Chapter 100

Chapter 56: Visiting

"Old Yang, how can you be so hasty? Even if it's urgent, you still need to consider the time. This isn't about arresting a criminal, where we can just break in when we arrive. We're visiting someone; can you do that? You'll scare them!" Ma Yongfu grabbed him, unable to help but laugh and cry at the same time. It's late at night, and suddenly showing up, how would they think? If it causes misunderstandings among the neighbors, aren't you just making things difficult for them? Just for this reason, they definitely won't be in a good mood, so what's the point of talking! However, if he knew that Su Aijun was at the Fang family's house, he would probably suggest that Yang Junyi change into casual clothes and go.

Yang Junyi only then noticed that the hour hand on his watch was pointing to 9:30 PM. He slapped his forehead, realizing he had indeed been a bit too busy and confused. If it weren't for Ma Yongfu's reminder, he would have made another mistake! "Ha ha, Director Ma, I'm confused again! Fortunately, you reminded me, otherwise, it would have been really inappropriate. Let's do this: we'll go there early tomorrow and try to submit the report in the afternoon."

The next morning, Fang Ya and his wife got up early because they had to go to work, while Fang Mingyuan and Fang Bin, who had no fixed schedule, naturally slept in.

Fang Ya carried tofu pudding and meat buns back home. With so many people in the house, making breakfast on the spot would clearly be too late. Although Fang Mingyuan and the others said they would come out to eat when they woke up, he felt that as the host, he couldn't not prepare anything, even if they didn't eat. He had to prepare it.

Just as he turned onto the street where his house was, two middle-aged men followed him. One of them smiled and said, "Comrade, are you Fang Ya?"

"Ah?" Fang Ya looked at the two men in surprise, confirming that he didn't know them, and hesitated, "I am Fang Ya, but... who are you two?"

Yang Junyi immediately grabbed Fang Ya's hand, which was still holding the meat buns, and said warmly, "I'm Yang Junyi, and this is Ma Yongfu. We are both government officials."

Fang Ya suddenly understood, "Are you here for Mingyuan and Bin? They're still sleeping, I'll wake them up." He, who didn't pay much attention to government officials, naturally didn't know that one of these middle-aged men was the head of the Qinxi Province Police Department, and the other was the director of the provincial government office.

"No, no, no, no need to rush! We can wait!" Ma Yongfu quickly stopped him, "Your brother and nephew did a great thing for the country and the government yesterday, solving a big problem for us. How can we disturb their rest just because we arrived? Comrade Fang Ya, it's fine, we can wait a bit. We just want to confirm through you that they haven't gone out today."

Seeing their sincere faces, Fang Ya naturally went along with it—of course, this was also because he thought they were just ordinary government officials.

When Fang Ya and his wife left for work, they could still see Ma Yongfu and Yang Junyi sitting on the street bench opposite the gate, smoking. Seeing them leave, Ma Yongfu and the other man waved to them.

"Is this really going to work?" Yang Junyi nudged Ma Yongfu. This plan to block the Fang family's door early in the morning was proposed by Ma Yongfu, and Yang Junyi was half-skeptical about its effectiveness.

"Of course it will work! This shows our sincerity and the importance the provincial government and the police department place on them. This will make it easier to talk." Ma Yongfu said firmly. If they didn't do this, how could they leave a deep impression on the Fang family? As long as they mention this to Su Aijun in the future, it will be enough.

Fang Ya hesitated for a moment and then went back into the yard to wake up Fang Bin. Since they were showing such respect, he couldn't be too casual.

When Fang Bin, still half-asleep, came out, Yang Junyi and the other man warmly greeted him. After introducing themselves, Fang Bin's drowsiness immediately vanished! Although he wasn't very familiar with the ranks of government officials, he knew that the head of the provincial police department and the director of the provincial government office were big officials, at least bigger than the county party secretary and county magistrate. He had felt particularly proud a few days ago when he could talk to the county magistrate, and now he was seeing even bigger officials.

Fang Bin quickly invited the two men into the house, poured them tea, and said with a mix of embarrassment and unease, "Director Yang, Director Ma, I didn't know you were coming, so I didn't prepare well, I didn't prepare well! I'll go wake up Mingyuan."

"No, no, no, Comrade Fang. We came uninvited and caused you inconvenience, how can we blame you? Young people need their sleep, we all understand, so there's no need to disturb him. Let's chat first." Ma Yongfu quickly stopped him. From the information, it was clear that the young boy was very clever, while this young man seemed easier to talk to. If they could learn some of the Fang family's attitudes from him, it would be very beneficial for their work.

Hearing this, Fang Bin sat down with a somewhat unnatural expression. Seeing his demeanor, Yang Junyi and Ma Yongfu exchanged glances and smiled inwardly. As high-ranking officials in the province, they naturally had a sense of superiority when facing ordinary people, but this time, because of the Guo family, they had to lower their stance, which made them feel uncomfortable. Seeing Fang Bin's拘束 (restrained) manner, they felt more at ease, regaining some of their usual feelings.

"Comrade Fang, this time we came to express our gratitude on behalf of the provincial party committee and the provincial government for your heroic actions. This time, you and your nephew did a great thing for the country and the government. The Guo family's shipping group has a significant position in Hong Kong's shipping industry, and Mr. Guo is a patriotic Hong Kong businessman who has made many significant contributions to the country. This time, the Guo family returned to their hometown to pay respects, but unfortunately, such a heartbreaking event occurred. Fortunately, due to your heroic actions, the criminals were caught in time, preventing the situation from worsening. The party and the state thank you, and the provincial party committee and the provincial government also thank you!" Ma Yongfu said sincerely, "It is an honor for our province to have a patriotic businessman like Mr. Guo. Since the reform and opening up, he has donated a large amount of money to the province. If it weren't for you two, our province would have become a place of sorrow for Mr. Guo for the rest of his life. We are truly ashamed of ourselves."

"Uncles, you are too kind. We already talked about this with Officer Ning yesterday. These are things we should do as human beings!" Fang Mingyuan's voice suddenly came from the doorway.

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