Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 184 183. Long distance can also be sweet
Lin Xiao came to Qin Zhenggang's office with mixed feelings.

In just a few steps, he walked heavily and dramatically.

At the same time, he told himself that Qin Zhen was not that kind of person and would definitely be able to accept the temptation and test.

On the other hand, I feel that if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. We are all ordinary people. Which cadre can remain unmoved when faced with the goodwill and flattery of enterprises?

With such mixed feelings, he walked into Qin Zhenggang's office.

"Qin Zhen, are you looking for me?" Lin Xiao asked in a normal tone.

"Correct!"

Qin Zhenggang smiled innocently, "I realized I was off work after I finished the call. Why haven't you left yet?"

Lin Xiao smiled, alerting that Qin Zhen's tone was too intimate today.

"I'm about to leave, and that's when I received your call!" Lin Xiao said with a smile, talking pure nonsense.

Qin Zhenggang didn't care. He nodded and said, "By the way, I called you here to ask why the cost of the Jiajia Village renovation project is nearly 100 million higher than the previous estimate?"

Qin Zhenggang's expression was somewhat serious, and he looked at Lin Xiao with some inquiry.

Lin Xiao was stunned.

He immediately became alert and realized that Qin Zhen was suspicious of him, so he was called over to question and warn him.

When he discovered Qin Zhen's thoughts, he was not angry at all. Instead, he felt a sense of relief as a fellow traveler.

It’s just like when I got first place in the exam when I was a kid, and I couldn’t wait to go home and wait for my parents to ask me about the exam results.

He immediately smiled and said, "The cost is high because I added a lot of details and wanted to make this renovation project more refined. After all, we want to create rural tourism. We can't just consider it from the perspective of improving infrastructure. We also have to consider the overall environment and facilities of the ancient village, so that tourists can really have fun when they come, and we can also attract social capital to invest in opening homestays, restaurants, etc...."

Lin Xiao explained carefully, making the causes and consequences of each item clear, then clenched his fists in front of him, waiting for the boss's praise.

Qin Zhenggang carefully read the cost book several times. His doubts gradually disappeared and his expression became much better.

"Sit down and talk!" he said with a smile.

"okay!"

Lin Xiao didn't hesitate and sat down.

Qin Zhenggang smiled meaningfully: "The bidding will start soon. Recently... things are not going well around you, right?"

Lin Xiao understood what Qin Zhen meant and smiled.

"Indeed, there are several good brothers who want to treat me to a meal. They all say they wish they had known each other for a long time, and some even want to become my sworn brother!"

"Hahaha!"

Qin Zhenggang laughed and looked at him probingly, "You have a gold nugget in your hand now, and there will be several more gold nuggets in the future. This golden lump will certainly make people want it... Didn't you go?"

Lin Xiao laughed: "Yes! They are all enterprises in the county. It is not appropriate for me to be too cold. If I ruin the relationship with the enterprises, it will also affect the economic development of our Chaobai Town. Don't you think so?"

Qin Zhenggang nodded approvingly: "That's true! When dealing with companies, you have to strike a balance. It's not good to be too distant, and it's not good to be too close. To put it bluntly, you have to be like a scumbag - be close but not too close. Only in this way can you promote economic development while not getting yourself into trouble. It's not easy to strike the right balance!"

Lin Xiao smiled.

He benefited greatly from Qin Zhenggang's admonition.

So he said directly, "Qin Zhen, others may not know me, but you know me! My wife is a big star, and I can make money by writing songs, so I have plenty of money! It's not that I'm a noble person and don't love money, but I, Lin Xiao, don't care about the small profits from these projects in Chaobai Town, so don't worry, it's not that easy to corrupt me!"

Qin Zhenggang was originally planning to say something in a roundabout way to him, but after hearing what he said, he suddenly laughed out loud in a simple and honest way.

She stood up, patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "I feel relieved when you say that. It's not that I don't trust you, but I'm afraid that you are young and will fall into the trap of those old foxes, so after thinking about it, I still want to remind you a few words!"

Lin Xiao nodded: "I know, thank you Qin Zhen!"

Qin Zhenggang said: "Before the bidding is officially over, many companies will hear the news and come to curry favor with you. What are you going to do next?"

Lin Xiao smiled cunningly: "If the enemy comes, we will stop him with our generals and if the water comes, we will block it with earth. At worst, I will just run away. I will take a few days off. These people will never be able to find me! After this time, they will know that I am not the kind of person who can be easily dragged into the water. It will be much easier for them to promote other projects in the future!"

Qin Zhenggang looked calm. He burst into laughter after hearing his words and said, "You've been working hard recently, so it's reasonable for you to take a few days off. I'll approve it for you!"

Lin Xiao was very grateful: "Thank you Qin Zhen!"

The two looked at each other, and everything was said without words!
After coming out of Qin Zhenggang's office, Lin Xiao stood at the door and breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, until the moment before he left, he had not let down his guard against Qin Zhen, for fear that he would call him in the end and recommend a construction company, a conscientious enterprise or something like that.

Fortunately, these imaginations did not happen in the end.

Qin Zhenggang was indeed just as he had first met her, honest and sincere, without any ulterior motives.

Lin Xiao admires such people.

It is no exaggeration to say that if I did not have my current wealth and the ability to easily earn millions, it would be hard to say whether I could remain calm and stick to my original intention in the face of corporate interest transfers and flattery.

Lin Xiao has no confidence in human nature, so he has no confidence in himself.

However, Qin Zhenggang has been in this position for seven or eight years and has been involved in hundreds of projects, large and small, but he is still able to keep himself out of trouble.

Lin Xiao admired his determination and his respect for him grew even stronger!
But respect aside, he did feel sorry for Qin Zhen. He guessed that the fact that he was still stuck in the position of mayor at his age was probably because he was a straightforward person and didn't know how to adapt!
If the water is clear, there will be no fish!

If you are too clear, others will not be able to catch any fish, and will definitely blame you in the end.

When the world is full of filth, cleanliness is the original sin and will be hated by everyone!
Figure this out.

Lin Xiao was filled with emotion and just sighed deeply.

……

After returning home and having dinner, I sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air.

Today is the official recording day of "The Sound of Life". At this point, my wife is probably still recording the show, so I definitely won’t be able to find her.

Lin Xiao missed her a little, so he took out his phone and clicked on the dialog box for no apparent reason. He read through their chat history from yesterday several times, then he smiled foolishly for no apparent reason.

At this time, a loud voice came from the front room.

"Lin Xiao! Lin Xiao!"

Lin Xiao stood up after hearing the voice and soon saw that it was his cousin Lin Baohua who was calling him, followed by his second aunt.

My mother, Zhou Xiuping, was cleaning up the dishes in the kitchen and hurried downstairs.

Two pairs of mother and son stood in the yard.

My second aunt came to give me some glutinous rice as the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon.

Zhou Xiuping took it and tried to settle the money with her seriously, and the two sisters-in-law started arguing with each other.

Lin Baohua suddenly asked: "Lin Xiao, there is a coffee shop in Chaobai Town. The owner is your grandmother's cousin, right?"

Lin Xiao was stunned, and had already guessed what he was going to say next.

He remained calm and said, “Yes!”

Lin Baohua said with a serious expression: "That store was able to open because of your connections, right?"

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Brother, what you said, do you need connections to open a store? You can open one as long as you have money!"

Lin Baohua twisted his face and said, "Nonsense! My brother-in-law wanted to open a franchise store in the county before, but he asked the Ruixing headquarters several times and was told no. Either the location was not right, or the qualifications were not good enough. Anyway, it was not possible! It was so difficult for my brother-in-law to open a store in the county, but your cousin was able to open one in the town. It must be because of your connections!"

Lin Xiao patiently explained: "The county is different from the town, Ruixing and Kudi are also different! As far as I know, there are already two Ruixing in the county, and our palm-sized place really can't accommodate a third one. Although our Chaobai Town is small, there was no coffee shop before, so this one can be opened. Now it is definitely impossible to open a second one!"

After hearing this explanation, Lin Baohua nodded half-understandingly.

Lin Xiao continued: "Ruixing and Kudi are competitors. If your brother-in-law really wants to open a store, he can switch to Kudi if Ruixing doesn't work!"

Lin Baohua nodded: "I don't understand. I have never heard of these two brands. Let him go and ask later!"

As he spoke, he suddenly looked at me with complicated eyes, and said with a strange smile: "Xiaoxiao, your surname is Lin. If you are the deputy mayor, you should also think about promoting your brothers, and don't think of your relatives on your grandmother's side for all the good things. We are all brothers, and there is still a difference between having the surname Lin and not having the surname Lin!"

After hearing this, before Lin Xiao could react, Zhou Xiuping became anxious first!

"Baohua, how can you talk like that?"

Zhou Xiuping's face darkened in a second, "You also said that we are all brothers, why are you still talking about inside and outside? If so, your brother-in-law is still your wife's brother from her mother's side. Aren't you also worried about his affairs and came to ask Lin Xiao specifically? Your relationship with your brother-in-law can't be closer than Lin Xiao's relationship with my nephew from my mother's side, right?"

Lin Baohua was choked and could only smile awkwardly: "Auntie, I was just joking, I didn't take it seriously!"

Zhou Xiuping still insisted: "You'd better be kidding! Lin Xiao is now the deputy mayor. This title sounds good, but it's also tiring! He relied on himself for his studies and later work. We, as parents, can't help, and you brothers have never cared about him!
"Now that he's successful, you guys come and yell at him, acting like a brother! I'm telling you, Baohua, don't let me hear a second word. You know your aunt's temper!"

Lin Baohua felt more and more embarrassed and could only smile foolishly.

Although we are all relatives and live only a hundred meters away from each other, our relationship is not actually that close.

Because Linjia Village is close to the county town, there have been many stories of demolition, compensation, and land distribution over the past few decades. The disputes and conflicts within the village caused by this have never stopped.

Just like Lin Baohua and Lin Xiao standing here now, they seem to be cousins ​​from the same grandfather, and the two sisters-in-law are also extremely close.

But this closeness has actually only eased in recent years.

A few years ago, the two families had a big fight over the division of residential land. It was so ugly that they wished they would never have anything to do with each other again.

Later, Lin Xiao got a job and became a civil servant, becoming the most promising young man in the village.

Only then did the second uncle's family take the initiative to come over and break the ice.

Then after a few interactions, we returned to our current relationship.

Zhou Xiuping was harsh in her words, but kind-hearted at heart. She didn't want to embarrass her brothers and sisters-in-law or make them a laughing stock to outsiders.

Especially since her son has become successful, she has straightened her back and no longer cares about other people's sarcasm or grudges.

But the more this happened, the more she could not tolerate anyone slandering her eldest son.

If you don't say anything bad about my son, everything will be fine with us. But if you want to cause trouble for my son, don't blame me for being merciless!

Based on this principle, Lin Xiao has lived a relatively peaceful life since returning to his hometown to serve as deputy mayor.

Several relatives came to challenge us, but my mother dealt with them all.

Now.

Zhou Xiuping started from zero frames and performed steadily, so Lin Baohua and his mother did not dare to stay any longer and left in embarrassment.

Lin Xiao couldn't help but feel that his mother's figure was very tall, so he stepped forward and took her arm and said coquettishly: "Mom, sure! With your eloquence, it would be a pity if you don't go live to sell goods!"

Zhou Xiuping pretended to hit his hand.

"You just make fun of me. I'm already old, why am I still selling live broadcasts?"

"What's wrong with being old? The live streaming circle for middle-aged and elderly people is also very popular now. If you do well, it's no problem to sell hundreds of millions of yuan a year!"

"The more I talk, the more excited I am!"

Zhou Xiuping rolled her eyes at him and spoke in an intimate tone.

Lin Xiao followed his mother upstairs. His mother was washing dishes while he was eating melon seeds beside her.

The two chatted for a while, and he couldn't help asking, "Mom, my position as deputy mayor has caused you and Dad a lot of trouble, right?"

Zhou Xiuping pondered for a moment before she understood what trouble he was talking about.

He immediately laughed, "What do you mean by trouble? You can't make much money in the countryside, but you have a lot of relatives who don't know what's good for you! Your relatives will come to you to take advantage of you if you are successful. Try it if you are not successful! Just like Lin Kun next door, he owes hundreds of thousands from online gambling. His parents, relatives and friends have borrowed a lot of money, and he even borrowed 20,000 from me! Relatives stay away from such people. Who dares to get involved?"

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "So what you mean is, Mom, even though my position as deputy mayor has caused a lot of trouble, it has also made you and my dad proud, right?"

Zhou Xiuping smiled embarrassedly.

"That would be a great honor! We are all country folk, who would dare to dream of giving birth to a son who becomes an official and brings honor to our family!"

"Hey hey hey!"

Lin Xiao smiled foolishly.

Although he has been having some troubles recently, being harassed by the company at work and being looked after by relatives at home, they are all concerned about the insignificant power in his hands.

But as long as it can bring 50% confidence and 50% face to my parents, that's enough. ...

Star City.

It was already 11: in the evening when Han Xixi finished recording the first episode of "The Sound of Life".

After returning to the hotel, she hesitated for a moment and finally sent a WeChat message to Lin Xiao to see if he was asleep.

Unexpectedly, the other party replied immediately, and then a voice call came.

"Brother~"

A playful voice came along with a tired smile.

Lin Xiao looked at his wife on the screen, his longing for her growing so intense that his eyes seemed to be blurred.

"Just got back to the hotel?" he asked.

"Ok!"

Xixi smiled and said, "Today is the first recording session, and there is a lot of content, and there were many unexpected situations, so the recording time was more than four hours longer than originally planned, and it just ended!"

Lin Xiao nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, my wife!"

Xixi said with a smile: "No, it's work, so it must be very tiring, but I don't feel tired when I see my brother!"

Lin Xiao smiled gently and really wanted to crawl into the screen and give his wife a big hug.

But thinking about it, the scene was pretty creepy, so I decided to just forget it.

"Then you can come back tomorrow?" he asked.

"Not necessarily yet!"

Xixi said with a sad face, "Because the progress today was too slow, we only finished recording the stage part, and there is still a lot of post-recording that can only be recorded tomorrow. I am a junior, so I must be close to other singers in terms of schedule. By the time I finish recording my part, I don’t know what time it is!"

Lin Xiao nodded.

He was well aware of the annoying seniority issues in this circle, and there was nothing he could do about it.

At the moment, I could only comfort her: "It's okay, send me a message anytime when you come back, and I'll pick you up!"

Xixi laughed: "You pick me up? Don't you have to go to work?"

Lin Xiao said shamelessly: "What's the point of attending such a crappy class? It's not as important as my wife!"

Although Xixi knew that he was teasing her on purpose, she still laughed happily, and all the tiredness of the day was instantly swept away.

"forget it!"

Xixi smiled playfully, "It's still as we agreed before. When I'm done here, I'll go straight to you, okay?"

Lin Xiao smiled and nodded: "Okay!"

The two looked at each other in silence and smiled foolishly at each other across the screen.

"What are you laughing at?" Xixi asked him, unable to suppress the smile on her face.

"Nothing to laugh about... Did you miss me?"

"..."

Han Xixi pursed her lips, feeling a little shy at this sudden question.

Finally, he nodded and said softly, "I thought about it..."

Lin Xiao thought she would definitely deny it, but he didn't expect that when he told the truth, his heart skipped a beat.

"I missed you, too!" he said quickly, his blood boiling.

"Ok, I know!"

"How do you know?"

"I...just know it!"

Xixi said with certainty, and then she started to smile foolishly.

Even through the screen, the sweet atmosphere spread and expanded infinitely, wrapping the two of them tightly.

Seeing that his wife looked tired, Lin Xiao couldn't bear to keep chatting with her and asked her to go to bed early.

Xixi refused and whined that she wanted to stay with him for a while longer.

Lin Xiao thought of a solution. Instead of video chatting, he turned off the lights and lay on the bed, and chatted by voice.

Xixi readily agreed.

They turned off the lights and lay down on the bed, switching their phones to voice calls and placing them next to them, as if they were sleeping in the same bed.

The two chatted incessantly.

From the trivialities of work, to daily meals, to every little thing in life.

Obviously nothing big happened, but it felt like there was not enough to talk about. Lin Xiao was not sleepy at all.

As they were talking, there was no sound on the other end of the phone, and when they listened carefully, only the sound of even breathing could be heard.

"Xixi? Wife?"

he called softly.

There was no response there.

Lin Xiao smiled lightly, and when he was sure that his wife was asleep, he wanted to hang up.

But after giving it some thought, he did not press the small red dot with his finger. He just continued talking on the phone and fell asleep with the faint sound of breathing!

Early the next morning.

Han Xixi got up and found that his cell phone was out of battery.

Charge it quickly and then go wash up.

When I came out of the facial mask, my phone was already turned on. I was surprised to find that my call with Lin Xiao last night lasted as long as 5 and a half hours.

She thought she had seen it wrong.

Counting on my fingers, the call lasted until almost five in the morning, when the call was terminated because the phone ran out of battery and turned off.

She couldn't help but laugh and guessed: So, my brother and I talked until we fell asleep?

After thinking about it, he sent a voice message to Lin Xiao.

"Brother, are you up?"

Unexpectedly, I received a reply within seconds and a voice call came in.

"We're almost at work!" Lin Xiao asked her in a relaxed tone, "Did you sleep well last night?"

"Yes, very good!"

Xixi's tone was cheerful and full of energy, and she didn't sound like she was lying.

She said excitedly: "This is the first time I slept so well in a hotel. I didn't even know when I fell asleep, and then I slept all the way through the morning without having any dreams... It's amazing!"

Lin Xiao laughed: "My husband's melatonin is still the best, right?"

Han Xixi was just laughing, there was really no way to refute that.

Then he asked, "Brother, when did you fall asleep yesterday?"

Lin Xiao said casually: "If you sleep, I will sleep too!"

Han Xixi nodded, then realized something was wrong: "How do you know when I fell asleep?"

Lin Xiao found it funny: "How could I not know? We were chatting and you suddenly stopped talking. You must have fallen asleep!"

Han Xixi was surprised and delighted: "So...you knew I fell asleep, but you didn't hang up the phone?"

Lin Xiao didn't care and just said "hmm".

Han Xixi's heart suddenly began to surge, and she felt like her heart was beating like a deer.

The fact that Lin Xiao kept her company and chatted with her last night allowed her to sleep soundly, which made her extremely happy, and her love for her husband increased even more.

Now I know that even though I fell asleep, Lin Xiao was still silently accompanying me, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

This subtle thoughtfulness and tenderness made her heart even softer, as if her whole body was bathing in the hot springs of Chaobai Town.

"Hickey?"

Seeing that the other party had been silent for a long time, Lin Xiao asked hurriedly.

Xixi agreed: "Yes, I'm here."

Lin Xiao asked: "Then why don't you speak?"

Xixi said in a lingering voice: "Well... I don't know what to say..."

Lin Xiao frowned, noticing his wife's mood change, but felt a little puzzled.

She immediately laughed and said, "I don't know what to say, so just say hubby is great, I love hubby, hubby you are the best... You can express yourself, I am not picky!"

The person on the other end of the phone immediately exploded.

"You're dreaming, but I won't tell you!" Xixi was teased and felt shy and secretly happy.

Lin Xiao understood and said meaningfully: "Oh... you don't say it, but you think so in your heart, right?"

Han Xixi: “…”

If I had known that I was no match for this guy when it comes to talking skills, I shouldn't have been so aggressive!

"Hmph, I'm dead!"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't hang up!"

Lin Xiao begged for mercy quickly, "It's so boring to drive to work, can you chat with me?"

Han Xixi smiled and said, "We talked for so long last night, haven't you talked enough?"

Lin Xiao said jokingly: "No matter how long I chat with my wife, it's never enough!"

Han Xixi pouted: "Lin Xiao, why are you becoming more and more slick now? I remember you were not like this when I first met you?"

Lin Xiao smiled: "You also said that we just met! At that time, you didn't dare to look up at people or speak. Now, aren't you sticking your neck out and yelling at me every day?"

Han Xixi was anxious: "Who is yelling? I'm not a dog!"

Lin Xiao laughed mercilessly.

Han Xixi became more and more anxious, shouting "Lin Xiao", and then hung up the call.

Lin Xiao realized that his wife was really angry, so he quickly sent a voice message to apologize: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I am a puppy, is this okay?"

There was no reply from the other end.

Lin Xiao was driving, and it was not convenient for him to keep staring at his phone, so he didn't pay any more attention to it.

Arrived at the office very quickly.

He parked the car and picked up his phone, only to find that his wife had already replied - it was an emoticon of a Tibetan mastiff with the word "Awoo", looking very fierce!

Lin Xiao burst out laughing.

This wife is so cute!
(End of this chapter)