing the encounter made Li Caiyuan grateful.

Li Caiyuan finally decided to take long-term sick leave and temporarily avoid talking about it for a while on the grounds of physical discomfort.

He couldn't directly refuse Xia Xiang, and he didn't dare to tell the truth, so he had to be an ostrich.

Li Caiyuan's family background is not good, his wife Shen Lexue is sick, and she is bedridden all the year round, but fortunately, his son Li Yixiao is sensible, he will take care of people at a young age, he can already help his mother change clothes, and he can also help his father wash dishes.

Because the family is indeed poor, relying only on Li Caiyuan's salary alone, not only has no money to treat his wife's illness, but even eating has become a problem.

The children of the poor are in charge of the house early, it is true that Li Yi is not a big person but knows the hardships of life, and every day after dinner, he first cleans up the dishes and chopsticks, and then goes to do his homework.

After eating dinner early today, Li Yixiao went to do his homework obediently, and just halfway through writing, he heard someone knocking on the door.

In my memory, no one has been here at home for a long time, and since my mother was sick, not only did no one come to visit the house, but even some relatives did not come and go.

The rich have distant relatives in the mountains, and the poor no one asks in the downtown area, Li Yixiao has seen more of the world than his peers.

Who could it be? Dad was helping Mom with a massage, so he boldly opened the door and saw a strange uncle standing at the door.

The uncle was not very old, handsome and handsome, and in his opinion he was a little more handsome than the most handsome English teacher in their school, which made him immediately have a good impression: "Uncle, who are you looking for?" "Is Li Caiyuan here?" Xia Xiang was slightly stunned, and guessed that the child in front of him should be Li Caiyuan's son, and seeing that he was still holding a pen in his hand, he couldn't help but think of his son, felt pity, and touched his head, "How old are you?" What is your name? "At the age of 7, my name is Li Yixiao, which means a child of the Li family."

Li Yixiao saw that Xia Xiang was very kind, so he didn't have any vigilance at all, opened the door and let Xia Xiang come in, and saw that Xia Xiang was still carrying fruit in his hand, so he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

Not to mention eating meat at home, there is not even a single fruit, winter is the most expensive season for fruits, and the fruits I want to buy in summer are also the most expensive varieties, which immediately aroused Li Yixiao's gluttony.

Xia Xiang took out a fruit: "Go, wash." ”

Li Yixiao shook his head, but still didn't resist the temptation of the fruit, and ran away quickly.

Xia Xiang knew that Li Caiyuan's family was not good as soon as he entered the door, except for a sofa and coffee table in the living room, there was almost no other furniture, not even a TV, and there was no decoration at home.

As a deputy section-level cadre working in the municipal government, Li Caiyuan's life was too poor.

Li Caiyuan, who was about to help Shen Lexue massage his legs in the inner room, heard a sound outside, he didn't expect a guest to come, so he picked up the basin and walked out, while saying, "Yixiao, do your homework well, don't be distracted."

The exam is coming, so you have to step up your revision. ”

As soon as he arrived in the living room, he was stunned, who could the person in front of him be Xia Xiang, who could it be if it was not the newly appointed executive vice mayor? Is it really Mayor Xia? As soon as Li Caiyuan panicked, the basin of water in his hand fell to the ground, and with a bang, splashed all over the ground.

He hurriedly picked up the basin of water, and felt that it was inappropriate, so he put the basin down again, and said incoherently: "Xia, Mayor Xia, why are you?" How did you get here? "I came to see you, I heard you were sick? But looking at your appearance, the one who is alive and well should not be sick physically, but mentally ill. ”

Xia Xiang smiled, bent down to help Li Caiyuan pick up the basin, and handed it to him, "You live on the 3rd floor, and there are residents downstairs, and if you bang, you will startle the neighbors downstairs, which is not good." ”

In Li Caiyuan's impression, although the main leaders of the Lang City Party Committee also have a pro-people side, the traces of their performances are too heavy, and every year they visit poor families during the New Year's holidays, speak some clichés, and use official accents, and they also have to appear on the news and television...... He had never seen a leader as approachable as Xia Xiang, not a pretended pro-people, but really moving.

A leader who is so careful that he is afraid of alarming his neighbors downstairs even if he drops a basin, he is not a high-ranking official, he is a living party member cadre who makes people feel real.

"Mayor Xia, I'm ......" Li Caiyuan wanted to speak and stopped, Xia Xiang said what was on his mind, he was indeed sick with his heart, there was nothing wrong with his body, and he was very healthy.

Xia Xiang stretched out his hand to stop him: "Let's not talk about it first, let's talk about what's wrong with my sister-in-law first?" Through the unclosed door, Xia Xiang saw Li Caiyuan's wife who was bedridden, and his heart was inexplicably tight.

He didn't expect that Li Caiyuan's family situation was so difficult, and he didn't expect that Li Caiyuan would be a person who was reluctant to give up on his wife who was sick in bed. There must be a lot of articles among them! "It's not a big deal, it's just that I had a car accident and injured my liver, and I can't get out of bed......" Li Caiyuan dodged his gaze, not wanting Xia Xiang to go in.

Xia Xiang was not a doctor, but he also knew that the situation should not be very serious, so he asked very sternly: "It should be curable, why don't you go to the hospital?" Li Caiyuan lowered his head: "There is not a penny left in the family to treat the disease, and all the money has been spent." ”

While speaking, Li Xiaoyi cut the washed fruit into countless small pieces, brought it over, and handed it to Xia Xiang first: "Thank you uncle for the fruit, I haven't eaten it yet, please eat the first piece uncle." ”

How sensible the child is, Xia Xiang couldn't bear to disappoint the child, so he picked up a piece: "Let mom eat first." ”

"No, you have to let Dad eat first, Mom said, Dad has to go to work and take care of the family again, he is the most tired, he is the pillar of the family.

When he falls, so does his home. ”

When Li Yixiao spoke, he was still staring at the fruit on the plate, and he knew that he was hungry at a glance.

Xia Xiang was full of emotion, just a plate of the most ordinary apples, just let the child be hungry like this, this family is really stormy, and it will fall down as soon as it blows.

When Li Yixiao handed the apple to Li Caiyuan and asked him to eat it, Li Caiyuan finally couldn't help it, squatted on the ground and cried loudly: "I'm useless, I'm really useless, I can't even support my wife and children, I'm not a man!" Xia Xiang helped him up: "If you have anything to say, just say to me, wealth, men can cry, but don't squat, cry and cry while standing!" The room was dark and full of medicinal smell, Xia Xiang came to Shen Lexue's bed, and saw that the woman on the bed had a sallow face, skinny, and seemed to be forty or fifty years old, but in fact she was only 36 years old.

A year ago, Shen Lexue was still a regular employee of the bus company, although she worked hard, she also had an income of more than 1,000 yuan per month, and her life was not bad.

Suddenly, one day on her way to work, she was hit by a car coming from the side, and then sent to the hospital, although her life was saved, but after the company paid for the medical expenses in the early stage, she refused to pay a penny more, and also fired her from public office on the grounds that she had made a major mistake in her work some time ago.

At the same time as she had a car accident, Li Caiyuan also suffered the biggest turning point in his life in the municipal party committee, and was led to the municipal party committee by leading his children to the municipal party committee.

And he was also left to the side from the deputy mayor's secretary and became an idle person with nothing to do! The more Xia Xiang listened, the more strange he felt in his heart, on the one hand, Li Caiyuan was framed, and on the other hand, Shen Lexue had a car accident, and a good family was shattered in a blink of an eye, is it just a coincidence? After Shen Lexue finished talking about her, she found that Xia Xiang had been standing by the bed, and it was too much for a big leader to stand, so she hurriedly beckoned Li Caiyuan to invite Mayor Xia to sit down, Xia Xiang waved her hand and patted Shen Lexue's arm gently: "Sister-in-law, don't be polite, I'll just stand, you take care of your body and relax, I will arrange for you to be hospitalized as soon as possible, and it can't be delayed any longer." ”

Xia Xiang's soft-spoken comfort, as well as his sincere care, filled this forgotten family with warmth, and Shen Lexue burst into tears: "Don't you dare to let Mayor Xia come forward for my little things, I'm fine, I can get through." ”

Li Caiyuan was also busy saying: "Mayor Xia, don't worry about Le Xue's affairs, we are fine now, we can live, we can have a bite to eat, we will be content." ”

Xia Xiang is such a person, he has seen from Li Caiyuan's flashing eyes and painful expression that there is definitely a major hidden truth behind the matter, I am afraid that Shen Lexue's car accident and Li Caiyuan's life style turmoil are caused by the same root.

Thinking of Li Caiyuan as Shao Ding's secretary before, Xia Xiang faintly felt that it was definitely the right choice to come to Li Caiyuan today, maybe Li Caiyuan was a key line.

Otherwise, Qiu Xufeng would not have specifically mentioned letting Li Caiyuan be his secretary! Qiu Xufeng had already left Lang City a few days ago, and before leaving, Qiu Xufeng did not notify Xia Xiang in advance, nor did he let Xia Xiang see him off, but only made a phone call after getting on the highway: "Mayor Xia, I am back to Yan City, in the future, Lang City will be alone, but I believe in your ability."

I can't help you much, I can only help you introduce a good secretary. ”

Xia Xiang scolded with a smile: "Where are you introducing me to the secretary, it's just to make trouble." ”

"Li Caiyuan, don't look at it as a small person, but if it is used properly, it can be of great use.

But I don't know exactly what he is used for, don't ask me, dig it yourself, I just listen to what others say, haha.

Okay, let's go, if you have time to go back to Yan City, let's sit down together. ”

Qiu Xufeng didn't tell him when he arrived, what was the use of Li Caiyuan, Xia Xiang guessed, and it was estimated that he really didn't know.

It was precisely because of Qiu Xufeng's reminder that Xia Xiang had today's trip.

Xia Xiang and Li Caiyuan came to the living room, and saw that Li Yixiao had finished eating an apple like a whirlwind, Xia Xiang sighed secretly, and handed all the fruits on the coffee table to Li Yixiao: "Wash two more apples, eat as much as you want." ”

Li Yixiao didn't dare to answer, just looked at Li Caiyuan, Li Caiyuan wanted to say something, but seeing Xia Xiang's firm gaze, for some reason, in front of Xia Xiang, he couldn't open his mouth if he wanted to refuse, so he had to nod slightly at his son.

Li Yixiao happily went to the kitchen with the apple.

"What's going on with your style of life?" Xia Xiang asked the key to the question straightforwardly.

"It's a former classmate of mine who has always had a crush on me and wanted me to divorce and marry her, but I didn't agree, so she was annoyed and found the municipal party committee to make trouble."

Li Caiyuan glanced at Xia Xiang weakly and said in a low voice.

"Her child, is it really yours?" "Yes......" "My sister-in-law's car accident, did you catch the driver who caused the accident?" "No, the car was not licensed, it escaped afterwards, and the police have not solved the case."

"Now that Shen Lexue is disabled, you can take the opportunity to divorce her and then marry your classmate, isn't it just right?" "I ......" Li Caiyuan blushed suddenly, "I'm not that kind of person."

If my wife doesn't go to court, I won't abandon Le Xue. ”

"Then you just want the red flag to not fall, the colorful flag fluttering? You ruined the whole family because of your extramarital affair, and Shen Lexue's car accident may have been caused by your extramarital affair. ”

Xia Xiang said very sternly.

"No, it's not me who hurt Le Xue!" Li Caiyuan tried his best to defend himself.

Shen Lexue's suppressed cry came from the room, first whimpering, and then like a broken river, it was a cry of extreme pain, as if the suffering of life had finally bent the spine and let the suffering finally have an outlet.

"Caiyuan, you don't have to carry the black pot anymore, tell Mayor Xia!" Shen Lexue's voice came from the back room, containing grief and unwillingness.

Li Caiyuan clenched his fists and looked at Xia Xiang for a long time, as if he was sure that Xia Xiang was credible, and finally he gritted his teeth and knelt down in front of Xia Xiang: "Mayor Xia, I was framed, and Le Xue was also deliberately poisoned, please save our family!" ”