Chapter 2108

Su Qing smiled gently and nodded from time to time. Zhao Desan could be appreciated by Secretary Jin, which Su Qing had not expected. Now she was sincerely happy for Zhao Desan from the bottom of her heart. As long as Secretary Jin appreciated Zhao Desan, at least during Secretary Jin's tenure, Zhao Desan's official career would be bright.

Secretary Jin took a sip of tea, lit a cigarette again, took a puff, and the topic still revolved around Zhao Desan. He asked, "Deputy Secretary Su, Comrade Xiao Zhao is not married yet, right?"

"Don't talk about marriage, he doesn't even have a girlfriend." Su Qing said with a helpless smile.

Secretary Jin asked with a bit of surprise, "Why doesn't such a young and promising, tall and handsome young man like Comrade Xiao Zhao have a girlfriend?"

"He... he said that a man should put his career first." Su Qing was asked by Secretary Jin's question and didn't know how to answer for a while, so she made up an excuse to deal with it.

Secretary Jin nodded and expressed understanding with a smile. He said, "Then Comrade Xiao Zhao is really a young man with ambition. If I see a suitable girl another day, I will introduce one to Comrade Xiao Zhao."

"Then it's really hard for Secretary Jin to worry." Hearing such words, although Su Qing had always indicated that she would never interfere with Zhao Desan's freedom to find a girlfriend, she still felt a bit of indescribable loss when she heard Secretary Jin say he wanted to introduce a girlfriend to Zhao Desan.

Su Qing accompanied Secretary Jin to chat about Zhao Desan's topic, mixed with work matters. And Zhao Desan walked out of the teahouse, hailed a taxi directly, and went to the public dance hall that He Liping took him to that day. Half an hour later, Zhao Desan arrived at the entrance of the 'Fire Phoenix' dance hall in an alley behind West Street in Xijing City. After arriving, Zhao Desan found that he had come a bit early, and He Liping hadn't come yet, so he stood at the entrance of the Fire Phoenix dance hall and lit a cigarette, waiting for He Liping to appear.

This dance hall could also be considered a very famous public dance hall in Xijing City. As for why it was famous, of course, it was the unique black-light dance of this dance hall. The so-called black-light dance was that when a dance music sounded, all the lights in the dance hall would suddenly go out, and the whole dance hall would be pitch black. During these few minutes of dance music, the men and women inside could do whatever they wanted in the dark. Of course, this had a time limit. When Zhao Desan was brought here by He Liping last time, it was a pity that he had already missed the time period of the black-light dance and couldn't have a go with He Liping in the ghost-shadow dance floor when the lights were all out. It was really a pity.

Autumn nights gradually came early, the sky gradually turned pitch black, the city lit up with neon lights, Zhao Desan stood at the entrance of the dance hall smoking, waiting anxiously for He Liping's arrival. Not far away was the most prosperous area in Xijing City—West Street. The lights of the Drum Tower, Parkson, and Zhonghuan illuminated the entire West Street and also illuminated the road to Fire Phoenix.

The soul of the night, whether it was dissolute, lonely, or restless, was difficult to calm down in any case. Not only Zhao Desan, but standing outside the dance hall listening to the dance music inside made one want to be dissolute. Some people in this city were the same. Fire Phoenix didn't know what kind of backing it had, but it would always operate as usual after every crackdown. The morning session was 2 yuan, and the afternoon and night sessions were 5 yuan. This price had never changed. Watching young ladies or middle-aged women who were dressed enchantingly and beautifully pay for tickets, enter one after another, pass simple security checks, and enter the hall, these men who looked sneaky and thief-like would follow these enchanting women and enter the dance hall, hoping to get something from these women.

When it was almost time, Zhao Desan's mobile phone rang. He took it out from his pants pocket and looked at it, seeing the name 'He Liping' displayed on the screen. Zhao Desan hurriedly picked up the mobile phone, pressed the answer button, and said to his ear a bit impatiently, "Hello! Sister He, why haven't you come yet?"

"Comrade Xiao Zhao, I just want to tell you that I am eating outside with my husband and can't get away. Why don't you go in and sit and wait for me? I will be there in half an hour at most." He Liping said apologetically on the phone.

Damn! As soon as Zhao Desan heard He Liping say she would be half an hour late, he complained to himself extremely unhappily, but he still agreed reluctantly. He said unhappily, "Alright then, come early. If you don't come before eight o'clock, I'm leaving." He gave He Liping an ultimatum.

"Don't worry, I will definitely come before eight o'clock. Alright then, I'll accompany my husband to eat first." After speaking, He Liping hung up the phone. Although He Liping also had a good impression of Zhao Desan, the reason why she had always been so good to him and took care of him as much as possible at work was entirely out of the purpose of recruiting Zhao Desan under her command,

so as to use his ability to help her "ascend the throne" in the Construction Commission. Although for the sake of ambition in her career, He Liping had been willing to submit to different male leaders, she had never given up on her family and husband, which was very commendable.

After finishing He Liping's call, Zhao Desan felt very unhappy. It was always women waiting for him, but today he actually had to wait here for such a long time. He put away his mobile phone with an unhappy face, turned around and walked into the 'Fire Phoenix' dance hall, spent five yuan to buy a night session ticket, and after a simple security check, entered the dance hall. At this time, people were already moving inside. Zhao Desan found a seat in a corner, ordered a few bottles of beer, and began to smoke while looking around, appreciating the interior of this legendary 'very hot' dance hall.

The smell of nicotine, alcohol, sweat, and respect was particularly obvious in this bar.

On the side, the waiter skillfully promoted drinks, and only the 'bosses' in the front row around the dance floor drank while watching for girls, young ladies, and aunts they could take a fancy to.