Chapter 2242

"Sister Lan, didn't you see the man surnamed Sun hugging two hostesses?" Zhao Desan asked, looking for an excuse for his deduction.

Ma Lan retorted, "Then didn't you see who the woman behind him was?"

Zhao Desan shook his head and said, "I didn't see her."

Ma Lan said, "Then take another look."

So, with curiosity, Zhao Desan opened the door again to look outside. Suddenly, a familiar face came into view—the young woman Zhang Hui. This young woman was an old acquaintance of Zhao Desan. Although they hadn't had many opportunities to interact since coming to Xijing, they had interacted plenty in Yuyang City. What Zhao Desan remembered even more clearly was that passionate, chaotic battle the three of them had at his home with Zhang Hui and Sister Zhang from the police station's household registration section. That was the only time he had experienced a threesome, and it was unforgettable. He certainly wouldn't forget the participant, Zhang Hui. Because Zhao Desan had crossed the Lin family during the battle for coal mining rights in Yuyang City, and upon learning that the Lin family had come to Xijing to engage in real estate, Zhao Desan had been deliberately avoiding Zhang Hui and the Lin family. Seeing Zhang Hui here suddenly, and so close by, Zhao Desan hurriedly pulled his head back in panic and closed the room door with lightning speed. A bit shaken, he said to Ma Lan, "Why is Lin Dafa's daughter-in-law, Zhang Hui, here too?"

Ma Lan reminded him, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, you are so smart, can't you figure out this problem?"

Under Ma Lan's hint, Zhao Desan thought carefully, his mind turned, and he immediately understood. He widened his eyes and said, "Sister Lan, do you mean the man surnamed Sun and Zhang Hui came here to have fun together tonight?"

Ma Lan nodded with a worried look and said with a sigh, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, since Lin Dafa's daughter-in-law can invite Director Sun out for karaoke, it means the Lin family has already secured the relationship with Director Sun. Things won't be easy to handle." As she spoke, Ma Lan raised her worried eyes to look at Zhao Desan.

Seeing Ma Lan's worried look, Zhao Desan said without hesitation, "Sister Lan, don't worry. Even if the Lin family has secured Director Sun, I have a way to handle him."

Seeing Zhao Desan's confident look, Ma Lan felt he was just boasting. She chuckled with disbelief and said, "The Lin family has already secured Director Sun's relationship; Zhang Hui can even invite him here to sing and drink. You can imagine the relationship is definitely not ordinary. How are you going to handle him?"

Seeing that Ma Lan didn't quite believe in his ability, Zhao Desan didn't mind at all. He put his hand on her shoulder and said confidently, "Sister Lan, I definitely have a way to handle him. As for how, I can't tell you yet."

Ma Lan gave a faint, hopeless smile, looked at him helplessly, and sighed, "Although I asked you to help me with this favor and you agreed, the Lin family clearly has the absolute advantage now. Whether you can handle the man surnamed Sun or not, I am very touched that you are still willing to stand up and help me at a time like this." Sometimes, when she encountered trouble, Ma Lan would think about how Zhao Desan would stand up to help her regardless of the consequences, and she would feel she had let him down. She clearly had real feelings for him, but due to status and age, she couldn't give him any promises, and she was always having relationships with men in government and political circles for the sake of her career, which made her feel quite guilty toward him.

Seeing Ma Lan's dejected expression, Zhao Desan simply made a bold statement. He said fiercely, "Sister Lan, don't forget, you were also at a disadvantage in the coal mining battle in Yuyang City. Who helped you make a comeback and turn the tide? It was me, Comrade Xiao Zhao! So this time is the same. Don't underestimate me, Comrade Xiao Zhao. As for the result, just wait and see!" With that, he opened the room door and walked out.

After walking just two steps, Zhao Desan stopped, turned back to Ma Lan, who was stunned on the spot, and left another bold statement: "I will handle the man surnamed Sun within a week!" After saying this, he left without looking back.

Hearing Zhao Desan's parting words, Ma Lan stood stunned, not knowing whether she should believe him. If she said she didn't believe him, he was indeed capable of miracles sometimes; she had already learned that in Yuyang City. But if she believed him, everything she saw tonight showed that all the Lin family's connections were in place. The situation was so clear, how could it be turned around?

Ma Lan stood in the room with her mind in a mess. After thinking and thinking, it was only after a long while that she walked out of the room with a worried look, left the Grand Fortune Nightclub, and drove home.

After Zhao Desan left the Grand Fortune Nightclub, he also quickly hailed a taxi and headed to Su Qing's home.

For the whole night, thinking about Ma Lan's request for help, Zhao Desan barely slept, tossing and turning. Looking at Su Qing lying beside him, because she held multiple positions, her work was getting busier by the day, and she was dead to the world once asleep. No matter how Zhao Desan tossed, he couldn't wake her.

Listening to Su Qing's exhausted breathing in her sleep because she was too tired during the day, he felt quite heartbroken. Sometimes he regretted using the power of the mysterious figure Xi Bingbing, whom he had met in Beijing, and shouldn't have let her compete with Li Changping for that Deputy Secretary position. But then he thought, if he hadn't used Xi Bingbing's power and let Li Changping sit in the position of Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary, this guy, because of his wife Zhang Ailing, had been secretly instructing Zheng Tulu to frame him. Coupled with the fact that Zheng Tulu already had a conflict with him, if Li Changping had been allowed to sit in the Deputy Secretary position without Su Qing protecting him from behind, he would probably have been dead and buried long ago.

From the perspective of officialdom rules, a small department-level cadre like Zheng Tulu was simply not qualified to arm-wrestle with Su Qing. However, being in officialdom, Zheng Tulu also had an extremely complex network of relationships, and Li Changping was one of his backers. Li Changping also had an extraordinary relationship with the Provincial Party Committee's number one, Secretary Jin. It was just that because Su Qing currently held two key positions as Minister of the Provincial Organization Department and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and because Su Qing's promotion to Deputy Secretary had been hinted at by a direct phone call from central leadership, Secretary Jin didn't dare to act rashly to pull out this thorn in his side for the time being. Moreover, he was caught in a war without smoke against the "outside governor" Zhu Yongsheng of Hexi Province to seize power in the Hexi officialdom, which kept Secretary Jin busy and unable to attend to Su Qing. Although the temporary peace made everything look calm, Su Qing understood that Zheng Tulu was Li Changping's man, and Li Changping had Secretary Jin's secret protection. This was a matter where pulling one hair would affect the whole body. Without absolute certainty, she would not easily pull out Zheng Tulu, this thorn, but would wait for an opportunity. Once the opportunity was ripe, she would definitely not be soft-hearted. As a person in officialdom, leaving room for maneuver and being tactful were the rules of conduct for every old hand in officialdom. Pick a side, balance all relationships, don't easily offend people, and don't have direct surface conflicts with others unless absolutely necessary. Because of these reasons, although Li Changping and Zheng Tulu had long been extremely jealous of Su Qing, and Su Qing had endured them again and again, the conflict had not erupted, and they had remained at peace like this.

1230. Chapter 1215: Handling Director Sun ===== CHAPTER 2243 =====