Chapter 969

Zheng Tulu nodded and bowed to signal, then retreated from Li Changping's office door. Just as he was closing the door, Li Changping suddenly called him back: "Director Zheng, come back in for a moment."

Zheng Tulu returned, closed the door, and asked with a somewhat nervous expression: "Deputy Minister Li, what… what is it?"

Li Changping was afraid that it would be difficult to block Su Qing's idea with his own strength. Just now, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he felt that Zheng Tulu should pull strings in all aspects so that it would be easier for him to handle. So he whispered: "Director Zheng, try to pull strings at the Personnel Department as well. As long as there is more resistance, I think Minister Su certainly wouldn't want to offend so many people to deal with you, right?"

Li Changping's words made Zheng Tulu feel enlightened. He nodded with a chuckle: "Good, good, Deputy Minister Li, what you said is right."

Li Changping waved his hand and said: "Alright, go ahead. Take the time to pull strings at the Personnel Department. I will contact the personnel side and try my best to help you suppress this matter."

"Good, good, then Deputy Minister Li, I'll go first."

Coming out of Li Changping's office, Zheng Tulu wrapped his overcoat tightly, shrank his head, sneaked downstairs, walked out of the Organization Department, got into his car in that inconspicuous corner, and drove back home. On the way, according to Li Changping's reminder, he called a leader of the Personnel Department, said he wanted to visit him, and after getting consent, he went straight home. He opened the safe in his small treasury, took out 100,000 yuan, stuffed it into his leather bag, and hurried out again.

Seeing his strange behavior twice in one day, Zheng Tulu's wife asked at his departing back in confusion: "What is wrong with you today?"

Zheng Tulu didn't even pay attention to her and went straight downstairs. This charming wife, who still had her youthful charm, sat on the sofa, thinking about his strange behavior today. She picked up the red Sony Ericsson phone from the coffee table, found Zheng Ru's number, and dialed it, wanting to ask what was wrong with Zheng Tulu today.

At this time, because Zheng Ru was on her period, she had run to the bathroom to handle things below. The phone was left on the office desk, ringing and ringing. It annoyed Zhao De, who was on the side, and he turned his head, intending to complain to Zheng Ru, only to find she wasn't there. He looked at the phone jumping and vibrating on the desk, so he got up, walked over, picked it up, and saw the word "Mom" on the screen. Zhao De immediately thought of Zheng Tulu's mature, charming, and coquettish wife. Recalling the look in her eyes when she looked at him when he was a guest at Zheng Tulu's house that day, and the way she leaned against the door with a dazed look when she sent him off, Zhao De became interested and answered the phone for Zheng Ru.

"Hello, Ruru." The gentle and lingering voice of that charming mature woman came from the phone.

Zhao De smiled politely and said: "Auntie, it's me, Comrade Xiao Zhao. Zheng Ru went out, and she forgot her phone on the desk."

The phone suddenly went quiet. It turned out that the middle-aged mature woman, with her graceful figure and charming appearance, felt a stir in her heart when she heard that the person answering the phone was Comrade Xiao Zhao, who made her feel a sense of spring-like agitation. It was Comrade Xiao Zhao, who looked strong and handsome. What is a woman, a mature woman, a mature woman with normal physiological needs, most afraid of? It is loneliness, being forgotten by her own man, and being left aside ignored. What's more, Zheng Tulu is the Director of the Construction Bureau, a person with status and position. He has social engagements at night at least five days a week, and usually, he either doesn't come home at night or comes back dead drunk with lipstick marks all over his face. As his wife, a woman in her forties, she rarely has a chance to be thought of by him and be intimate once a year. And because Zheng Tulu is getting on in years, even this rare intimacy cannot be satisfying. Often, just when she has a feeling, just a little bit of a woman's feeling, he surrenders. She needs a man's nourishment too much, just like a piece of parched and cracked land needs the nourishment of rain. Like a pile of dry firewood, a little spark can ignite it. Hearing Zhao De's magnetic voice, her heart trembled slightly, and recalling the situation when he came to the house that day, she fell into an inexplicable fantasy.

"Auntie, why aren't you talking?" Zhao De asked, pursuing. As a killer of middle-aged and elderly women, Zhao De vaguely felt that this woman must have some interest in him.

Zheng Ru's mother only then froze for a moment, came to her senses, said "Oh," and said in a gentle voice: "It's Comrade Xiao Zhao. How have you been lately?"

"Pretty good," Zhao De said, his face piled with wicked smiles, "How about Auntie? How have you been lately?"

"Still the same, alone at home, quite bored." She couldn't help but complain to Zhao De about her meaningless life.

Zhao De heard from the lines that this woman was a bit lonely, so he chuckled and said: "Then Auntie can go out shopping or something."

On the phone, she said with a bitter smile in a low tone: "Alone, it's meaningless."

Zhao De chuckled and said: "Auntie doesn't have to go to work, doesn't have to work, that's so good."

"It's very boring to stay at home alone for a long time. Comrade Xiao Zhao also knows that Director Zheng is busy with social engagements all day long. I am a woman, at this age, sometimes it's not just the heart that is lonely."

*And the body is also lonely, * Zhao De added in his heart, with a wicked smile on his face, chuckling: "Then if I have time, I will visit Auntie."

"Comrade Xiao Zhao, really? Then if you have time, come over." The woman's voice sounded clearly interested, and then she added somewhat shyly: "But it's best to be during the day. I'm afraid… afraid that at other times Ruru and Director Zheng will come back, it's not… not very convenient."

*Damn! Isn't this clearly asking for a hookup? * Zhao De thought, overjoyed. *Zheng Tulu, you beast, you sleep with my Director Lan, I will definitely sleep with your wife as long as I have the chance! *

Throughout the entire conversation, this call seemed to be made specifically for Zhao De, without mentioning Zheng Ru at all. However, Zhao De felt that it was better not to speak too directly to her for the time being, so he chuckled, changed the subject, and said: "Auntie, if you have anything to do with Ruru, I can tell her when she comes back in a while."

"No… nothing, just called to ask," the woman said with a gentle smile, "Then if Comrade Xiao Zhao… if you come over one day, just come directly. I'm always at home."

"Mm, if there is a chance, I will definitely go over," Zhao De said with a light smile.

Just at this time, Zheng Ru finished changing her sanitary pad, came back from the bathroom, pushed the door open, and as soon as she came in, she saw Zhao De holding her phone and talking. So she walked up with a dark face and said: "Why are you using my phone? Don't you have your own!"

"Your mom called," Zhao De immediately handed the phone to her.

Zheng Ru looked at Zhao De with suspicion, took the phone, and put it to her ear, and heard her mother's voice inside: "Then tell Ruru I called her."

Zheng Ru interrupted: "Mom, it's me. What's the matter?"

"Ruru, you're back?" her mother asked, "Why weren't you there just now?"

"Went… went to the bathroom," Zheng Ru said somewhat embarrassedly in front of Zhao De and Comrade Xiao Zhao.

"Oh."

"Mom, why are you calling now? Is there anything?" Zheng Ru asked. Usually, her mother would never call during working hours.

"Your dad came home twice today. The first time he took a painting and went out, and the second time he took 100,000 yuan and went out. Do you know if something happened to your dad?"

Hearing this, the first thing Zheng Ru thought of was that he must have gone to give a gift. But recently, she hadn't heard any news about a promotion. Besides, her dad was almost at retirement age. Wouldn't it be good to be a director at the Construction Bureau and spend the last few years safely? At this age, even if he climbed up, he wouldn't be able to sit for long. Zheng Ru said with some confusion: "I haven't heard of anything."

On the phone, her mother said "Oh," and said with a smile: "Nothing, just felt a bit strange, called to ask. Then I won't affect your work, hang up first, and ask him when he comes back tonight."

"Mm, then I'll get busy," Zheng Ru said.

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Ru looked at Zhao De angrily with her face turned sideways, and questioned him in an extremely unfriendly tone: "Zhao De, who told you to answer my phone?"

"Zheng Ru, you really don't appreciate kindness. I saw your phone ringing on the desk and thought your mom had something urgent to find you for. Didn't I answer it because I was worried about you? You really don't appreciate kindness," Zhao De turned his head, raised his eyebrows, and retorted without showing weakness.

"Then… then you can't just answer other people's phones," Zheng Ru had no reason to refute, her tone softened, and she pouted. ===== CHAPTER 970 =====