I nodded and said, "Okay. You can tell me in advance when the time comes."
As I was talking, I suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside, and then the Xiao Wu who picked me up just now came in. He said to Lin Yu: "Minister Lin, Mayor Wen of Shangjiang City requested to report to you. He asked
when do you have time."
Lin Yu asked: "Where are the others?"
Xiao Wu replied: "He is already here and waiting below."
Lin Yu said: "Then please invite him to come up."
After Xiao Wu went out, she said to me meaningfully: "You see, he is very worried. You can go, and you can meet him outside, so that he will be completely relieved."
I couldn't help but smile bitterly.
When I left Lin Yu's office, I happened to see Mayor Wen coming up from below. I pretended to be surprised and said: "Mayor Wen, why are you here too?"
He smiled at me and said: "I'm here to report to Minister Lin. Mayor Feng, you have to hurry up on that matter. There are still many things that you need to do next."
I smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, I'll get it done as soon as possible within next week."
He nodded to me, "Okay. Mayor Feng, congratulations to you. Your identity as executive deputy mayor will be officially announced next week. We must cooperate well in the future. I sometimes have a bad temper. Please help me."
Be more understanding and tolerant.”
I hurriedly said: "Mayor Wen, I should be the one to say this. Haha! Mayor Wen, please go in quickly, Minister Lin is waiting for you."
He hurried in. I looked at his back and sneered in my heart.
Later, I took a taxi directly back home. On the way home, I sent a text message to Secretary Chen: Secretary Chen, I am in the provincial capital. Please arrange a time for us to talk at any time.
He quickly replied to me: I will contact you tomorrow morning. Don’t worry, a few clowns are nothing to be afraid of.
His text message made me feel reassured.
After returning home, my mother told me something: Ding Xiang came to my home a few days ago. She heard that my child was back, so she came specifically to see the child.
"Have you not contacted your classmate for a long time? No one knows about the child or your father. Your classmate's wife has been blaming you in front of me. By the way, she also took her child with her.
Come on, what a lovely girl. Smile, recently I keep thinking of the brother who made our dreams come true. Please go bring him back and let me see him some time. Okay?" Mother started nagging again.
I was embarrassed, but I knew that such a thing couldn't be done. The most I could do was to find a way for the mother to see the child in other places. For example, I could notify Yu Min to take the child to the park.
I said: "Mom, let's do this. After this period of time, I will think of a solution when I am not busy. Okay? Mom, I really don't want to disturb other people's lives. After all, the child now has his own life."
Home and father. Letting the child live a normal life in his current family is the greatest care for him. Don't you think so?"
My mother kept sighing, "What a sin..."
I felt very sad, but I could only hide that pain in my heart.
But my mother's words immediately reminded me of a person: Kang Demao.
I felt very ashamed of him. I had wanted to have a good chat with him for a long time, especially after I found out the truth about Yu Min and the child. But then my father's illness and my transfer kept me from
This delayed the matter. To be more precise, I felt extremely ashamed of him in my heart. After my mother told me about Ding Xiang’s visit, I immediately understood Ding Xiang’s intention: maybe in her heart
I also hope that Kang Demao and I can get back together.
So I felt that this matter could not be delayed any longer. If I delayed it any longer, I would really go too far. Then I called Kang Demao and said, "De Mao, are you free tonight? I've always wanted to chat with you.
, but recently a lot of things have happened at home, and then there are things at work. Demao, there were some things I didn’t know before, but now I understand, in fact, you have always been very caring to me. I feel that between us
Those misunderstandings should not continue, and I also want to apologize to you in person."
What I said was very sincere and really came from my heart.
He said: "You don't have to be so polite. I didn't do many things right in the past. Recently, I have been reflecting on those things I did in the past... Let's do this, just the two of us tonight, okay?"
"
Of course I wouldn't object, and I suddenly realized something: maybe it was because Ning Xiangru was there last time that he didn't come for an excuse.
Yes, it must be so, because the problem between the two of us needs to be solved alone. Unfortunately, I didn't realize this last time, and the fundamental reason why I called Ning Xiangru that time was actually because of me
There isn't much sincerity.
The place for dinner was designated by him, and it was my first time to come to this restaurant.
The environment of this restaurant is very ordinary, but it is very quiet. Maybe this is the reason why he chose this place?
I noticed that he had gained weight. After we met, he stretched out his hand to me and said, "Let's shake hands. I hope we can still be friends."
I looked at him and said sincerely: "I hope you can forgive me. Demao, now I know how much of a bastard I used to be. Hey! I can't bear to look back."
But he was shaking his head, "No, Feng Xiao, the fault is not yours alone. I also have my own problems, and my problems are related to my personality or psychology."
I immediately looked at him in shock, "Why do you say that?"
He shook his head and sighed: "Feng Xiao, although we are old classmates, you don't know anything about my past. Do you know? Ever since I was in elementary school, the teacher has not wanted to see me. The teacher has not wanted to see me.
I didn’t want to go to school, and my grades would be even worse if I didn’t want to go to school, and the teacher wouldn’t want to see me. My classmates saw that the teacher didn’t want to see me, so they imitated the teacher and didn’t want to see me.
One time I had a fight with a classmate, and he used a brick to cut a hole in my head. He used a professional technique, and my face was instantly covered with blood. My dad thought that the school should be responsible, so he took me to the teacher for comment. The teacher said in person that he would punish the student who hit me.
After my father left, the teacher asked why they were fighting. The kid who hit him told the story first, but every sentence was a lie. But every time I pointed it out, the teacher glared at me and said: Are you right?! Are you right?
?!Then he turned to the classmate who hit me softly and said: Don’t hit anyone in the future. Look, if he beats him to bleed, his dad will come. If he hits him harder, it will also cause trouble for your dad.
,Yes or no?
At that age, I often divided people into good guys and bad guys: Japanese soldiers, the bad guys; the Kuomintang, the bad guys; and my teachers, the bad guys. When I got home, my mother was also very angry. I remember her conversation with my father: Isn’t it just because they are a country?
Are you a person? The teacher is too snobbish. But you can still learn. My dad said: Forget it, bear with it. Another thing happened a few days later. I passed by a cornfield with my classmates after school, and they pulled out all the corncobs together.
I came out and plugged it back in, but I knew it was a bad thing, so I left alone.
The next day, the whole piece of corn was dead. The farmers came to the school and the teacher asked everyone: Raise your hands if you haven't pulled the corn. I raised my hands proudly. I thought, the teacher should praise me once. I am the only one who has not done anything bad.
Ah! But the teacher glanced at me and asked me: Who did you see pulling it out? I muttered: I didn’t pull it out anyway. The teacher glanced at everyone: Do you think he lied? All the students said: Yes!
At that moment, I cried. With fear, helplessness, and grievance, I picked up my schoolbag and ran outside, with laughter behind me.
Feng Xiao, do you know? That moment was the most desperate time in my life. It seems like a small thing now, but to a ten-year-old child, it was a huge thing, and it is engraved in my memory. Similar things
It happened repeatedly in my elementary school and middle school years. Before elementary school, I was like an unopened book. There were many wonderful things in it, but in the end it was just a pile of waste paper. It wasn’t until I was admitted to graduate school that the dark days ended. What happened in high school
As you know, I was already numb at that time.
Later, I often told people that the role of a teacher is too important. If he makes the right move, he can send the child to heaven; if he makes the wrong move, he may send the child to hell. In fact, my heart has long been twisted, although
I clearly know that you were sincerely treating me well before, but I still can't help but doubt your sincerity, even jealous of you, resentful of your excellence... So Feng Xiao, it's me who should say I'm sorry."
After he finished speaking, there was a period of silence between us. His words shocked me. (To be continued)