Chapter 2306

"Sister He, didn't you say so yourself? Of course it's Zheng Ru." He Liping had revealed this matter to Zhao Desan two days ago, so he blurted it out without a second thought.

He Liping smiled and said, "It is little Zheng. Do you know now why Old Zheng wanted you to handle the handover work properly?"

Zhao Desan was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized the truth. He guessed to He Liping, "So that old fox was afraid that Zheng Ru wouldn't be able to adapt to my job immediately after taking over! That old fox is truly too cunning. I was wondering why he had acted like a different person lately, being so enthusiastic toward me. So that's how it is."

He Liping said, "That's why, no one is good to another person for no reason. All enthusiasm has a cause."

Zhao Desan felt that He Liping's words made sense. Taking himself as an example, it seemed that in his life, there hadn't yet appeared a person who was good to him without expecting a return. Even for Zhao Xue, whom he loved most deeply, her feelings for him were entirely based on the many things he had done to move her, which led her to decide to wait for him. And his own devotion to Zhao Xue, to put it bluntly, was initially just coveting the beauty of that pretty policewoman, wanting to take advantage of her. As for He Liping, who spoke this philosophical maxim, the reason she was so good to him was entirely because she needed Zhao Desan and needed to use his abilities to fulfill her own wishes. Living in the intricate officialdom, people only interact deeply due to interest-based relationships; no one is willing to risk offending others to be good to someone else without regard for the consequences.

Because of He Liping's words, Zhao Desan felt a lot of emotions in his heart. He looked at He Liping faintly, smiled, scratched his hair, and said, "Sister He, if there's nothing else, I'll head down first. If he comes to look for you in a while and sees us together, it won't be very good."

With her body satisfied and the doubts in her heart answered, He Liping nodded and said, "Then you go down first."

Coming out of He Liping's office, Zhao Desan quietly slipped downstairs. As soon as he pushed open the office door, Jia Wanli, who was working with her head down, looked up. Her eyes suddenly widened, then she furrowed her slender willow eyebrows and asked Zhao Desan, "Deputy Section Chief Liu, where have you been gallivanting again?"

Zhao Desan closed the door while laughing "Hehe" and said, "I went to Zheng the Bald Donkey's office. It's not like you don't know!"

Jia Wanli stared at him with a piercing gaze, her tone full of suspicion, and said flippantly, "Is that so? I don't think it's that simple!"

Damn it, did this little sister-in-law follow me? Seeing Jia Wanli's suspicious expression, Zhao Desan said to himself, pretending to be calm, he laughed "Hehe" and said, "How complicated could it be? Why don't you tell me, little sister-in-law!" As he spoke, he walked to his desk, sat down, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of water.

Just then, Jia Wanli stood beside Zhao Desan with a makeup mirror, held the mirror up in front of him, and said coldly, "See for yourself!"

Zhao Desan, confused, glanced sideways at the gloomy-faced Jia Wanli, then turned his face to look into the mirror held in front of him. Damn! He actually saw a distinct lipstick mark on his left cheek. He immediately realized this must have been the lipstick mark left by the passionately engaged He Liping when she kissed his face hard in her office just now.

Seeing his own ugly state in the mirror with his own eyes, hadn't the answers he gave Jia Wanli just been refuted? Zhao Desan felt extremely awkward for a moment, not knowing how to face Jia Wanli. He stammered and fooled her, saying, "This... I don't know where I got this. Maybe I drank too much last night and someone did it to me."

"Ah! Ah! Ptooey!" Jia Wanli took back her mirror and spat fiercely at Zhao Desan, saying, "Do you think I'm stupid! It clearly wasn't there when you came in this morning. You went out of the office once, and as soon as you came back, there's a lipstick mark on your face. Did you do something bad in the office with that Lan Mei again?"

"Little sister-in-law, don't make false accusations. This has nothing to do with Section Chief Lan!" Hearing Jia Wanli drag Lan Mei into this, Zhao Desan, in his anxiety, turned his face and said to her righteously.

Jia Wanli cursed at him with an angry face, "Zhao Desan, I've been so good to you, and I didn't hesitate to risk offending Section Chief Zheng to help you. I thought you were a man of sentiment and righteousness, but I didn't expect you... you are also a man worse than a beast! I misjudged you!"

Seeing Jia Wanli's angry appearance, Zhao Desan realized she was playing for real. Once a woman gets serious, one must never be hard-headed; Zhao Desan knew this very well. Seeing Jia Wanli starting to get serious, Zhao Desan immediately changed as if he were a different person. He quickly got up, walked over, put his arms around her back, patted her gently, and coaxed her with sweet words, "Little sister-in-law, I, Zhao Desan, am not that kind of heartless man. I, little Zhao, know you are good to me, but you really misunderstood me about this lipstick mark..."

Just as Zhao Desan was hesitating whether to confess honestly, He Liping interrupted his words and pressed, "Then tell me, which vixen put this lipstick mark on you?"

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