In the evening, after dinner, Qiao Liang sat in the living room watching TV, and Zhang Mei sat on the sofa opposite, watching TV and playing with her mobile phone.
Since their divorce, Qiao Liang and Zhang Mei rarely sit in the living room at the same time, and even when they sit together, they rarely talk.
The former husband and wife are now strangers. Even if they live in the same house, there is no warmth and closeness to each other, let alone there was none before.
Qiao Liang remembered what Ji Hong told him during the day and couldn't help but glance at Zhang Mei.
Zhang Mei noticed it and said calmly: "What are you looking at me for?"
Qiao Liang thought about it for a moment: "Chief Zhang, I think you have become much more energetic since the divorce. You seem to be in high spirits during happy events."
Qiao Liang was telling the truth. He didn't understand the reason before, but now he seems to know it. It should be related to the 10 million.
Zhang Mei smiled: "Director Qiao is very careful in observing. So, what happy event do you think I have encountered?"
"If the happy event is not that you and I divorced, then it means that you got a windfall from a pie in the sky?" Qiao Liang said, half truthfully and half falsely.
Zhang Mei's heart skipped a beat. This boy was really good at guessing. Yes, my mother had indeed made a fortune from divorcing him, and this money would continue to create more wealth for herself in the next step.
But this matter obviously cannot be told to him and must be kept strictly confidential.
"You are wrong. How can a small civil servant like me make a fortune with no power or influence?" Zhang Mei snorted, "I am in good spirits because I am free again and no longer have the responsibilities of marriage and family."
It’s so easy to tie up.”
Qiao Liang knew that Zhang Mei was lying, but he didn't want to expose it. He thought to himself, sooner or later, he would have to get the truth about the 10 million yuan out of you, and then you two would be beaten to pieces.
At this time, Qiao Liang's cell phone rang, and it turned out that it was Xu Honggang calling.
"Good evening, Minister Xu." Qiao Liang answered the phone.
Zhang Mei couldn't help but pricked up her ears when she heard Qiao Liang calling him Minister Xu.
"Xiao Qiao, what's going on in the ministry these days?" Xu Honggang's distant and steady voice came from the phone.
Qiao Liang glanced at Zhang Mei and then said: "Minister Xu, things are going very well in the department these days. Minister Chu is presiding over everything in an orderly and step-by-step manner. Everything is on the normal track."
"There's someone next to you now, so it's inconvenient for you to talk, isn't it?" Xu Honggang seemed to have noticed something.
"Yes, yes." Qiao Liang smiled.
"Well, let's not talk anymore. I'll call you tomorrow morning."
"Okay, goodbye, Director Xu."
Xu Hong just hung up the phone and Qiao Liang put the phone away.
Zhang Mei nodded secretly beside him. As expected by Chu Heng, Xu Honggang went to Beijing to study, but he still paid attention to the situation in the ministry through Qiao Liang, and Qiao Liang seemed not to say anything unfavorable to Chu Heng in front of Xu Honggang.
He was still close to Chu Heng after all.
Thinking about it this way, I feel that Qiao Liang is stupid, stupid, pitiful and pathetic.
Zhang Mei continued to fiddle with her phone, then stretched it out towards Qiao Liang: "Hey, what do you think of this car?"
Qiao Liang took a look and saw that it was a BMW.
"Of course BMW is good, what? Do you want to buy this kind of car?"
"Isn't it possible?"
"Hey, I really got rich after this divorce. Where did I get so much money? Could it be the private money saved before marriage?" Qiao Liang pretended to be stupid.
Zhang Mei snorted: "Bullshit, with the salary you and I have, how much money can I save for personal use?"
"Then where do you get so much money?"
"My mother gave it to me, isn't it okay?" Zhang Mei said confidently.
"Will your mother have that much money?" Qiao Liang sneered secretly.
"I am the only daughter of my parents. They have worked hard for decades to save this money. Is it impossible?"
Qiao Liang nodded: "Oh, that's true, your parents really love you."
"Nonsense, of course my child is in pain." Zhang Mei was secretly proud. This reason can fool many people. No one can say anything about the money given by her parents. Put the 10 million in the asset management company, and every day
You can get a lot of interest every month, so it is not a problem to make a down payment to buy a BMW.
Qiao Liang sighed: "If I had known that your parents had so much money, they wouldn't have divorced first."
Zhang Mei sneered: "I didn't expect you to have such a crooked idea. Go ahead and dream. Even if we don't get divorced, my parents won't spend any money on you. You don't want to spend a penny on them."
Qiao Liang smiled self-deprecatingly: "That makes sense. My son-in-law is not his biological son after all."
Zhang Mei also felt that Qiao Liang's words were not quite right: "You have to speak with your conscience. My parents have always been very good to you and treat you as their own son."
"Then why did you say that just now?" Qiao Liang asked.
"I..." Zhang Mei couldn't answer for a while.
Qiao Liang smiled: "Chief Zhang, actually I don't recommend you buy a BMW."
"Why?"
"Think about it, you are a small paid civil servant, how showy you are in your workplace with a BMW? You will cause a lot of gossip among your colleagues." Qiao Liang said this out of consideration for Zhang Mei and out of good intentions.
Zhang Mei curled her lips: "It is precisely because I am a small-time civil servant with a salary and have no chance of corruption or bribery that I dare to buy a BMW. If I became a high-ranking official, I would not dare to buy it. If others ask, I will say that it was my parents who gave me the money."
It was bought with money, who can tell what is not?"
"It sounds like what you're saying isn't money from your parents?"
Zhang Mei was startled and couldn't help but feel guilty, and said harshly: "Nonsense, it's just the money my parents gave me."
"Okay, that's right." Qiao Liang didn't bother to argue, and continued, "Why do you have to buy a BMW? Isn't it better to buy a more low-key car?"
"I just like BMW."
"Because driving a BMW is a way of showing off, and it satisfies your vanity of showing off, right?" Qiao Liang said sarcastically.
"Humph, are you jealous when you say this?" Zhang Mei sneered.
"Yes, I'm very envious, jealous, and regretful. If I don't get divorced, at least I can drive this BMW and satisfy my vanity." Qiao Liang nodded.
"It's too late to regret." Zhang Mei was proud again and thought to herself, Damn, if we don't get divorced, I won't have money to buy a BMW. This guy is so stupid.
Qiao Liang shook his head and stood up. He felt that Zhang Mei was vain and superficial, pathetic and deplorable. Although she was as beautiful as Ye Xinyi, compared with her, she was far behind in every aspect.
Qiao Liang went directly to his room to sleep.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Qiao Liang got up and went for a run by the river. As he was running, Xu Honggang called.
Qiao Liang reported to Xu Honggang the situation in the ministry in the past few days, and specifically mentioned the incident where Chu Heng choked Ye Xinyi at the minister's office meeting.
After hearing Qiao Liang's words, Xu Honggang was silent for a moment: "Reporters came from above. This is not a big deal, but Minister Chu is making such a fuss. It seems that he wants to beat Minister Ye and deliberately embarrass her."
"I think so, but I don't know why. What good will this do to Minister Chu?"
"Haha, at least it can improve the prestige of his short-term host, and at least it can have the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger." Xu Honggang laughed.
Qiao Liang also laughed.
Xu Honggang continued: "Well, since Minister Ye found out clearly that the reporter above was not exposed, then it's okay and there is no need to think about it more."
"Well, okay."
At this time, Xu Honggang and Qiao Liang were all focused on Chu Heng beating Ye Xinyi, and they both ignored the reporters above who came to Jiangzhou.
Also neglected was Ye Xinyi.
Ye Xinyi's negligence is understandable. After all, she knows very little about the inside story of the secret fight between Xu Honggang and Tang Shusen. Even if she knew the content of the reporter's interview, she would not think much about it.
The most important thing is that Ye Xinyi did not tell Qiao Liang what the reporter came to interview, and Qiao Liang did not deliberately continue to ask.
