Hearing Dongdong's response, An An felt relieved and looked up.

Secretary Ding had already finished reading the account book. To be honest, Secretary Ding looked kind. If An An hadn't known his identity in advance, he would have thought he was just an ordinary neighbor's eldest grandfather. He had a hunched back, a short jacket with a front opening, and a pair of black cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles. Although they were a bit old, they were clean. However, this old man stood quietly in the room and glanced around. An An actually found beads of sweat on Xu Weibing's forehead.

His face was also abnormally pale.

An An suddenly felt that this might be silent majesty. Secretary Ding did not need to speak, but this old man spent his whole life doing practical things. He was honest and fair, and he was incorruptible. He used practical actions to tell everyone that even if he, Ding Zhongshan, died or his back was hunched, he would still help every wronged citizen in his own way.

An An suddenly understood why Teacher Ding respected Secretary Ding so much, and when she called people, she never called him "Big Brother", but Secretary Ding. That was because in Teacher Ding's eyes, Secretary Ding's status was even higher than that of Big Brother.

According to Secretary Ding's prestige in Taisong County, if he just said something, Teacher Ding and Grandma would not live in such poverty. But Secretary Ding did not do that. He even kept this relationship secret, sent his children far away early on, and made himself a person without any weaknesses in Taisong County.

People without weaknesses will not think of taking advantage of them.

And his actions made him the only person who could be trusted in the eyes of everyone.

An An had admiration in his eyes. This old man protected too many people with his weak shoulders and hunched body.

Secretary Ding slowly walked in front of Xu Weibing. He didn't even raise his eyebrows and said in a flat tone, "Weibing! As the county magistrate, the people in our county have suffered such a great injustice. What do you think we should do?" After that, he stuffed the account book into Xu Weibing's arms. "Take a look?"

Xu Weibing took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the sweat from his forehead in a hurry, and then looked at the account book. The more he read, the more shocked he became. Secretary Ding's questioning was still before him, so he had to bite the bullet and go ahead. "This kind of termite is a discredit to our organization. We must punish it severely and not show any leniency."

Secretary Ding raised his eyelids and patted Xu Weibing on the shoulder. "I am old. You young people will rule the world in the future. I am very pleased that you have such a high level of ideological awareness. We have successors in Taisong County."

An An looked at Xu Weibing, who was forced to be praised by Secretary Ding but dared not speak. She felt relieved for a moment, and Secretary Ding, who was not tall, suddenly became tall in An An's eyes.

Then, Secretary Ding slowly walked to the door again. His steps were very light. He was wearing old cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles, but the sound he made was like the sound of a drum, hitting everyone.

Even Gu Weiqiang and Zhou Wenhua's emotions gradually stabilized.

Secretary Ding walked up to Lu Ping and said in a deep voice, "You are the son of Lu Zhangyuan!"

Lu Ping was held down by several people. When he heard the noise, he slowly raised his head and looked at the old man in front of him. Although he had never seen this old man, he had heard of his name. He was proud and upright, and this was the first reaction of everyone who mentioned Secretary Ding.

Lu Ping knew that he was finished. He nodded silently, but did not speak.

Secretary Ding lifted Lu Ping's chin and forced him to look at everyone. "Young man, look up at the brothers around you. When was the last time you ate together at the dinner table? When was the last time you laughed and made noise? When was the last time someone affectionately called you Lu Ping?"

Every time he asked, the resentment on Lu Ping's face slowly dissipated, leaving only pain and regret.

An An had to admit that Secretary Ding's move was clever. They all knew that Lu Ping was a good person, but he couldn't resist temptation and took a wrong path. But before coming here, Lu Ping might not think he was wrong, after all, he climbed to that position.

But with every word Secretary Ding said, the regret on Lu Ping's face deepened. An An had to admit that this method of conquering people's hearts was a good one.

This old man was not only honest and upright, but also full of wisdom.

Lu Ping gritted his teeth, raised his head, opened his eyes, and looked at his former brothers who were holding him. There was sympathy and pleasure in their eyes, but there was no more playfulness and jokes.

Lu Ping felt that he was wrong! He was ridiculously wrong.

He sat in the position of the captain of the transport team for three days, waking up from nightmares every night, sitting in the office of the transport team, enduring the doubts of everyone, and the accusatory eyes.

What's more, his mother told him clearly at home that if he continued to take the position of the captain of the transport team, the mother-son relationship would be severed. It is said that no one knows a son better than his mother. Lu Ping was able to raise a sunny boy, and his mother played an indispensable role. Although Lu Ping's mother had selfish motives, at least her heart was right. She couldn't watch her son go down the wrong path and never come back.

These days, Lu Ping had no home to return to. If he stayed in the transport team, he would be condemned by everyone. If he left the transport team, he found that there was no place for him in the world.

Scenes flashed before his eyes, and finally stopped at the disappearance of the smiles of his brothers in the past. He suddenly spoke, excitedly, "I know I was wrong, will you forgive me?"

No one present spoke, everyone looked at each other, and looked at Lu Ping in a complicated way.

But Gu Weiqiang, who had been standing next to him, spoke up. He said in a deep voice, "Lu Ping, you are still young, and you still have a long way to go. If you really repent and tell everyone the truth, we are waiting for you to come back at any time." As an older brother, he accepted the advice of his younger brother.

As soon as Gu Weiqiang finished speaking, the brothers in the transport team beside him were silent for a moment, and then one person spoke, and countless people followed suit, "We'll wait for you to come back!" The man seemed to have the broadest mind in the world when it came to treating his brothers, and he was able to accept a person who had hurt them to such an extent. In the eyes of Gu Weiqiang and others, Lu Ping was still Lu Ping, but he had taken the wrong path. When he was young, everyone had taken the wrong path.

Lu Ping didn't know how to describe his feelings. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had mixed feelings. He was 22 years old this year, but the experience of these three days made him seem to have aged more than ten years. In other words, this experience was something Lu Ping would never forget in his life.

The brothers beside him, I don't know who took the lead, suddenly let go of Lu Ping, Lu Ping's body was no longer restrained, he bent 90 degrees to the crowd, trembling, "Thank you brothers!" No one could understand how he felt when he was abandoned and suddenly accepted again. That kind of joy was even happier than when he took the position of the leader of the transport team.