Chapter 5569

Before Zhao Desan could react, Fan Binbin ran out of the room. Seeing the scene before her, she hurriedly gave Zhao Desan a look. Only then did he come to his senses and sneakily slipped into the room.

"Ranran, didn't you say—"

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"—that you might not be back tonight?" Fan Binbin asked, breaking the awkward atmosphere.

Fan Ranran peeked through her fingers and, seeing that Zhao Desan was already gone, lowered her hands. With a flushed face, she said, "The dormitory at school wasn't ready yet, and we had a meeting tonight, so I didn't have anything else to do and just came back."

"Have you eaten? If not, shall Sister make you something?" Fan Binbin asked with concern.

"I've eaten." Fan Ranran nodded. She glanced at the door of Zhao Desan's room out of the corner of her eye, then took off her coat, hung it on the coat rack by the door, and hurried into the bathroom to wash up.

Lying on the bed, Zhao Desan listened to the two sisters whispering outside, thinking about how great it would be if he could one day get both sisters into bed and play a threesome!

As he thought about it, Zhao Desan drifted off to sleep. He woke up early the next day and, while the Fan sisters were still asleep, dragged his suitcase out the door.

"Beep... beep-beep..." Zhao Desan had just shoved his luggage into the trunk and sat in the car to catch his breath when his phone rang. Instinctively thinking it was a call from Sister Wu, he hurriedly pulled the phone from his pocket and answered, "Hello!"

"Secretary Zhao? This is Jia Ling." The voice of Jia Ling from the Environmental Protection Bureau office came through the phone.

Zhao Desan was a bit puzzled as to why this woman was calling him so early. He hesitated for a moment, then said with a chuckle, "Director Jia? Calling me so early, is something the matter?"

"Secretary Zhao, do you still remember what I told you last time?" Jia Ling asked with a smile on the other end.

Zhao Desan racked his brain for a moment, then asked with a hint of vigilance, "Are you talking about the environmental inspection?"

"That's right. It's the end of the year, isn't it? The Provincial Environmental Protection Department has issued a document requiring municipal bureaus to conduct environmental supervision and assessment of certain chemical and energy enterprises. I gave you a heads-up last time; the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau has decided to focus the inspection on your Chanba District," Jia Ling said.

"Director Jia, your bureau is really something. Why inspect our Chanba District instead of other places? You're really taking care of us," Zhao Desan said with a wry smile. Although Zhao Desan had always felt that the enterprises in Chanba District shouldn't have such problems, hosting a superior's inspection was never an easy task; often, the superiors would spend a minute there, while the subordinates had to make preparations in every aspect.

"Hehe, it's not that the Environmental Protection Bureau is taking special care of your Chanba District; it's because your district is a planned residential area in our Xijing City, and since the Chanba Ecological Protection Zone falls under your jurisdiction, the environmental requirements are relatively strict. That's why the focus of the inspection fell on your Chanba District," Jia Ling explained with a smile.

"Then... when does the inspection start?" Zhao Desan asked after a moment's hesitation.

"According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau's plan, it will be tomorrow and the day after. We plan to go to your Chanba District tomorrow," Jia Ling replied.

"Ah?" Zhao Desan exclaimed in surprise, unable to help but mutter under his breath, "Damn it, why now of all times!" He was supposed to go on a trip to Yunnan with Sister Wu today, and the Environmental Protection Bureau was acting as if they had timed it perfectly to inspect him.

Hearing Zhao Desan mutter on the other end of the line, Jia Ling asked, "Secretary Zhao, what did you say?"

"Oh, nothing." Zhao Desan said hurriedly, then laughed with some embarrassment, "Director Jia, I'm really sorry. You see, I've been feeling a bit unwell lately and just asked the city for a week off to rest. Could you perhaps postpone your visit by a week?"

"Hehe, that won't do. Everything has already been arranged. After inspecting your Chanba District, we have to go to several other districts," Jia Ling said with a smile. "But it's fine, you go ahead and take your leave. We'll just contact the District Environmental Protection Bureau directly when we come down for the inspection; there's no need for Secretary Zhao to step out personally."

"Hehe, Director Jia, look, I'm really sorry, the time you've come is truly inconvenient, and I won't be able to accompany you," Zhao Desan said with a smile, though he was cursing inwardly.

"It's nothing, we are old friends, and I'm just giving you a heads-up in advance so you can be well-prepared, lest any problems be found during the inspection, which would make you look bad, Secretary Zhao," Jia Ling said with a smile.

Old friends? What kind of old friends? Hearing Jia Ling say this, Zhao Desan chuckled to himself, then quickly turned his mind to ponder for a moment before saying, "Then I will notify the leaders of the Environmental Protection Bureau and have them handle the reception work; I won't be accompanying you."

"Mm, no problem, since Secretary Zhao is not feeling well, then please rest and recover," Jia Ling smiled.

After receiving this news from Jia Ling, Zhao Desan hurriedly drove straight to the District Environmental Protection Bureau, parked the car under the building, and went straight upstairs to the door of Director Zhao's office. Since government units had just started work at this time, Director Zhao had not yet arrived when Zhao Desan reached the office door; the heads of these units often didn't have a set time for arriving at work. When the staff at the Environmental Protection Bureau saw that the acting secretary of the District Committee had come so early in the morning, they hurriedly and enthusiastically invited him to sit in the reception room, diligently bringing him tea and attending to Zhao Desan.

(Chapter 3032: Starting the Inspection)!