Chapter 473

What's wrong? Are you upset because I came back late? Hey, you need to understand me—I'm someone who's devoted to work, and this time Comrade Wei Xiaohai got injured because of me, so I have to go comfort him; there's nothing wrong with that, right?

Have you eaten? Are you waiting for me to cook? If you'd said so earlier, I could have come back sooner.

Su Yang deeply understood the principle that a good man doesn't quarrel with a woman.

Zhou Ruohan said, "I didn't realize you get along so well with the other female leaders in the county."

They were in a hurry to recommend you for the position of Township Party Committee Secretary of Xiushui Xiang, and they did it right in front of Secretary Zhou, and Secretary Zhou even approved it; for this matter they even dug a big pit for me.

As expected, Zhou Ruohan opened her mouth just to bring up this matter.

Still the same thing—she is indeed a County Magistrate, but essentially she's also a woman, and her current status is still Su Yang's fiancée.

For such a matter, she naturally couldn't tolerate it; this isn't just petty jealousy.

Su Yang said solemnly, "You're wronging me on this—I know nothing about these things, and since I came back I've been staying in the Hospital, and lately we've been together every day; when would I have time to curry favor with others, and what kind of person am I—don't you already know?"

I've given you my heart, I've given you my whole self; if I ever have a second thought, may thunder strike me and let me not live well……

Zhou Ruohan said, "Give me this line, and I won't believe anyone would help you for no reason—didn't you give someone a gift?"

The problem Su Yang had been worrying about finally came, but he had already prepared his excuse; the last time he saw Fang Jingwen put the bracelet on her wrist, he knew it was only a matter of time: "Let's talk about the bracelet—I'll tell you about it, but you might not believe me."

This bracelet is a family heirloom; do you think I could possibly give it to someone unrelated?

Zhou Ruohan said, "Could he have snatched it from your hand? Why do I distrust you so? Keep making excuses—I have all the time in the world to listen to you here."

Su Yang said, "Heavens, you say you're a person of great wisdom—can't you even see through his little trick?"

That silver bracelet is certainly precious to us, being a family heirloom, but if you really put it in a secondhand market or those silver-goods markets, a bracelet would only cost a bit over a hundred yuan, at most two hundred; with her income she could swap one a day, over three hundred a year with no pressure—she's just deliberately trying to anger you, and you actually fell for it?

This is completely inconsistent with your intelligence; you need to stay calm about this matter and not let this small thing affect your mindset, right?

Zhou Ruohan crossed her arms, glared, and said, "Keep making it up—do you think I don't know Fang Jingwen? To be honest, I know her far better than you do; her background, her upbringing—you know as well as I do that people like her are inherently proud."

Not to mention she doesn't even like those flashy things; even if she did, she could easily afford a diamond ring the size of a pigeon's egg, and it's all from legitimate income.

Now she's wearing that silver bracelet on her wrist, and you're telling me you bought it at a street stall—even if you're trying to fool me, can't you use a bit of brains?

Making a mistake isn't scary; what's scary is making a mistake and then refusing to admit it or be honest—this attitude really makes me angry, you know?

Su Yang, after hearing that, huh? I'd been thinking of a rebuttal for half a day, but they already had a plan to shoot me down.

It seems talking nonsense won't solve the problem, and objectively speaking, Fang Jingwen indeed has this capability; he could only droop his head and say, "Maybe you won't believe me if I say it, but that bracelet was originally in my briefcase—I planned to give it to you when I came back."

The result was that when I went to report work to him that day, I left the briefcase in her office, and only when I picked it up did I notice the bracelet was missing; I asked him, and he said he didn't know, hadn't even seen it.

You say she's being so difficult with me—I can't exactly call the police, and as a lower-level official rummaging through someone else's office would be inappropriate, so I just held my nose and accepted the loss.

I originally wanted to tell you the whole story, but then I went off to do poverty alleviation work, and later I simply forgot about it; the matter is just as it is—I've said everything I should say, so do whatever you want, punish or not.

After Su Yang finished speaking, he assumed the posture of a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, and flopped onto the sofa.

Zhou Ruohan's mind quickly ran through it—if Su Yang said that, then the matter must be true.

Because, as she had said before, she understands Fang Jingwen's sort of thing—Fang Jingwen could definitely do something like that; anyway, the item just happened to drop in her office, she picked it up offhand, and Su Yang could only suffer a dumb loss.

Although this thing isn't valuable, in her view it's actually quite disgusting—basically it's just messing with her mindset.

Thinking that, she then said, "Fine, I'll just take your word for it, but this kind of thing must not happen again."

Besides, this is something you promised me; no matter what you think, you have to give me one, or where would I put my face?

Nowadays almost everyone in our circle knows our relationship, and your family heirloom thing is common knowledge, yet I came up empty-handed while Ning Shu Yue and Fang Jingwen both have one—do you expect me to still have face?

Su Yang repeatedly said yes, "Ah, yes yes yes yes yes yes, this matter is indeed my mistake; when I go home next time I'll ask my parents, see if there's still a silver bracelet at home, and if there is I'll personally bring it to you right away—we can't let this small thing affect our feelings, right?"

Zhou Ruohan said, "Hmm, that's about right; I guess I've forgiven you—I didn't cook tonight, I ordered food from outside, it should be arriving shortly."

I don't know if Fang Jingwen told you about Xiushui Xiang's affairs—she recommended you to Secretary Zhou in my presence for the position of Township Party Committee Secretary of Xiushui Xiang; you say this matter we had already settled with Uncle Huang, but now we have to owe her a favor, and just mentioning it makes me feel uneasy inside.

But no matter what, this matter is basically settled; tomorrow morning I'll go through the Party Committee, and within three days the appointment will be announced—after all, Xiushui Xiang can't be without someone in charge.

Besides, the position of Xiushui Xiang's magistrate hasn't been assigned either—this is also meant to give you a chance to take charge of the overall situation; after all, not everyone on their Party Committee team can be problematic, so when the time comes you can pick two competent people to make your later work easier—do you understand what I mean?