10: Chapter 10 Returning home in wealth and honor is like wearing brocade at night.

In the political ecosystem of history, romantic entanglements have always been considered minor matters.

In the eyes of some of the older generation, they aren't even considered an issue.

At most, it's just dismissed as children fooling around.

Of course, before Sun Ning reaches the rank of Department Director, he still needs to keep a low profile.

Almost no cadre at the Bureau-level has stepped down solely because of a romantic scandal; usually, other issues are what drag romantic matters into the light.

However, for positions below the County-Section level, this sort of thing still has significant destructive power.

Sun Ning is not the type to be coy, so he stopped agonizing over it.

The two of them wouldn't be able to reach a consensus anytime soon.

There is plenty of time in the future!

"Senior Sister, let's go out. We still have plenty of time, think about it carefully."

"If it really doesn't work out, sigh..."

Upon hearing Sun Ning suggest leaving, Shang Rou lost her previous frantic energy and kept acting coy, refusing to leave.

She was eventually dragged out by Sun Ning.

"Xiao Rou, as a Senior Sister, you are being too immature. How could you mess with Sun Ning? Aren't you afraid Elder Shang won't let you back into the house?"

As soon as they stepped out, Big Brother started complaining.

"Big Brother, I am your own sister."

"Alright, I'm warning the two of you, don't cross the line."

"Tch."

The others ignored the daily bickering between the siblings.

Vice Township Head Li Jianguo and Senior Brother Liu Zhiyuan began instilling administrative experience into Sun Ning again.

Big Brother, who had been lecturing his sister, also joined in.

Finally, Big Brother said earnestly: "Sun Ning, transfer the company to Hong Kong. It will be more conducive to your development."

"But..."

"I understand what you mean. Personal feelings can wait; you need to plan for the long term."

Big Brother continued to console Sun Ning.

However, Sun Ning thought to himself, *You probably don't know that I've already claimed her.*

If you knew, would you still be so magnanimous about letting your sister go to Hong Kong?

But listening to Big Brother's tone, it seems Shang Rou has frequently sought his advice on business matters.

The group chatted in the villa for a long time before heading home.

Sun Ning's matter was settled in this way.

As for the transfer procedures, Vice Township Head Li Jianguo would naturally take care of them.

It was just a position as a Chief Staff Member; it wasn't a major issue.

Now, Sun Ning just needed to wait for his Chief Staff Member appointment to come through, and then he could proceed.

Shang Rou drove Sun Ning back home.

Currently, the relationship between the two had undergone a qualitative change, and both had a premonition of an impending separation.

During their time in the capital, they were determined to stay together constantly.

After about ten days, a colleague from the Personnel Department of the Commission told him that his appointment as a Chief Staff Member had come through.

That night, Shang Rou celebrated with him in a unique way.

Making Sun Ning feel unprecedented happiness.

During this period, whenever it was a day off, he would take Shang Rou on a two-day trip to Heyin Province, the backyard of Beijing.

After their relationship status changed, their intimacy progressed rapidly.

Shang Rou clung to Sun Ning every day like a young girl, losing all semblance of being an intellectual older sister.

However, their relationship was kept secret from Elder Shang and his wife.

Sun Ning had originally intended to confess and apologize, but Shang Rou was adamantly against it.

Sun Ning vaguely understood Shang Rou's mindset.

It was nothing more than the old couple pushing too hard for marriage; once exposed, they would inevitably insist on an immediate wedding.

And knowing Shang Rou, she certainly wouldn't disobey her mentors.

At that point, Shang Rou would truly be unable to go to Hong Kong.

And the prototype of Sun Ning's business empire would be postponed indefinitely.

Therefore, Shang Rou refused to let Sun Ning reveal the matter and issued a gag order to the other Senior Brothers.

During these days, in addition to accompanying Shang Rou, Sun Ning also frequently hosted guests.

They were all people he had met while traveling to the West on business with various ministries.

Sun Ning had been intentional about building these connections, so he was quite popular among his colleagues.

In fact, some of these people did not hold high positions.

Many were Division Chiefs, Deputy Division Chiefs, or Chief Staff Members.

But don't let their inconspicuous titles fool you; each of them was a person of real power holding the heavy responsibility of approval.

It would be much easier for Sun Ning to advance rapidly in the future.

A month later, Sun Ning's transfer documents finally arrived.

Instructing him to report to the Gongfan County Organization Department within seven days.

When Sun Ning received these documents, he was still marveling at the powerful inertia of history.

He had only requested to return to Gongfan County, not specifically to Mihe Township.

Who would have thought he would return to the place where he had struggled for twenty years in his previous life.

After receiving the transfer documents, Sun Ning said goodbye to Shang Rou.

He planned to go home before reporting for duty.

As the saying goes, "To achieve success without returning home is like wearing fine clothes in the dark."

At the very least, he was now a Township Head, and he could certainly make his father proud.

It was just that the old man would surely grumble about why he wasn't the Town Mayor of their Fenghuang Ancient Town.

That way, the back he had bent from heavy physical labor could straighten up.

Over the past few days, Shang Rou and Sun Ning had reached an agreement: Deep Blue would be transferred to Hong Kong.

Shang Rou would go over to be the boss behind the scenes, and then find someone from Hong Kong to be the nominal boss to facilitate matters.

But Sun Ning had a premonition that Shang Rou was just trying to comfort him.

After falling into Shang Rou's gentle trap, Sun Ning had come to terms with it.

As long as their feelings were genuine, the piece of paper didn't matter.

That day, Sun Ning boarded the train from the capital straight to Bianzhou.

After getting off the train, he took a passenger bus home from the central station.

His home was in a village in Fenghuang Town, Bianzhou County, Bianzhou City.

The village was right next to the provincial road, so transportation was relatively convenient.

Even so, he had spent the whole day traveling.

When he finally arrived home, his parents were already waiting expectantly.

And his sisters were busy in the kitchen.

Just like in his previous life, whenever he came home, his sisters would gather.

"Sun Ning, go wash your hands quickly. Mom bought some of your favorite pig head meat; have a few drinks with your grandfather and father."

Come to think of it, Sun Ning's family was a very large one.

There were nine people in total.

Grandfather, grandmother, his widowed second grandfather, his parents, and three sisters.

But this large family was very warm and harmonious.

In his previous life, his eldest sister and youngest sister had stayed at home because they didn't go to school.

His youngest sister had it a bit better; because her husband was a formal employee of the county insurance company, she hardly had to do any farm work.

His eldest sister and brother-in-law had always worked as lumberjacks.

They would go to various villages to buy trees, cut them down themselves, and then sell them to rough processing timber mills.

Although they earned a little money, it was very tiring and carried a certain amount of danger.

His second sister studied harder and got into a junior college in Zhongzhou.

Later, she transferred to a bachelor's program and met her husband.

The two of them felt the wages in Zhongzhou were too low, so they traveled to Shanghai to work. Later, because their child was born and they needed household registration, they settled in West Hangzhou.

His sisters were all working hard to manage their own families.

In this life, Sun Ning did not interfere with his sisters' relationships.

After all, his brothers-in-law were all quite good.

It was just that a few years ago, after he had some capital, he helped two of his sisters set up medium-sized supermarkets in Zhongzhou County.

His sisters were all honest and down-to-earth people.

Running a supermarket would allow them to live without worry; anything more would inevitably cause complications.

Sun Ning did not interfere with his second sister and her family for the time being.

According to Sun Ning's intention, he let them gain some experience to see what they would like to do in the future.