Chapter 425: Chapter 425

Hongyang returned to Yangzhou, filled with a sense of nostalgia as if he had been away for a long time.

Of course, looking at this city, which is also considered prosperous within the province, and then thinking about the Provincial City, the difference was indeed particularly large. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾·𝗇𝖾𝗍

The Provincial City, of course, was very large and prosperous, but the waters there were deep too! For example, it harbored strongmen like Qian Xuan, which was terrifying. Of course, Xiaoyue could counter him, and she was actually quite good.

But for a man, especially an officialdom man like Liu Zhizhong, the Provincial City was the place of dreams, and Yangzhou was merely a place to enhance his experience. And for the big shots of the Provincial City, was the Provincial City merely their endpoint?

Desire was just like that, gradually magnifying bit by bit.

Liu Zhizhong drove his car, and a phrase from Luo Tianlin from last night still echoed in his ears, "Xiao Liu, train well in Yangzhou, there will be good days."

Well, just like leveling up in a game, he might as well train well in Yangzhou first! Anyway, he would probably have to visit the Provincial City often in the future. One reason was the task entrusted by Qian Xuan, and another was the contract with Xiaoyue.

Liu Zhizhong decided to drive his car to a nearby car wash, and gave it a thorough clean before returning home. The Provincial City was good in many aspects, but the air pollution was too severe. His mother-in-law's Audi Q7 was dirty, so it had to be cleaned thoroughly, inside and out, before returning it to her.

Upon arriving at home and parking the car in the large villa's yard, Liu Zhizhong felt an eerie silence.

His car was cleaned and glistening, parked under the shade. Who did this? Liu Zhizhong felt a warmth inside him — it could be Zhao Han, or possibly his mother-in-law, or maybe both?

Zhao Han's car wasn't in the parking spot; she was probably at work today.

At the Cultural and Tourism Bureau, she still enjoyed freedom, after all, she hadn't divorced Zhang Hongyang, and the privileges of being a daughter-in-law of the Zhang Family were significant. Every level of place had its privileges; that was reality.

When privileges formed a network of hierarchies, society became interesting, and those living in the crevices of power were just ordinary people...

Liu Zhizhong thought Lu Yumei wasn't at home, so he went straight inside with his luggage and briefcase.

After setting down his things, Liu Zhizhong thought of sitting in the rooftop tea room for a while — although it was a sunroom, the sunlight was reflected by the specially made glass roof so it didn't feel harsh. The entire house was air-conditioned 24 hours a day during summer, keeping it nice and cool.

He had a simple lunch at a service area, and after returning home, a nap in the rooftop sunroom seemed like a great idea. Drinking tea, enjoying the view, and then resting. After the nap, right next to the sunroom, was the rooftop swimming pool where he could swim and relax before officially returning to work at the City Government the next day.

In that swimming pool, memories with Zhao Han vividly came to him as he walked upstairs, all full of passion.

However, when Liu Zhizhong reached the rooftop and passed by the swimming pool, he heard painful moaning, a woman's voice, and he instinctively jumped.

What was happening? Who was in there?

He tiptoed quietly, clinging to the exterior wall of the swimming pool, just able to peek through the glass enclosure above to see inside.

Inside, the blue pool was unusually calm.

The draped pink gauze curtains around made the surrounding glass enclosures partially visible, and one couldn't see clearly from the distant high-rise buildings.

Liu Zhizhong only saw the inside through the gaps in the pink gauzy curtains.

There was no one in the swimming pool, but on the white, soft sun loungers by the pristine poolside, where Liu Zhizhong and Zhao Han had once had their battles, there lay Lu Yumei, surprisingly...

Liu Zhizhong's nose felt hot, as if he was about to have a nosebleed, and Little Zhizhong was completely out of control, about to explode...