"Mom!" Xu Xia was extremely excited when she mentioned Shen Tong. She banged her chopsticks on the table and said angrily: "Don't mention the past anymore. Do you think it is useful to mention it now?"
Xu's mother buried her head and remained silent, her intestines turning green with regret.
Xu Xia stood up and said: "Mom, I'm fine. If nothing happens, you can go back first. I'm tired and I want to rest."
Xu's mother looked at Xu Xia's growing belly and said with concern: "Daughter, why don't you go home with me? Mom is really worried about you looking like this."
"No, this is my home, I won't go back." Xu Xia said firmly.
Seeing that Xu Xia was so stubborn, Xu's mother said again: "Either you go back or you change the door lock. I was frightened just now when I looked at that Zheng Weijun."
Xu Xia shook his head and said: "If I don't change, this is his home. If it really comes to that point, what will my father do?"
Thinking that her husband was still in the hands of Zheng Weijun's father, I felt a dull pain in my heart, so I had no choice but to say: "Daughter, you must take care of yourself. Mom, you are the only daughter. If you have any shortcomings, I won't be able to live anymore..." …”
Xu Xia had no expression on her face and said calmly: "I know, I will take care of myself."
After sending her mother away, Xu Xia climbed up to the door, and the accumulated tears burst instantly and flowed down her cheeks. Thinking of the past and herself today, Xu Xia became more and more sad, and slowly squatted on the ground, crying loudly.
She missed Shen Tong more and more recently, but she didn't have the courage to take the initiative to contact Shen Tong. How was he doing in Dongquan? Thinking of this, Xu Xia got up and looked for her cell phone, turning the house upside down. When she didn't find it, she thought she had left it in her workplace, so she sat on the sofa alone in a daze.
An empty house, a cold home, without any life. Sometimes Xu Xia always wanted to open the window and jump to end her life. But thinking about the child in her belly and her father's career, she finally gave up this idea. Her Today, I am not living for myself, but entirely for my father. It is indeed not easy for my father to reach this day. If I really do something stupid, my father's future will be ruined.
"Hey! It's so tiring to live!" Xu Xia got up and went back to the bedroom, took out the photos taken with Shen Tong during her college days from under the bed, and lay on the bed looking at them carefully without blinking.
The photo was taken on an evening in the summer of 1996. Shen Tong was wearing a plaid T-shirt, with short, ear-length hair, sitting on the grass holding an acoustic guitar and playing focused, with an innocent smile on his face. And Xu Xia wore a blue polka-dot dress and a straw hat, looking at her handsome sweetheart with a happy smile on her face. The sun was setting, the sun was crisp, the breeze was blowing, and her long hair was blowing, and her smile was rippling. It's so nostalgic, but the picture is frozen in this moment.
Xu Xia shed tears and touched Shen Tong's face with her fingertips. Night after night, Shen Tong accompanied her through the long nights.
Zheng Weijun drank again at night. Whenever he drank, he became angry. He had found the person he loved and had her body, but he could never capture her heart. He was unwilling to give in and rushed home again and again to vent his violence. The depression in my heart felt refreshing at the time, but I regretted it later.
He took Xu Xia's mobile phone and carefully looked through the call and text message records. Except for the calls with his family and colleagues, he had no contact with anyone else. He was also very clear about this, because every month he retrieved Xu Xia's He went through the call details and carefully identified each number one by one. After confirming that he had not contacted Shen Tong, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Zheng Weijun was very suspicious. He still did not believe that Xu Xia could cut off contact with Shen Tong. He even suspected that Xu Xia would use another mobile phone to contact Shen Tong, so he planned to take Xu Xia's mobile phone to test it and give it to Shen Tong. Sent a text message.
The result was nothing, which made him very disappointed. Shen Tong did not reply to the text message. This result did not eliminate his suspicion, but strengthened his belief that Xu Xia must have used other methods to cut off the connection with Shen Tongou.
"This *** Shen Tong is not a toy. He seduced my wife and now he starts to cheat with Du Jingjing." Zheng Weijun cursed angrily. For Du Jingjing, there is no relationship at all. It's just an empty moment. They were just playmates. He suddenly had an idea, could he ask Du Jingjing to investigate this matter?
After Shen Tong came into contact with Du Jingjing, Zheng Weijun had already planned to ask Du Jingjing to withdraw from the Dongquan Shitoushan aluminum mine, and let Guo Weijian focus on the project. But now he has changed his attention and let Du Jingjing go!
Shen Tong, who was far away in Dongquan, knew what happened to Xu Xia. Fortunately, he didn't reply to the text message. If he had, it might have ruined his career or even his life.
As soon as he got up the next morning, his cell phone started ringing one after another. When Shen Tong saw it was Liu Siming's call, he picked it up and said, "Mayor Liu, you haven't called him for a long time, what's wrong? When you get to the city, do you forget about the brothers and sisters who were in the trenches?" Although Liu Siming is now the section chief of the Second Secretary Section of the Longnan Municipal Government, Shen Tong is still used to using the original title, which seems cordial.
Liu Siming chuckled and said, "How could I forget you? You didn't contact me even when you came to Longnan. It should be said that you forgot me!"
Shen Tong smiled and said: "How about it? Mayor Liu, when will you let me eat your wedding candy? I'm waiting for you!"
"No rush, no rush!" Liu Siming said happily: "Hui Man has just graduated from college and started working. It won't be too late to get married in a few years." After chatting, Liu Siming immediately said: "Shen Tong, I want to ask you , how often do you go to Mayor Ma’s house?”
"Why are you going to Mayor Ma's house?" Shen Tong asked confusedly before he woke up.
"What? You don't even know?" Liu Siming said in surprise when he heard that Shen Tong didn't know that something had happened to the family of Ma Guotao, the former mayor of Shihe Town.
"I really don't know, what happened?" Shen Tong said anxiously.
Liu Siming could only say: "How did you become a secretary? I am not as well informed as I am. Let me tell you, Mayor Ma's wife passed away yesterday afternoon."
"Ah?" Shen Tong was shocked. Not long ago, when he accompanied Wu Jiangkai to the provincial hospital to visit Vice Governor Qiu Zhiguo, he met Ma Guotao, but he was gone.
"Yes, his wife had terminal cancer and passed away yesterday." Liu Siming said: "Shen Tong, no matter what Mayor Ma did in the past, we still have to come forward to deal with this kind of thing. After all, we are also him. Former subordinate, right? You hurried over to help this morning, and then you pulled away, and I rushed over."
"Okay, I'll be there soon after dinner!" Shen Tong said firmly. In fact, there is no feud between Shen Tong and Ma Guotao. On the other hand, Shen Tong would have to be grateful to him. If Ma Guotao hadn't launched an investment promotion, Maybe he is still staying in Shihe Town.
He didn't know such important news. Instead, Liu Siming, who was far away in Longnan City, knew it earlier than Shen Tong. Shen Tong looked a little confused. Anyway, he was Wu Jiangkai's secretary. What happened below, at least. Someone should report it.
Shen Tong didn't have time to think about this and hurriedly reported to Wu Jiangkai. Unexpectedly, Wu Jiangkai had already known about it in advance. He said: "Director Zhang has already told me, and I have asked him to go and express condolences in the name of the county committee. You can go and see him too." See, he was your leader after all."
In this way, Zhang Liwei knew the news earlier than he did, and took credit for it in Wujiang in advance, but he was kept in the dark. It was obvious that Zhang Liwei didn't want him to know. Even though it was a small matter, between the two of them, The conflicts between him gradually became apparent, and Zhang Liwei began to distrust him.
Shen Tong ate breakfast in a hurry and rushed to Ma Guotao's house. When he arrived at Ma Guotao's house, white lanterns were hung at the door, and the cries one after another in the house were heartbreaking. Although he was not his relative, Shen Tong felt very uncomfortable. , he walked in with a very solemn heart.
There were not many people in the yard, only Ma Guotao's relatives were helping to set up the memorial shed. Shen Tong found that there was not even a person from Shihe Town, which made him fully feel the meaning of leaving for tea.
Ma Guotao was only suspended from his post, not dismissed. He was still enjoying full-service treatment and might return to his leadership position that day. In any case, Ma Guotao stayed in Shihe Town for nearly ten years. Even if he was heinous and committed many evil deeds, But on today's occasion, the people of Shihe Town should put aside their grudges and show their faces. However, things backfired.
"Shen Tong, you're here, sit down in the room!" As soon as Ma Guotao walked out of the room, he saw Shen Tong standing at the door. He was stunned for a moment, and then quickly walked forward to greet this man who had only been with him for a few times. Yue's subordinate.
Ma Guotao had simply changed. His eye sockets were deeply sunken, his face was dull, his body had lost weight, and he looked so haggard. After being shocked, Shen Tong grabbed Ma Guotao's hand and said emotionally: "Ma Zhen Chairman, I felt extremely sad when I heard this and reported it to Secretary Wu immediately. Secretary Wu told me that if you need anything from the county committee, just ask. He was in a meeting in the city and rushed over. Anyway, Have your condolences!"
Ma Guotao nodded like he was playing a drum, and said in a daze: "Thank you, thank you, I'll be happy if you can come. Come and sit in the room."
Shen Tong said hurriedly: "Mayor Ma, if you need me to do anything, just ask me, I'm here to help you."
"No, you don't have to do anything. You have relatives here, so you can come in and sit down." Ma Guotao declined as hard as he could.
At this time, the man who set up the funeral shed was short of manpower. Shen Tong rolled up his sleeves and went to help without saying a word. Ma Guotao saw this and felt mixed emotions in his heart.
After a while, Zhang Liwei also rushed over. When he saw Shen Tong in the yard, he was stunned for a moment. He quickly recovered and took Ma Guotao's hand and said: "Mayor Ma, my brother, I feel bad when this happens. My condolences. After I learned about this incident, I reported it to Secretary Wu as soon as possible, and Secretary Wu specifically told me that the county party committee must go all out to get this matter done."
Yes! The words of Zhang Liwei and Shen Tong were so similar, but Ma Guotao did not bother to analyze the reasons. He was still grateful to the county committee for not forgetting him, and thanked Secretary Wu again and again for his care.