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Chapter 1497

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Zheng Jie nodded and said, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, I can do other things you ask me to do, but I can't do this kind of malicious slander against others." She looked at Zhao Desan's dejected appearance and immediately comforted him, saying, "Besides, even if you do this, even if you hurt the director, it won't do you any good. Does that position belong to you just because the director steps down?"

Zhao Desan let out a long sigh and said thoughtfully, "Of course, the director's position will definitely not belong to me, but I have arrangements for doing this."

"What arrangements?" Zheng Jie was confused. She muttered and continued to ask, "Then what does that have to do with you slandering the director?"

Zhao Desan looked at Zheng Jie's confused appearance and felt that explaining too much to her would have the opposite effect. So he said simply and concisely, "Sister-in-law, no matter what I ask you to do, first, it won't hurt you; second, it won't cause a result where both sides suffer. And in the final analysis, it's all for you, for Brother Zhao, and for your family. Sister-in-law, you just need to do as I say, and I will handle the rest."

"Is it that simple?" Zheng Jie asked with a skeptical tone, and then she emphasized, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, regardless of whether you are doing it for my own good, sister-in-law advises you, don't play too big. You've just been promoted, otherwise, you will set yourself on fire."

Zhao Desan smiled. He felt Zheng Jie was very interesting. When she became serious, she really made people feel a sense of dignity and solemnity. However, since the two of them had skin-to-skin contact, Zhao Desan felt that she was worried for him, which was also a good thing!

Sure enough, as Zhao Desan expected, the power of a mature young woman was very strong, especially their eloquent and sharp tongues, which could truly be described as sweeping away everything and breaking through like bamboo. Just after Zheng Jie told the words Zhao Desan gave her to several women in the unit who liked to talk about gossip, in less than two days, Zheng Tulu's romantic affairs had spread in the District Construction Committee, and the discussion was with branches and leaves, with feelings and sections... As the saying goes, good deeds don't go out, but bad deeds spread a thousand miles. Under these circumstances, there was no reason it wouldn't reach Zheng Tulu's ears. The final result was that Zheng Tulu was very angry and began to investigate the source of the leak...

Things are done by people; Zheng Tulu was not mentally retarded. It didn't take long for him to discover the source of the problem. It turned out that once this matter came out, the women in the system who had relationships with the old guy took the initiative to run to Zheng Tulu to provide him with necessary clues. First was the heroine of the matter, the dignified Deputy Director of the Provincial Construction Committee, Zheng Tulu's lover He Liping. She was only thirty-five years old this year and was already the Deputy Director of the Provincial Construction Committee. This was inseparable from Zheng Tulu's vigorous promotion. Everyone knew that in the entire Construction Committee system, she could be called a 'young and promising' female cadre. When she heard the rumors, she immediately ran to Zheng Tulu's office and told Zheng Tulu mysteriously and worriedly, "I think it was that woman who often said she went to the wrong place who spread it."

"Are you talking about Zhao Da's wife?" Zheng Tulu asked.

"Yes." He Liping nodded, "The matter between the two of us could be seen with one's own eyes, and it could be spread with such branches and leaves, it must be her." He Liping looked at Zheng Tulu affirmatively.

"Then what should we do?" Zheng Tulu was a bit at a loss for a moment. He had just improved his reputation in the system by sending Zhao Desan out for study, and now such rumors started to spread again, which made Zheng Tulu feel extremely depressed.

"The person who tied the bell must untie it. Old Zheng, why don't you find Zhao Da's wife and talk to her, hint to her, and let her shut up? Otherwise, if these rumors spread like this, it won't be good for you, and it won't be good for me. How can I 'cooperate' with your work in the future?" In order to sit firmly in the position of deputy director, He Liping didn't want to become a victim of these rumors.

Zheng Tulu seemed to have been enlightened. He looked at He Liping and said thoughtfully, "Alright then, I'll find time to make an appointment with Zhao Da's wife to talk."

The mastermind behind the whole thing, Zhao Desan, had been observing the spread of these rumors recently. From the subtle changes in Zheng Tulu and He Liping's expressions, he concluded that these rumors had reached their ears and they must be worried about this matter.

So, Zhao Desan seized a suitable opportunity. On an afternoon three days after Zheng Jie stopped going to Zheng Tulu's office to 'catch' their good deeds, Zhao Desan deliberately pretended to be thoughtful and unhappy, sitting on the boss chair, smoking and sighing one after another, making Jia Wanli, who was organizing materials in the file cabinet nearby, feel inexplicable. She turned her head and asked, "Deputy Division Chief Liu, what are you sighing about? Why do you look so thoughtful today?"

"Wanli, do you know that Zhao Da from our Planning Division?" Zhao Desan took a puff of his cigarette and asked.

Jia Wanli, while organizing documents, said, "I know, isn't that the one who had a car accident?"

"Right." Zhao Desan nodded and said, then his expression looked extremely sympathetic as he sighed, "Wanli, you don't know, Brother Zhao's family is facing great difficulties now." As he spoke, Zhao Desan shook his head with a sympathetic face and looked at Jia Wanli, who was listening to him seriously.

Sure enough, human curiosity made Jia Wanli immediately stop the work in her hands, turn around, and ask with a curious face, "Leader, what happened to his family?"

"His legs have comminuted fractures, and it's estimated that he might not be able to stand up for the rest of his life. There is a small child in the family, and a wife. His wife..."

"Can't his wife support it, so she ran away with a man?" Jia Wanli interrupted Zhao Desan's account, pushing the plot of the marriage-themed TV series

and asked.

Jia Wanli's imagination truly made Zhao Desan marvel greatly. He stared at her in a daze, then said with a laugh that was worse than crying, "How could she run away with someone? She's a woman in her early thirties, suddenly having to face such a broken home. I feel pitiful just thinking about it. What do you think, Wanli?"

Women are naturally fragile. Hearing Zhao Desan's words, Jia Wanli thought about it from her own perspective, and suddenly her eyes were filled with tears. She said very sympathetically, "Then she is truly too pitiful. Her husband is disabled at such a young age, and there is a small child. How can she maintain her life in the future?"

Finally, Zhao Desan led Jia Wanli to the main point, and also showed the same sympathy as her, sighing and saying, "In the future, the child needs to go to school, Brother Zhao needs to see a doctor, and life needs expenses. You say, sister-in-law, as a woman, how can she support that family? I have an idea here that can help her, but I don't know if it's feasible..."

"What way? Deputy Division Chief Liu, if you can help her, then help her. She is truly pitiful." Jia Wanli was teary-eyed and extremely sympathetic to Zheng Jie, and had already started to speak good words for her.

So Zhao Desan continued to pretend to be very sympathetic, then said thoughtfully, "Wanli, I'm thinking like this: Zhao Da is now disabled and might not be able to come to work in the future. His position is also vacant. And sister-in-law has also worked in the District Construction Committee before and is relatively familiar with our unit's work. I'm thinking of talking to the leader to see if we can arrange for her to come into our unit. After all, our unit's welfare benefits are also good, and the work is stable. It will definitely be a great help to Brother Zhao's family. Wanli, what do you think?"

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