Chapter 58 I Come From The Capital

  "You're such a troublemaker, aren't you? You can't even go one day without causing your old man some trouble!" Huang Tao returned home and told his father, who had just come back from work, about what happened today. Immediately, it sparked the fiery anger of his father, Huang Changsheng. People within the system mostly got used to doing things in a low-key manner. Anything that gets blown out of proportion will eventually attract the attention of political enemies. Once he leaves this position, he'll be nothing."

  "Alright, alright, isn't it just breaking someone's head? Look at you, so flustered. In a few days, let Driver Wang bring some fruit and send over a few hundred yuan to take a look. Honestly, the older I get, the smaller my courage becomes, what a big deal is this? Do you need to be so worked up?" A woman in her 40s sat on the sofa, with one hand holding a Pekingese dog and the other shielding her son Huang Tao, scolding Huang Changsheng in an ill-tempered tone.

  "You don't know squat! You're not unaware of how vicious the media is these days. I've worked my way up to where I am today, step by step, with my tail between my legs - it wasn't easy, let me tell you! And I'm telling you two, if you don't shape up and be more discreet, when I fall from power, you'll end up worse off than beggars!" The events of the past few days at the vegetable market had left Huang Changsheng fuming. What kind of place is a vegetable market? It's where those idle old ladies, with nothing better to do, gather to gossip and stir up trouble. Whatever happens, once it gets into their mouths, small matters can become big ones.

  "Fine, you heartless thing. 20 years ago when you were flirting with me, why weren't you so tough? Poor me, I followed this white-eyed wolf at the age of 18. Think about how poor you were back then, almost 40 years old and couldn't even afford a watch. Wasn't it me who saved money by eating frugally for a year and gave you 80 bucks to buy one? Okay, now that you've made something of yourself, huh? You're starting to look down on us too, huh? Tell me, have you hooked up with that sly office director?" Huang Changsheng's few sentences of scolding and complaint thoroughly ignited his wife's fuse. Jing Ba didn't care about anything anymore, nor did her son. The noblewoman rushed forward in three strides, grabbing Huang Changsheng's collar, instantly transforming into a shrew."

  "Let's talk about the matter at hand, I'm not making it clear to you that there are dangers in between? How can you still be so reckless?! Huang Changsheng has three fears: Firstly, he fears his wife bringing up the past when he was poor and down on his luck 20 years ago. Secondly, he fears his son one day offending someone he shouldn't have. Thirdly, he fears someone knocking on his door in the middle of the night! Every time he wakes up from a midnight dream, he can see himself sitting in the discipline inspection committee drinking tea."

  "Spare me, you think you're tough? When you first climbed into my bed, why were you like a wolf cub, afraid of nothing?" After scratching Huang Changsheng several times, his wife's anger dissipated. She spat at Huang Changsheng and then walked back to the sofa with a swaying waist.

  "You're also a kid, as soon as you see the sky, you know how to add trouble for your dad. You like women, you like to play, these are not problems. But you have to consider the occasion, pay attention to the impact? Your dad wasn't wrong just now, if you continue like this, one day when he steps down, you'll be waiting for others to come and take revenge on you." Huang Changsheng's daughter-in-law calmed herself down a bit, turned her head around and scolded her precious son Huang Tao again.

  "Mom, isn't it all right now?" In comparison, Huang Tao was not afraid of his mother at all. He walked up and slapped Jing Ba'er, who was being playful and cute, to the ground, then pulled his mom's hand and started acting spoiled there.

  "A doting mother will spoil her child, Xiaoli, you can't keep spoiling him like this." Huang Changsheng shook his head and sat down on the sofa, taking a sip of tea.

  "I have such a son, and he's spoiled too. Alright, alright, don't disturb us mother and daughter bonding. Aren't you supposed to go to the study room to write something? Why aren't you hurrying off?" The noblewoman named Xiaoli gently patted Huang Tao a few times, somewhat impatiently saying to the chatty Huang Changsheng.

  "And got spoiled...... Ah!" Huang Changsheng saw that his wife had no intention of continuing the conversation, stood up with a sigh, and walked into the study with a cup of tea.

  "Ah! I'm getting old, looking at books for a while and my eyes are all blurry. Little Li, Little Li? Get me a wet towel to wipe my face!" Huang Changsheng sat upright at his desk, holding "Zizhi Tongjian" and read for half an hour. Suddenly he felt a chill run down his body, then his vision began to blur. He took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes with his hands, and called out to his wife sitting in the living room.

  "These old women are getting more and more outrageous, let her bring a towel to pretend she didn't hear." After waiting for about a few minutes, he still didn't see his wife push the door to deliver the towel. Huang Changsheng rubbed his temples and sighed bitterly.

  "It's better to rely on oneself than others, I'll just go myself!" He picked up the glasses that had been placed on the desk and put them on, then stood up and prepared to open the door to go to the bathroom to wash his face.

  "No, I haven't finished writing yet." He walked to the door and was about to open it. Suddenly, Huang Changsheng heard a voice in his head, telling him to write down all those unknown things over the years. After struggling for a moment, Huang Changsheng finally returned to his desk. He picked up paper and pen, and detailedly wrote down all those shameful things that had happened over the years. After finishing writing, he also took out 10 deposit slips hidden in the drawer of his desk, as well as some property certificates, and stuffed them into his briefcase!

  "I'm going out for a bit!" After tidying up, the clock had already pointed to 8:30 in the evening. Huang Changsheng opened the door with an expressionless face and greeted his wife and son who were sitting on the sofa watching TV!

  "I asked Old Huang, where are you going so late?" The noblewoman sat on the sofa, watching TV while eating fruit with Huang Tao. As soon as she heard that Huang Changsheng was going out at this time, she immediately became alert and asked in pursuit. It is said that men change when they have money, but her own man not only has money, but also has power! Who knows how many seductive women are waiting outside to throw themselves into his arms? The noblewoman really didn't trust her own man.

  "Go to the office, there's a document left there. I need to finish reading it tonight, as I have to give a speech at tomorrow's meeting." Huang Changsheng's eyes flickered with a hint of struggle, but was ultimately conquered by the cunning glint in his eyes. He turned back to look at his wife and child, and said softly:

  "Oh, okay, let Driver Wang take you there. Be careful on the road and hurry back with the documents!" Seeing Huang Changsheng was about to attend to official business, the noblewoman didn't obstruct him further. She just stood up and accompanied her husband to the door of the villa, reminding him softly once more.

  "Alright, I've already called Little Wang just now. He should be arriving at the guard post soon! It's windy outside, you go back!" Huang Changsheng felt as if tears were about to fall from his eyes and hastily turned around to wipe them away with his sleeve, saying to his wife who was wrapped in a sleeping gown behind him.

  "Who are you, anyway? Why did you tempt me to write those things down? What do you want from me? Whatever it is, I'll give it to you. Just spare my life, I have an old mother and young children at home..." Huang Changsheng bid farewell to his wife and walked a few steps before suddenly struggling and muttering to himself there.

  "Who doesn't have elderly and young at home? You're really good at joking, as if only your family's old and young are precious? Don't struggle, it's useless! Be honest and cooperate with me, I can still let you suffer a little less. If you keep stalling, believe it or not, I'll go back and swallow your wife and son in one gulp, without leaving any leftovers for you?" Huang Changsheng begged, then suddenly stretched out his right hand, curled up his thumb and index finger, and continued with a low brow and a coquettish expression.

  Half an hour later, Driver Wang completed his mission! He sent the boss with a changing expression in the car to the 23-story office building! At this time, Wang would never have thought that this was the last time he performed his duty as a driver for this boss.

  On the 9th floor of the office building, Huang Changsheng walked out of the elevator and looked up at the solemn big characters on the wall "XX City Discipline Inspection Commission". After adjusting his slightly wrinkled jacket, he walked towards the still brightly lit office with his head held high.

  "Hey? The leader is making a night inspection? Please sit down, I'll go make you some tea!" Pushing open the door, several Discipline Inspection Commission office staff on duty inside looked up and saw Huang Changsheng, immediately stood up to welcome him with a joke.

  "I'm from the capital!" This was what Huang Changsheng said as soon as he opened his mouth. As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room was stunned.

  "Leaders can really joke, you sit down, I'll go make tea for you. West Lake Longjing, people from my hometown just sent it to me, and I haven't even had time to unwrap it yet!" The staff thought Huang Changsheng was joking with them, and then laughed carelessly!

  "Please be serious, I said, I'm from the beginning!" Huang Changsheng himself walked to the front desk and sat down. From the briefcase, he took out the deposit slips, property certificates, and some written confession materials, one by one, and read them out to the people in the room, word by word!

  "Comrade Huang Changsheng, this is not a place for joking." Seeing the materials presented by Huang Changsheng, the faces of the discipline inspection commission staff also changed. One of the older and more qualified ones stepped forward, pressed those materials under his palm, and solemnly said to Huang Changsheng:

  "I'm not joking, I'm from the top!" Huang Changsheng gently pushed away the staff's palm and spread out all the materials to him.

  "Name!"

  "Long live!"

  "Position!"

  After roughly browsing through the materials on the table, several discipline inspection commission staff members reported the situation to their superiors with a serious expression, and then launched an investigation into Huang Changsheng overnight.

  "This New Year, I'm afraid many people won't have a good time!" By the next morning, everyone who had heard the news couldn't help but think of these words. As for whose year would be bad, that was naturally on each person's mind.