Chapter 41: A Coincidental Encounter in the Ancient Street
After a while, Xiao Zheng came back, and Qiao Liang asked him: "Is Minister Xu back?"
Xiao Zheng shook his head.
"Is Minister Xu staying at home tonight?" Qiao Liang asked again.
Xiao Zheng nodded.
"What does Minister Xu's lover do? How old is the child? Is it a boy or a girl?" Qiao Liang was curious for a moment.
"I don't know." Xiao Zheng smiled honestly, then went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Qiao Liang shook his head. Although Xiao Zheng looked very honest, he was also very smart and had a very strict tone.
The next morning, Xu Honggang and Ye Xinyi went to a meeting. Qiao Liang was working as a service provider with Xu Honggang. He was not qualified enough to attend the meeting, so he went out for a walk when he had nothing to do.
We strolled to Huangyuan Ancient Street. The ancient street is famous for being dotted with old buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, in recent years, commercialization has become very strong. The old buildings along the street have been turned into shops, and the ones inside have become family hotels.
The weather is nice today and there are many tourists.
Walking on the narrow bluestone road, Qiao Liang visited the store with great interest.
"Auntie, come and see." At this moment, a clear child's voice caught Qiao Liang's attention. He followed the sound and saw that in front of a shop selling Tibetan jewelry, a little girl in her 10s was calling to the side.
Standing beside him was a 37 or 8-year-old woman with a decent appearance and a kind and gentle face.
"Hey, here we come." A woman in casual clothes walked over.
Qiao Liang was happy when he saw this woman. Hey, isn't this Fang Xiaoya? She came to Huangyuan.
Qiao Liang slowly walked over. Fang Xiaoya, the woman and the little girl were looking at the jewelry together and commenting on it.
"Cousin, do you like this?" Fang Xiaoya picked up a pendant and asked.
"Mom, you must look good wearing this." The little girl jumped up and down.
Qiao Liang nodded, it turned out that this woman was Fang Xiaoya's cousin, and the little girl was this woman's daughter.
Qiao Liang walked up behind Fang Xiaoya, reached out and suddenly tapped Fang Xiaoya on the shoulder: "Xiaoya——"
"Ah -" Fang Xiaoya was startled, turned around and saw Qiao Liang, and happily punched Qiao Liang in the chest, "Damn Qiao Liang, you bad guy, you scared me!"
Qiao Liang looked at Fang Xiaoya with a smile.
"Cousin, this is my college classmate Qiao Liang, who now works in the Jiangzhou Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department." Fang Xiaoya introduced her cousin, and then said to Qiao Liang, "My cousin He Li."
"Hello, cousin." Qiao Liang greeted politely.
He Li looked at Qiao Liang, her eyes lit up, and then she smiled in a friendly manner: "So you are Qiao Liang, you are so handsome. No wonder Xiaoya has been thinking about you in the United States for so many years."
From He Li's words, it seems that she has been in the United States for many years.
The little girl said at this time: "Big brother and my father are colleagues."
Qiao Liang was shocked. What did the little girl mean? Colleague? Who is her father?
He Li scolded the little girl: "Nini, don't be rude, call me uncle." Then she smiled apologetically at Qiao Liang.
Nini stuck out her tongue and made a face.
Qiao Liang bent down and looked at Nini with a smile: "Nini, who is your father?"
"Hehe, what do you think?" Nini covered her mouth and smiled.
Qiao Liang looked at Fang Xiaoya and He Li. They both smiled and said nothing.
Qiao Liang scratched his scalp and said to Nini: "Uncle is stupid and can't guess. Can you tell me your name?"
"My name is Xu Nini."
"Ah -" Qiao Liang couldn't help but lost her voice. There were only three people named Xu in the entire Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department. Except for Xu Honggang, the two of them were women.
Obviously, Nini’s father is Xu Honggang, and He Li is Xu Honggang’s wife.
In this way, Xu Honggang is Fang Xiaoya's cousin-in-law!
This unexpected discovery shocked Qiao Liang. He never imagined that Fang Xiaoya and Xu Honggang would have such a relationship!
Qiao Liang suddenly found the answer to a question that had been bothering him for a long time. Yes, it must be like this. It must be Fang Xiaoya's help that she was suddenly transferred from the mountains to the ministry. She recommended him to Xu Honggang!
I thought there was something mysterious and complicated behind my good luck, but I didn't expect it to be so simple, as simple as a layer of paper.
Qiao Liang suddenly felt relaxed, but also a little disappointed.
The reason for the loss is hard to explain at the moment.
Qiao Liang came back to her senses and quickly changed her words to He Li: "Hello, sister-in-law."
Then he looked at Fang Xiaoya blankly.
Fang Xiaoya looked at Qiao Liang with big bright eyes, with a bit of a smile.
He Li looked at Qiao Liang, then at Fang Xiaoya, pursed her lips and smiled: "Xiao Qiao, Xiaoya, you guys can chat for a while, Nini and I will go shopping in front."
Then He Li took Nini away.
Qiao Liang looked at Fang Xiaoya: "Xiaoya, I understand..."
"I know what you understand." Fang Xiaoya interrupted Qiao Liang and pointed to a teahouse nearby, "Let's go inside to drink tea and chat while drinking."
The two entered the teahouse and ordered a pot of Tieguanyin.
"Xiaoya, I didn't expect that you and Minister Xu are related. I didn't expect that you helped me transfer from the mountains to the ministry." Qiao Liang got straight to the point.
Fang Xiaoya chuckled softly: "I wanted to hide this from you for a while longer, but I didn't expect that you would accidentally find out about it today. Since you know, I won't hide it from you."
"Why do you want to hide it from me? Is it your intention or Minister Xu's?"
"This is what my cousin-in-law and I have in common. For me, I don't want you to feel that you owe me anything, and I don't want you to bear psychological pressure; for my cousin-in-law, he doesn't want you to feel that you have anything personal with him because of me.
Intimate relationship, I would rather maintain a simple superior-subordinate relationship with you."
"But now I know, what should I do?" Qiao Liang said stupidly.
"Haha, you will know if you know it. My cousin-in-law only had this idea in the early stage, but after this period of inspection and testing, he has become more and more appreciative of you. When he went home last night, he even praised you for being loyal to him. He said that the market
Even if the manager wants to transfer you to be a secretary, you won’t go. So, you don’t have to worry about this.”
Qiao Liang originally wanted to tell Fang Xiaoya the truth about Mayor Fang Xiaoya's appointment of him as secretary, but thought for a while but did not tell him. If Fang Xiaoya accidentally revealed it in front of Xu Honggang, it would be terrible.
"Xiaoya, thank you. I always thought that you and the officialdom were incompatible, but I didn't expect that..."
Fang Xiaoya smiled faintly: "I told you, there is no need to be polite between you and me. Originally, I really had nothing to do with the officialdom, but by coincidence, my cousin-in-law happened to be transferred to Jiangzhou as the Propaganda Minister, so I asked him
He recommended you, and this is destiny."
Qiao Liang feels that she is indeed very lucky, and it is not as good as God.
"When did you come to Huangyuan? What did you come for?" Qiao Liang asked again.
"I'm here to see off my cousin. My cousin will take Nini back to the United States tomorrow. Nini has been studying in the United States since she was a child. My cousin quit her job to study with her. I lived with my cousin when I was in the United States."
Qiao Liang nodded, that's it, Xu Honggang's wife and children have been in the United States for a long time, and he is a left-behind cadre.
You can allow your wife and children to live in the United States for a long time, but you need financial backing. Xu Honggang is very good.
No wonder Xu Honggang never talked about his family in the ministry. Naturally, such things should not be made public.
Since it is not appropriate to make it public, naturally I cannot tell others casually.
