But after all, she was an elderly mother giving birth, and it was a natural delivery. Liu Miao Miao had lost a lot of energy.
Thankfully, Sun Lian Cheng had a lot of Hui Chun Dan (Rejuvenation Pills), Fu Kang Wan (Recovery Pills), and other elixirs that he had drawn, and the effects were pretty good.
So he quickly helped her recover her energy, and now you can't even see her haggard appearance from back then.
Later, he even found an excuse to use a gene optimization liquid he had drawn on her, which allowed her to restore her appearance to her current thirty-year-old look.
The nanny was a woman in her forties. She usually came over to take care of the cleaning, buying groceries, and cooking.
However, she didn't eat here much because Sun Lian Cheng's work wasn't very demanding, and she had other part-time jobs.
“Alright, come and eat. Lian Cheng, today is your district chief's reception day again, right? You're always so tired...”
“Well, what can I do? It's only one day a month, I'll try my best!”
Liu Miao Miao served him rice while saying, "Our son will graduate with his master's degree this year, what are you planning for him?"
Sun Lian Cheng said, "What else can we do? He's an excellent student at the University of Science and Technology, he's only eighteen years old and about to graduate with his master's degree. Should we ask him to come in and just coast along?"
“Are you going to let him continue his PhD? Or find a job?”
“Let him decide. But this kid has secretly joined his uncle's research projects. I guess he won't be doing a PhD, he might go to Feiyáng Group!”
Liu Miao Miao hesitated, saying, “Lian Cheng, isn't it a bit bad for him to be with his elder brother?”
“What's bad about it? Are you afraid it will affect me? I'm already like this, I'm not going to get promoted in this life, how can it affect me?”
“But...”
Sun Lian Cheng waved his hand, stopping her words, "Alright, that's settled. Let him decide for himself, as long as he's happy with it, we'll just live our lives like this, alright?"
Liu Miao Miao shook her head, but didn't say anything else.
Sun Lian Cheng ate with his clingy daughter, and everything went smoothly.
His daughter's personality was like her mother's, not as mischievous as her son, even eating wasn't focused.
Moreover, the daughter was also a little cotton jacket. In the past few years, after her son went to study abroad, Sun Lian Cheng was happy to have a little cotton jacket by his side!
Liu Miao Miao suddenly said, "Lian Cheng, the city's calligraphy and painting association is planning to hold a calligraphy and painting competition, do you want to participate?"
“No, I'll stay out of it!”
Sun Lian Cheng didn't lift his head, he turned and picked some greens for his daughter, “Come, eat some greens. You need to grow taller, eat more greens to get some nutrients. You can't just eat meat."
Liu Miao Miao looked at their father and daughter, and couldn't help but shake her head.
“I knew you would say that. Huang, the vice-president of the association, our principal Huang, specifically told me to ask you to participate. If you think using your real name might make people misunderstand you as using your power for personal gain, then use a pseudonym. You can fully delegate the competition to Principal Huang to take care of!”
Sun Lian Cheng said, “It sounds like it’s possible, but I’d rather not. I know what my level is. It’s not like I’m going to win anything anyway.”
“Are you really not going?”
“No!”
Liu Miao Miao sighed, “Sigh, I knew I shouldn’t have introduced you two. Now I’m stuck in the middle and it’s difficult!”
Sun Lian Cheng wiped his daughter's mouth, then looked at her seriously.
“It’s not like I’m deliberately putting on airs, but my identity means I can’t completely ignore what people say. For calligraphy and painting, people who understand it will naturally know whether it’s good or not, but there are more people who don’t understand.”
“You don’t want to be promoted anyway, so why are you afraid of rumors?”
“It’s not just about me. What about Principal Huang and the other members of the association? Even if I participate, it doesn’t mean I’ll win. Just forget about it, let’s not talk about this anymore.”
Liu Miao Miao looked at the calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall, and sighed again.
Thanks to the awesome power of the lying flat system, in recent years, Sun Lian Cheng didn’t have much else, but his skills in playing the qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, fishing, and playing cards had all leveled up.
When it came to calligraphy and painting, Sun Lian Cheng wouldn’t dare to say how good he was, but in Jingzhou, he was at least a master.
However, in the past few years, whenever he participated in competitions, there were always people who didn’t get an award and thought that Sun Lian Cheng had won first place through his power.
The more people talked, the more he didn’t want to play with these people, even if he didn’t care.
In this day and age, calligraphy and painting are just for entertainment. Who still cares about these things?
Sun Lian Cheng only started to dabble in these things because he was bored in his spare time, and he was inspired by the prizes he had drawn.
But that doesn’t mean he is a cultural person, he wouldn’t dare to say that he understands art.
Liu Miao Miao didn’t persuade him anymore. Over the years, she knew Sun Lian Cheng’s character, and knew that persuading him further wouldn’t help.
However, before going to bed, she suddenly asked, “Lian Cheng, I heard that Zhao Lichun is going to get promoted?”
Sun Lian Cheng smiled, “Probably. After all, in recent years, the development of Handong province under his governance has been thriving, and it’s a banner of reform and opening up across the country, so he definitely deserves some credit.”
Liu Miao Miao quietly said, “Then I’ll ask you, if he leaves, do you have a chance to move up?”
Sun Lian Cheng didn’t answer, but thought for a while.
Actually, he had thought about this question before, but in the end, he felt that there was no hope.
Even if Sha Ruijin came later, would he necessarily need someone like him?
He needed someone like Li Dakang who could get things done, someone with background and influence, not a lonely district chief!
Sun Lian Cheng had been working in Guangming District for seventeen or eighteen years, from deputy district chief to executive deputy district chief to district chief. He moved up quickly at first, but then he stopped altogether.
Besides not having anyone to promote him, the biggest reason was probably that he had never actively courted anyone!
In the past, he was part of Zhou Shanhe’s faction because he was born with that label, but later on, he simply didn’t care.
If you don’t curry favor or offer bribes, how could anyone promote you?
There are so many capable people now, Sun Lian Cheng was a little outdated!
Not to mention, Ding Yizhen was quite capable. He was bold and unconstrained, and he knew how to please the higher-ups. He always mentioned Li Dakang’s name, which made people like him very much.
Sun Lian Cheng used to care about his old leader’s concerns, but now he didn’t want to think about economic development anymore.
In recent years, Jingzhou and Handong’s development had been driven by real estate, and later, many companies were introduced, and there were many talented people from all walks of life.
Since there were so many talented people, why should he bother and not please anyone?
Anyway, he wouldn’t be promoted, Sun Lian Cheng wouldn’t want to work for someone else’s benefit.
So, he finally said, “Alright, stop thinking about this. It’s all speculation. Besides, even if he leaves, isn’t there still his secretary Li Dakang and his successor Gao Yuliang?”
Liu Miao Miao sighed, "Sigh, if you’re not going to be promoted, then it’s fine. As long as the whole family is safe and sound!"