Chapter 407: I haven't treated you poorly, have I?

After everything was ready, Zhao Desan opened the door and went out, taking the initiative to go to the Bureau Chief's office to find her.

When he reached the door, he heard Bureau Chief Zhang talking inside, so he didn't knock directly but pressed his ear against the door to listen. From the content of Bureau Chief Zhang's speech, he could tell she was on the phone with Lin Dafa, saying she had a handle on Ma Lan and would make her withdraw from the merger competition.

Hearing Bureau Chief Zhang's confident and determined laughter inside, Zhao Desan couldn't help but laugh secretly, thinking, *You are counting your chickens before they hatch. *

Just as he was listening and laughing secretly, Wen Qian from the Finance Department came out of the office. Seeing him standing at Bureau Chief Zhang's door, she puffed out her tall and proud chest and shouted as she walked toward him: "Section Chief Liu, what are you doing sneaking around there? Why don't you go in?"

Zhao Desan was caught off guard by being seen eavesdropping. In his nervousness, he stumbled and bumped into the door of the Bureau Chief's office. Inside, Bureau Chief Zhang's vigilant voice immediately came: "Who is outside?"

"Bureau Chief Zhang, it's me, Comrade Xiao Zhao. Are you busy now?" Zhao Desan asked from outside, feigning composure.

Wen Qian walked over and said: "Why don't you go in?"

"I'm afraid Bureau Chief Zhang is busy," Zhao Desan said with a light laugh.

"Come in."

Getting the Bureau Chief's permission, Zhao Desan turned the door handle and went in.

Bureau Chief Zhang glanced at him expressionlessly and whispered into the phone: "Old Lin, I have something to do here. Let's talk when we have time." After saying this, she closed the phone, put it on the table, and asked him with a straight face: "What is it?"

Without waiting for her to speak, Zhao Desan walked up and sat on the sofa without minding at all, lit a cigarette, and said slowly: "Bureau Chief Zhang, what's wrong with you recently? Do you have any opinions about me? It seems like you look angry every time you see me."

"Do I?" Zhang Ailing asked back.

Zhao Desan gave two light laughs, coughed twice to clear his throat, and said: "Bureau Chief Zhang, if you feel that I haven't done my work well recently and am not qualified for this section chief position, just say so. You are a straightforward person; don't keep things in your heart. That's not good for anyone."

"Comrade Xiao Zhao, do you already know something?" Hearing the meaning in his words, it seemed he had learned some rumors. As such, Zhang Ailing crossed her fingers on her chest, leaned back in her chair, and looked straight at him.

Zhao Desan said straight to the point: "Bureau Chief Zhang, I heard you have some things here that seem to be related to me. I find it quite strange and want to see what they are."

"Did Old Wang tell you?" Zhang Ailing asked. Only she and Wang Anguo knew about this, so how did this Zhao Desan know? She was a bit curious.

Zhao Desan feigned depth and gave a light laugh, saying: "Bureau Chief Zhang, don't worry about who told me. I just want to see what it is about me. I'm really quite curious."

"Fine, since you already know, I won't hide it from you." Zhang Ailing gave a cold laugh, took a stack of photos from the desk drawer, threw them on the table, and said: "See for yourself!"

Zhao Desan wasn't nervous at all. With a calm smile on his face, he walked up slowly and picked up the stack of photos from her desk to look at them. While looking, he said calmly: "Bureau Chief Zhang, isn't this Ma Lan? What does it have to do with me?"

"What does it have to do with you? Hmph! Comrade Xiao Zhao, I valued you so much, yet you betrayed me and had something going on with Ma Lan behind my back! You are so disappointing!" Thinking of the tall, handsome man in front of her doing something to betray her, Zhang Ailing was furious.

"When did I betray you? When did I have something going on with Ma Lan?" Zhao Desan threw the photos onto the table and said angrily, "Look for yourself, where can you see it's me?"

His intense reaction made Zhang Ailing puzzled. After a moment, she lowered her head, picked up the photos on the table, and looked at them again. Looking at them, she really found that it was impossible to tell it was Zhao Desan from the photos. "Then... then who is the person in these photos?" She couldn't believe her own eyes. ===== CHAPTER 408 =====