Chapter 600

For three days in a row, Zhao Desan kept his phone off, putting all his heart into handling his father's funeral. He was busy all day, and his heart was annoyed at night. It wasn't until Monday, after Liu Wangcai's ashes were buried, that he felt relaxed. He returned home from the cemetery, took off the smelly clothes and pants soaked in sweat, dived into the bathroom to take a shower, sat in the living room, and smoked a cigarette in a mess. Only then did he remember that his phone had been off for the past few days. No wonder he felt that no one was contacting him. So he took out his phone and turned it on. Inside, there was a message from Bai Ling: "Xiao Zhao, why haven't you come to work these past few days? I haven't seen you."

He hadn't told Bai Ling about his resignation from the Coal Bureau. Otherwise, he wouldn't have copied the videos he had worked so hard to film secretly for her. It was just because he was afraid that after he was no longer in the unit, someone would bully her, so he let her use that thing to protect herself. He didn't reply to Bai Ling's message. Anyway, he wouldn't be in Yuyang City in the future, so there was no need to contact her again. These past few days, he had been truly exhausted from handling his father's funeral. After resting for a while and calming down, he remembered that he should call Su Qing to explain. Otherwise, keeping the phone off and not contacting her, and having to stand her up that day, he thought she would definitely be angry. She was his backer for his future development in the province, and he absolutely couldn't offend her. So he quickly dialed Su Qing's phone number, waiting anxiously for the call to be connected, but the phone rang a few times before being rejected by the other party. He thought Su Qing might be busy. Forget it, when he arrived in the province, he would go directly to her house. Explaining in person might be better. So he rested for a while, went into the room to change clothes, pulled his suitcase, and set off again, starting his journey to the province.

This time, he left very resolutely, without any nostalgia. After all, he had no relatives left. In order to develop better in the future and achieve something in his official career, it was the same wherever he went. Originally, he felt quite sorry that he didn't see Ma Lan, but ever since he saw the scene of her and Yu Haiping hugging and going to open a room that day, he had completely lost interest in that mature woman. A bigger city had more stunning beauties waiting for him to conquer. The young girl Yingying, who he had met once and had been dreaming about, was also in the provincial capital, Xijing. Ma Lan's daughter, Ma Ting, had also gone to Xijing to attend a private college. His erotic journey had just begun, and a wonderful future was already beckoning to him.

He arrived at the station and boarded the bus to the provincial capital, Xijing. On the bus, he closed his eyes to rest, wanting to have a good rest. But as soon as he closed his eyes, the words Liu Wangcai said to him on his deathbed suddenly echoed in his ears. He was adopted, and Liu Wangcai was intentionally reported for tax evasion and went to jail. So what was his background? Who were his biological parents? And who reported his father, Liu Wangcai? A series of question marks swirled in his mind. It was just that Liu Wangcai closed his eyes and drove the crane to the west after saying these things, leaving him with no way to find the answers to these secrets for a moment. On the way to Xijing, he kept trying to find some answers from his perfect family life in the past, but his thoughts were just like a headless fly, flying around in a mess, without any thoughts, and he couldn't think of any clues related to these secrets.

With things on his mind, the journey didn't feel as long as usual. When he came back to his senses from his thoughts, the bus had already entered Xijing City. After a while, he arrived at the station. He got off the bus, pulled his luggage, hailed a taxi at the station entrance, and went directly to Su Qing's residence in the suburbs.

Because it was only after three o'clock in the afternoon, the entire villa area was so quiet that not a single person could be seen. He arrived at Su Qing's villa, sweating profusely. The door was locked, so he could only sit on the ground under the eaves at the door, lit a cigarette to catch his breath, and picked up his phone to call Su Qing again. This time, the phone rang three or four times before it was unexpectedly connected, which made him feel a bit happy. He said to the phone excitedly, "Sister Su, I've come to Xijing and am already at your door."

"What? You are already at the door? Why didn't you give me a heads-up before coming! Don't you know I'm very busy with work usually! How can I have time to go back now!" The tone on the phone was very surprised, and at the same time carried a sense of resentment. He originally wanted to use this surprise to resolve Su Qing's anger, but he didn't expect to be met with a cold shoulder. He felt a bit disgraced for a moment, lost his confidence, and said in a very low voice, "I called Sister Su, but you... you hung up."

"Alright, then just wait slowly! Wait until I finish work and get busy!" Su Qing left a cold sentence and hung up the phone directly.

This result made him feel a bit surprised. He sat on the grass smoking a cigarette, feeling disheartened for a moment. He thought to himself that it must be because he had turned off his phone for the past two days that she was angry. He couldn't help but gasp. If he offended her, wouldn't his future in the province be very unclear?

That day, he hung up Su Qing's phone and turned off his phone, which had already made her very unhappy. Coupled with the fact that Ma Debang told her to tell Zhao Desan to go to the Provincial Construction Committee for an interview on Friday, but she couldn't contact him, and when the interview came on Friday, Ma Debang waited for him at the Construction Committee, only to be stood up. This made Ma Debang call Su Qing to ask about this matter, which made Su Qing feel that she had lost face for a moment. Although in terms of her position, even if Ma Debang was unhappy, he didn't dare to say anything directly, but he still expressed some dissatisfaction in his words. Originally, she had entrusted Ma Debang with Zhao Desan's affairs, but who knew that in the end, it would make her lose face. So when she suddenly received Zhao Desan's call, Su Qing's anger flared up. Even though there was nothing to do in the unit, she waited until after work to send away the driver and drove back herself.

This afternoon was quite a suffering for Zhao Desan. When the sun turned in a direction, there was no shade in the entire villa. He was exposed to the sun from three o'clock until after six o'clock, and his body was almost soaked in sweat. Just as he was sitting on the grass, exhausted and almost falling asleep, he suddenly heard the faint sound of a car driving from afar. He quickly opened his eyes and recognized from the license plate that this was the special car assigned to Su Qing by the Provincial Organization Department. It must be her coming back. He stood up excitedly, patted his butt, and went to meet her.

Su Qing glanced at him angrily, drove the car to the open space on the side, and stopped steadily. Before she could open the door to get off, Zhao Desan went up with a cheeky smile to help her open the door and called her enthusiastically, "Sister Su, you are off work."

Su Qing glared at him with her phoenix eyes, as if she hadn't seen him. She got off the car, walked forward as if no one was there, and opened the villa door to enter. Once again, he was met with a cold shoulder, which made him feel very unhappy. But there was no help for it; when living under someone else's roof, how could he not take a few cold looks? He was stunned for a moment, then followed her into the villa with a smile.

Su Qing took off her high heels unhurriedly, took a pair of slippers from the shoe rack, put them on, and then turned around and said angrily, "You still know how to come over? Do you know that you've missed a big event!"

Zhao Desan's sword-like eyebrows raised slightly, his eyes full of confusion, and he asked in a daze, "Sister Su, missed... missed what big event?"

Su Qing's willow eyebrows crossed, her face gloomy, and she said in an extremely angry tone, "Do you know that the Construction Committee was going to have an interview on Friday? It doesn't matter if you don't answer my phone, but Deputy Director Ma has been keeping your affairs in mind. The day I called you, he specifically called me to say that he would let you go for an interview on Friday. But the result was good—I was so busy all day, and I called you for two days in a row, but your phone was off! You said that since you want to work in the province and want to work in the Construction Committee, I, Su Qing, helped you with my ability. But in the end, you made me lose face!"

Su Qing scolded him with a straight face and an extremely angry attitude. The expression on her face was still very angry, showing no signs of softening at all. She glared at him with her apricot eyes, turned around, and walked toward the sofa in the living room.

As soon as he heard that he had delayed the Construction Committee's interview, Zhao Desan felt that something was wrong. This was an opportunity that Su Qing had spent a lot of effort to help him get through various connections. He was extremely worried, so he quickly chased after her and asked her stammeringly, "Sister Su, then... then what should I do?"

Su Qing sat on the sofa, didn't look back, and said angrily, "What should you do? You figure it out yourself! I, the dignified Minister of the Provincial Organization Department, used my connections to pave the way for you, but who knew you wouldn't take the path? What else can I do! You stood Deputy Director Ma up, do you want me to trouble him again!"

Seeing no signs of Su Qing's anger subsiding, Zhao Desan became afraid. His official career in Yuyang had come to an end, and he had originally come for the bright future in the province. If he couldn't enter the Construction Committee smoothly, he really didn't know what he should do next. He was so scared that he didn't dare to sit down. He stood beside Su Qing and said in a low voice, "No... it's not like that, Sister Su. I... I really had something happen at home recently, that's why... that's why I turned off my phone... I didn't intentionally not answer your call. I know you are good to me, Sister Su. This matter is my fault. Since you have helped me so much, just... just help me to the end, hehe..." As he spoke, he began to smile cheekily again. Originally, Su Qing was in a fit of anger, but she was suddenly amused by his shameless appearance and burst into laughter. At the same time, in order to establish her dignity, she quickly pursed her lips, turned her face away, and asked with a straight face and lingering anger, "What happened at home? You turned off your phone for three days in a row!" Although she still had a straight face, her tone was much softer than before.

Seeing that she seemed to have calmed down a bit, Zhao Desan thought that as long as he could make Su Qing calm down, it wouldn't matter if he told her about what happened recently. After all, his father going to jail for tax evasion wasn't a glorious thing for him. From beginning to end, he had never told any woman who had a relationship with him. Telling Su Qing about this was also a matter of helplessness. So he told her with a sad face that his father had passed away, and he was the only one at home to handle the funeral. For the sake of face, he only said this much and didn't say why his father went to jail.

After listening to his explanation, Su Qing didn't ask much. Her face, which had been tight, gradually calmed down, and her tone was much softer than before: "So that's how it is. Then you should have at least told me, so I could have given Deputy Director Ma a heads-up and seen if there was a way to postpone your interview time for a few days. Now it's good—I didn't know what happened to you, you missed the interview time, and I don't know if the Construction Committee has interviewed the people on the waiting list. If they passed the interview, I really can't help you with this matter."