As soon as Li An and his mother walked into the family courtyard carrying large and small bags of food, they saw that the old man who loved chess in the courtyard stopped playing chess, and the old lady who exercised stopped exercising. They gathered together and chatted excitedly about gossip.

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"Sister Sun, does your son know at the police station why the two Chen brothers went in last night?"

"My son came back from get off work today and said, Chen Long, Longhu was reported for taking drugs. Dozens of grams of drugs were found at home. My son said he might be sentenced."

"Amitabha, lock him up quickly and let us live a pure life for a few years."

Li An couldn't help but smile when he heard the neighbors' gossip.

The two Chen brothers have been suffering from family troubles for a long time, and by doing this, they can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people.

Li An naturally knew the future development trajectory of the Chen brothers. After Zhang Xiuyun acquired her mother's store, the business did very well and she earned a lot of money.

But no matter how much money I make, I can't bear the abuse of my two sons, especially when they are addicted to something as nightmare as drugs.

In just a few years, Chen Long and Chen Hu destroyed all the money Zhang Yunxiu had earned.

After running out of money, they took desperate risks and embarked on the road of drug trafficking, and were later imprisoned and sentenced to death.

In the previous life, after Li An became powerful, the Chen family had already fallen into disgrace, and Li An had no desire for revenge, so he just let it go.

Now that he has been reborn, this revenge still needs to be avenged.

What happened to the Chen brothers now is their own fault and no one else to blame.

In fact, from another perspective, it also saves them from being shot in the future.

At noon today, Wang Xi called and told Li An that he had contacted his brothers from the Linjiang City Anti-Drug Brigade last night.

At first, I thought I was just arresting a drug addict and didn't pay much attention to it. However, when I searched Chen Long and Chen Hu's home, I found more than 40 grams of drugs, and after interrogation, I found the drug trafficker behind it. It was an unexpected gain.

The brothers from the anti-narcotics brigade even made a special call to thank Wang Xi for the clues he provided.

According to Wang Xi, the two people should be treated as "illegal possession of drugs." According to Article 348 of the "Criminal Law", illegal possession of more than 200 grams but less than one kilogram of opium, heroin or methamphetamine is ten

Those with more than 50 grams or other drugs in larger quantities shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined.

Back home, my mother was cooking and my father was reading "Introduction to Trade Union Law" in the study.

Li An not only admires his father's professionalism, but also admires him.

I definitely can't learn what my father did. How can I study so seriously in a job that is obviously forced on my head?

The dinner was extremely sumptuous. The table was filled with Li An’s favorite dishes, braised pork intestines, stir-fried kidneys, boiled pork slices, sweet and sour hairtail fish, steam pot chicken, and most importantly, my mother’s signature pork ribs and lotus root soup.

It's almost time for New Year's Eve dinner.

After dinner, Li An was called into the study by his father.

The decoration of the study room is as simple as the house, with large whitewashed walls, floor tiles, and no roof or even a suspended ceiling.

The furnishings in the room are also very monotonous. They are all bookcases on three walls. There is only a desk and chair under the window. It is truly a "study".

Li An moved a chair in and sat next to his father. The father and son were silent for a while.

My memory of my father's appearance is somewhat vague. Now that I look carefully, I can see that his temples have long been gray, and the deep wrinkles on his forehead are traces of time.

My father's life was not easy. He was born in a rural area in the 1950s and experienced the most difficult "Three Years of Natural Disaster Period". During that disaster year, neither of my father's brothers survived.

Later, my grandparents gave birth to a younger brother and four younger sisters to my father. This is all a story later.

Since childhood, my father has been more able to endure hardships and smarter than his peers. He is the only one among his peers in the village who has been admitted to the rural high school.

After graduation, I was assigned to work in the Provincial Department of Geology and Mineral Resources. In order to take care of my elderly grandparents, I took the initiative to be transferred back to the Linjiang area.

In 1998, the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, the State Land Administration Bureau, the State Oceanic Administration and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping jointly formed the Ministry of Land and Resources, and my father joined the Linjiang City Land and Resources Bureau.

In this way, he worked hard all the way to become the deputy director of the Bureau of Land and Resources.

What his father often said to Li An was, "He is very content. It was the party and the country that gave him the opportunity to achieve his current achievements from a child in a rural area. He must be worthy of the rights given to him by the organization."

The silence was imagined to last longer, but Li Lin was the first to break the silence.

My father's voice was deep and full of fatigue, "How have you considered what I told you last time?"

Li An muttered in his heart, "It's coming, what's supposed to come has come."

The "father-son game" that once changed his marriage and destiny arrived half a year early.

Seeing that his son was silent, Li Lin emphasized his tone and said, "Stop the matter between you and the girl from the Zhai family as soon as possible. It is best for you to find a girl from an ordinary family."

My father must answer his words, and remaining silent will only make him angry.

Li An tried his best to keep his tone and attitude as submissive as possible, and said slowly: "Dad, I have always listened to you since I was a child. This time I want to make the decision myself."

At this time, Li An thought about how to reply to his father for a long time, but he seemed to have no suitable words, so he could only express his thoughts.

Li Lin was not surprised by his son's reaction, but his expression became much more serious, "Do you know why I don't agree with you and the girl from the Zhai family?"

"Sure enough, that classic set of rhetoric is coming, rhetoric that shakes your own mind." Li An thought to himself.

But suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he said, "I know."

"You know?" Li Lin was ready to say what he said next, but he suddenly choked up when his son said this.

The most effective way to gain the upper hand in negotiating with someone is to disrupt the opponent's rhythm.

Especially when you are at a disadvantage, it is very important to take the initiative in speaking.

It's obvious that Ang Lee's initiative this time has achieved results.

Li An sorted out the thoughts in his mind and said before his father spoke:

"Dad, are you trying to say that Zhai Beibei's father, Zhai Tianrang, has a bad mind and engages in crooked business practices. If something happens to him in the future, it will not only affect my future career, but also my future children will be seriously affected.

A clean political background is the first prerequisite for an official career, right?"

Ang Lee took the lead and said what his father wanted to say. This trick is called "say what you want to say so that you have nothing to say."

"How did you know?" Li Lin's speaking rhythm had been completely disrupted by his son, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Dad, you don't agree with me and Zhai Bei's matter, just because you are worried that I will be influenced by his father, and that his father will use this relationship to find you to relax the review standards of their projects, right?" Li An continued.

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"Well, you can put it that way." Li Lin nodded subconsciously. He was a little confused. His son seemed to know a lot.

"Dad, if I could deal with Zhai Tianrang and let him do business honestly and not do anything illegal, you wouldn't object, right?" Li An Soul asked three times in a row, directly hitting his father's soul.

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"That's what you said..."

Li An felt happy when he heard the word "ye" from his father's mouth. He waited for the word "right" to come out, so that he could take advantage of the victory and pursue the victory.

"No, you almost got me in." Li Lin suddenly reacted and said with a stern face:

"How can you, a child, understand the dangers of human nature? Who is Zhai Tianrang? How could he listen to you? Don't think about it. I won't agree. Stop thinking about it as soon as possible."

Li An sighed secretly, as expected, his father was not so easy to persuade.

"Dad, I will never separate from Zhai Bei. I have the right to pursue my own love." I have no way out on this matter, I can only express my position.

"You know what love is, and how young are you. I have already chosen a girl for you. Her name is Li Tiantian, and she is the same age as you. She graduated from Qingchuan Normal University last year and is now a primary school teacher. Her parents are employees of state-owned enterprises and are very honest.

I am a good match for our family."

There was no doubt in Li Lin's words, and he paused and said: "I have already contacted her parents. Let's have dinner together tomorrow night and you can meet up."

Li An felt bitter in his heart. It seemed that the gears of history regarding his relationship were moving forward according to the original trajectory, only half a year ahead of schedule, and he was still the same Li Tiantian.

"Dad, you still do the traditional thing about parents ordering matchmakers."

"There is nothing wrong with tradition. Everything left by the ancients has its own reason."

"Dad, I am actually a traditional person."

"What's the meaning?"

"The ancients believed that people with the same surname would not marry. I respect this tradition."
Chapter completed!