Fang Yan looked embarrassed, "Mayor, the pot is gone. I, I'll cook another bowl."

Li Yuanlang laughed heartily, "It seems that I, the uninvited guest, stole your dinner."

"It's okay, I'll cook it right away."

Fang Yan was busy for a while and quickly filled himself a bowl of noodles.

Turning his head, Li Yuanlang lowered his head and fiddled with his cell phone, but did not touch the bowl of noodles with his chopsticks.

"Mayor, why don't you eat? Is it not to your liking?"

Li Yuanlang shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for you to eat together."

"How good is this!" Fang Yan said apologetically: "Your noodles are all lumpy. If you don't mind, my bowl of noodles has just been cooked. You can eat mine."

With that said, he wanted to change to Li Yuanlang's bowl of noodles.

"No need." Li Yuanlang waved his hand to stop, "Just add some hot water."

"this……"

"Go ahead."

Fang Yan couldn't resist, so he had to take the thermos bottle and fill Li Yuanlang's bowl with hot water.

After Li Yuanlang mixed it well, he said: "Xiao Fang, do you have any garlic at home? If you don't eat noodles with garlic, the flavor will be half as bad."

"Yes, yes." Fang Yan quickly brought two heads of garlic and placed them beside Li Yuanlang's bowl.

In a small rental house, Li Yuanlang and Fang Yan sat across from each other at a small table.

Watching Li Yuanlang take a mouthful of garlic cloves and a mouthful of noodles, Fang Yan felt extremely uncomfortable.

Hot noodle soup is the most fragrant right out of the pot, but it loses its flavor when mixed with hot water.

And the man in front of me is a dignified mayor, a department-level leader.

I deigned to come to my hut and eat tasteless noodles with only garlic cloves to enhance the flavor.

Fang Yan is so virtuous and capable that Mayor Li lowers his stature like this.

Thinking of this, Fang Yan's eyes blurred...

"Why don't you eat it? Eat it quickly." Li Yuanlang took a bite of the garlic clove and enjoyed it very much.

"Okay, I'll eat."

After a while, Li Yuanlang finished the bowl of noodles and even drank the soup.

He took the napkin handed by Fang Yan and wiped the corners of his mouth, and said: "I intentionally asked about something about you. I know that your girlfriend passed away last year, and you want to be a teacher. It is your girlfriend's last wish, right?

"

"Yes." Fang Yan put down his chopsticks, looked out the dark window, and spoke emotionally.

"She and I were classmates and deskmates from elementary school to high school. It wasn't until we went to college that we established a romantic relationship."

"Xiao Hui is a very kind person, beautiful and gentle."

"Xiao Hui?" Li Yuanlang couldn't help but interrupt and asked.

"Yes, my girlfriend's name is Wu Xiaohui."

What a coincidence. Ye Qingrou was called Li Xiaohui when she was a child, but later she returned to the Ye family and changed her name to Ye Qingrou.

Fang Yan and Wu Xiaohui were very affectionate. After graduating from college, Fang Yan was admitted to the Haisong District Government of Deping City and became a civil servant with a royal salary.

Wu Xiaohui responded to the call and returned to her hometown of Waqiao Town, Anting County, to work as a teacher in the town primary school.

After their jobs became stable, with the consent of both parents, Fang Yan's parents used their savings over the years. Fang Yan and Wu Xiaohui also pooled their savings together and bought an 80-square-meter high-rise residential building in Xincheng, Deping City.

Now that we have a place to live, the next step is to plan to get married at the end of last year.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances.

Shortly after the beginning of spring last year, Wu Xiaohui suddenly developed a high fever, and medication and intravenous drips were ineffective.

And my gums keep bleeding all the time.

When I went to the hospital for a checkup, I found out that I had leukemia, which was in the advanced stage.

Even so, Fang Yan and his parents did not hesitate to take active treatment.

In addition to medical technology, treating this disease also costs a lot of money.

The cost is a bottomless pit.

Soon, the old man's savings were all spent. Fang Yan sold the house and borrowed a large amount of money from relatives and friends, but he failed to save Wu Xiaohui's life.

It resulted in complications, and he died before a bone marrow transplant.

At this point, Fang Yan couldn't control it anymore and tears fell into the bowl.

After a while, he choked up and said: "Xiaohui once told me before she died that what she worries about the most is the children in the class. It is her biggest regret that she did not teach them to the end."

Li Yuanlang pulled the tissue and handed it to Fang Yan, "So you decided to quit your job as a civil servant, take the exam for the teacher qualification certificate, and then go to teach at Waqiao Town Primary School to fulfill Wu Xiaohui's last wish."

"Yeah." Fang Yan lowered his head deeply.

Seeing Fang Yan's sad look, Li Yuanlang felt equally uncomfortable.

No wonder he lives a miserable life, he must be saving money to pay off the debts incurred by his girlfriend for medical treatment.

What a kind and loving man!

In fact, Li Yuanlang gave Fang Yan his bank card with the intention of testing him.

There are 200,000 yuan in that card. If Fang Yan is interested in wealth, then Li Yuanlang will look away.

Based on Li Yuanlang's current economic conditions, two hundred thousand is neither too much nor too little.

It was true that Fang Yan took the money and ran away. Li Yuanlang would not call the police, but Quan would just teach him a lesson.

But Fang Yan was not moved by money. In addition to paying for the meal that night, he returned a lot of the original items, which is enough to show that the young man has a good character.

This kind of person is exactly what Li Yuanlang needs.

Li Yuanlang sighed and enlightened: "Xiao Fang, I admire your kind actions. I support you in fulfilling Wu Xiaohui's last wish."

"It's just that I'm short of a secretary right now. Your qualifications meet my employment standards in all aspects. Let's make a gentleman's agreement. Can you transfer over to help me first, for at most one year?"

"After one year, you can take the teacher's certificate exam again. If you need my help, I will do my best to help."

Even after talking about this, Fang Yan still hesitated.

Li Yuanlang continued in depth: "Xiao Fang, you may know that a while ago, I was injured and hospitalized. There are many unknown secrets in this, which cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences."

"I need someone now, someone I trust. After this earthquake disaster, Deokpyeong City is facing huge difficulties."

"The Shengling Group that once promised to invest has changed its mind. In five days, I will go to the capital to negotiate with them."

"Shengling Group cooperated with foreign Benge mobile phone companies and invested US$3 billion to build a mobile phone production base."

"Once the project is completed in Deping City, not to mention taxes, it will give opportunities to many people just by providing jobs."

"Xiao Fang, I won't talk to you in official terms. What I say is from my heart. I won't force you. If you still plan to fulfill Wu Xiaohui's unfulfilled wish, I will still support you."

"But I hope you will think about it deeply and give me an answer after you think about it."

Li Yuanlang stood up slowly, pointed to the empty bowl in front of him, "Thank you for your hospitality, goodbye."

Fang Yan quickly got up and took Li Yuanlang outside. He watched Li Yuanlang get into the car. When the taillights disappeared, he still stood there, motionless.

Liao Jingjing is here.

This is the first time Li Yuanlang and Liao Jingjing have met since the last photo incident.

She came to Deping this time to implement the specific matters of opening a Huajiang Supermarket branch in Deping New Town.

"Vice President Liao, at this time, if your Huajiang Group can keep its promise, it will undoubtedly help us in times of need."

What Li Yuanlang said was not a lie. After the earthquake, although Deping did not suffer much damage, it would eventually have a negative impact.

Liao Jingjing said sincerely: "We at Huajiang Group have been able to get to where we are today because integrity is our purpose and cornerstone."

"What we promised before will not be shaken in any way due to irresistible natural disasters."

“Thank you very much for your group’s trust and support in our municipal government.”

That night, Li Yuanlang hosted a banquet for Liao Jingjing and his party at the city guest house.

He rarely drank, so he made an exception and drank two small glasses of white wine.

Cooperation is achieved and both parties are happy.

When Li Yuanlang returned to the city hall compound by car, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a familiar figure standing across the road, looking around and looking towards the gate.

He reached out and patted the back of the driver's seat, "Stop."

Then he walked out of the car, buttoned his suit, sent the driver away, and then strolled up to the man.

"Xiao Fang, it's not smart for you to wait for me like this."

What Li Yuanlang meant was that Fang Yan had his private mobile phone number, and it was better to make a call than to wait and see.

Fang Yan scratched his head and said sheepishly: "I'm experimenting to see if you and I are destined to meet again."

"Very good, we met. Your purpose has been accomplished. Come and report tomorrow."

Afterwards, Li Yuanlang strode away.
Chapter completed!