After the door was opened, a familiar voice came, and it was Cao Guoxiong's voice.
Hearing Cao Guoxiong's voice, Chen Ran was about to open the door and go in. However, when he saw Ma Zhiyuan who was following him, he looked like he didn't dare to show his anger. He felt a little funny and reached out to pat his shoulder to indicate that he didn't have to do that.
It's okay to be nervous, but obviously, although Chen Ran's comfort also had an effect, the effect was not great. Chen Ran regarded the Cao family as his own home and didn't feel much when he came in and out. For Ma Zhiyuan, an official
For people in China, Cao Guoxiong, the head of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, holds the power of life and death over him. How can he not be nervous?
Seeing his appearance, Chen Ran simply opened the door and walked in without saying anything.
In addition to Cao Guoxiong, there were two other people in the study. When he saw the person sitting across from the door, Chen Ran was startled. This person was none other than Xia Peng, who had met him once.
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When Xia Peng saw that the person who came in was Chen Ran, his expression was suddenly startled. He was obviously surprised. After being stunned for a moment, he smiled and nodded to Chen Ran.
Chen Ran also nodded to Xia Peng. In addition to Xia Peng, there was another middle-aged man, the one who just stood up and opened the door but had not yet sat down. Chen Ran did not recognize this person, so he must have
It was Ma Zhiyuan’s classmate from the party school.
In fact, this is indeed Ma Zhiyuan's party school classmate Yang Dongsheng.
When Yang Dongsheng opened the door, he thought it was Cao Guoxiong's family who knocked on the door. When he opened the door and saw a young man knocking on the door, he was startled. After being startled, he noticed Ma Zhiyuan behind Chen Ran.
His face suddenly changed, and his brows furrowed, but he recovered in an instant, and then looked at Chen Ran. Obviously he was not stupid. Ma Zhiyuan was also a member of the officialdom, even if he was anxious to talk to Minister Cao.
He shouldn't have made such a mistake when he met him, so the reason can only be on the young man who followed Ma Zhiyuan in. But what puzzled him was that he knew the Cao family very well. Except for one person in the Cao family,
Apart from my daughter and granddaughter, there is no such young man, and there seems to be no such young man even among a few distant relatives who have almost lost contact with each other. Why does such a young man suddenly appear in the Cao family now? It seems that this young man is not at all.
The informal look clearly shows that he is very familiar with the Cao family. Why would Ma Zhiyuan ask him to do this if he has such a relationship?
"Why are you free today? Your sister just said that you are busier than me with official work." When Chen Ran arrived, although Cao Guoxiong stood up to greet Chen Ran without courtesy, he immediately greeted Chen Ran cordially.
He waved and it was obvious that Chen Ran's arrival put him in a good mood.
Cao Guoxiong's words made Chen Ran quite embarrassed. The last time he came here, Cao Guoxiong even said that he asked him to come over more to accompany Cao Huiyao and Ruoruo. It would be better to take them out for more runs. But after that time,
Never came again.
Of course, although Chen Ran was a little embarrassed, he still knew what he should do now.
"Uncle Cao, this is my distant brother Ma Zhiyuan. I heard that he wanted to see you, so I brought him here."
With the relationship between Ma Zhiyuan and Chen Ran, Chen Ran naturally wanted to support Ma Zhiyuan, so during the introduction, he deliberately pulled Ma Zhiyuan to Cao Guoxiong.
"Ma Zhiyuan? Is he Mayor Ma?"
Cao Guoxiong stood up and stretched out his hand to Ma Zhiyuan, while smiling and joking with Chen Ran. As the head of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, he was naturally familiar with Ma Zhiyuan. When he saw Chen Ran bringing someone in, he took a look at Ma Zhiyuan.
He recognized Ma Zhiyuan, and after observing Yang Dongsheng's expression, he confirmed Ma Zhiyuan's identity. When talking to Yang Dongsheng just now, Yang Dongsheng had already mentioned to him in a very subtle way that Ma Zhiyuan wanted to see him, but he did not want to interfere in Tianzhong City.
The situation cannot be interfered with. At present, Tianzhong City can only maintain such a balanced situation, so when Yang Dongsheng expressed this intention, he did not express his intention to see the other party. Of course, now Ma Zhiyuan
After being brought in by Chen Ran, and judging from Chen Ran's behavior, it seemed that he was not very close to Ma Zhiyuan, so his attitude was naturally different, but he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. He still understood Chen Ran's foundation. This kid
It’s only been a short time since I returned to Tianzhong City, and I’ve already become brothers with the local mayor.
"Hello, Minister Cao." Ma Zhiyuan gave Chen Ran an excited and grateful look, then quickly stretched out his hands to shake Cao Guoxiong's hand, but kept thinking in his heart, this little brother of his is really not in vain.
Okay, from the strange and envious look in Yang Dongsheng's eyes standing next to him, he could guess that Minister Cao's attitude towards him was not generally good. This was obviously because of his younger brother.
He saw it really well, and Yang Dongsheng was actually a little envious of his relationship with Chen Ran.
Yang Dongsheng is a person who is better at understanding people's thoughts. It is precisely because of this that he has reached his current position step by step. At first, when Ma Zhiyuan followed Chen Ran in and saw that Chen Ran was not restrained at all in the Cao family,
He hadn't noticed it yet, but when Cao Guoxiong greeted Chen Ran, he saw a lot of things. First of all, Minister Cao valued this young man named Xiaoran. There is no doubt about this. Secondly, Cao Guoxiong
The minister did not regard this young man named Xiao Ran as an outsider. If this young man named Xiao Ran entered the officialdom, Minister Cao probably trained this young man named Xiao Ran as his successor. Apart from these two points
In addition, there is a third point, which is also the most important point, that is, Minister Cao not only values this young man named Xiaoran, but also respects this young man named Xiaoran. The interests of the two are obviously different.
Yes, this is what surprised and envied him. To use an analogy, Minister Cao did not regard this young man named Xiao Ran as an outsider, but as a relative. In other words, this young man named Xiao Ran was Cao Cao.
The son of a minister, it is normal for Minister Cao to value his son, but is it normal for him to respect his own son?
"Sit down. This is at home, so there is no need to be so polite. Xiaoran, you can sit down too."
After Cao Guoxiong shook hands with Ma Zhiyuan, he patted Ma Zhiyuan's shoulder and asked Ma Zhiyuan to sit down. Cao Guoxiong's action obviously did not treat Ma Zhiyuan as an outsider. Needless to say, Ma Zhiyuan was naturally very excited. He greeted Ma Zhiyuan.
After sitting with Yang Dongsheng, Cao Guoxiong waved to Chen Ran to sit next to him.
"Uncle Cao, please talk. I'll go see Auntie and Sister Huiyao first."
When they talked next, they inevitably talked about official matters. Chen Ran felt that it was inappropriate for him to stay, so he proposed to leave.
"Well, your sister has a cold. You should go and see her."
Cao Guoxiong wanted Chen Ran to stay just now, but after hearing Chen Ran's words and thinking that Cao Huiyao's grandma Ruoruo, who was still ill, would not be here at this moment, he changed his mind and asked Chen Ran to go and take care of Cao Huiyao first.
Got a cold? Chen Ran was startled when he heard this, then nodded and said nothing. He just signaled to everyone present and turned around and left.
After closing the study door, Chen Ran looked at the living room and saw that no one was there, then went straight to Cao Huiyao's room.
When he arrived at the door of Cao Huiyao's room, he knocked for a while, but there was no reply. This was not the first time that Chen Ran entered Cao Huiyao's room, so he had no scruples. When no one responded, he opened the door directly.
"Xiaoran..."
As soon as Chen Ran pushed the door open, a faint shout came into his ears. He thought Cao Huiyao saw him coming in, so he responded. After responding, he called Sister Huiyao, but
After calling, there was no response.
Chen Ran looked up and saw that Cao Huiyao was wearing pajamas, half-reclining and half-sitting on the head of the bed with a pillow and a wet towel on her head. But just by looking at it, he could tell that Cao Huiyao was clearly asleep.
Already.
Who called him just now? Chen Ran was a little confused. He clearly heard Cao Huiyao calling him just now. Did he hear it wrong?
Of course, Chen Ran didn't care about this. He closed the door gently and walked over. But when he walked to the bed, he took a look and his face became slightly warm. This can't be blamed on him.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Cao Huiyao, who was half-lying at the moment, was wearing a half-unbuttoned shirt. The top two buttons of the pajamas she was wearing on her upper body had been undone. There were not many buttons on her pajamas. With these two buttons undone, her chest
Only half of her skin was exposed, and her snow-white skin shone in a dazzling way. Most of her black silk underwear on her chest was also exposed. From where Chen Ran stood, she could clearly see two towering breasts.
The ground stands tall and steep, and the two towering masts also reveal a semi-circular arc, and a deep groove is squeezed between them.
Of course, Chen Ran only had a slight fever on his face. Considering his relationship with Cao Huiyao, he didn't think too much. He just took a look and quickly grabbed the blanket on Cao Huiyao and covered her body.
"Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran." As soon as Chen Ran covered Cao Huiyao's body with a blanket, Cao Huiyao suddenly shook her body twice and called Chen Ran's name twice. In panic, she even grabbed Chen Ran's hand.
Chen Ran's hand was grabbed by Cao Huiyao, but he didn't struggle. He just stretched out his other hand to cover the fallen blanket with Cao Huiyao, and then sat directly on the bed and let Cao Huiyao grab his hand.
, based on his guess, Cao Huiyao might be having a nightmare and dreaming about what happened that night.
Although Cao Huiyao is not a child of an ordinary family, it is normal for her to feel a little shadowed when she encounters that kind of situation.
After grabbing Chen Ran's hand, Cao Huiyao was obviously much calmer. Seeing that she had calmed down, Chen Ran did not withdraw her hand, but secretly released several energy apertures to help Cao Huiyao adjust her body.
The effect of conditioning was obvious. In just two or three minutes, Cao Huiyao's heavy breathing due to a cold became calmer.
After adjusting Cao Huiyao's body, Chen Ran hadn't taken a breath yet. When he accidentally looked inside Cao Huiyao's half-lying body, he was startled. When he was pulling the blanket for Cao Huiyao, he discovered that the little guy Ruoruo was there.
Cao Huiyao was lying next to him, but he didn't pay attention just now and thought that the little guy was asleep. As a result, the little guy was tightly closing one eye and opening the other to look at him eagerly.
With his.
Chen Ran looked dumbfounded and smiled, then stretched out his hand to pinch the little guy's face, but before he said anything, the little guy suddenly put his hand to his mouth and shushed, and pointed.
After her mother pointed, she covered her closed eye with her hand. After covering it, as if she was afraid that Chen Ran wouldn't understand what she was doing, she made a trumpet shape with her hands.
He said to Chen Ran in a very low voice: "Uncle Xiaoran, don't talk. Mom is sick and needs to sleep."
The little guy spoke in a very low voice. Fortunately, Chen Ran had better hearing, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to hear it. After listening to the little guy's words, Chen Ran understood. It was probably because Grandma Ruoruo had just mentioned Cao Huiyao's illness.
The thing is to coax the little guy to be obedient and sleep well, and not to let the little guy talk to wake up the mother. The little guy also knows that the mother is sick, and feels sorry for the mother, so he really closes his eyes and sleeps without saying a word.
If he had come here, the little guy would have lost his temper and asked Chen Ran for a hug. But now he had to endure it in order not to wake his mother up while she was sleeping, and now it's really hard for her.
The weather is already very hot now. Maybe because Cao Huiyao was sick, the air conditioner was not turned on in the house. When Chen Ran saw the little guy and Cao Huiyao lying together under a blanket and sweating, he stretched out his hand to touch the little guy.
After pulling it out, the little guy was obviously suffocated. At first, he looked like he was going to sleep with his eyes closed, but Chen Ran stretched out his hand to pull her and she didn't exert any force. The little guy looked at the sleeping girl surreptitiously.
Cao Huiyao got out of the bed as if she was a thief. While observing Cao Huiyao secretly, she walked cautiously towards Chen Ran. After taking only two steps, she giggled and happily jumped into Chen Ran's arms.
In arms.
Children are more playful. Just now, I remembered not to talk so as not to wake up my mother from sleeping. But after being held in Chen Ran's arms, I forgot about it. She sat on Chen Ran's lap and talked to Chen Ran like an adult.
Ran started nagging. At first she complained that Chen Ran didn't come to see her. After Chen Ran said that she had made money to buy toys for her, she started nagging. First she asked Chen Ran how much money he made, and then muttered that she wanted to buy this toy again.
If you want to buy that kind of thing, after buying it for her, you also want to buy it for her mother. It sounds like you are calculating to see if the money Chen Ran earns can afford to support her and her mother, and you secretly talk to Chen Ran.
