Rebirth: 1977

Ye Tianshui returned to the unit, arranged the work at hand, and called Su Jianxin.

Now the director often has to go out to do work and spends less and less time in the office.

The detention centers and public security bureaus in the capital are now overcrowded, so a farm belonging to the garrison troops was borrowed to detain the first batch of prisoners captured since the crackdown.

Following the precedents of Tangshan and Tianjin, severe crackdowns were launched vigorously in various places.

The first list of people who need to be executed in the capital is also slowly being prepared.

The stack of documents that Ye Tianshui sent to Mr. Wu for signature and seal was full of names. Ye Tianshui was too lazy to even look at them. Fortunately, there was no one he knew among them.

This movement has covered an unprecedentedly wide range of people and has truly touched and shaken the souls of every household and every person.

This kind of pain is being experienced in every city and rural area, and it is unforgettable.

During this period, many of the decrees issued by the Central Advisory Commission were mostly related to the current crackdown.

"Hey."

Su Jianxin answered the phone. Coincidentally, he was there. Ye Tianshui immediately called out:

"Director Su, are you going out? I want to come over and discuss something with you."

Su Jianxin was silent for a while, and then there was the sound of rustling papers being sorted through the microphone.

"Xiao Shui, come over here. I'll be waiting for you in the office."

There was fatigue in Su Jianxin's voice.

Ye Tianshui said something to deputy team leader Jiang Ying and went out.

"Hey, Team Leader Jiang, you and Team Leader Ye were admitted to the same university. Do you know how he became the director of the Public Security Bureau while still in school?"

"That's right. I've worked for several years before I became a deputy section chief. I don't know when I'll be promoted to director."

Jiang Ying glanced at his colleagues indifferently and snorted in his heart, people cannot be compared with each other. If you don't work hard and just think about comparing with others, don't even think about being a deputy section chief after working for a few years. There are many people who may not be able to become a deputy section chief even if they work for their whole life.

"You are so curious to know, why don't you ask Team Leader Ye?

He graduated from Qingdao University and I graduated from Peking University. Before coming here to work, I was not familiar with him.

However, what I know is that Team Leader Ye has always been among the best students in his four years at Qingdao University.

Moreover, he ranked first in his grade in the graduation exam.

The point is, he has to work and doesn't have much time to study in school. Can anyone of you compare with him?"

Top of the class at Qingda University? And I don't need to go to school often? How is that possible?

"Team Leader Jiang, is this true or false? It's already amazing to be admitted to Qingdao University or Beijing University.

How can one get first place in the grade without attending classes regularly?

Why does it sound like a fairy tale to me? "

The colleague did not dare to say that he did not believe it. The fact was, if Jiang Ying did not happen to know Ye Tianshui, she might not believe it if she heard it from others.

Only she herself knows how she managed to survive four years of college, so Jiang Ying has nothing but admiration for Ye Tianshui.

When you meet such a person, you can only envy him/her and you don’t even have the right to be jealous.

"So, after I tell you the truth, you still want to blame me and ask you to believe that there are really geniuses in this world. Are you willing to believe it?"

Those who have been working for a few years have never had the opportunity to go to college. Being able to work here means that they were once the best in the school or unit.

It’s not that none of these people came in through the back door. On the contrary, most of them did. It’s just that there were too many people queuing up at the back door, so the competition was equally fierce.

If you are not outstanding and have a weak background, you won’t even have the chance to get in through the back door.

Jiang Ying's straightforward words discouraged several colleagues so much that they simply ended the topic.

Ye Tianshui's meeting with Su Jianxin was related to his meeting with Mr. Wu today and receiving the note.

He knew that someone from his grandfather's place passed information to Wu Pingtao, but Ye Tianshui had never been curious about who it was.

He really couldn't have imagined that he was Mr. Wu's secretary general!

This position is the highest one around Mr. Wu, at least above the deputy director level.

Bodyguards, orderlies, doctors, nurses and others are all staff members, but the secretary-general is a cadre.

"Uncle Su, are you exhausted recently?"

Ye Tianshui stepped into Su Jianxin's office and saw him sitting in his office chair with his eyes closed, and asked with concern.

"Are you here? Make yourself some tea. I'm having trouble sleeping and have a headache. If I hadn't received your call, I would have gone out again.

It's just right that you're here so I can take this opportunity to take a break and rest for a while."

Ye Tianshui made himself a cup of tea and refilled Su Jianxin's teacup with water before sitting down.

"Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Su Jianxin asked straight to the point.

There is no need to think about it. If Ye Tianshui is fine, it is impossible for him to call him at this critical moment.

Ye Tianshui took out the note, handed it to Su Jianxin and explained:

“Look, I went to deliver information to Mr. Wu today, and when I was leaving, Secretary Xiao gave it to me, and he stuffed it into my hand.

Mr. Wu also told me that he didn’t have much time left, and asked me to persuade Brother Tao to come back and meet him again, hoping to resolve the misunderstanding between them.”

Su Jianxin turned the note over and over several times before putting it down:

"Oh, I didn't expect Ping Tao to have such a trick up his sleeve. The information above said it was useful and it was somewhat useful, but as long as we pay a little attention, we will know about such things.

It also does not mean that Xiao Baoguo is really loyal to Ping Tao.

However, with this note from him to show his loyalty, it will be up to Ping Tao to decide whether to use this person in the future."

Ye Tianshui agrees with this attitude:

“Yes, I seemed to smell the breath of death when I was in Mr. Wu’s house today.

The old man's body has long been in decline, but for the sake of the family's interests and future generations, hanging him like this is a living torture."

He had died once and knew what it felt like to be on the brink of death.

Su Jianxin sneered: "That's his own fault. None of his sons have any future. It's not easy to find someone as outstanding as Ping Tao, but he still hurts his heart."

"I just want to ask you, how should I talk to Brother Tao?

Uncle Su, do you think that since Xiaojie's incident has been so long ago and Su Xin is pregnant again, he might have thought about forgiving Mr. Wu and returning to the Wu family?"

Ye Tianshui came here today to discuss this matter with Su Jianxin.

The human heart is the most fickle and cannot even be tested, so he has to treat it with caution.

His trust in Wu Pingtao initially came from the high-ranking official who was both familiar and unfamiliar to him in the newspaper news in his previous life.

There has been no substantial interaction.

In this life, Ye Tianshui took precedence, pulled him closer to himself, and helped him time and time again.

But what if?

It is very normal for Wu Pingtao to return to the Wu family.

The problem is, if he returns to the Wu family, Su Jianxin will be in trouble with Su Xin caught in the middle.

In ancient times, in order to tie the powerful and wealthy together, people used the trick of marriage.

With your children and in-laws involved, there is no way to prove your innocence even if you don't want to go along with the crowd.

Su Jianxin tapped the desk lightly, thinking.

"Xiao Shui, no matter how worried we are, we still have to tell Ping Tao about this.

For some things, he must make his own choices and we cannot interfere.

We can only wait and see what happens.”

Su Jianxin had the same idea as Ye Tianshui. He went to see Mr. Wu himself, and it was impossible to hide what he said from Wu Pingtao.

With the note in his hand now, no matter what his purpose is, Xiao Baoguo will bring it up with Wu Pingtao after the old man passes away.

In fact, Ye Tianshui had no choice. All he could do was tell Wu Pingtao and let him make the decision.