After submitting the Huaijiang tea plan, Chu Zhishui quickly contacted various departments in Huaijiang to help Wang Yiwen's friends communicate with relevant personnel.

She has had to go to the city frequently recently to handle some things. The person in charge is named Qin. He has a good attitude and good communication. Director Qin works near the city government. That area is full of various government agencies. It is located in the center of Huaijiang City and close to her pre-sale house.

The sky is clear and the sun is bright. It is a good season that is neither hot nor cold.

The breeze outside the window blew into the room, relieving the dullness of the office. Jin Yu went to the Finance Office to sort out the lists. Only Chu Zhishui and Xin Yunmao were in the room. They usually drive to the tea garden, but the work there has come to a temporary halt recently.

"I'm going to the city today." Chu Zhishui held the car key. She suddenly remembered her promise and asked, "Do you want to go for a ride?"

Xin Yunmao glanced at her, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "No."

"Why?"

"I don't like going for a ride."

"?"

But he clearly said he liked going for a ride when he visited Chen Zhuhui that day.

Chu Zhishui thought about it and guessed that he was being awkward again, just like a child, who likes toys but insists that he doesn't like them, and then waits for adults to take away the toys before he starts to feel wronged or depressed. It's hard to understand his brain circuit. He can even sulk about the canteen refill. If he really sees her leaving without saying a word, he might be so angry that he will die today.

Chu Zhishui looked at the demon with a tense expression at the window, and said warmly: "Oh, then will you accompany me to the city?"

"..."

"Or will you accompany me for a ride in the car?" Chu Zhishui said, "Choose one of the two, you choose."

"…………"

Xin Yunmao did not choose anything. He stood up slowly, walked to the door of the department, and then looked back at her without saying a word, as if waiting for her to take something out. He stood at the door with a broad and straight back, really like a tall and silent tree.

Don't try to change the hardness of the tree, just split the trunk into the shape you want and use it, this is Chu Zhishui's skill in communicating with him. Don't try to make him admit anything in person, just force him into a dead end where he can't choose.

At the gate of Huaijiang Observation Bureau, the car drove into the main road.

Unlike the open fields of the past, the scenery outside the car window today is getting more and more lively. First, there are low bungalows, followed by two- or three-story rural buildings. Across a long river with clear waves, all kinds of high-rise buildings come into view.

The shops on both sides of the street have been open for business. There are not many pedestrians during the daytime on weekdays. Only retired elderly people with crane-haired and childlike faces come to buy things with carts.

The sun casts a golden glow on Huaijiang City. Everything is warm and light, with a slow rhythm and pace. This small town does not have the prosperity and bustle of Yinhai City. It is simple and ordinary, full of the breath of life.

The car stopped at the traffic light and waited.

Chu Zhishui held the steering wheel, her peripheral vision swept towards the co-driver, and found Xin Yunmao observing outside, and asked: "Have you been here before?"

"No."

Chu Zhishui was surprised: "Have you always stayed in the bureau?"

"Almost." Xin Yunmao paused for a moment and added, "There are too many people here."

"That's because you haven't been to other cities. Huaijiang City has a small population." Chu Zhishui puzzled, "Isn't it boring to always stay in one place? Why don't you go out for a walk, maybe you can meet other humans or monsters."

The monsters in the observation office seem to be on business trips frequently, and Director Hu is always away from the bureau, so the monsters should move.

"I don't need to go anywhere else, nor do I need to get to know other people or monsters." Xin Yunmao said arrogantly, "They are not worthy of talking to me."

"..."

Chu Zhishui nodded in agreement: "That's right, if I keep talking to you, I might find that you always tell jokes, revealing your comedic nature." If

he doesn't open his mouth, he can be mistaken for being aloof, but once he opens his mouth, he is a comedian.

Xin Yunmao: "?"

The car restarted, and outside the car window was a street scene with endless traffic, and more and more shops of all kinds.

Xin Yunmao kept staring at the street, and he should still feel it is quite fresh.

"Although I haven't been back for a long time, I still want to introduce you to the old city." Chu Zhishui drove on a familiar road. She saw a light-colored building not far away and said casually, "There is a Hengyuan Mall over there. It was the most famous mall in Huaijiang more than ten years ago, but it's not popular now. Not many people go there anymore."

After Xin Yunmao heard her words, he looked to the side. The mall rose from the surrounding buildings. It looked different. The surface was stained with some yellow after being beaten by wind and rain. The building was hung with a signboard of "Hengyuan Mall". It was once a landmark building in the city, but now it is nothing.

Xin Yunmao said calmly, "A dozen years

is very short." "Looking back now, it was very short." Chu Zhishui didn't know what she was thinking of. She pondered for a few seconds and smiled, "When I was in elementary school, I bought a crystal star there. You may not know about human crystal brands. That brand is now ridiculed for being low-end, but it was quite expensive at the time. Anyway, it was very expensive in Huaijiang." "

Crystal Star?"

"Yes, when the crystal store in Hengyuan Mall opened, it was a big sensation in Huaijiang, and many people went to see it. At that time, I got the first place in the first exam in school, and my father promised to reward me with a gift, anything in the mall would do. I fell in love with the stars hanging on the door. I was young and didn't know the prices. I didn't expect that the money my parents had was not enough."

Now when I see Hengyuan Mall again, my memory instantly goes back to more than ten years ago. The bright and brand new glass windows are full of sparkling crystal ornaments, and the outside is full of Huaijiang citizens who are seeing such gorgeous decorations for the first time.

The young girl was fascinated and couldn't take her eyes off. She stretched out her hand and chose the crystal star, but she didn't expect that her parents would be embarrassed and unable to pay.

Xin Yunmao: "How did you buy it later?"

"My dad said, 'I'm sorry, Dad can't afford it now, I'll buy it for you next month, okay?'" Chu Zhishui smiled bitterly, "Then he took me to buy it after he got his salary next month. My mom was a little confused, but she didn't say much, so my dad really bought it for me."

Xin Yunmao was stunned.

Her voice became brighter: "Actually, when I knew the price that day, I thought it would be better to forget it. There was no use for buying stars, but to be honest, I was very happy when I got it."

Later, the crystal stars were put away. The design was really unreasonable. It was a bit big for a necklace, and it was afraid of bumping when it was made into other things.

She now has money to buy anything from that brand, but she no longer has the impulse to faint when she was a child. The crystal star is definitely not a good value-preserving item. If it had been purchased with gold back then, it might have been worth several times the price. But in her heart, it is still a priceless treasure.

Chu Zhishui had no concept of poverty or wealth when she was in junior high and high school. It was only after she went to Yinhai City for college that she gradually realized that she was from an ordinary family. Her family was not very rich, nor was it particularly poor. It was better than most but worse than most, but she didn't think it was a big deal.

Classmates from wealthy families got a lot from their parents, but she still had crystal stars and was no worse than others.

Xin Yunmao listened to her calm tone and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, sour, sweet, soft, and warm. It had the taste of ancient wood brewed by the years, or the fragrance of the sun. It couldn't be described with accurate words.

He couldn't help but look at her secretly.

She was really strange, a mortal, but without any wishes.

There was also a sense of indestructible fragility.

She turns pale when she sees evil spirits or monsters, but when something really happens, she is relaxed and calm, as if nothing can destroy her. Just like a sparkling stream, the water splashes and surges when it is disturbed, but it gathers again soon after landing and continues to flow slowly, and can even erode everything with time.

Because of this, he can't tell anything from her aura or color.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Chu Zhishui mistakenly thought that he was bored after the novelty wore off, and said: "This city is not big, there is nothing particularly interesting." "

I think it's interesting."

Chu Zhishui was stunned.

Xin Yunmao lowered his eyes: "...very interesting."

In the city center, the front of the office building is full of glittering silver iron plates with the names of various units on them. The pedestrians who come to handle the formalities are in a hurry, or come and go at the door, or talk loudly on the phone under the tree, busy running for their own business.

Sun Qiao recently complained about being bullied at work, and he suddenly came up with an idea and insisted on urging his parents to pay for opening a canteen. Liu Kemei was reluctant at first, but she couldn't stand her son's soft and hard persuasion, and reluctantly agreed to it.

However, the mother and son found troubles when they started to open the store. It was not as easy as Sun Qiao said. It was quite troublesome to go through the formalities in the early stage, and it was impossible to get things done in a snap.

They were overwhelmed by industrial and commercial registration, seal engraving, public security approval, national and local tax registration, etc., and they didn't like to do their homework in the early stage. Every time they ran to the site to ask the staff, their efficiency was naturally low. The staff of each unit are generally responsible for their own areas, and it is impossible for them to exceed their authority to handle other matters and help them finish it one by one.

Liu Kemei complained: "Hey, you said that opening a store is easier than going to work. These two days are not tiring enough."

"Then everything is difficult at the beginning." Sun Shao was impatient, "Mom, stop nagging, I have my own ideas!"

The two parked the car on the side and walked to the office building to save parking fees.

In order to rectify the phenomenon of disorderly parking, Huaijiang City recently marked parking spaces on both sides of the road. Not only are there electronic eyes taking pictures, but there are also people patrolling back and forth to check and ticket. Due to the high hourly charge, there are few cars in the parking spaces in front of the office building. In addition, the staff of the unit has their own parking lot, so only people who come to do business will use this place for a while.

Sun Qiao would never park his car at the door. He would rather park a little further away, maybe to save the money for a pack of cigarettes.

At this moment, a high-end sedan drove up and parked precisely at the door, attracting Sun Qiao's attention. It is a well-known car brand, with a low-key car design and a high cost-effective configuration, but its appearance is still quite eye-catching in Huaijiang City.

Men like to study good cars and think about whether they can afford it or not. The price of this car is not low. If you change to another brand, you can buy a more street-rocking car model at the same price. It can only be said that the owner of this car is not a flamboyant person, but just likes this.

When Liu Kemei saw who got out of the car, she poked her son frantically and exclaimed, "Hey, hey, hey, isn't that Chu Zhishui!"

Sun Shao took a closer look and saw Chu Zhishui opening the driver's door, and a black-haired young man got out of the passenger seat. The mother and son were too far away to see the young man's face, but they could still tell from his height and temperament that he was good-looking, and standing on the street he had a cool feeling of standing out from the crowd.

Chu Zhishui held the car key, and she locked the car with a casual press, and walked inside with the handsome young man.

Liu Kemei's eyes were blank: "...Is there something wrong here?"

Sun Shao also looked dazed, and completely agreed with her mother. They both felt that the two people were in the wrong position in the car.

If the young man drove the car and Chu Zhishui was the co-pilot, they could understand that she was hooking up with a rich and handsome man, and it wouldn't be strange.

But Chu Zhishui drove the car and the young man was the co-pilot, what kind of plot development is this! ?

After she got out of the car, she didn't return the key, and naturally put it in her bag. It felt like she was the rich and handsome man who brought people to do business.

They didn't understand but were shocked.

In the office, Chu Zhishui, Xin Yunmao and Director Qin met smoothly. She introduced the two parties first, and then talked about business with Director Qin. Xin Yunmao always pretended to be dumb outside, and stood behind her and listened silently.

"We have already contacted them. Thank you for running around these days. I have found a few tea farmers with good eloquence to see how we can cooperate with the people who bring the goods." Director Qin said excitedly, "The plan is very useful. Thank you so much. It's really troublesome for you!"

Chu Zhishui said politely, "It's okay. In fact, we also grow some tea in our bureau, but we don't sell it outside. We usually grow other things. It's just a matter of convenience."

"Your bureau also has industries?" Director Qin suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, you are different from us, that's great, let's communicate more, what are you mainly doing now?"

"It's not something high-end, just invest in some technology, and then sell the products in large quantities." Chu Zhishui was sure that the distribution cost of Xiaohuang and Xiaohei's hair care products was low enough, but he didn't know how effective it would be, so he didn't dare to say too much.

"That's even more appropriate! We can't get high-end ones!"

Chu Zhishui and Director Qin talked about work, industry, and policy. When they were done with business, it was time to talk about personal matters.

Director Qin listened to Chu Zhishui's talk. Although he had not had much contact with the Observation Bureau before, he was now curious and asked casually: "Hey, how much can you get this year?"

Chu Zhishui immediately realized that this was the most simple way of greeting in such units. When they met, they would exchange salary figures. This was not a comparison. Anyway, no one would resign. Basically, they would work in a unit for a lifetime, and it was nothing more than chatting.

"Then it shouldn't be comparable to yours." She confessed, "Your basic salary should be higher."

"Oh, don't mention it. The fiscal budget was cut again this year. We are lucky to be able to give this number." Director Qin gestured with his hand and sighed, "Life is not easy."

Chu Zhishui stretched out his hand: "We give this."

"Not bad." Director Qin admired, "I was afraid that we couldn't give it. If I had known earlier, I should have joined a unit that can make money. It's been spent until I retire."

"But the pension is higher than ours."

"That's right, it's just a little higher."

After finishing the work, Director Qin escorted the man and the demon to the lobby, but Chu Zhishui declined to escort him again.

The lobby was full of people from the unit, many of whom knew Director Qin and took the initiative to greet him.

"Hello, Director Qin."

"Hey, hey, hello!"

Sun Shao and Liu Kemei stood in the lobby, watching Chu Zhishui being escorted out by a middle-aged man who looked like a leader, and followed by the cold-faced young man who had just got off the car.

"Zhishui."

Chu Zhishui had just said goodbye to Director Qin. When she turned around and saw the mother and son, she thought that it was really a narrow road for enemies to meet, but she greeted them politely: "Hello, Aunt Liu, how come I met you here?"

Liu Kemei glanced at Xin Yunmao, who had an indifferent expression, and then looked at her son who was not good-looking beside her. She was inexplicably half a head shorter, and her voice was not as vigorous as before. She smiled stiffly and said: "We have something to do."

Chu Zhishui was reluctant to talk to them more, and said calmly: "So that's the case, then you go ahead and get busy, we're leaving."

"Xiao Chu, wait a moment, I suddenly remembered that there was something I didn't say just now!" Unexpectedly, Director Qin suddenly turned around and ran back, "There is an award matter that I forgot to mention."

The person next to him greeted: "Hello, Director Qin."

"Okay, okay, you too."

Director Qin rushed to Chu Zhishui's side. He originally wanted to talk here, but seeing that Sun Shao and others were confused, he hesitated and said, "Why don't we go back to the office and talk?"

"Okay."

"Is your colleague coming? It's not a big deal."

Liu Kemei breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and felt alive all over. It turned out that he was just a colleague. However, she had a heart attack the next second. The young man was indeed just a colleague, but the car was really Chu Zhishui's.

Chu Zhishui thought that going back and forth to the office was tiring enough, and estimated that Director Qin just wanted to avoid Sun Shao and others, so she didn't plan to let Xin Yunmao make a wasted trip. She simply took out the car key and handed it to Xin Yunmao: "You go to the car and wait for me."

She felt that he was more interested in cars than people.

Xin Yunmao took it honestly, blinked, and looked at the key curiously.

Chu Zhishui followed Director Qin back to the office, while Liu Kemei stood aside in line waiting for formalities.

Xin Yunmao raised his legs and was about to go back to the car, but was unexpectedly blocked by a man.

"Hello, I am Sun Shao, Chu Zhishui's high school classmate." Sun Shao asked with a smile, "Are you her colleague?"

Xin Yunmao glanced at him: "Yes."

"Did you enter in the same batch this year?"

"No, I entered earlier than her."

Xin Yunmao answered briefly. He didn't like talking to people in the first place, and he didn't even bother to talk to the monsters in the bureau. Now he just casually replied a few words because he saw that this person had the title of "Chu Zhishui's classmate".

Sun Shao looked strange: "Why didn't you go in? Don't you want to talk about work?"

Xin Yunmao thought for a long time this time, and he replied expressionlessly: "During working hours, she is the section chief."

Of course, he had already begun to feel proud and show off in his heart. In exchange for this matter, she would be his believer for the rest of the time.

However, Sun Shao did not have the ability to peek into the details of Xin Yunmao's paralyzed face, and did not feel the happiness of the other party at all. She even interpreted the big monster's cold tone in the opposite direction, judging that he had long been dissatisfied with Chu Zhishui.

"You joined the unit earlier than her, but she is your section chief?" Sun Shao exclaimed, and he showed an expression of knowing what was going on and comforted her, "Ah, but she has always been like this. When we were in high school, she was often selected as a cadre by the teachers, and her words were especially pleasing to the elders and leaders."

Sun Shao put on an expression of pity for Xin Yunmao, and said meaningfully, "It's not easy for you to work with her."

These words were both overt and covert praise, and his weird expression made it seem as if he was saying that Chu Zhishui was flattering the leader to suppress Xin Yunmao.

Xin Yunmao was silent for a moment. He put his hands in his pockets and sneered, "Because she doesn't like me, I come to make trouble for her."

Sun Qiao's face changed slightly: "What?"

"Isn't it?" Xin Yunmao scanned Sun Qiao with a cold gaze. He changed his previous taciturnity and spoke as sharp as a cold blade, mocking, "Isn't it normal that she doesn't like you? If her vision is so bad, it will be a great insult to me. It's okay to compare with other monsters, but if she has to compare with you, I really can't stand it."

"You..."

Sun Qiao thought that she could resonate with Xin Yunmao, otherwise she would at most make him unhappy. Who would have thought that this person would be merciless and start to speak crazily in just a few words. Xin

Yunmao looked at Sun Qiao's angry face that he dared not refute, and said with disdain, which made him feel even more embarrassed. This kind of person only dares to be arrogant to those who are weaker than themselves, but when they meet a strong person, they dare not even show their anger.

He has been with her for too long recently, and he has been almost assimilated, and he has almost forgotten the ugly appearance of most people.

It's really disgusting, but this is the norm.

Xin Yunmao has a new ability since he was conferred the title of God. He can see the aura and color of human beings, including the five poisons and eight sufferings that are stained on them.

The five poisons are greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, and doubt. The eight sufferings are the suffering of birth, the suffering of aging, the suffering of illness, the suffering of death, the suffering of separation from loved ones, the suffering of meeting with enemies and haters, the suffering of not getting what you want, and the suffering of the five yins. 1 It is difficult for humans to have demonic aura throughout their lives because they have the five poisonous hearts, and demonic aura will only magnify their evil karma.

Even if some people have a marriage ceremony with monsters, they will eventually be ignited by desire. Humans are greedy creatures.

The Sun Shao in front of him was tainted with countless human bad habits that he hated, such as indulgence, greed, laziness, jealousy, incompetence, double-dealing and slandering others, losing her temper at the slightest dissatisfaction, and only hurting the people closest to her.

"Whether it is human ability in the secular sense or the height of the spiritual world, you are far behind her."

Sun Shao felt a chill on his back and sweat on his soles. He felt an indescribable weirdness, as if he was frozen in place and a huge rock was pressing on his body.

Xin Yunmao was taller than Sun Shao. His eyes were like obsidian with cold light. He looked down on her with contempt: "Her level among humans should be about the same as mine among monsters. As for you, you are not even as good as the fish in the office. You are as dirty and ugly as garbage in a stinky ditch."

After Xin Yunmao was deified, he received a revelation from heaven and earth, which was to treat all spiritual beings in the world well, whether they were monsters or humans.

But he didn't want to do that.

He didn't need to be worshipped like the dragon. This was simply an extremely stupid thing. Is there any need to treat mortals who are manipulated by interests well? As long as their wishes are met, they will flock to them, and if they don't meet their wishes, they will disperse.

Monsters need his power but are jealous of him, while humans are zombies who will not do anything unless it is beneficial.

He likes cleanliness.

But they are all dirty.

He has not been treated well, and he does not want to treat them well.

"Although she did not make a wish to me, but you came and bumped into me by yourself, and the law will not protect you."

Sun Qiao faced this scene in panic, and his thoughts seemed to be pulled out and drawn into a bottomless black hole. He did not know what happened to his memory. The last picture was the sneer of the handsome young man.

The young man had cold white skin, red lips and white teeth. His smile was seductive and cold, and his black eyes were like the bottom of an unfathomable lake.