Chapter 330: I Heard You Went to Eat Malatang with Someone, Twice?

Zhou Ruohan was almost angered to faint, "Talk about what? Talk about cotton."

"You said, are you doing it on purpose? When you gave people bracelets, why did you send them so naturally? Oh, right, I also heard that you went to eat Malatang with someone? And went twice?"

"When will you accompany me once?"

Su Yang smiled awkwardly and said, "It's mainly because I have no experience. The bracelet thing is purely an accident. The Malatang thing is not because I have something to ask for? At the beginning, Sun Chengjun's transfer order, if it weren't for her, it couldn't be done, so I went there with a thick skin."

Zhou Ruohan stared at Su Yang and said, "I'm a ghost if I believe you. Then I also went to Lancheng Daily for you, found the editor-in-chief to theorize and help you whitewash, and didn't see you thank me."

"You are double-standard. This is not caring about me at all."

Su Yang said, "I also had this idea at the beginning, but you said that I, a normal person, ran to the county mayor to do these things, is it too utilitarian? Then you are mentioned by people with ulterior motives, and finally said I am a licking dog."

"Besides, if I really did that, wouldn't you kick me out? People say that what female leaders fear most is male subordinates constantly drilling into their offices."

Zhou Ruohan said, "You really have a silver tongue. Those are married, older female leaders who perhaps aren't clean themselves, so they are afraid of causing trouble. You tell me, what is there to be afraid of like this? It's just your own mind playing tricks. When you see someone from the Municipal Organization Department, you run to their office to find them—aren't you afraid of others gossiping?"

"And didn't you date when you were in college? Can't you be a bit more proactive?"

Su Yang said, "At that time, I was a pure-hearted youth who didn't know any better. Being slightly tempted by someone, I couldn't hold back and wanted to show myself, and in a daze, I did something foolish under the big locust tree on the playground. Now that I'm an adult, I should be more steady."

"Hey, alright, let's not talk about this for now. I'd better go back to the town and handle some work."

The little mood Zhou Ruohan had just brewed was instantly diluted. Moreover, when it came to things like dating, she truly didn't have a shred of experience. She was completely a green recruit; hearing Su Yang say this, it was better to let him hurry off to work.

She could go back and cram some relevant knowledge, but she couldn't replicate an environment like the school's back playground... and whether what Su Yang said was true or not was another matter entirely.

"Alright then, you go to the town first. Will you be back tonight?"

Su Yang had already walked to the door, and upon hearing this, he froze, "Coming back tonight, is that appropriate? And this place where I'm staying is too conspicuous; people inside and out are watching."

"In case we stir up some commotion..."

Saying this, he thought for a moment and continued, "If I finish handling things in these two days, I'll come back after work."

Zhou Ruohan then said okay, "Then call me before you come back. By the way, regarding the issue of your huge source of wealth, it is still necessary for you to report it to the Organization Department and the Discipline Inspection Commission."

"Although I told Secretary Fang, it's better for you to go yourself for this kind of thing. Also, are you busy lately? Plan your time in advance to see when you can go to your home."

When she said this at the end, Zhou Ruohan's face was slightly flushed.

She had originally been waiting for Su Yang to say this to her, but since Su Yang didn't say it for a long time, she could only cast aside her reserve and say it.

"I will arrange the time after these enterprise matters are settled."

After speaking, seeing Zhou Ruohan about to get up to see him off, he hurriedly said, "Hey, you'd better not come out to see me off. If others see this, it really isn't very good."

Zhou Ruohan, however, said, "What are you avoiding? What are you afraid of? Do you have other thoughts in your mind? Afraid of being known by some people?"

Su Yang denied it flatly, "I swear by the lamp, absolutely not. Isn't this all for the sake of your reputation? I'm a grown man, what do I have to fear?"

As they spoke, the two went downstairs together, and Zhou Ruohan naturally took Su Yang's arm.

As a wave of warmth and faint fragrance entered his body, Su Yang instantly regretted being so "straight-man" in his behavior. Why go to the town at this time? Wouldn't it be better to stay in the room and talk about life with classmate Zhou Ruohan?

Zhou Ruohan seemed to have sensed Su Yang's reaction; she turned her head to look at Su Yang, "What are you thinking about? Don't you want to go back again?"

"But I still have to go to work in a while. If you don't want to go back, just rest here for a while and wait for me to get off work tonight."

This gentle voice almost made Su Yang's legs go weak, and he teased, "Is this appropriate?"

Zhou Ruohan pinched Su Yang's waist hard, "Up to you. If you say it's appropriate, it's definitely appropriate. If you say it's not, then I have no way, I can't tie you here... Hmph."

Su Yang chuckled and said, "After I finish the urgent matters at hand, I'll just hang around here and not leave. Don't regret it then."

Zhou Ruohan smiled sweetly and said, "Alright, mm, then you just keep hanging around here..."

After leaving the guesthouse, Su Yang originally wanted to go to Fang Jingwen to report, but after thinking about it, he felt it would be better to talk about it next time he came back.

The top priority was to solve the problem of Four Seas Biological Pharmaceutical, even though he knew this was Qin Chuan digging a pit for him.

But in his heart, development was the first priority. As for these underhanded and shady tactics, he didn't take them to heart at all.

Just as Comrade Old Zhou said, doing the work well was the first priority; other things like background, connections, political characteristics, and tactics were all insufficient in the face of absolute hard power.

And he also knew that Zhou Ruohan would definitely not be in Jincheng County for more than half a year, so he had to make a model of the specialty economy industry in Huatian Town within at least half a year.

Just as he was on his way to Huatian Town by car, the representative of Four Seas Biological Pharmaceutical confirmed the use of the Chen family's land.

Just as Li Hu had expected, he was sent to the site to assist with the construction work.

And Sun Chengjun led all the police officers and joint defense team members of the police station to maintain order at the scene.

Of course, the police officer who was previously responsible for guarding Du Lao Er was given a major demerit for this incident and transferred to a forest guard station in a poor township at the southernmost tip of Jincheng County.

That place could be said to have nothing; it was thirty or forty kilometers away from the nearest village and had only four or five forest rangers, and these few people combined couldn't even scrape together a complete set of front teeth.

Originally, this establishment was from the special conditions of the 1950s and 60s. Later, for various reasons, the original forest ranger team was basically withdrawn, and only a few old people were left watching there.

The reason why someone had to watch it before was mainly to prevent people from secretly picking fruits and medicinal herbs in the mountains, as well as all crops that could serve as food; these all belonged to the entire production team and had to be distributed at the end of the year.

Now everyone could at least eat their fill and didn't need to run into the deep mountains and old forests. However, because the weather was gradually getting warmer, there were city people running over from time to time to go camping, and camping meant encountering open flames, and open flames could potentially trigger forest fires.

So a police officer was needed to maintain order with the forest ranger team. Previously, the county was thinking about recruiting a joint defense team member from the local area. As it happened, someone bumped right into the muzzle of the gun.

So the villagers of Shui Gua Zhuang Village in Huatian Town causing trouble this time actually solved a problem for the County Public Security Bureau.

At this time, in Qin Chuan's office.

Xu Jing brewed a cup of tea and asked with a smile on her face, "Secretary Qin? Wasn't it agreed that the groundbreaking ceremony would only start tomorrow? Why was it moved up to this afternoon? It feels like a lot of the work is quite rushed."