Chapter 2231

Damn it, it's already this time and you're still fooling me! Hearing Zheng Zheng Tulu mention himself on the phone, Zhao Desan gritted his teeth and cursed secretly.

Zheng Zheng Tulu's aggressive posture made Lan Mei a bit at a loss for a moment. She didn't know how to answer his words and looked at Zhao Desan with a look of help again, her face full of panic and helplessness.

Seeing Lan Mei's helpless appearance, Zhao Desan exerted his intelligence once again. He turned his brain rapidly, frowned and pondered for a few seconds, then immediately raised his brows. According to the excuse he just thought of, he extended it along this logic and thought of a good idea. He saw him quickly walk to Lan Mei's desk, take a pen from the pen holder on the table, casually pull a piece of paper from a stack of documents on the table, and write a few words on it quickly.

As Zhao Desan's hand moved, Lan Mei saw him write the four words 'having her period' on the paper, which made her feel a bit shy. Although Lan Mei felt a shy blush on her face when she saw these four words, she was too embarrassed to look at Zhao Desan. However, this excuse made Lan Mei feel that it would definitely work. Thus, she stammered to the phone: "Director Zheng, it's not that I don't want to go, it's because... because..."

"Because of what, say it!" Zheng Zheng Tulu was clearly impatient.

"I... I'm not feeling well... I'm... I'm having my period." Lan Mei said stammeringly with a red face. In front of Zhao Desan, after saying this, even she felt a bit flushed.

Perhaps because of the long time without intimate contact, seeing Lan Mei's embarrassed expression, Zhao Desan also felt a bit embarrassed.

Sure enough, this excuse was very effective, because once she had her period, it meant that kind of thing couldn't be done. And Zheng Zheng Tulu's purpose in making an appointment with Lan Mei to meet privately was just for this. If that kind of thing couldn't be done, what use was it to find her? After hearing what Lan Mei said stammeringly, Zheng Zheng Tulu felt that Lan Mei shouldn't be lying to him. Thinking that anyway, as long as Lan Mei was at the Construction Commission for one day, he would have plenty of opportunities to enjoy this beautiful and cold young woman, so he wasn't in a hurry for this moment. Thus, Zheng Zheng Tulu said helplessly: "Alright then, since Director Lan, you're not feeling well, let's talk about it another day!" Saying this, he hung up the phone.

Hearing the 'beep beep beep' sound from the phone, the nervous and uneasy expression on Lan Mei's face was immediately replaced by an unbearable excitement. She looked at Zhao Desan with grateful eyes and said: "Comrade Xiao Zhao, that old guy was fooled."

Seeing Lan Mei's excited appearance, Zhao Desan smiled triumphantly and said: "Who doesn't know that old fox's little tricks? For that kind of person, you can only use his own way to treat him. He fools you, and you fool him. It's that simple, it just depends on who has the better fooling skills." Zhao Desan began to preach and teach Lan Mei triumphantly.

Seeing Zhao Desan's confident appearance, crystal tears welled up in Lan Mei's charming peach-blossom eyes. Seeing this tall and handsome young man in front of her, thinking of their acquaintance and the bits and pieces during their emotional development period, Lan Mei couldn't help but feel a bit sour in her heart. A divorced woman in her early thirties, without children, parents passed away too early, living alone in this world—that kind of loneliness was something only she could understand. But fortunately, she met Zhao Desan, and he had also told her about his family situation; he was also left alone in his family. To some extent, they had a feeling of sympathy for each other. This was also the reason why Lan Mei, a woman who was once arrogant, cold, and unyielding, would have her emotional protective layer pierced by Zhao Desan. She wanted so much to be able to live with Zhao Desan, but she knew this was just her own wishful thinking and unrealistic luxury. After all, she had already been divorced once, and was several years older than Zhao Desan. The age gap and different experiences made her only able to suppress this idea in her heart. And due to her personality, she would never speak these feelings to Zhao Desan.

Seeing Lan Mei's teary peach-blossom eyes due to being moved, Zhao Desan suddenly felt that this cold beauty in the eyes of outsiders actually had such a fragile and easily moved side. He stepped forward and reached out to help her wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, but his hand was grabbed by Lan Mei. She stared at him affectionately and said quietly: "Comrade Xiao Zhao, come back with me tonight, let's have a meal together, okay?"

Facing Lan Mei's invitation full of expectation, thinking that he still had to go to soothe Zheng Ru's emotions in a while, and even later Ma Lan was waiting for him at the Grand Rich, the time couldn't be staggered at all. But seeing Lan Mei's affectionate appearance, how could he not want to find time to stay with her alone? If one day he suddenly received a transfer order and left here, there would be no such good opportunity again. Just as he didn't know how to arrange the three appointments squeezed together tonight, the door of Lan Mei's office was knocked 'dong dong dong'.

Hearing the knock, Zhao Desan and Lan Mei looked at each other and thought of the same thing—they both thought it was Zheng Zheng Tulu who had come. Their hands were immediately released as if they had been electrocuted. Zhao Desan looked around the office in a panic, looking for a hiding place. Lan Mei asked tremblingly: "Who is it?"

"Director Lan, it's me, Xiao Xia." Unexpectedly, it was Xia Xia Jian's voice coming from outside.

Hearing it was Xia Xia Jian, Zhao Desan covered his chest and let out a long sigh of relief. Seeing Zhao Desan's reaction, Lan Mei whispered: "Xiao Xia didn't see you, right?"

"It's fine, what else can he say!" Zhao Desan said dismissively. In his heart, he didn't take Xia Xia Jian seriously at all; a small character like him couldn't stir up any waves.

Seeing Zhao Desan's indifferent appearance, Lan Mei wiped the tear stains from the corners of her eyes to cheer herself up, and changed to a cold tone: "Come in!"

As soon as Lan Mei's voice fell, the office door was pushed open a crack. Xia Xia Jian's huge head poked in, his two triangular eyes turned around sneakily. Seeing Zhao Desan sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, smoking, he nodded at him with a sheepish smile, then pushed the door open and entered, greeting: "Comrade Xiao Zhao... oh no, it's Deputy Division Chief Liu. Deputy Division Chief Liu, you're here too."

Zhao Desan nodded politely to him, chuckled, and said: "I came to discuss some work with Director Lan. How has Brother Xia been lately?"

"Good, good, thank you for your concern, Deputy Division Chief Liu." Due to the gap in status, Xia Xia Jian's attitude toward Zhao Desan appeared very respectful, and he answered with a sheepish smile.

Lan Mei hated seeing people with Xia Xia Jian's face the most, and asked expressionlessly: "Xiao Xia, is there anything?"

Hearing Lan Mei's question, Xia Xia Jian finally came back to his senses, nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, yes, Director Lan, there is a document that needs your review." Saying this, he hurriedly stepped forward and handed the document in his hand to Lan Mei.

Lan Mei took the document and flipped through it.

Seeing this, Zhao Desan got up and said: "Alright, Director Lan, I won't delay your work, I'll go first." Saying this, he took the opportunity to slip away.

Slipping out of Lan Mei's office, Lan Mei's affectionate eyes still floated in Zhao Desan's mind. He sighed helplessly. A person's life is always full of some regrettable things, and the most regrettable is the matter of feelings. What's more painful is that sometimes you don't know how to choose when facing equally excellent women.

Coming down from Lan Mei's office and returning to his own office, after sitting down, Zhao Desan lit a cigarette and smoked. After thinking carefully, he felt it was better to handle Hu Tao's matter first. Although the two had become enemies because of Zheng Jie, he had also given him a green hat, which could be considered revenge, and he had also recovered his hundreds of thousands of losses from Hu Tao. He had promised him to soothe Zheng Ru. A man's word is his bond. In order to be able to use that bastard Hu Tao in the future, Zhao Desan decided to handle this matter for him first.

Thus, Zhao Desan sat up, extinguished the cigarette butt, took his phone, put on his coat, and taking advantage of the half an hour or so before getting off work, got up and quietly slipped out of the office.

Just as Zhao Desan walked out of the office building, he suddenly saw Zheng Zheng Tulu's car driving out of the Construction Commission gate from in front of the office building. Damn it, what is this old guy going to do again? Zhao Desan became suspicious.