Nominal: Energy sector enters Handong, breaking the deadlock

Zhou Tiejun is a straightforward person.

With Zhou Tiejun on the military region's front, many things will be much easier to handle in the future.

Qi Tongwei wants to advance, and it seems he has a good chance of getting a vote from Zhou Tiejun on the Standing Committee.

The prerequisite is to do this current search for people well.

Qi Tongwei returned home.

I just opened the door.

The lights were on in the living room.

Liang Lu sat on the sofa, hugging a cushion, and coldly watched the man who came in.

I used to like it so much, but now it feels so foreign.

Qi Tongwei felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, and paused for a moment while changing his shoes.

He could only pretend not to see Liang Lu and walk straight inside.

"Director Qi," Liang Lu couldn't help but speak up, "Director Qi, is this your home?"

"You still know how to come back."

Qi Tongwei stopped and turned to look at the woman on the sofa.

"Teacher Liang, isn't this my home? I'm very busy."

So many cases every day, so many people to find.

I don't want to argue with you.

The Cold War is the best way to handle this; I don't want to argue.

Arguing is the most incompetent thing to do.

Liang Lu gave a cold laugh.

She stood up, walked over to Qi Tongwei, and asked, "Busy?"

"I bet you're busy going after the vixen from the Shanshui Group."

In the past, it was always the Cold War.

Today is different; I can't hold it in any longer.

Qi Tongwei frowned. "Teacher Liang, what nonsense are you talking about? That's not true."

Deny it, firmly deny it.

I'd rather die than admit it.

Liang Lu took a step closer. "No."

I've heard everything. You and that vixen have a child, a son.

Qi Tongwei's heart skipped a beat. How did Liang Lu know?

He remained outwardly calm, saying, "Liang Lu, those are all rumors."

You are also a highly educated person, a university professor, so don't believe everything you hear.

Liang Lu stared at him for a full half minute, then suddenly burst out laughing.

Laughter echoed in the living room.

"Rumors? Qi Tongwei, do you really think I'm blind and deaf?"

My dad is getting old and his health isn't good.

Otherwise, I would have confronted you long ago.

The reason for not getting a divorce is to maintain a semblance of dignity and to ensure that her father, Liang Qunfeng, can enjoy his later years in peace.

I was afraid that my father would get angry and just walk away.

"Teacher Liang, I, Qi Tongwei, am a real man. I don't want to argue with you." Qi Tongwei's main strategy was to endure.

I went home today to get my laptop. Over the years, I've met quite a few soldiers, and I was hoping to find their contact information by looking for the laptop. Many hands make light work.

Liang Lu turned the TV volume up a bit, not wanting the neighbors to hear.

Even if the marriage is a mess, I don't want others to laugh at me.

"You think Gao Xiaoqin from the Shanshui Group is your true love, right?"

Qi Tongwei looked at Liang Lu.

All the repression and grievances of so many years welled up in my heart.

No further rebuttal.

That's really what I was thinking.

"Yes," Qi Tongwei answered crisply.

"Pah!" Liang Lu spat into the trash can. "True love? She loves your power. She loves your hat as the Director of the Public Security Bureau. If you, Qi Tongwei, weren't the Director of the Public Security Bureau anymore, if you were nothing at all, do you think she would have any connection with you?"

Qi Tongwei remained silent.

That statement hits the nail on the head.

He dared not think about it.

If she didn't have power, would Gao Xiaoqin still be so obedient and submissive to him?

"Teacher Liang," Qi Tongwei said with a wry smile, "our union was a mistake from the very beginning."

That's true; the two weren't truly in love, and their union was out of necessity.

Liang Lu was pregnant with the child of a teacher at Handong University. That scumbag went abroad to study and abandoned Liang Lu.

Liang Lu went to an unlicensed clinic for an abortion, which resulted in lifelong infertility.

Liang Lu felt she could find a better man, and the handsome Qi Tongwei came into her life.

Back then, I was particularly infatuated with Qi Tongwei.

Liang Lu used her power arbitrarily, and Qi Tongwei was assigned to a judicial office in a remote township.

Chen Yang was assigned to work in Beijing. Due to the distance in time and space, Qi Tongwei and Chen Yang became increasingly estranged.

Chen Yanshi completely disagreed with Chen Yang and Qi Tongwei being together.

When Chen Yang went to Beijing, it was to arrange a marriage between him and the son of Chen Yanshi's old comrade-in-arms.

My love life is going badly, and so is my career.

Qi Tongwei volunteered to join the anti-drug squad and was awarded a first-class merit, but nothing changed much.

He knelt down and proposed to Liang Lu on the playground of Handong University, losing his dignity as a man, but rising step by step in his career.

Liang Lu felt that her life was a joke. "A mistake?"

Qi Tongwei is now telling me it was a mistake.

I was young once too.

I, Liang Lu, also had many admirers back then.

Who was it that knelt down and proposed to me in front of the entire faculty and student body on the playground of Handong University back then?

Who was it that kept saying they would treat me well for the rest of their life?

Vows of eternal love have become worthless.

Qi Tongwei, put your hands on your conscience.

After we got married, have I done anything I should have done to regret?

indeed!

Before their marriage, Liang Lu interfered with Qi Tongwei's job assignment after graduation.

If it weren't for Liang Lu's intervention, Qi Tongwei would at least have gone to work in the public security, procuratorate, or judicial system of a prefecture-level city or Jingzhou City.

Qi Tongwei turned his face away. "Teacher Liang, let's not talk about what happened back then."

That's because I, Qi Tongwei, had nowhere else to go; I'm just the son of a farmer.

If I had a choice, I wouldn't have taken that path.

Regret?

I have indeed regretted it.

If I had the chance to do it again, I definitely wouldn't be a kept man.

It's delicious to be a kept man.

However, it's really not easy to keep a wife's rice bowl.

Liang Lu raised her voice several octaves, "Qi Tongwei, I'm forcing you."

I admit that the only thing I ever did that I did to wrong you was to interfere with your job placement after graduation.

Back then, you were the one who wanted to climb up; it was your own choice.

Over the years, my dad has poured a lot of resources into you.

No matter what, I think we're even.

We're even.

If it weren't for her father, Liang Qunfeng, Liang Lu would have loved to file for divorce.

Now, as a professor and doctoral supervisor at Handong University, even if I were alone, my retirement pension would be enough for my entire life.

The two were arguing in the living room.

The sound grew louder and louder.

Fortunately, there was sound from the TV, and the house was well soundproofed.

The neighbors upstairs and downstairs shouldn't be able to hear it.

Qi Tongwei once considered ending the marriage.

There are two factors that were not mentioned. First, if he gets divorced, he would probably be rejected outright if he wants to be promoted to the vice-provincial level.

Secondly, they were worried about being labeled as ungrateful.

Why is it that in this circle, there's a saying: "Promotion, wealth, and the death of one's wife"?

Now, Qi Tongwei can empathize with him.

If he is widowed, it's truly a happy ending, as he can rightfully marry a younger woman.

Although his marriage with Liang Lu was in name only and they had been separated for many years, Qi Tongwei still couldn't bring up divorce.

Liang Lu stopped talking, turned around and walked to the coffee table, picking up a brown paper envelope.

He slammed himself against Qi Tongwei.

The envelope opened, and several photos fluttered to the ground.

Qi Tongwei looked down and his mind went blank.

The photo shows him, Gao Xiaoqin, and a little boy.