Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Although Zhou Xingxing failed to become a regular employee due to Niu Daxin's obstruction, Ruan Jisheng did try his best. The most important point is that he knew that Zhou Xingxing actually hated Niu Daxin in his heart because he did not become a regular employee in time. That was enough. He naturally understood the truth that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Zhou Xingxing didn't expect Ruan Jisheng to visit him in the dark of night. He was stunned at first, and then when he heard the other party call himself uncle, he couldn't help but feel disgusted. This Ruan Jisheng was a fence-sitter. On the surface, he was friends with his uncle Zhou Chunhai, but in fact he pretended to be a grandson in front of Niu Daxin. He had just said a word about his own affairs, but after encountering Niu Daxin's opposition at that time, he immediately stopped talking. Naturally, he didn't have a good impression of such a person without a stance, especially when the other party called himself uncle as soon as they met, which made Zhou Xingxing a little annoyed.

"Minister Ruan, do you have anything to say? If not, I think I'll take a rest." Zhou Xingxing said as if he was keeping others at a distance.

"Hey, hey, hey, Xiao Zhou, what are you doing? I'm already outside your door, won't you invite me in to sit down?" Ruan Jisheng also saw that Zhou Xingxing disliked him, so he quickly changed his words and no longer called himself uncle, but replaced it with the word "I".

Since they had said so, Zhou Xingxing couldn't help but let them in. Otherwise, if the news got out, it wouldn't be a good thing for the leaders. They would think that he had followed County Magistrate Feng and was getting more arrogant. "Well, Minister Ruan, please come in and take a seat."

Ruan Jisheng was a deputy director, and Zhou Xingxing was just a small clerk. They would not bring anything with them. Therefore, Deputy Minister Ruan walked into Zhou Xingxing's room empty-handed. He was also stunned when he saw the national news broadcast on TV. He really couldn't tell that this small secretary of the deputy county magistrate actually watched the news to learn about national affairs.

Zhou Xingxing didn't have time to see Ruan Jisheng's expression after he saw the TV. He poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of him, then asked, "Minister Ruan, what's the matter?"

"Haha, Xiao Zhou, since we are such a close friend, can't I come to your place unless something happens? But your house is quite nice." Ruan Jisheng said to Zhou Xingxing with a smile while looking around the house.

This is a one-bedroom and one-living-room house with a total area of ​​only about 40 to 50 square meters. However, it is an exception for a small clerk to be allocated such a house. After He Wenbao took office as the director of the county government office, he was allocated this house. It was just a small house, and they were not afraid of anyone making a fuss about such things. Of course, they also consulted Feng Sizhe in advance, and they dared to do so only after Director He nodded.

"Well, the county government sympathizes with my hard work as a secretary and allocated this small house to me. However, the property certificate still belongs to the county government, not me personally. I am just living here borrowing the room." Zhou Xingxing explained to prevent Ruan Jisheng from thinking that he had abused his power for personal gain and made irresponsible remarks, thus tarnishing County Magistrate Feng's innocence.

Of course, under the current circumstances, it is estimated that Ruan Jisheng would not do so. If he really dared to say so, it is not known whether it would have any impact on Feng Sizhe, but anyway, the impact on him must be huge. If County Magistrate Feng is unhappy, he will deal with him. He can even take down Pi Taisheng, a member of the county party committee who ranks higher than him and holds a more important position than him, let alone him, a small deputy minister who only has an empty position but no real power.

Ruan Jisheng certainly didn't mean to say whether Zhou Xingxing abused his power for personal gain by bringing up the house, but he had another deeper meaning. "Haha, Xiao Zhou, you misunderstood. What I meant was that now that you have a house, are you still missing something very important?"

"Something very important?" After hearing what Ruan Jisheng said, Zhou Xingxing looked around the room. In order to facilitate work, the staff of the county government answered all the calls. He really couldn't see what was missing, so he asked in a consulting tone, "Minister Ruan, what is the important thing you are talking about?"

"Hahaha." Seeing Zhou Xingxing's confused look, Ruan Jisheng just laughed and said, "Woman. You are not young anymore. According to our saying, you are old. As the saying goes, men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. While you have reached a new level in your career, don't you have to take a step forward in your life? Haha, I came here today just for your matter. I have a girl named Ruan Xiaoqing. By the way, you know her. You used to be her senior schoolmate, and she was also a student of Dahu No. 1 Middle School. She is about to graduate this year, and her mother and I are urging her to get married. She is 19 years old, but she is not young anymore. But she really likes you. Girls are shy, aren't they? I had no choice but to come here in person to see what your attitude is."

Zhou Xingxing was stunned at the time. He knew Ruan Xiaoqing, who was very quiet and pretty. He remembered that she was voted the school beauty by some nosy students when she was in No. 1 Middle School. He had never thought that Ruan Xiaoqing was Ruan Jisheng's daughter. They just had the same surname, and it was impossible to prove that they were related based on this.

Now that Ruan Jisheng was bringing up Ruan Xiaoqing on the spot, Zhou Xingxing blushed. To be honest, he was also one of the admirers who had a crush on Ruan Xiaoqing, but after some years, he slowly regarded this matter as a dream during his student days. He never expected what the outcome would be, but today, a pie in the sky fell right in front of Zhou Xingxing, which made him stunned, and he didn't know what to say next.

Reject? But I do like Ruan Xiaoqing a little bit, especially after hearing what Ruan Jisheng said today, my heart started to be active again.

Zhou Xingxing did not refuse immediately, which gave Ruan Jisheng hope. He also knew that Zhou Xingxing was still a young man, and he would be shy to talk about such things with the two of them. Thinking that the business had been discussed, Ruan Jisheng just laughed, "Okay, I know you have to think about this kind of thing carefully, so, think about it carefully, discuss it with the elders, and then give me an answer. Here, these are some photos that Xiaoqing took recently. I brought them to you, so you can see if our Xiaoqing is getting more and more beautiful, hahaha."

Ruan Jisheng lowered his head and placed an envelope on the coffee table in Zhou Xingxing's house, then turned around and left with a smile.

Zhou Xingxing's head was in a mess, and he didn't even know when Ruan Jishen left. After a while, he came to his senses and found that Minister Ruan had left. The difference from when he came was that there was an opened envelope on the coffee table. A corner of the envelope revealed a corner of a photo, proving that everything that had just happened was true.

Feng Sizhe said to Zhou Xingxing three times while sitting in his office chair, "Xiao Zhou, go back and see Minister Jia to see when he is free. I will go over and sit with him."

It has rained heavily in the past few days, and although it would clear up for a while sometimes, Feng Sizhe knew for sure that the heavy rain that had not been seen in decades was about to hit Yongyang City, and Dahu County would definitely be affected at that time. For this reason, he needed to prepare early. As he was in charge of agriculture, he must not let any losses occur to the agriculture of Dahu County.

The county also temporarily formed a flood control committee, with Secretary Sun as the team leader, County Mayor Fang, Minister Li of the Armed Forces Department, Minister Jia of the United Front Work Department, and himself as deputy team leaders.

The specific matters were handled by Jia Bin from the United Front Work Department. Feng Sizhe was just a figurehead. He had specifically requested to be included in the list. When he wanted to join the flood control committee, Secretary Sun and County Magistrate Fang were still confused.

Only Feng Sizhe knew that if he wanted to avoid losses as much as possible, he had to join the team. Otherwise, he would not be able to get first-hand information on many things, and naturally some things could not be handled in the first time.

After joining the team, he could handle some things legitimately. He thought he should have a good talk with Director Jia Bin, who was in charge of this matter, so Feng Sizhe asked Zhou Xingxing to go ahead and see if he was in the office. But Feng Sizhe said it three times, and Zhou Xingxing just stood there like a soul out of his body without any response.

"Xiao Zhou, what's wrong with you?" Feng Sizhe looked at Zhou Xingxing who seemed to be worried about something, so he asked loudly.

As the voice got louder, Zhou Xingxing immediately responded, "Oh, leader, you called me?"

Seeing Zhou Xingxing looking like he had just returned to his hometown, Feng Sizhe asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Is it because of too much work pressure recently that your body can't take it anymore, or are you having some problems?"

Indeed, being Feng Sizhe's secretary was not that easy. He was determined to make a career in Dahu County, and his authority had been growing recently. County Magistrate Fang also wanted to avoid him and handed over many things to him. Naturally, his workload increased a lot, and the workload of the secretary also increased.

Listening to Feng Sizhe's well-intentioned question, Zhou Xingxing hesitated and almost told him about Ruan Xiaoqing, but then he thought that the leader was so busy with work, so he shouldn't tell him about his personal affairs. So he shook his head and said, "Maybe it's because it's been raining a lot recently, and I'm upset. Sometimes I can't concentrate, it's nothing. Oh, what did you ask me to do just now?"

Feng Sizhe didn't think too much about it. It didn't seem like a big deal, so he waved his hand and said, "Go to the United Front Department and see if Minister Jia is in the office. If he comes back, let me know and I'll go sit with him."

"Okay, leader." Zhou Xingxing nodded quickly.