Chapter 1128: What Kind of Sin Was Committed!

"Yo—Manager Xia, what is this?"

Peng Xiaoli had just come out of the Security Section when he saw Xia Zhongquan leading people toward the building.

Just noticing Xia Zhongquan had a head full of lawsuits, he took the initiative to greet him.

"Engineer Liu, Professor Zhang, good morning."

"Hi—don't mention it, busy with proper work isn't enough, and there's a pile of bullshit."

Letting Liu Yao and Zhang Mingquan, whom he brought behind him, greet Peng Xiaoli, he took the lead and walked upstairs.

"Deputy Director Li is there, right?"

"He was there when I came out."

Peng Xiaoli smiled and followed behind him, asking sideways: "I heard you have happy news here?"

"You brat, are you mocking me?"

Xia Zhongquan glanced at him, his eyebrows almost twisted into salted garlic, "What kind of news is this? Good news doesn't go out, bad news travels a thousand miles."

"It's not that bad, I also heard people say it when eating," Peng Xiaoli blinked his eyes and said: "Is this free love?"

"Go, go, go—don't make trouble!"

Xia Zhongquan waved his hand and said: "You think I'm not chaotic enough here!"

"Director Xia has been worried all morning, his hair is almost plucked out, hehe—"

Technical Department designer Liu Yao joked: "I think Secretary Peng is right, it's free love."

"I don't care about free love, but if it's too free, I have to care."

Xia Zhongquan said unhappily: "I shouldn't have listened to her in the first place, it would have been better to arrange her in the workshop!"

"When fate comes, it can't be blocked."

Huaqing Mechanical Engineering Professor Zhang Mingquan said with a smile: "Love knows no borders."

"You guys say it easily, if your children found a foreign object, you wouldn't be able to resist it!"

Xia Zhongquan went upstairs, holding the document bag in his hand, knocked on his thigh, and said: "Not to mention this love, everything has borders. Hearing the news, my heart almost jumped out of my throat."

The group of people chatted and arrived at the door of Li Xuewu's office, let Peng Xiaoli knock on the door, and invited them in.

"Deputy Director Li—"

"Sit, sit, Xiaoli, serve tea."

Seeing the three enter, Li Xuewu raised his hand to signal Peng Xiaoli to entertain them to sit on the sofa, while he continued to process documents.

Until he finished processing the documents in his hand, he stood up and said with a smile: "Why, I heard from Xiaoli that you have happy news at home?"

"See? I said bad news travels a thousand miles!"

Xia Zhongquan pointed at Li Xuewu and said helplessly to the other two: "I've lost all my face here."

"Hehehe—not that bad."

Li Xuewu sat on the sofa with a light smile, picked up the teacup and took a sip, asking: "How did you handle it?"

"How else could it be handled—"

Xia Zhongquan sighed, looked at Li Xuewu, and nodded, saying: "I still have to thank Comrade Zhang Songying."

"One is discovering it in time, the second is handling it quickly and decisively, without causing worse influence."

He shook his head slightly and cursed: "I've already called her parents to take her back. A brainless thing, losing face wherever she goes."

"Youthful, first love, very normal."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "I don't have any special opinion on cross-border love, it's just that from the current point of view, this kind of emotional relationship is not very suitable."

"I've already told her parents to arrange a blind date early and get married early."

Xia Zhongquan said with a cold face: "Big heart and no knowledge, seeing anything is curious, everything is good."

"Working at the International Hotel is indeed not very suitable, come to the Security Section."

Li Xuewu nodded to Peng Xiaoli and instructed: "See where it's suitable in logistics or service and find a position."

"Troubling you again—"

Xia Zhongquan didn't stand on ceremony with Li Xuewu; this matter truly made him overwhelmed.

A few months ago, the Red Star Factory recruited workers, and his niece Wang Lu took the exam and entered the Red Star Factory.

Middle school graduate, grades were quite good, looked good, naturally passed the test, and didn't need Xia Zhongquan to say hello.

Just after entering the Red Star Factory, Wang Lu's parents came to ask him to take care of her.

His own niece, even if he followed the rules, he still had to look after her.

It was the age when a big girl loves beauty, Xia Zhongquan asked his niece which position she wanted.

If she entered the workshop, he naturally had connections to take care of her.

But Wang Lu opened her mouth and wanted to go to the dance team, having long heard that the girls there were the most fashionable.

In Xia Zhongquan's generation, thoughts were relatively conservative.

Never learned dance since childhood, what are you going to the dance team for?

Just looking at Li Huai De's kind of virtue, depending on his niece's appearance and brain, she would go bad sooner or later.

So he didn't allow it, Wang Lu retreated and asked for the next best thing, begging her uncle to go to the International Hotel.

One is in the city, close to home, and the other is that everyone knows the International Hotel has subsidies, and they dress fashionably.

The position of waiter is very attractive at this time.

The Red Star Factory has several positions that are most attractive to young girls, one of which is the waiter at the International Hotel, and then there are the telephone room and the literary and art troupe.

Wang Lu didn't understand electronics, Xia Zhongquan could only think of a way to arrange for his niece to go to the International Hotel.

This wasn't him abusing his power for personal gain; Wang Lu's appearance and figure were indeed good, and there had always been young men pursuing her.

It was just that the family was strict, and she didn't go bad when she was in school.

He took Wang Lu to meet Zhang Songying. Zhang Songying saw that this child looked good and chatted for a few words, and she was also straightforward, so she asked for the person from the factory.

Xia Zhongquan only felt that everything was fine; there were sons in the family, and this was the only girl, everyone loved her, so he could be considered to have fulfilled the heart and responsibility of an uncle.

Never expected, this niece was good at everything when she was in school, but as soon as she started working, she became his trouble jar.

Some time ago, there was a joke about her at the International Hotel; a foreign businessman living in the hotel asked for directions, wanted to go shopping, and asked her to point the way.

During training, they taught foreign languages and made service standard requirements; if foreign guests use Chinese, they must answer in Mandarin.

As a result, this child told people "It's far, it's not close to get there, at least half an hour."

That foreign guest also didn't have a brain, asked a brainless question, didn't understand, you ask someone else.

Didn't ask, went back and told the boss directly, the waiter said it, it's very far, very far, riding a horse takes half an hour, better not buy it.

Talking and making jokes was fine, don't come for real.

There was a reporter from abroad who had lived here for a long time and just liked to chat with people.

Learning Chinese, foreigners are relatively resilient.

Not seeking to understand, just being able to communicate is enough.

Wang Lu was young, liked excitement, and could chat with anyone.

Plus her lively and outgoing personality, sweet appearance, she could be considered to have caught the eyes of these old foreigners.

Regardless of whether they had a family or not, they all liked to find this girl to chat.

After going back and forth, someone broke the rules and wanted to attack her, shouting about freedom of love.

These people had undergone warnings and education before coming to the mainland, strictly forbidding emotional involvement with people here.

There are also regulations in the International Hotel, not allowing emotional interaction with foreign guests, this is a red line.

This little girl Wang Lu was bold and dared to do anything, actually agreeing to someone's courtship; if it weren't for the mentor watching closely, she almost went back to the room with someone.

Thinking for the worse, that yellow-haired guy finished being bad, patted his butt and returned to the Foreign Affairs Office, where would Wang Lu find him?

If it made a scene, the influence of the International Hotel would be bad, and everyone would be punished.

Even thinking for the better, that yellow-haired guy wants to be responsible and marry Wang Lu, but how can they get married at this time?

Yellow-haired guy can naturally marry the person away through formal foreign affairs channels, but the International Hotel and Wang Lu's family will all be finished.

In this year, those with overseas relations have to hide; this kind of blatant involvement in overseas relations is not looking for death, what is it?

Zhang Songying didn't flare up for Xia Zhongquan's sake, but also detained the person through the Security Section.

Communicating with Zhou Gancheng, finding that yellow-haired guy to talk, only then was this matter suppressed.

When Xia Zhongquan rushed to the International Hotel to pick up the person, fire was coming out of his eyes.

Wang Lu was also scared, knowing she had caused trouble, didn't dare to make a scene, and obediently followed her parents home.

This matter was considered properly handled, but the influence still spread.

Although Zhang Songying emphasized that people in the International Hotel were not allowed to spread this matter, it wasn't a secret event, and it spread in less than a day.

You think, even Peng Xiaoli knows, how many people must know?

Those who should know all know; Li Xuewu didn't hear it from Peng Xiaoli, but from Zhang Songying.

Zhang Songying specifically called, one was to report, the other was to ask him to explain to Xia Zhongquan.

It wasn't that people didn't take care of her, nor was it that the International Hotel's organizational management wasn't strict, it was that this child was too tiger-like.

Actually, Li Xuewu didn't need to explain, Xia Zhongquan himself knew that this child was considered wasted.

Which department dares to want her? Dismissal naturally cannot be dismissed, but there is no place to arrange her.

Go to the Technical Department?

Don't make trouble, it's hard for high school graduates to get in there now.

Several university graduates are interning there, the threshold is university graduation.

Go to the Technical Development Leading Group Office that Xia Zhongquan currently manages?

Even more impossible, university students can't get in here now.

The lowest consultant here must be an associate professor or above, all experts in various industry fields.

He said to let Wang Lu's parents arrange a blind date and get married as soon as possible, but in this situation, who dares to want her?

Everyone knows that Zhang Songying acted decisively and didn't cause a fait accompli, but the rumors aren't like that.

Wang Lu's reputation is ruined, and she has a relationship with foreigners; decent families absolutely won't want her.

Even if she looks good again, reflects well again, this mistake remains, and her whole life is ruined.

Li Xuewu didn't explain to him, but solved a big problem for him.

Xia Zhongquan is very worried now that someone will find him to settle accounts, checking this kind of thing might implicate him.

If he was just a gatekeeper, or someone sweeping the courtyard, it really wouldn't matter.

What influence can checking overseas relations have? But now he is the Chief Engineer of the Red Star Factory.

Now all the technical projects of the Red Star Factory are being coordinated and managed by him; if he gets involved in overseas relations, it doesn't matter if he is finished, but these projects will be affected.

Arranging for people to come to the Security Section to work is not only protecting Wang Lu, but also protecting him.

Xia Zhongquan came to find Li Xuewu, not for his niece's affairs.

"I want to ask to send two professional technical teams to Japan, one responsible for airplane manufacturing, and one responsible for the CNC machining center."

He looked at Li Xuewu and reported: "For either of these two projects, we have no foundation."

"Even for machining technology, we only have machining technology, and there is almost no lathe production technology."

Xia Zhongquan said seriously: "The current technical foundation still comes from the acquisition of the Fengcheng No. 1 Machine Tool Factory."

"But that side has just been contacted; even if there are sufficient technical reserves, they are not ours, at least they haven't been eaten yet."

"Your meaning is..."

Li Xuewu nodded slowly and said: "Want to learn first, then come back and manufacture?"

"Yes, bringing the equipment back to learn, and learning in the other party's factory are two different things."

Xia Zhongquan explained: "I also have a defensive heart, afraid that the little devils will play some bad tricks on us."

"Even with the mortgage and influence of the electronics industry, as long as they want, what is transported back could completely be scrap iron."

"Hmm, that's how it is."

Li Xuewu thought for a while and asked: "What about the CNC machining center? This kind of technology can't be learned."

"We only obtained the equipment; people won't open the factory building for you to see."

"Can see Japan's machining production environment and situation—"

Xia Zhongquan emphasized: "CNC lathe production is a completely blank field for us."

"If you want to figure it out and learn it well, you have to be on the scene, operate and feel it yourself."

He told Li Xuewu about the Red Star Factory's machining environment and the opinions and inspiration he got after communicating with foreign businessmen.

"At the very least, our factory's production workshop environment is unqualified; this is still the conclusion after the safety environment was improved."

"Forming an inspection and learning team to go to Japan is not difficult for the Japanese side, because there is a cooperation foundation with Sanhe Stock Company."

Li Xuewu tapped his fingers on the sofa armrest and said: "If the other party has a clear conscience in cooperation, they must be welcoming."

This is easy to understand, just like what the Santaia Group thought, technology occupying the market.

If the Red Star Factory chooses Japan's technical specifications in the future technological development direction, then for Sanhe Stock Company, it is a great joy.

Such a choice means that all future technical procurement and equipment procurement of the Red Star Factory must come from Japan.

"The difficulty lies in how to form a group, how to go out, and come back."

Li Xuewu hesitated for a moment, looked at Xia Zhongquan, and said: "This matter must be handled early, not slowly."

"The schedule given by the Japanese businessmen is to complete the transaction before the end of the year, which means they only have half a year to dismantle the production line and transport it to the country."

A production line is not so easy to install, nor is it so easy to dismantle; you think it's as simple as just a few machines?

"I'll talk to the Organization Department, ask them to coordinate and help, you are responsible for selecting and organizing the team members."

Li Xuewu instructed: "As for the procedures and programs of the team, I will report and coordinate with the leaders."

"This is truly great—"

Xia Zhongquan laughed excitedly and said: "If the technology can be brought back completely with the production equipment, production can be realized in the second half of next year."

"Take one step at a time, don't think too ideally."

Li Xuewu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked: "Is the design plan for the sedan out?"

"Did you see the opinion I returned a few days ago?"

"Saw it, and it's being modified."

Xia Zhongquan helplessly signaled the engineer Liu Yao beside him and said: "Comrade Liu Yao is responsible for this piece of vehicle engineering."

"Leader, good, I came to ask what specific opinions or suggestions you have for the design of this project."

Liu Yao's words were very polite, but the emotions brought out in his words were obvious.

The project plan was made by him with the team, but it was directly killed by Li Xuewu here.

A cadre responsible for the Red Star Factory's security work and business coordination actually killed the plan of professional technical personnel.

Of course, it's not that killing it isn't okay, but at least a clear opinion should be given, right?

So Liu Yao wasn't convinced by the opinions Xia Zhongquan gave, and asked him to lead him here.

He just wanted to hear with his own ears what kind of car Deputy Director Li wanted.

Li Xuewu naturally saw the other party's emotions, although he used a gentle and polite tone.

Designers are also intellectuals, and intellectuals have a kind of emotion of being particularly confident in professional technology.

This is normal; if a designer isn't careful about his work, can he still be considered a designer?

"First is the appearance, I'm not very satisfied."

Li Xuewu took the document from Xia Zhongquan's hand, opened it, and found the specific picture album.

"Smith Parker gave several types of cheap sedan car data, I'm not satisfied with any of these."

Li Xuewu pointed at the cars in the picture album and shook his head: "Your design hasn't been born from this, how can you make me satisfied?"

"Leader, but this is a technical requirement—"

Liu Yao emphasized: "If the imported car production line technology is like this, our design must follow the technology."

"Don't talk to me about technical requirements, Engineer Liu," Li Xuewu knocked on the document to remind him: "Because the design requirements I gave you are not following the technology brought by Smith Parker."

"Did I remind you that the Red Star Factory will not build a second car production line?"

He looked at Xia Zhongquan and said: "As long as it's a car with four wheels, whether it's a sedan or a jeep, they must share one production line."

"The technical data handed over by Smith Parker is also not the final production technology."

Li Xuewu looked at Liu Yao again and said: "These are all car products from ten years ago; you should push through the old and bring forth the new, and digest these technologies well."

He put the document aside and said: "Instead of biting one piece here and biting half there, piecing together an ugly monster."

"What I want is design, even if there is no new idea, it must be good-looking and conform to public aesthetics."

Li Xuewu pointed to several cars in the picture and said: "What are these things? Small wheels and big heads."

"This one even has a flip-up cover, are you lifting your skull?"

"The cars designed by the British, aesthetics like roses, taste like dog shit."

"Hehehe—"

Several people understood his meaning after hearing Li Xuewu's words, and then they all laughed.

Liu Yao also shook his head with a smile, looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Leader, what kind of car do you like?"

"What I like is not important, what is important is what the customer likes; we are going to export, Engineer Liu."

Li Xuewu knocked on the sofa armrest and said: "No matter how well you design this thing, no matter how perfect it is, it won't work if it can't be sold."

"The situation abroad and domestically is different; people don't just look at your car's power and mechanics, they also look at the appearance."

"Then... leader, give us a design?"

Liu Yao already understood Li Xuewu's meaning, but the personality of technical personnel, facing Li Xuewu who doesn't understand technology and design, always has to be serious.

It's just that he spoke quickly, and Xia Zhongquan couldn't stop him.

What! You want a design from him!

I... Liu Yao! You are confused!

I have been guarding against him, and didn't give him a chance to mention design.

You are good, I guarded against Li Xuewu, but missed you.

You take the initiative to ask him for a design, can you understand his design!

If you can't understand it, and can't hand in a design plan that satisfies him, doesn't it mean you don't have the ability!

Do you dare to say he doesn't understand design?

My old heaven—

"Design? Easy to say—"

Li Xuewu stood up under Xia Zhongquan's absurd and panicked expression and went to the desk.

Liu Yao was also stunned; what's the situation? I haven't heard that Deputy Director Li understands vehicle engineering.

Could it be that this leader is a graduate of a higher institution in vehicle engineering?

But if so, then... Director Xia, why are you glaring at me!

"Coincidentally, after approving your documents that day, just before getting off work, I suddenly had an inspiration."

Li Xuewu rummaged through the waste paper pile, saying with a smile: "I'm quite confident in my design; Director Xia has cooperated with me twice."

"Hehe—it's like this."

Xia Zhongquan was about to cry, but he could only say with a smile: "Deputy Director Li has a lot of design talent, his design ideas are unique and unrestrained."

"Engineer Liu, you might not know yet."

Professor Zhang Mingquan came earlier than Liu Yao; he is a professor at Huaqing and came last year.

Liu Yao came two months ago and just took charge of the design work for vehicle engineering.

"Our factory's Red Star Antelope jeep and Comet motorcycle are all from the hands of our Deputy Director Li."

"Ah—is that so!"

Liu Yao looked at Li Xuewu in surprise, and then looked at Xia Zhongquan in disbelief.

Xia Zhongquan was about to die, twitched his mouth, looked at Liu Yao, and nodded with difficulty, saying yes.

"Oh my—I really didn't know."

Liu

"If I had known Deputy Director Li was an expert in vehicle engineering design, I would have come to seek your advice long ago."

"I wouldn't call it seeking advice; we're just learning from each other."

Li Xuewu was quite humble as he found his design in the pile of waste paper.

This Peng Xiaoli really wasn't careful; he didn't see what a perfect design drawing this was. How could he just throw it away like that?

"I only know a little bit about design, and it's just a personal hobby. It's all thanks to General Manager Xia's support and help."

"Hey—how can you say that?"

Xia Zhongquan didn't want to take any credit at all. What credit did he have? He had merely redrawn Deputy Director Li's soul-inspired design sketches into engineering design drawings.

"Hehe, everyone take a look."

Li Xuewu placed the drawings on the coffee table and said modestly, "Actually, it's very ordinary; it's just a creative idea."

"..."

Liu Yao leaned over with delight, but after taking a careful look, the joy on his face instantly froze.

Zhang Mingquan and Xia Zhongquan held back, gritting their teeth as they took a glance, their hearts skipping a beat.

It really was so—!

The office went quiet in an instant, with only Liu Yao's complexion turning bright red.

He raised his head in confusion to look at Li Xuewu, and seeing the other party looking rather pleased with himself, he felt terrible.

What are you so proud of?

Is it that I don't understand design, or is your creative idea just too damn awesome!

I heard you say this design was ordinary and just a creative idea, so I thought you were being humble. I didn't expect it to be truly ordinary!

How can this be described as ordinary? This damn thing is completely... even my son could draw this!

This design drawing is nothing but a creative idea!

Thinking of Director Xia's words just now, he turned his gaze toward Xia Zhongquan again.

Xia Zhongquan held his teacup, drinking tea with a calm expression, but his eyes were clearly saying: Why are you staring? Who told you to bring it up!

This is the design you wanted, isn't it? There, now he's given it to you, go ahead and appreciate it!

You tell me, Liu Yao, aren't you just looking for trouble for me for no reason!

"How is it?"

Li Xuewu watched as the few of them remained silent, then smiled, set down his teacup, and said, "This is the kind of car I want: women will want it when they see it, and men won't be able to walk away when they see it."

"Leader, this isn't..."

Liu Yao couldn't hold back anymore; he frowned and was about to criticize Li Xuewu. He was, after all, a man who sought truth from facts.

"Hey—this design is truly marvelous!"

Before Liu Yao could finish his sentence, Xia Zhongquan hurriedly spoke up to stop him. He pointed at the design drawings and exclaimed loudly, "How did I not think of this?"

What—!

Liu Yao looked at Xia Zhongquan with eyes full of shock, thinking to himself, Old Xia, are you blind or crazy?

There's no need to suck up like this!

"It is indeed good; I didn't expect it either."

Professor Zhang Mingquan on the other side nodded slightly and said, "Actually, Deputy Director Li already gave the answer in his instructions. It was my thinking that was rigid; I didn't expect this."

What the hell—!

Liu Yao turned his head to look at Zhang Mingquan this time; he truly couldn't believe these words came from Zhang Mingquan.

Old Professor, you've been in the mechanical engineering profession for so many years—so you're this kind of person!

Could it be that I'm blind and saw it wrong?

Seeing Zhang Mingquan looking as if he had gained some insight and had a sudden realization, Liu Yao lost his confidence too.

He forced himself to look at that masterpiece again, but his head was buzzing.

Look at this design drawing: wheels, headlights, bumpers, door handles, windows—everything is there.

Do you dare say this isn't a car?

But I really didn't understand it—!

Could it be that I don't understand vehicle design?

Have I wasted these decades of study?

Liu Yao, doubting his own life, stood there stunned, foolishly unable to speak.

It was Xia Zhongquan who was kind-hearted; he couldn't bear to see him suffer and stepped in to save him.

He opened the paper and pen he had brought with him and used a pencil to quickly translate Deputy Director Li's soul-inspired masterpiece on a blank sheet of paper.

When he placed the sketch in front of Liu Yao, this designer who had once studied in Germany finally came back to his senses.

"This isn't—! This isn't!"

Liu Yao looked at the simple sketch, eyes wide, and looked at Li Xuewu in a daze.

Li Xuewu tilted his head to look, nodded, and asked Xia Zhongquan, "Old Xia, isn't this the same as what I drew? What are you doing?"

"..."

The same? The same?!

Liu Yao really wanted to give himself a hard slap right now to see if he had committed some sin or was having a nightmare.

"It is indeed the same. I was just afraid Engineer Liu wouldn't grasp your creative soul, so I specifically annotated it for him."

Xia Zhongquan explained very politely, "Look, now Engineer Liu understands your creative idea, doesn't he?"

"But if you draw it like this, where is the soul?"

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and said, "In any case, what I want is a creative idea—a creative idea that can pique the interest of young people and the purchasing demographic. I think mine is very good."

"... Creative idea?"

Liu Yao looked at Li Xuewu, then at Xia Zhongquan, wanting to ask him to translate what the hell is called a creative idea!

This is Hitler's creative idea, isn't it!

"You don't say, Deputy Director Li's creative idea really hits the key point."

Professor Zhang Mingquan nodded and said, "A cheap sedan is aimed at young people and those who can afford their first car."

"On the basis of being cheap, it must have a fashionable appearance and a creative idea that embodies personality and aesthetics."

He held his teacup and agreed, "I think this car will definitely sell very well."

You don't need to tell me that—!

Liu Yao, who had studied in Germany, naturally knew what kind of car this was, and he knew even better how well it sold.

He didn't deny that Li Xuewu's "creative idea" had factors for success, but could such a design still be called creative?

Creative idea? It's a collision of cars, alright!

"Of course, it can't be designed exactly like this; make it more refined, and the rear can be a bit flatter."

Li Xuewu opened the design file, pulled out a photo of the Sprite Mk I, and placed it on the drawing.

"Take both into account; it must be aesthetically pleasing!"

After talking about the appearance, he pointed to the file and emphasized, "The British guys' production technology still isn't cheap enough, so we must actively absorb Japanese car-making technology."

"Overall, it's about compressing costs, pressing them to the lowest point—a thousand-something yuan would be best."

"It's not a jeep for running in the mountains; put the design focus on comfort and the driving experience."

"You must know what our customers need; those things that aren't needed can be left out."

After finishing the work on vehicle engineering, they talked about the CNC lathe project, and the three of them came out of Li Xuewu's office.

Once they were down the stairs, Liu Yao looked back to make sure no one was following, then grabbed Xia Zhongquan's arm and asked, "Old Xia, tell me the truth!"

"What is it?"

Xia Zhongquan was startled by him; what was wrong with this guy, why was he so jumpy?

Zhang Mingquan on the side understood something and shook his head with a smile.

"Old Xia, tell me, does this Deputy Director Li actually understand design?"

Liu Yao stared into Xia Zhongquan's eyes and asked, "If he doesn't understand design, how can he accurately pinpoint how it should be designed and what kind of car will sell well?"

"But if he does understand design, don't tell me his design drawings are as good as you say!"

He pointed to the file in Xia Zhongquan's hand; Deputy Director Li's design masterpiece was inside.

"I don't believe you, Old Xia, are someone who flatters and sucks up to leaders!"

"Hey—what kind of talk is that!"

Zhang Mingquan wanted to help Xia Zhongquan explain, but was stopped by Xia Zhongquan, who pulled Liu Yao's arm and walked down.

"You tell me, does he understand? Don't you already have the answer in your heart—"

Xia Zhongquan said with a smile, "If you ask me, our Deputy Director Li counts as 'slightly understanding'."

"Then this—"

Liu Yao frowned and asked, "Why draw the drawings in such a state?"

"He's teasing you, and you took it seriously!"

Xia Zhongquan bumped him playfully and said, "You really wanted him to come to the design department to be the director!"

"He's in charge of security, and now he's responsible for coordinating business operations."

He nodded and explained, "What kind of design do you expect him to produce? To compare with you or with me?"

"Engineer Liu, you're splitting hairs."

Zhang Mingquan said with a smile, "Just like Director Xia said, as long as it's understandable, that's enough."

"You are the ones doing the work; he is the one making the decisions."

"So that's the kind of creative idea it is!"

Liu Yao also understood and said with a wry smile, "Just say it straight, can't I understand?"

"That's why working with him is interesting—"

Xia Zhongquan raised an eyebrow, looked at Liu Yao, and said, "After a long time, you'll know. Deputy Director Li is a very good, very interesting person."

"If you really take him for a fool or an idiot, he can play you to death. I said 'slightly understanding,' understand?"

"Understood, can't fool him, right?"

Liu Yao nodded, followed them downstairs, and shook his head with a smile.

Xia Zhongquan said with a smile, "That's right—you say he doesn't understand design, but the Red Star Factory's automobile industry was all built up by him."

"If he doesn't understand, who does?"

"Then... is this design plan really going to be carried out according to his wishes?"

Liu Yao asked with some lack of confidence, "You should know this car, right? The German Beetle."

"How could I not know?"

Xia Zhongquan glanced at him and said, "If I didn't know, could I have drawn it?"

"What about the Beetle? Didn't the leader say we can combine them, be creative?"

He raised an eyebrow and said, "Theirs is called a Beetle, ours is called a Dung Beetle; does he dare say we're plagiarizing?"

"Makes sense—!"

"Daddy—!"

Li Shu jumped into Li Xuewu's arms; this was the happiest time of every week.

"I want to sit in the front—!"

Li Xuewu had just finished work, but before he could change his clothes, Li Shu was already clamoring to set off.

There was a lot of work today, so he came back a bit late.

Gu Ning had finished work early; she and Liu Yin had everything packed, just waiting for Li Xuewu to return so they could go home together.

They had agreed last week to return to the Sihe Academy to stay for a day every week, which relieved the mother-in-law's longing for her family.

They really needed someone to look after things here; Gu Ning had to work, Qin Jingru had to look after the two children, and Liu Yin was worried.

Especially since Li Shu had learned to run and walk, she was very mischievous.

So she could only help her son here; anyway, the old lady was at home, and Ji Yuxiu would also go home in the evening.

Li Xue was away on a business trip, otherwise, the family would have been absolutely enough to take care of the children.

Li Xuewu wanted to take care of his mother's emotions, and Gu Ning also sympathized with her mother-in-law, grateful that she had come to take care of her.

So the family decided on this itinerary with a tacit understanding.

"You want to sit in the front? Where are you going to sit?"

Li Xuewu greeted his mother and Gu Ning and the others to get in the car, taking only his own clothes to save the trouble of going up to change.

Their own house in the back courtyard of the Sihe Academy also had a place to bathe, but they had to boil the water themselves.

This time, Qin Jingru wasn't going back; she would just rest and take this time to tidy up the house.

Li Shu pointed her little finger at the driver's seat and said, "I want to sit here!"

Han Jiankun was helping Liu Yin put things in the trunk. Seeing Li Shu say this, he nodded with a smile and said, "Alright, you drive today."

"Hahaha—"

"Haha—"

Li Shu heard the adults laughing and didn't know what had happened, but as long as she laughed along, that was it.

After laughing twice and seeing everyone looking at her, she knew they were making fun of her.

A two-year-old child understands everything; she even knew how to be embarrassed.

Li Xuewu held her and put her in the passenger seat, which let her experience a wide field of vision.

Children seem to like driving; whether boys or girls, they all like toy cars when they are small.

Li Shu had too many toy cars, and there was nothing novel about them at this time.

Along the way, one could only hear her chattering, extremely excited.

Li Ning, on the other hand, was looking at the world outside the car window with curiosity; the four-month-old little guy didn't understand anything.

When they arrived at the Sihe Academy, it was just in time for the meal to be ready. Sha Zhu was holding a large ladle, and seeing Li Xuewu and the others passing by the outer courtyard, he shouted with a smile, "We were just waiting for you; the food is going into the pot now!"

"No rush, we're going to the back courtyard to drop off our luggage."

Li Xuewu waved his hand with a smile and walked into the courtyard holding his daughter.

Han Jiankun helped deliver all the luggage to the back courtyard and drove back without eating there.

Li Xuewu's family returned to the lively front courtyard. Li Tang didn't know what was wrong; he hadn't been like this when he saw his second uncle last week, but this time he was so scared he started crying.

He was more than a month older than Li Ning, and the difference in fatness between the two brothers wasn't very obvious anymore; they were both in a period of rapid growth.

Placed together, they looked like twins. Liu Yin and the old lady looked at the two grandsons and were happy no matter how they looked at them.

The second-generation troublemaker Li Shu couldn't possibly stay in the room; it was hot in the summer, and she only wanted to go to the courtyard to play.

"Wu Shu—!"

Li Xuewu had just walked out holding Li Shu when he saw Bang Geng running out from the back courtyard.

He arrived in front of Li Xuewu with a smile, glanced at Li Shu, and then ignored her, only saying to Li Xuewu, "My mom said I'm going to change schools next semester. Is that true?"

"I don't know, why ask about this?"

Li Xuewu teased him with a smile, "What's wrong, do you like your current school and don't want to transfer?"

"That's not it..."

Bang Geng said bashfully, "I just can't bear to leave my classmates."

"Yo—which classmate?"

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow with a smile and asked as he walked out, "Is it a female classmate?"

"No—! That..."

Bang Geng stammered, "There are boys and girls. I just wanted to ask why not everyone is going over?"

"Who are you asking? Didn't I say I don't know—"

Li Xuewu looked at him with amusement, passed through the moon gate, and stood in the outer courtyard, saying, "How about you tell me who you want to transfer with, and I'll help you ask."

"I want..."

Bang Geng just wanted to say the name, but seeing the mischievous smile on Wu Shu's face, he knew something was wrong.

"Ah—you're tricking me—!"

He turned around and ran back with a red face, not even noticing his mother coming in from the courtyard gate.

"What's wrong with this child?"

Qin Huairu watched her son run past in a daze, then seeing Li Xuewu's amused expression, she curled her lips and said, "Teasing him again, aren't you."

"That's not it, but I have to offer you my congratulations."

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "When the daughter-in-law comes to the door one day, remember to invite me to the wedding feast!"