Chapter 2318: Depressed

That night, Zhou Qian had a nightmare in the middle of the night and woke up from her bed.

After waking up, Zhou Qian found that Qin Feng was not in bed. She looked at her cell phone and it was two o'clock in the morning.

Zhou Qian felt very strange. Where had Qin Feng gone so late at night instead of sleeping?

Zhou Qian got up from the bed and walked out of the room to look for Qin Feng.

When she arrived at the lobby on the second floor, Zhou Qian saw a faint light on the balcony from afar. It was Qin Feng smoking.

Qin Feng was sitting alone on the balcony in his pajamas, smoking a cigarette. The lights were not on and it was dark.

Zhou Qian just stood in the living room and looked at Qin Feng for more than half an hour. During this half hour, Qin Feng smoked five cigarettes.

Zhou Qian thought about it in her mind, then deliberately increased her pace as she walked towards the balcony.

Hearing Zhou Qian's footsteps, Qin Feng quickly threw away the cigarette in his mouth, put on a relaxed smile and asked Zhou Qian: "Why did you wake up?"

"I had a nightmare and was awakened by the shock. When I got up, I saw that you were not there, so I came out to check. What's wrong with you? Why are you sitting here so late at night? Qin Feng, did something happen?" Zhou Qian walked to Qin Feng and asked.

"No, nothing could happen. Why are you imagining so much? I just ate too much at night and couldn't sleep, so I came here to smoke a cigarette and get some fresh air." Qin Feng quickly denied.

"It's too late. You still have to work tomorrow. Let's go and go to bed." Qin Feng pulled Zhou Qian back to the room.

Lying on the bed, although Qin Feng pretended to be asleep, Zhou Qian could feel from the frequency of his breathing that he was not asleep, because when Qin Feng fell asleep he would make a slight snoring sound.

In the next few days, Qin Feng went to and from get off work on time as usual. After get off work, he would insist on cooking dinner, and then go out with his daughter to play games and jump rope with her in the evening.

Although Qin Feng behaved exactly the same as usual, Zhou Qian always felt that Qin Feng's "happiness" was fake. Qin Feng had become much more depressed since he came back from Beijing last time.

Zhou Qian asked Qin Feng several times if he had something on his mind, but Qin Feng denied it every time and said that Zhou Qian was overthinking.

That day, Zhou Qian called Hu Jiayun and invited her to have lunch at a western restaurant near her workplace.

In the afternoon, Qin Feng had just finished reporting on his work in the provincial party committee leadership office when he received a call from Hu Jiayun.

"Are you free tonight?"

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

"Come to my house for dinner."

"Go to your house for dinner? Did I hear it right?" Qin Feng thought he had heard it wrong. Hu Jiayun, who was so busy all day long, would actually cook dinner for him at home.

"Why are you talking so much? Are you coming or not?" Hu Jiayun was dissatisfied with Qin Feng's teasing.

"Come on, come on. You called me in person. How dare I not go? I'll go after work."

Hu Jiayun hung up the phone as soon as Qin Feng finished speaking.

Qin Feng called Zhou Qian, reported his schedule for the evening, and asked his family not to wait for him for dinner.

After get off work, Qin Feng drove to Hu Jiayun's old house.

When Qin Feng arrived at Hu Jiayun's house, Hu Jiayun had just arrived home and was on her way to pick vegetables.

"What's wrong? Why did you suddenly remember to invite me to your house for dinner today?" Qin Feng teased as he walked into the kitchen.

"Are you teasing me?" Hu Jiayun rolled her eyes at Qin Feng, then said, "I've finally finished the work on hand. I've been busy for a year, and I can finally relax and have a good rest."

"Has the turmoil in Jiangnan Province finally come to an end?"

"It's over. If we don't end it, not only will our bodies not be able to bear it, but the entire Jiangnan Province will not be able to bear it either."

"I heard that the hardest-hit area this time is Qinglin City?"

"Yes, I stayed in Qinglin City for half a year."

……

The two were cooking in the kitchen while chatting.

In the end, Qin Feng squeezed out Hu Jiayun and cooked himself. After more than a year of practice, Qin Feng's cooking skills have reached perfection. He completely disdained the unskilled appearance of Hu Jiayun, who had not cooked for several years.

"Try it. How does it taste? It's totally different from what you made, right?" Qin Feng asked Hu Jiayun after bringing the dish to the table.

"Look at how cocky you are."

"Then I have to show off. Apart from anything else, I am very confident in my current cooking skills. My aunt is about to be laid off, and my daughter won't eat anything other than what I cook."

"Okay, okay, Chef Qin, next time I want to eat something delicious I'll call you over to cook."

"No problem. I have nothing else now except time and cooking skills." Qin Feng took off his apron and sat opposite Hu Jiayun.

"Qin Feng, have you encountered anything recently?" Hu Jiayun suddenly raised her head and looked at Qin Feng and asked.

"Something happened? What happened? I don't even know."

"Don't lie to me. Who am I? I'm your sister. I can tell whether you're worried or not just by looking at you."

"So amazing? Is it true?"

"Tell me, what happened?"

"It's okay, it's really okay, you think too much." Qin Feng shook his head and ate with big mouthfuls.

"You were called to Beijing by Minister Zhao a few days ago, right?"

"Yes, how did you know?" Qin Feng was a little surprised.

"Did you go to the Organization Department of the Central Committee?" Hu Jiayun continued to ask.

"Yes, how do you know this?"

"The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is going to transfer you to another province? Tell me, where are you going? What position will you hold?" Hu Jiayun put down her chopsticks and asked Qin Feng.

"No...how do you know all this?" Qin Feng asked without thinking.

"Guess."

"Can you guess this?"

"As long as you know that it was Minister Zhao who brought you to Beijing, everything else will be natural," said Hu Jiayun.

Qin Feng thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true.

Zhao Hongjian took him to Beijing, most likely to take him to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, and most likely to discuss his job transfer. The fact that Zhao Hongjian personally took him to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, rather than the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department directly talking to Qin Feng, can only mean that Qin Feng's transfer was across provinces.

"You guessed right. Minister Zhao did take me to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. Deputy Minister Hong talked to me and wanted me to be the mayor of Shazhou." Qin Feng also put down his chopsticks and lit a cigarette, and said to Hu Jiayun while smoking.

"Shazhou City? Mayor?" This result obviously surprised Hu Jiayun very much.

"Yeah." Qin Feng was not surprised at Hu Jiayun's accident at all.

"When are we going?" Hu Jiayun's expression turned serious.

"What do you mean by going or not? I didn't agree." Qin Feng shook his head.

"Why not agree?" Hu Jiayun was even more surprised.

Qin Feng took a big puff of his cigarette, hesitated for a moment, and finally told Hu Jiayun the entire conversation between him and Deputy Minister Hong.

"It's pretty much what I guessed. If the problem with the sandbar wasn't particularly serious, the Organization Department wouldn't have sent anyone there in person. But I didn't expect the problem to be this serious."

"To be honest, in Jiangnan Province, the problems in Xiquan and Qinglin City are serious, but none of them are as serious as Shazhou, where they dare to openly kill a mayor."