Chapter 563

"You must be Section Chief Liu, right?" the young man also asked politely.

"Yes."

"Hello, Section Chief Liu. I just started working at the bureau. You haven't been here for the past two days, so I haven't seen you." The young man enthusiastically reached out his hand to chat with him.

Zhang Ailing, who was sitting in her chair and still panting slightly, instructed, "Xiao Meng, you go out first. Section Chief Liu and I have something to discuss."

"Okay." The young man let go of his hand, smiled at him, and obediently closed the door as he went out.

Zhao Desan looked at Zhang Ailing with a smile and said, "Zhang Ju, I just got back and came to report to you. I didn't expect there to be someone else inside, haha."

Zhang Ailing was a smart person and could hear the subtext in his words. Her face, which hadn't yet lost its flush, showed some panic. She gave a "ha" and said, "Xiao Meng just started working at the bureau and doesn't understand the procedures for some things yet. I was just giving him some instructions. The young man is a master's graduate in coal mining, and the bureau intends to focus on cultivating him."

Zhao Desan also heard the subtext of these words, which was clearly telling him that the object of the bureau's focus in the future would be Xiao Meng. He smiled calmly and said, "That's good. Responding to the national call, high-caliber students should be well cultivated."

Zhang Ailing smiled calmly. Although the two looked harmonious on the surface, their subtext was already like needles against wheat, with a layer of paper in between, just waiting to see who would poke through it first.

"Haven't seen you for a few days, your health should be mostly recovered, right?" Zhang Ailing asked with a smile. Zhao Desan had asked for leave on the grounds of poor health.

"I came back to work as soon as I felt mostly better." He said with a light smile.

"Since you're back, then put yourself into your work. You haven't been here for the past few days, and Xiao Su has been in charge of safety and quality. As a girl, she has done a good job in both internal and external affairs. You need to step it up." Zhang Ailing said.

"Su Jing is indeed very outstanding in her work." He said.

"Nothing else, right?" Zhang Ailing asked, clearly trying to send him out. It hadn't been long since they last met, and the woman who used to sit on him like a female dog in heat when they were alone now seemed tired of him. Although there were no emotional factors involved—he had purely contributed his body to her for the sake of climbing the ladder—Zhao Desan couldn't help but feel a trace of loss at his loss of favor. He said with a fake smile, "Nothing else. Then Zhang Ju, you get busy, I'm going down to work." Just as he was turning around, he suddenly noticed a bright red mark on Zhang Ailing's neck, so he turned back and said, "By the way, leader, when I came upstairs just now, I saw on the corporate affairs bulletin board that Zhang Xiaoyan has become the director of the General Office." He used this as an excuse to look closely at her neck, only to see clearly that it was sucked by someone's mouth. Needless to say, he knew it was done by the sturdy man with glasses just now, and thought to himself that this old woman really knew how to play.

"Yes, the previous director went home to have a baby and took long-term leave. There are many messy things in the General Office, so someone has to be in charge. Besides, Xiao Zhang has always done a very good job, so I let her take charge." Zhang Ailing said.

Zhao Desan gave an "oh" with a fake smile. From his facial expression, Zhang Ailing immediately saw that he seemed dissatisfied with this matter. She tilted her head, raised her willow eyebrows, and asked back, "Xiao Zhao, why do I feel like you have a prejudice against Comrade Xiao Zhang becoming the director of the General Office?"

"Leader, look at what you're saying. What prejudice could I have? As long as you, Zhang Ju, think Xiao Zhang is qualified, that's all that matters. Besides, wasn't I also promoted by you, Zhang Ju?" He smiled calmly.

"Ha, that's good." Zhang Ailing said.

"Alright then, leader, you get busy, I'm going down." After saying this, Zhao Desan turned and walked out. In the past, every time he came to Zhang Ailing's office, he wouldn't be able to leave so quickly; at the very least, he had to let her have her fun once before he could get away.

Carrying a trace of the loss of being out of favor, he arrived at the Safety and Quality Section office. Su Jing was busy with her head down. Seeing him return, she was overjoyed and even danced with excitement as she rushed forward and said, "Section Chief Liu, you're finally back! I've been so busy lately. It's good that you're back."

This was the first time since Zhao Desan returned to the bureau that he had seen such a bright, guileless smile from someone. His slightly dejected mood was encouraged, and he asked with a smile, "What's so good about me coming back?"

Su Jing looked at him with bright eyes under her black-rimmed glasses, a bright smile hanging on her doll-like face, and said happily, "If you're back, I won't have to be so busy all day."

Zhao Desan walked to his chair with a light smile, sat down, and said, "I'm someone who is about to leave. I'll be gone as soon as the resignation procedures are completed."

Su Jing's look of joy disappeared without a trace. She slightly pouted her rosy cherry lips, looking as wilted as an eggplant hit by frost, and said disappointedly, "I forgot. You went to take the civil service exam for the provincial committee department. My happiness was in vain."

"You've been given the chance to be a section chief, and you're still not happy." Zhao Desan smiled.

Su Jing sighed and said, "What's there to be happy about? I've been busy running around by myself lately, and I've finally realized that being a leader isn't that easy."

Zhao Desan encouraged her, "What are you afraid of? If I leave, the bureau will definitely assign someone to the Safety and Quality Section. When the time comes, just hand over whatever tasks to the newcomer."

Su Jing thought about it, and it was true. When the newcomer arrived, she would be the section chief and could order people below her to do things. How could she be as tired as she had been lately? She gave a hehe smile and leaned toward his desk. Because she wasn't tall and had a petite figure, the parts that should be protruding were very proud. In the middle of summer, she was wearing a silk short-sleeved shirt, and a pair of full, upright breasts stretched the front of the shirt so tightly it looked like it was about to burst. The neckline was open by one button, revealing a piece of snow-white, flawless chest. That plump area was exactly level with his eyes, and his gaze landed squarely on the two towering mounds. In an instant, he couldn't help but be attracted by the deep cleavage beneath the neckline and fell into reverie.

"How did the exam go?" Su Jing asked him.

Zhao Desan seemed not to have heard. His gaze was like a shuttle, staring blankly at her chest without blinking. When Su Jing saw him staring blankly at her breasts, a strange illusion flashed through her central nervous system, as if she had suddenly felt again the indescribable comfort of that night when Zhao Desan pressed her onto the bed and put the man's thing into her body. Her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and her face inexplicably burned. Her fair earlobes turned bright red without her knowing. She coughed twice on purpose, and Zhao Desan suddenly came back to his senses. When he looked up and saw Su Jing looking at him with confused eyes, he suddenly felt a bit embarrassed, smiled, and asked, "What did you say just now? I didn't hear clearly."