Chapter 65

Chapter 4: Lin Ruoshui and Her Best Friend

The rescue team, equipped with dump trucks and excavators, quickly cleared away the mud. Chen Sheng, Song An, and the other leaders of Nanshan Town all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Yang Zixuan and Lin Ruoshui, who were unharmed, sitting in the Santana. However, some of the county office staff with a bit of a dark and gossipy nature curiously examined the neatness of Yang Zixuan and Lin Ruoshui's clothes, hoping to find any hint of an intimate relationship.

However, they were all rather disappointed. The handsome and beautiful pair, Yang Zixuan and Lin Ruoshui, had their clothes perfectly neat, and their expressions were very natural. After chatting a few words with Xu Ke, Chen Sheng, and the others, they drove back to the county town.

As soon as Lin Ruoshui returned to her house, the phone on the desk rang. The voice on the other end was that of an authoritative old man: "Girl, your second uncle told me that you went down to the town for a consolation visit last night and got trapped on the road... Are you okay now?"

Lin Ruoshui's originally calm face immediately turned cold, and she said coldly, "My affairs are none of your concern."

"Girl! What are you saying!"

Lin Ruoshui's lips curled coldly, "I have nothing to do with you, so don't call me girl."

"Girl! Listen to me, I had my reasons for what I did back then... And now, I pay attention to every move you make in Hongshui County..." The old man's voice carried a hint of bitterness and helplessness.

"Reasons! Ha, you can only fool children with such words! In your eyes, what is more important than your official position?" Lin Ruoshui said coolly, "I have my own freedom, and I have nothing to do with you. Please don't pay attention to me anymore. You should focus on how to continue climbing the ranks!"

"I heard from your second uncle that you're not doing well in the Hongshui County Party Committee, and that you're being bullied by Liu Daoming's old secretary. Do you want me to help?" The old man mentioned Luo Fu Province's former Deputy Minister of Organization, who once held a high position, with a hint of disdain, clearly indicating his own high rank.

Lin Ruoshui's voice became even colder, "I don't need your concern. I don't want you to meddle in my life anymore! I have my own choices and judgments! You don't need to worry about me! Focus on how to continue climbing the ranks!"

"Also, congratulations on becoming the provincial party secretary! That's it, I'm hanging up!" Lin Ruoshui said, and without listening to the voice on the other end, she hung up the phone with a snap.

She lay on the small sofa, her hands covering her face, and tears continuously streamed down her cold, clear face...

"Ring ring ring!"

The phone rang again. Lin Ruoshui didn't answer.

After more than ten minutes, the phone stopped for a moment, then rang again. Lin Ruoshui, unable to bear it any longer, picked up the phone and shouted, "Stop calling! I don't want to hear your voice anymore!"

Yang Zixuan, on the other end of the phone, was at a loss, not knowing what he had done to offend this Miss Lin. He said, somewhat depressed, "What's wrong? You turned your back on me as soon as you got back?"

Lin Ruoshui was taken aback, not expecting the call to be from Yang Zixuan. She quickly corrected herself, "I wasn't talking about you. I just received a very disgusting harassment call and thought it was that person again..."

Hearing this, Yang Zixuan didn't press further and said softly, "Did you catch a cold in the car last night? If you catch a cold, you might get sick. I have some cold prevention powder here. Do you want me to bring it over?"

"No need, I'm not sick. I'm not that fragile. Taking medicine unnecessarily isn't good." Lin Ruoshui's mood was somewhat low, "You're tired too. Get some rest first. We can talk about it tomorrow, okay?"

Yang Zixuan, not knowing what had happened, could only respond and hang up the phone.

He had just received a call from Lin Pei, who had scolded him severely for driving back to the county town in the rain. Yang Zixuan couldn't say that he was eager to deal with the financial matters, so he could only respond with a bitter smile.

...

The next morning, Lin Ruoshui rushed to the provincial capital, Zijin, in a car from the small car fleet. By the time she arrived in the provincial capital, it was already noon. After having lunch, she met with a friend from the provincial Industrial and Commercial Bank for a meal.

Perhaps due to the influence of the Lin family and her own beauty, this originally proud man quickly agreed to provide a loan.

Having achieved her goal, Lin Ruoshui had a meal with the man and then left. She met up with a few sisters she knew from her time as a manager at the Zijin Auto Manufacturing Plant, as well as two female classmates, and they went shopping together.

With the Spring Festival approaching, Zijin was much busier than usual, with a constant flow of people...

"Ruoshui, are you not eating well in that remote mountain area of Hongshui County? Why have you lost so much weight recently?" The speaker was a fashionably dressed girl, Zhou Yi, who was now the CEO of a private enterprise in Zijin and a university classmate of Lin Ruoshui.

Lin Ruoshui had completed her undergraduate studies at the prestigious Luofu University in the south and then went abroad for her master's degree. Zhou Yi, on the other hand, had stayed in Zijin to work after graduating from university.

"No, it's probably because I've been worrying about the affairs at the county committee. The work in the government is always so trivial. Unlike you, who can do as you please and have everything you want. I'm just destined for hard work!" Lin Ruoshui kept complaining.

Zhou Yi gave her a sideways glance and said, somewhat irritably, "What do you mean by 'doing as I please'? I'm the one who is destined for hard work. I have to face the ugly faces of those old men in the business world every day, and I almost want to vomit. I try to avoid some social engagements, but if I do, I won't get any business. So, no matter if I have a cold or not, I have to tough it out... I also have to deal with those guys in the government system, or they will deliberately delay procedures. Do you think this job is easy?"

"Still, you're so young and already the county party secretary, the third in command in Hongshui County. Your future is limitless. If things go well, you might even become the first female secretary and governor of Luofu Province!" Zhou Yi couldn't help but tease her. "I envy you so much. How about we switch? You come to our company as the CEO, and I'll go to Hongshui as the county party secretary..."

"Female secretary, female governor, I don't dare to think about it. I haven't even started. Look at the provincial youth league secretary of the neighboring Nansu Province. She is a true successor with a red background and is already a full-time hall-level cadre at our age!" Lin Ruoshui said with a faint smile.

"That's not comparable. I've seen her on TV; she's truly beautiful like a fairy. I bet the officials in Nansu Province don't dare to look at her directly. Just recently, our company's business needed to expand in Nansu's Jinjing, so I specifically checked her resume and background. It turns out she comes from the Yang family, a true red successor..." Zhou Yi's words were filled with envy and jealousy.