Chapter 50: Having an official's wife ultimately still brings face

Chen Yang did not accompany Liu Shijie to attend the meeting led by Luo Zhikai. Because when he returned home, he found that his Jetta car left in Qingshui was actually parked downstairs.

Du Yue'e didn't know Chen Yang's address and hadn't called to say she was coming. So the only possibility was that Lin Wei had come!

Chen Yang hurried home puzzled, and as he reached the hallway he heard Lin Wei's voice from Liu Qingqing's room. He went over and saw Lin Wei sitting on the sofa in Liu Qingqing's living room, leaning on Su Mingyue, looking exhausted, her skin somewhat tanned.

Seeing Chen Yang arrive, Lin Wei's face finally showed a smile. 'Husband, aren't you surprised?'

Chen Yang nodded; surprise was certainly there, but so was shock. Lin Wei could run all the way to Xingcheng despite fatigue, surely because of that sum of money in his hands.

A mere deputy mayor's secretary, spending so much for the leader's political achievements, always felt a bit odd.

Just seeing her exhausted expression made Chen Yang feel sorry for her. 'You came all this way; have you eaten?'

"'Haven't you? Where have you been fooling around, not caring about me.' Lin Wei acted coy in a weak voice, making Liu Qingqing and Su Mingyue get goosebumps all over."

"'Senior, go flirt somewhere else, don't affect our work.' Liu Qingqing, displeased, started to issue the eviction notice."

Lin Wei wasn't angry either, continuing to act coquettish toward Chen Yang. 'Husband, I can't walk; will you carry me home?'

Liu Qingqing couldn't stand it any longer, directly making a vomiting gesture. Su Mingyue pretended not to see anything.

Chen Yang feared they would start fighting again, so he quickly took Lin Wei back to his home, then went to the kitchen to cook noodles for her.

Before the water even finished boiling, Lin Wei was already snoring on the sofa.

Chen Yang worried she might catch a chill, so he could only hold her again and put her on his bed, covering her with a blanket.

Looking at his wife's weary face, Chen Yang felt uneasy. Given the Lin family's background and his current financial situation, Lin Wei could easily choose a life of ease, yet she, just like in her previous life, chose the hardest path.

Power, really makes one unable to break free?

Or is it that Lin Wei innately possesses a stronger sense of social responsibility than ordinary people?

Chen Yang couldn't figure it out.

After returning to the living room, Chen Yang called Liu Shijie, told him about Lin Wei's arrival, and asked him to attend the meeting alone tomorrow. He was already a veteran in business circles, and Chen Yang didn't worry about exposing any flaws.

After hanging up, Chen Yang had nothing to do, so he turned on the computer and went online.

After Chen Yang posted the bounty task on Qing Net, the article's traffic instantly multiplied several times. The popularity of the homepage and forum surged rapidly. Besides supporters from Xingcheng University, many top authors from other portal sites also came to join the fun.

Although the unit price of ten yuan per article is a bit low, the threshold to meet the conditions is equally low; as long as it's original, you get paid. In this situation, nobody will pass up the chance to 'shear wool'.

Liu Qingqing and Su Mingyue have been busy on the forum, probably haven't eaten.

Chen Yang thought it over, then went to the kitchen and cooked two bowls of noodles to send over to them.

Even Liu Qingqing, now in work mode, changed—she stared at the computer while eating noodles. This reminded Chen Yang of when he first learned to go online in his previous life, also neglecting sleep and food. He spent all day immersed in various forums chatting and spamming. Clearly boring and childish behavior, yet he enjoyed it without tiring.

Of course, Chen Yang was just messing around, while Liu Qingqing was genuinely working on her career—there is still an essential difference.

Lin Wei slept four hours, woke up, ate the noodles, then got intimate with Chen Yang for a while, and slept again until dawn.

After breakfast, the two began discussing how to use the sixty million yuan in Chen Yang's hands.

Lin Wei told Chen Yang that several counties under Qingshui City have serious agricultural product backlog issues. She hoped Chen Yang, in the name of his company, would purchase all those products and then resell them in Qingshui City or elsewhere outside Qingshui.

Chen Yang strongly objected to this. His company hasn't even been registered yet, and after registration it would still need to hire people to develop the market—a lengthy process.

If the sixty million yuan worth of agricultural products cannot be quickly sold off, the consequence would be large quantities of products rotting. Wasting money and grain aside, it would also damage the environment and cause serious social impact.

Of course, Chen Yang could also give away vegetables for free to the citizens, earning the title of a great benefactor. But that would trigger another chain reaction: citizens getting free vegetables would no longer want to buy them, leaving other merchants' produce unsold and doomed to rot. In that case the problem remains unsolved, and Chen Yang would only earn himself a host of enemies.

If someone with ill intent secretly acts up, framing Lin Wei for corruption and deliberately sabotaging the market. Not to mention Chen Yang's money would go down the drain; Lin Wei would also be affected. If things go badly, even the secretary's job could be lost.

Chen Yang is a reborn person; he understands human nature better than many of his peers. Accomplishing something may be difficult, but destroying something only requires a few baseless rumors to be done easily.

After hearing Chen Yang's analysis, Lin Wei also felt her idea was a bit rash.

"'Husband, when are you preparing to register the company?'"

"'Let's wait until the supermarket at Double Forest Market opens before talking about that! First establish the sales channels; later problems will be much simpler.'"

"'I came out of the countryside, so I know the rural situation better than you. Agricultural product backlog isn't just this year's issue; it's because officials blindly follow trends—plant whatever sells hot, never considering demand balance.'"

"'The top priority should be to build a comprehensive, timely, and accurate agricultural product market information platform. Through this platform, real-time release of prices, supply-demand relations, market trends, etc., for agricultural products everywhere. That way farmers can reasonably plan planting according to market demand, and merchants will know where to procure the agricultural products they need.'"

"'Alright, I'll first go back and talk to the boss to see if your method is feasible.' Lin Wei decided to accept Chen Yang's opinion and first build the platform. But she still kept in mind that sum of money in his hands: 'During this period don't mess around; even if you want to invest, use it for Qingshui's construction. Don't forget it was Qingshui's land that raised you.'"

Chen Yang sighed. His parents died in a car accident, the culprit still at large. Land and ancestral home were occupied, with no one standing up for justice. This piece of Qingshui land brought him nothing but painful memories. If it weren't for marrying Lin Wei, he wouldn't want to return at all.

However, in order for Lin Wei to sit again as the prefect of Qingshui County, Chen Yang will still return to develop Qingshui. Having an official's wife ultimately still brings face.