Chapter 1460: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1460: The Struggle for Power, Invisible and Formless

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Liu Yumeng saw Wang Xiaohua out of the villa's main hall, and even said to Wang Xiaohua:

"It's very late now, a ride back to Town will probably be hard to find. How about this: I'll drive you back to Town."

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly refused:

"No need, no need. Why would you, a rich young lady, go to such trouble to send me off?"

Liu Yumeng looked into Wang Xiaohua's eyes and suddenly asked:

"Do you really not have even the slightest feeling for me?"

Wang Xiaohua didn't know what to say for a moment.

Tell the honest truth, and he'd be afraid of hurting Liu Yumeng's heart.

If he made things awkward between them, it wouldn't do him any good.

So after thinking for a bit, he could only say:

"To tell the truth, I've been busy with work all along, never thought about romance, so I really don't know how to answer you……"

As he spoke to this point, Liu Yumeng's eyes showed disappointment.

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly added:

"Hearing your evaluation of me tonight, to tell the truth, I found it quite unexpected, and also quite flattering. But matters of the heart need caution. I think we both need to carefully consider, carefully weigh it. After all, it's a lifetime matter."

Wang Xiaohua's words were very sincere.

But in reality, they seemed to answer, yet actually answered nothing at all.

Not answering is actually a denial.

It's telling Liu Yumeng in a very tactful way: I really don't have even the slightest feeling for you.

But Liu Yumeng's comprehension isn't enough to grasp such depth.

On the contrary, because of Wang Xiaohua's sincerity, she'd feel that Wang Xiaohua does have that slightest bit of interest in her.

Liu Yumeng then smiled and said:

"You're right. This isn't urgent. Let's wait until after you've taken revenge. If you can't get revenge, you'll still have a knot in your heart, and you definitely won't think about other things. I can understand that too."

Then she even said very thoughtfully:

"You don't want me to send you back, afraid others might see and cause some misunderstanding. I get it, I can understand. How about this: I'll give you the car keys, you drive yourself back. Do you want to take the BMW X5, or the BMW Mini?"

Liu Yumeng asked this question very cleverly. She didn't ask Wang Xiaohua whether he wanted to drive her car back, but asked which of her cars he wanted to drive back. The question seems to differ by a hair's breadth, but in reality it's a world of difference.

Liu Yumeng clearly knows the art of managing people inside out. To make someone do things your way, you don't ask if they're willing to do it; you directly give them two choices.

However, Wang Xiaohua's answer exceeded her control:

"Neither, thanks. I want to go stay at my Second Brother's for a night, and head back to Town tomorrow morning."

Wang Xiaohua directly refused to do the multiple-choice question she gave, and instead offered his own plan.

Liu Yumeng was stunned, and a nameless fire instantly rose in her heart.

But she quickly suppressed it, even squeezing out a smile:

"That works. Then I'll come pick you up tomorrow morning!"

Wang Xiaohua gave a polite smile:

"I'm leaving at four-thirty tomorrow morning. Can you get up that early?"

Liu Yumeng's smile had already turned stiff:

"Why leave so early?"

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Well, today I went to Baoshan Village Committee for a visit, and a lot of work got left undone. Tomorrow early morning I have to go back and handle what fell behind today. It's not really early either. Leave at four-thirty, arrive in Town after five, work from after five to after eight, just enough to handle what fell behind today. Then at eight-thirty I have to go down to the countryside again."

Liu Yumeng gave a dry laugh:

"Four-thirty in the morning — probably no transport back to Town, right? The first Rural Bus hasn't even departed yet."

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Right. So I was planning to take your car back. But if you can't get up, I won't force you. My Second Brother has a car too. I'll just drive his car back then."

Wang Xiaohua spoke without a trace of affectation, very naturally, to the point where even Liu Yumeng couldn't pick out a single fault.

Liu Yumeng really wanted to refuse.

She even goes to work by clocking in right at the deadline.

Making her leave at four-thirty — isn't that making things difficult for her?

But thinking of her Liu Family's grand plan, and that Wang Xiaohua is a key chess piece in this plan, making that tiny bit of sacrifice isn't impossible.

So she took a deep breath, adjusted her mood, and in the end actually agreed:

"Alright then. I'll come get you at four-thirty tomorrow morning!"

The smile on Liu Yumeng's face had already become extremely forced.

But Wang Xiaohua pretended not to see the change on her face, and instead hurriedly thanked her:

"That's really too much trouble, thank you. Oh right, it's four-thirty departing from my place, not four-thirty from yours. If you still need to put on makeup or whatever, you'll probably have to get up at three-thirty. To tell the truth, I really feel a bit embarrassed to trouble you!"

Liu Yumeng laughed dryly:

"No problem, no problem. What are you being polite with me for!"

At this moment a three-wheeler came along the road outside. Wang Xiaohua waved his hand:

"Then I'm leaving. I'll come by at four-thirty tomorrow morning, alright!"

Wang Xiaohua got on the three-wheeler, arrived at the County Town Center, saw there was still a minivan heading back to Town, and took the minivan back to Town.

He did not go to his second brother's place to stay the night.

Nor did he say a word to Liu Yumeng.

Liu Yumeng instead went back inside the Villa and couldn't help complaining to her father Liu Xinwen:

"Dad, is this Wang Xiaohua really that important?"

Liu Xinwen smiled:

"Of course he's important!"

Then he added with deep meaning:

"Pulling Xiao Xueqing down from her horse is easy, but if we want to pull Xiao Xueqing down from her horse and still have our Liu Family retreat unscathed, we must make good use of this tool, Wang Xiaohua!"

Liu Yumeng huffed angrily:

"That little shorty, honestly, I find him annoying just looking at him. You want me to go talk romance with him, isn't that making things too difficult for me!"

Liu Xinwen, however, said:

"Rest assured, that Wang Xiaohua looks down on you."

Liu Yumeng shuddered, even more unconvinced:

"Why! How do you know?"

Liu Xinwen smiled:

"Why I don't know, but with my many years of officialdom experience, intuition tells me Wang Xiaohua indeed looks down on you."

Liu Yumeng sighed:

"Since he looks down on me, why do you still arrange it like this? Additionally, what if he doesn't go report Xiao Xueqing, wouldn't all our efforts go to waste?"

Liu Xinwen, however, spoke with an air of calm composure:

"Not so. Whether Wang Xiaohua goes to the Discipline Inspection Commission to report Xiao Xueqing or not doesn't matter one bit."

Liu Yumeng heard this and was directly confused:

"No, if Wang Xiaohua doesn't go report Xiao Xueqing, how do we pull Xiao Xueqing down? If this doesn't matter, then what is important?"

Liu Xinwen wore an expression of being in full control:

"What's important is to make Xiao Xueqing believe Wang Xiaohua will definitely go report her!"

Liu Yumeng was confused:

"What difference does that make?"

Liu Xinwen then said:

"The difference is huge. One is 'Please Enter the Jar', the other is 'the willing hook the bait'."

Liu Yumeng heard this and became even more confused.

She completely couldn't understand these words her father said.

Liu Xinwen then said:

"You watch carefully, study well. Power struggles often kill invisibly and without a trace."

At this moment Liu Xinwen waved over a person:

"You go put the word out, say Wang Xiaohua came to my place tonight and took the evidence of Xiao Xueqing's embezzlement and bribery."