Lu Mingjun shook his phone and said sorry. Jiang Xinxin nodded and picked up the teacup. Only then did Lu Mingjun answer the call.

"Little Junjun..." Jin Xuejiao still used the same tone and the same address, but Lu Mingjun frowned at the first moment.

There was no other reason. Jin Xuejiao's voice was filled with fatigue and helplessness.

"Comrade Xiaoxue," Lu Mingjun asked calmly, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Why is your tax bureau so busy recently?"

Jin Xuejiao sighed first, and then said: "Work is not the busiest thing. What's busy is that Zhong Qing and I both have half-sisters, and these two sisters are too troublesome!"

Lu Mingjun breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that. Thinking that Jiang Xinxin was still waiting, she immediately made an appointment with Jin Xuejiao to meet and hung up the phone.

"Zhong Qing's wife?" Jiang Xinxin asked.

"Yes!" Lu Mingjun nodded, and then continued the previous topic: "How about dinner? I'll tell Jianying tonight. If he has nothing to do, we will visit you at noon on Saturday!"

The family dinner is held at noon, so that Xu Hongming or Jiang Xinxin can continue with their social engagements in the evening. This is a very thoughtful arrangement!

Jiang Xinxin nodded, and then continued: "Okay, it's settled! But, I still have something to tell you!"

Jiang Xinxin spoke very seriously, so Lu Mingjun had no choice but to be serious!

So, Lu Mingjun pretended to listen attentively and said, "Director Jiang, please give me some advice!"

Jiang Xinxin was amused by her, but still said, "You know everything about Zhong Qing's resume, right?"

"I know, he is a very outstanding person!" Lu Mingjun told the truth.

"Yes, such an excellent person, just because of family reasons, he has been working as a deputy director for five years! He was finally promoted to director and was originally aiming for the position of director of the Commerce Bureau, but because of... he ended up going to the Science and Technology Bureau..."

At this point, Jiang Xinxin looked at Lu Mingjun meaningfully, and then said, "If you were him, would you be mentally unbalanced after going through so much?"

Lu Mingjun thought about it carefully, then shook his head: "No! Because compared to ordinary people from other families, he is already very good!"

Jiang Xinxin smiled, and then asked the next question: "That's compared with other people...but what if the person being compared is your Jianying?"

"We are all from Su High School, and we all graduated from 985 universities... Even Zhong Qing was selected by the provincial party committee..."

"But... Lin Jianying relied on his good parents to rise from an ordinary cadre to deputy section chief, section chief, and deputy director. He followed the rules at every step without wasting a minute!"

When Lu Mingjun heard this, he frowned.

Jiang Xinxin saw it all, but she continued to speak: "Especially, your Jianying has just been a deputy director for a year, and the higher-ups have made an exception and promoted him to the provincial government...Mingjun, you have to know that if he goes to the provincial government, the platform will be completely different!"

Lu Mingjun's expression gradually became solemn. As smart as she was, she had already guessed the deeper meaning of Jiang Xinxin's words.

Considering Jin Xuejiao's call and Jiang Xinxin's question, Lu Mingjun opened his mouth tentatively, with a cautious tone: "Director Jiang, you suddenly told me this... What do you mean..."

Jiang Xinxin smiled lightly and shook her head: "Mingjun, can't you guess what I mean?"

"People are always comparing themselves to each other. Especially people like Zhong Qing and Lin Jianying, who once stood at the same starting line. Now one has walked ahead while the other is still standing still. Not everyone can accept this gap calmly."

"Jianying has been influenced by his surroundings and is very familiar with the officialdom. Zhong Qing will never get anything good from him! But you...Mingjun, you are too naive! Maybe you are good at business and have rich life experience, but in this regard, you are too naive!"

Lu Mingjun was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I understand what you mean. Don't worry, I will pay attention!"

Jiang Xinxin nodded, seeming satisfied with Lu Mingjun's understanding.

However, when she spoke again, she changed the subject again: "In fact, we never thought that the little girl from the Jin family would marry Zhong Qing. After all, it's not that easy to marry a Phoenix man..."

After saying this, Jiang Xinxin drove the man away without waiting for Lu Mingjun to speak.

It’s not that Jiang Xinxin looks down on Zhong Qing, it’s just that the boy’s actions make her look down upon him!

……

In a small private restaurant in District G, S City.

Lu Mingjun looked at Jin Xuejiao's bulging belly and asked curiously, "Can I touch it?"

Jin Xuejiao smiled and said, "Touch it, touch it more, and the baby you give birth to will be smart!"

Lu Mingjun washed his hands immediately and then touched it very carefully.

How should I describe the feeling? It was not what she had imagined. It was not only not soft, but it was actually quite hard.

Soon, the dishes they ordered were served, and Jin Xuejiao immediately began to eat voraciously.

Lu Mingjun was a little surprised, but he still considerately pushed a few of her favorite dishes towards her unnoticeably.

About ten minutes later, Jin Xuejiao slowed down her eating and felt like talking.

"Don't laugh at me! My belly is getting bigger, and Zhong Qing is often away from home for social events, so his parents moved in with me..."

Then, Zhong Qing's mother thought that since she could give birth to such an outstanding son like Zhong Qing, if her daughter-in-law listened to her, she would definitely be able to give birth to a grandson as outstanding as Zhong Qing!

"You don't know, my mother-in-law now restricts me from eating this and that every day, I'm almost dying of greed!"

Jin Xuejiao did not seem to realize the seriousness of the problem and continued to complain:

"And his annoying cousin... Hey, you don't know, this Zhong Yao really makes me speechless! I don't know whose child she was pregnant with some time ago, and now the child is gone... I guess that person doesn't care about her anymore. Now she pesters our Zhong Qing every day, asking him to help her find someone to compensate..."

Lu Mingjun: I know the answer to this question! It’s Gu Wei’s child!

Jin Xuejiao's mumbling continued, and Lu Mingjun couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "So, you are pregnant with Zhong Qing's child, and he, as an expectant father, does not take on the responsibility of taking care of the pregnant woman, but instead shifts this responsibility to someone else?"

"Then, he has no time to take care of you, but has time to help his unmarried and pregnant sister to beg for money?"

"Comrade Xiaoxue, don't you think there's something weird here?"

Jin Xuejiao frowned: Yes, it does seem strange when you put it that way!

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