Xu Wen looked at the police car in the distance, and his stomach suddenly growled. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was already ten o'clock in the evening. He had never had a meal since he ate a box lunch with the security guards at noon.
Eat something.
"Mr. Xu, are you hungry? How about we go have something to eat together?" Qi Yang, who was accompanying him, asked.
"No, I have something else to do. I'll leave first. I'll leave this place to you." Xu Wen declined Qi Yang's kindness and walked towards his car parked aside.
He was waiting for news from Xia Yiran. Xia Yiran told me to contact him after the entertainment was over. Xu Wen felt that it was almost time, so he might as well drive across the river to the city by himself. We must meet Ran Ran tonight.
Xu Wen wouldn't feel relieved if such a big thing happened if he didn't talk to her for a few words.
Sure enough, Xu Wen received a call from Xia Yiran on the Zhongjiang Bridge.
"Awen, where are you? Have you eaten?"
"No, I'm very hungry. I just came out of the Longwan construction site and am crossing the river."
"Well, let's go to the summer restaurant we often go to. I'll ask them to prepare the dishes and we can eat them when we arrive."
"good."
The two ended the call, with happy smiles on their faces. Perhaps love is such a tacit understanding, you understand me, I understand you, you think what I think, and I think you need.
Seeing Xia Yiran wolfing down the food, Xu Wen was extremely surprised. He originally thought that Xia Yiran had gone to socialize and had eaten a lot of delicacies, but he didn't expect that she was hungrier than him.
"Hey, eat slowly, don't choke. Why are you so hungry? How long have you not eaten?" Xu Wen asked distressedly.
"Two meals." Xia Yiran squeezed out two words from his busy mouth.
"Oh." Only then did Xu Wen realize that she was indeed hungrier than him, and he still stuffed a lunch box in at noon.
After Xia Yiran had finished eating and drinking and wiped the rice grains from her mouth, Xu Wen looked into her eyes with a smile and asked:
"How's it going? Do you find it difficult?"
Hearing his lover ask such words, Xia Yiran's eye circles began to turn slightly red. Seeing this, Xu Wen quickly grabbed her hand across the table. The four hands were entangled with each other, and Xia Yiran's inner grievance seemed to
A certain chemical reaction occurred with Xu Wen's inner strength, producing hormones that can make people calm and confident, and a smile gradually appeared on Xia Yiran's face.
Xia Yiran sighed softly, picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip and said:
"This matter is much more serious than I initially expected. This afternoon and evening, our people found various connections to find out the information, and the information that came back was not very optimistic."
"You mean the subsequent start of construction?" Xu Wen asked.
"Yes, the reason why I stayed up so late today without eating was because I wanted to wait for Mayor Liu, who is in charge of urban construction, to finish his meeting and ask him what conditions must be met before work can be restarted."
"Have you seen him?"
"I sent him a text message in the afternoon, but he didn't reply to me. Then I had no choice but to call his secretary. The secretary told me that Mayor Liu was in a meeting. I asked the secretary to tell him and invite him at his convenience.
Call me back.
But I waited until eight o'clock in the evening, and Mayor Liu didn't call me back or text me. As a last resort, I called the secretary again, and the secretary said he was still in a meeting. I asked what meeting was being held? The secretary didn't tell me.
At 9 o'clock in the evening, I finally received a text message from Mayor Liu, and he asked me to meet at a fork in the river embankment."
"How was the talk?"
"He said that this matter was not simple. Mayor Zhu got angry in an extremely rare way, and in front of him, he personally ordered a suspension of work for rectification. These were extremely abnormal. He asked me to first communicate with the four departments that issued the document.
, complete the following tasks, and then consider restarting the work."
"Based on what he said, it means that if construction is to start in the future, he, the deputy mayor in charge of urban construction, may not have the say," Xu Wen said.
"Well, that's what I thought after hearing this." Xia Yiran said helplessly.
"How is your family's relationship with Mayor Zhu?" Xu Wen asked.
"On the surface, there is no problem. If I go to him if I have something to do, I believe he will not refuse to give me face. But both of us know very well that we are not friends."
"Why?"
"Because our Xia family is friends with Uncle Han who was transferred, and Mayor Zhu and Uncle Han are bitter enemies. Uncle Han was promoted to mayor after he pushed Mayor Zhu out of the position."
"I remember hearing you say that Mayor Zhu and the Shen family are in the same group?"
"Yes, it is said that they have a deep relationship, but we don't know the specific extent. Of course, I think the relationship between them will definitely exceed the relationship between our Xia family and Uncle Han. Because, we
The Xia family still has principles in doing things, but the Shen family has no lower limit."
"Oh, that's it." Xu Wen took out a cigarette and put it under his nose and smelled it, without intending to light it.
"Are you suspecting that this incident was a conspiracy between the Shen family and Mayor Zhu?" Xia Yiran frowned and asked, looking at the cigarette in Xu Wen's hand.
"Whether it is a conspiracy or not is still unclear. However, I think that as the mayor of a city, he has many factors and influences to consider, and he will not use such despicable methods to deal with us. If he really wants to
There are many ways to get your Longwan project started, right?"
"Well, what you said makes sense. The suspension of the Longwan project actually has an impact on him. After all, the Longwan project is still a key project in the province."
"From the moment I saw the bodies of Lao Zhuang and Li Ping, I concluded that the driving force behind this incident must be the Shen family. Only they could do such a despicable thing," Xu Wen said.
"Yes, I think so too. But we can't catch the Shen family." Xia Yiran said.
"By the way, you just said that Mayor Zhu got angry very rarely. Doesn't he usually get angry?" Xu Wen asked.
"Yes, Zhu Changcheng has a very deep bureaucracy and is usually very serious about words. It is really rare for him to get angry this time."
"Do you think there is such a possibility?" Xu Wen said.
"What's possible?"
"Mayor Zhu didn't know about the corpse dumping in Longwan in advance. The real reason why he got angry was not because we didn't do our job well. He got angry because something like this happened. It was because someone didn't inform him in advance."
"You mean he also thought about who did this? Is he angry with the Shen family?" Xia Yiran suddenly realized.
"Yes, Mayor Zhu was actually disgraced by this incident. Two corpses were found at the groundbreaking ceremony that he personally presided over. Where should he put his face?"
"Well, it's possible, but will he suspect the Shen family?"
"Now the Shen family is using all kinds of connections and means to seize the Longwan project from you. Is there anyone in Zhongjiang City who doesn't know? As the backstage of the Shen family, how can Mayor Zhu not know what the Shen family wants?" Xu Wen said.
"You're right. I really don't know what kind of brains the Shen family has. They made things so blatant and everyone knew them. Aren't they afraid of getting burned?" Xia Yiran asked.
Xu Wen sighed lightly, stood up and pulled Xia Yiran up, and the two walked outside side by side. Only in the cool breeze of late night did Xu Wen answer Xia Yiran's question just now.
"If they can wipe their own asses, it's the cheapest and most effective way to do it."