Chapter 2700: Atonement in the Next Life

"It's not that serious. You were coerced, not trying to hurt me. You haven't done anything wrong to me, so don't blame yourself." Qin Feng explained, then asked Liu Xiaonan: "If you still want to work at Shazhou Hotel, I'll contact the hotel and you can continue to be my waiter."

"If you really don't want to come back, I'll find another job for you." Qin Feng said after a pause.

"No, Mayor Qin, I really don't want to trouble you anymore. I can handle these things myself." Liu Xiaonan said.

Qin Feng frowned, but since Liu Xiaonan had already said so, he couldn't force her to help, so he could only nod in the end.

"Mayor Qin, I know you are very busy, and I am disturbing you so late. I came here today just to apologize to you in person. I can only repay your kindness to me by working like a slave in my next life. I'm sorry!" Liu Xiaonan suddenly stood up.

Qin Feng wanted to tell Liu Xiaonan that this matter had nothing to do with her, but Liu Xiaonan said, "It's getting late. I'm leaving first."

"Okay, be careful on your way back. Xinming, you take her down." Qin Feng could only nod.

After sending Liu Xiaonan off, Zhang Xinming returned to Qin Feng's room again.

"Sent away?"

"Well, I put her in a taxi."

"What do you think of Liu Xiaonan?" Qin Feng asked Zhang Xinming.

"She was a very pitiful, kind and strong girl. She suffered such persecution for no reason and her younger brother and sister died. If it were someone else, they would have been unable to bear this blow, but she insisted on coming here to apologize to you with guilt." Zhang Xinming was also moved by Liu Xiaonan.

"Yes, she keeps saying sorry to me, but actually I should be the one who is sorry to her. If it weren't for me, how could these people find her? How could she and her family suffer such a disaster?"

"I wanted to explain this to her, but I was afraid that mentioning her siblings would make her feel worse, so I ended up not saying anything."

"Xinming, please do me a favor." Qin Feng sighed and said to Zhang Xinming.

"Your command."

"It was you who solved their family's problems last time. You are very familiar with these things, so you should find a way to let people understand their family's real situation, see what difficulties they have, and then help them in my personal name." Qin Feng ordered.

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to do it right away." Zhang Xinming nodded.

"Everyone knows how his brother and sister died, and she must know it too. If it weren't for my persistence, his brother and sister would have fallen and drowned in the end."

"Although the deaths of their younger siblings have been changed to persecution and the murderers have been found, they are all dead, while the real murderer is still at large."

"Although she doesn't know this, I can't get over it. To be precise, her brother and sister all died because of me, but I can't avenge them." Qin Feng gritted his teeth when he said this.

"Give the record you just wrote directly to Jiang Yunpeng. As for whether he can find any clues from her story, that's Jiang Yunpeng's business."

"It's too late, you should go back first!" Qin Feng was a little tired.

The next morning, although it was Saturday, Qin Feng still got up early. However, he did not exercise in the hotel gym as usual. Instead, he wore sportswear and went downstairs.

When Qin Feng came out of the side door of the hotel, Yang Yuxin, also wearing running clothes, was warming up at the door waiting for Qin Feng.

The last time they met, Yang Yuxin suggested that Qin Feng go for a morning run along the Shahe scenic belt on the weekend. Qin Feng agreed. Firstly, he had not exercised during the time he was in prison. He was locked up in there every day, eating and sleeping, and his athletic ability had declined a lot. Secondly, he trained alone in the gym every day, and it would get boring after a while.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Qin Feng no longer resists Yang Yuxin and even likes her a little.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Qin Feng walked over and asked.

"Just arrived, get in." Yang Yuxin said as she got into her car, and Qin Feng also got into the passenger seat.

It was Qin Feng who asked Yang Yuxin to park the car at this side door specially set up for him and the hotel to purchase goods. After all, Qin Feng is the mayor. After experiencing this incident, few people in the entire Shazhou don’t know him, so now he has to be low-key in everything he does to avoid causing unnecessary trouble. For example, when running, Qin Feng always wears a baseball cap, which he never wore before.

Qin Feng now somewhat understands Zhang Yingying's pain.

"Are you busy lately?" Yang Yuxin asked while driving.

"Why do you ask?"

"You're on TV and in the news every day, and you appear much more frequently than before," said Yang Yuxin.

Although he was on the sandbar, Yang Yuxin still collected all the information about Qin Feng every day, and reading the news on the sandbar was Yang Yuxin's daily routine.

"I lost a lot of time because of that incident some time ago, and also delayed a lot of work. Now that I'm back, of course I have to make up for it. Just like you teachers, you have to make up for all the classes you missed due to leave after you come back, otherwise your salary will be deducted." Qin Feng joked. In fact, his recent frequent appearances at events and on TV were due to political needs. Now he was attacking with a strong force, which was completely different from his previous defense.

"I heard that your municipal government is planning to conduct a comprehensive assessment? It seems that this action is large and strict. It is said that department heads who fail the assessment will be directly punished, and individuals who fail the assessment will be dismissed, right?" Yang Yuxin continued to ask.

"You are so well-informed that you don't seem to work in a school, but more like a government agency." Qin Feng said with a smile.

"My colleague told me that her husband has been under a lot of pressure lately. He keeps talking to her about this and says he's really worried he won't pass the assessment."

The husband of the colleague Yang Yuxin mentioned is the one who works in the government office.

"Your colleague's husband must have cursed me a lot, right?" Qin Feng smiled.

"Just keep this in mind, Qin Feng. According to my colleague's husband, Shazhou has never had such a rigorous assessment since he started working. Although assessments are conducted every year, they are just a formality and no one has ever taken it seriously."

"But this time you're serious. According to the assessment standards you've given, many people will fail. This means a large number of people will be eliminated, and their livelihoods will be affected."

"As the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. My colleague's husband has a gentle personality. He just cursed you behind your back, but not everyone is as gentle as my colleague's husband."

"Qin Feng, you must be careful. Not to mention what they will do to you personally, I'm afraid it will cause a big disturbance. You are the mayor, and if something really happens, you will be in a passive position." Yang Yuxin said.

Qin Feng could see Yang Yuxin's nervousness and concern in her eyes. At the same time, Qin Feng could also see Yang Yuxin's keen political insight, which was very rare in a woman.