Qingcheng Town is about 800 miles away from Jiangping City, spanning the entire province of South China Province. It is a remote town on the edge of Qianjiang Province. The town has a population of only more than 10,000 people. Since it is close to the western region, the economic development is relatively behind and the people's living standards are generally much lower. Yao Ze just entered the Qianjiang Province area and deeply felt the gap between here and South China. Even the toll station was idle and dilapidated. Yao Ze handed the toll card to the staff of the toll station and then paid the money. But the middle-aged man with eyes and gentle eyes did not mean to give a ticket. Yao Ze said to him: "Comrade, where is my ticket?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Yao Ze with his eyes and said in a muffled voice: "The ticket is used up. If you want the ticket, come and get it tomorrow."

"Come here to get it tomorrow?" Yao Ze couldn't help laughing and said coldly: "You are sick, why don't you open a toll station without a ticket? For a ticket, I have to come here to get it tomorrow? You obviously don't want to give the ticket, so you're right!"

"Why are you talking? Drive the car away quickly, don't block the car behind, and make trouble for me, be careful, I call the police and arrest you." The middle-aged man stared at Yao Ze with his eyes, and didn't take Yao Ze seriously at the beginning. Seeing that Yao Ze was taking photos from other places, he thought Yao Ze was easy to bully.

"Hmph." Yao Ze sneered twice, looked at the paying man coldly, and said sternly: "You still call the police to arrest me? I'll give you money, it's natural for you to give me a ticket? Issuing invoices is also your job. If you give me a ticket, you dare to threaten me. Call the police, I want to see who is right and who is wrong in this matter."

"Oh, you're still tough!" The middle-aged man at the toll station smiled disdainfully, then took out his cell phone to prepare to dial the number. A female colleague next to him frowned when he saw it and said in persuasion: "Forget it, a small matter, give him the ticket. Don't make a fuss about this matter. There are still many people waiting behind him." As she said that, she personally called Yao Ze for her ticket, and then squeezed out a smile through the charging window and said to Yao Ze: "Comrade, I'm sorry, this is your ticket." She handed the ticket out from the charging port.

Seeing that Yao Ze had waited three or four cars behind him and honked his horns, he was too lazy to argue with such people anymore. He took the ticket given by the woman and drove away.

Yao Ze's car kept walking away, and the man was still cursing in his mouth. The female colleague couldn't help but feel disgusted with him. She was so ungrateful. She thought to herself that after this period, she would definitely find her father to help her change a partner.

...

The car drove into Huaiyuan City. Yao Ze looked at the rare high-rise buildings. Shen Huimei sighed and said, "I have always known that the exhibition in Qianjiang Province is a bit behind, but when I came here to see it with my own eyes, I realized that it was actually behind to this level. It seems that the country must regard this side as a key exhibition target. Otherwise, under the current trend of development, Qianjiang Province will not conduct economic exhibitions under a healthy condition, and the gap between the rich and the poor will probably become larger and larger in the future."

Shen Huimei smiled helplessly and said to Yao Ze: "It's still good now. Five years ago, those tall buildings did not exist. At first glance, they were all low-rise houses. In recent years, the country has focused on increasing the construction of Qianjiang Province, and high-speed rail has also begun to be built here. Once the high-speed rail is connected, there should be many merchants coming here to show. I grew up here since I was a child, so I can say that I am afraid of hard life." Shen Huimei's pretty face smiled bitterly.

After hearing what Shen Huimei said, Yao Ze suddenly understood the real reason why Shen Huimei married Zhang Guoding.

Maybe it wasn't her material things, she was just a little scared of those poor years.

Yao Ze didn't know what she had in her previous life, so he didn't ask her abruptly.

Perhaps it was because of the scene that made people feel moved. Shen Huimei sighed quietly, as if she had recalled the past, and said softly: "Do you know why I wanted to marry Zhang Guoding?" She didn't ask Yao Ze to answer her meaning, and said to herself: "Actually, when she married him, she wanted to live a wealthy life, and she didn't want to live a poor life again. I'm afraid, I'm really scared, you don't know how you used to live."

As she spoke, she became a little excited, and looked at Yao Ze in a daze with beautiful red eyes and said, "Do you look down on a woman like me? For the sake of wealth, you marry an old man you don't love?"

He parked the car on the side of the road, then looked at Shen Huimei and said softly: "I have never looked down on you. Everyone has their own way of living and their own difficulties. If they can choose, no one would want to marry a man they don't like. Although they don't know what you have done before, I know you are a very good woman."

Shen Huimei wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hands. After hearing Yao Ze's comforting words, she felt a lot more comfortable and said softly: "How do you know that I am a good woman?"

Yao Ze smiled and said, "I feel that I believe in my feelings."

"Liar!" Shen Huimei turned her charm towards Yao Ze, "This is too far-fetched."

Yao Ze said seriously: "There is absolutely no intention to lie to you. Think about it, if I think you are a bad woman, how could I accompany you to a place of seven or eight hundred miles? Because I know you are a good woman, I am willing to help you."

"Okay, I believe you." Shen Huimei showed a happy smile on her face. She turned her head and looked out the window, raised the corners of her mouth, and said softly: "I'm hungry, let's find a place to have supper."

Yao Ze nodded and said, "How far is this place from your town?"

Shen Huimei calculated the distance and said, "It probably takes an hour for your car."

Yao Ze asked, "Then should we rush over today or tomorrow?"

Shen Huimei said: "Tomorrow, the old man went to bed early at night, and today he had been traveling all day, and he looked a little haggard. I have to dress up beautifully before going back."

"So, let's go to have a meal first, then find a place to stay, and leave tomorrow."

...

Yao Ze found a Sichuan restaurant and ordered a few dishes and served a few bottles of beer. He said to Shen Huimei with a smile: "I pretended not to drink yesterday, but I have to drink a few drinks with me today. I know you have a good alcohol tolerance."

Shen Huimei nodded with a smile, "Sure, then I'll drink a few drinks with you, but you can't drink too much, as drinking too much will make things worse."

"With me here, what can I do?"

Shen Huimei blushed and said angrily: "It is because of you that you will make a mistake. If I hadn't drunk too much, how could I have with you..." Speaking of this, Shen Huimei's pretty face seemed to be bleeding.

Yao Ze thought about it, so, if Shen Huimei had not drunk too much that night, she would probably not have the chance to have a kiss on Fang Ze.

"I toast you this glass of wine. Thank you for accompanying me so far. If you have any help in the future, as long as I can help, I will definitely not be vague." After saying that, Shen Huimei raised her head and drank a full glass of beer.

Yao Ze shook his head with a smile and said softly: "Sister Huimei, you are so polite. With our relationship, what can you do to help you with this little favor?"

Shen Huimei's pretty face turned red again when she heard this, and glared at Yao Ze fiercely and said, "What's our relationship? We are just friends!" Shen Huimei's explanation was a bit superficial.

Yao Ze finished drinking Shen Huimeijing's wine, and then smiled and said, "What I'm talking about is a friend relationship. Do you want to be another relationship?"

"I won't talk to you anymore, I'm not serious." Shen Huimei glanced at Yao Ze, then stepped on her head and started eating gracefully.

At this time, the glass door of the restaurant was pushed open, and three middle-aged men walked in one after another. Yao Ze glanced at the door accidentally. When he saw one of the men, he couldn't help but laugh, "It's really a narrow road for enemies!" Yao Ze said with a sigh.

After hearing Yao Ze's words, Shen Huimei raised her head, turned her head and looked at the door according to Yao Ze's gaze. She also recognized the man who was at the toll station just now, so she quickly turned her head and whispered to Yao Ze: "Let's have dinner, don't cause trouble here. After all, this place is not Jiang Ping. It's not familiar with the place, so it will be very troublesome if you cause trouble."

Yao Ze has never been a person who likes to cause trouble. After hearing Shen Huimei's words, he nodded and slowly started drinking beer.

Just now when Yao Ze was looking at the men, the middle-aged man at the toll station also appeared Yao Ze, and a deep smile appeared in his eyes when he looked at Yao Ze.

"It's really a coincidence that I can meet you there." The man walked to Yao Ze's dining table and looked at Yao Ze with a sneer.

Yao Ze ignored him and ate and drank on his own. The two slightly younger men next to the man asked, "Do you know each other?"

The middle-aged man at the toll station sneered: "This guy is the arrogant boy from another place I just told you."

After hearing the man's words, one of them whispered in his ear: "Brother Chen, do you want to mess with him?"

The man at the toll station was named Chen Binfeng, and the two men next to him were Jia Liang, deputy director of the police station in the nearby district, and the other was Jiang Yiming, the head of the Medical Affairs Department of Huaiyuan Municipal Health Bureau.

The person who told Chen Binfeng that he wanted to punish Yao Ze was Jia Liang, deputy director of the police station.

Chen Binfeng secretly winked at Jia Liang, then smiled and said to Yao Ze: "Brother seems to be still angry. Since that's the case, I won't disturb you." After that, he looked at Yao Ze coldly and took the two of them to the private room inside.

After the three of them entered the private room, Chen Binfeng brought the two of them insidiously to get closer and prepared to use the secret trick to deal with Yao Ze.

Yao Ze knew that it was better to have less things than to have more things in other places. After Shen Huimei got full, he settled the bill and took Shen Huimeixun away.

Not long after the car drove out, a car quietly followed Yao Ze's car behind him.

Yao Ze did not expect that he would be targeted by someone so soon. At this time, he was talking to Shen Huimei with a smile: "Sister Huimei, do you still have any impression of Huaiyuan City?"

Shen Huimei looked at the night in Huaiyuan City, shook her head for a while, and said with a smile: "To be honest, Huaiyuan City has been doing well in recent years, much better than before. Huaiyuan City in my image is much worse than now."

"Is Huaiyuan City in your image much worse than now?" Yao Ze asked Shen Huimei in confusion. Huaiyuan City seemed to be very backward at this time. If it was much worse than Huaiyuan City a few years ago than now, how bad would it be before?

Shen Huimei looked like she recalled: "At that time, there were almost no ten-story houses in Huaiyuan City. And walking on the streets of Huaiyuan City, there were dilapidated houses everywhere. What I said is not an exaggeration. If the country has not formulated major policies in recent years, and the focus is on increasing efforts to expand the development of Qianjiang Province and surrounding poor areas, I am afraid that Huaiyuan City will still look like it was as dilapidated as before."

The two were chatting, and Yao Ze saw a hotel of good quality not far ahead, so he drove over, parked aside, then took out Shen Huimei's suitcase and took Shen Huimei into the hotel lobby.

When he arrived at the front desk, the front desk lady asked Yao Ze with a smile how many rooms he wanted to open. When Yao Ze was about to say two rooms, Shen Huimei quickly said in front of Yao Ze: "We want one, and we will open a standard room."
Chapter completed!