The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

The Spring Festival holiday lasted from New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Work officially resumed on the eighth day, and Chen Shi did not return to Chunyang until the tenth day.

He didn't go home after arriving in Chunyang; he went straight to work at the Education Bureau.

Xu Mengmeng organized the documents and placed them on the table for Chen Shi to review.

Chen Shi glanced at the documents and said to Xu Mengmeng, "Director Xu, tomorrow at 3 pm, we will hold a bureau chief's office meeting. All members of the secondary leadership team, principals of central schools in various townships, and relevant personnel from the four key high schools should attend to arrange the work plan for 2014."

Xu Mengmeng took out her notebook, wrote it down, and went down to distribute the meeting notice.

The phone rang, and Chen Shi picked it up to see that it was Jiang Yiqiu calling.

Yi Qiu

"Honey, are you back?"

"I just arrived. I have some things to take care of at the Education Bureau. I'll come find you after get off work."

"Come straight to Jingtai Garden after get off work; it's our marital home here."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Shi reviewed the documents and arranged for important matters to be handled immediately.

After get off work, Chen Shi asked Yang Bin to drive to Jingtai Garden.

Upon arriving at Jingtai Garden, Chen Shi told Yang Bin to go home after get off work and not to come pick him up that evening.

When they arrived at their apartment, they saw a large "double happiness" character pasted on the door. Chen Shi knocked on the door, and Jiang Yiqiu opened it to find the apartment covered in "double happiness" characters and adorned with colorful balloons and ribbons.

Chen Shi walked into the room and asked, "Did you do this?"

Jiang Yiqiu nodded, looking aggrieved, and said, "If you won't let me have a wedding, I'll have a simple wedding at home, just the two of us."

Chen Shi hugged Jiang Yiqiu tightly: "I'm sorry, I've made you suffer."

"I bought a wedding dress and a suit for you. Try them on and let me see if they fit."

Jiang Yiqiu pulled Chen Shi to the master bedroom, took out a suit, and asked Chen Shi to change into it. Chen Shi put it on, and it fit him perfectly.

Chen Shi didn't like wearing suits, and just as he took off his coat, Jiang Yiqiu called out, "Put it on. Wait for me to wear my wedding dress, and we'll have a simple wedding tonight."

Seeing that Jiang Yiqiu was in high spirits, Chen Shi put his coat back on.

Jiang Yiqiu, dressed in her wedding gown, looked at Chen Shi and asked, "Am I beautiful?"

"Beautiful, you are the most beautiful bride."

Jiang Yiqiu looked at herself in the mirror, looking like a fairy with a smile on her face. "I'm married. I married the person I love."

A woman should marry someone she loves and have a perfect love, so that she will have no regrets in life.

She pulled Chen Shi aside, took out her phone, and took dozens of selfies.

"Honey, when are we going to take our wedding photos?"

Chen Shi thought for a moment and said, "Let's take the photos in April. Spring is here, everything is reviving, it's a great season for wedding photos."

Jiang Yiqiu smiled and said, "Then I'll contact the photographer in advance. We'll go to Sanya in April to take wedding photos. I love the boundless sea."

"You can arrange the wedding photos."

Chen Shi sat down in the living room: "Your family is having a banquet on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. You went back alone. Did your parents say anything?"

"They didn't say anything, but the banquet was very lively; they support your work."

"How many tables were set up for the banquet?" Chen Shi asked.

"We planned to have 20 tables, but a lot of people came uninvited. Town leaders and teachers from the central school all came, so we ended up having 37 tables in total."

Chen Shi nodded in satisfaction. Jiang Huazhou was still sensible in handling matters. With thirty-seven tables, even if his political enemies wanted to report him, they wouldn't have any grounds for complaint, mainly because he wasn't present at the scene.

Thirty-seven tables are allowed on the table; no family can hold a banquet with more than thirty-seven tables.

The rule for Party members and cadres is 20 tables, but Jiang Huazhou is not a Party member or cadre, so he can easily host up to 50 tables.

Chen Shi didn't go back, fearing that Jiang Huazhou had set up too many tables—thirty-seven in total. If Chen Shi was there, it would be difficult to explain—"Even if you didn't set them up, you did."

Jiang Yiqiu prepared a candlelight dinner, and the two sat down to eat together.

"From today onwards, we are officially married, we are a family, and we are moving into our new home."

Chen Shi asked, "Why today? Shouldn't the count start from the day we got our marriage certificate?"

"Getting the marriage certificate is just a legal proof that we are a legally married couple. In my heart, it needs a sense of ceremony, and today's ceremony is the only one that is officially complete."

Chen Shi felt nothing about marriage; everything remained the same except that after get off work, he would no longer go to the Education Bureau's staff quarters but instead return to Jingtai Garden.

That's it.

Chen Shi just got back today and feels very sleepy, yawning frequently.

Jiang Yiqiu asked, "What have you been doing in Yizhou these past few days?"

"Hide away, read books in the library, and don't let anyone find you to wish me a Happy New Year. You need to keep a low profile now and not be ostentatious."

"Is everything taken care of?"

"We've done everything we needed to do, now we just have to wait."

Chen Shi stood up, feeling uncomfortable in the suit, and went to his room to find clothes to change into.

Seeing the pajamas Jiang Yiqiu had prepared for her warmed her heart. Jiang Yiqiu was a virtuous wife and loving mother; marrying her would be perfect for a long life.

Chen Shi changed into his pajamas, but he was so tired that he fell asleep on the bed.

Jiang Yiqiu wanted to have a deeper conversation and complete the wedding ceremony. Seeing that Chen Shi was asleep, he changed out of his wedding dress, looked at the night outside the window, and started to daydream.

Chen Shi slept until dawn, not getting up until after eight o'clock. Jiang Yiqiu prepared breakfast, and after Chen Shi ate breakfast, he went to work at the Education Bureau.

Yang Bin drove up and waited downstairs early.

When Chen Shi arrived at the office, Xu Mengmeng tidied up the documents and filled Chen Shi's thermos with water. Seeing that Chen Shi had no further instructions, she left.

Huang Ming, holding documents in his hand, walked into Chen Shi's office.

Director Chen

Chen Shi stood up: "Director Huang, please sit down."

The two sat down in the living room, and Chen Shi poured Huang Ming a glass of warm water.

Huang Ming handed the documents in his hands to Chen Shi: "Director Chen, these are the final exam results for the first year of high school from four high schools."

This was a standardized test, with strict invigilation, and the results were genuine. Previously, No. 7 Middle School had falsified its scores; this time, No. 7 Middle School's average score was the lowest, while No. 8 Middle School's average score was six percentage points higher than No. 7 Middle School's.

Chen Shi took the materials and glanced at them. There was no division between arts and sciences in the first year of high school, and the total score was 1050 points.

The top-ranked school in the Sixth Middle School had 70% of its students scoring above 600, with an average score of 567.

The school ranked second, with 59% of its students scoring above 600, and an average score of 511.

Forty-one percent of the students in No. 8 Middle School scored above 600, with an average score of 435.

Of those who scored above 600, 37 percent scored 429.

Chen Shi put down the documents, intending to replace He Chunsheng. He Chunsheng was someone he had promoted, and he had only been in office for half a year. Replacing him would be a slap in his own face.

Seeing that Chen Shi remained silent, Huang Ming guessed what he was thinking and solemnly said, "Director Chen, one grade doesn't tell you much. This semester, the first-year students will be divided into arts and sciences tracks. Some students are good at arts, and some are good at sciences. Only by separating them into arts and sciences tracks can their true abilities be shown."

Let's see how the results of the four high schools are after the final exams of the second semester of our first year of high school.

Chen Shi nodded: "Give He Chunsheng another chance. If he tries to cheat again, we will not tolerate it and will replace him as the principal of No. 7 Middle School."