Chapter 679: Walking on Two Legs is Steady

Xue Bing insisted on moving out of the Beijing Office, which didn't surprise me at all. After all, she was now one of those people living in luxury. From this, I thought of an old saying: It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality!

People easily lose themselves when they are in luxury. Back when Xue Bing was at Suxi Middle School, the room was a building from the 1950s, and even the windows were covered with paper, yet she could still live happily. But after she entered the city, especially after a trip abroad, her quality of life had improved significantly, and the environment in Suxi couldn't enter her eyes even if she died.

Xue Bing wanted to move, but I couldn't follow her. Cadres of my level usually don't stay at the Beijing Office when coming to the capital. The main reason I wanted to stay here was a sense of belonging. After all, it was our own place!

I let the Beijing Office Director personally send her to stay at a high-end hotel, while Li Mei and I held our ground at the Beijing Office, preparing to launch a tough battle.

Asking for help in the capital is a matter that looks easy but is actually harder than ascending to heaven.

For those who don't understand the culture of the capital, anyone you meet on the road can make you feel confused in three or five sentences. Beijingers are good at chatting, as if they all know people in Zhongnanhai. Any major event, in their hands, seems as easy as nothing. Any name they casually mention is enough to make the listener take a big tumble.

After the materials and rhetoric were prepared, I began to call the classmate Gan Lu introduced to me to make an appointment.

Gan Lu's classmate was at the National Development and Reform Commission, where I was going to visit this time, and was said to be a Department Director.

I had originally prepared to be rejected, but I didn't expect that when the call went through, the other party said politely that Gan Lu had already called him, and he knew about this matter.

I suppressed my wildly beating heart, my voice even trembling slightly with excitement, and said, "Chief, when do you think I should come over to report?"

The other party didn't give me an answer, but instead wanted me to have a good time in Beijing, seeing the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and so on.

I was anxious in my heart, but I couldn't urge him, so I could only nod repeatedly and say, "Thank you for your concern, Chief, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, I sighed long and slumped into the chair in frustration.

The fact that he answered my call and said so much to me was already very kind. As for whether I could see him and whether the matter could be accomplished, everything was up to heaven.

Actually, I had mental preparation before the call; after all, he was Gan Lu's classmate, and I was a stranger to him. He could give his classmate face, but he might not give me face.

But I had to make this call; I needed to walk on two legs.

My truest thought was to rely on Gan Lu's line to get things done, so I would have an excuse to keep Xu Mengda out.

Xu Mengda's intention to enter the Industrial Park was a cover; Duanmu had already made it clear to me that he was a drunkard whose heart was not in the wine. I didn't object to Xu Mengda coming to the Industrial Park to make money; as long as it was within a fair framework, anyone could make this money.

What was terrible was that Xu Mengda wasn't coming to make money; he had his eyes on the list in my Aunt's hands. This list could put many people to death, which was the result I least wanted to see.

The cooperation between Xu Mengda and me was built on the upgrading of the park. According to our agreement, as long as he accomplished the upgrading of the park, I would unconditionally let him enter the Industrial Park.

Xu Mengda entering the Industrial Park was playing my Aunt's card. In other words, they were going to form a new company. It went without saying that there must be bargaining chips between him and my Aunt.

My Aunt was short of money now; I was very clear about this. Her funds were basically consumed in cleaning up the mess for Qian Youyu. Relying solely on the power of my Aunt and Qian Youyu, it was almost impossible to swallow the fat meat of the Industrial Park. And Xu Mengda could help with all of this.

Xu Mengda was a person who wasn't short of money; he could help my Aunt and solve her urgent needs. Of course, he had conditions. Xu Mengda wouldn't do a losing business!

The fatal point of the whole thing was that if my Aunt lost the Industrial Park project, she would fall into a quagmire of financial distress. No one could say for sure who could get out.

My Aunt falling into the quagmire was because of me. If it weren't for my mindset of wanting to save Qian Youyu, my Aunt wouldn't have put all the company's funds into cleaning up the mess for Qian Youyu.

My head felt a bit dizzy; a series of events indicated that if Xu Mengda's plan was realized, many things in my plan would have to be rewritten.

Xu Mengda was the last magic weapon I brought to Beijing this time, and I wouldn't bring it out unless it was a last resort.

Before coming, I had quietly made up my mind: if I didn't accomplish the upgrading, I wouldn't return to Hengyue City.

The Mayor had placed high hopes on me before I came; he had handed over all the affairs of the Industrial Park to me. The Mayor joked that as long as I could accomplish this, he would promote me to Deputy Mayor in charge of the city's industry.

I didn't have much expectation of becoming Deputy Mayor, but being a person the Mayor could trust was my most urgent hope now.

In case Gan Lu's classmate couldn't help, or if he wasn't willing to help at all, I would bring out Xu Mengda.

But now, the first road I had to take had to be the road of Gan Lu's classmate.

I wanted to call Gan Lu to tell her about her classmate's attitude and incidentally probe her tone.

I picked up the phone and dialed, but didn't have the courage to call. It should be late at night for Gan Lu across the ocean. Making a phone call to a woman in the middle of the night, it wouldn't be good if her husband found out.

Three days in Beijing, and progress was still at a standstill; I couldn't help but feel anxious.

After preparing the materials, Li Mei returned to her room. This little girl was resentful that I wasn't willing to follow Xue Bing to stay at a high-end hotel, saying it didn't cost our own money, so why feel the pain.

I could only smile bitterly, wanting to tell her that it wasn't the time to enjoy yet; when we succeeded, I would definitely let her stay at the most high-end hotel in the capital, but the words were swallowed back.

Xue Bing didn't contact us after going to the hotel, and I didn't know what she was busy with. So I knocked on Li Mei's door and asked her to go with me to see Xue Bing.

As soon as Li Mei heard we were going out, she was beaming with joy.

She asked me to go back and wait for her for a while; she had to tidy up before going out.

I laughed, "You're not going to see a boyfriend, why tidy up?"

Li Mei glared and said, "I'm not even half as beautiful as Sister Xue Bing to begin with. If I don't tidy up, I won't even have the face to see her."

"She's a woman," I emphasized, "Women don't care about women dressing up, right?"

Li Mei sneered, "What do you know? Women pay more attention to women. I can't let Sister Xue Bing be radiant while I'm a yellow-faced woman; you won't have face either."

"What does it have to do with me?" I asked with a grin.

"Of course it has to do with you," Li Mei rolled her eyes at me, "I'm your subordinate now. If I'm beautiful, you have face. If I'm ugly, will you have face?"

I was speechless. I didn't know what Li Mei's thoughts were, but I knew a little about the nature of women loving beauty.

Returning to the room and waiting for more than half an hour, I still didn't see Li Mei come out, and I started to get anxious again.

Women being slow to go out is a common problem. This was reflected in the Xue Bing era, as well as my wife Huang Weiwei.

For example, my wife Huang Weiwei, already a mother, still had to decorate herself before going out, often leaving me anxious.

I went out to call her again, stood at the door and shouted a few times, but didn't see her answer, so I reached out to push the door.

The door was ajar, and it opened with a push.

What caught my eyes was a white and smooth woman's back; Li Mei was changing her underwear.

I was startled, hurriedly moved my eyes away, and rushed to retreat.

Li Mei stopped me and turned her head, saying, "Why don't you close the door? Do you want everyone to see me changing clothes?"

I said embarrassedly, "I'm going out, I'm sorry."

"What's sorry? You've already seen it, do you care about seeing one more look? Close the door!"

The fourth floor was the guest room for the Beijing Office, and there were few people usually. I hadn't seen the two brothers from the Light Industry Bureau since we moved in, and I didn't know what they were busy with.

"I'm still going out," I hesitated, bowing my head and not looking at her.

"If you want to go out, go out. Anyway, you've seen it, no loss." Li Mei put on her sweater and turned around, saying, "Help me see, does it look good?"

Li Mei's figure was originally very good, and the tight-fitting effect of the sweater was fully displayed on her. It set off the pair of breasts on her chest as deep as mountain ranges.

The most attractive places for women are nothing more than two places: one is the face, and the other is the beautiful breasts.

Li Mei's face was white and flawless, as smooth as a white porcelain bottle. Although a bit fat, there was no fat to be seen; instead, it was like jade, giving people a kind of incomparably quiet beauty.

As for her beautiful breasts, they had the uprightness of a young girl and contained the fullness of a young woman, which was the longing of all men.

"Does it look good?" She urged me to ask.

"It looks good," I said, not daring to keep my eyes on her for long.

This was a body full of youthful vitality, with an irresistible temptation.

"It looks good, that's enough." She turned around satisfactorily, leaned in front of me, and said mischievously, "Director Chen, you peeked at a girl changing clothes today, how should you compensate me?"

I laughed sheepishly, "I didn't do it on purpose. Who told you not to close the door when changing clothes."

"Whether you did it on purpose or not, I don't care. Whether I close the door or not is my own business. How can a man break into a girl's room?" She pouted, "I don't care, you have to compensate me."

I said helplessly, "Okay, you say, how to compensate?"

"When we see Sister Xue Bing later, don't keep looking at her, look at me more." Her face turned red, and she turned around, laughing shyly.

"Okay!" I said readily, "From now on, I'll stare at you."

"No!" She firmly refused, "If you stare at me, I'll be embarrassed."

"Then how to look?" I asked, puzzled.

"Just look at me with the look you had when you peeked at me just now." She pursed her lips and smiled.

I shook my head, expressing helplessness.

She picked up her handbag and shouted happily, "Let's go!" ===== CHAPTER 680 =====