The two of them hugged each other and talked, without doing anything else, until they were overcome with drowsiness and fell asleep in a daze.

  Shen Hua had many dreams, in which he was sometimes Sun Haiwen and sometimes the previous Shen Hua, his identity shifting and changing in his sleep. When he woke up, these dreams all disappeared and he couldn't remember any of them. His phone on the bedside table rang, Chen Dan sat on the edge of the bed putting on her bra, revealing a patch of jade-like skin in the cold morning air, translucent and pale, with a slender waist that curved into a captivating shape.

  Chen Dan turned around and saw Shen Huan staring at her back, feeling embarrassed, she covered herself with clothes and ran to the outer room to help him get his phone.

  Shen Huai couldn't help but want to touch Chen Dan's body, Chen Dan dodged far away, standing in the corner of the wall putting on clothes, and pouting her mouth wanting Shen Huai to answer the phone first.

  Shen Huai pulled open the quilt to let Chen Dan see his morning glory, Chen Dan stuck out her tongue at him and said: "Who told you to think about talking all night yesterday? Lady, I'm not in the mood to serve you now..."

  Shen Huai saw Chen Dan in a good mood, and he also pretended to smile wryly. He took over the phone and saw that it was Sun Ya Lin's call. He answered: "Why are you calling so early in the morning?"

  "Alright, I'll help you with the loan, but do you think you can just kick me out afterwards? It's already past 8 o'clock, what's going on?" Sun Yalin said irritably over the phone.

  "Is that so?" The inner room where Shen Hui slept faced north, and looking at the dim light outside, he thought that today might be a cloudy day. It was the first time since arriving in Meixi Town that he had slept until 8 o'clock. Seeing Chen Dan come over with her watch to remind him that it wasn't early anymore, he covered the receiver and chuckled, "From now on, the king will not rise early... this is actually based on facts..."

  "Are you going to listen to Yao Xingchang's opinion?" Sun Yalin said on the phone, still unaware that Shen Hui and Chen Dan were already together.

  "Speak."

  "After seeing the actual operation of Mei Xi Steel Factory, Yao Xingchang thought that there were some problems before that shouldn't be investigated further, and accepted my supplementary materials later. Of course, the provincial bank doesn't need to take any responsibility for that loan now, and the loan risk has actually decreased, so everyone is happy," Sun Yalin told Shen Huai on the phone, "The provincial bank will set up a preparatory group for the Donghua branch, and I'll be in charge of deposits and network construction within the group. I think you might not want to see me, but maybe there's no way..."

  "How many bad things did you say about me in front of Chen Dan?" Shen Hui asked, thinking to himself that Sun Ya Lin would never think that her intentional troublemaking had prompted Chen Dan to make up his mind, and he didn't know whether to scold her or thank her.

  "Sorry, I also couldn't hold back for a moment. Anyway, you don't care either, right?" Sun Yalin laughed triumphantly on the other end of the phone.

  "Aren't you afraid I won't be able to hold back in front of Third Uncle either?" Shen Huai retorted.

  "Alright, no big deal if I change to another woman, it's not a huge loss. I don't believe you're still lacking women in the country? If all else fails, I'll let two women go with you..." Sun Ya Lin said.

  Shen Huai didn't want to get entangled with Sun Ya Lin on this issue, but thinking that Sun Ya Lin was going to let two of her women out, Shen Huai couldn't help but laugh wickedly again.

  Chen Dan couldn't hear what Chen Ya Lin was saying on the phone, but saw Shen Huai smiling strangely and looking over with a puzzled expression.

  Shen Huai pushed Chen Dan's face away, pulled her into his arms and sat down; Chen Dan stroked Shen Huai's skin exposed to the cold air, and then painfully pulled up the quilt to wrap him inside.

  "In two days when you arrive in Donghua, give me a call," Shen Huan said. "As for the Tianheng Building matter, I don't think you need any professional advice from me. I believe that China's economy and Donghua's economy will develop rapidly for a long time to come. As long as Yeshin Bank has sufficient capital, buying and operating the Tianheng Building can only bring more practical benefits, and at the same time, we can also get more favorable conditions from the Donghua municipal government..."

  "Alright, no need to repeat the lessons, four years ago, the domestic economic policy took a sharp left turn, and the economic growth rate suddenly fell by half. And the Company Law was only promulgated on New Year's Day this year, while the Labor Law may not be introduced until next year or the year after. Overseas people are worried about the country's economic situation, but it's really hard to say anything," Sun Serlin said, "But what I find strange is that you've been away from France for less than three years, how can you change so much?"

  "When you have nothing, you'll have to change." Shen Huai said vaguely, listening to Sun Serene's silence on the phone, as if pondering his words, and feeling that this excuse was truly brilliant.

  It's also true that after he returned to China for more than two years, Chen Mingde, who had the most contact with him, died of illness. The changes that took place in him, he said, made it difficult for others to find his weaknesses. As for his work experience at the Provincial Economic College, apart from playing around with a few female students, there didn't seem to be any particularly vicious behavior.

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  After dismissing Sun Serene's phone call in a few words, Shen Hui wanted to pull Chen Dan onto the bed for some more intimacy, but Chen Dan escaped first. Shen Hui had no choice but to hastily wash up and rush out without having breakfast, hurrying to the town government office.

  Huang Xinliang indeed put the agenda for tomorrow's party and government meeting on his desk, Shen Hua had already forgotten about Huang Xinliang's miserable appearance after being hit, picked up the agenda and took a look, mainly still the two things he recently proposed, building bridges and roads and raising funds to build houses.

  These two things have been planned for several years in Meixi Town, and two or three sets of plans have been made, but due to the town's financial difficulties in recent years, they have been delayed.

  Mei Creek Steel Plant is strongly revived, and the town's financial prospects are expected to improve next year. It can also get some money from the city, so it will build bridges, expand roads, raise funds to build houses, which is a natural thing to do.

  In the morning, Shen Hua took out the expansion plan for the old Meixi Bridge and lower Meixi Highway to take a look.

  The original plan was a four-lane mixed design for motorized and non-motorized vehicles, which is essentially just paving the old gravel road with asphalt. Perhaps it was suitable when this plan was put out four years ago, but now it may not be adapted to the development trend of Meixi Town in the next ten years.

  Shen Huai took the old plan to He Qing's office and called over the deputy mayor in charge of urban construction for a discussion before the meeting: "The old plan is outdated, and in the future, it will be merged with Tangzhazhen District. We must get closer to the main city area. Four lanes for motor vehicles, two non-motorized vehicle lanes, plus pedestrian paths are the basic requirements to ensure that in the next ten years, this road will not be eliminated as the main road of Meixi Town..."

  "The road width needs to be doubled," He Qing heard Shen Hua's opinion and puckered her mouth, "The scale of the relocation will be much larger. If we protect the northern part, all the houses along the street in the southern part will have to be demolished. From Meixi Bridge down is Huaxi Village, the road is relatively better, with fewer private houses, but when entering the town area, from east to west about 2 kilometers, involving dyeing factories, repair shops, blanket factories and dozens of small shops, just relocation may cost tens of millions..."

  He Qing She was still very clear about the big and small economic accounts of Mei Xi Town. He was still competent as the town mayor.

  "The actual relocation cost is not that high," Shen Hua said, "the printing and dyeing factory, the machinery repair factory, and the blanket factory are all town-owned assets. If we shrink them by 50 meters, we can build more storefronts with the extra space; for other street-side shops, as long as they cooperate with the relocation without compensation, they can be rebuilt into three-story buildings according to the town's uniform rules; if compensation is required, the town will provide it, and after taking back the road section and rebuilding it into storefronts, we can sell them again...this way, we should be able to recover the relocation costs..."

  He Qing thought for a long time and said, "Perhaps our steps should be bigger. It seems that tomorrow can only be discussed initially, and if we really want to consider the non-motorized vehicle lane, we need to ask the Municipal Planning Bureau's Design Institute to help us come up with a plan again..."

  Shen Huai nodded, he didn't want tomorrow's party and government meeting to waste too much time discussing this. If tomorrow's meeting passes the old plan, after a while, if he wants to overthrow the old plan again, he will be blamed by others behind his back. It's better to discuss with He Qing first and set the tone.

  Back in the office, Shen Hua's mind was restless, always thinking about putting things down and going to find Chen Dan. He thought that tonight he couldn't be gentle with Chen Dan anymore, he had to make her comfortable. Thinking like this made him emotional and uneasy, unable to bear not calling Chen Dan, even if it was just hearing her voice as a comfort. But then Shen Hua thought of a crucial issue - neither he nor Chen Dan had prepared any contraceptive measures.

  This matter is very troublesome, Shen Hua picked up the phone and called Chen Dan, mentioning this matter.

  "How can I bear to buy this thing, isn't the family planning office giving it away for free?" Chen Dan's voice on the phone was as soft as a mosquito bite, sweet and gentle enough to melt Shen Hua's heart.

  Shen Huai cursed Chen Dan as a little demon in his heart, and after hanging up the phone, he wandered around the door of the family planning office for half a day, but still didn't have the courage to go in and ask for free condoms. There was a small pharmacy in town, which happened to be run by He Qing's wife, and they knew each other's faces.

  After lunch, Shen Hui took the car key and left the office door during the noon break, planning to go downtown to buy something. Xiao Chu in the office was still chasing after him: "Secretary Shen, where are you going? Do you want me to be your driver?"

  Shen Huai smiled on his face and scolded in his heart: I'm going to the city to buy condoms, do you want me to bring some for you?

  Shen Huai drove to the city to buy two large boxes of condoms, and on his way back, he deliberately stopped at the Zhuxi Hotel and waved at Chen Dan through the car window.

  Chen Dan stood at the front desk, looking unclear, and thought Shen Huan had something to ask her, so she walked out in small steps. Seeing Shen Huan open the car window, she scolded: "It's almost time for work, what are you doing by driving around?" Her face was a bit red, and her mood hadn't calmed down all day. There was an inexplicable warmth flowing in her heart, and when she saw Shen Huan approaching, she felt a little embarrassed.

  "Here, take this." Shen Huan directly stretched out his hand and stuffed two boxes of condoms into Chen Dan's arms.

  Chen Dan was about to scream when she saw what was in her hand, and just as she was about to throw it back, Shen Hua had already quickly rolled up the car window.

  Chen Dan hastily stuffed the condom into her clothes, her face flushed with embarrassment, and her ears turned red. She glared at Shen Hua with a mixture of anger and resentment, gritting her teeth. Since Shen Hua was helpless, she had to sneak back to the hotel like she was hiding hundreds of thousands of dollars in loot, jumping and running along the way, and hid the thing first...