Chapter 2569

Accountant Ren nodded slowly, but his brow was still full of gloom.

Cai Liye asked, "Brother Ren, how is our nephew doing now?"

As soon as Accountant Ren heard Cai Liye mention his son, his expression became very complex—there was pity for his son, sadness, and also some joy. With his son in this state, could it be called good? However, the situation was always improving.

Accountant Ren said, "My son is much stronger than before. Two days ago, he even called me 'Dad.' It's been many years since I heard him call me 'Dad'."

Accountant Ren's words made everyone silent. After a long time, Su Xinghui smiled, "Accountant Ren, that's a good thing!"

Accountant Ren nodded, "Mm, it's a good thing."

Accountant Ren's health wasn't very good. After talking for a while, his face already showed signs of fatigue. Seeing this, Su Xinghui and the others stood up to say goodbye.

Accountant Ren was preparing to stand up to see them off, but Cai Liye pressed his hand, "Brother Ren, sit down, don't get up, your health isn't good."

Accountant Ren was indeed very tired, so he sat there and said, "Then have a safe journey, I won't see you off."

Cai Liye took an envelope from his pocket, placed it on the table, and said, "Alright, Brother Ren, Sister-in-law, take good care of your health, we're leaving first."

Before Accountant Ren could open the envelope, Cai Liye walked out quickly, and Su Xinghui and the others followed, leaving Accountant Ren's room together.

Although Accountant Ren's situation was much better than before, his appearance still made everyone feel very heavy-hearted. However, there was no other way for now; one could only hope that in this nursing home with good conditions, the situation of Accountant Ren's family could get better day by day.

This day, Premier Nan called Su Xinghui to his office. He held the latest internal publication of the State Planning Commission's Policy Research Office. Seeing Su Xinghui arrive, he pointed to an article in the publication and said, "Xinghui, you wrote this article really well!"

Su Xinghui took a look; it was an article he had written recently, detailing some examples and experiences from his practical work in Changshan County, including the matter of the Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Zone, and it was written in quite some detail.

Su Xinghui said, "These are just some concrete examples from my work below, they are all things I am most familiar with, so it was written quite smoothly."

Premier Nan pointed to the article, "This article is indeed well-written, especially this concept of regional economic cooperation, it's very inspiring!"

Su Xinghui said, "I think this regional economic cooperation has very practical significance for our country. Our country has a vast territory with a wide variety of terrains and landforms. The same terrain and landform can be very close geographically but potentially belong to different administrative divisions. In our country, it's very difficult for different divisions to cooperate. I think if they could cooperate, there would still be quite a lot of potential."

Premier Nan nodded, "Yes, this idea of yours is excellent. For example, the Yanglan Lake area in Jiangyou Province belongs to several different cities. If the lake area could be developed cooperatively, it should be quite good. There are also several bays in our country that have quite good foundations for cooperation..."

Premier Nan and Su Xinghui chatted quite congenially. He was quite satisfied with the articles Su Xinghui had written recently. These articles Su Xinghui wrote were quite inspiring.

After chatting about this article, Premier Nan asked, "By the way, Xinghui, I heard you didn't take the housing allocated by your commission?"

Su Xinghui nodded, "Yes, I bought a courtyard house in the capital myself, so I don't need the housing allocated by the commission."

Premier Nan said, "What's the situation with this courtyard house of yours? How much did you spend to buy it?"

Su Xinghui then told Premier Nan the ins and outs of buying this courtyard house. He said to Premier Nan, "Premier, I have already returned the money for buying this courtyard house to Yu Ruizhi. This money came from the auction of my paintings—a total of six paintings, which auctioned for over 1.5 million."

Premier Nan made a clicking sound with his tongue, "You really have money, spending a million to buy a courtyard house. However, since this money was obtained legally, there's nothing to say. Your paintings are indeed well-painted. I originally wanted to ask you for a painting, but since your paintings are so valuable, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to ask for one."

Su Xinghui said, "Premier, then it's the same as before: after you retire, I will paint a painting for you."

Premier Nan laughed, "Alright, then after I retire, I will ask you for a painting."

Su Xinghui said, "Premier, has someone complained about me to you again?"

Premier Nan said, "Comrade Xinghui, this is very normal. You are so prominent, spending so much money to buy such a large courtyard house—don't others have opinions? Who knows where your money came from? So it's not strange for someone to supervise you. Don't dwell on this matter, and don't go asking who reflected this problem."

Su Xinghui knew this was Premier Nan's good intention. Since Premier Nan asked him about this matter face-to-face, it proved that Premier Nan had no suspicions about him, and Premier Nan had already characterized this matter, so there would be no future repercussions.