Chapter 3699

Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya entered the room, which also had a bathroom. Lu Xiaoya looked at Su Xinghui's somewhat malicious gaze and said shyly, "Go take a shower quickly."

Su Xinghui took a shower, and then Lu Xiaoya entered the bathroom and began to shower as well. These ten-plus minutes felt as long as a century to Su Xinghui.

When Lu Xiaoya came out of the bathroom, still wiping her long hair with a bath towel, Su Xinghui suddenly jumped off the bed. Amidst Lu Xiaoya's scream, he scooped her up, threw her onto the soft bed. Such an action rarely occurred in the couple's life, which made Lu Xiaoya feel a bit of novelty.

The couple began to enjoy the intimacy of a short separation being better than a new marriage. It was unknown how much time had passed before the sounds in the room stopped completely. Lu Xiaoya lay lazily in Su Xinghui's arms, not wanting to move even a little finger; both of them had been thoroughly satisfied today.

After a long while, Su Xinghui turned on the light and carefully admired this beautiful scene, which made Lu Xiaoya very shy. Although the two were already an old married couple, Lu Xiaoya was still very bashful. She hurriedly pulled the light cord, leaving only a bedside lamp, and said, "Look at you, you're already a mayor, yet you still have no sense of propriety."

Su Xinghui said solemnly, "How do I have no sense of propriety? I'm looking at my own wife; what's improper about that?"

Lu Xiaoya said, "I'm old too, not as good-looking as those young girls."

Su Xinghui said, "Where are you old? I think you look much better than those young girls."

Lu Xiaoya giggled, "Oh, so you often look at those young girls, right?"

Su Xinghui suddenly pounced on her again, "Oh, you're setting a trap for me. I don't look at any young girls; I only like looking at my wife."

Immediately, another battle unfolded in the room, filled with boundless spring. This time, it really was a case of a short separation being better than a new marriage.

After everything calmed down, Lu Xiaoya rested for a while, then got up, took a bag of things out of her bag, and handed it to Su Xinghui to look at. Su Xinghui asked her what it was, and she told Su Xinghui to open it and see for himself.

Su Xinghui opened the bag and saw that it was a bag of red underwear and socks. Su Xinghui then understood that this year was his zodiac birth year. According to Hudong customs, one had to wear red underwear and socks, and these things were prepared by the mother before marriage and by the wife after marriage.

This year was Su Xinghui's first zodiac birth year after marriage. Lu Xiaoya was very attentive and had already prepared all these things.

Su Xinghui said, "Thank you, Xiaoya."

Lu Xiaoya said, "Between us husband and wife, why are you being so polite? I hope that by wearing red pants and red socks, you can get through this year without illness or disaster."

Although Su Xinghui was not superstitious, this was a Hudong custom, so he had to accept his wife's good intentions. He nodded and said, "Okay, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, I will put these on."

The couple cherished each other for a moment and then fell into a deep sleep. With Lu Xiaoya by his side, Su Xinghui felt exceptionally at ease and soon entered the sweetest dreamland.

The next day, Lu Xiaoya reported to the Organization Department of the Linshan Municipal Committee, and she was appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Linshan Municipal Committee. This news made many people look sideways; they all saw Lu Xiaoya as the kind of official's wife who benefited from her husband's status. However, Lu Xiaoya did not take it to heart; she knew that as long as she was promoted, such voices would not be few.

This was also one of the reasons why she had never wanted to be promoted before. But now that she had been promoted, she would not be afraid of such voices.

She would use her own ability and performance to make these voices disappear.

During this period, Chen Xuehai's audit work at the Finance Bureau had been completed. He had uncovered many economic problems in the Finance Bureau during Xia Liangcai's tenure, including the private establishment of small treasuries, misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement of public funds, extravagant eating and drinking, and irregular operations. The amount involved was estimated to be at least ten million yuan, and the personnel involved included many cadres of the Finance Bureau, including Xia Liangcai.

Chen Xuehai handed the audit report to Su Xinghui and also transferred it to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, asking them to further investigate based on the clues provided by the Audit Bureau to verify these economic problems and deal with the relevant personnel involved.

These days, quite a few cadres had also taken the initiative to surrender to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. Among these cadres, most were from the Finance Bureau, and there were also cadres from other units, such as the Transportation Bureau, the Urban Construction Bureau, and so on. These bureaus were the most prone to corruption. Now, under powerful deterrence, they chose to surrender to reduce their own crimes.

For a time, Linshan City was once again in a state of panic. It was obvious that many families would not have a good Spring Festival this year. However, these people were, after all, in the minority, and the vast majority of Linshan's common people could have a good New Year.

Although most of the investment and factory construction this year had not yet yielded much substantive results, enterprises like the Linshan Coal Chemical Group had already started production. They had absorbed a batch of laid-off workers, and these laid-off workers now had wage income, which made their lives much better all of a sudden.

The influx of so much capital into Linshan City also made the market in Linshan much more prosperous. The many newly opened shops in Linshan City could also solve many employment opportunities, allowing many people to find jobs and earn income, so the economy of Linshan City suddenly had vitality.

This was just a beginning. When spring blossoms, those enterprises that invested in building factories would start construction, and the economic situation in Linshan City would be even better.

And Su Xinghui also planned to officially start the old city renovation work after the Spring Festival, so that the appearance of Linshan City would have a major improvement. The old city renovation work was also very effective in driving the economy of Linshan City.

In short, everything in Linshan City was flourishing, moving in the direction Su Xinghui hoped for.

However, during this period, quite a few private coal mine owners came to find Xing Guodong and even Su Xinghui, making them extremely annoyed. These private coal mine owners, of course, all felt that the storm had passed and wanted to reopen their mines. Once the coal mine machines started, it was equivalent to ten thousand taels of gold. Having not produced for so long, how could these mine owners sit still?

Nearly half a year had passed since last year's mining disaster. Now the influence of the mining disaster was slowly weakening, and even slowly disappearing. People were always forgetful; no matter how disastrous something was, it would always be slowly forgotten by people. They might remember it at a specific time, but in daily life, not many people would often think of it.

Now, under Su Xinghui's governance, Linshan City had slowly returned to calm, so these coal mine owners began to stir again, wanting to start mining. They still missed the grand occasion of making a fortune every day in the past.

These days, almost every day, private coal mine owners asked to see Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui had always been very close to the people. Whether it was cadres, staff, or business owners, if they wanted to see Su Xinghui, Su Xinghui would try his best to find time to see them, so he could not refuse the requests of these mine owners.