Chapter Fifty-One: Secret Struggle

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  Yang City, in a welfare housing district allocated by the municipal government. Lan Bin held his own file bag and walked towards home. From afar, he saw that the lights at his house were still not turned off.

  Lan Bin smiled wryly and quickened his pace towards home.

  When he opened the door with a "creak", his wife, Atao, was indeed awake. Seeing Lanbin return, she got up and quickly walked to his side, took over the bag and put it on the shoe cabinet, then took out slippers for him to change into.

  "Didn't I tell you to sleep first?! Why are you still waiting for me?! Don't do this again next time, you've had a long day and have to go to work tomorrow..." Lan Bin gazed lovingly at his wife.

  He brought her to the provincial capital of Yangcheng, originally thinking that she would be able to enjoy a good life. After arriving, however, Ah Tao's low level of education meant that she could only be assigned to work in the cafeteria.

  But Lan Bin himself was busy with work all the time and didn't have any time to accompany his wife and children. However, Ah Tao never complained even half a sentence, instead she not only did her own job well but also took on all the household chores, taking the kids to and from school.

  She goes to Lan Cheng's house every day, helping with sweeping the floor, washing dishes, cooking and stir-frying. Even the nanny at Lan Cheng's house doesn't need to be invited anymore. No matter how late Lan Bin comes back, he always sees Ah Tao waiting for him on the sofa when he gets home.

  "Not tired! This is nothing compared to the work we did on the farm... " Ah Tao said, lowering her head and speaking shyly to her husband: "Besides, when you're not home, I'm always worried... can't sleep..."

  Lan Bin heard this and smiled as he gently stroked his wife's nose. Only then did he say: "Has the child fallen asleep?"

  "Uh, just now mom came to take him out for a bit. He was tired from school today, so he fell asleep early." A Tao Mali carefully put Lan Bin's leather shoes in the shoe cabinet and smiled: "There is still food in the pot, it should still be hot. You wash your hands, I'll go get you some rice..."

  Lan Bin smiled and went to the washbasin on the balcony to wash his hands, and when he returned to the dinner table, he indeed saw two plates of warm dishes and a large bowl of rice.

  The dishes were simple, a semi-vegetarian stir-fry of green peppers and meat. A garlic-flavored hollow vegetable dish. And the meats all looked like they had been carefully selected, with a mix of lean and fatty parts. Seeing these dishes, Lan Bin smiled. Indeed, his wife still knew him best.

  Lan Bin didn't say much, picked up his bowl and chopsticks and started eating. He was indeed hungry, today's work in the office was quite a lot. Overtime until after 8 pm, thinking of not going to the cafeteria to go home early and have dinner with Atao.

  It was almost nine o'clock when I just finished overtime, and then I was caught by the old men with a phone call to go home. After being questioned for more than an hour, not even a drop of water was given before being thrown out.

  It's good that there is an Atao who knows her own pain! Lan Bin thought so in his heart.

  "Ah Tao, aren't you going to eat a bit?!" Looking at his wife watching him eat with relish, Lan Bin couldn't help but ask with a smile. Ah Tao shook her somewhat chubby little face and pouted: "I've already eaten, I just like watching you eat..."

  Lan Bin cursed for two sentences, then constantly scooped rice into his own mouth. As an old couple, Lan Bin had no intention of pretending to be a gentleman in front of his wife.

  Lan Bin didn't calm down until he had eaten three big bowls of rice.

  He lit a cigarette, looked at Atao and said with a smile: "Atao, tomorrow Sanping may come to Yangcheng. But tomorrow he probably won't have any time, I'll see if I can meet him. If I meet him, I'll invite him home for dinner."

  "What?! Sanping is coming over?!" Upon hearing that Liang Sanping was coming to Yang City, Atao couldn't help but look extremely delighted. To be honest, after arriving in Yang City, although it's a big city, Atao wasn't happy at all.

  Although she is not highly educated, she can see that many people actually look down on her. They think she's just lucky to have married into a good family with Lan Bin, who has no flaws in terms of family background, education, looks, and abilities.

  At this, Ah Tao felt very wronged. At the time she married Lan Bin, he was still a penniless educated youth. Even Lan Cheng was still locked up in the cowshed, his life or death unknown.

  Lan Bin himself was almost labeled as a black five elements several times, and even at that time, several of Ah Tao's sisters advised her not to marry him. If it weren't for Da Ping Ge's support, he might not have been able to hold on.

  Ke Ah Tao knew that Lan Bin had just been transferred back to Yangcheng for work. His family had high hopes for him, so he was very busy with his work. Ah Tao didn't want these things to make him even more annoyed.

  "Yes! Sanping is coming over, and if nothing unexpected happens, he'll be here tomorrow." Lan Bin said with a smile, he's not an idiot. The number of people in the courtyard who are eager to please him is countless.

  He also knew that Atao would definitely be subjected to some rumors. He had always felt very guilty about this, so he wanted to accompany his wife more and apologize to her sincerely.

  Unfortunately, Father and Uncle seem to be worried that their abilities have declined. During this period, those tasks came one after another, even seven or eight tasks were piled up on themselves.

  Every day is busy with no time to spare, Lan Bin even wishes that one day could be turned into thirty hours to use.

  "This time he came to make a report, after he finishes his work I'll have him come over for dinner." Lan Bin smiled and said: "At that time, you siblings can also get together."

  "Uh..." Atao blushed and nodded, she was extremely happy in her heart. After coming over, there wasn't a single familiar face around. In the big courtyard, many people's attitudes towards her made him feel at ease.

  So, she was often very bitter in her heart. But these words didn't know who to say to. Sanping and her family were old friends, and Sanping could even be considered as someone she had watched grow up.

  He can come and see himself, have dinner with his family. Atao felt very happy and satisfied.

  "Alright, take a rest! We still have work tomorrow......" Lan Bin said with a smile to Ah Tao, and Ah Tao's face turned red as she felt the gaze from Lan Bin.

  She responded with a barely audible voice, then hastily stuffed the bowls and chopsticks into the cabinet. She was pulled by Lan Bin into the couple's bedroom...

  Liang Sanping didn't have time to think about drinking now, his boat had set off in the afternoon and finally reached the shore. He silently cursed the damned public transportation of this era, then reluctantly got on the car that Ge Tai had found.

  Ge Tai had been the leader of Qiongzhou Port after all, so it wasn't a problem to find a vehicle. The three of them got into a jeep and headed towards Yang City.

  Luzhou Peninsula is neither far nor near from Yangcheng. In the past, it took several hours to get there by boat, and now it takes at least seven or eight hours to arrive.

  The national defense highway in northern Guangdong is relatively better than that in Hainan, but not much. A large area of yellow mud and sand roads are everywhere, and the car kicks up clouds of dust when it starts.

  Even if the car window was shaken with a handle, there were still quite a lot of dust entering the car. However, Liang Sanping had already gotten used to it.

  In the midst of swaying back and forth, this is directly a kind of torture. And this torture is still hard to come by for everyone nowadays.

  "Sanping, your report is well-written. Just some minor adjustments to wording and phrasing are needed, which I've already taken care of. Here you go, just copy it out and submit it as is."

  On the bus, Ge Tai let Shu Heng take out the manuscript he had modified from his briefcase and handed it to Liang Sanping. The latter was stunned when he received the manuscript, but couldn't say a word.

  He never thought that Ge Tai, as the secretary of the autonomous prefecture, would personally revise his manuscript.

  "What's on your mind? I just think you wrote well, so I'm helping you revise." Ge Tai seemed to see what Liang Sanping was thinking and smiled faintly: "You can do things for the sake of doing them, but not everything. Can't I even help you revise a draft?"

  Liang Sanping didn't say a word, he just lowered his head and clenched his fists. To be honest, he owed Ge Tai a great favor. This was Ge Tai betting his own political life to support Liang Sanping.

  "Sanping ah...... I only hope you don't forget what you promised me!" But Ge Tai said solemnly, "The people of Bao Ting can't be so poor anymore!"

  "When I serve as an official, I bring benefits to the people. I dare not wish for bringing benefits to the people, I only hope that in the place where I serve, the common people can eat their fill. At least I am worthy of them..."

  Liang Sanping didn't say anything else, at this time he felt that saying any more words of guarantee would be nonsense. It's the actions that are real. So, he didn't say a word and just nodded heavily.

  The car swayed gently as it drove, Ge Tai was already old after all. He barely exchanged a few words with Liang Sanping before falling into a deep sleep. But Liang Sanping couldn't sleep, he closed his eyes and kept turning over today's manuscript in his mind.

  The car lights were very dim and he couldn't see the script at all. He could only rely on his memory, thinking about the script he had written before. Were there any omissions? Which part of the situation was not detailed enough?

  "Song Tian, you said the president has already called to say he will come to China in person?!" Qiongdao, Otsu Yujin's face lit up with joy at this time. He had already learned some things about the general company situation.

  The old president personally arrived at the headquarters and explicitly expressed his opposition to this plan. When he learned of the news, Otsu Yunosuke couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

  Fortunately, the president fully supported himself and withstood the pressure from the old president at the board meeting, ultimately making this plan a reality.

  This time, Wan Hong Corporation has fully formed a consensus. Led by the president himself, he came to China to negotiate with Wan Hong and Qiongdao in China.

  At the beginning, Yamazaki only authorized Otsu Yunosuke. Because of the internal voices of Wan Hong were not unified, he had no choice but to authorize Otsu Yunosuke to handle this matter.

  But the situation in his heart has become clear, and the biggest obstacle is gone. So Yamazaki naturally hopes to come and operate this matter personally. If this project succeeds, it will be a huge step forward for Wan Hong.

  "It's good that our first batch of vegetables in collaboration with Qiong Island was a great success. Otherwise, I think President wouldn't have spoken up for us either..." said Shimada, who was standing beside him...