In the spring of 1977, Luohu Port was deserted. Xie Wan leaned against the iron fence of the customs and took a deep breath. Behind him, he heard Aunt Zhou's trembling Sichuan accent: "Oh, this glass house is shaking so fast, have we really arrived in the land of capitalism?"
Aunt Zhou, who was in her fifties, tightly grasped a blue cloth bundle, and the soles of her coarse cloth shoes slipped on the shiny marble floor.
When Xie Wan turned around to support her, she caught a glimpse of Xu Bing picking up the third wicker box with the tip of his military boots. There were also five packages on an umbrella on his shoulder. His stern face formed an absurd contrast with the blue flowered cloth wrapped around his body.
Aunt Zhou hurried over to grab the jar and held it tightly, "Xiao Xu, be careful, there is bean paste in it. How can I cook for you without it?"
Xie Wan wanted to laugh but managed to hold it back. They brought so many bags, even jars of kimchi, and if Xu Bing wasn't there, they really wouldn't have been able to carry them all.
Aunt Zhou stared at the neon signs outside the window and suddenly grabbed Xie Wan's arm: "Xiao Wan, I heard that the streets of Hong Kong are full of spies. Will I be arrested if I go back?"
It did take Xie Wan some effort to get Aunt Zhou an entry pass, but her situation was special now and her rank was high enough, so the organization didn't have much objection to her bringing a nanny to take care of her.
The strap of the rattan box on Xu Bing's shoulder snapped, and the Double Happiness enamel basin clanged and rolled to the window of the duty-free shop. Two saleswomen with curly hair covered their mouths and laughed, and the glass reflected the clumsy reflection of Xie Wan, who was eight months pregnant. She rubbed her lower back and smiled bitterly: "If you are not happy, why bother to accept the arrangement? Didn't I call you and tell you not to come with me?"
"I'm not a fan of officials!" Xu Bing picked up the scattered luggage with one hand, and his white shirt stretched out his sturdy waistline. The reflection of the Omega watch passed over his tense jaw - it was the trophy that Xie Wan gave him when he came to Hong Kong two years ago.
That year, Xie Wan gave this as a local specialty to Xie Dahong, Qin Muye, Xie Yuanchao, and Xu Zhengwei and his wife, and gave each of them an Omega watch. Xie Wan went back and said that he bought it wholesale for ten yuan, and everyone actually believed it.
Chu Jiangnan initially said that Xu Bing would be the operations team leader of the special office.
In recent years, Xu Bing has made many contributions in the special service team and has been promoted to the rank of captain. He is fully qualified to serve as the operations team leader of a special operations office.
But no one expected that a seemingly simple matter would become complicated because of other people's interference.
Xie Wan asked around and learned that the action team leader named Wang Tiejun, like her, also had the rank of major and used to work in the National Security Bureau. He was not just a second-generation playboy as she had originally thought.
He was originally her competitor, but unexpectedly, he replaced Xu Bing in the end.
Xu Bing does not hold any position, but is under the charge of the operations team leader.
Xie Wan smiled at Xu Bing flatteringly and said, "I know you are loyal, brother. I won't say thank you. When we get to Gangcheng, I'll show you how I can help you become rich and successful."
The corners of Xu Bing's eyes twitched, and he reluctantly gave Xie Wan a look that was hard to tell whether it was disdain or approval.
Xie Wan muttered to himself, "This kid has changed a lot in the past three years. Why is it that I can't figure him out now?"
At the exit, the tips of Xie Changle's crocodile leather shoes were tapping on the terrazzo floor out of boredom.
Seeing Xie Wan's bloated figure, the director of the Gangcheng Office suddenly jumped up and waved, and the gold Rolex on his wrist cast a spot of light under the spotlight.
";Little niece!";
Xie Changle took the blue flowered cloth bag from Aunt Zhou's hand attentively, helped Aunt Zhou into the Jaguar XJ6 driven by Fan Zhi, and gestured with his face to Xie for the Crown car he would drive in the evening.
"Uncle, you are living a more comfortable life, aren't you? Did you buy this car yourself? You still hold a public office, so you have to pay attention to your image."
Xie Changle laughed as he drove: "No, our office has earned over 100 million yuan for the province in recent years. This car belongs to the office. On the one hand, the leaders want us to go out for business, but on the other hand, they also need to pay attention to the image of our province, right?"
Xie Changle was so depressed when he was working in the towel factory. He was completely unable to adapt to life in the mainland.
Later, after he followed Xie Wan to Gangcheng on a business trip, Xie Wan found a way to transfer him to the Provincial Foreign Trade Bureau.
Because Xie Changle had a Hong Kong identity, he was assigned to work in the Hong Kong office.
Xie Changle had a good business sense and was familiar with Gangcheng. With the support of Xie Wan's resources in Gangcheng, he quickly developed his import and export business and is now the director of an office.
Xie Wan called Xie Changle in advance and asked him to help arrange a house.
This time I'm going to Hong Kong to take up the post, and I might have to stay there for a long time. I'm bringing Aunt Zhou with me, so I can't stay in a hotel all the time.
As a result, Xie Changle told this to Fan Zhiyi, and Fan Zhiyi looked at Xie Changle as if he were a fool:
"Zhenhua Real Estate has already developed four properties in Gangcheng. The boss came over last time and said that they will only be rented out and not sold. She has thousands of properties, so why would she ask you to rent a property for her?"
Xie Changle scratched his head, confused. The two speculated for a long time, and finally thought that Xie Wan must want to keep it secret and keep a low profile.
In the end, Fan Zhi reserved the best large flat in Yuexiu Garden, a newly developed property on Harbour Road in Wan Chai, for Xie Wan.
The main reason is that this house is close to China Resources’ office building, and Xie Wan’s newly established special operations office is also in that building.
Taking Xie Wan's status into consideration, they rented a shabby room in a poor tenement building at the back of the street for her to decorate the house.
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