Chapter 68

However, he didn't have any jealousy. He was more happy for Su Xinghui. In his view, with Su Xinghui's educational background and ability, serving as a deputy section-level official was completely qualified.

After chatting for a while, Su Xinghui also stood up to take his leave. Zhang Kaishan was stunned and said, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Just have lunch here."

Su Xinghui said, "I have something to do with Xu Xiaoguang at noon, and we agreed to have lunch at his house."

Zhang Kaishan nodded and said, "Alright, then you go."

Zhang Cheng sent Su Xinghui out of the door. Outside the door, he secretly gave Su Xinghui a thumbs up. Su Xinghui laughed and waved at him before leaving.

After leaving the Zhang family, Su Xinghui didn't go down the mountain, but instead walked up the mountain, because Xu Xiaoguang's house was at the foot of the mountain behind Wenmiao Mountain, and there was a small path that could go directly there after crossing this mountain.

Xu Xiaoguang's house was a private house that Xu Haimin bought at the foot of Wenmiao Mountain and then tore down and rebuilt into a three-story building. The building area was quite large, and a pavilion was built on the roof, which looked very impressive. Since the construction team was his own family's, the cost was not high.

This building covered an area of nearly two hundred square meters, with a total building area of nearly six hundred square meters, but it only cost over a hundred thousand yuan to build. If it weren't for their own construction team, it would be impossible to be so low.

At the foot of Wenmiao Mountain, they were all private houses. These private houses backed onto Wenmiao Mountain and faced the Yangtze River Bridge embankment. The age of the houses was quite long. The Xu family's three-story building was considered outstanding in this area.

The Xu family's gate was a hollow stainless steel anti-theft door, and a large wolfhound was kept in the yard. When Su Xinghui walked to the gate, the wolfhound, which was originally lying lazily in the shade, stood up vigilantly, and its ears stood up. However, when it saw that it was Su Xinghui, it immediately relaxed its vigilance, whimpered softly, and wagged its tail.

Su Xinghui came and went often at the Xu family and was an acquaintance, so the wolfhound naturally knew him.

Su Xinghui called Xu Xiaoguang's name, and Xu Xiaoguang came out quickly. He poked his head out from the balcony on the second floor and said, "The door is not locked, you can come up directly."

Su Xinghui pushed the door, and sure enough, it was not locked. It opened as soon as he pushed it. After he went in, he closed the door and went up to the second floor. Xu Xiaoguang lived at the east end of the second floor.

Entering Xu Xiaoguang's room, he was playing a game with a remote control. His family had a game console imported from Japan, and now he was playing Contra.

He stared intently at the game screen on the TV and said to Su Xinghui, "Wait for me to finish this game."

Su Xinghui was not in a hurry. He opened the refrigerator himself, took out a can of frozen Jianlibao, and drank it. It was August now, and the weather was too hot.

Xu Xiaoguang's game character finally fell in front of the boss of the penultimate level. He slapped his thigh in annoyance, put down the remote control, turned his head and asked Su Xinghui, "Xinghui, do you have something to find me today?"

With Xu Xiaoguang, Su Xinghui didn't need to beat around the bush. He said straightforwardly, "You said last time that if I wanted to borrow money, I should just ask you?"

Xu Xiaoguang nodded and said, "Yeah, do you want to borrow money now?"

Su Xinghui said, "Yes, I want to borrow money."

"Alright." Xu Xiaoguang didn't even blink, "How much do you want to borrow?"

"Is thirty thousand okay?" Last time Xu Xiaoguang said he could borrow twenty or thirty thousand, so Su Xinghui just said this amount.

"No problem, I'll give it to you in the afternoon." Xu Xiaoguang still said without hesitation. He didn't even ask Su Xinghui what he was borrowing money for or how long he would borrow it.

Su Xinghui said, "Don't you need to tell your dad?"

Xu Xiaoguang shook his head, "My dad is cultivating our ability to be independent. My brother and I can take twenty or thirty thousand at a time, and he doesn't care. If it's more, he will ask. However, this is the first time I've taken so much money."

Su Xinghui was moved in his heart. He said to Xu Xiaoguang, "Thank you. I will pay you back as soon as possible."

Xu Xiaoguang said, "What's there to thank? Who are we to each other? Come, let's play a game together and try to clear the level this time."

Having settled this big matter, Su Xinghui felt relieved. He nodded and said, "Alright!"

Su Xinghui hadn't played Contra for decades, but he was smart and quick to react. After playing a few games with the remote control, he became familiar with the basic operations. Soon, he and Xu Xiaoguang cleared the game together, and the two high-fived each other, "Yeah"!

After playing the game, Xu Xiaoguang's mother shouted downstairs, "Xiaoming, Xiaoguang, time to eat!"

Xiaoming was Xu Xiaoguang's older brother, Xu Xiaoming. He lived at the west end of the second floor, was two years older than Xu Xiaoguang, and was not married yet, but he was dating a girlfriend and planned to get married next year.

Both brothers came out of their rooms. Seeing Su Xinghui, Xu Xiaoming smiled and nodded at Su Xinghui, "Xinghui is here!"

Su Xinghui said, "Yes, Brother Xiaoming, I have something to find Xiaoguang."

The three went downstairs. Xu Xiaoguang's father, Xu Haimin, was already sitting at the dining table in the restaurant. Su Xinghui called out "Uncle Xu", and Xu Haimin said with a smile, "Xinghui is here? I heard from Xiaoguang that you are working in Menghuling and came back to rest?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, it's Sunday today."

Xu Haimin asked, "How are you doing in Menghuling? Are you used to it?"

Su Xinghui said, "It's okay, I'm quite used to it."

Xu Haimin said, "That's good. It's a good thing to suffer a little when you are young. Like Xiaoguang, he hasn't suffered much."

Xu Xiaoguang protested, "Dad, how haven't I suffered? I carry cement and mix sand at the construction site. Isn't that suffering?"

Xu Haimin said, "At least you live at home every day. When I throw you into a project department in another place and let you live there for a few months, you will know what suffering is."

Xu Xiaoguang said with a bitter face, "Dad, let's forget about that. Then I won't be able to play games."

Xu Haimin couldn't help but laugh, "I think you value the game console more than anyone. If you had the same drive to study as you do to play games, you wouldn't have failed to get into college."