Steel Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 22: Life Needs Thick Skin

With a ‘squeak” sound, the door that was not closed was pushed open from the outside.

Xiong Wenbin and Zhao Dong were playing chess, Xiong Dailing stood behind his father and beat his back, and Xiong Wenbin’s lover, Mr. Bai Sumei, held a rolling pin and stood at the kitchen door talking.

When they saw Shen Huai breaking in without knocking on the door, they all looked at him strangely.

“Secretary Shen, what’s the matter?” Bai Sumei asked suspiciously.

Although Shen Huai also lived in the bungalow, she was very arrogant. Bai Sumei nodded and greeted this young man when she first met her. She ignored him three or four times, and felt disgusted with this young man in her heart; .

She hadn’t said hello a few times for more than half a year. At this time, Bai Sumei felt strange when she suddenly pushed the door open.

Xiong Wenbin was also surprised, but he just turned his head and glanced at Shen Huai, and he moved his piece to play chess calmly.

Zhao Dong is not as calm as Xiong Wenbin. They were chatting about Chen Mingde’s sudden death due to illness and Shen Huai’s fight against Ge Yongqiu’s brother-in-law at the city steel factory.

This is probably the most controversial thing in Donghua City in the past four or five days.

Zhao Dong still has the phone number that Shen Huai copied to him in his ticket folder, but they don’t know the details, but thinking of Chen Mingde’s sudden death due to illness, Shen Huai has no backer since then. If he doesn’t leave Donghua, he will be in the city. The government may not have a good time.

People cannot live alone, especially when they are officials, they must have their own circles.

Shen Huai couldn’t wait for Xiong Wenbin and Zhao Dong to accept him, knowing that they would not have a good impression of him. It would be too difficult to change this impression and it would take time, so he decided to take the initiative and break into their circle.

Facing the doubts of the whole room, Shen Huai smiled and said, “Director Xiong is playing chess with Section Chief Zhao!” He walked over cheekily, looked at the chessboard, and said, “Senior Zhao’s chess situation is not optimistic. Ah, you are not Director Xiong’s opponent, why don’t you let me have a game with Director Xiong?”

Zhao Dong still had a good impression of Shen Huai, but after hearing what he said, that good impression was shattered.

His chess skills are much worse than Xiong Wenbin, and he knows it well. There is no one in this whole building who is better at chess than Xiong Wenbin. He also sat down and let Xiong Wenbin kill him. He was addicted to chess, but Shen Huai, a person who didn’t know the world, broke in, and suddenly said this, it was too abrupt and too insignificant. Be polite.

However, Zhao Dong is a humble person. Even if he is upset, he will not show it too much. Seeing that Shen Huai is rushing to play chess with Xiong Wenbin, he wants to ask the factory manager Xiong to kill his majesty, so he stands up. Give up your seat: “Secretary Shen wants to play chess, then, come on…”

Xiong Dailing hadn’t seen Shen Huai before, so she just heard her father talk to Zhao Dong about this matter. She had a good or bad impression of him. Seeing him driving Zhao Dong off the chess table so impolitely, she thought: “It’s really arrogant.” guy.

Xiong Dailing was too lazy to watch chess, so she turned around and went into the kitchen to help her mother cook.

Shen Huai’s performance was very strange, but Xiong Wenbin’s face was warm and swallowed, and he wanted to play chess again.

“Let’s play,” Shen Huai said with a smile, “Senior Zhao’s chess is not too weak, the two rooks and two horses are still there.”

Madness! Too insane.

Zhao Dong laughed angrily. Although his game of chess had just started, he had already taken a shot and his position was disrupted. Even if Shen Huai had Haiwen’s professional-level chess skills, it would be difficult for him to regain his disadvantage. Come.

Xiong Wenbin didn’t say anything.

Shen Huai looked at the chessboard for a while, picked up the horse crossing the river, and jumped back two squares.

With just this move, Xiong Wenbin was secretly moved. Arrogance was a bit arrogant, but it was a qualification for arrogance.

In the blink of an eye, not only can he see who will move first from the direction of the chess position, but he can also quickly come up with countermeasures, shrinking back and adjusting the chess position that is at a disadvantage. This move shows that his chess strength is indeed not weak.

Shen Huai and Xiong Wenbin both made quick moves.

Zhao Dong saw that Shen Huai was able to start his stinky chess game, and he was only one **** less than Xiong Wenbin in the endgame.

Zhao Dong is such a person, who is really stronger than him, even if he is a little arrogant, it will not be difficult to accept, dragging a chair and sitting on the side watching chess is also fascinated.

Xiong Dailing came out of the kitchen, saw Shen Huai looking up, and asked her, “Are you going to eat?” Then she turned her head and said to his father, “I lost this game, and after dinner, I will play with Director Xiong again. chess……”

I have seen shameless, never seen such shameless.

Xiong Dailing came out of the kitchen to take a look at this time, just thinking that Shen Huai would go back after playing chess, they would have a good meal, no matter where she thought of Shen Huai, she didn’t say no to her, she just treated herself as a guest.

Bai Sumei didn’t see such shamelessness, but Shen Huai said so, and she couldn’t drive people out, she could only come out and make a statement: “Eat first, and then there is time to play chess…”

“I’ll go back first, and you can set it up first.” Shen Huai stood up and went back to his room first.

Xiong Dailing packed up her chess pieces angrily, and asked her father and the others in a low voice, “Have you seen such shamelessness before?”

Everyone laughed dumbly. I had never seen such a shameless person before, but I couldn’t tell how strange it was, and I didn’t find it particularly annoying. Shen Huai’s performance was like a familiar neighbor who had been in contact with him for more than half a year. It was no big deal to have dinner here temporarily.

Seeing Xiong Dailing pouting, a little unhappy, Zhao Dong said with a smile, “I’m afraid Secretary Shen has heard about Teacher Bai’s cooking skills!”

Bai Sumei just smiled and asked her little daughter to help carry the bowls and dishes out.

Shen Huai came over quickly, changed his coat, and carried two bottles of wine in his hand, and said, “I can’t drink, but I heard that Director Xiong and Section Chief Zhao are good drinkers, and I don’t know that I have nothing left in my room. Are these two bottles enough…”

When the youngest daughter came back, and Zhao Dong came to visit, Bai Sumei specially cooked a good dish, and then rolled out a pot of wide noodles, that is, a home-cooked meal.

I also joked for Shen Huai before that Shen Huai was greedy for the cheapness of his family’s meal, but he didn’t expect that Shen Huai was carrying two bottles of Maotai, and the price of the wine alone was much more expensive than the money for the food.

Regardless of other people’s daze, Shen Huai took the wine bottle to the table, rolled up the sleeve tube twice, and opened the bottle of Maotai first, and the aroma of the wine filled the room.

Even Xiong Dailing, who usually faints from the smell of wine, praised: “It’s really good wine!”

Zhao Dong has drunk Moutai two or three times before, but he has never seen Moutai with such a strong aroma. He took the bottle curiously, and it looked no different from ordinary Moutai. He asked Xiong Wenbin: “Director Xiong, you Have you seen this kind of Maotai?”

Xiong Wenbin glanced at the wine bottle, didn’t reach out to take it, shook his head, and said, “It’s rare.”

“It was also the bottles of special wine that Mayor Chen brought back when he went back to Yanjing last time. Mayor Chen was quitting drinking and asked me to help him hide it. I stole two bottles, but I didn’t expect…” Shen Huai said Here, I can’t help but feel a little sad. Speaking of which, Chen Mingde really can’t be considered bad for him.

Xiong Wenbin and the others didn’t feel anything about Chen Mingde’s sudden death, but for the sake of good wine, they all followed suit.

Shen Huai asked Zhao Dong again: “By the way, Section Chief Zhao, about the matter of Sister Sun Haiwen, did the Municipal Steel Factory have any results?”

In the past four days, he secretly went to Meixi Town to visit Xiaoli. Just seeing that his sister was safe from a distance, he returned to the city. He had no excuse to ask about the handling of the crash accident.

If Chen Mingde is still alive, he can directly instruct the city steel mill to pay the corresponding compensation. Now that Chen Mingde passed away suddenly due to illness, Shen Huai thought that Ge Yongqiu and his brother-in-law were probably full of revenge for their own blood and shame, and the investigation into the fall accident would naturally come to an end.

“It’s also thanks to Secretary Shen that you rejected the investigation conclusion that day. Later, Director Xiong also helped to speak, and the steel mill agreed to pay Xiao Li’s living expenses and tuition fees until he started working…” Zhao Dong said.

The so-called living expenses are only one or two hundred per month. Shen Huai is even more worried that Xiao Li and his cousin Chen Dan will be stubborn, and they will suffer losses if they entangle with the city steel mill for compensation.

Hearing that the matter had been satisfactorily resolved through Xiong Wenbin’s intervention, Shen Huai also felt relieved and said, “That’s fine…” He had no position to express his gratitude to Xiong Wenbin.

“It’s better to bring Xiao Li here to live,” Bai Sumei thought of the little girl being alone in Meixi Town, and she wiped her tears as she spoke, “Dai Ling won’t come back often after she is in college, so she should take care of her more. Having a daughter…”

“What nonsense, Xiaoli still has an uncle in Meixi Town, why should you be his mother?” Xiong Wenbin said to his wife, frowned and thought about it, and said to Zhao Dong, “When are you going to see Xiaoli, I asked her if she wanted to go to school in the city. That way, she could live in the school on weekdays, and on weekends, she could go back to Meixi, or live here…”

Before Zhao Dong could answer, Xiong Dailing hurriedly said, “Why do you want Zhao Dong to go? I won’t go back to school tomorrow, so I’ll go to Meixi Town to see Xiao Li. I’ll ask her directly.”

“By the way, I’m going to Meixi tomorrow…” Shen Huai thought about getting closer to Xiao Li indirectly through Xiong Wenbin and Zhao Dong, so that it wouldn’t be abrupt. Thinking about it, I want to go together.

“I don’t dare to ask Secretary Shen to accompany him.” Xiong Dailing gave Shen Huai a sideways glance, and didn’t care about his sudden enthusiasm. She had seen this kind of enthusiasm a lot, and she was no worse than Shen Huai.

Shen Huai couldn’t wait to slap himself, the little girl was going to Meixi Town, he followed closely to join in the fun, didn’t he mean to make people think more. He could only pretend to explain for himself easily, and Xiong Wenbin, who was obviously stunned, said, “I may be going to work in Meixi Town in a while, and I thought about getting familiar with the situation first. It’s not appropriate to talk about these things, come and come. , drink first, and then have a game of chess with Director Xiong after drinking.”

When Zhao Dong heard Shen Huai say that he was going to work in Meixi Town, his eyes widened, his curiosity aroused, but it was inconvenient to ask in detail.

Two bottles of Maotai were also given to Xiong Wenbin’s lover, and the three of them were only six or two wines per person, and they drank them quickly.

After another game of chess, Shen Huai quickly checked Xiong Wenbin’s old coach at the end of the game, pushed the chess piece to stand up, and said with a smile, “It’s so late, then I won’t bother you…”

Xiong Dailing unabashedly looked at the wall clock on the wall, indicating that it was too late to disturb her.

Shen Huai smiled inwardly, turning a blind eye to Xiong Dailing’s vindictive expression, pushed the door and walked out first.

Shen Huai walked out, Zhao Dong suppressed his curiosity all night, and couldn’t help but spit it out: “Chen Mingde just died of illness, isn’t it too quick for the city to attack Shen Huai?”

Shen Huai went to Meixi Town, and Zhao Dong took it for granted that he was kicked out of the city government for retaliation.

Thinking of the majestic appearance of Shen Huai when he punched Zhou Dazui in the city steel factory a few days ago, Zhao Dong secretly sneered, and felt that the situation had become a real thief quickly——

“Perhaps not,” Xiong Wenbin shook his head, but he couldn’t figure it out after thinking about it, so he didn’t say anything, “He came to Donghua with Chen Mingde, and he was supposed to be able to go back to the provincial capital, so it’s strange for him to stay in Donghua… …”

Zhao Dong was not familiar with the previous Shen Huai. He really knew Shen Huai from the time when Shen Huai punched Zhou Dazui in the city steel factory.

It’s not Zhao Dong’s style, but when he saw Zhou Dazui punching Shen Huai, he still felt very happy. Besides, Shen Huai really helped them a lot. He still has a good impression of Shen Huai~ www.readwn.com~ Today Shen Huai began to barge in, so thick-skinned that he was speechless, but the next drink was very lively. Except for Xiong Dailing’s little temperament, everyone was not unhappy.

Even if they took advantage of the meal for Shen Huai, they also drank good wine that they hadn’t had the chance to drink before, and they still got a big advantage. The key is that Xiong Wenbin also had a chess addiction. Thinking of this, Zhao Dong said again: “This Secretary Shen’s chess skills are really not weak, I haven’t seen Director Xiong lose for a long time; if he stays in the city, Director Xiong can find a chess friend…”

Xiong Wenbin laughed, playing chess was a pleasure, not a win or a loss.

Xiong Wenbin had very little contact with Shen Huai before, and I heard that his style was not upright, and he usually met him under the eaves with his head raised and his head lowered. He was indeed a defiant character, but seeing his enthusiasm today, he suddenly felt that this young man was incomprehensible.

“Don’t hit Dailing’s idea?” Bai Sumei was a little wary of Shen Huai’s sudden enthusiasm today, and said in a low voice, “Besides, this secretary Shen’s style is not very upright…” It’s not that Bai Sumei heard that Shen Huai’s style is not upright. , and several times I saw unruly girls coming and going in the next room.

The more Bai Sumei thought about it, the more suspicious she felt, for fear that Shen Huai would hit Dai Ling with her idea. Shen Huai usually looked up at them and looked lazy, but Dailing came back today. He acted like a thief exploring the way, and he just said that he would accompany Dailing to Meixi Town.

“Mom, what nonsense are you talking about?” Xiong Dailing became unhappy when she saw that they were talking about her, “Is his style right, what are you doing to me, I still don’t like him.”

“It’s just that you have high vision,” Bai Sumei gave her youngest daughter a white glance and said, “Remember, you are not allowed to fall in love in school, and you can go back to work in Donghua after graduation. Don’t think that when your wings grow up, you can fly.”

“Who said we’re going to fall in love?” Xiong Dailing retorted.