Chapter 320

"Heh..." Su Qing laughed lightly. "I... I just lack a man I can rely on, who can appear by my side when I need him. Can you do it?"

Zhao De said without hesitation: "Sister Su, I can."

Su Qing gave a contemptuous smile: "You can't."

Zhao De said firmly: "Sister Su, I really can."

Su Qing turned her face, looked at his sincere and firm look, and was amused by his serious appearance. How many years had it been? She actually felt a trace of warmth in her cold heart. She shook her head lightly and said: "Little Zhao, you can't. I'm already in my late forties, nearly fifty, and you're only in your twenties. The age gap is one aspect, and I work in the Provincial Committee while you work in Yuyang, so there's a difference in status. Besides, you and I just met. Don't you think I'm old enough to be your mother? Heh... after tonight, just pretend nothing happened. Keep it a secret for us."

Su Qing said everything thoroughly and considered it very comprehensively. Zhao De's decision without hesitation was just to please Su Qing for a moment, not his true thoughts. Even if Su Qing weren't this old and were sexier, more beautiful, and had more temperament than now, he wouldn't sincerely want to be with her. In Zhao De's heart, he was still attached to another more charming and mature young married woman, Ma Lan. This was the woman who left the deepest impression in his passionate heart and made his burning heart feel touched.

Although he had been ashamed to see Ma Lan after she discovered his affair with Ma Ting, he had been paying attention to Ma Lan's dynamics. Just a while ago, Ma Lan's Little Dog Coal Mine had successfully entered the production stage. It was estimated that it wouldn't be long before, as a safety clerk, Zhao De would have to go to the countryside for inspection and come into direct contact with Ma Lan.

"Sister Su, are you saying that after tonight, you won't know me anymore?" Zhao De asked her. He was so willing to "dedicate" himself to her and relieve her empty heart just to approach and please her, leaving an indelible and deep impression on her for future use. If he pretended not to know her after tonight, wouldn't that be "fetching water with a bamboo basket," wasting his body in vain?

Su Qing smiled: "Silly, that's not what I mean. I mean from tomorrow on, just pretend tonight's matter didn't happen. Since we know each other, how can we pretend not to know each other! I won't be that heartless."

"But Sister Su, such a thing happened tonight, I'm afraid... I won't forget."

"Heh... even if you don't forget, you're not allowed to talk nonsense," Su Qing said with a gentle smile, her tone carrying a hint of command.

Zhao De nodded obediently: "Sister Su, don't worry about that. I definitely won't talk nonsense." At the same time, he frowned slightly and stared at Su Qing affectionately, making her feel that this guy seemed to have some intentions toward her. She asked him: "Comrade Xiao Zhao, why are you looking at me with such eyes?"

"Sister Su, I'm going back to Yuyang in two days, and I don't know when I'll see you next time. I'm quite..." Zhao De stopped halfway, wanting to test Su Qing's reaction.

Su Qing raised her willow brows slightly, squinted her bright eyes, and felt a hint of "ill intent" from this guy in her heart. She said: "Comrade Xiao Zhao, why didn't you finish your sentence? Quite what?"

"Quite worried." Zhao De said the few words he had brewed.

These words made Su Qing not understand for a moment. She looked at him in confusion and smiled shallowly: "Quite worried? Worried about what?"

"Worried... worried..." Zhao De lowered his head, pretending to be coy, so that Su Qing would think he was a simple person.

Su Qing laughed: "Speak, why are you acting as coy as a girl!"

"Worried... worried that I won't see you, Sister Su, in the future."

"Heh, what if you don't see me?" Su Qing was interested and simply turned her face to stare straight at him.

"Nothing... nothing."

Zhao De grasped the feeling between men and women just right, deliberately showing thoughts that anyone could understand, while not fully confessing in words, like peeling a cocoon, bit by bit, letting Su Qing fall into it.

Su Qing was a smart person and knew what this young man was thinking. So she smiled, stretched out a slender, fair hand, didn't mind at all, placed it on his broad shoulder, and pulled him toward her: "Lean on Sister."

Zhao De was naturally as tame as a small male dog, leaning into her fragrant, soft embrace, pressing his face against her full and elastic white, tender lotus room, as if sticking to a warm quilt, warm and comfortable, extremely pleasant.

For a moment, Zhao De felt like he was dreaming. Su Qing, the dignified Minister of the Provincial Organization Department, whom he had only met once in Yuyang, and whose semi-nude self-portraits he had only seen on the phone he found, he was now rolling on the bed naked with her after coming to the province for study.

He raised his face and carefully admired Su Qing's face, which had experienced the years but was still beautiful and temperamental. He felt more and more that this sexy mature woman, whose appearance didn't match her actual age, was not generally amazing. A dignified Minister of the Provincial Organization Department, such a powerful and awesome position, to be done by an intellectual and sexy woman, was truly incredible.

Su Qing found Zhao De staring at her, lowered her eyelids, looked at him, and asked: "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Zhao De blinked and said: "I think you are beautiful, Sister."

Su Qing smiled lightly: "What's beautiful? I'm already old and yellow. I really don't know why you are still willing to accompany... accompany me..." The rapid development of their relationship also made Su Qing feel a bit shy for a moment, and a blush flew onto her cheeks.

"Sister Su, you are really beautiful. If... if you are willing, I... I can always accompany you."

"Always accompany me?" Su Qing lowered her head and asked indifferently, "I work in the province, and you are in Yuyang City. Let alone always, even if we want to be together occasionally, it's not that easy."

From Su Qing's words and actions when she was with him, Zhao De gradually sensed that this woman couldn't be said to have any good feelings for a strong and "special" handsome man like him now, but at least he hadn't found that she had any disgust for him.

So he took advantage of the situation and pursued: "As long as Sister Su is willing, as long as you make a phone call, if I'm not too busy, I will definitely come to the province to find you, Sister."

Su Qing smiled lightly, not believing it: "Heh, if you have such good energy, you'd better put it into work. Work hard while you're young. With your cleverness, I reckon your Bureau Chief Zhang must also appreciate you very much. Don't wait until you're old; it won't be that easy then."

"It's not easy to move up without a background," Zhao De said a truth.

Su Qing's expression became serious: "To tell you the truth, Comrade Xiao Zhao, I have never had a background. Although I am still alone for the sake of work, I have achieved quite a lot in my career. Everyone has always believed that men are more capable than women, and I agree with this point of view. So I think as long as you have ideas and work hard, you can reach the place you want."

Facing her sincere teachings, Zhao De nodded and said: "Thank you for your encouragement, Sister Su. I will work hard."

Su Qing smiled indifferently and said: "You work hard at the Yuyang City Coal Bureau first. After you achieve some results in your bureau, then find a way to move to the province. I'll see if I can help you with anything then."

Although it was just a casual remark from Su Qing, it already made Zhao De feel happy and restless. He stared at her with a grin and said: "Sister Su, then I will work hard in the bureau. If there is a chance to come to the province in the future, you will have to take care of me more."

"As long as you work hard, you can find me if you have any difficulties."

Zhao De said gratefully: "Sister Su, you are really too good."

"You kid, to tell you the truth, you are really likable," Su Qing said.

"As long as you like it, Sister Su."

Su Qing said: "I originally wanted to call you to the coffee house to teach you a lesson today. I didn't expect that now we would... heh"

"I thought it was one of my college classmates calling me. When I saw it was you, Sister Su, I was surprised."