Chapter 295
Chen Meng's words made me restless, and I almost drove the car onto the sidewalk several times.
I parked the car in the shadow of a tree, opened the car window, lit a cigarette, and smoked exhaustedly.
Secretary Chen's talk with me is definitely not just to understand the grassroots. The Municipal Committee has a policy research office, raising a large group of pedants, specializing in studying various problems in society. If Secretary Chen wants to understand any problem, they will report it in the first time. Of course, they will have moisture in the report of some things, but it will not be outrageous.
In this way, Secretary Chen looking for me must have a purpose behind it.
Thinking of Aunt Mo's attitude and her inexplicable inquiry, my heart had to be worried. Could it be that Secretary Chen knew that Chen Meng was pregnant? Could it be that they were secretly setting up a game for me to drill?
A Municipal Party Committee Secretary specifically looking for a small town mayor like me to understand the situation, really can't find a suitable reason.
My brain is like a paste, and I can't distinguish between east, west, north, and south at all.
After smoking a cigarette, just as I wanted to smoke the second one, I saw a police car with police lights coming from a distance. I hurriedly started the car. At the moment the police car was about to slow down, my car hit the road and walked around in a panic.
There were very few pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, a few people passed by in a hurry, all wrapped tightly with big hats and long scarves, making it impossible to distinguish between men and women. The neon lights on the high-rise buildings in the distance blinked lonely, trying to add a trace of vitality to this cold winter night with the colorful lights.
When the car passed the Xinlinyin Hotel, my heart suddenly moved, and my hand unconsciously touched the bankbook my cousin gave me, so I turned the direction and drove straight to the entrance of the hotel.
I have been to Xinlinyin several times, and I am not unfamiliar with it at all.
I took the elevator straight to the coffee shop. I was the only one in the empty car. It was cold, and people didn't want to go out.
The coffee shop was also deserted. The waiter leaned lazily against the bar, looking at me coldly as I entered the door. A black piano lay quietly in the center of the hall, and a spotlight above it hit a small circular halo, shining on a girl beside the piano.
The girl's hands jumped on the keys like butterflies dancing. Although there was no one around, she played with fascination, as if the whole world was flowing in her music world.
This is a student from Hengyue City Normal College at a glance, and her ponytail was flying happily with her jumping fingers. In Hengyue City, all high-end places will have a piano, and during the peak of business, there will be a female student from the Normal College playing music. It seems that if these places lack the elements of music, they will lose the artistic atmosphere. Without an artistic atmosphere, it will not be high-end and cannot reflect the difference.
She was playing "For Elise", and her smooth and fair face showed a quiet softness in the light. She was obviously immersed in the music, as if in this world, except for her and the music, everything else no longer existed.
I chose a booth by the window, looking at the lights of thousands of homes outside, and listening to the music coming from the piano. My heart slowly calmed down. After the waiter brought me a glass of water, I ordered a cup of Blue Mountain coffee and took out my phone to start calling Xuelai.
Xuelai was very surprised by my invitation. While I was still tearing the cream bun, she had already appeared at the door gracefully.
I waved at her, she smiled shallowly, came over like flowing clouds and flowing water, sat down opposite me, and looked at me with a pair of eyes.
"What would you like to drink?" I asked, waving the cream bun at her, "How about the same as me?"
She smiled noncommittally, waved for the waiter to come over, and ordered a pot of ginseng tea.
Drinking tea in a coffee shop is the rule of Hengyue City. I wanted to laugh because she followed the customs so quickly. She seemed to see through my thoughts, her fingers jumped lightly on the table, and asked me, "Why? Do you think I'm a country bumpkin?"
I hurriedly restrained my smile and said, "I'm the country bumpkin."
She smiled charmingly and ignored me. She lowered her head, and her long eyelashes covered her autumn-like eyes.
"How come you have time to come to me?" she finally looked up and asked me puzzled.
"Passing by. Just come in and sit for a while, and see you," I said, taking a sip of coffee.
"What's good to see about me?" She curled her lips, "Thank you for still remembering me."
"How can I not remember?" I said, "Anyone like Manager Xue who is naturally beautiful, as long as they have met once, will definitely remember for a lifetime."
She smiled shallowly and said, "Town Mayor Chen really knows how to talk." She seemed a little shy, covered her eyelashes, making people unable to see what was hidden in her eyes.
"I'm a person like a broken flower and a willow!" She sighed, looked at me, lowered her eyelids quickly, and said slowly, "But I won't live like a broken flower and a willow. I want to live like the camellia at the door, brilliant and beautiful."
I remembered that camellia is the city flower of Hengyue City. Back then, cities across the country were looking for a flower that could represent the city's business card, and Hengyue City chose camellia. Not only because camellia is brilliant, but also because this kind of flower can spit out fragrance as long as there is a piece of soil.
"Manager Xue, your words make people feel uncomfortable," I said, "Life's encounters, gains and losses are in the heart, the darkness at a certain moment cannot cover the light of a lifetime. Don't you think?"
This riddle-like talk, only the two of us can understand the meaning. I am telling her that without He Jiaxiao, your Xuelai's life is just as sunny and brilliant. At the same time, it is also hinting to her not to use He Jiaxiao to talk about things!
Xuelai smiled faintly, poured a cup of tea, and the dark red tea water was as transparent as amber. She poured me a cup, poured herself a cup, took a sip lightly, and leaned back peacefully.
"Are you here on behalf of He Jiaxiao?" Her tone began to appear cold and aggressive. In this space with heating, it was like an ice pillar, standing straight in front of my eyes.
I smiled, neither denying nor affirming.
My eyes passed through the table and stayed on her waist. Xuelai's waist was still as weak as a willow as when we first met, and she couldn't see that she was a pregnant woman at all.
I didn't dare to keep my eyes for too long, so as not to be misunderstood by her as a person like a lecher.
I remember when Jin Feng was pregnant, when her belly bulged, her chest would also bulge. A woman, as long as she has the capital to be a mother, will not hesitate to reveal the pride of being a woman. And these performances are the physical changes they can't wait for, and the gentle expression will appear on their faces.
But none of this can be seen on her at all. She is still as capable as before, with the same otherworldly demeanor, and the philistinism faintly revealed in her eyebrows.
Xuelai seemed to feel my eyes. She straightened her body, opened herself generously in front of me, and looked at me with a smile, "Did you see it?"
I smiled embarrassedly, wanting to move my eyes to the girl playing the piano, but found that the piano lid had been closed, and the girl playing the piano had long since left.
"The performance time is over." I almost talked to myself, took my eyes back, and stared at the faint blue flame on the alcohol stove. Outside the window, it was ice and snow, and the room was as warm as spring. Xuelai's frost-like expression gradually softened in this pale blue flame, making people feel a soft touch in their hearts.
"I'm not pregnant!" She spat out this sentence lightly, still looking at me with a smile.
I was startled. The words that were hard to say in my heart seemed to find a gate. I patted my forehead and said, "You scared me to death."
Xuelai smiled charmingly, as if spring flowers were blooming in front of her, "Do you have such a small courage? Besides, it's not what you did, what are you afraid of?"
I wanted to end this conversation as soon as possible. Xuelai was not pregnant, so there was nothing that could make my cousin afraid.
I took the bankbook out of my bag, put it on the table and pushed it in front of her, without saying a word.
Xuelai looked at me in amazement, didn't take the bankbook, opened a pair of panicked eyes, and asked me, "What do you mean by this?"
I didn't dare to look at her eyes, lowered my head and said, "My brother He Jiaxiao is too young and ignorant. Please forgive Manager Xue. This is a small meaning, please accept it."
Xuelai finally understood what I meant. She pushed the bankbook back and said coldly, "What do you mean by this? Is it prostitution money or compensation?"
I was startled. Her words were as direct as a glass of water, and one could see the bottom of the cup at a glance.
I stammered and pushed the bankbook over again.
"If you push it over again, I'll tear it up," Xuelai suddenly said viciously, "What kind of person do you take me for!"
What kind of person can we take you for? You are not a person at all. Before, you were a bomb! Now the danger is lifted, Xuelai who is not pregnant, in our eyes, is at most a charming woman who seduces men!
But I couldn't say these words. I could only handle this matter quietly and smoothly, so that I could score points in my cousin's eyes.
"A little bit of heart," I said, hesitating whether to push it over again.
"Town Mayor Chen, do you want to spend some money to settle me?" She looked at me playfully, as if I were a monkey in her hand, letting her whip high, I could only dance.
"I don't have this meaning," I said, cursing in my heart, I fuck your grandmother, if you don't accept it, I'll swallow it privately!
"I don't lack this money." Xuelai got up angrily, stared into my eyes and said word by word, "If you really want to be good for me, let me be a real Hengyue City person."
I looked at her suspiciously. A smile appeared on her face, and she said slowly, "I want to be an official!"
"What?" I was so shocked that I almost jumped off the sofa, and a shout caused the lazy waiter to look at us.
"I want to be an official in Hengyue City, even if it's the smallest official!" Xuelai threw down this sentence and walked away lightly.
I was stunned again!
This winter had just begun, and I had been stunned several times. I even suspected that before this winter was over, I would really become a wooden chicken!
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