Wang Fuzhen carried half a basket of vegetables back to the room and said, " Tongwei, why don't you stay for dinner today and chat with Uncle Chen for a while."
He Zhou's expression changed slightly, "I'd love to. After graduating and starting work, it's been a long time since I've tasted Aunt Chen's cooking."
"Then you must eat more later."
Wang Fuzhen sincerely said, then asked about He Zhou's work schedule.
"Um, there's also a commendation meeting at the department in a couple of days. After that, I'll probably have to go to the capital city, and when I come back, I'll go directly to report for duty at the Yongxing County Forestry Bureau." He Zhou looked somewhat ambiguous.
"The capital city, huh." Wang Fuzhen felt a bit absent-minded, wanting to ask He Zhou to take the opportunity to see his daughter, who had been unable to move on since breaking up with Qi Tongwei.
"But thinking about last time in the hospital, He Zhou's resolute attitude, I don't know where to start.
"Hey, old lady, what are you standing there for? Didn't you say to leave Tongwei for dinner? It's already this late, hurry up."
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and Chen Yanshi cleared his throat heavily as a reminder.
At the dinner table, Chen Yanshi picked up a piece of pork belly for He Zhou.
His expression was tangled for a while, and finally he asked the words in his heart, " Tongwei, there's something I've been wanting to ask you."
"You can ask." He Zhou was busy eating.
"Um, Tongwei, are you... are you blaming me in your heart? Blaming me for not speaking up for you before the graduation assignment? For not finding a way to stop Liang Qunfeng from sending you to Yantai Mountain Area?" Chen Yanshi put his hands on his thighs and rubbed his pants slightly, feeling very simple now.
"Um," He Zhou didn't answer immediately, just picked up the wine glass, drank it in one gulp, and pretended to be casual, "It's not like that."
Said so, but in fact, both Qi Tongwei and he and He Zhou have opinions on Chen Yanshi.
Chen Yanshi remained silent, although He Zhou denied it, but at certain moments, denial represents affirmation.
"Wang Fuzhen's voice was trembling, and he hurriedly said, ' Tongwei, you also need to understand your uncle Chen. He has always been known for his impartiality, and as the head of the Provincial Procuratorate, he should not and does not have the authority to interfere in personnel matters."
I understand others, but who will understand me?"
He Zhou looked a bit desolate, saying that he had no authority. If Chen Yanshi was from the Organization Department, he would be even less likely to speak up for Qi Tongwei.
"No such thing this time," He Zhou waved his hand, obviously unwilling to discuss the topic.
He Zhou clearly understood the meaning, but he kept denying it, holding a grudge, and Chen Yanshi was also upset.
But Chen Yanshi patiently explained, "I knew about the organization's plan to transfer you to the Yantai Mountain Area. I think it's good for young people to go to remote mountainous regions for some exercise. It will be very beneficial for you and provide good training."
In order to avoid misunderstanding He Zhou, he even used himself as an example, "Back then, when we went to the mountains and countryside, and opened up new land in Northwest China, everyone was eager to go."
Hearing these words, He Zhou's eyebrows almost knotted together. He poured himself several glasses of wine in a row, all of which he drank in one gulp. Each time the glass touched the table, it made a loud banging sound.
" Tongwei, if you're feeling wronged, just speak up. Don't keep it to yourself and suffer alone, okay?" Wang Fuzhen said with a complicated expression.
He Zhou let out a long sigh. "Uncle Chen, I just want to ask you one thing. Do you know about me and Liang Lu? Do you know that Liang Qunfeng is suppressing me?"
Wang Fuzhen Listen to the sound of tears falling.
Chen Yanshi also said bitterly, "At that time, my thought was, even if Liang Qunfeng sought personal gain, going to Yantai Mountain Area would still be a good experience for you..."
If Wang Fuzhen and Chen Hai softened their stance and attended the meeting on the last day of their departure, he might have been kept in the dark without realizing it.
Looking at Chen Yanshi's appearance, He Zhou really felt disgusted.
Many times, hating a person is not really because The other party is a good person or a bad person, but simply feeling unable to get along.
He really wants to say to Chen Yanshi: "Sir, the era has changed!"
To the extent that this disgust is more or less evident on the face, the person said coldly, " uncle Chen, Chen Yanshi, Chief Inspector Chen, young people going to remote mountainous regions for training, when was that?
Also, have you really thought about it seriously?
I came from a remote and backward rural area. I have done my best and exhausted all efforts, but what is it all for? Did I carry my dreams and leave the countryside, coming to a bustling place like Jingzhou, just to return to a village in the mountains and live in darkness again?
"If it's really like this, then why should I work so hard? I could have continued to endure the darkness if I had never seen the light."
"I am not afraid of hardship or fatigue, but what I fear most is putting in effort without receiving the deserved reward, and being trampled upon by the powerful."
"I carry the entrusted responsibility of my hometown's elders and travel far, with a heavy burden on my shoulders. From the beginning, there is no turning back, only moving forward..."
"This..." Chen Yanshi was speechless.
However, He Zhou was unwilling to let it go like this. Taking advantage of the alcohol, he poured out all his thoughts, "You say you can't abuse your power for personal gain, but when have I, Qi Tongwei, ever asked you to do so?
You usually have a clear conscience, and you can roar when you see injustice. You can stand up for others even if you have no prior relationship with them. Why is it that when something happens to me, you can turn a blind eye and blame it on my inability to endure hardship just because I am young?"
Yes, you are the head of the Department of Politics and Law at Handong, not responsible for specific personnel organization work. But why have you never thought of correcting the unfairness in personnel organization work and instead focused on persuading me to accept it? Do you think this is really fair?
Since the conversation has been opened, He Zhou also doesn't intend to continue hiding and continue to rub salt in Chen Yanshi's wound, and asks persistently, "Among the students in my year, none are more outstanding than me. Is there any fairness in the organization and allocation of work?
Among the students who graduated with me, those with connections either went to the capital or stayed in Jingzhou, while those like me from a humble background were sent to remote mountainous regions."
"Do you think that those of us without connections need to toughen up, while the second generation with connections don't need to? Hmm?"
There was an even more heart-wrenching statement that He Zhou didn't say out loud.
But in fact, he really wants to ask Chen Yanshi, ask him, if it was Chen Hai who encountered injustice, was marginalized, was demoted, and had his career interrupted,
If it was Chen Hai who suffered all of this, then can you, Chen Yanshi, really sit still?
Will he also teach his son a lesson like this, blaming him for being too ambitious and unable to endure hardship? Will he persist in his principles and ignore his son's pleas to transfer him back to Jingzhou?
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