On the slightly quiet street, Zheng Jue and Chen Xing walked slowly. The scenery on both sides of the road was monotonous and boring. Other than houses, there were more houses. There was a characteristic of the mountain city of Mount Wang. At night, except for the bustling pedestrian street, the other streets seemed a little deserted. Except for the cars that sped past from time to time, there seemed to be no one on the streets.
In fact, Mount Wang was indeed sparsely populated. Its land area was nearly twice that of the provincial capital, Nanzhou City, but its population was only about half that of Nanzhou City. Most of the vast land in Mount Wang was covered by mountains and forests. Even in the urban area, the population in the urban area was relatively small compared to other cities because of the undeveloped economy and serious population loss.
Walking on the street and smelling the fresh air, Zheng Jue felt very comfortable. She smiled and said to Chen Xing, "The environment in Mount Wang is much better than in Nanzhou. I'm starting to like it."
"Is that so? I welcome Chief Zheng to buy a house in Mount Wang and help us contribute a little." Chen Xing joked.
"Secretary Chen, you're really competent as the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. You're always thinking about stimulating consumption growth." Zheng Jue couldn't help but smile when she heard Chen Xing's words.
"The current economic environment is not good. Mount Wang is already lagging behind other places. Naturally, we have to do everything we can to stimulate economic growth." Chen Xing laughed.
"With a competent official like Secretary Chen, I think the future of Mount Wang is promising." Zheng Jue smiled.
The two of them chatted and laughed as they walked. Zheng Jue treated Chen Xing as a friend, not a high and mighty Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. As such, he spoke more casually. As the two of them chatted, they actually got along very well.
"Secretary Chen, do you have an ideal?" Strolling on the quiet street, Zheng Jue looked up at the stars in the sky and suddenly asked.
Ideal? Chen Xing was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "My dream is very simple. I want to make good use of my power and do more practical things for the common people. When I retire in the future, the common people will praise me and say that Chen Xing has really done something practical. Then I will have no regrets in my life."
After saying that, Chen Xing turned to look at Zheng Jue and said with a smile, "What do you think? Do you think that my dream is empty and hypocritical?"
No, I'm just a little surprised. There are very few cadres like you, Secretary Chen. Zheng Jue shook her head and smiled. It was impossible to say that she didn't feel that Chen Xing's answer was hypocritical. Such a lofty answer sounded fake, but she obviously couldn't show it on her face. Maybe that was really Chen Xing's dream.
After a moment of silence, Zheng Jue didn't continue this topic. Some people said that ideals were illusory, while others said that it was a goal and motivation to struggle. However, in Zheng Jue's view, whether a person could succeed or not depended on hard work, hard work, and a certain amount of luck. If one didn't have these, then no matter what kind of ideal it was, it could only be said to be too ambitious.
Zheng Jue hoped that she could start all over again and make a career to prove herself. This was her current ideal. Women could hold up half the sky. Why should women be considered inferior to men?
It was quiet on the road. Zheng Jue didn't speak, and Chen Xing also remained silent. He didn't know whether Zheng Jue sneered at his so-called ideal or not, but he didn't need to explain. If he did, it would really show that he was hiding something.
After walking with Zheng Jue for more than half an hour, they returned to the guest house. Zheng Jue stayed in the guest house of the Municipal Party Committee. After sending Zheng Jue to the door of the guest house, Chen Xing didn't get off the car with her. He still had to go to the City Hospital.
In the City First Hospital, Li Yanpei stayed in the hospital again these days. He was discharged before the New Year and went home to recuperate. At that time, he had considered performing an operation on Li Yanpei to see if he could recover his memory. However, Li Yanpei's wife, Cai Yalan, and daughter, Li Ying, considered that there was a certain risk in the operation, so they couldn't make up their mind. Li Yanpei had been staying at home.
Now, a few months had passed, and Li Yanpei was still the same. Cai Yalan and Li Ying finally couldn't sit still. After a fierce mental struggle, they decided to let Li Yanpei have the operation.
The day of the operation was set for tomorrow. The chief surgeon was an authoritative expert in the field of neurology invited from the capital city. After a few days of preoperative examination, Li Yanpei's physical condition was good and he met the conditions for the operation. Chen Xing was also looking forward to Li Yanpei's memory after the operation. Tomorrow, Chen Xing would leave for the capital city, so he couldn't visit Li Yanpei immediately after the operation. Therefore, Chen Xing chose to visit Li Yanpei in the hospital before he left.
Li Yanpei still stayed in the previous ward. After getting out of the car, Chen Xing came up to the ward with familiarity. The ward was a suite with one bedroom and one living room. Chen Xing pushed the door open and came in. As soon as Jiang Dongming, who was sitting in the small living room saw Chen Xing, he stood up immediately and greeted him respectfully, "Secretary Chen".
Chen Xing glanced at Jiang Dongming, nodded slightly, and went straight to the inner ward. Cai Yalan and Li Ying happened to be there. They were sitting by the bed and talking to Li Yanpei. When they saw Chen Xing coming in, they quickly stood up.
"Why did you stand up? It's not the first time we met. Sister Cai, you're treating me like an outsider." Chen Xing smiled and waved his hand, gesturing for them to sit down. He had visited Li Yanpei many times before, so he was already familiar with Cai Yalan.
"Why did Secretary Chen have time to visit tonight?" Cai Yalan didn't really sit down. Instead, she asked her daughter, Li Ying, to move a chair for Chen Xing.
"Comrade Li Yanpei has an operation tomorrow. I'm going to the capital on a business trip, so I can't come over. I can only visit him tonight." Chen Xing smiled.
"Secretary Chen, you're so considerate." Cai Yalan looked at Chen Xing gratefully. Now that she had some understanding of Chen Xing, she knew that Chen Xing's concern was not pretentious.
Cai Yalan turned to look at her husband on the bed. She saw that her husband was still lying indifferently, just looking at Chen Xing curiously. Cai Yalan couldn't help but smile bitterly. A few months had passed. She and her daughter took turns telling her husband about the past every day. Every night, they insisted that her husband watch the evening news of Wangshan City. This was a habit that Li Yanpei had had before … They did so much in the hope of helping her husband recover his memory. They also hoped that through their oral accounts, her husband would know what kind of person he used to be and what kind of status he had. However, it didn't have much effect.
For example, Cai Yalan often told Li Yanpei that before he was injured, he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and the Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. The young man who often came to see him was the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, who had a distinguished status. When he saw the young man, he had to be polite and take the initiative to greet him first … However, Li Yanpei didn't really listen to her. Now, Chen Xing was here, but her husband continued to lie motionless, which made Cai Yalan feel helpless and helpless. It was precisely because their efforts over the past few months had no effect that Cai Yalan and her daughter discussed it several times before they finally decided to have an operation. After all, as the doctor said, the operation could improve the chances of her husband recovering his memory. This was undoubtedly worth a try.
As for the risks of the operation, even the smallest operation had risks, let alone such a major operation. Cai Yalan had consulted several doctors during this period and knew that the risks of the operation were generally controllable. Moreover, because the city attached great importance to this operation, the entire surgical team was invited from the capital. The chief surgeon was a well-known expert in the field of brain surgery, which strengthened Cai Yalan's confidence.
Secretary Chen, Yan Pei is still the same. Please forgive him. Cai Yalan said to Chen Xing.
"It's okay. He is a patient in the hospital. It's his duty to lie in bed. I dare not let the patient get up. That would be a great sin." Chen Xing smiled and kept looking at Li Yanpei without saying anything. Chen Xing didn't take it to heart at all.
"Secretary Chen, please take a seat." Li Ying moved a chair to Chen Xing.
At this time, Jiang Dongming, who was in the small living room outside, also came in. He held a cup of hot water in his hand and walked to Chen Xing. "Secretary Chen, please have some water."
"Thank you." Chen Xing nodded to Jiang Dongming.
Jiang Dongming stepped aside and didn't leave the ward. Instead, he stood there casually. Cai Yalan and Li Ying didn't say anything. Jiang Dongming would go back to work tomorrow morning for the Commission for Discipline Inspection. Since Li Yanpei had retired, Jiang Dongming naturally couldn't be a secretary anymore. Therefore, Jiang Dongming didn't need to come to the hospital to help at all. However, Jiang Dongming came to help every day after work. They all saw this and liked Jiang Dongming from the bottom of their hearts. They didn't treat him as an outsider.
"Secretary Chen, the" crazy woman "stopped the road and complained about you before the New Year. It's said that the city got some important evidence from her. Is there any progress in the investigation?" Li Ying sat down by the bed and asked Chen Xing curiously.
"It's still under investigation. I don't know if there is any progress. This kind of thing, leave it to the Public Security Bureau and the Commission for Discipline Inspection. As the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, I can't do that." Chen Xing smiled. He didn't tell the truth. It wasn't that he didn't trust Li Ying and the others, but his inherent cautiousness made him hold back.
"Oh, I hope to hear good news as soon as possible. Qian Xinlai is full of evil. If he is arrested, I don't know how many people will set off firecrackers to celebrate." Li Ying smiled.
"Ying, don't talk nonsense." Hearing her daughter's words, Cai Yalan hurriedly reprimanded her. Qian Xinlai was powerful in Wangshan City, and they couldn't talk about him behind his back. After her husband's car accident, Cai Yalan didn't want to get into trouble for no reason.
"Mom, there are no outsiders here, and Qian Xinlai won't know about it. What are you afraid of?" Li Ying curled her lips and glanced at Chen Xing. "Besides, Secretary Chen is here. I said it in front of Secretary Chen. Even if Qian Xinlai heard it, what would he dare to do?"
"You always make me worry." Cai Yalan rolled her eyes at her daughter and shook her head helplessly.
They didn't continue the topic. A hint of disappointment flashed across Jiang Dongming's eyes, but he quickly concealed it.
"Why does the name Qian Xinlai sound so familiar, as if I know this person?" Li Yanpei, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
As soon as Li Yanpei spoke, Chen Xing, Cai Yalan, and Li Ying were all delighted, but Jiang Dongming was shocked.
"Dad, do you remember Qian Xinlai?" "Do you remember anything?" Li Ying couldn't hide the surprise on her face. She looked at her father and couldn't wait to ask.
"Let me think." Li Yanpei frowned.
Time passed bit by bit. Chen Xing and the others stared at Li Yanpei. After a while, they saw Li Yanpei frown more and more, and then he covered his head in pain. He couldn't remember. His head hurt.
"Then don't think about it, Yan Pei. Your health is more important." Cai Yalan hurriedly said.
"Well, if you can't remember, then don't think about it. Comrade Yanpei, after the operation, maybe you will remember everything in the past." Chen Xing also nodded.
After Chen Xing finished speaking, the ward suddenly became quiet. No one dared to guarantee whether Li Yanpei could recover 100% of her memory after the operation. Even the authoritative expert in the field of neurology who specially came from the capital to operate on Li Yanpei couldn't guarantee it. But if they didn't try, the hope would be even slimmer.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
