Chapter 625: Who did you hear this from?

Lu Qiaoge was also quite surprised.

The incident happened only yesterday, and it had already spread everywhere by today?

It seems these people are truly idle.

But in reality, the Foreign Trade Bureau in Jiangcheng is quite busy.

There are the melon seeds from the melon seed factory, the instant noodles from the branch factory, and the pickled vegetables from the pickle factory.

The wild vegetables are not falling behind either; a portion of bracken has already been exported to Japan.

Many people over there enjoy eating the mountain delicacies and wild vegetables from here.

It's just that they prefer them fresh, but that isn't very realistic, so they are all sun-dried.

However, because the other party has strict requirements, the export volume is not large.

Come to think of it, there are quite a lot of people in the Foreign Trade Bureau, and after so many years of development, the staff has become bloated.

Therefore, many people just spend their days with a large tea mug and a newspaper.

Lu Qiaoge drove toward the Foreign Trade Bureau. She didn't care about Gu Jiayan, but Old Zhou was a good person, someone who worked earnestly, and a capable cadre with a flexible mind.

From the beginning of their cooperation until now, she and Old Zhou had almost never had any conflicts.

Firstly, she had never done anything out of line.

Secondly, Old Zhou not only cooperated with her fully but also supported her completely.

She could not let insignificant people affect Old Zhou's reputation.

When Lu Qiaoge arrived at the Foreign Trade Bureau and walked through the corridor, the employees in the offices with open doors all looked toward her.

The composition of those gazes was very complex.

Some were gentle, some jealous, some appreciative, and some purely gloating.

When a gaze met Lu Qiaoge's, she would smile at the person.

That person would instead feel embarrassed and hurriedly turn their head back to work.

No one was discussing it while working in the office.

Little Little Cangcang had already patrolled a circle in advance just now.

It told Lu Qiaoge that Old Zhou was currently in Director Lu's office, talking about these idle rumors that had spread in the blink of an eye.

Old Zhou said that he stood upright and didn't fear a crooked shadow; it was impossible to bring him down with just this little matter.

However, the two were discussing why such rumors had come out.

Both of them believed that these rumors were highly targeted.

They were not indifferent; rather, they took it very seriously.

Director Lu also told his secretary to investigate quietly to see where the rumors originated.

Little Little Cangcang flew around again to find the source of these rumors.

Lu Qiaoge looked at the third office, from which a female comrade walked out; she was Sister Ji, who loved to gossip and watch the excitement.

Actually, this matter was very simple and easy to solve.

Since Sister Ji loved watching the excitement and didn't mind it being big, and then took the initiative to block her path, seemingly wanting to find out something, then let's start with Sister Ji.

In fact, if Lu Qiaoge had walked a bit faster, she could have missed Sister Ji and gone to her own office.

Their office was newly established and directly under Director Lu's management.

No one else or anything else could manage this office.

The Foreign Trade Office was like a crane standing among chickens, with priority supply for everything.

Once, these people were too busy with the imitation of cultural relics to have time for lunch.

Then the cafeteria manager personally delivered the meals to their office.

All expenses for the office were approved with priority.

Not to mention that the Foreign Trade Office was not a place for idle chatter.

So almost no one came here.

But Lu Qiaoge deliberately slowed down her speed, just enough for Sister Ji to block her.

Sister Ji was about to retire soon. Because she had some background in Jiangcheng, she held a sinecure as she approached retirement.

If her rank were high enough, such behavior would be called retreating to the second line.

Currently, it seems Sister Ji's background is not a problem.

But she had a conflict with Old Zhou.

When this Foreign Trade Office was established, Sister Ji wanted to come and be the deputy director, but Old Zhou did not agree.

So until now, there was no deputy director, only Old Zhou himself.

And the personnel here consisted only of Lu Qiaoge, who had no background and no academic credentials, yet she was the most important one.

Since Lu Qiaoge started at the neighborhood office, the reason she had been smooth sailing all along was that she always acted according to the trend, doing what could be done and never touching what couldn't.

She had never gone against the current.

Moreover, there were many people who supported her.

Because there were many supporters, the difficulties and troubles involving Lu Qiaoge would all be solved by these people.

Therefore, Lu Qiaoge would not have any conflicts or disputes with anyone outside the office.

These people seemed to have an aloof attitude toward her as well.

As for Gu Jiayan... she was simply not taken seriously by these people because she was here to learn, and after graduation, she would stay in Beidu; it was impossible for her to work here.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Qiaoge had thought of many things in her mind.

She smiled at Sister Ji standing in front of her, pretending to know nothing, and said very politely, "I know you are Sister Ji, an old comrade of the Foreign Trade Bureau. Hello, hello!"

Sister Ji blinked her eyes.

She and Lu Qiaoge hadn't spoken many words.

Twice they had bumped into each other face-to-face, nodded with a smile, and then both went back to their own business.

But she didn't expect Lu Qiaoge to be not at all like what those people said—arrogant and putting on airs. The young girl was beautiful, spoke softly and gently, and smiled sweetly.

Sister Ji was also full of smiles: "Oh my, Factory Director Lu, to tell you the truth, since you were seconded to the Foreign Trade Bureau, this is the first time we've spoken."

Lu Qiaoge's voice was soft: "Yes, I didn't expect to be able to talk to Sister Ji today. Please don't call me Factory Director Lu; you can call me Xiao Lu or Qiao Ge."

The two stood in front of the corridor wall. Seeing Lu Qiaoge so easy to talk to, Sister Ji's impression of her became even better.

She pulled Lu Qiaoge forward a few steps; this was a corner, and currently, there was no one in front, behind, left, or right.

Here it comes, here it comes, Sister Ji must be going to talk about yesterday's incident.

Lu Qiaoge blinked her eyes and asked very surprisedly: "Sister Ji, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

She also lowered her voice when saying this.

Sister Ji couldn't help but lower her voice as well, and said with an appreciative expression: "Xiao Lu, a girl with such a sense of justice like you is rare. I really didn't expect you to step forward to help Gu Jiayan seek justice from Director Zhou. No wonder everyone says you are the best mediator in the Xiang Yang Neighborhood Office."

Lu Qiaoge suddenly widened her eyes: "Sister Ji, did I hear you right? You just said I stepped forward to go to Director Zhou's office to help Gu Jiayan seek justice?"

Sister Ji asked back: "Isn't that so?"

Lu Qiaoge thought to herself, it's fortunate that this Sister Ji holds a sinecure; if she were to do something useful, it would definitely be a mess.

People like this should retire early.

Lu Qiaoge's expression immediately became serious: "Sister Ji, who did you hear this from?"

Sister Ji said very naturally: "Just this morning when coming to work, everyone in the office was saying so."

Lu Qiaoge frowned: "Everyone in the office is saying so, then who are these people in the office?"