Chapter 580: Zhou Chen is released from prison, Zhou Rong asks Cai Xiaoguang for help
Shao Jingwen and Cai Xiaoguang arrived at the provincial compound, but unfortunately, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were not at home. The guards blocked them and they could not enter the provincial compound and had to wait outside.
Although Cai Xiaoguang's father is also a provincial cadre, he does not live in the provincial compound. Now the provincial compound is filled with real provincial elders.
The two waited for nearly two hours before finally seeing Qu Xiuzhen riding a bicycle slowly over.
When Cai Xiaoguang saw Qu Xiuzhen, he pushed Shao Jingwen next to him: "Teacher Shao, here we are, that's Qu Xiuzhen, Qu Shuji."
Shao Jingwen suddenly became energetic. He pushed up his glasses and looked at Qu Xiuzhen. When Qu Xiuzhen came to the door, he immediately rushed over.
"Hello, Qu Shuji."
A person suddenly rushed out in front of her. Qu Xiuzhen was startled. She hurriedly pulled the brakes and looked at Shao Jingwen in shock.
"Who are you?"
Shao Jingwen hurriedly explained: "Qu Shuji, I'm sorry, I am Shao Jingwen from the "Golden Land" magazine of Jiangliao Publishing House, and I am a colleague of Zhou Bingkun."
"oh."
Qu Xiuzhen was relieved when she heard that it was Zhou Chen's colleague. Although this was the entrance of the provincial compound and it was impossible for someone to commit murder, she was really shocked just now.
"I remembered, you are Zhou Bingkun's leader. We met when Zhou Bingkun got married, right?"
Shao Jingwen saw that Qu Xiuzhen still remembered him, and he immediately replied happily: "Yes, yes, it's me."
Qu Xiuzhen hesitated and said, "Then why did you come to me?"
Shao Jingwen looked heavy and said with a sad expression: "Qu Shuji, I came to you to ask you to save Bingkun. Something happened to Bingkun."
Qu Xiuzhen looked shocked and asked anxiously: "What happened to Zhou Bingkun?"
"Bingkun has been arrested."
"He was arrested? Did he commit a crime? Which department was he arrested by?"
Qu Xiuzhen asked three questions in a row. Just as Shao Jingwen was about to explain, she interrupted again: "This is not the place to talk. Come with me, come to my house, sit down and talk slowly."
Shao Jingwen nodded and responded: "Okay, I'm not the only one here, there's also Cai Xiaoguang, he brought me here."
Qu Xiuzhen urged: "Take him with you and let's go."
Under the leadership of Qu Xiuzhen, Shao Jingwen and Cai Xiaoguang successfully entered the compound and arrived at Qu Xiuzhen's home.
Because she was concerned about Zhou Chen's situation, Qu Xiuzhen didn't think of pouring tea for Shao Jingwen and Cai Xiaoguang. As soon as she sat down, she got down to business.
"Mr. Shao, please tell me, what happened to Zhou Bingkun? Why was he arrested?"
Shao Jingwen immediately told everything he knew about the situation.
Fortunately, Shao Jingwen was in the office when Zhou Rong called last time, and Zhou Chen told him again, otherwise, he would definitely be confused.
After listening to Shao Jingwen's narration, Qu Xiuzhen concluded: "So, the most likely possibility is that it was not Zhou Bingkun who committed the crime, but his brother-in-law who committed the crime and thus implicated him?"
Shao Jingwen said: "I guess so, because the president of our club has asked someone to inquire about the situation. I heard that someone reported him, and the reason is his brother-in-law Feng Huacheng."
Qu Xiuzhen nodded and said: "If that's the case, it's easy to say, after all, the root cause is not on him, but it's not that easy to rescue him after being caught in a place like that. After all, the situation there is very complicated."
complex."
Shao Jingwen asked eagerly: "Qu Shuji, don't you have anything you can do?"
If it were someone else, Qu Xiuzhen probably wouldn't be willing to help. After all, although she is upright, she is not a reckless person. After all, she has been through many ups and downs. She still understands the principle of being wise and protecting yourself.
"In this way, when our old horse comes back, I will discuss it with him. You two should stay away first, and then tell me about Zhou Bingkun's situation and his pen name 'Zhou Chen'. Listen to what you want, he
Seems amazing?"
Although Qu Xiuzhen knew Zhou Chen, she didn't know Zhou Chen's pen name or his status in the literary world. His current disaster was related to this pen name, so she wanted to know more, maybe
There is a chance to help Zhou Chen.
Shao Jingwen didn't hide anything, and directly told Zhou Chen's situation, from when Zhou Chen first entered the publishing house to later becoming famous under his pen name, etc...
After listening to Shao Jingwen's explanation, Qu Xiuzhen was very shocked. Although she was indeed very optimistic about Zhou Chen, she did not expect that Zhou Chen could achieve such an achievement at such a young age.
What is even more commendable is that although he is already a famous poet and writer in the literary world, he can still keep a low profile. This is really rare.
When Ma Shouchang came back from get off work, Qu Xiuzhen told him about this matter immediately.
Lao Ma is a very enthusiastic person, not to mention Zhou Chen has rescued him, so without saying anything, he arranged for someone to inquire about Zhou Chen's situation and see how he could rescue Zhou Chen.
Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were willing to help, which made Shao Jingwen feel a lot more relaxed. However, he did not stop asking because of this. Instead, he began to contact the Provincial Writers Association.
As a Jichun native, Zhou Chen joined the Provincial Writers' Association, but it made the Jiangliao Provincial Writers' Association famous in the national Writers' Association circle. Now that Zhou Chen had an accident, Shao Jingwen felt that they could not just sit idly by and do something.
People outside were trying their best to rescue Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen was locked inside and couldn't do anything.
If a few decades later, he cooperates with the skills of making money and spends more money, maybe he will be able to come out.
But at this time, if he dared to use money to bribe, not only would he not be able to save himself, but he would probably be even worse, so now he could only wait patiently.
At this moment, he really wanted to slap Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng in the face and beat them to death.
These two cheaters only caused trouble for themselves, but they actually got him involved. I really don’t know what’s going on in Zhou Rong’s mind. Is it all shit?
He originally hated these two people, but now that something like this happened, it was no longer as simple as hating them. According to the game camp, they had directly risen to the level of enemies.
What makes him helpless is that the current situation is different from ordinary times. He is locked up here and no one is allowed to visit him at all. He has no way to appeal, so he can only wait stupidly.
Zhou Chen didn't know the situation in the outside world. If he knew, he would definitely be relieved, because his arrest was not announced, so except for the people at the publishing house that day, no one else knew that he was arrested.
stand up.
Zheng Juan and Li Suhua didn't know Zhou Chen's situation either. They thought he was out of the province on business and would miss and worry about him every day, but other than that, they didn't have any other thoughts.
Nowadays, it is normal for a man to go out to work and not come back for a few years, not to mention that Zhou Chen is just on a business trip.
On the fourteenth day of Zhou Chen's imprisonment, he was finally released.
After being released, Zhou Chen did not complain, because it was useless. He just silently packed his things and left there.
The people who came to pick him up were Shao Jingwen and Cai Xiaoguang. Cai Xiaoguang also bought a car specially.
Shao Jingwen felt very uncomfortable when he saw Zhou Chen's dirty clothes, sloppy beard, and messy hair.
He and Zhou Chen have worked together for so many years, and he knows very well that Zhou Chen is a very clean person. No matter how well he is dressed or not, he will clean himself neatly.
But looking at Zhou Chen's current appearance, one can imagine what kind of sins he has committed.
"Bingkun, you are suffering inside."
Zhou Chen suddenly grinned and said, "I finally came out. Thank you, Teacher Shao, and Brother Xiaoguang."
Cai Xiaoguang patted Zhou Chen on the shoulder and sighed: "Why are you saying this? This is what I should do. I only regret that I was powerless and couldn't rescue you earlier."
Although Zhou Chen's tone was light, he said extremely firmly: "Brother Xiaoguang, I will bear in mind what happened this time, and I will definitely repay you twice as much in the future."
He didn't know how much role Cai Xiaoguang played in saving him, but he must have helped. He was a person with a clear sense of grudges. If others helped him, he would remember it.
Cai Xiaoguang chuckled and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Just be fine."
Zhou Chen nodded and looked at Shao Jingwen. Shao Jingwen immediately understood what Zhou Chen meant.
"Bingkun, don't worry. Your family is fine. Your mother and your wife don't know that you were arrested. I followed your instructions and told them that you were out of the province on business. They believed it. So after you go back, you must
Don't let anything slip."
Zhou Chen said with solemn gratitude: "Thank you, Teacher Shao, thank you."
"well."
Shao Jingwen sighed heavily: "Actually, you were implicated. Someone was jealous of you and reported you, so you suffered. After inspection these days, it was found that you have no problems, but you were released so quickly.
, and thanks to the help of Dean Ma and Qu Shuji, they saved you through their connections, you have to thank them properly."
"Uncle Ma and Aunt Qu, okay, I understand, thank you."
Zhou Chen was surprised to hear that it was Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen who saved him, but not surprised. Qu Xiuzhen is a very principled person, but she is also a very emotional person.
Not to mention Ma Shouchang, the two of them were definitely close friends, so he was not surprised that they could help him.
But he accepted the love.
Cai Xiaoguang said: "Let's go, Bingkun, you definitely can't go home like this. Go to my place to wash up and change clothes first."
Shao Jingwen said: "Zheng Juan asked me to bring you some clothes and said they would be sent to you. Haha, you can change into them just in time."
Zhou Chen did not refuse, got into a car and went to where Cai Xiaoguang lived.
Cai Xiaoguang lives with his father, but his father rarely comes home, so it is basically no different from living alone.
After taking a bath at Cai Xiaoguang's house, changing clothes, combing his hair, and having a meal, Zhou Chen rode his bicycle home.
The Zhou family is finishing their meal.
Suddenly Zhou Rui asked: "Mom, when will dad come back? I haven't seen him for a long time."
Feng Yue also raised the spoon, sprinkled it all over the table, and shouted: "Aunt, aunt, I miss uncle too. When will uncle come back?"
It has been more than ten days since Zhou Chen left. These days, the two children often ask this question. Zheng Juan's reply is always the same, and today is no exception.
"Ruirui, Yueyue, dad is on a business trip to make money. Only when he makes money can he buy you delicious food and fun things."
Zhou Rui pursed his lips and said aggrievedly: "Then I don't want delicious food and fun, I just want daddy."
"Me too."
Li Suhua gently touched Feng Yue's head: "Good children, you are all good children. Your father and uncle will be very happy when they hear this."
After saying that, she also asked Zheng Juan: "Juan'er, it's been almost half a month since Bingkun left. How about you go to his unit tomorrow and ask when he will come back?"
Zheng Juan hesitated and said, "Isn't this good? If I go, will it bring any trouble to Bingkun's work?"
When Li Suhua heard this, she also came to her senses: "Yeah, forget it, don't ask. That kid Bingkun is very smart, he must be fine."
She has been living with Zhou Chen for these years, and she has witnessed what she is capable of, so when Zhou Chen goes out to the province for a 'business trip', although she is worried, she is not too worried.
Although Zheng Guangming couldn't see Zheng Juan's expression, he knew that his sister must be worried.
"Sister, don't worry. My brother-in-law is so capable and no one can bully him. Don't worry, maybe he will be back tomorrow."
Zheng Juan was worried, but she didn't show it in front of her children, she just forced a smile.
"I'm not worried, I just don't know if he eats and sleeps well outside. Bingkun loves to be clean. I don't know if the place where he lives is clean. I don't know if he will get used to it without me cleaning it for him.
"
Ever since she got married to Zhou Chen, she had never been separated from Zhou Chen for such a long time. How could she not be worried?
Every night I can't sleep, and even in my dreams, I dream about Zhou Chen not being able to eat well or sleep well...
The family started to eat slowly again. Zhou Rui and Feng Yue were not in a good mood and ate slowly. Li Suhua and Zheng Juan were not in a hurry and fed them slowly.
Suddenly, there was a sound of unlocking the door, and Zheng Guangming, who had the best ears, was the first to hear it.
"Someone opens the door. Sister, go and see if my brother-in-law is back."
Zheng Juan also heard the sound of the door opening, so she stood up instantly, standing up so violently that the stool fell over, but she didn't care at all and walked quickly towards the door.
Zhou Rui also shouted happily: "Dad is back, uncle, hold me down quickly, I will go find dad."
Feng Yue also shouted: "I want to go too, I want to go too."
As soon as Zhou Chen opened the door, he saw Zheng Juan standing in front of him with tears in his eyes.
"Juan'er, I'm back."
As he said that, he hugged Zheng Juan into his arms.
During the fourteen days of being imprisoned, he missed Zheng Juan and this family extremely much. Even with his capital, he couldn't hold back when he saw Zheng Juan at this moment.
Zheng Juan cried with joy and hugged Zhou Chen hard: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back. The children all miss you, mom misses you too, Guangming misses you too, and me, I miss you too."
"Well, I know, so I came back as quickly as possible. I was relieved to see that you were okay."
Zhou Chen is really not afraid of what will happen to him. What he is most worried about is Zheng Juan and Li Suhua. These two people are now the focus of protection and cannot stand the stimulation at all.
"Dad, dad. Uncle, uncle..."
Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan hadn't even been friendly for a few seconds when two troublemakers rushed over, each holding a leg and yelling.
Zheng Juan let go of Zhou Chen with tears in her eyes and laughed. Looking at the two little guys begging for a hug, her mood improved a lot.
Zhou Chen smiled at Zheng Juan, then bent down and picked up Zhou Rui and Feng Yue with each hand, making the two little guys happy.
Seeing Li Suhua and Zheng Guangming walking over, Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Mom, I'm back, Guangming, you have worked hard these days."
Li Suhua's tears had already flowed out and she said the same thing as Zheng Juan: "It'll be good if you come back and everything will be fine."
Zheng Guangming was a little embarrassed, he didn't help at all.
"You haven't eaten yet, Bingkun, we just ate too."
"If you haven't eaten yet, let's eat together."
Although he had already eaten before returning, Zhou Chen was still willing to accompany his family and have another meal.
Zhou Chen didn't go to work for the next two days. Shao Jingwen had already asked for leave for him, so he could go whenever he wanted.
Zhou Chen didn't start going to work until the third day after he came out.
Just when he returned to the publishing house, Zhou Chen felt a lot of strange looks. He pretended to ignore them and didn't take them to heart at all.
After living for so many years, how could he feel uncomfortable because of other people's eyes?
When he arrived at the office, Zhou Chen first said hello to Shao Jingwen, and then went to the president's office.
"What, you want to resign as deputy editor?"
When President Wang heard Zhou Chen's words, he stood up from his chair in shock and looked at Zhou Chen in disbelief.
These days, he has only seen people working hard to climb up, but he has never seen anyone willing to resign from his cadre position. Zhou Chen really gave him a lot of experience.
Zhou Chen said calmly: "Yes, something like this happened. If I continue to serve as deputy editor, I might be a little dissatisfied with the public. I thought about it and resigned from my position as deputy editor."
President Wang fell into deep thought. After a while, he sincerely advised: "Bingkun, I don't think you should take what happened before seriously. You were wrongly accused. The company has already issued an announcement on this. No one will care about it."
If you have any opinions, Lao Shao still wants to give you the position of editor-in-chief, but it’s better for you, now he doesn’t even want to be the deputy editor-in-chief.”
He really didn't want Zhou Chen to be demoted. In the past seven years at the publishing house, Zhou Chen was definitely the number one figure in the publishing house. With such a good name, being a deputy editor was already an grievance.
What's more, he knows Zhou Chen very well. Zhou Chen is not only highly educated, can write poems and articles, but is also proficient in several languages. In many cases, his speeches are even written by Zhou Chen.
It was too late for him to win over such a talent. How could he have an opinion about Zhou Chen just because of something that didn't happen?
He meant well, but Zhou Chen said resolutely: "President, I know your good intentions, but I have made up my mind. The reason why I gave up my position as deputy editor is not only because of this matter, but also because of my wife.
I'm pregnant again. We already have a child at home, and now my sister's child is added to the mix. If there is another child, my wife will definitely be very busy by herself. I want to relax and help my wife more."
These words made President Wang even more speechless. He sincerely advised: "Bingkun, I am here. Based on my experience, men should focus on their careers. Only when a man has a good career can his family status be high. Raising children is not a good idea."
Just leave things to women, why are you joining in the fun?"
But Zhou Chen was determined. No matter what President Wang tried to persuade him, he was very determined. President Wang even said it with his words. He had no choice but to agree in the end.
After Shao Jingwen learned the news, he became even more angry and scolded Zhou Chen for his hatred of iron.
Regarding the elder's angry rebuke, Zhou Chen accepted the criticism with a smile, but still refused to listen, which made Shao Jingwen very helpless.
Zhou Chen voluntarily gave up his position as deputy editor, and soon the news spread throughout the publishing house. Many people were very surprised, but some people were secretly happy.
A carrot and a pit, now that a cadre position has appeared, naturally someone will take it seriously.
Zhou Chen doesn't have time to worry about that. Now he can just do his original job with peace of mind, as a magazine content editor.
Zhou Chen also told Zheng Juan about this matter after he returned home.
Zheng Juan obviously couldn't understand why her husband didn't want to be a good cadre. Even though Zhou Chen said that he wanted to spend more time with her and her children, Zheng Juan still complained a little, feeling that her husband's future was more important.
However, although she was a little complaining in her heart, she quickly adjusted herself. Since Zhou Chen didn't want to do it, she wouldn't force him.
She didn't say anything, but Li Suhua, as a mother, couldn't help it. When she found out, she scolded and beat Zhou Chen every time she caught him.
It was not easy for the old Zhou family to produce a talented person, but now he gave up the road to promotion, which made her angry. At that time, she asked Zheng Juan to write a letter to Zhou Zhigang, asking the old man to teach Zhou Chen a lesson.
But obviously, no one can change the decision made by Zhou Chen.
The reason why he resigned as deputy editor was just an excuse. In fact, he was more preparing for next year's college entrance examination.
The college entrance examination is next year, and he is 100% sure to pass it. Will it be easier to resign as a deputy editor, or as a junior editor?
The answer is obvious.
Looking at it now, his choice is very problematic, but if we look at it after the college entrance examination next year, he believes that everyone will understand him by then.
Anyway, he now has an artesian water line and gets a lot of money every month, so he is not short of money.
The storm over this matter passed quickly, and before long, Zhou Chen's matter was no longer a 'hot search' by the publishing house.
Although Zhou Chen resigned as deputy editor, Shao Jingwen is still the editor-in-chief, so no one in "Golden Land" magazine dares to give Zhou Chen eye drops, not even the newly appointed deputy editor.
Zhou Chen is naturally much more relaxed now that he is no longer a leader, just messing around every day.
Taking advantage of his free time, he made a special trip to visit Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen. This time, these two people really helped him a lot, and he was sincerely grateful.
Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were very happy to see that Zhou Chen was fine. They kept talking to Zhou Chen, and at the same time they also educated Zhou Chen earnestly, asking Zhou Chen to pay attention in the future and never write poems involving
To politics.
Zhou Chen was also very moved by the concern of these two elders, and secretly made a decision in his heart that he must often accompany these two people in the future.
January passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Chen can now get off work early every day. On this day, he made an appointment with Cai Xiaoguang and went to a restaurant for a meal together.
"Bingkun, Zhou Rong contacted me."
When Cai Xiaoguang spoke, he watched Zhou Chen's expression. He knew that Zhou Chen must be very dissatisfied with Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng.
But Zhou Chen didn't show any angry expression after hearing this.
In fact, Zhou Rong also called him during this period, but he pushed her away without even saying a word. Zheng Juan didn't even let Zheng Juan open the letter she sent back.
Zhou Rong couldn't contact her, so it was natural for her to find Cai Xiaoguang.
"What did she tell you?"
Cai Xiaoguang said: "I told her about you, and she expressed her regret for causing trouble to you. She asked me to apologize to you."
"hehe."
Zhou Chen chuckled disdainfully and looked at Cai Xiaoguang. Within a few seconds, Cai Xiaoguang's expression became unbearable.
"Okay, okay, to be honest, Zhou Rong didn't say that, but she really cares about you."
Zhou Chen waved his hand and said: "Okay, Brother Xiaoguang, Zhou Rong is my sister. I know who she is better than you. She only has Feng Huacheng in her heart now. How can she care about me? Even if she knows that I have been imprisoned for more than ten years
God, I guess she won't care too much, and may even say that it's okay anyway, and she didn't suffer much, but her Feng Huacheng suffered a big sin..."
Cai Xiaoguang was even more embarrassed because what Zhou Chen said was absolutely right.
When he told Zhou Rong that Zhou Chen was implicated by her and Feng Huacheng and had been imprisoned for more than ten days, Zhou Rong indeed expressed concern in a casual way, but it was just one sentence, and then asked him if he had any
There was no way to help her save Feng Huacheng.
He also felt that Zhou Rong was a little too much towards his own brother, so he wanted to help her, but he didn't expect that Zhou Chen would tell her the truth.
"Bingkun, after all, she is your sister. It is not easy for her now. Her husband is locked up and there is no news. She is the most helpless now."
"She is helpless and she deserves it."
Zhou Chen sneered mercilessly in front of Cai Xiaoguang: "Brother Xiaoguang, I don't know what she told you, but I solemnly advise you not to help her. Feng Huacheng did it himself.
Let him suffer on his own, otherwise my fate may be yours."
Cai Xiaoguang's face changed slightly. He was obsessed with Zhou Rong, but that didn't mean he had no brains.
Zhou Chen was arrested and imprisoned for more than ten days without even helping him. If he had taken action, who knows what the result would be.
"Then what should we do? We can't just watch her suffer."
Zhou Chen said: "She is also an adult. She should face some things by herself. This is for her own good. Brother Xiaoguang, I know you can't bear it, but I still say that before helping her, consider yourself first.
."
He and Cai Xiaoguang stopped talking, and the two of them didn't bring up the topic again, but ate and drank.
When Zhou Chen finished eating and drinking, he returned home and found that there were guests at home.
