Chapter 134 Chen Zan's Sister Gu Sangyu
Chen Zan was arranged to stay in the lounge in Zhou Jingyu's office. After returning to the municipal government office, he devoted himself to work. He took some time out of his busy schedule to have lunch with her and then disappeared.
She was also busy preparing for the exam, so the two of them were doing their own things and neither of them delayed the other.
In the evening, Xu Jing called her. She had been in the mountains before, and Xu Jing had called her twice. Chen Zan had no signal, so naturally she didn't answer.
When she was still at TInN headquarters, she told Xu Jing that she was going back to China for a business trip to Beijing. Xu Jing was busy taking care of her crying sister at the time and didn't say anything to her.
I just asked her that since she came back on a business trip at this critical moment, she wanted to go back to Rongchuan to celebrate the New Year this year.
The north has been experiencing the worst extreme snowstorm in the past decade. Xu Jing must have seen the news and was worried about her situation, so she called.
Chen Zan explained on the phone that she had gone to a hot spring hotel in the mountains with her colleagues two days ago and could not get in touch because there was no signal.
After listening, Xu Jing said, "I'm glad you're okay. Your work in Beijing should be coming to an end soon. Book a ticket back to Rongchuan someday. I'll drive to the airport to pick you up then."
Chen Zhan said that the exhibition would last for two days, and she was the team leader, so she could not leave Beijing for the time being. She had to stay there to deal with some emergencies, and she would book the tickets in two days.
After listening to this, Xu Jing said, "That's about right. We're going to Director Gu's hometown for the New Year this year. Your grandmother and sister are going too, so you can come along."
Chen Zhan clenched his palms, "Would it be inappropriate for me to go?"
Xu Jing: "There's nothing inappropriate about it. I've already made arrangements with my family. They all welcome you. You haven't been back for a few years, and your relatives there haven't seen you yet."
Chen Zhan lowered his eyelashes and replied, "Yes, I'll follow your arrangements."
Seeing that she agreed, Xu Jing didn't mention Director Gu's family affairs. "Did you see…"
Before she could finish, the little girl's baby voice rang out from the other end of the line, "Mom, come here quickly. Dad has asked me to draw a family portrait. Come and praise me."
Xu Jing responded, her tone noticeably gentler: "You play with Dad first. I'm talking to your sister on the phone."
"No, come and see," the little girl's coquettish voice came closer and closer, calling her mother softly.
Xu Jing made a helpless sound and hurriedly said to Chen Zhan on the other end of the phone, "Tell me when you come back. Your sister is very clingy, so we won't talk about it for now."
Chen Zan hummed again in a very indifferent manner.
After Xu Jing finished speaking, she obviously didn't notice that the phone was still on.
The little girl's childish voice continued: "Mom, which sister are you talking about?"
Xu Jing smiled gently and said, "Baby, of course it's your sister Chen Zhan who is studying abroad."
"Oh, I thought it was my cousin. Is she the sister from the family that grandma mentioned?"
"Yeah, she'll be back in a couple of days to play with you, okay?"
"Ah, then she will live in our house?"
Chen Zan didn't hear what Xu Jing said next because she had already hung up the phone.
In fact, during the first one or two years after Chen Zan went abroad, Xu Jing strictly supervised her studies and showed that she cared about her.
In the second year of going abroad, after hearing that Xie Xu had gone to Rongchuan to see Xu Jing twice, she couldn't stand it anymore and picked a good day with Director Gu to get the certificate.
Xu Jing didn't want to make it public at the time, and didn't tell Chen Zan, who was far away abroad, immediately for fear of affecting her competition. It was not until she heard about this from her grandmother when they called during the Mid-Autumn Festival that she accidentally learned about it.
Chen Zan was also very happy for Xu Jing at that time, but it happened that she was busy getting a place in the college for postgraduate study in those two years. Xu Jing felt that her postgraduate study was more important at that time, so she did not let her go back and let her study hard abroad.
So in her graduate year, Xu Jing became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, named Gu Sangyu.
After that, Xu Jing devoted all her attention to her little daughter, and her concern for Chen Zan became less and less. The calls went from being once a week to once a month, and then three months became a common occurrence.
Chen Zan still didn't think anything of it. When she was in Rongchuan, she just hoped that Ms. Xu would pay less attention to her.
But after Xu Jing stopped asking about her studies and work, the topic gradually turned to Gu Sangyu. Even her grandmother was the same. She kept talking about how your sister could crawl, walk, and call mom and dad today. Even her grandmother was so loved by her newborn sister that she would rather move from the countryside to the city to help take care of her.
He would praise his sister on the phone, saying that she was better at acting coquettishly and calling for help than Chen Zan was when she was a child.
In fact, Chen Zan was not opposed to Gu Sangyu's arrival. She even felt happy that she had a younger sister. On her birthday, she would use the bonuses and salary she earned from competitions or internships to buy her birthday gifts and mail them back, even though Director Gu often told her on the phone not to waste money because her sister had everything.
But she still felt that something had subtly changed in her heart. For example, when they talked about her sister, Chen Zan no longer agreed with them, but just listened quietly.
For example, when her grandmother said that her younger sister was more likable than her when she was a child, she would feel sad.
For example, Xu Jing's approach to educating Gu Sangyu is completely different from hers. When Gu Sangyu acts coquettishly, she will coax her gently and call her baby happily. When she makes a mistake, she will not say she is disappointed to her with a cold face, but will patiently preach to her.
It seemed that Xu Jing gave all the tenderness of being a mother to Gu Sangyu. After realizing this, Chen Zan felt an emotion called jealousy.
On the one hand, she understood that it was not easy for Xu Jing, as a single mother, to give birth to her under such pressure, but on the other hand, she still felt pity and jealous.
Because in her memory, Xu Jing has always been strict and has never played the role of a patient and gentle mother.
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After Chen Zan hung up the phone, he was stunned for a while.
Zhang Qing came and knocked on the door and said that there was an emergency situation in the suburbs where there was a large area of snow accumulation, which caused traffic paralysis and power outages. Zhou Jingyu was temporarily sent to lead a team to the front line to command and might not be able to come back at night, so he was asked to be responsible for sending Chen Zan back first.
Coming out of the Municipal Office, I saw several armored off-road explosion-proof vehicles parked in an orderly manner on the roadside. This type of vehicle is not common in the city and is usually used by the military.
Chen Zan couldn't help but take a few more glances. Zhang Qing explained that the rescue team was short of manpower, so the military immediately dispatched people to participate in the snow relief operation.
As for the cars on the side of the road, judging from the license plate of the middle car, the person inside should be Zhou Jingyu’s elder brother, Zhou Chengnian.
He is also a famous figure in the military.
Upon hearing this, she withdrew her gaze and asked about the disaster situation. Zhang Qing said that the city had already made disaster prevention arrangements and activated the emergency plan at the first time, so there was no serious impact.
The snow accumulation and power outages in small towns and mountainous areas in the surrounding suburbs are much more serious. Many leaders have been sent to the front line. Zhou Jingyu is not an exception, so she is told not to worry.
Zhang Qing did not send Chen Zan back to the hotel. Zhou Jingyu was afraid that something might happen again. Her colleague was not there and there was no one to take care of her, so she instructed Zhang Qing in advance to send her back to Jinfutai.
Chen Zan didn't want to cause trouble at this critical juncture. She just listened obediently to whatever Zhou Jingyu arranged, so as not to disturb him from his work.
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