Chapter 617: Midnight Car Accident

I was almost half-dragged into the room by Su Juan.

Chen Meng was sitting on a chair; seeing me enter, she arched an eyebrow and said, "Chen Feng, seeing four beauties, you're afraid to come in, aren't you?"

I laughed sheepishly and said, "Is that so? Why would I be afraid? Didn't I just come in?"

Chen Meng laughed heartily and said, "Your eyes betrayed you; look at you, you don't even dare look at anyone."

Su Juan and Su Mei laughed along. Only Su Ya blushed and said softly, "You are the beauties; I am just a faded flower, I'm old."

Su Mei hugged her neck and said, "Actually, in this room, besides Sister Mengmeng, you are the most beautiful. Look at you, how womanly you are!"

I took the opportunity to size up Su Ya, and sure enough, I found she was like a quiet peony, smiling shyly.

Lao Can has good taste! I sighed inwardly. It's a pity this guy has no luck to enjoy it.

Su Juan pulled me to sit opposite Chen Meng; they brought me a cup of tea, and the three of them turned to get busy.

I took a sip of tea and looked around the room, saying, "I really didn't know there was such a good place in Hengyue City."

Chen Meng smiled, "There are many places you don't know about."

"You arranged for them to be here?" I asked hesitantly.

"This place is safe." Chen Meng smiled faintly and said, "Before Su Ya's petition case is officially filed, I won't let them show their faces."

"But if you hide them like this, how will they live?"

"I have a way!" Chen Meng stretched out her legs and patted her thighs, "This place was our newspaper's office in the fifties; it's been abandoned for a long time. We originally planned to build staff housing for the newspaper, but there was no space around it, and this place was too small, so it's been delayed until now."

"This place used to be the newspaper office!" I exclaimed, standing up to look around.

Chen Meng barked softly, "Sit down first. I have something to ask you."

I had no choice but to sit down, holding the teacup, and said, "What do you want to ask?"

"Is the city arranging for you to report to the province?"

"How did you know?" I asked, shocked. Guo Wei's case was still highly classified; apart from a few leaders in the Municipal Committee, not a whisper had leaked to the outside world.

However, I immediately relaxed; Chen Meng was Secretary Chen's daughter, so it wasn't strange that she knew about this. The problem was that for a case like this, Secretary Chen wouldn't tell his daughter. Because Chen Meng herself was a reporter; if she knew, and a report came out first, our work would be infinitely passive.

"You don't need to worry about that." Chen Meng said with a grin, "Just tell me, is it true?"

I nodded and admitted, "I am assisting with the report."

"What aspects are you mainly reporting on this time?" She stared at me and asked.

I hesitated for a moment, shook my head, and said, "Mengmeng, I'm sorry, there are some things I really can't say."

"Not even to me?" Chen Meng was clearly unhappy, her face turning ugly.

I shook my head firmly and said, "No. Not even to the King of Heaven."

She bit her lip, biting her naturally rosy lips until they turned a line of pale white.

Just when I was about to blurt it out, she suddenly laughed, pointed at me, and said, "Chen Feng, you are still a man of principle! I like that!"

I felt embarrassed by her words; just then, Su Mei came out with a bowl of food and, hearing this, laughed, "We all know Sister Mengmeng likes Brother Chen!"

Chen Meng made a move to hit Su Mei, cursing, "Dead girl, you talk too much. Who likes him!"

As she said this, she lowered her head in shyness, her rosy face flushed red with blood.

"I have prepared some materials for you; you must find a way to submit them this time." Chen Meng looked up at me and said.

I asked hesitantly, "Submit them to whom?"

"Whoever listens to your report, you submit them to."

"What if they don't accept them?" I knew the organizational principles; what Chen Meng was doing was a taboo in officialdom. Our principle was to report and reflect level by level; we couldn't skip levels.

"They will definitely accept them." Chen Meng said with certainty, "You just submit them; someone will help you."

I had no choice but to nod in agreement. If I refused someone like Chen Meng, it would be like passing a death sentence on myself. Not only would she ignore me for the rest of her life, but she would also stir up all sorts of unexpected trouble to annoy me.

The food was brought out; there weren't many dishes, but they were all color, aroma, and taste complete.

I didn't stand on ceremony, picked up my chopsticks, and began to feast. Su Ya came over wearing an apron and asked us with a smile, "Is it delicious?"

Chen Meng praised it endlessly, pulled Su Ya over, picked up a piece of food, and brought it to her mouth, saying, "Sister-in-law Su Ya, you try it too."

Su Ya refused to eat, saying in a panic that she was still boiling soup, threw us aside, and turned into the kitchen.

Su Mei shouted with her mouth open, "Mengmeng, I'll eat it."

Chen Meng stuffed the food into her own mouth, gave her a white look, and said, "Little girl, I'm not giving it to you."

Su Mei was still acting spoiled; Chen Meng tapped the edge of the bowl with her chopsticks and said, "Su Mei, prepare yourself; you're going to the provincial capital with your Brother Chen Feng."

Su Mei shouted, "I'm not going, why is it me?"

Chen Meng laughed, "Because you are the youngest, you must go. There is something even more important, because you are the party involved."

"I am the party involved?" Su Mei was startled and muttered, "How did I become the party involved?"

Chen Meng smiled without a word. After she put down her bowl and chopsticks, she patted her stomach exaggeratedly and said, "I'm full. Chen Feng, are you still eating?"

I hurriedly finished the rice in my bowl, put down my chopsticks, and said, "I'm full too. Tell me, what other instructions do you have?"

"None." Chen Meng stood up and scanned the three women beside her, "This time, success or failure depends on this one move. If this doesn't help you, I have no other way; everyone will just have to accept their fate."

Su Ya wanted to thank her, but Chen Meng said to me, "Let's go."

I stood still; she turned around unhappily and said, "Don't want to leave, do you?"

I had no choice but to follow her out sheepishly. After watching her get into the car, I asked, "Where to next?"

"Home."

"Home?" I exclaimed in surprise.

"What? Don't want to go home?" Chen Meng looked at me with a smile.

"No." I said hesitantly, "It's still early."

"If you don't want to go home, then stay and talk to them for a while. Anyway, they don't have any acquaintances here, so it's just right for them to talk to you a bit more."

Without waiting for me to speak, she started the car and drove out of the courtyard.

I chased after her for a few steps but couldn't catch up, so I had to turn back dejectedly, preparing to drive and follow her.

Just as I reached the car, Su Mei blocked my car door and said, "Brother Chen, Sister Mengmeng said you have to stay and talk to us, don't even think about leaving."

I smiled bitterly and said, "Su Mei, what do we have to talk about?"

Su Mei's eyes and eyebrows smiled together, "Plenty. Whatever you want to hear, I'll tell you."

I knew it was impossible to leave now; Su Mei was the most clingy little woman, I had learned that when I was in Macau. So I sighed and said, "Fine, I'll stay and talk to you for a while."

It was already midnight when I left the old newspaper courtyard.

During the few hours of chatting, I learned that Chen Meng had put in a lot of effort to arrange them in this courtyard. When they first arrived, the courtyard was in a state of disrepair, but after they cleaned it up, the whole place had become their paradise.

I quietly pinched the USB drive in my pocket. Since I returned from Macau, this drive hadn't left me for a single day.

In this drive, there were things fatal to others.

One person in this courtyard was another fatal weapon.

I became terrified, wondering if I should spill everything when I went to report this time!

There weren't many pedestrians on the street, and the lights were dim and yellow. Occasionally, a few teenagers would speed past my car on motorcycles, scattering laughter all over the ground.

I couldn't help but lament that my youth had drifted far away from me!

Everything was like yesterday, the river of time flowing silently. I suddenly wondered, what on earth do people live for?

From being transferred from the position of Deputy County Magistrate to study at the Provincial Party School, I thought I could rise to the top, but fate played a huge joke on me; I actually became the worst-performing cadre in the whole class!

I had originally wanted to spend the rest of my life in mediocrity, but I didn't expect to encounter Su Ya's matter. I could have turned a blind eye to Su Ya, but because of Chen Meng, I couldn't stand by and watch.

Su Ya's matter hadn't been settled yet, and then Guo Wei had an accident. And it was a big one! Guo Wei's case was the biggest case since the founding of Hengyue City; how to define it, and what people were involved behind the scenes, all felt like a mystery that left one unable to let go.

I couldn't help but worry about Guo Wei. He walked away so resolutely, yet in the end, it was all for love. After love, what did he have left?

Could love really make a person disregard everything? I had held deep doubts about this in the past, but now I finally understood that the power of love is great; it can turn a person into a god, and it can also turn a person into a ghost.

And Guo Wei had just turned into a ghost!

He thought love could be bought with money, so he took a huge risk and did something that shocked everyone. Who would have thought that love would betray him in the end? He was lost in a foreign land, from then on becoming a drifting leaf that could never return to the earth.

Guo Wei's fall had made my heart ache for a long time. He wasn't bad-natured, and his mind was sharp. Back when Suxi Town was relocated, without his boldness, I even doubted if I could have done it.

And now, he had traded his official position for love, but was sinking deep into love, unable to extricate himself. Because of this, he took a desperate risk, leading to him being lonely on the streets of America, terrified and uneasy all day long.

I knew Guo Wei couldn't escape justice in the end!

But if it were me, would I have such courage?

Would I abandon everything for love? I asked myself, and in the end, I shook my head; I couldn't do it!

The traffic lights at the intersection had been replaced with signs for free passage. I slowed down, checked that there were no cars at the three intersections, and then stepped heavily on the accelerator.

Just as my car was about to pass through the intersection smoothly, a motorcycle suddenly rushed out from the side. The stereo on the motorcycle was still playing disco music, and then I heard a "bang." I saw a figure fall from my hood, roll onto the ground after hitting the hood.

The music was still blaring, but the person in front of my car didn't get up.

I steadied myself, opened the car door, and got out. ===== CHAPTER 618 =====