Chapter 673

Su Xinghui raised his wrist to check his watch. It was already time for work, so he picked up the phone and dialed Lu Xiaoya.

Lu Xiaoya was at work at the newspaper office. When she received Su Xinghui's call, she was very happy and asked, "Xinghui, where are you now?"

Su Xinghui said, "I'm calling you from the Pengjiawanzhen Government office."

Lu Xiaoya asked, "You've already gone to take up your post?"

Su Xinghui said, "Yes, I just arrived today. I'm calling you from my new office. Let me give you the phone number."

Lu Xiaoya took out paper and a pen, wrote down Su Xinghui's new number, and then said happily, "Now that you're in Pengjiawan, the distance between us has been cut in half. Tomorrow is Sunday, and it's also May Day; I'll come to see you."

Su Xinghui said, "Don't. You shouldn't come at this time."

Lu Xiaoya asked, puzzled, "Why can't I come to see you?"

Su Xinghui said, "The public security situation in Pengjiawanzhen is quite chaotic right now. I'm afraid it won't be safe for you to come. It's better to wait until we've stabilized the situation a bit before you visit."

Lu Xiaoya immediately became worried: "If that's the case, won't you be in danger there?"

Su Xinghui said, "Don't worry. Nothing will happen to me. You know what I'm capable of, don't you?"

Lu Xiaoya said, "Just be careful, and don't let anything happen."

Su Xinghui said, "I know. Once the situation here stabilizes, I'll come to Jiangcheng to see you."

Lu Xiaoya said, "Okay, I'm hanging up now. I'm at work."

Su Xinghui said "Okay," and Lu Xiaoya hung up the phone. If she hadn't been at work, she surely would have given Su Xinghui a kiss over the phone, but since she was on the clock, that procedure was skipped.

Su Xinghui thought of Lu Xiaoya's adorable expression, smiled, and hung up the phone.

No sooner had he hung up than the phone rang urgently again. Su Xinghui picked it up, and a voice came through: "Is this the Town Mayor? This is Chen Xianyi. I'd like to invite you for a drink this afternoon."

The caller was the Discipline Inspection Secretary, Chen Xianyi. Su Xinghui said, "Secretary Chen, where shall we meet this afternoon?"

Chen Xianyi said, "How about the Chaochao Restaurant at the east end of the town government? Do you know where that is?"

Su Xinghui said, "Sure, I'll head over slowly after work. I should be able to find it."

Chen Xianyi said, "Alright, Town Mayor, you go ahead and get busy. I'll wait for you at Chaochao Restaurant after work."

That afternoon, Su Xinghui flipped through files and documents in his office and then walked around the town government courtyard. The courtyard clearly still bore the marks of having been stormed and smashed; the iron gate was a new replacement, the walls had been repainted, and the exterior walls of the offices were also freshly painted.

When the town government staff saw Su Xinghui, they would nod and call out "Town Mayor," their attitudes quite respectful. Clearly, the news of Su Xinghui standing his ground against Peng Taiping at noon had already spread throughout the town government. Who would dare be rude to Su Xinghui? That would be asking for trouble.

That afternoon, Peng Taiping slept at home, dead drunk. His snoring could be heard almost throughout the entire courtyard. ===== CHAPTER 675 =====