Chapter 63

Qin Hengzhi asked naturally: "Are you going back to the neighborhood office?"

Lu Qiao certainly had to go back to report work.

"Going back, Representative Qin, do you have anything?"

"Do you want to wait for me? I'm going to the neighborhood office after I finish my business."

Lu Qiao blinked.

Qin Hengzhi stared at Lu Qiao.

There was an unspeakable feeling breeding between the two people. At the door of the office building, people were coming and going, but it was only a fleeting moment.

Lu Qiao smiled: "Good."

Qin Hengzhi then remembered something and said officially: "Director Hu just called me, hoping that the Military Representative Office can cooperate in investigating which army the couple who adopted Liu Xia belonged to."

Lu Qiao's eyes lit up.

Qin Hengzhi curled the corners of his mouth, nodded to Lu Qiao, and walked toward the office building with big strides.

Lu Qiao also turned around, without asking where to wait for him, and walked directly toward the gate.

The place where she met the girls from the radio station just now was already empty.

She didn't see Shao Le either. Obviously, this guy didn't dare to come to find her.

Lu Qiao didn't bother to care about him. Among those girls was his partner. She didn't know where he was coaxing her.

Lu Qiao stood under the elm tree outside the gate waiting for Qin Hengzhi's car to drive out.

Until Qin Hengzhi opened the car door, she didn't see Shao Le's shadow.

Qin Hengzhi didn't start the jeep immediately. Stagnating for a moment, Qin Hengzhi turned around and handed Lu Qiao a ticket.

Lu Qiao was a bit puzzled and took it.

After seeing it clearly, she was suddenly a bit shocked.

It was actually a bicycle ticket, and it was a military ticket that didn't need to queue for a number and even had a discount.

Lu Qiao held the bicycle ticket, and her probing gaze looked at Qin Hengzhi, who was sitting in the driver's seat.

In the jeep, which was clearly very spacious, it seemed cramped and breathless.

After a few breaths, Qin Hengzhi smiled: "Don't be nervous. A few days ago, your father asked me if I could get a bicycle ticket. He wanted to buy you one. He said your work nature is special, and you always have to run around, so having a bicycle would be more convenient."

Pausing, Qin Hengzhi said again: "It might not look good to give it to him in the workshop. Unexpectedly, I saw you today. This has no deadline; you can pick up the goods at the department store at any time."

Qin Hengzhi was half-true and half-false, and by the end, even he believed it himself.

Lu Qiao didn't doubt it, and her eyes immediately turned into a crescent moon, and she said softly: "Thank you so much."

Great, the bicycle ticket was there, and now only money was missing.

Qin Hengzhi gripped the steering wheel, then slowly started the car, and said slowly: "You child, you are really too polite."

Lu Qiao was shocked on the spot, and almost sprayed out in surprise.

She looked at Qin Hengzhi, who had a calm expression, in disbelief, and asked straightforwardly: "When did I become this 'child'?"

Qin Hengzhi explained very seriously: "If you are a waiter and I am a dining guest, 'you' (polite form), this address is no problem. But I am neither your elder nor your leader. You hang 'you' (polite form) on your lips every day, isn't it just emphasizing that you are a junior?"

He even turned his head to look at Lu Qiao, with playfulness in his eyes: "Is there a problem with my understanding?"

Lu Qiao tucked the bicycle ticket into her diary, then put it into her satchel, and said happily: "You are right, Uncle Qin!"

Qin Hengzhi: "..."

He wasn't angry. On the contrary, the corners of his mouth turned upward, seemingly with a bit of pleasure. With a step on the accelerator, the jeep drove toward the neighborhood office steadily and smoothly.

Lu Qiao glanced at him. The Qin Hengzhi at this moment was a bit different from the cold Representative Qin she first met.

The neighborhood office was still crowded. Director Hu, who was reprimanding Shao Le, saw a jeep parked at the gate.

He also saw the straight-postured Military Representative Qin Hengzhi and the graceful Lu Qiao walking in together.

Director Hu didn't look secretly this time, because he was the one who called Qin Hengzhi to ask if he could help investigate the identity of the couple who adopted the child.

But he didn't expect Qin Hengzhi to come in person.

Representative Qin was a regiment-level cadre. Although Director Hu was older than him, he couldn't sit in the office and not move.

Old Hu glared at Shao Le, who was hanging his head: "Qiao is back, remember to apologize."

He had already reprimanded him just now, so Old Hu didn't want to say anything at this time.

Old Hu and Huang Juan, who followed, greeted them enthusiastically.

Seeing Qin Hengzhi and Lu Qiao walking in together still shocked many people.

Lu Qiao saw that the two directors had come out to greet them, so she stood behind the crowd neatly. She saw Qin Hengzhi shaking hands and greeting the two directors of the neighborhood office with a gentle smile.

"Representative Qin, long time no see. Welcome to the neighborhood office to guide the work."

Qin Hengzhi smiled lightly: "Director Hu, you are too polite. I still have something to ask you for advice."

One was an old revolutionary who had worked for many years, and the other was a talent who served as a military representative at a young age. This was the first time Lu Qiao saw this kind of official greeting.

Director Hu invited people into the office. Huang Juan and Qin Hengzhi chatted with smiles, and then left in a hurry because someone was looking for her.

Lu Qiao automatically served as a service worker, poured tea for Qin Hengzhi, and when she placed it in front of him, Qin Hengzhi said to Director Hu very casually: "I am quite familiar with Master Lu. He has always wanted to ask how Xiao Lu is working in the neighborhood office. She hasn't made the leaders worry, right?"

Lu Qiao was embarrassed. This person's tone was that of an elder. Is he addicted to being an elder?

She smiled shyly and retreated.

But she still heard Director Hu's hearty loud voice: "... Let Master Lu rest assured, Xiao Lu is a comrade with very strong work ability. Although she hasn't worked for many days, she does practical things, she is a good comrade..."

Lu Qiao walked quickly to the large office. Just as she sat at her desk, Qiao Jie, Ren Xiaocui, and Zhu Dajie in the office looked at Lu Qiao with gossip on their faces.

Sister Hua was not busy today, and no one came to register for marriage or make trouble for divorce.

Her eyes flickered. Just now when Representative Qin and Lu Qiao walked in together, perhaps it was an occupational disease, she felt that whether it was appearance or temperament, the two were too well-matched.

Although she hadn't seen Representative Qin a few times, it seemed that the only female comrade who could walk side by side with Representative Qin was Lu Qiao.

Sister Hua leaned over to ask what was going on.

Lu Qiao didn't cover it up, pointed to Shao Le, who had just walked in, and said indifferently: "I have to thank Shao Le for being able to take Representative Qin's ride."

Those so-called four flowers dared to intercept her in public. Although it was a temporary idea, they could also know that because of Shen Yun, they hadn't gossiped about her less behind her back.

Shao Le didn't want to pass by in a muddle, took a few quick steps, and apologized with a bitter smile: "Lu Qiao, I'm sorry, today's matter was their fault. I got angry at them. They have no brains and followed blindly..."

Sister Hua frowned and asked: "Didn't you go to the archives? How come, did they make things difficult for you?"

Lu Qiao didn't make a sound.

Sister Hua and Qiao Jie both looked at Shao Le.