Chapter 145: Dating Ning Shu Yue

Zhou Tai was very puzzled. "What does this have to do with getting the money? Besides, I've heard of Zhao Jidong before. He hates you so much right now that he might do something insane."

Su Yang chuckled. "That's exactly the effect I want. Otherwise, why would I tell him I'm going to the city right now? Why would I leak this information to him?"

Seeing that Zhou Tai was still completely confused, Su Yang asked directly, "Let's go. We're heading to the city. You'll understand once we get there."

Although Zhou Tai didn't understand, he still followed Su Yang downstairs to get the car.

On the way to the city, Su Yang first called Dai Nan to explain the situation. Dai Nan expressed that he understood perfectly, and he hadn't spent any energy or investment on this matter anyway.

He was already grateful for being given this opportunity. Even if it didn't work out this time, at least there would be opportunities in the future; to him, this was not an issue at all.

Then Su Yang called Ning Shu Yue. The phone rang once before Ning Shu Yue answered. "Mayor Su is calling me? What's the matter?"

Su Yang said, "I'm coming to the city on business later. If it's convenient, I'd like to treat you to a meal."

Ning Shu Yue said, "Did the sun rise from the west today? You're coming to the city to treat me to a meal? You aren't planning on asking me to help you with something, are you? If that's the case, you'd better say so early so I can prepare myself mentally."

Su Yang said, "Look at what you're thinking. Do you think I only call you when I need you to do something? It's just a meal. If you don't have time, I won't force it."

Upon hearing this, Ning Shu Yue became interested. "Then what are you planning to treat me to?"

Su Yang said, "You pick the place. I'll be there by the time you get off work at noon anyway."

Ning Shu Yue said, "A sudden change of heart? You really want to treat me to a meal? In that case, let's make it Sanheju, in the alley not far from our office."

Su Yang agreed, "Alright, see you there."

Then he said to Zhou Tai, "I'm going to nap for a bit. Wake me up when we arrive."

Just as Su Yang was heading to the city again, Zhao Jidong called Chang Mao and recounted what had just happened.

Chang Mao was absolutely furious. He had already lost enough face over this matter, but he hadn't expected Su Yang to treat it as capital for showing off. This was no longer just about losing face; if he could still tolerate this, he wouldn't be Wang Hao's right-hand man.

He immediately said, "Help me find out where he is right now. This time, I must make him know the consequences of offending me."

Zhao Jidong said, "He's already on his way to the city, driving a Santana. The license plate number is..."

"Have people watch the intersections. Once they get into the city, finding them will be a piece of cake."

Chang Mao said, "Fine, I got it. But Young Master Wang doesn't want us to show our faces, so we'll wait in the shadows and join in the fun. Let me know when you arrive. I'll let you watch a good show."

It was true that Chang Mao wanted to deal with Su Yang, but at the same time, he remembered Wang Hao's words and was afraid of causing trouble. If he stayed in the shadows, that would be a different story.

Over an hour later, Su Yang was woken up by Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai said, "While you were sleeping, I spent half a day looking around nearby. I finally found this place you called Sanheju in the alley. It's just a place that sells spicy hot pot. Did you get it wrong?"

Su Yang was also confused. In his view, the place Ning Shu Yue picked should have been relatively high-end; how could it be a place like this?

For this reason, he specifically made another call to verify, but the feedback he got was that this was the place.

This made the already confused Su Yang even more confused. Treating someone to a meal in a place like this felt a bit too perfunctory.

Coming all this way to eat spicy hot pot?

A little past 12 o'clock, Ning Shu Yue arrived.

As soon as she walked in, she attracted the attention of many people. After all, with her 1.7-meter height and exquisite appearance, everyone wanted to take a few extra looks.

Su Yang saw her walk in and said, "Why pick a place like this? You should have at least found a place with a bit of class, otherwise, it doesn't match your status."

Ning Shu Yue giggled and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter. It's just a casual meal. Did you think I was like those shallow women who have never seen the world and wanted to rip you off?"

"Besides, these things aren't the point. The point is who you're eating with..." As she was speaking, she saw someone else sitting next to Su Yang, and she felt a little embarrassed.

At this moment, Zhou Tai also realized it. He said, "Mayor, I ate something on the way here, I'm not hungry right now. I'll go outside first."

Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, if you want to go outside, that's fine."

After Zhou Tai left, Su Yang brought it up, saying, "That's my liaison officer. He drove the whole way here, so..."

"Fine, I know. I thought you were alone. If I had known there was someone else, I should have picked a better place, otherwise, people might think we're doing something..."

Ning Shu Yue said this with her face slightly flushed, not knowing if she was thinking of something else...

Su Yang said, "I also think you should have picked a high-end place. It would have been fine with just the two of us too. But this place is actually quite good; I haven't had spicy hot pot in a long time."

Ning Shu Yue said with a smile, "The spicy hot pot here is quite good. I come here often. Besides, I was afraid of eating you, the Mayor, out of house and home, wasn't I?"

Soon, a steaming pot of spicy hot pot was brought up. Ning Shu Yue ate in small bites, while Su Yang didn't stand on ceremony. He hadn't eaten this kind of thing in a long time, and the taste was indeed very good.

"Tell me, what do you want from me? I absolutely don't believe you ran to the city just to treat me to a meal."

Su Yang said shamelessly, "There is a matter, but I didn't intend to ask you to handle it. It's mainly because I've asked you too many times before. If I let you handle this matter too, then wouldn't I..."

"Alright, just say what it is. Don't beat around the bush with me here." Ning Shu Yue helped Su Yang open a bottle of 504 soda.

"Sigh, since you asked me like that, if I don't say it, that would be disrespectful to you. Our town plans to set up an apple processing plant. The project has already been finalized, but the other party has a requirement, which is to solve our transportation problem. That's why I came to the city shamelessly. You also know that I've already offended all the leaders in Lancheng. To be honest, in such a big Lancheng, you're the only person I know."

Ning Shu Yue said, "I knew you had something. About how much money?"

Su Yang said, "At least 20 million."

Ning Shu Yue thought for a moment and said, "20 million is too much. If it were a few million, we could think of a way. I definitely don't have a way for 20 million."

"However, I can pull some strings for you. I know the secretary of our new Mayor of Lancheng City. You'd better finish your meal and quickly prepare a plan, then think about how to report it. If the Mayor's Chief Secretary agrees to let you go over, then you'll have a chance..." ===== CHAPTER 146 =====