Chapter 2245

"I am. Where else would I be if not in the office?" Zhao Desan chuckled and bluffed He Liping.

"Bullshit! You're still lying to me? I'm standing right at your office door now, and I've been knocking for a long time with no response!" He Liping immediately cursed. After a moment, she questioned him sternly, "Are you thinking of slipping away again just because Old Zheng isn't here?"

Seeing that He Liping had caught him slipping away, Zhao Desan used his trump card—playing the rogue. He chuckled into the phone and said, "Sister He, you found out?"

"Are you treating my words as wind in your ears? Did my good intentions go in one ear and out the other? Do you have to leave a mess for others to clean up before you're happy? Don't you want to leave a good impression on the person who will take over for you? I think you've been restless and floating ever since you found out you were going to be transferred to the district!" He Liping scolded Zhao Desan over the phone.

Zhao Desan hurriedly explained with a laugh, "Sister He, you misunderstood. I'm not slipping away. I've always kept your words in mind. I have some private business to handle right now."

He Liping gave a "humph" and said, "Private business? You have a lot of private business, don't you?"

Zhao Desan said with a rogue-like bitter smile, "Sister He, look at what you're saying. Who doesn't have private business? I'll be back after I finish my business. I'll serve you well when I get back, won't that do?"

He Liping said angrily on the phone, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, I don't care about you anymore. Do whatever you want!" With that, she hung up the phone.

Listening to the "beep-beep-beep" sound of the phone hanging up, Zhao Desan hardened his heart and thought to himself: Damn it, am I afraid of you? Anyway, I'm leaving soon, do whatever you want! He put the phone into his pocket and walked swaggeringly toward the local police station not far away.

A few minutes later, Zhao Desan arrived at the local police station. He stood at the gate and peeked inside for a moment, seeing the courtyard was quiet, not a soul in sight, and no cars either. Only the lights in the station chief's office facing the gate were on. It seemed, just as Xu Min said, he was the only one in the station. So, Zhao Desan walked in, went straight to the station chief's office door, and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Xu Min's voice came from inside.

"Brother Xu, it's me, Comrade Xiao Zhao." Because he needed Xu Min's help, Zhao Desan's attitude was extremely respectful.

"Oh, it's Comrade Xiao Zhao. Come in, come in." Xu Min responded enthusiastically from inside.

So, Zhao Desan pushed the door open and walked in. Xu Min walked out from behind the desk and greeted Zhao Desan, saying:

"Comrade Xiao Zhao, sit down, sit down. You really are a rare guest."

Zhao Desan smiled politely but didn't sit down. Instead, he walked straight to Xu Min's desk, placed the carton of "He Tianxia" cigarettes, worth 1,500 yuan, which he had hidden in his coat, respectfully on the desk, and said with a smile, "Brother Xu, brother brought you a carton of good cigarettes."

When Xu Min saw the cigarettes Zhao Desan placed on the desk, as a station chief, it was normal for others to send him Zhonghua cigarettes or something, but this was the first time someone had sent him such expensive, high-end cigarettes by the carton. He couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, widened his eyes, and sighed, "It really is a good cigarette!"

What a damn bumpkin! Seeing Xu Min looking dazed by a carton of cigarettes worth over a thousand yuan, Zhao Desan mocked him secretly in his heart, but he only thought this way. On the surface, he still smiled politely and said, "Brother Xu, these cigarettes were given to me by someone else. They gave me two cartons. Brother opened one, and I couldn't bear to smoke this one, so I brought it specifically to share with you, Brother Xu." Zhao Desan was extremely eloquent, and his words were very pleasant to hear.

Seeing Zhao Desan say this, Xu Min became polite again, declining, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, look at you, just come if you want, why bring anything? Such good cigarettes, you should take them back and smoke them yourself." Although Xu Min was polite with his mouth, he didn't make any move with his hands.

Seeing Xu Min's pretentious look, Zhao Desan chuckled and said, "Brother Xu, why are you being so polite? Are we brothers still being polite? Didn't we say yesterday when drinking that if anyone needs help, we will definitely go through fire and water for each other?" Zhao Desan implicitly expressed his idea of needing Xu Min's help.

Xu Min wasn't a fool either. Although the police station wasn't exactly a "fat" department, Xu Min was still a small leader within the system. He understood the principle that "one doesn't visit a temple without a cause." If Zhao Desan could bring such precious, top-grade cigarettes to find him today, unless his head was caught in a door, there must be something going on. He nodded knowingly and smiled, "Yes, we brothers should help each other. Didn't I owe you a favor for arranging work for little Du?" Xu Min said, and without changing his expression, he took the carton of "He Tianxia" from the desk and stuffed it into the drawer. He took out a pack of local cigarettes worth 20 yuan from the drawer, pulled out two, handed one to Zhao Desan, and put one in his own mouth.

Zhao Desan took the cigarette, hurriedly helped Xu Min light it, and then lit his own and started smoking.

Xu Min suddenly thought of something and asked enthusiastically, "Do you want water? Let me pour you some."

"No need." Zhao Desan said politely.

Xu Min shouted outside, "Xiao Li, pour some water!"

"Okay." A crisp woman's voice came from somewhere outside.

Zhao Desan looked at Xu Min in surprise and asked, "Brother Xu, aren't you the only one at the police station? Why is there a woman?" ===== CHAPTER 2246 =====