C173 extra warmth

This room was nearly half the size of Du Ruiqi's. It was separated into two parts, with a sofa in front and a desk in the middle, separated by a cloth curtain, with Lin Jie's bedroom at the back.

Just as he walked into Lin Jie's room, Du Ruiqi heard the extremely intoxicated piano piece "To Alice". The melody that was playing immediately pulled Du Ruiqi's thoughts back to his student days.

Back in the days when he was studying in the Xinjiang, the music he played before the grass was just a piano piece. "To Alice" was Du Ruiqi's favorite poem. Back then, she always liked to hold a book and sit under the oleanders in the grass, listening to music and reading, indulging in her dreams. However, Zhu Da Luck would always come over at this time to scare her, and would often wake her up from her dream. It was for this that Du Ruiqi had beaten him up quite a bit.

Afterwards, Zhu Qingyun followed her to the Du Jia Village Primary School. Their only electrical appliance was a small tape recorder that Zhu Qingyun had specifically bought for Du Ruiqi, which he placed in the dorm room at Zhu Qingyun School.

When the two of them craved each other's love, they would often do it in the midst of such intoxicated music.

Ever since she left Zhu Qing and entered the Ding Family, she seemed to have never heard of music, nor of piano pieces.

These beautiful and enchanted memories, along with Zhu Qingyun's departure, had turned into the most heartbreaking memory of her life.

Hearing this tune again today, Du Ruiqi's heart felt an unspeakable pain.

She did not expect that this young and handsome Mayor was actually such a beautiful and romantic person who knew how to enjoy life.

To be able to come to such a simple and crude place to stand, to bring music, and good tea, Lin Jie could be seen to be a true man. Beneath his resolute and somewhat grave appearance, there was a soft and kind heart.

"Mayor Lin, you like listening to piano music too?" Du Ruiqi sat down on the wooden sofa and asked with a smile.

"Hehe, I like light music. It makes people feel relaxed and comfortable. I don't like pop music, and sometimes it makes people feel irritated." Lin Jie laughed and said. He picked up the teapot to fill it with water and started boiling water to make tea. He placed the teapot on the tea table and soon began to sizzle water.

Du Ruiqi looked around the room, but did not see any sound amplifying equipment. She did not know where the sound came from. She then carefully searched for the source of the sound. There was a cartoonish shaped little recording machine placed at the corner of Lin Jie's desk. If it wasn't for the music, Du Ruiqi would never think that it was a recording device, it was just a cute display device.

"Mayor Lin is really childish. This is the first time I've seen such a cute recording." Du Ruiqi said with a smile.

"This is my son's birthday present. My lover studies music, and the most common music is CD. So I brought a few dishes here to listen to some music to ease my mood. It feels good." Lin Jie said.

"Mayor Lin, I can see that you not only have a successful career, but also have a very happy family. With such a cute son and a wife that loves you, I wish Mayor Lin the best!" Du Ruiqi was sincerely envious of Lin Jie.

"Rui Qi, your family is also very happy! "I heard that your husband only cares about you and your mother-in-law loves you very much. Your son is very cute and is being led by your mother-in-law. Such a family is the best guarantee for a woman to enter politics." Lin Jie said.

When he said "Rui Qi", Du Ruiqi's heart softened immediately. In the Peace Town, no one had called her so cordially, everyone respectfully called her Dushuji. Today, this Mayor who treated her coldly in the past began to call her by her name, causing her to feel a sense of familiarity that she had never felt before.

And Lin Jie's last sentence, ignited the bitterness in her heart for a moment. That's right, outsiders would think that she was very happy. He had a cute son, a husband silently holding behind his back, and a mother-in-law who treated his like his own self. It was as if he already had everything that he deserved in his life. But who knew what was in her heart?

Thinking of Zhu Qing, who he had abandoned, trying his best to avoid every time they met, he must have hated himself to the bones. Thinking of his' incompetence ', the relationship between husband and wife, the stories about her and the living bandit being told vividly and vividly by the people of the Yu He, they were all jokes … Her tears poured from her heart and slowly filled her nose, filling her eyes. She tried to resist the pain in her heart, telling herself to do her best, to not cry, but the tears still spilled out of her eyes and wet her eyebrows. She deliberately lowered her head so that Lin Jie wouldn't see it, and then quietly wiped the water droplets in her eyes …

However, all of these were seen by Lin Jie.

Right at the moment when Du Ruiqi lowered her head to wipe her tears, Lin Jie's heart also seemed to be shocked. He did not think that a few casual words from him would cause this petite yet powerful woman to shed tears.

In his eyes, Du Ruiqi had always been a capable, capable, lecherous, and intelligent woman. Why was she tearful and sad when it came to family? Could it be that she also had some unknown worry and pain in her heart?

Lin Jie looked at Du Ruiqi, whose shoulders were slightly moving, and felt pity in her heart. He took out a tissue and handed it over to Du Ruiqi.

Du Ruiqi took the tissue that Lin Jie handed over, and with thick tears still flowing from her nose, she said: "Thank you, sorry about that, Mayor Lin is sorry about that …." With that, he used a paper towel to wipe his tears, but he did not think that the more he wiped, the more his tears flowed. It was like releasing the flow of water from a sluice gate, difficult to stop.

"Rui Qi, actually, it wasn't easy for you to get to where you are today. The pain and struggle you feel is something only you can experience …" Lin Jie said with a bit of heartache.

Politics was always a mentally taxing job. Even grown men were often injured and scarred by it. It was easier said than done for a weak girl to be surrounded by men.

"Mayor Lin, all the hardships and tiredness at work, no matter how big it is, Rui Qi will grit her teeth and endure it. It's just like the beginning of Peace Town, Rui Qi lost five or six pounds during the most torturous month, and she only went back home two times. It's very tiring and urgent, but Rui Qi can endure it, because I believe that the difficulty is temporary and everything will be better …" Du Ruiqi resisted the urge to cry as she spoke, her voice still laced with tears.

Lin Jie looked at Du Ruiqi who was in front of his, puzzled. If he could survive past her work period and endure it, then that would mean there was a problem with her family. But this was a woman's privacy, so Lin Jie could not ask, he looked at Du Ruiqi, and started brewing the tea.

The room was filled with the fragrance of tea. It was a delicate tea set. Tea was served, water was flushed, cups were scalded, and the fragrance of tea filled the room very quickly.

"Come, have some tea." Lin Jie brought a cup of tea in front of Du Ruiqi.

"Thank you …" Du Ruiqi picked up the teacup and took a sip. The fragrance of the tea filled his mouth and teeth and slowly warmed his stomach …

This tea not only warmed her stomach, but also her heart.

She gently put down the teacup, Lin Jie picked up the teapot and poured some tea into her cup.

"Thank you …" Du Ruiqi said gently, and only she could hear the voice.

The music continued to flow like a spring, filling every corner of the room.

When the song "To Alice" ended, "Adirina by the Water" began to flow like a spring.

Every jumping musical note seemed to jump on the tip of Du Ruiqi's heart, just like that, gently yet powerfully stirring the warmth in her heart.

Du Ruiqi lifted his teacup and took another sip of the tea's rich fragrance, filling her heart to the brim with it.

Lin Jie picked up his teacup and was also tasting the good tea with relish.

Du Ruiqi raised her head to look at underforest Jie and realized that Lin Jie was also looking at her, her eyes especially warm and affectionate.

"Rui Qi, you are such a good worker, the Peace Town is such a complicated situation, in less than half a year, you managed to smooth out everything. Honestly speaking, this is against my expectations, when the county council decided to send you to Peace Town, I did not think highly of you, you are too young, with no experience in politics, to have to face such a complicated situation right from the start is very difficult. Now it looks like I have no choice but to admire Phellodendron's way of employing people. " Lin Jie laughed and said, "He found you this unpolished jade, and gave you a chance to stand out amongst the younger generation members."

"Mayor Lin, Rui Qi is a calf, so things are not that complicated. When I first came to Peace Town, I did not realize that there would be so many troublesome matters. However, since they were already here, no matter how difficult this plan was, they had to put their lives on the line to open it. Rui Qi knew that they had to either not do it or put their heart into it and try their best to do it. This is also thanks to Mayor Lin for his help to Rui Qi. " Du Ruiqi said.

"Peace Town is famous in the Yuhe County and even in the entire Xinjiang City. Peace Town's work is bound to attract attention from many aspects. When I first chose to stay in the village, I also considered this aspect to bear witness to Peace Town's plan to get rid of the chaos. Well done, it has an active significance to the entire city. The facts have proven that you did very well, and exceeded the expectations of everyone. You did very well! " Lin Jie praised his sincerely.

"Thank you, Mayor Lin …" When Du Ruiqi heard Lin Jie praise him so directly, he felt touched. He couldn't help but cry again.

"I didn't expect that under your strong exterior, you would also be so weak …" Lin Jie passed her another tissue.

"I'm sorry …" Du Ruiqi said while wiping her tears.

"Speak out what's in your heart. It'll be easier for you to speak of it …" Lin Jie suddenly said as he looked at Du Ruiqi. He seemed to feel the bitterness in the woman's heart. Her story needed someone suitable to listen to it. Today, he was willing to be a listener.

These words once again opened Du Ruiqi's tear-filled door, the pain in her heart that was pushed back earlier started to churn again, all the sour, sweet, bitter, painful and sorrowful feelings lingered in her heart, she choked on her sobs, she was unable to control her emotions.

"Mayor Lin, is the Rui Qi in your eyes a bad woman …" Du Ruiqi looked at Lin Jie and asked softly.

"Nope." Lin Jie looked at her and said, "People actually don't have an absolute difference between good and bad. Different situations, different identities, we have different roles to play.

"I know, in the eyes of some people, I am a bad woman. Although I didn't hear it myself, I know the general details. In the eyes of some people, Rui Qi's day is disgraceful, and was obtained through improper means. " Du Ruiqi said, the tears in his eyes continuously flowing out.

"I abandoned the man who loved me and loved me, and for the sake of my life, I cut out that piece of meat in my heart. Only I know that I hurt him and myself." Du Ruiqi seemed to be muttering to himself.