169: Chapter 169 Don't worry, your abilities are obvious to all.

Lin Xuecen hadn't slept much all night.

After hanging up the phone with her daughter, she was so excited that she tossed and turned in bed.

At four in the morning, she simply got up and took out the hen that the nanny had cleaned to make soup.

As soon as it was dawn, she grabbed the thermal food jar and dragged Jiang Yunheng along to rush to the Guanlan International residential complex.

Zhao Yang was busy in the kitchen.

The toaster popped up two slices of toast with a "ding," and he placed the fried eggs and milk on the table, then sliced a few kiwis and arranged them in the shape of a flower.

Jiang Nan was washing up, her hair tied up casually, and her face still damp with water.

Her phone rang.

Jiang Nan answered it, and Lin Xuecen's voice was filled with undisguised excitement:

"Nannan, we've arrived downstairs, I've made chicken soup for you!"

"Mom, you don't need to do this, I can take care of myself."

Jiang Nan said vaguely, with her toothbrush still in her mouth.

"Don't I know you?"

Lin Xuecen laughed. "Whenever you get busy, you never care about your health. You're not alone anymore, you can't push yourself like you used to."

When Lin Xuecen was young, she was busy struggling in business and rarely took care of her daughter; now, it seemed she wanted to make up for it at all costs.

Jiang Nan froze for a moment and didn't speak.

The doorbell rang. Zhao Yang opened the door to see Lin Xuecen standing at the entrance with the thermal jar, with Jiang Yunheng behind her carrying a bag of fruit.

"Mom, Dad, come on in." Zhao Yang took the thermal jar. "You came over so early?"

"How could I sleep?" Lin Xuecen changed her shoes, walked straight to the dining table, and opened the lid of the thermal jar.

The aroma of the chicken soup instantly filled the entire dining room. "Nannan, come drink the soup, I've been brewing it all morning."

Jiang Nan sat down and spooned a mouthful of soup into her mouth.

The soup was delicious, with the subtle sweetness of red dates and goji berries—it was the taste of Mom.

"Is it good?" Lin Xuecen watched her nervously.

"It's delicious." Jiang Nan nodded, her eyes feeling a little warm.

Zhao Yang pushed the toasted bread, fried eggs, and milk in front of Jiang Nan:

"Eat some staple food first to line your stomach before drinking the soup."

Lin Xuecen looked at the breakfast neatly arranged on the table.

Golden fried eggs, fragrant toasted bread, warm milk, and that plate of kiwi arranged in the shape of a flower.

She couldn't help but smile. "Not bad, Zhao Yang, you're quite attentive."

Jiang Nan ate the breakfast her husband made and drank the soup her mother had brewed overnight, feeling warm inside.

She looked up at Zhao Yang, then at her mother, and suddenly felt that this was probably what happiness looked like.

Zhao Yang swallowed the last bite of bread and said seriously to Lin Xuecen:

"Mom, I can take good care of Nannan, you don't need to come over specially to deliver food in the future. Instead, you should focus on your new logistics company and set up points across the country as soon as possible, extending the business to the communities."

Lin Xuecen was taken aback. "You're so concerned about the logistics company?"

"Based on my observations, starting this year, online shopping is very likely to become popularized." Zhao Yang looked serious. "Ordinary people won't need to go out; they can place orders online, and the goods will be delivered to their homes."

Lin Xuecen was skeptical. "Online shopping? Can that work? People can't even see the items; who would dare to buy?"

"Mom, this is definitely the future trend." Zhao Yang's tone was very firm. "By then, goods across the country will need to be distributed through logistics. Whoever can spread their network to the communities will be able to seize this opportunity."

Lin Xuecen put down her chopsticks, lost in thought:

"The current logistics business volume is growing by double digits year-on-year, the momentum is good, is there a need to continue investing so much?"

Zhao Yang glanced at his watch; it was time to go to work.

"Mom, there are many ins and outs to this. After I get off work tonight, I'll explain it to you in detail."

Although Lin Xuecen was skeptical, she didn't ask any further.

After breakfast, Zhao Yang picked up Jiang Nan's bag and held her hand as they went downstairs.

Lin Xuecen tidied up the room and went downstairs with Jiang Yunheng.

Just as they arrived downstairs, they happened to run into Du Lanxin, who was returning from grocery shopping.

"In-law, so early…" Du Lanxin asked tentatively.

Lin Xuecen walked over with a smile and lowered her voice:

"Sister Lanxin, congratulations, someone is going to call you Grandma again!"

The vegetable basket in Du Lanxin's hand almost dropped to the ground, and her lips trembled with excitement:

"Really?! Nannan is pregnant?!"

"It's been over two months." Lin Xuecen beamed from ear to ear.

"Oh my! These two kids, they didn't even tell me!" Du Lanxin was both happy and annoyed, her eyes turning red.

"They knew you have to pick up and drop off Da Zhuang for school, and cook, so they were afraid you'd be too tired."

Lin Xuecen held her hand. "Sister Lanxin, we're going to be busy from now on."

The two mothers stood downstairs, chatting animatedly.

Jiang Yunheng shook his head with a smile on the side and quietly called his driver, telling him to take him to work first.

After work in the evening, Zhao Yang and Jiang Nan arrived at the Binjiang Garden villa.

Lin Xuecen had been waiting in the living room for a long time, with a stack of logistics company reports spread out on the coffee table.

She had been pondering Zhao Yang's words from the morning all day, and still felt uneasy.

"You're here, sit down." Lin Xuecen greeted them and got straight to the point.

"Zhao Yang, what exactly is that online shopping you mentioned this morning? Tell Mom in detail."

Zhao Yang sat down and opened the notebook he carried with him.

"After the online shopping platform goes live, thousands of merchants will want to sell goods online, and buyers will be spread across the country. Whoever can deliver the goods in the shortest time and at the lowest cost will be the winner."

He drew a network diagram on the paper. "What you need to do is build transit centers in major cities across the country so that you can deliver goods for merchants in a timely manner."

Lin Xuecen stared at the diagram for a long time, her brows slightly furrowed:

"To spread logistics nationwide, how much money would that cost?"

"That's why we need to accelerate the pace of Cenjiang Industrial's listing. By raising funds through the stock market, we can prepare sufficient capital for the future development of the logistics company."

"The listing is about to enter the guidance period," Lin Xuecen hesitated, "but spreading the business this wide..."

Zhao Yang understood her concerns.

In this era, getting a successful industrialist to invest real money into an unheard-of field certainly requires great determination.

"Mom, do you trust me?" Zhao Yang looked at her seriously.

Lin Xuecen paused for a moment and looked at Jiang Nan.

Jiang Nan was leaning on the sofa with a smile on her lips.

"I do." Lin Xuecen smiled. "You've always been accurate in looking at things. I'll have the logistics company make a plan, starting with the provincial capitals, one step at a time."

Time arrived in May.

The epidemic prevention and control in Jianghan Province was finally lifted.

There were only five imported cases in the entire province, all of which were cured and discharged, and there was not a single case of secondary transmission.

At the Provincial Government summary meeting, Sun Zhendong specifically mentioned Zhao Yang:

"Comrade Xiao Zhao proposed the prevention and control plan at the beginning of the epidemic, which bought valuable time for the entire province."

After the meeting, Sun Zhendong called Zhao Yang to his office.

"Sit." Sun Zhendong gestured for him to sit down and poured two cups of tea.

"Time passes quickly. You've been at the Provincial Government for almost half a year in the blink of an eye; you've performed very well, and I am very satisfied."

Zhao Yang didn't speak; he knew the Governor had more to say.

"The leadership team in Cangyun County, which is under the jurisdiction of Tongan City, needs strengthening. I discussed it with the Organization Department, and we think you are suitable."

Sun Zhendong looked at him. "Go to Cangyun County to serve as a member of the County Party Committee and Deputy County Magistrate, in charge of economic work. Working at the grassroots level for two years will be good for your future."

Zhao Yang was silent for a moment.

He had once been to interview in Cangyun County.

It was a famous poverty-stricken county in Tongan City that really needed cadres who understood economics and knew how to grasp development.

When he was just promoted to deputy division level, Sun Zhendong had expressed the idea of sending him down for a posting.

He had said at the time, wait until the epidemic ends.

As soon as the epidemic prevention and control ended, Sun Zhendong brought it up again.

This showed that the leader valued him highly and had always kept this matter in mind.

This care and deep affection were truly rare.

Zhao Yang was not an ungrateful person, but Jiang Nan was only three months pregnant, just the time when she needed care.

He hesitated. "Governor, I..."

Sun Zhendong raised his hand to interrupt him and said with a smile:

"Don't worry about not doing well; your ability is clear for all to see."

Zhao Yang: ...