Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 475 "Relatives"

Liang Zhiyuan watched Wen Qingchen walk away before answering the phone.

"Zhiyuan, we'll be there in half an hour."

When he heard his sister Liang Meng's voice, he remembered that today was the day his father and sister were going to Haizhou.

After hanging up the phone, Liang Zhiyuan hurriedly asked for leave from the deputy director in charge, and then drove his newly bought second-hand Santana to pick up Xu Xiaoman.

On the way, Liang Zhiyuan recalled Wen Qingchen's words.

He casually told Xu Xiaoman that Director Wen asked him to go visit Secretary Qi together and that he planned to go in a few days, but he was immediately scolded by Xu Xiaoman.

"Zhiyuan, I don't know what to say to you. Of course you should go visit Secretary Qi first."

"Dad and sister are coming today. We can't just ignore our family. Let's go see him first. Besides, my dad is the elder after all." Liang Zhiyuan said unconvinced.

"As for your vague and far-fetched relationship, it's not even remotely related! People are giving you some face because you're my cousin. If they don't, you're nothing." Xu Xiaoman shook her head and pointed out the window. "Pull the car over. I'll go pick up Dad and Sis. Now, quickly contact Director Wen and ask him to wait for you. It's more important to see Secretary Qi first."

"Hey, that's not necessary. Let me pick up my dad and the others first, send you home, and then I'll go. Okay?"

Xu Xiaoman said, "Will you be able to see someone later? I'm afraid the hospital is already overcrowded. You, a small section chief, can get in with Director Wen. If you go alone, I'm afraid the secretary will block you."

Provoked by Xu Xiaoman, Liang Zhiyuan also got angry, "What's wrong with the young section chief? If he looks down on the young section chief, then I won't go."

Xu Xiaoman also raised her voice, "Okay, don't go. I want to see if you still want to be promoted in the future."

"What? Can I get a promotion by looking at him?"

"You may not get a promotion just by seeing him, but if you don't go, you definitely won't get a promotion in the future."

Liang Zhiyuan countered, "So, these leaders are all chicken-hearted?"

Xu Xiaoman sneered, "I don't know if you're narrow-minded or not, but few people would be as magnanimous as you. You're lucky to have a cousin like Secretary Qi. Otherwise, you wouldn't even be able to be a deputy section chief, let alone a section chief."

Liang Zhiyuan was annoyed. "You keep calling me Secretary Qi all the time, as if I was given this position as Section Chief by some gift. Could it be that with my own efforts, I can't be promoted to this position?"

"Of course you can, but I think you have to be at least 30 years old. If Secretary Qi hadn't called Director Wen, would you have been able to become a deputy section chief? If Secretary Qi hadn't transferred Wu Guo out of the Health Bureau, would you have been able to become the section chief? Yes, you are capable, but your ability alone is not the only reason you became a section chief at such a young age."

With his fig leaf completely torn off, Liang Zhiyuan's face suddenly fell.

Seeing that the other party had a sullen look again, Xu Xiaoman didn't tolerate it. Over the past year, she had long been accustomed to the other party's aloof attitude.

I used to think he was a silly and honest person, but now he's a section chief, if he's still silly, he's childish and immature!

Xu Xiaoman simply turned her head and admired the scenery outside the window.

The two of them were sulking like this all the way to the train station.

...

The train station was crowded with people.

Liang Tiande and Liang Meng carried their bags and followed the crowd towards the exit. Looking at his daughter who seemed a little worried, Liang Tiande said cautiously, "Daughter, he's in Haizhou. Why don't you go and see him?"

Liang Meng shook her head lightly, "Forget it, I'd better not bother them."

"It's okay, we'll just take a look at him."

"If you want to go, you go. I won't go, so as not to let Sister Luo misunderstand."

Liang Tiande sighed, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't done that back then..."

Before Liang Tiande finished speaking, Liang Meng interrupted and said, "Dad, stop talking. This has nothing to do with you. I'm not going to marry him."

"Oh." Looking at his angry daughter, Liang Tiande sighed again.

"Dad! Sister!" At this time, a voice calling came.

The two looked up and saw Liang Zhiyuan waving at them at the exit.

The two quickened their pace and checked their tickets to leave the station.

Family affection, fermented by time and distance, becomes more mellow.

The three of them were immersed in the joy of reunion, but this beauty was soon broken by Liang Tiande.

"Zhiyuan, you are worthy of being my son. You are the section chief now?" As soon as he opened his mouth, Liang Tiande's obsession with officials was fully revealed.

Liang Tiande had been wandering around in the regular section for many years before he became a deputy county magistrate when he was almost fifty years old. He only got the title of director after retiring to the second line.

As a parent, the best thing is that your son is more successful than you, and more importantly, he or she can complete the unfinished journey you have taken on.

"Dad, could you please stop being so obsessed with power?"

"This isn't just about being an official. This is a man's lifelong pursuit. You're more promising than me. I didn't get promoted to a regular official until I was forty, and you've already reached that level at twenty-six. You have a bright future ahead of you. If you work hard, becoming a provincial governor won't be a problem."

"He's still a provincial governor. I'm lucky to be a director."

"Hey, grown man, can you set your goals higher? The director is only a deputy director-level cadre, just like me. You can't have a son who is not as good as me."

The father and son were chatting animatedly until Xu Xiaoman tugged at Liang Zhiyuan's sleeve, and then Liang Zhiyuan remembered that he had not introduced himself to everyone yet.

"Dad, this is your future daughter-in-law, Xu Xiaoman." He pointed at the two people and said to Xu Xiaoman, "Xiaoman, this is my dad, and my sister Liang Meng."

"Dad, sister." Xu Xiaoman greeted the two of them gracefully.

"Okay, okay." Liang Tiande looked at his future daughter-in-law with satisfaction.

"Okay, everyone, stop standing here and let's go home and talk."

In the car, Liang Tiande took out a simple little wooden box from his arms and handed it to Xu Xiaoman, "Xiaoman, this is left by Zhiyuan's mother. It is for Zhiyuan's future wife. Please accept it."

Xu Xiaoman took it with both hands and said, "Thank you, Dad."

The word "Dad" made Liang Tiande feel emotional. In the blink of an eye, his son and daughter had grown up, and his life was complete. Now all that was missing was for his daughter to find a good home.

Over the years, he had also thought about introducing young talents to the other party, but Liang Meng had rejected him every time.

People are like this. Once they have been exposed to good things, they will not settle for less. The so-called young talents are like fireflies under the light of true geniuses, and can never compare to the bright moon.

Looking at the prosperous scene outside the window, some unrealistic thoughts of Liang Tiande came to his mind again.

"By the way, Zhiyuan, where is Tongwei now? I want to go visit him."

Liang Meng glanced at his father and said nothing.

"Dad, Secretary Qi was shot two days ago and is still in the city hospital."

Liang Meng's heart, which had been indifferent at first, suddenly jumped a beat.

"Is it serious?" Liang Tiande asked with concern.

This is the pillar of their family, related to their son's career and their daughter's happiness.

"No...I don't know." Liang Zhiyuan felt a little guilty.

"No, didn't you go and ask?" Liang Tiande said angrily, "You just said two days ago, you didn't go to see her, did you?"

Seeing that her future father-in-law seemed to be on the same side as her, Xu Xiaoman said yin and yang, "Dad, he's very arrogant. He said that if you want to come, Secretary Qi should come to visit you."

Liang Tiande got angry when he heard this. "You are so confused! What is our relationship with him? If it weren't for..."

Liang Tiande suddenly stopped talking. To be honest, his cleverness back then was not a glorious thing. How could he say it in front of his children and daughter-in-law?