The more Cao Yongguo looked at Xia Xiang, the more he liked it in his heart. When he was at this age, he was impulsive and passionate, but he was a little cynical, and it was easy to be extremely extreme. If he was in Xia Xiang's position back then, he would definitely not be as skillful as he did. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how could this young man have such a good head? A person does not depend on his position or power, but on whether he can find a clear path from the complex situation, and then maximize his own resources, balance all aspects of interests, so that he can also obtain the maximum benefits.

In addition to some princelings, whether in the province or in the city, many high-ranking officials with no foundation from civilian backgrounds have climbed to a high position step by step from nothing. Xia Xiang had the relationship with Li Dingshan and could talk to Song Chaodu, as well as him, the executive vice mayor, who had too close contact with Gao Hai, and was deeply appreciated by Chen Feng. No one asked for it, but with his real skills, he solved the first difficulty, which was rare and very rare.

The appreciation in Cao Yongguo's eyes became stronger and stronger.

Xia Xiang thought of Gao Hai and suddenly asked: "Uncle Cao, do you have much contact with Secretary-General Gao?"

Cao Yongguo pondered: "Well... it's okay. Gao Hai is quite flexible. He is Mayor Chen's person. I also benefited from Mayor Chen. It's normal for us to have some contacts. If you mention the official department, what has been successfully passed by the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, he would have told me on his own initiative."

Xia thought about it, and it was understandable that Gao Hai showed goodwill to Uncle Cao, and Mayor Chen should not have any ideas. Gao Hai is a smart person, so he will definitely grasp the good deeds and will not make Chen Feng suspicious. Besides, Gao Hai will definitely not have any other ideas. He should now put his future on Chen Feng. Even if Song Chaodu waves to him now, he may not be moved.

Xia Xiang would hide it in front of Chen Feng, and would pretend that there was no need in front of Cao Yongguo. He asked directly about his confusion: "Uncle Cao, how is Tan Long? His backstage is Secretary-General Qian. Have you ever heard Minister Lu say that? Is there any inside story between Secretary-General Qian and Secretary Cui?"

Cao Yongguo immediately pointed out the root of the matter: "You don't understand why Jicheng Real Estate, which Tan Long supports, asked Secretary Cui to come forward to speak, right?"

"Uncle Cao is really amazing, and he pointed out the key in one sentence." Xia Xiang took the opportunity to give him a free flattery.

"You forgot that I have worked in the urban construction system for decades? I dare say that all the people in the municipal party committee and government are not clear about me... Minister Lu is not familiar with Secretary Qian. According to his meaning, Secretary Qian is not only low-key, but also easy to make friends, and has no contact with many people. Of course, this is just on the surface. In secret, only he knows who he has a close relationship with. If Minister Lu doesn't understand Secretary Qian's relationship, you should not ask around, and it's useless to ask. As for Tan Long, he is very cunning and does not make mistakes when speaking or doing things. As for other aspects, it is difficult to draw conclusions because the time is still short, but this person is difficult to deal with."

Then he said something else. Li Dingshan was going well in Ba County, Shen Fuming was going to be the vice governor of the province, and then Cao Shuyan went downstairs to help Wang Yufen clean up the table and start having supper.

Tomorrow is the weekend and it is dinner again. Cao Yongguo opened a bottle of wine and had a few drinks with Xia Xiang. Cao Shujun wanted to join in the fun, but was scolded by Cao Yongguo. Even Cao Shugen criticized him. Wang Yufen kept picking up food for Xia Xiang, which made Cao Shujun angry: "Okay, now Xia Xiang is more and more like your biological son. I am now raised by my stepmother."

The whole family laughed and had a happy time.

After a while of tea after dinner, Xia wanted to see it was getting late and offered to say goodbye. Wang Yufen said worriedly: "It's so late, it's not safe on the road? Xiaoxia Where are you living now?"

Xia Xiang was shocked for a moment. Before he could speak, Cao Shugui hurriedly said, "He has no place to live yet, so he lives in his classmate's house."

Wang Yufen didn't think much, shook his head and said, "It's always possible to be in other people's homes. How can that work? It's inconvenient. Lao Cao, it's okay for you to want a single dormitory for Xia from the municipal government, right? You said that you are an uncle and don't care about the child's accommodation issues."

Cao Yongguo was laughed at Wang Yufen, "I'll ask if you go to work on Monday. There's still no problem with a single dormitory, and you may have time to catch up with the last welfare room."

Seeing Cao Shugui winked, Xia Xiang hurriedly refused: "No need to worry, Uncle Cao, I can solve the housing problem myself. I can't solve this small matter, so what else can I do? Uncle Gao also arranged a house for me, but I didn't live there either. I still want to find a suitable place to live alone, so I don't have to worry about uncle and aunt."

"Not bother, what's wrong? I'm not here to see you again?" Wang Yufen remained enthusiastic. He suddenly turned around and returned to the room. After a moment, he took out a key. "There is still a house in Fucheng Garden. It's been idle. It was originally reserved for Shi Ni to get married. You can live first."

Seeing that the momentum was not good, Cao Shuyan snatched the key from Wang Yufen: "If I don't live there, I will let him live in the house for my future marriage, what will happen? When I get married in the future, when I think about Xia Xiang coming in first, it's so awkward. I can't live there!"

Wang Yufen smiled: "What are you talking about? A girl? I'm just making a fuss. Who will you marry in the future?"

Cao Shuyan was ashamed: "Mom, are there anyone who drives his daughter like this? If I don't get married, can I just stay with you?"

Finally, with Xia Xiang's insistence, he returned the key to Wang Yufen. However, Wang Yufen insisted that Xia Xiang stay at home at night, and he would not go to work tomorrow anyway, and he would not have to go anywhere on weekends and Sundays, just stay at home. Cao Yongguo also agreed to Xia Xiang stay, but Xia Xiang had no choice but to agree. Anyway, there were many rooms in the Cao family.

The room arranged for Xia Xiang happened to be next to Cao Shuyan.

Cao Shugui helped Xia Xiang make the bed, and brought him a quilt and whispered: "It's the quilt I used, don't use it..." She wore a loose pajamas. When she helped him make the bed, she bent down and lowered her head, and her chest was also full of spring.

Xia Xiang had not really appreciated the scenery on Cao Shuyan's chest. He sat on the bed, letting her go around and take the opportunity to see it.

Cao Shukai's breasts are not particularly big, but they must not be said to be small, round and perky. Xia Xiang is also a normal man. The familiar girl's body fragrance came from his nose and the very attractive scene in his eyes. He couldn't help but move a little and grasped Cao Shukai's slippery little hand: "Bao girl..."

Cao Shuli's body trembled slightly. He wanted to break free but couldn't use his strength. He just huhed out of his nose, his voice as low as a mosquito: "What's the matter?"

"It's okay." Xia Xiang looked directly at Cao Shuyan's eyes, and saw her eyes as water, pink face flushed, and she was extremely shy, which made him feel dry and hot all over. She thought that she had seen countless beauties in her past and present life. Today, Xia Xiang really understood that the true beauty of a woman and the most attractive thing about a man is her shyness, and the sense of weakness and powerlessness that she wanted to refuse, which made the man feel conquered involuntarily!

Xia Xiang was ignited with a tenderness that he had never felt before. He hugged Cao Shuqiu in his arms, hugged him tightly, and said softly: "Girl, I want to kiss you, okay?"

"Not good!" Cao Shuyan refused without hesitation.

"Why?"

"You didn't brush your teeth!"

The two laughed in a ball, and Xia Xiang was about to lean down and stamp his mark on the red lips, just like a king stepping over the territory, showing his own traces of conquest. Seeing that the two of them were about to stick together, they suddenly sounded out of place when knocking on the door: "Alarm, red alarm, someone went upstairs to check the room."

It's Cao Shujun.

Like a frightened little rabbit, Cao Shuqiu pushed Xia Xiang away, tidied up his clothes, turned around and ran: "My mother has gone upstairs, I have to go back to the room quickly, good night."

Can you get good night? Xia Xiang sniffed Cao Shuyan's breath from the quilt, and occasionally found one or two of her naughty hair on the pillow, and her light and lively voice echoed in his ears. He tossed and turned, unable to sleep on his own pillow.

The next day, Xia Xiang was pulled out to be a strong man and accompanied Cao Shuyan to go shopping.

Cao Shuyan bought two pieces of clothes, but insisted on buying two for Xia Xiang. Xia Xiang had no requirements for dressing, so she let Cao Shuyan fiddled with them. She said she could buy whatever she bought, and she was too lazy to take a look.

The two of them had lunch outside and had Chongqing snacks on the pedestrian street. While they were talking, they suddenly mentioned Lian Ruohan.

"Even my sister has disappeared for so long, and she doesn't have a phone call. I don't know what happened to her?" Cao Shuyan held her cheek, with a hint of nostalgia in her expression. She put the big bag in her hand into Xia Xiang's arms, "Give you a chance to show off, so that you can't panic. I suddenly had a strange idea. Are you and Sister Lian carrying me on their backs and contacting each other privately?"

Xia Xiang was shocked. Knowing that Cao Shuyan was joking, she just liked to scare people in real or fake ways, but for some reason she suddenly asked, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous and said, "You are too awesome, can you guess this? I've got the answer right, Ruohan has never been disconnected from me. She said that she wouldn't let me tell you, for fear that you would misunderstand."

"Take it down, you say you are fat, you are so breathless. I want to say you can fly, but you are really flying to the sky?" Cao Shuyan gave Xia Xiang a contemptuous look and smiled happily, "Even my sister is as cold as the moon, and her origin is mysterious. No matter what, she will always be my sister, right?"

Xia Xiang was speechless. Some people may just be passers-by in their lives, and it is not clear whether they can meet Lian Ruohan in the future.

On Sunday, Wang Yufen wanted to stay Xia and wanted to stay at home, but Xia Xiang had something to do because Li Hongjiang had something to ask him for.

Li Hongjiang changed into a brand new Santana 2000 and came to Cao's house to pick up Xia Xiang excitedly. Cao Yongguo didn't see him because of Xia Xiang, so he asked him to go upstairs directly. Li Hongjiang was so happy that he struggled to move a box of Wuliangye upstairs. Cao Yongguo looked at him and nodded: "You can be there, and you can take the things away."

Li Hongjiang was a little excited. After working in the construction industry for a long time, his awe for Cao Yongguo had already been deeply rooted. He was a little nervous. When he was nervous, he showed his timidity: "Old Director, old leader, no outsiders, there is no intention..."

After saying that the old director, Cao Yongguo softened his heart: "Forget it, let it go there, just treat it as you gave it to Xia Xiang, it is your friends' exchanges."

Li Hongjiang hurriedly nodded and said yes. Xia Xiang came out and shook hands politely with him. Cao Shujun also came out when he heard the movement and nodded at Li Hongjiang: "I look a little familiar, I look like I am from Erjian."

Li Hongjiang was happy and gave Xia Xiang a wink. Xia Xiang smiled: "I am my good friend, and my name is Li Hongjiang. I must remember from now on that he is not an outsider."

Cao Shujun wanted to give Xia a face and shook hands with Li Hongjiang: "My brother-in-law has a very accurate vision and a very high-spirited person. It must be not easy for him to call him a friend."

When Cao Shujun praised him, although the other party was just a little kid, Li Hongjiang still smiled. Cao Shujin also came out and said a few words, which made Li Hongjiang feel gloomy on his face and was so happy that he almost danced with joy.

When he went downstairs, Li Hongjiang whispered a few words to Xia Xiang. Xia Xiang shook his head and expressed disagreement. Li Hongjiang blushed with a firm face, and Xia Xiang had to smile helplessly: "Didn't you meet me? Forget it, they are all friends, and I won't meet you anymore." He reached out to call Cao Shujun, "Send to Manager Li."

Cao Shujun was a little puzzled and wanted to ask why, but Cao Shujian had already been kicked by Cao Shujian. Cao Shujian said imposingly: "Xia wants to ask you to go, so just go, don't be too verbose."

Cao Shujun looked bitter and lazily accompanied Xia Xiang and Li Hongjiang downstairs, and muttered, "I just woke up, okay? Brother-in-law, are you trying to tossing me on purpose?"

When he arrived downstairs, Li Hongjiang took out a box from the trunk and stuffed it into Cao Shujun's hand: "Shujun, you see, you are in college and a college student. How can you not wear a watch on your wrist? I happen to have one here, so you can try it. If you like it, leave it. If you don't like it, I'll change it for you."

Cao Shujun went back happily. After getting on the bus, Xia Xiang blamed Li Hongjiang: "He is a child, what watch you give him? It's so expensive. If I read it correctly, it's a Tissot watch worth more than 4,000 yuan, right?"

Li Hongjiang drove skillfully and smiled, "I'm happy, am I willing, are you going to do it? Secretary Xia, no, Director Xia, the old director said a lot of good things for my promotion. What is the point of giving Mr. Cao a watch? If I really want to fully express my gratitude in my heart, I will not give you 100,000 yuan. But now the old director is the mayor, I dare not!"

Xia Xiang laughed and scolded him a few times, and asked again: "Where are you going?"

"Go to meet someone. He always wanted to see you, but he didn't have a chance. I heard that you were back in Yan City and insisted that I come forward to treat you to dinner. If you don't see him, he would be clamored to death."

"Who?" Xia Xiang was confused by Li Hongjiang's pretending mystery.

The car finally stopped at the entrance of the Warring States Teahouse.

The style of the Warring States Teahouse is very artistic. There are two Warring States carriages in front of the door and a row of water tanks. I don’t know what it is for. The two welcome ladies at the door are also dressed very classically. Although it is a bit inconsistent when you look closely, it has more cultural connotations than other vulgar teahouses.

As soon as I entered the door, it was quaint and the gurgling guzheng music flowed like water, which made people feel relaxed. Xia Xiangxin thought, it was pretty good to pick this place to meet, at least it means that the person who invited him was quite tasty.

Walking into Fengya private room on the second floor, a black, thin and thin southerner came out. He was stunned when he saw Xia Xiang. The expression on his face was both surprised and shocked. After a while, he said: "Director Xia is much more handsome and handsome than I imagined, and he is so young. I can't imagine, I can't imagine! He is young, and I am old compared to Director Xia. " Then he put away his smile and said seriously, "Director Xia, I am Yuan Baoping!"

In fact, if Xia Xiang imagined, he did not intend to contact Yuan Baoping in a short time. His idea was that unless there were other accidents, he would try to show up as little as possible. It would be easy to leave traces when intervening everywhere, and it would be bad for people to grasp the handle in the end. Although he also believed that with his own caution and caution, he would not leave any traces, in order to prevent problems before they could happen, he would still not leave any traces without leaving any lead.

However, Li Hongjiang insisted on bringing him here today and meeting Yuan Baoping. Although he was a little reluctant, he didn't want to refute Li Hongjiang's face too much, so he agreed. If possible, he wanted to take the opportunity to get some things from Yuan Baoping about the wife of the Provincial Party Secretary Jing Xiaoying.

First impression is that Yuan Baoping can act, speak, and is very good at observing his appearance. Xia Xiang knows that southerners are smarter and more flexible than northerners, and can speak well. He smiled and waved his hand: "Brother Yuan is too awarded. You praise me so hard, you must be trying to make me dizzy, so that I can do my job for you, right?"

Yuan Baoping was stunned. He didn't expect that Xia Xiang was not only so young, but also so calm under his praise. He couldn't help but look at Xia Xianggao immediately and smiled: "Director Xia was joking. I just thank Director Xia for his help to our Nanfang Yijian. Today I specially invited Director Xia to come and sit down, drink tea, chat, and make friends."

The environment of the private room is pretty good, with a round sofa with a tea table in the middle. The temperature in the room is suitable and the music is soothing. The three of them sat down separately. Yuan Baoping asked Xia what tea she wanted to drink, but Xia Xiang asked a pot of Maojian. It was hot in summer, and drinking green tea to destroy the fire.

Yuan Baoping was very curious about Xia Xiang secretly helping him receive the project. He didn't know Xia Xiang, nor did he believe in the good things about the world's pie, so he insisted on meeting Xia Xiang and not meeting Xia Xiang to ask him in person. He felt uneasy.

Xia Xiangchai also guessed Yuan Baoping's thoughts. After drinking a few cups of tea, he said with infinite emotion: "Mr. Yuan, ten years ago, did you fund a few middle school students?"
Chapter completed!