Chapter 7 She is not arrogant, but has low self-esteem
In front of the dressing table, she burst into tears. After meeting Jiang Hao again, she often shed tears. She didn't think it was hard to raise a child by herself before. On the contrary, now, the more she thinks about it, the more she realizes how difficult the road she has walked has been.
Troublesome.
People are forgetful. Once the scar is healed, the pain is forgotten. This sentence is very appropriate and true.
She reached out to wipe her tears, but when she raised her hand, she accidentally bumped into an open drawer. The drawers on the dressing table were all very shallow, and the drawers were opened too far and fell off if they were bumped again.
As soon as she dropped it, she saw the contents of the second drawer.
They were two brocade boxes of different sizes, one large and one small. Her heart suddenly felt so tight that it ached. She slowly took out the brocade box with trembling hands and opened the big one. Inside was the valuable string.
I said I wanted to return the diamond necklace at the beginning, but after what happened one after another, I didn't return it.
Opening the small one again, it was her wedding ring. The small diamond was still shining brightly. She picked up the ring and put it on her finger. It was a little tight, but the ring did not change, but her finger became
It's rough.
Tears flowed down uncontrollably. She packed up everything and put the drawers back to their original places. Looking at herself in the mirror, she couldn't help but feel sad. Am I getting older? Am I getting ugly?
When I walked to the bed, the cotton bedding felt soft and warm. The pillows on one side were tall and the pillows on the other side were a little slumped in the middle, with some short hair on them.
She lifted the quilt and lay down slowly. She habitually reached under the pillow and touched something with her fingers. She pulled it out and saw that it was her photo.
In the photo, she is facing the sun, squinting her eyes and smiling sweetly.
Tears were shed again.
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At Jiang's house, Jiang Hao hurried home. The food on the dining table had already gone cold. Lin Caiyin was sitting on the sofa, frowning and staring blankly, as if she had suddenly aged a lot.
Over the years, I have seen many high-ranking officials who have been dismissed one after another. A few days ago, I visited my home and sat together chatting and laughing. Suddenly, I became a prisoner.
This is actually a very scary thing.
She finally understood why Jiang Hao stubbornly ignored the daughter of a well-matched official and insisted on finding a girl with an ordinary background.
If one person commits a crime, the whole family suffers.
Jiang Hao came over, "Mom, Mom, why don't you even eat?"
Lin Caiyin looked at her son sadly, and her first words were, "Ah Hao, you are right, we shouldn't be so close to them, if something happens to them they come to investigate us? Your dad must be unjust
Yeah, how many years has it been since he retired?"
Jiang Hao said calmly: "Don't worry, the food must be delicious. I just called Director Chen, and Director Chen just told me to relax."
Lin Caiyin grabbed Jiang Hao's wrist, anxious, "Director Chen didn't say anything else?"
"No, the matter is still under investigation. I am my father's son, so you can't say too much. It would be great if he can answer my call."
Lin Caiyin panicked and said intermittently: "Ah Hao, I... I will never secretly accept gifts from others again. Your dad... he always scolds me for accepting other people's things. I just think about them."
So what if I give it up, I don’t dare to do it anymore.”
Jiang Hao was a little dumbfounded. It was the first time he saw his mother looking so anxious and scared, "What kind of gifts did you secretly accept from others?"
"I don't dare to accept expensive things, so I only accept specialties and the like. When your dad asked me, he said I bought them. In fact, they were gifts from others."
"Mom, relax, it's okay."
"real?"
Jiang Hao sighed, "Really, this is completely different from corruption and crime. Don't worry."
Lin Caiyin said: "Oh, I'm scared. Look at Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Zhou. I've been with them all the time, but my husband suddenly fell out of control. No one dares to get close to them anymore. Oh, no."
I know how they are doing now, they have been sisters for decades."
Jiang Hao sat with his mother. Officialdom is a battlefield without gunpowder. Political struggle is definitely not easier than fighting with live ammunition. The winner, the king, and the loser, both have to pay a heavy price.
"If something happens to Dad, I will definitely have something to do with it. I haven't received any news so far, so don't worry, Dad will be fine. Don't think the worst about everything. We are doing the right thing.
, nothing will happen."
After Jiang Hao's repeated emphasis and constant comfort, Lin Caiyin finally felt relieved.
"Auntie, heat up the food quickly and get an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks. Mom, you can't do it without eating, and I haven't eaten either. Can I eat with you?"
"Yeah, okay."
The nanny quickly heated up the food, and the mother and son sat down to eat together. It had been a long time since they had sat down to eat together. This was a rare occasion.
Jiang Hao has been away from home for a month. The mother must ask about the situation, "Ah Hao, when you come back this time, don't go to Linzhou again. You took such a long leave just after taking office. How can you explain to the army? Don't go again."
!" The old one has to worry, the young one has to worry, she is the one who worries about her life.
Jiang Hao readily agreed, "Okay, I won't go." Since his wife and son are not going, why would he go? It would be good to travel to a small town when he is free in the future.
Lin Caiyin finally encountered something happy, and a faint smile that she had not seen for a long time showed on her face, "Haha, you are finally willing to listen to me. Don't blame me for talking too much. Just give your household registration book to Qiao Xinwei. Let's give it up early."
She moved her household registration so that she would not have to move again in the future."
Jiang Hao said: "Mom, I've been away for a month, do you think your son hasn't brought her back yet?"
"You... Oh, you just want to piss me off, don't you?!" Lin Caiyin got angry again.
"Haha, Mom, don't be angry, you should be happy."
"I'm so happy, why are you so stubborn about her?"
Jiang Hao thought about it carefully and said, "I'm just so obsessed with her, so what?" He asked, "Mom, to be fair, why are you dissatisfied with her? Don't you think she is a good girl?
"
Lin Caiyin held the bowl, stopped her chopsticks, and said, "She is a good girl, but she is too proud. She obviously has a high profile in our family, but she still looks aloof, which makes me feel very uncomfortable.
"Now she doesn't think Qiao Xinwei's ordinary background is bad, but she is dissatisfied with her character.
"Oh, you think she doesn't want to please you, right?" Jiang Hao pointed it out, and Lin Caiyin was speechless, "Mom, she's not proud, she has low self-esteem."
"Inferiority?" Lin Caiyin didn't understand.
"Yes, she is so assertive because of her low self-esteem. Others say she married me for money and status. The fact is that she neither wants my money nor my status. When we divorced, she didn't ask for it at all.
My, if you think this is her pride, then she is proud, and she lives prouder than anyone else."
Lin Caiyin was silent, and Jiang Hao continued: "You don't allow others to have their own little pride and temper? She has to fawn over you and please you in order to feel that she cares about you? You, you have been spoiled by your father for so many years.
"
"I??"
"Mom, don't deny it. The reason why you don't like her is because she doesn't flatter you like other girls, right?"
Jiang Hao's words hit home, and Lin Caiyin felt a little ashamed. It was vanity after all. Jiang Hao was absolutely right. She also suffered when she was young. Later, when the old man became successful, she got better. Later, her own
Her son has also achieved great things, but she feels a little bit distraught, always feeling that no one is worthy of her son.
"Fortunately, Xinwei has a good temper and doesn't care about things. She just smiles and gets over it when you criticize her. It's better for you to push her further. Don't use her concession as a bargaining chip for you to bully her."
Lin Caiyin denied, "Who bullied her?!"
Jiang Hao sighed, "No matter what, I will not let her go. Whether you accept it or not, she will be the one who will live with me for the rest of my life."
Seeing his determined look, Lin Caiyin really didn't know what to say. The old man's situation was still unclear at the moment, and she had no intention of talking about Qiao Xinwei.
"Mom, I will give you a surprise after a while."
"What?"
"Haha, keep it secret for now. It's a good thing anyway."
Lin Caiyin rolled her eyes at him. It was just a remarriage. What else could she do? "I still like Fang Minyi, she is obedient and sensible."
"Then you can spend time with her."
"you??"
At this time, the sound of a car sounded outside. It was Director Chen's special car. Director Chen personally sent Jiang Zhizhong back. Jiang Hao and Lin Caiyin put down their chopsticks and hurried out to greet them.
Jiang Zhizhong was in good spirits and walked inside while chatting and laughing with Director Chen. When he saw his wife and children walking out of the room, he smiled and said, "Ahao is back. It's okay. I had dinner with Director Chen."
I came back, so I wasted a little time."
Director Chen also said: "Didn't I just ask a few questions? Sister-in-law, why are you so nervous? You even called Chief Jiang back."
"Haha, I'm an old woman who doesn't understand. I made you laugh." After a false alarm, Lin Caiyin held Jiang Zhizhong's hand tightly. It had been ups and downs for almost forty years, and she said nothing. "Just come back."
, just come back."
Lin Caiyin helped Jiang Zhizhong walk into the room. Director Chen told Jiang Hao something about Jin Zijian. Jiang Hao was stunned. He was the mentor who promoted him. Apart from being stunned, he was even more sad and disappointed.
It turned out that the "Jin Lao" he heard Sister Pan say in Linzhou Hotel that day was "Jin Lao", but he didn't think of it at the time.
During the incident of Hong Chunyan stabbing someone with a knife in Linzhou, Pan Sophie's roster was found from the hotel. There were transaction records with the surnames of many high-ranking officials. Pan Sophie was a well-known prostitute and had sold many people in the upper class.
Successful people provide services, including famous businessmen and wealthy businessmen, as well as high-ranking officials, and some of them involve corruption crimes involving many high-ranking officials.
The most important reason why Pan Sophie has been so arrogant over the years and has escaped police raids many times is that Jin Zijian kept providing her with police updates behind her back. Pan Sophie was actually Jin Zijian's lover for many years, and the relationship between the two has been maintained.
for more than twenty years.
One is a sixty-year-old retired cadre, and the other is a forty-year-old nightclub madam. If the incident hadn't come to light, no one would have guessed that they were in this kind of relationship.