In officialdom: After she left, I rose rapidly through the ranks!

How angry Deputy Secretary Wang would be was no longer something Chen Jingcheng wanted to consider.

It was already late, nine o'clock at night, and his family was still waiting for him to come home.

Chen Jingcheng rode his bicycle slowly home.

Unbeknownst to him, while he was rushing home, Chen Jinghan and his son were already considering whether to visit Chen Jingcheng's house that very night for a chat.

At this moment, in the villa area of ​​Linchuan County, Chen Jinghan and Chen Dashan sat facing each other. Chen Dashan's face was already flushed from drinking, while Chen Jinghan, although he had also been drinking, was either sobered up or shocked by Chen Jingcheng's sudden identity, which dispelled the effects of the alcohol.

At this moment, a cold glint flashed in Chen Dashan's eyes as he stared fiercely at Chen Jinghan, gritting his teeth as if he were looking not at his own son, but at an enemy who had angered him.

"Chen Jinghan, you better explain yourself clearly. Are you sure you weren't joking with me just now?"

"Chen Jingcheng, you ruined your and Xiao Wang's business. No, never mind that. Tell me now, Chen Jingcheng is no longer the ordinary staff member he used to be, but someone who works in the county government office?"

"Not only did he become the deputy director of the county government office, a position equivalent to a deputy section chief, but he also became the head of the inspection team. Most importantly, County Head Li Feitu values ​​him highly?"

"are you sure?"

"If you've had too much to drink, or if you're having some kind of daydream, then you'd better go back to sleep and talk to me again when you're sober!"

At this moment, although Chen Dashan's face was red and he had drunk quite a bit of wine, he was still sober.

Therefore, he knew what Chen Jinghan had just said, and it was precisely because he was sober that he understood what Chen Jinghan had said, but he couldn't believe it.

At this moment, Chen Jinghan felt helpless as he listened to Chen Dashan's outburst.

If he could, he would wish he were drunk, and that when he woke up, everything that had happened that day was just a dream.

The problem is, he's not drunk, he's not asleep, and he's not dreaming.

Everything that happened was real.

Whether he likes it or not, Chen Jingcheng is no longer the Chen Jingcheng he once was.

That's a fact, and he can't change it!

Chen Jinghan sighed, his voice filled with intense resentment and helplessness.

"Dad, why would I lie to you? Would I lie to you about something like this?"

Just then, Chen Jinghan's mother, dressed in gold and silver and looking like a noblewoman, sat beside them and listened to the father and son finish talking. She shook her head helplessly.

"I told you before, Dashan, you and Dachuan are brothers. Even if you don't see each other often, you should still help each other out when one of you is in trouble."

"And you, Jing Han, you too! Jing Cheng has good grades and is a good person, so why do you dislike him?"

"Now look what's happened, they've become incredibly successful, and you're all here regretting it."

"Let's forget about the other things. When Jingcheng's parents came to borrow money, why were you unwilling to lend them any?"

"If 100,000 won't do, 50,000 will do too. Do we really need a few tens of thousands of yuan?"

Chen Jinghan's mother is a reasonable person, but she doesn't have the final say in this family.

She couldn't even control Chen Dashan, so she couldn't control her own son either. She knew what was important and wanted to maintain a good relationship with Chen Jingcheng's family, but unfortunately, she couldn't afford to offend her husband and son for the sake of Chen Jingcheng's family.

Chen Dashan glanced at his wife, and at that moment, his already angry mood intensified.

He certainly knew he regretted it, but while he could think that way, others couldn't.

"Alright, alright, if you had known it would turn out like this, why didn't you try to talk things out?"

"Why don't you just secretly give them some money?"

"What's the point of saying all this now? What are you doing sitting here? Go back to sleep. This is none of your business."

Chen Jinghan looked at his mother with impatience and said in a deep voice, "Mom, go to sleep. Dad and I will handle this ourselves."

Seeing this, Chen Jinghan's mother knew that no matter what she said, it would only make the father and son more uncomfortable and wouldn't solve anything.

So, he could only sigh and go back to his room to rest.

Chen Dashan looked at Chen Jinghan and frowned, saying, "I'll believe whatever you say. What I want to know now is, is Chen Jingcheng really as ruthless as you say?"

"He called Director He of the Public Security Bureau right in front of so many people, without saying a bad word about Deputy Director Wang, but in the end, it's as if he said everything?"

"And then there's the hot pot restaurant. They're full of moralistic rhetoric and selflessness, making it impossible to find fault with them, but in reality, they're trying to destroy the hot pot restaurant?"

"Is this true?"

"Chen Jingcheng, is this still Chen Jingcheng?"

"That little brat, I don't remember him being this ruthless, much less cunning."

"How did you end up like this after only a few days of work?"

Chen Dashan didn't understand. Actually, it wasn't that he didn't understand, but in his opinion, Chen Jingcheng had changed too much.

Of course, a person's personality, temperament, and way of dealing with others will often change gradually as their status and the levels of contact they come into contact with change.

This is why many people are one way before, but later they become another way.

But Chen Jingcheng, this is a bit too fast.

He changes his expression faster than he can flip through a book!

Chen Dashan's face grew increasingly gloomy.

"No, this matter must be resolved."

"Otherwise, Jinghan, our family will definitely suffer the greatest losses."

"Don't forget, besides investing in the hot pot restaurant, our family started out by running a restaurant business. Now, if Chen Jingcheng investigates all three of our restaurants in Linchuan County like this, how will we be able to continue operating?"

"Three or five days, I can manage, but ten days or half a month, that would be too painful. If they really keep checking on me like this for a month and I don't have any business, then our family will go bankrupt!"

Although Chen Dashan appears to have a substantial family fortune, in reality, he earns a lot but also spends a lot.

The restaurant is profitable, but once business stops, he can't sustain it for long.

Rent, labor, utilities, and food all cost money. Every day when they open their eyes, a large sum of money is spent. Without income, they are unable to make ends meet. How long can they keep covering their own expenses?

Who knows when this will all be over?

Chen Jinghan took a deep breath and looked at Chen Dashan, saying, "Dad, what should we do?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Dashan said in a deep voice, "Go to Chen Jingcheng's house."

"I still have 200,000 yuan in cash in my safe, take it all with me. And you, drive your new SUV too, give the car keys to Chen Jingcheng later."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jinghan's expression immediately changed, and he shook his head, saying, "Dad, this car is brand new, it cost several hundred thousand yuan, and I haven't even driven it for two months."

"And two hundred thousand, isn't that too much?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dashan was so angry that he slapped Chen Jinghan across the face, looking utterly disappointed in him, and roared, "Idiot! How could I have given birth to such a stupid thing like you!"

"Don't you have a brain at all?"

"Stop talking nonsense and get ready right now. We're at Chen Jingcheng's house immediately!"

"Also, bring the good wine and cigarettes from home, and the old ginseng that others gave me—bring it all!"