Chapter 1553

"Well, that's not necessarily true. After all, she worked at the District Construction Committee. The work at the Provincial Construction Committee is definitely much more complex than at the district level. It's hard to say if she can adapt to this job." While excited, Lan Mei was also somewhat worried about Zheng Jie's professional competence, fearing she wouldn't be able to handle the work Zhao Da had left behind, making her arrival a wasted effort.

"Director Lan, you're overthinking it. Zheng Jie's work ability is definitely not weak." Zhao Desan thought of how Zheng Jie, such a stunningly beautiful young woman, had chosen to persevere in the face of such a shattered family. He knew she was someone who refused to admit defeat and would certainly be diligent and responsible in her work. Thus, Zhao Desan stated this with certainty.

Zhao Desan's words were a bit too definitive, sounding overly confident, which made Lan Mei feel a little strange. She looked at him with suspicion and asked in a puzzled tone, "How are you so sure? Are you very familiar with her?"

Seeing Lan Mei looking at him with an odd gaze, Zhao Desan realized he had been careless and had appeared to know Zheng Jie too well, causing Lan Mei to harbor some suspicions about the relationship between him and Zheng Jie. He froze for a moment, then immediately said with a thoughtful expression, "I just feel that since Zhao Da was so serious and steady in his work, his wife must be the same kind of person."

"Perhaps." Because Lan Mei had never interacted with Zheng Jie, she had no idea what her work ability was like.

"It's not 'perhaps.' I think she should at least be much better than Xia Jian." While praising Zheng Jie, Zhao Desan didn't forget to belittle Xia Jian. If it weren't for that guy going to the leadership and stirring up trouble, Zheng Jie probably wouldn't have had to enter the unit as a temporary worker. Thinking of this, Zhao Desan continued, "Director Lan, you don't know this, but Zheng Jie was originally supposed to enter the unit as a replacement for Zhao Da, which should have been a formal position. But I heard that Xia Jian was afraid Zheng Jie's arrival would threaten his own position, so he specifically went to talk to Zheng Tulu, which is how Zheng Jie ended up being designated as a temporary worker."

"Xia Jian went to talk to Zheng Tulu?" Lan Mei raised her elegant eyebrows slightly, looking a bit surprised, and then added, "That Xia Jian, he has no real talent for work, but he's quite something when it comes to pulling these kinds of stunts!"

"So, in the future, when I'm not by your side, you must be on guard against that guy everywhere. You never know when he might stab you in the back." Zhao Desan said this with a straight face. This was actually the truth; Xia Jian had always been eager to climb up, but now that the positions were full, he had started plotting when he could pull Lan Mei down so he could take her place, only he was currently struggling because he couldn't find an opportunity.

Hearing Zhao Desan's warning, Lan Mei chuckled and said, "Xia Jian wanting to pull me down? He's being too naive."

"I'm just giving you a heads-up in advance, Director Lan. Perhaps I'm just overthinking it." Zhao Desan said with a light laugh, then stood up to tidy his disheveled clothes. Lan Mei, curled up on the sofa with her clothes in disarray, looked up at him with deep affection, her eyes fixed on him as if she couldn't get enough.

After Zhao Desan picked up his jacket and put it on, he noticed Lan Mei gazing at him affectionately. He smiled, sat back down on the sofa, and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Xiao Zhao, if you have time in the future, can you come up to see me more often?" Lan Mei looked at him with deep affection, her tone incredibly gentle,

carrying a faint hint of pleading. As she said these words, she suddenly felt a tinge of embarrassment. She didn't know why she, who had always been cold and heartless, had suddenly fallen for this young man several years her junior. After Zhao Desan had left her side, there had been no contact for nearly a month. During this month, Lan Mei had felt like every day was a year, thinking of Zhao Desan every moment, reliving the crazy, wonderful times they had spent together. She liked being with a "bad" man like him, and even more, she couldn't bear to lose the passion and pleasure he could give her—things a woman was entitled to.

"I will. I'll try my best to come see you whenever I have time." In Zhao Desan's eyes, the woman sitting beside him, disheveled with her panties still hanging from her ankle, no longer possessed the sternness and coldness of a superior leader. Instead, she radiated mature charm and immense passion. This figure, this face—after the whirlwind of passion, her face was still flushed with a fiery glow, the moisture of desire still swirling in her amorous eyes. Her full, cherry-red lips were slightly parted, wearing a charming smile. With four buttons undone, a pair of firm, towering snow-white peaks were exposed fully before him. Her professional skirt was hitched up around her slender, willow-like waist, and that most mysterious, hairless place of beauty still appeared glistening, the two labia resting quietly open, and with her breathing, the pink flesh inside was still contracting faintly. She seemed like an untainted celestial being; although her attire was messy, revealing those intimate parts, it didn't make one feel lewd at all. Instead, it was a kind of beauty—a beauty of charm, a beauty of sexiness, a beauty inherent to a woman, and even more, the unique beauty radiating from Lan Mei herself. ===== CHAPTER 1554 =====