Lin Mai blurted out and asked: "Why did you come back to Jiangcheng? It's really unexpected!"
The last time I talked to Chen Feng, he didn't mention that he and his wife would return to Jiangcheng at the meeting.
Chen Feng took the things from Lin Mai's hand with a smile: "The matter in Hong Kong has been resolved. Of course we want to go home to celebrate the New Year, so we came back."
This was the second time Lin Mai heard that Chen Feng was in trouble in Hong Kong.
The first time was when she returned to Jiangcheng Head Office and met Zhao Liang.
Zhao Liang told her that Chen Feng was caught up in something in Hong Kong and could not return to Jiangcheng for a while.
Lin Mai guessed that it must be Chen Feng's private matter.
If it was official business, he would have told himself already.
Since it was someone else's private matter, Lin Mai would naturally not interfere.
She asked: "Are you celebrating the New Year in Jiangcheng this year?"
"No." Chen Feng replied, "Zi Qing wants to go back to Guangzhou for the New Year and wants to see you.
We will go back to Jiangcheng first, and after meeting you, we will fly to Guangzhou tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to celebrate the New Year with her parents, brother and sister-in-law."
Lin Mai took one look at Ke Ziqing's round belly, took her arm and walked into the house.
I couldn't help but said angrily: "How can I say hello to you?
Even though her belly is so big, she is still so willful, running around everywhere.
When you give birth to a child in the future, you will not be able to see me many times after your confinement, and you must fly to Jiangcheng to meet me now.
Not allowed next time!"
Ke Ziqing giggled and promised there would be no next time.
She saw Chen Feng handing the things Lin Mai gave to the nanny and said, "Are you still worried that I won't have eggs or chickens to eat?
Chen Feng asked the nanny to make me either chicken soup or pigeon soup every day. Anyway, various tonic soups.
Look, I’ve gained a lot of weight, and you’re giving me these to eat!”
Lin Mai looked at her carefully: "Fortunately, I didn't see that you were fat."
In fact, Ke Ziqing did gain weight, but only a little bit.
Lin Mai couldn't call her fat, for fear that she wouldn't eat well.
Lin Maidao: "I not only brought eggs and old hens, but also strawberries."
When Ke Ziqing heard that there were strawberries to eat, she was so happy that she immediately asked the nanny to wash the strawberries and give them to her to eat.
Chen Feng hurriedly told the nanny to wash the strawberries with warm water.
He washed it with cold water because he was afraid that Ke Ziqing would have diarrhea after eating it.
Pregnant women should not have diarrhea as it may affect the fetus in the belly.
Seeing Chen Feng being so considerate, Lin Mai couldn't help but purse his lips and smile.
The three people entered the house and sat down on the sofa.
Lin Mai stretched out his hand and carefully touched Ke Ziqing's huge belly: "The belly is so big, the baby is about to be born."
"Yeah!" Ke Ziqing also touched her big belly and said happily, "March is the due date. I can unload the goods in a few more months."
While the two women were chatting, Chen Feng silently peeled an apple and handed it to Ke Ziqing to eat.
It happened that the nanny also washed the strawberries and put them on the coffee table.
Ke Ziqing gave Lin Mai the apple peeled by Chen Feng and she ate the strawberries happily.
At this time, the phone in the living room suddenly rang, and Chen Feng picked it up to answer it.
A panicked voice came from the phone: "Mr. Chen, it's not good!"
When Lin Mai heard it, he knew it was a call from an employee stationed in Hong Kong.
Chen Feng only answered a few sentences before his expression changed slightly, but he soon returned to his usual calm.
But one hand was subconsciously covering the receiver, as if he was afraid that the sound in the receiver would come out and be heard by people around him.
Although Lin Mai could no longer hear the voice coming from the receiver, she could see the slight change in Chen Feng's face.
Since Chen Feng was covering the receiver and didn't want her to know, she could pretend not to know for the time being.
She continued to eat the apple.
Ke Ziqing, who was engrossed in eating strawberries, raised her head in the midst of her busy schedule and asked Chen Feng: "Is this a call from Hong Kong?"
Chen Feng nodded.
Ke Ziqing stuffed a strawberry into her mouth: "What's the matter? I've already called here.
It's not like your brothers can't live without you for a moment.
As soon as you leave, they won't be able to handle this or that.
Is there something big that you need to solve?"
Chen Feng wrote lightly: "It has been resolved on the phone."
Hearing this, Ke Ziqing continued to eat strawberries with confidence.
After Lin Mai finished chewing the apple, he said goodbye and left.
Ke Ziqing held her hand and refused to let her go: "I asked the nanny to simmer the chicken soup. You drink the chicken soup before leaving."
Lin Mai raised his hand and looked at his watch, wondering: "No, I have something to do and I have to go out now."
Ke Ziqing warned: "Then when you pass by my house after finishing your errands, you must come in and have a bowl of chicken soup."
Lin Mai said hello, and Ke Ziqing let her go.
After leaving Chen Feng's house, Lin Mai took a taxi to Mayor Wang's office.
This time the guard not only didn't stop her, but also treated her respectfully.
As soon as Lin Mai entered the city government building, the guard guard excitedly called Mayor Wang in a low voice and told him that Lin Mai was here.
Mayor Wang quickly cleaned himself up. He didn't want Lin Mai to see how worried he was.
He was afraid that she would laugh at him secretly, and even more afraid that she would know that he was the weak one and thus firmly take the initiative, so he would become even more passive.
When Lin Mai walked into the office, Mayor Wang was already well-dressed, the look of anxiety was gone from his face, and he looked very calm.
When he met Lin Mai, he warmly invited her to sit down.
The secretary immediately served tea.
Mayor Wang smiled and insinuated: "Wherever Mr. Lin has been these past two days, I can't find you."
Lin Mai smiled: "I didn't go anywhere, I just dealt with some personal matters."
Her answer did not lie and gave Mayor Wang room for his imagination.
As for whether he thought wrongly or what he thought, it had nothing to do with her.
Mayor Wang heard the vagueness of her words and became even more suspicious that she had been to Star City in the past two days.
He laughed dryly: "I'm looking for you this time because I want to pay the project money that the light factory owes you."
After that, he handed a check to Lin Mai.
Lin Mai picked up the check and looked at it. The amount was correct.
She smiled and said sarcastically: "The light factory still has money to pay for the project, why should my mother-in-law refuse to pay? In the end, she still has to pay!"
Mayor Wang took the opportunity to express his gratitude: "If you think this money comes from the light factory, you are totally wrong.
I reported to my superiors and put in good words, so my superiors approved the money and paid you for the project."
Lin Mai thanked him sincerely, but he didn't think so in his heart.
If these leaders had not been forced into desperation by her, they would never have funded the project for the light factory.
Lin Mai lamented: "It is better to be a state-owned unit, as it is a son of the government.
If a state-owned unit is in trouble, the government father will definitely solve it for him.
We private enterprises are so pitiful, we have to rely on ourselves every step of the way."
Mayor Wang could understand the hidden meaning in her words, and his face was a little embarrassed.
He laughed along and said: "Mr. Lin, look, you have also received hundreds of thousands of project funds. Can you not move the company to Star City?"
Lin Mai pondered for a long time and looked embarrassed: "I have signed a contract with the Hong Kong businessman named Yuan. If I break the contract, I will have to pay him liquidated damages."
The Hong Kong businessman was arranged by her and Chen Feng, and he had already returned to Hong Kong.
How Lin Mai wanted to make up a story didn't depend on her words.
These days, Hong Kong has not yet returned to the motherland. It is not easy for Mayor Wang to send people to investigate the details of the fake Hong Kong businessman.
What's more, Chen Feng has made complete preparations, so Mayor Wang is even less likely to find out something is wrong.
There is no proof of death, what can Mayor Wang do to her?
Mayor Wang was stunned for a moment. He had long forgotten that the Hong Kong businessman named Yuan had reached an agreement with Lin Mai at the wine table that day.
Humai mentioned liquidated damages. Doesn't this imply that he should pay the liquidated damages?
If she doesn't pay, she will still move the business to Star City.
Mayor Wang complained secretly in his heart, and once again deeply regretted that he should have agreed to pay Lin Mai the project fee at the dinner table that day.
If we really do that, we won't have so much trouble now.
He asked cautiously: "How much is the liquidated damages?"
Lin Mai stretched out a finger: "Not much, only a few hundred thousand yuan."
A few hundred thousand is not much!
Mayor Wang asked Qingtian speechlessly.
You are rich, you are a wealthy person, and you don’t care about hundreds of thousands of dollars, but if you ask me to pay for it, I can’t pay it out.
Mayor Wang told Lin Mai very difficultly about the city's current financial constraints.
He frowned and said, "The city government really can't come up with hundreds of thousands of yuan."
Lin Mai was silent for a moment and said very considerately: "Since the city government can't pay for it, then I'll pay for it myself."
She dares to make money from anyone, but she dare not and cannot make money from the government.
Not a penny can be knocked.
The government's money is meant to be spent on the common people. If she takes away a penny, the common people will lose a penny.
Although Lin Mai loves money, a gentleman loves money in a wise way.
She would never ask for this kind of money, not to mention she was not short of money. She just wanted to scare Mayor Wang.
Once her goal was achieved, she would naturally accept the offer and sell Mayor Wang a favor.
Mayor Wang was overjoyed and immediately put several big hats on her head.
It is said that she has a big vision and understands the difficulties faced by the government.
To sum up, there is only one meaning. Anyone who does not ask the government for money is a good boy.
Lin Mai smiled slightly and said very humbly: "I should do this. It was you who helped me get the project payment from my boss. I have to thank you."
Mayor Wang just mentioned in a subtle way that he helped Lin Mai get the project money, so Lin Mai owed him a favor.
Now Lin Mai repaid Mayor Wang's favor by paying the unwarranted liquidated damages himself.
Since the two don't owe each other, Mayor Wang can no longer take advantage of Lin Mai's debt to him and try to take advantage of her.
Lin Mai could still refuse to give him face, because he didn't owe him anything.