"Lingling..." A rapid phone ringing woke Chen Yangmei from his deep sleep.

"Yes!" Chen Yangmei stood up in a daze, reached out and rubbed his slightly dry eyes. Subconsciously grabbed the phone on the table and put it in his ears. "Is it Comrade Chen Yangmei?" A low voice from a man came from the phone.

"I am Chen Yangmei, who are you?" Chen Yangmei felt that he was not fully awake, and his mind was in chaos.

"Comrade Chen Yangmei, I am Zhuang Lin, deputy director of the First Supervision Office of Quyang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection." The voice on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, as if it was deliberately left for Chen Yangmei to think for a few seconds.

"Yeah! Zhuang Lin!" Chen Yangmei frowned. Chen Yangmei felt that the name seemed extremely familiar, but suddenly he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

"We need your assistance in investigating some issues regarding the bribery case of Xiang Beijing, former deputy secretary of the Jialiang County Party Committee, and I hope you can come to the Quyang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning..."

"Zhuang Lin! Secretary Xiang!" Chen Yangmei felt that his brain seemed to be painful as if it had been split. He threw away the phone in his hand and hugged his head tightly with both hands. In an instant, dense beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead.

Grinding his teeth, Chen Yangmei tried hard to restrain himself from moaning in pain. I don’t know how long it took, but finally felt that his mind seemed to be clearer. Chen Yangmei had time to sort out his messy thoughts. It seemed that he had received an inexplicable call, and then he seemed to have a car accident, but how could he come here in a confused manner? Chen Yangmei looked around and looked at the scene in front of him.

There were various red-headed documents on the milky white desk. The top document clearly stated the "Notice on the Reform of Jialiang County Enterprises". Chen Yangmei took a deep breath, calmed down his panic, reached out to slowly pick up the documents on the table, and turned to the last page. The time indicated in the lower right corner of the document was March 25, 1990, and the steel stamp of the Jialiang County People's Committee of the Huaxia Harmonious Party was on it.

As if he realized something, Chen Yangmei threw the documents in his hand away, ran out of the outdoors in a few steps, and pushed open the door of the opposite office with force.

Several people chatting in the office raised their heads in unison, looking at the flushed and raised their eyebrows standing at the door in confusion. One of the slightly bald middle-aged men frowned and said, "Xiao Shen, what's wrong, you're in a panic?"

Lao Liang, Sister Wu, Xiao Gao, Xiao Liu, Chen Yangmei looked at the familiar and unfamiliar faces in the room, shook his head gently, "You guys are busy with you, I'm fine..." Chen Yangmei felt that his voice was extremely dry, waved his hand, and without saying much, he retreated from the office.

Chen Yangmei walked back to the office, sitting on the office chair and stared at the desk calendar on the table. September 1990, September 21, 22nd to 25th, were surrounded by red pens. Large periods of memories slowly emerged from the depths of his mind. September 21, this day that he would never forget, Xiang Beijing, deputy secretary of the Jialiang County Party Committee, was reported to have accepted huge bribes during the restructuring of county-owned enterprises in the county and was directly taken away by people from the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Before Chen Yangmei served as deputy director of the county party committee office, he served as a full-time secretary of Xiang Beijing. Therefore, Chen Yangmei was naturally considered to be Xiang Beijing's confidant. In the event of Xiang Beijing, Chen Yangmei naturally could not get rid of the relationship. Chen Yangmei has been restless these days. In my memory, just this afternoon, Xiang Beijing's current secretary Zhang Jian sent a message to Chen Yangmei, saying that Secretary Xiang hoped that Chen Yangmei could go out to avoid it. Chen Yangmei immediately left Jialiang on the evening and rushed to his girlfriend Ye Wen in Quyang City. Unexpectedly, he saw that Ye Wen, who had been in love with her for three years, had an affair. Chen Yangmei, who was dismayed, had no idea how he survived the days.

A few days later, when Chen Yangmei stood in front of Luo Shuai, he was almost dying. In these few days, the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection obtained key evidence of Xiang Beijing's bribery. What is most strange is that the rumors outside were that Chen Yangmei provided clues to make the inspection team find out the handle of Xiang Beijing.

After Xiang Beijing was imprisoned, Chen Yangmei was quickly transferred to the county party history office as director. Since then, he has completely become a rising political star in Jialiang County to a marginal figure in the officialdom. Chen Yangmei, who was rolling his eyes, resigned in anger and started a small company with Luo Shuai. It was not until 1997 that Wang Decai, who was promoted to executive vice mayor of Quyang City, was shopped for accepting bribes. During the investigation of Wang Decai's bribe case, Wang Decai confessed to the case of framed Xiang Beijing seven years ago, and the court resolutely sentenced Xiang Beijing to not guilty. Only then did people know that Xiang Beijing was framed by Wang Decai. People recalled the situation and rumors that Chen Yangmei left Jialiang when she was investigated in Xiang Beijing. In their opinion, in addition to betrayal, there was also the suspicion of framed Xiang Beijing with Wang Decai.

After Xiang Beijing was released from prison, Chen Yangmei had also visited him, but Xiang Beijing, who was almost broken, didn't remember that he had asked Zhang Jian to speak to Chen Yangmei at that time.

Chen Yangmei worked hard to dig out the memories in her mind, and slowly walked into the bathroom, staring at herself in the mirror in a daze, with a pale face, high cheekbones, unusually obvious flush on her cheeks, her eyes no longer had the same charm as before, her beard was sloppy, and her hair was shiny and tied into strands. Since Xiang Beijing was taken away by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection on the 21st to the 25th of today, Chen Yangmei has not left the office for the past five days, eating, drinking, urinating, and sleeping. Almost all of them were solved in the office building. The people in the county party committee office seemed to have forgotten him, as if they had forgotten him, the deputy director of the office. They were flattering in front of him on weekdays, deliberately praising everyone in the county party committee office, and no one took the initiative to report to him. When they saw him, they were like seeing a ghost, and they wanted to hide away from him to avoid getting into bad luck on their own.

What happened? Chen Yangmei slapped her face hard, and half of her face suddenly felt aching. Dreams cannot simulate the pain in her body, but who can be sure? Is it reasonable to turn back time? It is impossible to prove that she is in a dream, nor can she believe that she is in the real world. Chen Yangmei doesn't know what went wrong, which puts herself in this state.

As a talented student in the Chinese Department of Quyang Normal University, Zhuang Zhou's dream of butterfly in "Zhuangzi? Qiwu Lun" is naturally familiar. Is it really Zhuang Zhou's dream of butterfly? Chen Yangmei muttered to himself. Even if the memories of future generations in his mind are so profound and real, Chen Yangmei would rather believe that it is all a dream. His twenty years of experience in the dream are vivid in my mind. He has become a traitor who is disgusted by everyone from the rising political star in Jialiang County. He resigned in disgrace because he could not stand the sarcasm and ridicule of the people. His girlfriend Ye Wen's betrayal, and his parents were also cursed for their own reasons. The fate of the family underwent an astonishing reversal, and the world around him suddenly became cold and cruel. If it weren't for his concern for his parents, Chen Yangmei might have ended his life.

Fortunately, with the help of Luo Shuai, Chen Yangmei was able to get out of the trough of life. Later, he resigned from the county party committee and started a business. With his shrewd mind and flexible skills, he rode the spring breeze of reform and opening up, and created a big and small company with Luo Shuai. The two of them were considered to have little wealth! However, after experiencing the pain caused by major setbacks in life, Chen Yangmei gradually became cynical and unrestrained.

Chen Yangmei simply washed his face in the bathroom, which made him look a lot more energetic. After returning to the office, he looked at the clock on the wall. It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time to get off work.

The office door was gently knocked, Chen Yangqi hurriedly rectified his thoughts, tried to calm himself down, and said, "Please come in."

The door was gently pushed open, and a tall and handsome young man walked in. Zhang Jian, Chen Yangmei's pupils shrank slightly, almost exactly the same as in the dream. Is everything he experienced in the dream true? Chen Yangmei was a little lost in an instant.

Zhang Jian turned around and gently closed the office door, turned around and looked at Chen Yangmei, as if shocked by Chen Yangmei's embarrassment at this time. He sighed slightly and said, "Director Chen, I know that Secretary Xiang is taken to investigate by the Commission for Discipline Inspection, but you still have to take care of your body. Look at how haggard you are now. I think you should go home and have a good rest. After all, Secretary Xiang's affairs will not be finalized for a while. I know you best, and I am sure he will not have anything to do. This matter will be revealed sooner or later. I believe the organization will give Secretary Xiang a clear innocence."

"Director Chen, Director Chen, are you okay?" Zhang Jian saw Chen ignoring him, looking ahead without focus with his eyes blankly, as if thinking about something, and then said: "Director Chen, I think you should really have a good rest. Your mental state is very bad now."

Chen Yangmei slowly withdrew his thoughts, waved his hand to signal Zhang Jian to sit on the chair opposite, and said tiredly: "It's okay, just go back and have a good sleep. Are you asking me for something? Is there new progress in Secretary Xiang's case?"

"I can't say anything about the progress. This afternoon, I secretly met Secretary Xiang through the classmate of the Discipline Inspection Commission. Because time was tight, I couldn't say a few words. However, when I left, Secretary Xiang had a few words for me to bring to you."
Chapter completed!