"Why don't we call Li Feng over and ask him what's going on?" Sun Yalin saw Shen Huai scold a few words, then let the person who smashed things in Sunjiadun Village go easily, feeling somewhat curious.

  Shen Huai shook his head and said, "The renovation of the street is the responsibility of Secretary Li Feng, but this side belongs to Sunjiadun Village and does not belong to the town's jurisdiction. The ones who took action are also officials from Sunjiadun Village, so they should have nothing to do with Secretary Li Feng."

  Shen Huai was also uncertain whether it had anything to do with Li Feng. At this time, Li Feng might be eating at a table somewhere, and he would be brought over. If it had nothing to do with Li Feng, Li Feng would naturally be very resentful if he were called over for no reason. If it did have something to do with Li Feng, was it better to scold him in front of everyone or to cover up for him?

  Li Feng is still the deputy secretary of the town party committee no matter what he says.

  Shen Hua thought that if he really wanted to ask about this, he would find someone to understand when he had time, rather than calling people over now. The so-called "officials shielding each other and internal unity" was still necessary; otherwise, the work in the town wouldn't be easy to do.

  "I really didn't know it was Secretary Shen coming over for dinner, and I didn't even recognize you, Secretary Shen. I thought to myself, 'Secretary Shen wouldn't possibly come to a broken-down shop like mine.' I've truly lost my eyesight. And I'm so rude to have made you sit outside, I really owe you an apology," Sun Hu Zi came over to apologize and thank him again, "I'll immediately clear out the inner room, Secretary Shen, please wait for a moment..."

  "No need to make it so complicated, we can just eat outside," Shen Huai said, looking at the customers in the house who were also gathering around, and had to stand up and say a few words. "The town has some requirements for businesses along the highway, and I hope you can understand and cooperate. This is our expectation that everyone will work together to make Meixi Town more civilized and beautiful. However, we have strict limits on rectification work. Outside of the town area, as long as businesses do not occupy roads, do not obstruct traffic, and maintain hygiene during peak hours, that's enough. These are all requirements under national policies and regulations. We won't make any higher demands than that. Cat Whisker Shop has met these points, I think it's fine. If anyone is being too harsh, it's because the town hasn't done a good job of educating and supervising them. If someone should apologize, it should be me and Old Sun..."

  When saying this, Shen Hua also grabbed Sun Hu's greasy hand to comfort him. The onlookers loudly praised and complained that the village officials were not doing a good job.

  Shen Huai didn't want a good meal to be disturbed, pointing at the middle-aged woman who was complaining the loudest, and said: "Hmm, I've been listening to what you're reacting to. What's your name? Who is specifically involved in this matter? Can you tell me about it in detail?"

  The middle-aged woman listened to Shen Hua asking her to leave her name, of course, shook her head and said: "I just casually said it, I don't know if it's true or false..." Blushing and smiling, she turned around and left. The onlookers also didn't make a fuss about it, and they all dispersed one after another.

  Shen Huai didn't want to move inside the house to eat, but also didn't want to be surrounded by onlookers outside. Seeing a table of guests finishing up and leaving, he moved the wine and dishes over there.

  After dinner, the five of them, including wine and dishes, spent only about 70 yuan. The owner, Sun Hu Zi, repeatedly declined, but Shen Hua still signaled to Zhu Li to pay the bill.

  As they walked back, Zhu Li seemed a bit quiet, and Shen Huai furrowed his brow, asking Zhu Li: "Do you know what just happened? Tell me about it. If there's really something unfair going on in Meixi Town, I can still handle it."

  Zhu Li saw Shen Hua let the deputy branch secretary of Sunjiadun village go easily earlier, and thought he didn't want to ask deeply about this matter. At this time, hearing Shen Hua's question, he realized that he was just being cautious and wouldn't fall into a passive situation without understanding the circumstances.

  "The owner of the store, Sun Hu Zi, is not a native of Mei Xi Town. He was sent to the countryside as an educated youth in his early years and later his family members died in a car accident. He didn't return to the city and stayed in Mei Xi Town to settle down," said Zhu Li. "Sun Hu Zi and his wife are not from Sun Jia Dang Village, so they don't have a plot of land to build a house. The three rooms he opened as a store were bought from the village for 700 yuan many years ago, without any formal procedures. If the lower Mei highway is widened, these three rooms will be demolished and can be rebuilt into a formal storefront after being returned... I heard someone wants to buy these three rooms from Sun Jia Dang Village, on the condition that they must drive Sun Hu Zi's family away..."

  Zhu Li is a very affable person, and when eating at the rural wild restaurant, he also likes to chat with the store owner, so he can know many things that township cadres cannot hear. He truthfully told Shen Huai about Sun Huzi's situation.

  Shen Hua advocates for the widening of Xiamei Road, building a standard urban road, rather than simply paving a layer of asphalt on the existing road surface. After widening, the width of Xiamei Road will be doubled. The current plan is to retain the north side and demolish the south side, and to create a 30-meter-wide construction space along the road to the south.

  If this plan goes ahead, the Cat Whiskers restaurant will be right in the demolition zone.

  For the houses involved in the demolition along the street, the initial compensation condition is to dismantle and return to residence, dismantle and return to business, one-to-one return, and compensate for the loss of business suspension for shops.

  Although the three rooms of Sun Hu's house are adjacent to the town area, they do not strictly count as storefronts. However, as long as all business licenses are complete, even if compensation is not made according to storefronts, it will be agreed to re-allocate a residential land with an equal area on the south side of the newly built highway as compensation.

  Sun Hu's three bungalows are almost 100 square meters, even if they can't be used as storefronts for compensation, the actual compensation for land acquisition can build two floors, and the operating area will increase by a factor of two. Renting out to open hotels and whatnot, the returns won't be worse than ordinary storefronts, so the value won't be lower than ordinary storefronts either.

  The shop price in Meixi Town is not too high, the intersection of Xuetang Street and Xiamei Highway is considered the best location, which is about 2,500-2,600 yuan per square meter; to the edge of the town, it's almost around 1,400-1,500 yuan.

  Even so, Sun Hu Zi's three rooms will be compensated after demolition, with a value of nearly 300,000 yuan, which is not a small amount in rural areas and can make people jealous.

  Sun Huizi was originally an outsider without roots in Sunjiadun Village, and buying a house in the early years did not involve any formal procedures. It's not surprising that someone would bully him for 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

  Shen Hua didn't expect that the expansion project of Xiaomei Highway hadn't been finalized yet, but someone was already thinking of making a fortune from it. He just nodded at Zhu Li and said: "Sun Huizi doesn't have formal house purchase procedures, but he has paid for the house and lived there for years. You can ask him to come to the village to supplement some materials and explain the situation; I will make an extra call to Sunjiaduan Village to inquire about this matter..."

  Zhu Li nodded and accompanied Shen Huai and Sun Ya Lin back to the old house to get the car. Zhu Li's car was parked on the road behind the old house, and he drove away first with two construction managers.

  Sun Yalin had drunk a bit too much, at first she didn't feel anything, but after walking back to the old house, the effects started to kick in, her face turned bright red, and she stumbled as she walked, almost unable to stand steadily.

  Seeing Sun Yalin couldn't drive, Shen Hui asked her for the car key: "Drive your own car, so you won't throw up in mine later; where is your car key?"

  Sun Ya Lin didn't have a handbag like ordinary girls, she leaned against the car body, trying to take out the key from her pants pocket for Shen Hui, but felt dizzy and asked: "Why is this wine so potent, I didn't feel anything when walking back..."

  "Sun Hu's privately brewed flower liquor, mixed with privately brewed rice wine and fifty or sixty degrees of Tinghu liquor in a one-to-one ratio, then sealed and stored for a year and a half. When you drink it, it's extremely soft and fragrant, but the alcohol content is around 50-60 degrees. If you can still stand after drinking more than half a kilogram, that's when I'll believe it!" Shen Huai said.

  "You didn't remind me and I got drunk, you're responsible for sending me back."

  Got it, can't reason with a drunkard, Shen Huan reached out and took the car keys himself.

  However, Sun Yalin's pants were very tight-fitting, and the back pocket was small and narrow, only allowing Shen Hua to insert two fingers, while she was almost leaning against the car door, her buttocks sticking out, making the back pocket even tighter. Shen Hua's fingers inserted into the thin fabric, touching Sun Yalin's plump buttocks, bouncing and making his hands numb.

  He didn't have much of a drunk intention, but now he's also got some intoxication. And Sun Yalin is one of the few women with a tall and slender figure, not shorter than Shen Hua, with a slightly higher waist, her buttocks raised, like a full moon, just right on Shen Hua's lower abdomen, her body leaning against the car door, the hem of her mini skirt hanging down, revealing her soft waist, it's impossible for Shen Hua to have no thoughts at all.

  Shen Huai dug into his pockets twice, but couldn't pull out the car keys. Sun Ya Lin, however, was scratching him in a way that made his butt itch, and he couldn't help but squirm around. He turned back to look at Shen Huai and said: "Don't think you can take advantage of me..."

  Shen Huai, even if he took advantage of it and poked fun at it, wouldn't back down. He furrowed his brow and said, "The feel is really mediocre, I've lost interest. Hurry up and take out the car keys..."

  Sun Yalin handed the car key to Shen Huan, and they sat in the car. Sun Yalin, still tipsy, leaned closer to Shen Huan and asked, "Did you have some feelings for me before?"

  "Even if you don't like women, you're still my cousin, discussing this topic seems a bit inappropriate?" Shen Huan looked at Sun Ya Lin's drunk and crazy talk, but she was actually more lovely than her usual sharp tongue, really didn't know how she would bring up this topic after getting drunk, but her sexy red lips came close to speak, with the smell of wine and enchanting perfume mixed together, becoming even thicker, her drunken eyes were like a pool of autumn water, truly an enchanting woman.

  "Alright, I just don't believe you can pretend for a lifetime." Sun Yalin sat up straight, the drunkenness still not gone from her face, and the look in her eyes seemed to say that if Shen Hua had answered incorrectly, she would never look at him again.

  Shen Huai couldn't help but slap his forehead, it turned out that Sun Ya Lin still couldn't accept "his" change, and deliberately "seduced" him, wanting to test if he was still the original "him", leaving him speechless.

  Looking back at the memories of Shen Hua, when he first arrived in France, isolated and without support, towards the only girl he could get in touch with at that time, who was so beautiful, it's natural to have a mix of adolescent impulses and emotions.

  However, Shen Hua was influenced by the previous "him", but the superimposed personality was not much, so his feelings for this distant cousin were extremely light. At the same time, he could also look at Sun Ya Lin with a more normal and unbridled gaze, thinking that such a beauty actually liked women, which was really a pity.

  Back at the hotel, Sun Yalin had fallen asleep from drunkenness. Shen Huai dragged her into the room and threw her onto the bed like a dead dog.

  Sun Yalin was lying on the bed with her four limbs stretched out, her small suit and white shirt lifted up at one corner, revealing her snow-white waist. The tight blue jeans wrapped around her buttocks, round as a full moon, her long legs tightly wrapped, as if the elasticity of her legs was about to overflow, fully exposed in front of Shen Huai's eyes, making his heart beat faster: this tall and slender woman had a beauty that captivated one's soul.

  Shen Huai helped Sun Yalin take off her shoes, and when she still didn't react, he couldn't help but sit down next to her and gently pat her buttocks. Seeing that they were slightly trembling, he ultimately didn't dare to take advantage of the sleeping Sun Yalin, saying "I'm leaving..." as he placed her phone, car keys, and wallet on the bedside table before exiting the room.

  The door creaked shut and was locked. Sun Yalin turned over and lay on her back, muttering to herself: "Has this kid really changed?"