Insufficient balance

  It wasn't until they left Old Street that Tang Yu suddenly remembered that he didn't have enough money to take the bus home.

  The city of Dongling has undergone great changes since its construction, and after Tang Yu graduated from university, he spent most of his time in Mianzhou, the provincial capital, and rarely came to Dongling City, so he was not very familiar with this side. It was because his family had lived on the old street for a while that Tang Yu still understood it somewhat, and could barely find his way around. However, after walking for a while, he became disoriented and couldn't tell east from west, so he had to explore and ask for directions at the same time.

  However, his thick Dongling City accent always made others look at him in surprise, and the student ID of Fengcheng District No. 7 Middle School on his chest made him a true local of Dongling City. Seeing everyone's eyes looking at him as if he was a little scammer, Tang Yu could only sigh bitterly in his heart.

  After great efforts, after spending several hours, Tang Yu finally found the 93-year-old self-home in the municipal government's Kangtian community, and the sky had already turned completely dark.

  They say that "the closer to home, the more timid one becomes". At this moment, Tang Yu truly felt this feeling. After many years, he was finally returning to 1993 and would soon see his parents from back then. Tang Yu's heart also had some hidden anxiety.

  He patted his body and found a bunch of keys in his pocket, which should be the key to his home. After hesitating outside the door for a while, Tang Yu finally opened the door and went in.

  "It's just that what needs to be faced will ultimately still need to be faced."

  Tang Yu's family home was a government-provided residential area, a three-bedroom house. When Su Mu Ru came to Dongling City at the end of last year and transferred his father Tang Tianying from the Party History Research Office of the Municipal Committee to the position of Deputy Secretary-General of the Government, this house naturally fell into the hands of Tang Tianying. In Tang Yu's memory, they moved into this house during the Spring Festival in 1993, but were forced out less than a year later, and due to financial difficulties, they had to temporarily move to Laojie Street.

  The big courtyard, after all, is not a story in a fairy tale. The courtyard, that's where the sword and shadow are everywhere, relying on the position under the buttocks and the back of the *speaking place. Later generations often say that the buttocks determine the brain, but in this big courtyard, it is the buttocks that determine the face, although cruel, it is an undisputed fact.

  The big lamp in the living room was turned off, and a small orange desk lamp in the corner emitted a faint light, behind which Zhang Yawei's figure could be seen curled up on the sofa.

  They should be waiting for them to come back and eat dinner and sleep, Tang Yu thought.

  Gazing at his mother's face, which looked much younger than it had over a decade ago, Tang Yu suppressed the moisture in the corners of his eyes and quietly prepared to return to his bedroom. Unexpectedly, he still startled Zhang Yahui awake.

  "Is that Xiao Yu? Why are you playing so late and just coming back now? Your class monitor has called home several times already, you should return their call. The food is in the kitchen, I just reheated it a little while ago, go eat first, I'll wait for your dad. Don't even get me started on your dad these days... anyway, go eat first." Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Zhang Ya Hui sat up from the sofa.

  "Mom..."

  Tang Yu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but that mouth which was usually able to speak eloquently seemed to be sewn shut, and he couldn't utter a single word. The tear glands at the corners of his eyes were working hard to fill up, as if they would overflow at any moment.

  Seeing Tang Yu hurry into the bedroom with a tray of food, Zhang Ya Hui shook her head and smiled helplessly, "This child."

  The living room was dimly lit, and Zhang Yawen didn't notice anything unusual about her son. But what she didn't know was that as soon as Tang Yu entered the bedroom, he couldn't hold back anymore, and tears burst out of his eyes, streaming down his face. In his heart, he made a secret decision.

  "Reborn, after all, can't let the disaster of the previous life fall on kind parents and this family, oneself must do something for this family, even if it means taking on more burdens."

  She hastily ate two mouthfuls of rice, and suddenly remembered that her mother had said the class monitor had called several times. It was only then that she recalled that her class monitor in junior high school was Su Qing, but she didn't know what Su Qing wanted to call about.

  This phone at home was installed because of my dad's position as deputy director, it cost a lot of money, at least over 10,000 yuan, an ordinary family couldn't afford it.

  After rummaging through the small bookshelf in the bedroom for half a day, I finally found Su Qing's phone number on a thin little notebook.

  The phone was answered on the first ring, as if someone had been sitting next to it waiting for the call.

  Before Tang Yu could speak, a familiar female voice on the other end chattered away.

  "Tang Yu, why did you leave alone today without saying goodbye to everyone? Don't you know that everyone is worried about you? How can you just leave without a word during a group activity? At least, at least tell me, the head of the class..."

  Tang Yu could only vaguely respond and get through it, his mind was preoccupied with annoyance at this time, who had the heart to think about these things?

  "Right," the voice on that end hesitated for a moment, "I heard someone jumped into the small lake in the park today to save two people. I see everyone's description, and it looks like you. Was it you? How come I don't remember you learning how to swim from elementary school to university?"

  As soon as Tang Yu heard Su Qing's tone, he knew that she must have confirmed that the one who saved her was indeed herself. He was extremely familiar with her way of speaking.

  Although the two of them weren't exactly close, they had been familiar with each other since childhood. Before middle school, she knew almost everything about him. This time, she suddenly found out that he could swim and even jumped into the small lake to rescue someone, probably due to a sudden impulse from the little girl's mind.

  "Hey, hey, say something, if you don't speak I'll assume it's settled. Hmph, secretly learning to swim without telling me." Paused for a moment, "I've taken your school bag and the homework inside back to my home, you can come find me tomorrow to get them, the old witch is going to check the homework the day after tomorrow."

  Tang Yu knew that the old witch in Su Qing's mouth was referring to her third-year junior high school teacher, Li. When he heard Su Qing mention things like backpacks and homework, Tang Yu suddenly realized his identity as a junior high school student. With his current identity, how could he help his family overcome the impending difficulties? Not to mention that he was just a small kid who couldn't compete with Chen Songwei, the powerful municipal party secretary, but simply because of his age, how could he convince adults to believe what he said?

  As soon as I thought of this, my mind became confused again, and I didn't even bother to respond to Su Qing. I ignored the "Hello, hello" on the other end of the line and hastily hung up the phone.

  Lying in bed, Tang Yu couldn't help but feel a sense of unease. He wasn't particularly enthusiastic about saving Su Muer's career, but his own father had been promoted by Su Muer from the Party History Research Office, and in the city committee circle, he had already been branded with Su Muer's mark. If Su Muer was ultimately framed and imprisoned, his father would inevitably be implicated as well.

  There's also Second Uncle, who has worked hard to accumulate a net worth of tens of millions. Now that he's been reborn, he can't just watch as Second Uncle falls into the real estate bubble in Hainan. Although if Old Dad is able to successfully navigate this crisis, it wouldn't be a problem for him to get the bank to defer the 20 million yuan loan, but being able to preserve his tens of millions in assets would still be better.

  Of course, the key is still to let Dad keep his position. To let Dad keep his position, we need to let Su Mu Ru keep his position, not only to smoothly pass the People's Congress election and stand firm in Dongling City, but also to beware of Chen Songwei's open and secret attacks, such as framing and other sinister means.

  But as a junior high school student now, how can I remind them and make them believe?

  In Tang Yu's memory, the vote-buying incident that occurred during Su Mu Ru's mayoral election happened in April, although he can't remember the exact date. As for the time of Hainan's real estate bubble, Tang Yu remembers it clearly, which was when Su Mu Ru was being framed and investigated, and his father was also implicated and questioned by the special case group, and their home was filled with gloom and doom. On June 23rd, the State Council issued "Opinions on the current economic situation and strengthening macro-control", 16 rectification measures were fatal, Hainan's real estate boom fell sharply, and his uncle's tens of millions of assets almost completely evaporated in the Hainan property market within a few days.

  Thinking of this, the time left for myself is not much, the NPC election will be held in April, and the specific time can be heard casually in places like the government compound. How can I make my dad and others aware of the crisis inside and prepare before the election?

  Tang Yu believed that with Su Mu Ru's political wisdom, if he had known in advance, he would have been able to take precautions.

  All along, Tang Yu had a question in his mind. Why did Chen Songwei, as the secretary of the municipal party committee, manipulate the vote-rigging incident? It was a very taboo thing to do, equivalent to blocking one's own path to advancement. The fact that Chen Songwei remained the director of the Municipal People's Congress in Dongling City until he was sent to prison in 1998 is proof of this. Later, framing Su Muru and putting him in jail made even less sense. Why did Chen Songwei, as the first-in-command secretary of the municipal party committee, go out of his way to set a trap for Su Muru, who was the mayor?

  This question was not clarified by Tang Yu until the trial and sentencing of Chen Songwei's tax evasion group in 1998.

  Of course, for Tang Yu now, whether he understands the reasons behind these things is irrelevant. Even if he's not very clear about it himself, combining the case details released later on, he can still guess some of it out. The key now is how to avoid a tragic outcome and let Su Muren smoothly sit in the mayor's seat. Once Su Muren's butt is secure, his old man's position under him will be stable too - this is beyond doubt.

  After thinking for a while, I still had no clue, so I went into the bathroom to take a bath.

  After experiencing a huge change in his family, they temporarily lived in an old street and borrowed a house. Taking a bath was very inconvenient, but it was from then on that Tang Yu developed the habit of taking cold showers. In college, he even joined a winter swimming team. After entering the workforce, taking cold showers became the best way for him to clear his mind and think quickly. Until the night before his rebirth, he still took a half-hour-long cold shower alone.

  At this time, his mind was a complete blank, and Tang Yu naturally thought of taking a cold bubble bath.

  After putting in the hot water, Tang Yu didn't think much and directly got into the bathtub. Suddenly, his body shivered with a chill, and he couldn't help but tremble. The cold stimulation made him stand up from the bathtub all at once.

  The noise of getting up was a bit loud, and Zhang Yawen outside asked two more questions, Tang Yu hurriedly muddled through.

  At this time, Tang Yu finally reacted and realized that he had been reborn, possessing the body of a 16-year-old, not the one from his previous life that often took cold showers.

  At that time, he also spent a long time gradually adapting to the cold water bath, and during this period, he had several minor colds. Now this body has never been exposed to a cold water bath, without a certain adaptation period, it is naturally impossible to adapt to such a cold stimulus, and I didn't think of this in my haste.

  He smiled wryly and used a towel to wipe off the water on his body. It seemed that he was indeed flustered!

  He then poured out the cold water and refilled it with hot water to adjust the temperature, curling his entire body deeply into the warm water. Only then did he feel that his body, which had been stimulated by the cold water, was slightly more comfortable. Today, when jumping into the water to rescue people, he didn't feel the water was cold, probably because at that time his brain hadn't accepted the fact of rebirth and was still in a state of confusion. Tang Yu could only explain it this way.