Chapter 40 Chapter Forty

When Zhu Huaijing went home to take a bath, he couldn't help laughing in the mirror, pointing at himself and saying that this person was so despicable.It had to be so despicable, who made Zhang Tianqi such a thing?After taking a bath, I still went to the study.He found Long Wen's book, opened it and looked at it, and felt like the original scriptures that Xuanzang had brought back from the West, it was too precious.Take this book and play it carefully, then carefully pack it in a kraft paper envelope and lock it in the cabinet. The operation process was long and complicated, with many twists and turns, Zhu Huaijing's heart seemed to be beating higher and higher, and finally it was almost in his mouth.It wasn't until February of the following year that Zhu Huaijing heard the exact good news: the municipal party committee was going to arrange for him to go to the Meici area to serve as the deputy secretary of the prefectural party committee.The director of the Department of Finance was the first to know the news. He went to Zhu Huaijing's office, congratulated him mysteriously, and expressed his regret sincerely, saying that he could no longer work with such a good comrade.After a few days, almost everyone in the hall knew about it, because Zhu Huaijing felt a subtle change in the expressions of his subordinates.One day, the director of the department office sent a document to Zhu Huaijing, and when he entered the door, he said, "Why is Director Zhu's air conditioner not working? Is it turned on low? It's so cold." Zhu Huaijing said, "It's okay. It’s hot, I’m used to it.” The director blamed the deputy director in charge of logistics for being too inattentive, and then hurriedly said: “I’ll call someone to fix it right away, it’s our office’s responsibility to make Director Zhu catch a cold. Zhu Huaijing laughed and said, "Forget it, it's spring anyway, and the weather is getting warmer." The director said, "How can that be done? Someone will come to fix it this afternoon."

Xiangmei still doesn't see joy.One night, Zhu Huaijing was arranging books in his study when Xiangmei came in and said coldly, "You are lucky again, I congratulate you." Zhu Huaijing heard that her tone was a bit strange, stopped speaking, and said, "Why do you say that? It's like an outsider." Xiangmei said, "I have long been your outsider." "What happened to you today?" Zhu Huaijing asked. Xiangmei said: "I have been like this for a long time. You have not been going well for more than a year. If I said to leave you, people would think that I have no conscience. Now that your luck is changing, let's discuss it carefully."

Zhu Huaijing said: "What are you discussing? We have been strangers for more than a year, and we should have figured out what we should have figured out long ago. What are you bothering about?" Xiangmei said: "I have figured it out, I have nothing to worry about with you. You will be your official, and I will live alone with my son." "Why are you so stubborn? What happened will never happen again. These two years have taught me too much. What are you worried about?" Zhu Huaijing was a little anxious. Xiangmei was very calm, "I don't have anything to worry about if I'm not with you."

This night, the two of them went back and forth like this, talking all night, always saying these things, without any results.Zhu Huaijing did not expect that Xiangmei, who was almost submissive, would be so stubborn in the end.He became more and more agitated, but he was afraid that the neighbors would hear him, so he yelled at Xiangmei at the top of his voice, danced and blushed.She still spoke to him very calmly.Her calm frightened him. At the beginning of March, when Zhu Huaijing's formal appointment notice came, Xiangmei issued an ultimatum, saying that if the divorce agreement failed, she would submit a petition to the court alone, requesting a judgment from the court.Zhu Huaijing had no choice but to take the tactic of delaying the attack, saying that he was busy with the divorce just after receiving the appointment notice, which was outrageous.After he officially took office, the two will discuss again at an appropriate time.Xiangmei had no choice but to agree.

Several ministers of the Organization Department were very busy recently, and they couldn't find someone to send Zhu Huaijing to report for duty, so he waited at home quietly.Naturally, some friends wanted to hold a farewell banquet for Zhu Huaijing.Those busy friends are now free again.With this experience, Zhu Huaijing understood a lot of things, and he was not willing to deal with these situations.So every time someone invited him to dinner, he tried to push it away.I feel more and more precious my relationship with Yuqin, Li Mingxi, Zeng Li, and Bu Weizhi.But now they are all dead, some are crazy, some are gone, some are in trouble.Every time I think of this, Zhu Huaijing always feels in every possible way.He avoided the banquet like the plague, so that he didn't even dare to answer the phone, he was very nervous.But even staying at home, there is no peace, and people come to visit every night.Most of the people who came to the door were the local departments and county and city leaders who came specially from Umeji.The new Secretary Zhu may have a great impact on their personal future. Their mentality when visiting Zhu Huaijing is similar to buying original stocks.There are also some people who may not be favored very much. They show their faces before Secretary Zhu takes office, and they may find a new backer.To these future subordinates, Zhu Huaijing was very polite.He understood very well that the so-called leadership level is formed by the command of the leader and the obedience of the subordinates. If the subordinates do not cooperate, no matter how high your leadership level is, it will be in vain.Every time he sent off the guests, Zhu Huaijing would take out their business cards and look at them carefully, check the numbers one by one, and recall who was who.This is very important.Next time we meet, they will be flattered to be able to call out their names in one breath.Everyone hopes that they will be impressed in the mind of the leader, because the future of a cadre depends on the impression of the leader, not any other factors.

Whenever someone came to the door, Xiangmei always put a sad face into a smiling face, and she was very considerate in watching the tea and pouring tea.Every time, Zhu Huaijing almost had the illusion that Xiangmei was no longer angry.But as soon as the guests left, Xiangmei was an ice woman again. One night, Zhang Tianqi called specifically to ask Zhu Huaijing if he had found anything.Zhu Huaijing said that he had found it a long time ago, because he thought he would not be able to touch your face for a while, so he burned it.Zhang Tianqi was silent for a few seconds before asking, burnt?I immediately expressed my gratitude to Zhu Huaijing.Zhu Huaijing sensed Zhang Tianqi's suspicion. He was not sure whether the thing had really been reduced to ashes.What Zhu Huaijing needed was Zhang Tianqi's suspicion.After answering the phone, Zhu Huaijing paced back and forth in the study, and suddenly realized that there was no need to hide from those who wanted to entertain him.He seemed to have suddenly opened up, and had a new interpretation of the meaning of a friend.This time without a friend like Zhang Tianqi, he couldn't turn himself over.The next day, he himself called Liu Zifeng, Yan Shangming, Song Daqing, Fang Mingyuan, Huang Dahong, Pei Danian and others to set up a table in Tianyuan, saying that he would like to thank all the leaders and brothers for their long-term care.After Zhu Huaijing's table was set, the following banquets followed, and naturally the friends took turns to host one by one.Zhu Huaijing was in the fog again all day long.With drunken eyes, Zhu Huaijing felt that the high-end ties hanging on the chests of his friends, which were pointed, would turn into swords at any moment, flying towards them.

On the day of Song Daqing's treat, he drove to his sister Zhu Huaijing himself, and then drove Zhu Huaijing home when it was over, exactly the same as when he first met him.On the way back, there was no one else in the car, Song Daqing asked Zhu Huaijing if he wanted to see Yuqin?Zhu Huaijing was no longer embarrassed by this matter, he just let out a long sigh, saying how did he meet her?Song Daqing said that he could arrange to guard all his friends.Zhu Huaijing said then go tomorrow, he may leave Jingdu to go to Meici at any time now. Thinking of going to see Yuqin, Zhu Huaijing felt like crying for some reason.When he got home, he locked himself in his study and cried heartily.But I didn't dare to cry loudly, I just let the tears flow vividly.Xiangmei heard his sobbing outside, she just thought it was because he was drunk, and ignored him.

After breakfast the next day, Song Daqing came to pick him up on time and drove to the third detention center.Everything in this society is about rank, including where you are locked up after committing a crime.This detention center is dedicated to detaining cadres above the deputy division level and department level. Yuqin's manager position is equivalent to that of the administrative division level, so she is also honored to be detained here.This also seems to show that entrepreneurs are respected at all times. Zhu Huaijing was waiting in a small conference room.This is of course not a visiting room, because of his special status and the help of Song Daqing's friends, Zhu Huaijing enjoys special treatment.Not long after, the door opened and Yuqin came in.The door was closed, and Yuqin stood there motionless, looking at him strangely.Her hair was cut into a short watermelon skin, her face was sallow and swollen, her eyes seemed much smaller, and the blue padded jacket on her body looked bloated.Zhu Huaijing never thought that Yuqin would become like this.He imagined that she would only be thinner, not puffy all over.He walked over, took her hand, and sat down on the stool at the door.Her hands were cold and her eyes were so dry that she couldn't seem to squeeze out a drop of water.

"Yuqin, you...have suffered..." It took Zhu Huaijing a long time to find such a sentence. Yuqin didn't speak, and looked away dully. "Yuqin, you have to pay attention to your body." Zhu Huaijing said. Yuqin was still looking away. Zhu Huaijing stretched out his hand to touch Yuqin's face, like touching a wilted radish half dried in the sun.Yuqin took his hand down, squeezed it for a long time, and then said weakly: "I always dream of sitting in the pavilion. I dreamed about it before, but it was a nightmare. After entering here, it feels like a blessing to be able to dream about that place." .There is no better place in this world than there. Huai Jing, can you go there for me to see?"

"Okay, I'll go and have a look later." Zhu Huaijing quickly agreed.He had already thought about a lot of things, but now he couldn't say them.Those words may be somewhat romantic, but they are also sincere.However, his romance was blocked under his throat in an instant.Nothing can make people more afraid of the reality and cruelty of life than Yuqin's current appearance, making people unable to believe that there is anything called romance in this world.However, when Yuqin talked about sitting in the pavilion so foolishly, he was no longer ashamed of his romance. The two couldn't say much, they just held hands together and squeezed vigorously.When Yuqin was taken away, Zhu Huaijing looked at her somewhat stooped back, and felt that he was saying goodbye to her forever.The great sorrow made him feel cold and numb all over.

After driving out, Zhu Huaijing leaned in the seat and did not speak for a long time.Song Daqing couldn't say any comforting words, just let him think about it.At most Zhu Huaijing just sighed a few times, his face darkened.Song Daqing's nerve was touched and he let out a long sigh, saying: "I have dealt with Yuqin for many years, and I know she is a very good woman. I never expected her to come to this point. Huai Mirror, there is an invisible magic in this society that always wants to turn people into ghosts. Let’s talk about myself. I know that many people want to cook me. Some people say that I am cruel and can do anything. I admit that I rely on this kind of ruthlessness to get around in the world. But I didn’t come out of my mother’s belly like this. I just graduated from the police academy and was assigned to a grassroots police station. I became the director in 1999. I want to do a good job and keep everyone safe. Wherever there is a case, I will take my brothers to run, and I am so busy all year round. After an inspection, it was said that my jurisdiction had the highest crime rate and the worst social security. As a result, my firm was rated as the worst that year and was subject to rectification. All the staff in the firm lost their annual bonuses, brothers I hate it to death. It turns out that other law firms don’t accept general cases at all. They specialize in arresting prostitutes and gambling all year round, and collect fines. As a result, the economic income has increased and social security has improved. If cases are not accepted, there will naturally be no crime rate. Of course, the social security in those places has improved. This is only the first lesson that the society taught me when I first started working. The things I encountered in the future can be described as books. I have to survive in society, and I still want to live better than others, what can I do? I can't change the environment, I have to adapt to the environment. Now, I walk through my jurisdiction in a brazen manner, knowing that someone is pointing and poking behind me, so I have no choice but to I got so carried away that I couldn’t turn my head back.” Zhu Huaijing patted Song Daqing's knee a few times to express his understanding.He really found that Song Daqing was not bad in nature.Who can say who is the real bad guy?But sometimes people have no choice but to be bad. "Daqing, I need to trouble you. Can you lend me your car for a day? I have something to do alone. It's more convenient to use your police car." Zhu Huaijing didn't say what he had to do, he knew that It was something that no one other than him and Yuqin could understand, and it was unbelievable for others to hear it. Song Daqing turned his face sideways, glanced at Zhu Huaijing, and said, "Can you drive in this state?" "No problem, I'm not even able to drive a car. I just need to be quiet for a while." Zhu Huaijing said. Song Daqing then said: "Okay, be careful. I'll get off here. Leave me alone, I have a way to go back." Song Daqing got out of the car, Zhu Huaijing turned the front of the car, and soon reached the Jingshui River, and then went upstream along the river.The car was driven slowly, like a walk.These days, his fortune has taken a turn for the better, and the depression of more than a year has finally come to an end, but his mood is still as complicated as this chaotic world.Sometimes facing the long night alone, he will suddenly find that his soul has actually sunk long ago, but in the eyes of the world, he is still decent and beautiful.He can only wrap his soul in a well-maintained skin, and enter the room on various solemn occasions very elegantly and self-restrained.Xiangmei filed for divorce, and he was troubled for a few days, so he didn't take it to heart, he was just worried that it would not be good if there was a quarrel.Seeing Yuqin like this today, he felt real pain in his heart.He couldn't explain why.He has no reason to carry Xiangmei on his back, and he has no reason to forget Yuqin.Xiangmei is so gentle and virtuous, but Yuqin is so embedded in his flesh and blood.Yuqin has somehow become the most important woman in his life.In the most unlucky days, he even thought about whether it was God's retribution for him to fall into this situation?He regretted many things, but he never thought Tong Yuqin was absurd.When he was most desperate, he almost wanted himself to believe that he and Yuqin were just playing around, but when he thought of Yuqin who was in prison, what he felt was the pain in his heart.Outside the car window, Jingshui is going eastward, implying some kind of unstoppable logic of life. It was almost the Taniguchi where he entered the pavilion, Zhu Huaijing became vigilant and looked out the window.The mountains are getting taller and steeper, and the trees are getting more and more lush.The early-blooming mountain flowers are like smiling country girls, and the birds are flying around playfully as if they are teasing people.Zhu Huaijing felt that he should have reached the Taniguchi, but he couldn't find it.Did you accidentally walk over your head just now?Zhu Huaijing stopped to think about it, and then drove forward.The more I walked forward, the more I felt something was wrong, so I turned around and drove back.I walked back for a long time, but I still couldn't see where Taniguchi was.He walked back and forth several times like this, but couldn't find the valley entrance where the clear spring was gurgling. Zhu Huaijing was a little panicked, wondering if he had only been to that place in his dreams.At this time, I saw a person from a distance, with long hair and shawl, wearing a down jacket that was too large to fit, carrying a portfolio, with his head bowed, walking side by side.This figure is so familiar!Zhu Huaijing's eyes lit up, and his body sank involuntarily.Li Mingxi!It's Li Mingxi!Zhu Huaijing speeded up the car, stopped beside Li Mingxi, stepped forward and slapped him heavily.Turning his head was a strange face, which gave him a blank look.When the man flung him away sullenly, bowed his head and walked away, he vaguely felt that he had seen this face before.Zhu Huaijing raised his head, looking at the dazzling sun, in a daze, not knowing where he was for a while. November 1998 in Changsha Leek Garden