Xue Anning still wanted to stay underground for a while, so Xu Chunliang asked Wang Jinwu to accompany her while he returned to the surface. He went to the hot spring area and saw Ye Qingya sitting with her mother in a pavilion soaking their feet. Xu Chunliang didn't go over to disturb them immediately.
Seeing Zhang Haitao smoking in the distance, he went over to Zhang Haitao first.
Seeing him coming, Zhang Haitao quickly extinguished his cigarette and respectfully called out to him as Town Mayor Xu. Although Xu Chunliang no longer worked on Weishan Island, Zhang Haitao still held genuine reverence for him.
Xu Chunliang laughed, "I'm no longer a town mayor."
Zhang Haitao said, "I don't care about others; in my heart, you will always be Town Mayor Xu."
Xu Chunliang, laughing and crying, said, "Are you hoping I never get promoted in my life?"
Zhang Haitao quickly explained, "You misunderstood me; I didn't mean it that way."
