Chapter 62: Not Embarrassed

Chapter 62: Not Embarrassed

Chapter 62: Not Embarrassed

Since the reform and opening up, local governments have had great autonomy and have racked their brains and used all their efforts for the development of their local areas.

This has also led to a phenomenon that places are not limited to cooperation, and there are also huge conflicts between them. For example, two neighboring places can argue for years over where to build an airport.

Not to mention people like Tao Changming who have left Nanxi City. Of course, they are warmly welcomed to come back to build their hometown, but it is difficult to allocate part of the profits to Jiangcheng enterprises.

Although Nanxi is close to Jiangcheng, Jiangcheng wanted a piece of undeveloped land in Nanxi to build a new development zone, but Nanxi did not agree.

This matter was not resolved until Duan Jianhe was transferred. Later, Nanxi was upgraded from a fourth-tier city to a third-tier city, and the matter was completely forgotten.

"Where did you hear that?"

The slightly tipsy Tao Changming woke up.

"I heard you guys talking while having dinner."

"is it?"

Tao Changming recalled and didn't remember saying this, but there were so many people in the private room, so it is possible that someone else heard it.

It seems that I can't dine at Yanbinlou next time because the sound insulation is too poor.

But since Xu Mingyuan brought this up, Tao Changming smiled and said, "Xiangli Chemical, well, young man, you know a lot. Do you know Xiangli Pharmaceutical?"

Tao Changming of Xiangli Chemical had thought about it, but not only were local companies in Nanxi keeping a close eye on it, but the local people in Nanxi would not agree to the splitting up of Xiangli Chemical.

"Xiangli Pharmaceutical has been closely watched by Lu Zongxing. He is willing to cooperate, but there are more people looking for him to cooperate. Uncle Tao, you can't intervene. It's better to go directly to Huajie Group. The Zhang brothers don't seem to want to cooperate on the surface, but they are actually showing a tough attitude to everyone in order to completely destroy Xiangli Group."

Xu Mingyuan did not hide anything and released this key information.

This is not a secret. After the first wave of siege before the New Year, the Zhang brothers must have tried their best not to give the local authorities time to react.

When Xiangli Chemical also fell into chaos, as long as the main body of the company could remain in Nanxi City, changing the name of Xiangli Chemical would no longer be an unacceptable thing.

Tao Changming frowned, took out a cigarette and lit it.

It’s not that no one wants to cooperate with the Zhang brothers, but they have always kept their doors closed and no one can be seen at all.

If it is really as Xu Mingyuan said, then I can indeed visit him a few more times.

In fact, some participants are also speculating that the people who leaked the news this time are the two brothers of the Zhang family. Only they two could dig so deeply into the inside story of Xiangli Group.

After all, in Nanxi, they were the only two who had such a deep hatred with Chen Xiangli.

Thanks to Lu Zongxing's publicity, the earliest documents had already been circulated all over the streets, making it difficult to trace the source.

Zhang Chengjie and Zhang Chenghua have not appeared in public recently, and this may be a factor. Perhaps they are also guessing who did this and then threw the blame on them.

And this blame is firmly placed on their heads and they can't take it off even if they want to.

Tao Changming took two puffs of his cigarette and seeing Xu Mingyuan yawning out of boredom, he took a cigarette from the box and handed it to him.

"Have one?"

"I don't smoke. I'm still a student."

Xu Mingyuan was stunned and waved his hand to refuse.

The trend these days is quite common. Everyone is smoking at drinking and tea parties. If there is a non-smoker, he is considered a rare creature.

If you want to fit in, and someone hands you a cigarette, can you refuse? They are not giving you face, right?

"Can I smoke after graduation?" Tao Changming said with a smile.

"It's hard to say."

Xu Mingyuan smiled. It was a habit he had developed over the years. Although he wasn’t addicted to it now, he would still light one when he felt anxious.

"Keep it in your pocket."

Tao Changming seemed to be drunk and felt that there was nothing good to give him, so he stuffed the lighter into the cigarette box and gave it to him.

Xu Mingyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he just took it and said, "Thank you, Uncle Tao."

Seeing Xiao Yangzhi being led over by Tao Shuxin, he said to her, "Say hello to uncle, and we'll go back too."

"Hello, uncle."

Yang Zhi said obediently.

While He Qiong was not paying attention, Xu Mingyuan said hello and decisively led Xiao Yangzhi downstairs.

Tang Xinghua was quite considerate. Xu Mingyuan thought he was just saying it casually, but he didn't expect that he actually asked the hotel car to wait for him.

"Brother, why don't we walk back..."

Seeing Xu Mingyuan about to get in the car, Yang Zhi whispered.

"Aren't you cold?"

"It's not cold, um... let's take a car."

After Yang Zhi finished speaking, he regretted it and wanted to get into the car.

Xu Mingyuan pulled her out by the collar, closed the car door, and signaled the waiter to leave it alone.

The hotel is not far from Xu Mingyuan’s home, no, it should be Xiao Yangzhi’s home now.

If you walk quickly, just turn two corners and walk for about ten minutes to get there.

But if you walk, you will definitely walk leisurely, which may take twenty or thirty minutes.

The shadow under the street lamp is long and slender, and becomes a dot when it gets closer.

Xu Mingyuan looked around. He usually took a taxi when he went out, so he really didn't have time to take a closer look at this old city. With the relocation of the municipal government, the former Nanxi city center will be replanned in a few years, with most of it being demolished one after another, and finally built into a commercial district.

At that time, Xu Mingyuan's company had just been established and he also wanted to get involved in this urban area, but unfortunately he did not have enough strength, so he had to build and sell his own land in the eastern suburbs.

After that, it grew little by little and became the largest real estate developer in Nanxi City.

Looking back on the past, all those wonderful or sad things, now everything has returned to zero, and I can't help but sigh.

He didn't sigh for long before little Yangzhi brought him back to reality.

"elder brother……"

Yang Zhi hesitated for a moment before whispering, "I said the wrong thing..."

"What did you say wrong? Don't cry, or I'll beat you up."

Xu Mingyuan was puzzled to see that she was in a bad mood.

Yang Zhi thought for a moment but didn't cry. She just whispered, "I shouldn't have said uncle wasn't at home..."

"I've said it, what's the big deal? You poor kid, you always think about these nonsense. What can we do if our parents can't be relied on? Don't think about it anymore."

"Yeah." Yang Zhi nodded and agreed, "Brother, I hope you're not angry."

Then, while Xu Mingyuan wasn't looking at her, she carefully put her arm around his and moved forward little by little, getting closer and closer, until she hugged him tightly.

Xu Mingyuan naturally didn't notice Xiao Yangzhi's little action. He just thought that the poor little girl was so quiet, probably because she was reminded of someone by the sight of the little girl.

"Are you happy today?" Xu Mingyuan asked.

"Ah."

"Just 'hmm', nothing you want to share?" Xu Mingyuan raised his eyebrows.

"Hmm..." Yang Zhi hummed and quickly put it back, then raised her head, with little stars twinkling in her eyes: "Brother, you sing so well."

"Hi."

Xu Mingyuan smiled with satisfaction.

Although any college student majoring in music is better than him, Xiao Yangzhi's heartfelt admiration makes him feel that he is no worse than a star.

"You sing one too." Xu Mingyuan said.

"what?"

Yang Zhi was stunned.

"Sing, I want to listen."

"I won't……"

Yang Zhi already regretted mentioning singing.

"What do you mean you don't know? Haven't you ever heard music on TV?"

Xu Mingyuan was determined to let her sing to kill her sense of shame.

“I didn’t listen carefully…”

Yang Zhi blushed and kept looking for excuses in her mind.

"You're lying, right? What about music lessons? Didn't your teacher ever teach you about it?"

“I have taught you…”

Yang Zhi felt a little broken. With her flushed face, she took a few deep breaths of cold air, trying to calm her pounding heart.

"Ah...ahem..."

Yang Zhi just wanted to think of something, but she held it back, bit her lip and looked at Xu Mingyuan, hoping that he would be kind and not make things difficult for her.

Seeing Xiao Yangzhi blushing and looking at him pitifully, Xu Mingyuan immediately said seriously: "Don't act pitiful. If you don't sing by the time we get home, I'll throw you on the roadside. I'm telling you, we're not far from home. If you can dawdle until tomorrow morning, I'll respect you."

"..."

"What are you afraid of? There are not many people on the road, and no one can hear it except us two." Xu Mingyuan said.

Yang Zhi looked up at the lights of the neighborhood in the distance, and seeing that he couldn't hide anywhere, he had to calm himself down.

"Pond, pond, edge..."

After grunting twice, Xiao Yangzhi froze completely.

"In the banyan tree by the pond."

After hearing Xiao Yangzhi utter two soft sounds with great difficulty, Xu Mingyuan said something to her.

"On the banyan tree, brother..."

Yangzhi shook his arm.

"Cicadas are calling out for summer, and only butterflies are resting on the swings by the playground..."

Xu Mingyuan didn't make it too difficult for her. He sang and walked forward with her, staggering.

"The teacher's chalk is still chirping on the blackboard..."

Yang Zhi gradually followed Xu Mingyuan's rhythm, swaying her body with his footsteps and beginning to hum softly.

It doesn't seem to be embarrassing.

(End of this chapter)