When the car reached the west gate of the neighborhood, Yang Chao suddenly asked, "Are you married?"
Li Rui stared blankly for a moment before saying, "Yeah, why?"
Yang Chao said, "You're a good person. If only you could marry my sister."
Li Rui smiled bitterly. Of course, he was very proud and said, "Yang Xi is not bad either. She will meet a better man than me."
After getting out of the car, Li Rui stood by the roadside and watched Yang Chao drive away. Yang Chao's driving style was a little violent. He habitually slammed on the brakes and the Q3 quickly disappeared from his sight.
Li Rui shook his head and turned to enter the west gate. He had already taken out his phone and called Huang Weining. He wanted to ask Huang Weining if there were any sales positions in Huayun Group.
Three days later, Song Xue's summer vacation began. She took the train from Shanghai to Qingyang. Song Chaoyang sent Lao Zhou to pick her up at the station and directly sent her to the Standing Committee Building in the Family Compound. Then, he asked Li Rui to go home for dinner. Of course, his main task was to comfort the girl. After knowing that her mother was diagnosed with cancer, she would definitely be very sad. If only her parents, Song Chaoyang and Sun Shuqin, comforted her, it might not be effective. With Li Rui as an outsider, the girl's sadness might pass faster.
At night, when Li Rui rushed to the Standing Committee Building No. 3, he saw Song Xue crying her eyes out. Even though Sun Shuqin was by her side comforting her, she still couldn't stop crying.
Song Chaoyang, who came back with her, saw this and hurriedly went forward to comfort her. Li Rui naturally wouldn't stand by and do nothing. After a few words of persuasion, Song Xue finally stopped crying. However, everyone knew that this was only temporary.
After dinner, when Li Rui left, Song Xue specially ran out to send him off. She secretly asked, "Brother Xiao Rui, do you think my mother's illness can really be cured?"
Li Rui smiled and said, "Do you still need to ask? It's a done deal. Didn't you listen to what I told you before? First of all, there was the best breast cancer treatment in the country at the Union Hospital for your mother's treatment. Then, your father's classmate brought the most advanced drugs from the United States as support. Those drugs were the bane of breast cancer! Lastly, there was also a famous doctor from Huangzhou City who performed moxibustion on your mother. With the addition of Chinese medicine, what illness could not be cured? Don't worry. "
Song Xue heaved a sigh of relief, but she was soon worried about herself. She asked, "Brother Xiao Rui, is breast cancer hereditary?"
Li Rui was secretly amused and said, "It's not hereditary. Don't overthink it." He originally wanted to add, "But in the future, if you find anything wrong with your breast, you must go to the hospital for a check-up immediately." However, he was afraid that the little girl would be suspicious, so he simply did not say anything. He said, "Okay, don't think too much. Enjoy your summer vacation. In a few days, if I'm not busy, I'll take you to the Fairy Cave scenic spot."
After saying goodbye to Song Xue, Li Rui walked to the gate of the courtyard. When he came, Lao Zhou left after dropping him off, so now he had to walk outside the courtyard to take a taxi home.
After walking for a few dozen meters, he passed by the small building where Zheng Zijuan, the head of the Publicity Department of the Municipal Party Committee, lived. He saw a figure flash on the path leading to the door. A young woman in a light-colored office dress walked out quickly in her high heels. The rhythmic sound of her footsteps rang out, and in the silence of the night, it went straight to one's heart.
When Li Rui focused his gaze, he saw that it was Zheng Zijuan's secretary, his godsister, Ji Xiaojia. He was overjoyed and called out loudly, "Xiaojia!"
Ji Xiaojia turned her head and recognized him. She was also overjoyed. She quickly walked up to him, raised her hand, and affectionately patted his chest. She said affectionately, "Brother, I haven't seen you in a long time."
Li Rui smiled and said, "Did you just get off work?"
Ji Xiaojia nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, I just sent my boss, Director Zheng, home. Are you going home too? Let's go together. "
Li Rui laughed when he heard this. If they walked together, they would have to go their separate ways when they reached the gate of the courtyard. Their homes were not in the same place, but it was not bad to walk a few hundred meters together. Most of the time, the shorter the distance, the more lonely one would feel when walking alone.
The brother and sister walked side by side, chatting as they walked.
"Have you been busy recently?"
"Busy, how can I not be busy? I'm busy every day, so busy that I don't know what I'm busy with. I'm busy for nothing … Oh right, I've seen sister-in-law at work a few times. "
"Haha, is that so? I haven't seen Wang Jie in a long time. Their family … No, haha, I mean your family. How's your family's gold mines now? "
"Sigh, don't mention it. All the gold mines have stopped. They said that they want a new certificate? I'm not too sure either. In short, they haven't gotten it yet. The Ministry of Land and Resources has restricted all production. "
Li Rui was very surprised when he heard this. Wasn't this a detail of Yu Nan's and Han Shui's plan to seize all the gold mines in Qingyang City? Now that Han Shui had been arrested and Yu Nan was looking for a new partner, how could they still carry out their plan? Did they already carry it out before, but didn't stop later? Or did Yu Nan start a new plan through the Provincial Ministry of Land and Resources, the Municipal Ministry of Land and Resources, or the County Ministry of Land and Resources? He asked, "With your family's background, the Ministry of Land and Resources in the county where the gold mines are located. Do they still dare to stop production?"
Ji Xiaojia said, "Hey, you don't know. This is a document from the Provincial Ministry of Land and Resources. Who dares to not listen to it? Our family's background? Haha, our family doesn't have any background. Speaking of which, it seems that our family's background is very big. Actually, my dad is the Deputy Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. It's not much use at all. The people in the county give him face and call him Director Ji. If they don't give him face, he's nothing. "
Li Rui frowned and asked, "Then is it easy to get the certificate from the Ministry of Land and Resources?"
Ji Xiaojia shook his head, "It's not easy. It's said that it needs to be stamped by the National Government Council or the National Development and Reform Commission. Also, the application has to be submitted from the county level up, then from the higher level down. It might take half a year. Half a year is still fast, but I'm afraid it might drag on for a year."
Li Rui asked, "Then what do we do in half a year? Do we stop production?"
Ji Xiaojia smiled bitterly, "What else can we do other than stop production? If you dare to produce, the Ministry of Land and Resources will ban you. After that, if you want to open a gold mine again, you'll have to apply again. Also, they might not issue a mining license. "
Li Rui asked again, "What about the other gold mines in the mountainous area of your family's gold mine?"
Ji Xiaojia shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, but it should be the same as ours. After all, compared to them, our family has a lot of background. Haha! Hey, why are you only talking about gold mines? Can't we talk about something else? "
The siblings talked as they walked and soon arrived at the entrance of the courtyard. Li Rui waved his hand to stop a taxi and opened the back door for Ji Xiaojia to get in. He then took out his wallet and took out twenty yuan. He handed it to the driver and said, "Please send my sister home." He then told him Ji Xiaojia's address.
The driver took the money and said, "It's not that much money."
Li Rui said, "Then give the change to my sister."
Ji Xiaojia sat in the back and didn't stand on ceremony with him. He said with a smile, "You're really acting like an older brother!"
Li Rui laughed when he heard this and said, "What do you think? I'm your older brother for nothing."
On Saturday, Li Rui really took out a day's time (with Song Chaoyang's permission, of course) to take Song Xue to the Fairy Cave Scenic Area to play. He also took his two goddaughters, Zhang Xing and Li Wen, along the way. It could be considered as letting them experience the beautiful scenery of life in addition to their heavy and boring study tasks. It could help them relax and increase their love for life. Xie Peilan just happened to come to Qingyang and wanted to go to the mountainous area with her brother Xie Duzhong to find the fairy flower. Thus, Li Rui made an appointment with the siblings to set off together.
Before they set off, Li Rui needed to pick up his two goddaughters and Song Xue separately. He first rushed to Huang Weining's house to pick up the two little girls.
Driving to the entrance of Huang Weining's neighborhood, Li Rui was about to turn into the gate when his gaze caught a glimpse of a beautiful woman on the side of the road in front of the car.
The woman was very tall, at least 1.76 meters in high heels. Her figure was so graceful that it made people's hair stand on end. Her glossy black hair was pinned to the back of her head, and her bangs were slanted across her forehead. She had a standard oval face and a pretty face. She wore a pair of small red rimmed glasses, which made her skin look incomparably fair. She wore a white V-neck shirt with a deep neckline, which made her breasts stand out. Below her slim waist, she wore a black high-slit skirt. Her slender and straight legs were covered in thin, flesh-colored stockings, and a pair of black high-heeled leather shoes. She stood there quietly, not making a sound, not even making any movements, but like a firefly in the dark night, she imperceptibly attracted the gazes of many passers-by.
Naturally, Li Rui in the car was among them. He looked at the beautiful woman from head to toe, then back again from foot to head, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
"Long time no see, Cindy. She's still as seductive and criminal as before."
Li Rui smiled and muttered to himself. He did not turn into the neighborhood gate, but turned the steering wheel back. The BMW X5 moved forward slightly and stopped beside the woman.
The beautiful woman was none other than his old friend, "Cindy", Jiang Meixian.
Li Rui lowered the car window and waved at Jiang Meixian. He called out, "Cindy, what are you doing?"
When Jiang Meixian heard the call from the car, she lowered her head and looked in through the car window. When she saw him, she was slightly surprised, but soon smiled sweetly and said, "It's you?"
She and Li Rui had become familiar with each other. In the past, she used to call him Mr. Li. Now, they were calling each other "you and I", which made them seem very close.
Li Rui said, "It's me. What are you doing?"
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