Chapter 7: Sighing at past events is unbearable, hoping for a new beginning tomorrow (Part 1)

  Ye Wen, Wang Sheng, **it seems that there is a thread connecting them together, the reason why Shen Yang was framed in his previous life is slowly surfacing.

  Twenty years ago, it was **'s words that made Shen Yang's whereabouts hidden and he couldn't go to the Discipline Inspection Commission as required by Zhuang Lin. Just in these few days, the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission obtained key evidence of Xiang Beijing's bribery. What is even more strange is that the rumors outside were that Shen Yang provided clues, which led the inspection team to find Xiang Beijing's handle. As a result, Shen Yang was labeled as a traitor, making him unable to recover. Shen Yang always believed that Wang De was the mastermind behind this incident. However, what made him think endlessly was what role he played in Xiang Beijing's case and why Wang De spent so much effort through **'s mouth to transfer himself away from Jia Liang, and then spread rumors that he betrayed Xiang Beijing, as if he wanted to put himself to death. After all, at that time, he was just a deputy director of the county party committee office, and in the eyes of Wang De and Xiang Beijing, he was just an insignificant figure who didn't need to be dealt with like this. No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't figure out why Wang De wanted to frame him so much. This incident also became an unsolved mystery due to **'s accidental death, puzzling him for twenty years.

  Ye Wen's words just now gave Shen Yangmei a key to unlock the mystery. Is it all Wang Sheng's idea, letting him go into hiding in Beijing and then spreading rumors that he betrayed Ye Beijing? And through these events, strike him down and make him fall into an abyss of no return. The reason why Wang Sheng wants to deal with him like this is also obvious, it's for the sake of Ye Wen in front of him. Shen Yangmei thought about it more and more, feeling that this might be the truth. No wonder Wang Sheng shouted at her to be careful when he left, saying she wouldn't be arrogant for a few days. She was puzzled earlier, but now she realizes that Wang Sheng had already planned everything out.

  Shen Yangmei almost certainly believed that this was the truth of the matter, looking at Ye Wen in front of her who was crying with tears and looked pitiful. She thought to herself, no wonder the ancients said that women are a source of trouble, it's really not deceiving me. If she hadn't been reborn once, she probably wouldn't have even dreamed that things would be so twisted and strange. What is this, Shen Yangmei suddenly remembered a popular internet slang from her later life: even lying down can get shot!

  The puzzle that had puzzled him for a long time was finally solved, and Shen Yangmei felt relieved. Looking at Ye Wen who was still sobbing, Shen Yangmei sighed, walked gently to her side, hugged her in his arms, and comforted her softly: "It's okay, Wenwen, don't cry. I have something to tell you."

  Unexpectedly, Ye Wen listened to Shen Yang's words and instead stretched out her hands tightly around his waist, burying her head in his chest, crying even harder.

  Shen Yang raised an eyebrow and gently held Yeh Wen's face, carefully wiping away the tears on her cheeks. He smiled and said, "Don't cry anymore, go wash your face, or you'll become a crying cat."

  It seemed that the smile on Shen Yangmei's face was not fake, so Ye Wen slowly stopped crying, wiped away her tears and carefully walked into the bathroom. Not long after, Ye Wen came out of the bathroom, hanging her head like a student who had done something wrong, standing in front of Shen Yangmei.

  "Sit down!" Shen Yang raised an eyebrow and waved his hand, inviting Ye Wen to sit across from him. "Ye Wen, you know that although I don't have any prejudices against your kind of behavior, in my heart, there's always some discomfort..."

  "Yangzi, this is the first time, please forgive me just once." Ye Wen interrupted Shen Yang's words and begged, "I've always treated her as a good sister, really, Yangzi, you must believe me."

  "This isn't a matter of whether I believe you or not, it's about whether as a man I can accept it. So I hope we can both calm down and give me some time to think carefully about how we should interact in the future." Shen Yangmei advised with a bitter expression, "You shouldn't be thinking wildly either, Wang Sheng isn't as simple as you imagine him to be...". After a moment of thought, Shen Yangmei continued, "It's been a long time since you've gone back to your hometown too. Tomorrow I'll buy you a train ticket back home, you can go visit your parents and brothers, and also clear your mind. What do you think?"

  Yue Wen heard the persistence in Shen Yang Mei's words, although she was extremely unwilling in her heart. However, Yue Wen also knew that this was currently the best solution. She had done such a "shameful" thing, yet Shen Yang Mei hadn't abandoned her and still cared about her, which already made her feel content. If Shen Yang Mei really acted as if nothing had happened, she would have thought that Shen Yang Mei had a guilty conscience instead. Yue Wen was also an extremely intelligent woman, and she acknowledged that Shen Yang Mei's words were indeed reasonable. Taking some time to calm down in their hometown was good too, leaving space for each other to calm down. Thinking of this, Yue Wen nodded heavily. Then, as if gathering her courage, she asked softly: "Yang Zi, I can give you time to calm down, but you won't look down on me because of what I did, right? I promise you that from now on, I absolutely will not have any contact with Wang Sheng again. I only hope you can give me another chance and not abandon me." As she spoke, Yue Wen's eyes reddened, and tears fell once more.

  After hearing Ye Wen's words, Shen Yangmei sighed helplessly and shook her head, not knowing how to respond. As for how Ye Wen understood it, whether she took it as "won't" or "doesn't know", she just let it be. Sure enough, when Ye Wen saw Shen Yangmei shake her head, her eyes seemed to sparkle with a hint of excitement, apparently taking Shen Yangmei's headshake to mean "won't abandon her".

  After finally calming down Ye Wen and making her not too anxious, he tactfully declined Ye Wen's request for him to stay. Shen Yang repeatedly reminded Ye Wen not to think wildly before getting up to leave.

  ………

  "I thought you'd be staying overnight." Luo Shuai said with a smile, "How did you put it to her? What are you two planning to do next?"

  He raised an eyebrow and let out a long sigh, saying: "What else can we do? We can only take it one step at a time. Actually, things are much more complicated than you think."

  "It's not that complicated, two women, just a show, as long as you're open-minded, it's fine. I think Ye Wen still cares about you. But you... " Luo Shuai turned his head to look at Shen Yang's eyebrows, "You seem different now, we've only been apart for a few months, can working in the government really change someone that much? You're much more stable now."

  "When driving, focus on the road and don't keep turning your head around, pay attention to safety, do you know? The car accident in his previous life still makes Shen Yang's heart tremble with fear."

  Lu Shuai turned back and gave Shen Yang a disdainful look, but he didn't mess around, focusing his attention, steadily steering the car into the garage of a villa.

  Two people walked into the villa, Shen Yangmei was naturally a frequent visitor to Luo Shuai's home, and when he was studying in Quyang before, he often stayed here. So, there was no restraint at all. Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Shen Yangmei looked up at the upstairs and asked: "Are Uncle Luo and Auntie Luo not at home?"

  "The old man went to the provincial capital, attending some sort of entrepreneur symposium. I reckon mom has gone to play mahjong again. It looks like she won't be back tonight." Luo Shuai said, taking out two cans of beer from the kitchen and tossing one to Shen Yangwei. "Your room is still being kept by my mom, you little brat can't even come home once every few months, but every time, mom has the housekeeper tidy up your room spotlessly. I think my mom treats you better than she does me, her own son."

  When it comes to Luo Shuai's mother, Liang Weihong, she can also be said to be a strange woman. In those years, after Luo Wenhua retired from the army, he not only did not go to work in the factory according to the arrangement of the transfer industry but also took out his demobilization fee and started his own construction team with all his might. At that time, it seemed like a defeatist who didn't do a proper job. At that time, Liang Weihong was still talking about marriage with Luo Wenhua, and Luo Wenhua's behavior naturally couldn't be understood by Liang Weihong's family members. Therefore, Liang Weihong's family members forced Liang Weihong to immediately break off her relationship with Luo Wenhua and never contact him again. Liang Weihong's brother even found a few hooligans in society to threaten Luo Wenhua at home to stop their love affair immediately.

  The result was naturally self-evident, and Liang Weihong not only did not listen to the opinions of her family members but also secretly obtained a letter of introduction from her work unit and got married to Luo Wenxia without telling her family. The two didn't even have a real wedding ceremony, they just invited a few of Luo Wenxia's comrades to set up a table for a wine banquet, and Liang Weihong became the wife of Luo Wenxia in this way. When Liang Weihong's parents found out about the truth later, they almost cut off their relationship with her.

  However, it turned out that Liang Weihong's vision was indeed unique. Over the years, Luo Wenhua's construction team slowly grew and developed, gradually becoming one of the top enterprises in Quyang City. The story of Liang Weihong and Luo Wenhua also became a topic that older people loved to talk about, often used to educate parents not to interfere too much in their children's marriages, but to trust their own judgment.

  In his past life, Liang Weihong had always been very good to Shen Yangmei, just like Luo Shuai said, treating her almost as well as he treated his own son. In memory, it seemed that a few years later, Liang Weihong was diagnosed with lung cancer and despite running around to many hospitals, he eventually passed away. After Liang Weihong's death, Luo Wenhua seemed to have lost his backbone, and with his advanced age, he suddenly became dispirited, and his work was no longer as vigorous as before. With the cruel competition in later generations, Luo Wenhua's business was getting worse year by year. Fortunately, Shen Yangmei and Luo Shuai had already established themselves and slowly built up their own connections, so they could still take care of Luo Wenhua and prevent his construction company from going bankrupt. Because both Shen Yangmei and Luo Shuai knew that this building enterprise was Luo Wenhua's last emotional sustenance, if it really went bankrupt, he would immediately become disheartened. Therefore, the two people tried their best to maintain this small construction company.

  Of course, Shen Yang would not let such a tragedy happen again after his rebirth, but it's still too early to say these things. The main thing is to find an opportunity, and all these problems will be easily solved. I believe that relying on my 20 years of memory in the next life, making Luo Culture's construction company bigger and stronger is just a matter of course. Now the urgent problem to be solved is how to face the investigation of the Discipline Inspection Commission tomorrow.

  In his past life, he himself was delayed in attending the disciplinary committee's investigation due to Ye Wen's reasons, leaving a handle for Wang Sheng and others to attack him. But this time, such things would not happen again. However, what did the disciplinary committee want to know from him? Was it possible for him to see Xiang Beijing? What was Xiang Beijing like now? A string of questions arose in Shen Yang's mind.