Chapter 1418: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1418: Female Secretary Liu Xiaoyan

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Over at Shanggou Village.

Wang Dashan hung up Wang Xiaohua's call and returned to the living room, dejected.

Li Xiulan's eyes held expectation as she asked:

"How is it? When is Xiaohua coming back?"

Wang Dashan looked at his mother's eyes, full of expectation, and for a moment didn't know how to answer.

Li Xiulan then hurriedly said:

"It's fine, if Xiaohua comes back late, we'll just eat late. Anyway, we're not in a rush. We're only going down to Guangzhou tomorrow! Feed Xiao Jin first; we'll keep ours."

Wang Dashan only spoke up at this point:

"Mom, no need to wait for him. He's not coming back."

"Ah? Didn't we agree he'd come back for dinner together?" Li Xiulan couldn't help feeling disappointed, and at the same time found Wang Xiaohua's decision somewhat hard to understand.

After all, Wang Xiaohua wasn't working in some faraway place. His workplace was right in this town. Not being able to come back for a meal — that really didn't make sense.

"Did Mom do something to upset him?"

Li Xiulan's first reaction was to wonder what she had done wrong.

Wang Dashan hurriedly said:

"No, Mom, don't overthink it. It's not because of you!"

Li Xiulan hurriedly asked again:

"Is it that you brothers had a falling out?"

Wang Dashan hurriedly denied it:

"No, nothing like that! We three brothers might have disagreements, but what conflict could we have?"

"Then what exactly is going on?" Li Xiulan couldn't figure it out.

Wang Dashan said:

"He said something unexpected came up on his end. A poor household drank pesticide. He's taking that poor household to the county hospital for gastric lavage right now."

Hearing this, Li Xiulan slowly nodded:

"Then he really can't get away. A life is at stake, after all. Xiaohua made the right choice. Saving a life comes first..."

Although Li Xiulan said this, her face still couldn't hide the disappointment.

For this dinner, she had started preparing from after four in the afternoon.

It had cost her a lot of effort, poured in a lot of her hope.

The result: her most cherished youngest son actually couldn't come back.

That kind of disappointment — only those who have been parents can truly feel it.

"Mom, it's fine. There'll be plenty of time for family dinners in the future. Let's eat first!" Wang Erhai hurried over to comfort Li Xiulan. "Later there's National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, then New Year's Day, Spring Festival — these are all national statutory holidays. Third Brother will definitely have time off then. When the time comes, our whole family can just have another reunion dinner!"

Li Xiulan nodded:

"Mm-hmm, okay. Then let's eat. No need to wait for him."

Wang Dashan, on the other hand, said:

"No need to wait for National Day or Mid-Autumn. Just next Monday. I've talked to him. He must ask for leave and come back next Monday. We're relocating the grave; he has to be there. He agreed too."

Li Xiulan, however, said:

"Monday... will Xiaohua be unable to get away again?"

Wang Dashan said:

"He's just a low-level grassroots worker, not some big leader. How could he not get away? Mom, you don't worry about him. It's already agreed. He has to come back next Monday. If he doesn't, I'll scold him until his head spins!"

Wang Erhai hurriedly said:

"Enough. Let's eat, let's eat!"

This meal, missing Wang Xiaohua, seemed to lack a bit of flavor.

Originally they'd bought some wine, just waiting for Wang Xiaohua to come back and drink together.

Now that Wang Xiaohua hadn't returned, Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai had a few cups, but both felt it was pointless.

In a blink, it was the next morning.

Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai went to the bamboo garden back hill to offer incense and set off firecrackers at Wang Changgen's grave, then they left Shanggou Village.

Everyone first went back together to Wang Erhai's home in the county town, then had lunch at Wang Erhai's place. After that, Wang Dashan drove Li Xiulan, Wang Dujin, Kang Yi, and the others back to Guangzhou.

Wang Erhai rested at home for a while. At 2:30 p. m., he went to Liguo Mountain for work.

Yesterday a lot of documents had piled up unprocessed, so after returning in the afternoon, Wang Erhai immediately threw himself into work mode.

At this moment, President Secretary Liu Xiaoyan came over and said to Wang Erhai:

"President Wang, someone wants to see you."

This Liu Xiaoyan was a secretary the company had just hired recently. She had high looks, strong work ability, and was a 985 university graduate.

At first Wang Erhai only wanted to find a male secretary, but Zhang Sheng shoved Liu Xiaoyan over. Wang Erhai knew Zhang Sheng was using his same old tricks again. This Liu Xiaoyan was sent by Zhang Sheng to keep an eye on him.

But Wang Erhai didn't say anything either, because he felt he definitely wouldn't make the same mistakes he made when he was young.

He had also passed the age where he couldn't control himself at the sight of a beautiful woman.

So now, with Liu Xiaoyan coming to report, Wang Erhai kept his head down processing documents. From start to finish, he didn't look up at her once, only asking indifferently: "Who?"

Liu Xiaoyan truthfully said:

"He said his name is Liang Xinghua."

Wang Erhai was stunned, the signing pen in his hand pausing.

He thought for a moment, then made a decision:

"You go tell him, I won't see him."

Liu Xiaoyan was stunned:

"Should we find an excuse, for example saying you're on a business trip?"

But Wang Erhai said:

"No need, just say it straight, just don't want to see him."

Liu Xiaoyan was stunned again:

"What if he refuses to leave?"

Wang Erhai said lightly:

"Then have security throw him out, if security can't handle it then call the police, dealing with a rogue and scoundrel, this doesn't need me to teach you how, right?"

Liu Xiaoyan nodded:

"Good, then I'll go do it right now according to General Manager Wang's orders!"

Liu Xiaoyan walked out of Wang Erhai's office, striding toward the company lobby.

On this side she saw Liang Xinghua, face full of weathered hardship, looking lost and dejected.

The current Liang Xinghua was no longer the original Liang Xinghua.

He was thin to the point of skin and bones, with a listless and dejected appearance.

By the looks of it, it was very obvious he had taken too many drugs.

Ever since last time Zhang Sheng had people pretend to be five Ultramen to beat him up, and forcibly fed him drugs, his life began a spiral descent, because he had already contracted that kind of addiction.

This time Liang Xinghua didn't come to Liguo Mountain alone, he also brought his daughter Liang Ailan along.

No, his daughter had already changed her name, no longer called Liang Ailan, but called Liang Henlan.

"Where's General Manager Wang, how come he won't come out to see me?"

Liang Xinghua saw Liu Xiaoyan who was responsible for relaying the message walk out, and hurriedly pulled Liang Henlan's hand and walked up to ask.

Liang Henlan had a dirty appearance, her eyes timid and fearful.

She who should have been attending kindergarten, now could only stay by Liang Xinghua's side all day, because Liang Xinghua simply didn't have the money to send her to kindergarten.

Her eyes no longer held the innocent light of before, but more fear of this world.

Because now, even her dad, at the slightest dissatisfaction, would start hitting her, using her as a punching bag.

Her dad was no longer that dad who once loved and spoiled her, especially when the drug addiction flared up.

Liu Xiaoyan expressionless, truthfully said:

"General Manager Wang said, won't see you, you leave."

Liang Xinghua hearing this, eyes trembled, involuntarily despairing.

Then suddenly knelt in the lobby, kowtowing fiercely, and shouted loudly:

"General Manager Wang, please come out and see me! I'm not asking you for anything, only begging you to take in my daughter! I don't want my daughter to continue suffering by my side!"

This time, Liang Xinghua put his attitude extremely lowly.

These words all came from his lungs, because as long as the drug addiction flared up, he would lose control of himself, if he let his daughter stay by his side, who knows which day he might torture his daughter to death alive.

Taking advantage of still having a bit of rationality now, he must hurry and send his daughter away.

This is the only thing he could do as a father.