Shen Lun did not obey the verdict and decided to appeal in court, but Chu Tianfeng knew very well that the evidence was irrefutable and it was difficult to change the first-instance verdict. Shen Lun appealed, at most, just to live a few more days.
After the court hearing, Chu Tianfeng drove home and passed by Chenguang Factory. He found that it was very lively with colorful flags fluttering and gongs and drums noisy.
He hurriedly got out of the car and asked the passers-by who were watching, only to find out that the Chenguang Factory was officially restructured today and established the Chenguang Group, the first automobile manufacturing joint-stock group in Tianhai City. The founding meeting is now being held.
Chu Tianfeng stood at the door and looked around. He saw a large group of people sitting densely in the courtyard of Chenguang Factory. They were all factory employees. There were thousands of them in total. Everyone was wearing blue work clothes and they were uniform. , the atmosphere was very warm.
Whoosh whoosh-the applause rang out again.
Chu Tianfeng had excellent eyesight. Looking from a distance, he happened to see his father Chu Gang sitting in the middle of the rostrum, wearing a crisp black suit and speaking. Because of the distance, he couldn't hear clearly what he was saying. But the warm applause kept coming and going, often interrupting Chu Gang's speech.
In the evening, Chu Gang returned home, looking tired but in good spirits. When he saw his son Chu Tianfeng was also at home, he seemed even happier.
"Dad, congratulations on your promotion to chairman of M&G Group!" Chu Tianfeng said with a smile.
"You know everything?" Chu Gang chuckled.
"Yeah, I passed by Chenguang Factory during the day. No, it's the gate of Chenguang Group. I just happened to catch up with the founding meeting." Chu Tianfeng said.
"Oh, I was thinking of giving you a surprise, but I didn't expect you to know about it a long time ago." Chu Gang said with a smile.
"Dad, you should pay attention to your health! Your body is the capital of revolution. Smoking less often! I bought you some nutritional supplements this time. Remember to eat them on time every day." Chu Tianfeng said.
"Are you taking care of me now?" Chu Gang asked with a smile.
"Well, I'm often away from home. I'm a little worried about you staying alone in Tianhai." Chu Tianfeng said worriedly.
"What are you worried about? Dad, I have a strong body. I remember when I was in prison, I kept running and exercising every day..." Chu Gang was halfway through his words and did not continue.
The days when he was wrongfully imprisoned were the darkest time in his life. Although he received special protection in prison and suffered no ill-treatment, the feeling of losing his freedom was the most torturous.
Chu Tianfeng did not want to mention the unbearable past, so he quickly changed the subject and chatted with his father about the future development plan of Chenguang Group.
Chu Gang started chatting and talked endlessly about his designated development strategy. The Chenguang factory used to mainly produce light trucks. Now the Chenguang Group has been established and received an investment of nearly 100 million yuan. The factory has decided to develop into civilian vehicles. , produces the first batch of light cars, currently tentatively named the "Morning Wind" series.
"Morrowind series sedan? Haha, I think it's better to call it Tianfeng!" Chu Tianfeng laughed.
"You brat, don't tease your dad." Chu Gang said with a smile.
While they were chatting, Chu Tianfeng's cell phone suddenly rang. It was Xu Yan calling.
"Xiao Feng, when will you return to Yanjing?" Xu Yan asked.
"About two or three days later." Chu Tianfeng said.
"The team will have a celebration party tomorrow, and you will also come to participate." Xu Yan said.
"It's not appropriate for me to attend your team's celebration party? It's a lot of words," Chu Tianfeng said with a smile.
"Haha, it's most appropriate for you to participate. You were the first to propose the undercover plan, which helped our police a lot. I was about to thank you in person. You helped me get rid of a problem that I had suffered for many years!" Xu Yan smiled. said.
"Who is coming to participate?" Chu Tianfeng asked again...
"There are no outsiders, they are all from our economic investigation team. You saw them at the last party."
"Well, since Captain Xu has taken the initiative to invite me, a commoner, to attend the celebration party, if I don't go, it will be too disrespectful to the leader. That's a lot of words."
"Okay, don't be poor. See you at the Lilac House Hotel on Jinxiu Street at five o'clock tomorrow night."
Chu Tianfeng put down the phone and remembered that Xu Yan once said in the past that she would not live in peace until the Supreme Palace was moved down and Shen Lun was not brought to court. Now that her wish has finally come true, she should really celebrate.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, he arrived at the hotel at the appointed time. The people attending the celebration were all teammates from Xu Yan's Second Economic Investigation Brigade. There were twelve of them in total. None of them were wearing police uniforms. Only Chu Tianfeng was an outsider.
Dingxianglou Hotel is a mid-range hotel, but the food is definitely top-notch, good quality and reasonably priced.
Xu Yan had already reserved a spacious private room, and the thirteen people attending the party were sitting around a round table, seven men and six women, relatively balanced.
Chu Tianfeng and Xu Yan's teammates are very familiar with each other, and the detectives also know that the relationship between the captain and him is very unusual, so everyone eats together as if they are old friends who have not seen each other for many years, and the atmosphere is very warm.
"I'm so happy today. It's rare that all of us can get together. We must have a good drink!" Xu Yan stood up with a glass of wine in her hand, smiled at her teammates and said: "I have already asked the leader for permission. Our whole team has a three-day holiday. Everyone has been working very hard recently. Take a good rest during the holidays and spend more time with your family. However, your mobile phone must be turned on 24 hours a day. If something happens, you must be there immediately."
"Yes, Captain Xu, don't worry, we won't travel far during the holidays and we are always waiting for the organization's call."
"That's good. I made a promise tonight that I won't go home until I'm drunk!"
"Okay, I won't go home until I'm drunk!" Everyone responded together.
Chu Tianfeng looked at Xu Yan who was in high spirits and high spirits. He had never seen her so happy before. He murmured to himself: "The big stone that has been weighing on Xu Yan's heart for a long time has finally been removed. It is indeed worth celebrating!"
After Xu Yan finished her opening remarks, she glanced at Chu Tianfeng and said with a smile: "Xiao Feng, today is our team's celebration, but I invited you here, which means I don't treat you as an outsider. Don’t go out today either.”
"Haha, I'm not an outsider to begin with. Nowadays, don't we all advocate that the police and the people are one family, and the police and the people build together." Chu Tianfeng said with a smile.
"Hmph, you are full of official accent." Xu Yan glared at him and smiled at her teammates: "Speaking of which, Mr. Chu Tianfeng is an old friend of ours. He helped the police solve major cases many times in high school. He was also rated as a model of bravery by the city. This time he was able to successfully bring Shen Lun to court. He also has a share of credit. I suggest that everyone give him a toast. How about it? "
"Okay, everyone toasts to him!"
Xu Yan's words made Chu Tianfeng "the target of public criticism". Each of the twelve police officers in the team toasted him with a glass of white wine. Although the glass was small and not full, a glass of wine was at least one tael. He drank more than a pound of liquor when he came up.
Xu Yan secretly laughed in her heart: "You kid, haven't you been bragging about your drinking ability? I'll let you drink to your heart's content today and get you drunk, so that you don't have to worry about my drinking."
In fact, Xu Yan really wronged him this time. Chu Tianfeng didn't want to care about her at all, because today she was happy and drinking wine to make her happy was better than drinking to make her sad. It didn't matter if she drank more, as long as she was happy.
Before he even took a bite of the food, Chu Tianfeng drank more than a pound of white wine. Although he had a large capacity for alcohol, drinking like this was a bit high.
Not long after, all the dishes ordered were served. Xu Yan and her teammates were drinking, talking and laughing, and the glasses of wine were in her hands...
"Captain Xu, I'd like to toast you and wish you all the best!"
"Captain Xu, I would like to toast you as well. I wish you good health and everything goes well."
Everyone took turns toasting to Xu Yan, along with some blessings, which also meant to praise her.
Xu Yan's face was full of joy and she was so happy that she couldn't refuse the wine handed to her and drank it down in one gulp.
"Haha, Captain Xu is really a hero among girls. He can't be defeated!"
Xu Yan's teammate and her best friend Wang Hui giggled and said: "You guys, how dare you call yourself a hero in drinking? You can't even compare to Sister Xu!"
"Haha, Captain Xu is an ordinary person. This is called women being inferior to men!"
"Team Xu, I wish you can find your right husband as soon as possible." Wang Rong, a new policeman from the Economic Investigation Team, said to Xu Yan with a smile while holding a wine glass.
"Thank you." Xu Yan blushed, clinked glasses with him, and drank the whole drink.
"Xiao Wang, there's something wrong with what you said." Wang Hui blinked and smiled.
"What's the problem?" Wang Rong looked stunned. Yesterday, someone said that Captain Xu didn't have a boyfriend. Did he have one in one day?
"Sister Xu has already found her husband." Wang Hui smiled, and after saying this, she glanced at Chu Tianfeng who was sitting opposite.
Chu Tianfeng was "instructed" by Xu Yan at the wine table to drink more than a kilogram of liquor from his teammates. Now he was a little dizzy. He rarely spoke and just ate food. Now when he heard that there was something in Wang Hui's words, his heart suddenly melted.
She trembled and thought to herself: "This girl Wang Hui loves to mess with things."
But then I thought about it, and what Wang Hui said was not wrong. Xu Yan's crush was indeed Chu Tianfeng, and she had confessed to him a long time ago. Because Chu Tianfeng had Lin Yajing for a long time, he could only have feelings for her.
Adopting an attitude of downplaying and avoiding, and not willing to hurt her feelings, the relationship between the two is now ambiguous and entangled.
"Damn girl, don't talk nonsense, I don't have anyone that I like?" Xu Yan glared at Wang Hui and said coldly: "Did you drink too much, girl?"
"I didn't drink too much." Wang Hui looked at Xu Yan's murderous eyes and immediately understood that she didn't want to talk about her private issues at the wine table. She hurriedly spat out her cute little pink tongue in fear and started eating her food.
"Everyone drink, drink happily, and you will be drunk tonight!"
Xu Yan continued to have a good drink with her teammates. Everyone talked about their experiences in the police over the years, which cases were solved smoothly and which cases were difficult to solve. The ups and downs, bitterness, spicy and salty, all kinds of tastes came to their hearts.