Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 221 220. The rainstorm is coming
The dishes were served one after another.

The five people stared at each other in an awkward atmosphere.

The person who served the dishes was Shen Qilin, who looked at the strange table with strong hostility from beginning to end, making the atmosphere even more awkward.

When all the dishes were served, the hot pot started to steam.

"Everyone, eat!"

The girl with Qin Jiapeng greeted him warmly.

So several half-familiar teenagers started eating at the same time, and the atmosphere was still weird.

At this time, Liang Tian finally couldn't help asking, "Are you Qin Jiapeng? The bully from No. 1 Middle School?"

She asked the shaved boy sitting across from her.

Qin Jiapeng was putting beef rolls into the hot pot and his face turned unhappy.

To be honest, he still hasn't figured out what's going on with these three "classmates" who suddenly appeared.

However, Liang Tian's familiar aura made him give up the idea of ​​getting to the bottom of the matter and nodded.

Then he narrowed his eyes in confusion.

"No, who told you I'm the school bully?"

Qin Jiapeng asked back unhappily.

Beside him, Zhang Zihang lowered his head guiltily.

Liang Tian didn't answer, but pointed at the busy big guy in the distance and asked, "Is he Shen Qilin, nicknamed Iron Rod, from No. 3 Middle School?"

Qin Jiapeng nodded in confusion again.

Liang Tian's eyes fell on the short-haired girl next to Qin Jiapeng, and she asked suspiciously: "Then you...are you Chen Shuang?"

Chen Shuang was very surprised, even a little surprised.

"you know me?"

"It's true!" Liang Tian was shocked.

"Uh...I'm Chen Shuang!"

Chen Shuang was also confused, thinking, am I a big star? Why do I have fans following me?
Liang Tian finally asked: "Then why do you call Shen Qilin 'brother'?"

Zhang Zihang replied: "Oh, I see, brother, right?"

Some girls in school love to have brothers as their godparents.

The characteristics of this type of girls are generally poor academic performance, good popularity with the opposite sex, getting along well with boys, and almost having no chance of getting along with girls.

No. 3 Middle School is almost synonymous with a "bad school" in Anyang County. As a middle school student, it is difficult for Zhang Zihang not to look at this school through tinted glasses, and naturally he would not think that Chen Shuang is a good person.

But he didn't dare to underestimate it at all.

After all, he is in love with Qin Jiapeng, recognizes Shen Qilin as his brother, and single-handedly deals with bullies from two schools - he is definitely a talent.

However, the two were confused.

Chen Shuang said in confusion: "No, he is my biological brother, we are twins, don't you think we look a bit alike?"

The three of them were simply dumbfounded.

He looked at the burly Shen Qilin, then looked at the pretty Chen Shuang in front of him, and was shocked at the same time: How are they alike?
Lin Yu asked: "Then why don't you have the same surname?"

Chen Shuang smiled and said, "I take my mother's surname, and my brother takes my father's surname!"

The three were surprised again: This is possible!

They were completely stunned now, and the three of them said nothing more.

Now it was Qin Jiapeng and Chen Shuang's turn to be confused.

The young couple looked at each other and saw deep curiosity and confusion in each other's eyes: Where did these three weird classmates come from?

Qin Jiapeng couldn't help but ask: "Which class are you from? How do you know me?"

Lin Yu and Zhang Zihang suddenly felt embarrassed and nervous.

Fortunately, Liang Tian reacted quickly and said generously: "Lin Yu was bullied by Shen Qilin in the Internet cafe before, and you happened to pass by and helped him out. This time we heard that you wanted to fight with Shen Qilin, and we were afraid that you would be bullied, so we said we would come to see you. We squatted in the bridge hole for the whole morning, but nothing happened, so we came to eat... I didn't expect to meet you here by accident..."

By the end, Liang Tian felt that this misunderstanding was really weird and she scratched her head and laughed.

On the other side, the young couple were also surprised after hearing the whole story.

Chen Shuang immediately laughed and pushed Qin Jiapeng: "I didn't expect you to be so charming and have fans!"

Qin Jiapeng smiled very awkwardly.

The atmosphere at the table finally became a little more harmonious.

"So... did you guys fight today?" Liang Tian asked unwillingly.

"What kind of fight is this!"

Chen Shuang said hurriedly, "My brother is afraid that I will be bullied, so he keeps looking for trouble with Qin Jiapeng. After I found out about this, I gave my brother a good beating. So, isn't he working for me obediently today?"

Chen Shuang said this with a playful and proud look on his face.

The three onlookers were extremely surprised. They didn't expect that the thing they had been looking forward to for several days could be solved so easily with just two sentences.

Suddenly I felt like I had made a wrong decision.

Liang Tian originally wanted to ask Qin Jiapeng why he just stopped fighting and didn't act like a school bully at all.

But the words haven't come out yet.

Then the young man with stern eyes put a piece of meat roll into Chen Shuang's bowl with chopsticks and reminded her to be careful of the heat.

Liang Tian was stunned for a moment.

"How long have you been talking?" she asked suddenly.

"what?"

Chen Shuang was a little caught off guard by the question. After all, it is not a matter of course for high school students to fall in love, no matter what era it is.

Even if someone of my age asks me, I still feel a little embarrassed.

"Uh, about half a year, right?"

"Seven months!" Qin Jiapeng added.

"That's quite a long time..."

Liang Tian was a little shocked: I thought it was a cheesy love triangle between two school bullies, but I didn't expect it to be pure love?!

She got high all of a sudden.

So the focus of the meal was Liang Tian asking about various details of other people's love life, such as who pursued whom, how they contacted each other on a daily basis, where they went on dates on weekends, etc.

Chen Shuang and Qin Jiapeng felt embarrassed because of the constant questioning.

Chen Shuang tried to change the subject several times, but Liang Tian pulled him back every time.

Finally, Qin Jiapeng had no choice but to ask, "When did you talk to Lin Yu?"

This sudden sentence made the three people sitting in a row look up at the same time, and they looked like groundhogs about to be harvested in astonishment.

At the beginning, Qin Jiapeng and Chen Shuang sat face to face.

Later, three people joined in, and the young couple sat on the same side, leaving this side for them.

The three of them sat down, Liang Tian sat at the innermost, facing Chen Shuang, Lin Yu naturally sat next to her, and Zhang Zihang sat at the outermost.

This seating arrangement made the two people opposite her assume that she and Lin Yu were in a relationship, which led Qin Jiapeng to ask this question.

Of course Qin Jiapeng didn't care.

He asked this simply because he felt that this girl talked too much and wanted to choke her.

The idea really worked.

Liang Tian immediately became embarrassed, and Lin Yu's ears turned red in an instant, and he waved his hands: "We...are not..."

Qin Jiapeng smiled sinisterly.

"Are you too embarrassed to admit it?"

"We really aren't!"

"Okay, if you say it's not, then it's not!" His tone was obviously disbelieving.

"..."

Lin Yu felt that even if he had a thousand mouths he would not be able to explain himself.

He looked at Zhang Zihang, wanting his deskmate to prove something to him.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Zihang looked at him with a half-smile on his face.

The look in his eyes clearly said: If you still don’t admit it, you’re exposed!!!

……

During the hotpot meal, the five teenagers became familiar with each other.

Lin Yu paid for this meal, both to repay Qin Jiapeng for his help in the Internet cafe last time and because he received a transfer and instructions from his brother: take good care of Liang Tian.

So he paid the bill very smoothly.

After dinner, Zhang Zihang suggested going ice skating, but Qin Jiapeng directly refused.

The reason was that he had to go to the library because he wanted to give Chen Shuang extra lessons.

As soon as these words were spoken, the three poor students immediately felt embarrassed, and then a little angry.

“Is it great to be good at studying?”

"Is it great to have a girlfriend?"

"It's great to have a boyfriend!"

The three people have different thoughts.

I was having a lot of fun, but suddenly I felt like I was not doing my job properly, not striving for progress, and was unlearned!

In the end, I watched helplessly as the two of them carried their schoolbags and walked towards the library side by side, bumping into each other.

The two people were obviously not holding hands, but the sweet atmosphere still came over them in the hot sun.

Liang Tian looked a little dazed.

She has seen too many cases of premature love, and there are a lot of them in school.

But this was the first time she felt true love for a student couple.

She was a little dazed: it turns out that dating is not just about eating, drinking and having fun, it can also make the school bully concentrate on tutoring his girlfriend, and it can also make the poor student work hard and strive to meet the top with his boyfriend...

She was not in the mood to play anymore, so she found a milk tea shop and sat down.

Lin Yu doesn't like milk tea, but he has a mission, so he has to accompany her.

Zhang Zihang also wanted to accompany them, but after eating six popsicles and a hotpot, his stomach couldn't stand the test of the two worlds of ice and fire, and it immediately started to growl.

After defecating three times in the public toilet, he felt a little exhausted and took a taxi home.

Liang Tian and Lin Yu were the only ones left in the milk tea shop.

It was half past two in the afternoon.

The sun is scorching outside and the whole world is wilted by the sun.

Only the clear and tireless chirping of cicadas could be heard, one after another, reaching the store.

The two sat side by side in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, one playing games and the other staring outside in a daze.

It took Liang Tian a long time to come back to her senses, only to find that Lin Yu had put away his phone and was staring outside blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Ugh!"

Liang Tian spoke.

"Ok?"

Lin Yu responded, tilted his head to look at her, his heart beating faster for some reason.

He quickly retracted his gaze and continued to look out the window.

"Have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future?" Liang Tian asked.

"...I haven't thought about it!" Lin Yu said bluntly.

"have not thought?"

"Ah."

Lin Yu nodded, feeling a little embarrassed for some reason.

Liang Tian did not comment.

"What about you?" Lin Yu asked back.

"As for me, I wanted to be a travel blogger before."

“Travel blogger?”

Lin Yu frowned, "What is this?"

Liang Tian tried to explain, but she opened her mouth and said, "Forget it. Anyway, this was my previous thought. I don't think so now."

Lin Yu asked: "What are you thinking now?"

Liang Tian twisted her pretty and delicate face, seemed very conflicted, and finally hunched over like a deflated ball.

"No idea now!"

"...Oh." Lin Yu reacted calmly.

"oh?!"

Liang Tian refused to give in. "Why are you reacting like that? Don't you find it weird?"

Lin Yu said helplessly: "I don't know what to do in the future. Isn't this normal?"

Liang Tian thought about it and felt that it made some sense, so she nodded and accepted it with pleasure.

Be quiet for a moment.

She suddenly slammed her chin on the bar table: "So boring..."

Lin Yu looked over.

Because he was sitting upright and Liang Tian was lying down, from this line of sight he had no worries about being discovered by her peripheral vision.

So Lin Yu looked at it boldly and seriously for the first time.

The bar table is placed against the glass wall, and just across the wall is the hot summer day outside.

The air conditioning temperature in the store was not very low, and the hot air outside the window penetrated through the glass, creating a situation where the two of them were being squeezed between hot and cold air.

Lin Yu looked at Liang Tian and found that her forehead and nose were covered with beads of sweat, and the broken hair on her temples stuck to her face, giving people an extremely real summer feeling.

Her skin was a little darker than when she first came to Nanzhou.

But perhaps because of her good foundation, the degree of tanning is very limited, giving people a healthy, lively, bright and white feeling.

Lin Yu was stunned without realizing it. He felt an inexplicable electric shock on his scalp, numbness on his shoulders, and tingling on his back. He also felt a steaming sensation of heat all over his body.

"Hey, let's go to the movies!"

Liang Tian suddenly suggested, standing up and looking at him excitedly.

Lin Yu suddenly looked away, took two sips of the watermelon juice, and accidentally sucked a watermelon seed into his throat. In order not to attract too much attention, he chose to swallow it forcefully. "Hmm...ah?"

"To watch a movie, there should be a cinema in your county!" Liang Tian continued to ask.

"Yes, yes!"

Liang Tian looked at him without saying a word.

Lin Yu was frightened by the look on his face. It took him a moment to realize that she was waiting for his consent.

So he hurriedly said: "Oh, then...then let's go!"

Liang Tian raised her hands and cheered. Two small beads gathered into a big bead of sweat, flowing down her fair and furry cheeks.

Lin Yu was panicked and his whole body began to feel numb again.

……

Chaobai Town.

After hearing from Fang Danian that Qin Zhenggang was under investigation, Lin Xiao didn't sleep at all during his nap.

Continue working and handling affairs in the afternoon.

Then suddenly I realized that the entire Chaobai Town had become extremely solemn and depressing, with an air of impending storm.

Look out the window.

The weather also changed suddenly. It was a sunny morning with scorching sun, but now there were howling winds and rolling dark clouds.

Lin Xiao gave instructions for a few things and then sat in the office.

After thinking it over, I called the county magistrate's secretary Jia Kai, but he hung up. Then he called back a few minutes later.

"what?"

Jia Kai spoke in an arrogant tone, and it was obvious that he had found a place specifically to talk.

Lin Xiao was not polite and asked directly: "What happened to our mayor? Do you know the news?"

Jia Kai said in a muffled voice: "I knew you called to ask this! Alas, if you hadn't asked me for information, your big star husband would never have remembered his old classmates!"

Lin Xiao hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm... really busy, really busy! Next time, I'll bring my wife to meet you, okay?"

Jia Kai said: "Really? You said it!"

Lin Xiao said: "I said what I said... Tell me quickly, what happened to Qin Zhen?"

On the other end of the phone, Jia Kai's tone immediately became serious.

"I didn't hear this clearly. After all, I'm not from the Discipline Inspection Commission!"

Jia Kai lowered his voice and whispered, "But according to the information I have, Qin Zhen's incident is not serious. There is no corruption or bribery!"

Lin Xiao was surprised when he heard this.

"If you don't take bribes, what else can you do?"

"Hey, this sounds new!"

Jia Kai said, "He paid out of his own pocket to build a rural road lighting project for your town, called 'Light Up Chaobai', you know that, right?"

Lin Xiao nodded: "Yeah."

Of course he knew about this project, which was a livelihood project that Chaobai Town had vigorously promoted in the past two years. It built street lights for important rural roads in 16 administrative villages.

Of course, when it comes to work in government offices, it’s always “big slogans for small things, but no one cares about big things.”

The smaller the project, the louder the name and slogan should be, to create a grand and lively atmosphere.

For example, the "Light up Chaobai" project.

In fact, similar livelihood projects are being promoted in all towns and villages, and even many towns and villages with good economic foundations have already completed them.

Chaobai Town is relatively slow in its actions.

However, because the name is loud and eye-catching, it still received high attention from the county and was repeatedly mentioned in some summary reports.

This shows the importance of writers within the system. The saying "three parts work and seven parts writing" is not an exaggeration.

Of course, with Qin Zhenggang's level, he certainly couldn't come up with the nickname "Light up Chaobai". This name came from Chaobai Town's top writer, Deputy Mayor Tu Hui.

Just because of this name, a small township street light installation project was included in the county-level livelihood project catalog.

County leaders ask about progress from time to time.

When Lin Xiao heard the words "light up Chaobai", he thought about all the joints and didn't think there was anything wrong.

"What do you mean by out of pocket?"

He was puzzled. "I remember that this project was done with the city-level agency's counterpart assistance funds. How could Qin Zhen pay for it out of his own pocket? He has a lot of money to burn!"

Jia Kai said anxiously, "That's the problem. The funds from the municipal government are used to support the economic development of towns and villages. Other towns and villages have used them for corporate tax and fee reductions and policy funding assistance. Only your Chaobai Town has used them to build street lights in the village. That's fine. The key is that the money is not enough to build street lights. Do you know where the rest of the money comes from?"

Lin Xiao said: "I don't know!"

Jia Kai said: "It was donated by a company. Do you know which company donated it?"

Lin Xiao stopped talking completely.

He knew this. He was quite confused before, but now he feels a little enlightened.

"Honghui Construction! All the rural renovation projects in your town are contracted by Honghui Construction, right?" Jia Kai asked.

"It was always the case before, and it is also the case in one of the two projects this year."

“That’s right!”

"No!" Lin Xiao was anxious. "Corporate donations are a spontaneous act of the company. The money didn't go into Qin Zhen's pocket. He took the money out to build the village. It would be fine if the county didn't commend him, but why are they blaming him?"

Jia Kai said helplessly, "Deputy Mayor Lin, have you worked yourself into a trance? First, can your town keep the money donated by the enterprise? You should hand it over to the county treasury, don't you understand? No matter how much the county treasury returns, that's yours. Second, don't you know where Honghui Construction came from? Ding Honghui is famous for his ability to curry favor with people, like a Pixiu who only takes in money but never spends it. Do you think it's possible for him to donate money to your Chaobai Town?"

Lin Xiao felt something was wrong just now, and now he finally understood.

"You mean... this money is for Qin Zhenggang, but he doesn't want it?"

"Correct."

"He said he didn't want it, so why did Ding Honghui insist on giving it to him? He's so stingy!"

"You are really stupid!"

Jia Kai was so disappointed that he lowered his voice and asked, "Don't you know who Ding Honghui belongs to?"

Lin Xiao was suddenly speechless.

Ding Honghui has always been using the name of Deputy County Mayor Ma Yongqiang to take on projects all over the county.

This guy speaks frankly in front of Lin Xiao, which shows that he has a close relationship with Ma Yongqiang.

Qin Zhenggang naturally knew that not giving face to Ding Honghui would be equivalent to not giving face to Ma Yongqiang.

From the last bidding for the Jiajia Village renovation project, we can see that Qin Zhenggang chose Honghui Construction among a bunch of qualified and capable bidding companies. It can be seen that he had already chosen to compromise on this matter.

However, this kind of compromise seemed puzzling to Lin Xiao, because in his eyes Qin Zhen had always been an upright person.

"But why?"

Lin Xiao was puzzled. "The donated funds from enterprises must be turned over to the county treasury. It's such a standardized procedure. Qinzhen must know it. How could it make such a low-level mistake? Besides, why did Ding Honghui donate money to Chaobai Town? Even if he gave money to Qinzhen and Qinzhen didn't want it, there was no need to donate it to Chaobai Town!"

Jia Kai asked, "Is it possible that Qin Zhenggang didn't say no?"

Lin Xiao was stunned and understood instantly.

"Ding Honghui and Qin Zhenggang...are they still communicating privately?"

"Ah."

"what's up?"

"I don't know the details, but it seems to be about Qin Zhenggang's son's schooling!"

Jia Kai said, "I just heard it from others these past two days, so it's not necessarily credible. Qin Zhenggang approached many people to get his son into the best class in No. 1 Middle School, but none of them worked. In the end, Ding Honghui got it done. Also, his son had a lot of bad records in school, and it seemed like he was about to be expelled several times, but it was only Deputy County Chief Ma who stepped in to resolve the issue..."

After hearing this, Lin Xiao suddenly understood.

"So this time, Qin Zhenggang was investigated to take the blame for Ma Yongqiang, right?"

"I didn't say that!"

"..."

Lin Xiao smiled.

Misappropriation of development funds for rural construction and failure to remit corporate donations to the county treasury are all trivial and unacceptable issues.

To put it bluntly, this kind of thing happens in every unit, and you will find a lot of it if you check.

If you check it, it is a problem; if you don’t check it, it is not a problem.

But something that could be investigated or not was caused by mobilizing so many people and requiring repeated conversations. This shows that this case has a deeper and more important impact.

For example, taking the blame for others.

Ma Yongqiang and Ding Honghui had done Qin Zhenggang a favor, and no matter how upright he was, he could not refuse to transfer benefits to them.

In this situation, it is impossible for you to keep yourself out of trouble and not get a penny.

You don't accept money people give you secretly, but you have to take the donations overtly. Not only that, but you also have to use it for township development under the instruction of your leaders without having to pay it into the treasury.

Looking back, I found that the county leaders' words did not leave any trace. It's all your own fault.

Of course, Qin Zhenggang knew from the beginning that Ma Yongqiang gave him this instruction just to make him understand things a little better and to consciously leave a hidden danger and loophole.

This way it can be better controlled.

Jia Kai said that Qin Zhenggang was certainly investigated for more than just these two cases, but the other cases were similar in nature to these two, and were all trivial matters that were not serious.

But a bunch of small things together become a big thing.

After hearing the whole story, Lin Xiao was speechless, and felt a deep sense of powerlessness all over his body.

What the hell is this!
……

Dark clouds loomed, and the sky rumbled all afternoon.

By the evening, heavy rain finally fell.

The county emergency management bureau issued a third-level flood warning, and all towns and villages were on emergency alert, making emergency preparations for the escalating rainstorms.

And at this critical juncture.

Qin Zhenggang, the top leader of Chaobai Town, went straight home after a talk in the county.

At 6:30 in the evening, the rainstorm got heavier and it felt like the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing.

Normally at this time, the sun hasn't set yet.

But now it was pitch black outside, and all I could hear was the sound of wind, thunder and rain, rumbling continuously.

Qin Zhenggang didn't turn on the lights and sat alone in the living room.

I don’t know what time it was, but I heard the sound of a key turning at the door, and then a young man who was soaked like a drowned rat walked in.

The living room light was turned on.

"Ouch!"

Qin Jiapeng was startled. He didn't expect there was someone at home.

Then he frowned.

It's raining so hard outside. Why is my dad, the top leader and an excellent role model, not in the town to preside over flood prevention but at home instead?
He was curious, but didn't say anything.

I went back to my room, changed my clothes, then put the wet clothes into the washing machine and pressed the speed wash button skillfully.

The hum of the washing machine spread, but was soon suppressed by the heavy rain outside.

Qin Jiapeng came to the living room and there was a weird atmosphere between father and son.

"Have you eaten?" Qin Jiapeng took the initiative to speak.

Qin Zhenggang didn't say anything.

Qin Jiapeng looked embarrassed, rolled his eyes, went into the kitchen, and started cooking some noodles for himself.

After cooking, he sat at the dining table and ate by himself, neither giving his father a share nor paying any attention to him.

moment.

"What did you do all day?" Qin Zhenggang suddenly asked.

"library!"

"..."

These three words choked Qin Zhenggang.

When Qin Jiapeng saw his father's frustrated look, all the depression he felt like being soaked like a drowned rat suddenly disappeared and he was in a good mood.

Even noodles cooked in plain water taste delicious.

"Remember to visit your grandparents before school starts." Qin Zhenggang spoke again.

"Yeah." Qin Jiapeng didn't even raise his head.

"Do you have any money on you?"

"Have."

"..."

After two rounds of conversation, the father and son had finished saying everything they needed to say in a month.

Qin Jiapeng and his family finished a bowl of noodles, put the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen, and then went into the bathroom to take a shower.

When he came out of the shower, he found that his father had already returned to the room.

He felt baffled.

When he returned to the room, a WeChat message came in on his phone. It was from his girlfriend Chen Shuang, asking him if he had arrived home.

The two chatted for a while.

Qin Jiapeng hung the towel he used to dry his hair on the back of the chair, wondering what was wrong with his father today. The more he thought about it, the more strange it seemed.

At this moment, I glanced and saw a stack of red tickets on my math simulation test paper.

He picked up a few, ten.

"What an antique, give me cash!"

Qin Jiapeng rolled his eyes, put the money in the drawer, and planned to save it someday.

I'm in a good mood and am doing some test papers.

Qin Jiapeng chose mathematics, worked hard for two hours, and then left the room to drink water.

The living room was still pitch dark.

Qin Jiapeng turned on the light, went to the kitchen to pour water, and took a special look at the pot.

I found that all the noodles left in the pot had been eaten, and the dishes and chopsticks were thrown into the sink.

He curled his lips in disgust: "You only eat and don't wash the dishes, what a big official airs!"

I washed the dishes and went back to my room.

The thunder outside the window had stopped and the rain had become much lighter, falling calmly and evenly.

"Hua Hua Hua..."

(End of this chapter)