"Ah? Oh, okay, okay! Let's go together, let's go together!" Zhao Weiguo responded quickly, but his heart was even more anxious.
On the way? Chat for a while? This seemingly ordinary invitation, at this time and place, from the person in front of me, has a completely unusual weight.
He subconsciously fell half a step behind Lu Qingyang.
"Zhao Ke, there have been some rumors in the bureau these days. I'm sure you've heard about them, right?"
Zhao Weiguo's head tightened: "Uh... I heard something..."
He didn't dare to tell the whole story, so he stopped at the point and carefully observed Lu Qingyang's expression.
"I..." He wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the other party.
Lu Qingyang stopped and said, "Chief Zhao, I am not telling you this to show off or put pressure on you. On the contrary, I hope that this matter ends here."
Zhao Weiguo was stunned: "That's it?"
"Yes." Lu Qingyang said affirmatively, "I came here just to learn something and do something practical at the grassroots level. I hope you will treat me as an ordinary person."
He looked at Zhao Weiguo with a frank look in his eyes: "It will be the same in the future as it was before. You are my section chief and I am your deputy. You should ask for instructions and report when necessary. You can also criticize and correct where necessary. I will not be picky about work or ask for special treatment because of my family. In the same way, I don't want the people in the section, including you, to become cautious in front of me or feel that there is something wrong because of what they know."
Lu Qingyang leaned forward slightly, looked directly at Zhao Weiguo, and said the most crucial sentence: "Zhao Ke, I am telling you this today because I trust you, so I also hope you can do me a favor - please keep my family background confidential and don't mention it to anyone in the department or the bureau."
Zhao Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly: "I promise you."
After finishing all the work, Lu Qingyang returned home in the evening glow.
When I opened the door of the study, I saw Shen Mo sitting comfortably in a large rattan recliner, holding a book in her hand.
The warm light of the setting sun shone on her through the window, giving her a soft halo.
Hearing the door opening, Shen Mo raised her head, her eyes sparkling and a mischievous smile on her face.
She pretended to stand up with the help of something. Although her movements seemed a little clumsy due to her big belly, she was full of joy.
"Oh my god!" Lu Qingyang was so frightened that he took a quick step over and held her arm firmly: "Be careful! Why are you jumping around? Your belly is so big, slow down!"
He carefully helped her sit down again.
Shen Mo was amused by his nervous look, and leaned back into the soft cushion, smacking her lips in dissatisfaction: "Oh, this is our own home, not outside, it's okay! I'm not a porcelain doll."
She patted the empty seat beside her to signal Lu Qingyang to sit down, and then her face was burning with anger. "Don't interrupt! I was just basking in the sun in the yard and heard grandpa talking to dad. Their voices were quite serious. They said that someone in your unit had framed you? Tell me quickly! What happened?"
Lu Qingyang looked at her, who was so excited that she almost grabbed a handful of melon seeds to listen to the story, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He deliberately frowned and pinched her cheeks, which were rounder due to pregnancy, pretending to be angry:
"Chen Mozhi, your attitude is really problematic! Your husband was almost falsely accused and framed, and his future is worrying, but you don't worry about me first, but just want to listen to the gossip?"
Shen Mo wrinkled her nose because of his pinching, but she was not afraid at all. Instead, she pouted confidently, "Humph! What should I worry about? That's because I know that only you, Lu Qingyang, can cheat others, and no one can cheat you! When have you ever suffered a loss? Tell me quickly, grandpa will just start, it makes me itchy!"
Lu Qingyang told her about the incident in a leisurely manner.
Shen Mo listened without blinking. When she heard that Zhang Jianjun was fired and Qian Youlu was suspended, she couldn't help but clap her hands and cheer: "It's what they deserve! They deserve it! Humph, how dare they bully my man!"
She waved her fists, looking like she was full of hatred for the enemy, and then raised her chin triumphantly: "See, I told you! They are asking for trouble! Who is my man? Can they plot against me?"
Lu Qingyang was amused by her protective and proud look and laughed out loud. He couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her forehead: "Yes, yes, you understand me the best, you are the best."
"That's right!" Shen Mo was not modest at all, and then curiously asked for details, "What happened next? Did Section Chief Zhao and the others know your true identity? Were they shocked?"
"Zhao Weiguo should know something about this." Lu Qingyang did not hide it from her, "But I have already talked to him and asked him to keep it a secret. The unit will remain the same as before."
"Well, that's good." Shen Mo nodded, "Let's just live our own lives."
She suddenly remembered something and looked at Lu Qingyang with sparkling eyes. "Grandpa's momentum just now, wow, I could feel that anger across the yard. He even made Dad run around in circles. But, when Grandpa got angry, he looked pretty handsome!"
She couldn't help laughing.
"You're worried about me, so how's your book going?"
"It's OK. I'm just worried now..." She touched her belly, "I have two babies in my belly. How should I take care of them? Mother-in-law can't take care of them alone. I'm afraid I won't have so much time to read."
Lu Qingyang remembered that the college entrance examination in 1978 was in July, and their child would be born in March. It would take some time for Shen Mo to recuperate after childbirth...
"Don't worry about these. When the time comes, find two people to help."
Shen Mo was a little surprised: "You won't blame me?"
In the countryside, children are raised by their mothers themselves, and mothers who don't raise their children are criticized.
"What era is this..."
Lu Qingyang scratched his head and explained: "If you don't worry about the child, don't you still have me? I can take care of the child, too."
Shen Mo smiled: "Do you have milk or something? How can you take care of the child? You still have to go to work during the day."
"Although I don't have breast milk, I have milk powder. As for going to work... I'm just making arrangements first."
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