Song Limin immediately shook his head. "How can we be so careless during the Lunar New Year? Xiuyuan is busy at work, and leaders are busier at the end of the year. But Jianguo, you and your sister-in-law must come. I've already booked a table at the restaurant. We're all busy during the week and don't have time to rest at the beginning of the year. It's Lunar New Year, so we must get together."
Li Jianguo was somewhat tempted by the invitation from his sister and brother-in-law.
Song Limin looked at Li Xiuyuan again and said, "Xiuyuan, go ahead and do your thing. Don't worry about the New Year's Eve dinner. Your dad and I will have a couple of drinks together and have some fun."
"Well, thank you, aunt." Li Xiuyuan nodded with a smile, and was quite satisfied with his aunt.
"Okay." Li Jianguo agreed hesitantly.
At noon, the eldest aunt and her husband had lunch at Li Xiuyuan's house. After lunch, Li Xiuyuan picked up his things and prepared to go out. His brother-in-law Zhang Zhihao chased him out and accompanied Li Xiuyuan downstairs.
"Brother-in-law, is there something wrong?"
"Xiuyuan, don't bother with your sister's temper. It's my fault too. I made her spend the New Year in her hometown and put her in a difficult position..." Zhang Zhihao said as he followed Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment after hearing this before he understood what Zhang Zhihao was talking about. He was explaining the accusation against him on behalf of his sister Li Qingqing.
But in fact, Li Xiuyuan didn't take it to heart. Of course, Secretary Li was ruthless in the unit, but how could he care about his own sister? Even the tongue and teeth would fight each other sometimes.
My sister is busy with her work and can't be at home with my mother on New Year's Eve. It's normal for her to say this to herself.
Of course, from another perspective, it is my sister who does not understand me, but this is normal. Not everyone will understand me. I have to move forward firmly in the face of doubts.
"Brother-in-law, you think too much. What's the big deal about what my sister said to me? She even beat me when we were kids!" Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.
Zhang Zhihao nodded. He always felt that this smiling brother-in-law was unfathomable, especially after he started working at the county government. He became even more unpredictable. Behind that smile, people always felt a little scared because you could never figure out what he was thinking.
Just like the last time when he mentioned the Meilin Village incident, his brother-in-law asked him to take him to Zhou Junliang's house. At that time, his brother-in-law always had a warm smile on his face. At the dinner table, he toasted and chatted about family matters.
But some time ago, I heard from my friend Zhou Junliang that the village chief of Meilin Village had been arrested, and some town leaders had also been arrested.
He didn't ask his brother-in-law in detail, but he always felt that this matter might be related to his brother-in-law.
After Zhang Zhihao followed Li Xiuyuan downstairs, he looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "Xiuyuan, where are you going? I'll take you there."
"No, brother-in-law, I have an appointment."
"Then I'll take you there."
Zhang Zhihao followed Li Xiuyuan to the gate of the residential complex and saw a car waiting. After seeing the two of them, a young man got out of the car immediately. He was Li Xiuyuan's colleague. He looked familiar and had been to their home before, but he couldn't remember his name.
After the young man got off the car, he immediately ran over and took the things in his brother-in-law's hand without leaving any trace, and even greeted him.
"Brother-in-law is celebrating the New Year."
Zhang Zhihao smiled and nodded. He didn't remember the other person's name, but the other person recognized him immediately and replied awkwardly, "New Year's Eve."
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