Chapter 1331: Meeting the Parents

"You're awake. I thought you'd sleep a while longer."

Li Xuewu's figure appeared in the doorway of the room, his warm, gentle smile like the morning sun filtering through the curtains.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha sat up, looking somewhat flustered, and stammered in response: "Yes, I'm sorry, Secretary-General, I—"

"If you're up, let's have breakfast together."

Li Xuewu could see her nervousness. He didn't wait for her to finish, nodding instead as he looked toward Li Shu and called out: "Mom is asking you to wash your hands."

"Okay, I'm coming." Li Shu waved her hand like a little adult. Looking at the suspicious big sister who had appeared in her home this morning, she didn't even turn her head as she gave her father a perfunctory reply: "You go ahead—"

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu was both amused and exasperated. He reminded his daughter: "There's an activity at kindergarten today, you know. You'll be embarrassed if you're late—"

"I know, I know—"

Li Shu nodded with an impatient and haughty expression, not knowing who she had learned it from.

Watching her father head to the living room, she stopped in the doorway again, still clutching her little toy pistol, and looked Seeing Gu Li Aisha up and down.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha was still in a daze, sitting on the edge of the bed. Facing the little girl's gaze, she truly felt like crying but had no tears, feeling lost and helpless.

How did it come to this?

Seeing the little girl leave, she finally pounded her throbbing head and muttered to herself: "I can't drink, yet I tried to show off. Now look at me, I've embarrassed myself all the way to the Secretary-General's house."

"My mom says pounding your own head will make you stupid—"

It was Li Shu, who had returned, suddenly appearing in the doorway and witnessing this scene.

The precocious little girl looked at the big sister with eyes full of pity for a fool.

"Li Shu—time to wash your hands—"

A woman's voice came from the living room—faint, neither stern nor soft, neither warm nor cold, just like the morning breeze blowing in through the door.

"Okay, Mom—"

Li Shu didn't dare talk back to her mother. Hearing the call, she skipped away from the doorway.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha stared blankly toward the doorway; the little girl's words had dealt her ten thousand points of critical damage.

She felt that getting drunk was already embarrassing enough, but she hadn't expected to be looked down upon by a little girl on top of it.

She looked around the room she was in, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

How am I supposed to go out and face people—

Even now, she couldn't remember how she had blacked out, let alone how she had ended up spending the night at the Secretary-General's house.

She only remembered that yesterday, at the station director's request, she had gone out for a meal.

Of course, she didn't have the qualifications for the director to personally invite her to dinner; it was Yuan Hua.

Yuan Hua was the director of the station's office. He had approached her privately, saying they should eat together.

If it were an organizational gathering or a leader inviting everyone to dinner, she would have attended.

But if it were a private dinner, she and Director Yuan had no real friendship.

Just before she could think of a reason to refuse, Director Yuan mentioned that the leader had specifically named her and wanted her to go that evening.

Yuan Hua's words made Seeing Gu Li Aisha even more alert, and her gaze became guarded.

Yuan Hua was a clever person; fearing the matter would become complicated, he quickly added that the station director was hosting and the Deputy Secretary-General had requested her presence.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha knew who the Deputy Secretary-General was: the former Publicity Department Chief, Bu Qingfang.

This made her even more suspicious, as she had no friendship with Deputy Secretary-General Bu either.

It wasn't until Yuan Hua revealed which leader was being hosted that she finally let out a sigh of relief.

Yet, after her nerves relaxed, she felt a strange sensation in her heart.

You must know, she entered the Red Star Factory based on an arts student quota; she had no particularly direct connection with Li Xuewu, having only met him on stage.

Since then, she hadn't proactively approached him, nor had he proactively contacted her.

It wasn't until that one time when Zhou Miaomiao called her out to play and mentioned her future plans.

She had been anxious before seeing Li Xuewu, fearing he would pretend not to know her or criticize her recklessness.

Nothing happened—absolutely nothing. He remained as confident and powerful as ever.

In that mysterious club, he had only asked about her situation.

A few days after returning from the club, she received a transfer and evaluation notice.

She was transferred from the Art Propaganda Team to the Radio Station, changing posts to become a broadcaster.

She knew very well that this wasn't because her ability was so great or her achievements so dazzling.

Many people wanted to change posts; without Li Xuewu's arrangement, how could she have had the opportunity?

But ever since then, she was even more afraid to see Li Xuewu, fearing she wouldn't know how to repay him.

A little more and she feared annoying him; a little less and she feared he would despise her. She was caught in a cycle of worry, bringing trouble upon herself.

This time, the Deputy Secretary-General's naming of her made her hair stand on end for a moment.

She swore she had never told anyone about her relationship with Li Xuewu; being called to dinner now was clearly intentional.

Would this cause him trouble?

This question filled her mind until she saw him in the private room.

Seeing him—confident and powerful—all her worries vanished like smoke. She just sat there quietly, watching him eat and drink.

But in a moment of carelessness, she drank too much.

Wuwuwu—

Sitting on the edge of the bed recalling the events of last night, Seeing Gu Li Aisha truly felt like crying but had no tears.

She really hadn't intended to cause him trouble; even up to the moment before getting into the car, Seeing Gu Li Aisha had been constantly reminding herself to be careful.

One moment of carelessness, and she had gotten drunk.

"If you don't get up, we're all going to eat—"

Li Shu seemed to have set her sights on her, appearing in the doorway again after washing her hands.

This time, Seeing Gu Li Aisha didn't sit there blankly. She awkwardly stretched the corners of her mouth, trying hard to show a smile, and looked at the little girl to ask: "Thank you for waking me up. What is your name?"

"Adults are always so boring." Hearing the question she had answered eight hundred times, Li Shu rolled her eyes haughtily.

She shook her little hand and walked toward the dining room, calling out: "Hurry up. I have important things to do today; I can't wait for you too long."

"Uh—okay." Seeing Gu Li Aisha's understanding of Li Xuewu was almost entirely superficial.

Just like now, she knew nothing about Li Xuewu's family situation or this eccentric little girl.

She had just confirmed that her clothes hadn't been removed; she was still wearing the same set from yesterday.

She was relieved, but it was still a bit embarrassing.

She still had a lingering smell of alcohol on her; she didn't want to leave the Secretary-General with the impression that she was a drunkard.

Using the slippers under the bed, she tidied her hair and rubbed her face before walking out of the room.

She was certain she had no memory of how she had entered last night, so looking at this house, everything was a first impression.

Clean, tidy, grand, luxurious—these were the words she saw and thought of.

Clean and tidy meant the owner lived with quality; grand and luxurious meant the owner lived with style.

"Need to wash up, right? The bathroom is inside."

Li Xuewu came down from upstairs, holding a little boy in his arms. Seeing her standing blankly in the living room, he pointed toward the hallway.

"Oh, oh, thank you, Secretary-General."

Seeing Gu Li Aisha reacted, lowered her head in embarrassment, and said: "I caused you trouble last night."

"Go wash up first; everything is prepared for you." Li Xuewu nodded and walked down the stairs: "Just say if you need anything."

"Thank you, I'll be quick."

Seeing Gu Li Aisha raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear and walked quickly toward the bathroom.

She didn't know that as Li Xuewu watched her pass by, her reddened ears and side profile had already betrayed her mood.

"Li Ge, breakfast is ready."

Er Ya saw him come downstairs from the dining room and called out, then looked upstairs: "Sister Xiao Ning—"

"Tidying up, she'll be down in a moment."

Li Xuewu carried Li Ning into the dining room and saw Li Shu already sitting on the sofa reading a storybook.

As he placed his son into the high chair, he called out to Li Shu: "Did you wash your hands? Come eat breakfast."

"The guest hasn't come yet, has she?" Li Shu was lying on the sofa, her little feet swinging back and forth.

She wasn't actually interested in the storybook; even if she were, she wouldn't need to read it first thing in the morning.

But as she said, there was a guest in the house; she couldn't leave the impression of being a naughty girl.

She was paying special attention to her image management now, taking every opportunity to act well-behaved and sensible.

Especially in front of strangers, she would put on an act and pretend to be reserved.

Every morning, watching her mother sit at the vanity to comb her hair and apply skincare, she would follow suit.

Whatever new style a child at kindergarten got, she had to try, including little braids and new clothes.

Being competitive and prone to comparison was the nature of every child, and Li Shu expressed this particularly well.

The more family members there were, the more attention and love a child received, and this personality trait became more obvious.

Li Shu was the first child in the family; although not a biological granddaughter of the Li family, she was the center of everyone's affection.

Even the little aunt who often bullied her cared for her deeply, though the love she showed was a bit torturous.

But she was a little girl after all; even if she wanted to put on a show, it could only last for a short while.

Watching the big sister walk into the dining room, she jumped off the sofa and said with feigned helplessness: "Oh my, I've already read a story; you're so slow."

"I'm sorry—" The little girl's words made Seeing Gu Li Aisha feel ashamed and mortified. "I've caused you trouble."

"It's okay, she's just like that." Li Xuewu smiled and invited her to sit opposite him. "Your head must hurt a lot."

He pointed to the rice porridge on the table and said: "I was afraid you'd have a bad hangover, so I told Er Ya this morning to make rice porridge."

Seeing Gu Li Aisha didn't know who the Er Ya the Secretary-General mentioned was, but seeing a short girl carrying a tray out of the kitchen, she figured that must be her—the nanny at the Secretary-General's house?

"Thank you, I'm much better."

She lowered her head in embarrassment and asked softly: "Last night—I didn't cause you any trouble, did I—"

"Hehe, of course not." Li Xuewu smiled as he picked up a small vegetable pancake for his son and looked across the table: "I just saw you asleep in the parking lot, and couldn't wake you. It wasn't convenient to return to the factory, so I kept you here."

He gestured toward Er Ya, who had returned to the kitchen, and explained: "Thanks to Er Ya's help; I wouldn't know how to take care of people."

"Ah, thank you, thank you—"

Seeing Gu Li Aisha had thought about how she might have caused trouble for the leader while drunk, but she hadn't expected to trouble others as well.

She stood up proactively and looked toward the kitchen to express her gratitude: "Thank you for taking care of me."

"No, no problem." Seeing Gu Li Aisha's actions made Er Ya feel a bit at a loss. She looked at Li Xuewu and explained: "It was Li Ge; Li Ge asked me to take care of you. It's nothing."

"Sister Xiao Ning—"

After explaining, she saw Gu Ning enter the dining room and called out, which made Seeing Gu Li Aisha nervous again.

Just a moment ago, she had heard a woman's voice and confirmed it wasn't the Er Ya she had just met, so it must be—

She knew the Secretary-General was married and his wife was a doctor. She turned around nervously, only to see a tall woman with a calm expression walking over.

"This is Gu Ning, my wife." Li Xuewu introduced her in a gentle tone: "I've already told her about you. Sit down."

"Hello, welcome to our home."

Gu Ning was graceful and appropriate, a faint smile on her face. She nodded at Seeing Gu Li Aisha and invited her: "Sit."

"Thank you." Seeing Gu Li Aisha watched this woman with a unique temperament sit down beside Li Xuewu; she could only say thank you.

Right, a figure like the Secretary-General could probably only be matched by a woman with such an ethereal temperament.

For some reason, she suddenly felt a sense of loss—faint, yet impossible to shake off.

Gu Ning tapped Li Shu's little table, reminding her to focus on eating.

Li Shu looked up and giggled, pleasing her mother, before fixing her gaze on the big sister again.

She had been staring at her the whole time; she was truly curious.

It wasn't curiosity about how she had appeared in her home, but curiosity about her appearance.

Li Shu already had a different impression of her own appearance, knowing that some of her features were different from others in her life.

But today, she had seen someone else whose appearance was different from her family and the people she met in life.

This big sister's appearance was very special: large blue eyes, fair skin, and light yellow hair.

Observing the big sister, Li Shu couldn't help but touch her own hair; her hair also had a light yellow tint in the sun.

"Any surgeries today?"

Li Xuewu called Er Ya to eat breakfast while using a small spoon to feed his son rice porridge.

Gu Ning had stayed up past eleven last night; she had woken up late this morning, looking tired and under a lot of pressure.

"Mm." Gu Ning nodded, drinking her porridge and eating a steamed bun in small bites, responding simply and accurately: "Two."

"Did Gu Yan say anything when he left? Both of you are going to Jin Ling." Li Xuewu said: "I think if you can get leave, you should take the children with you. See your parents and relax."

"No time." Gu Ning didn't expect Li Xuewu to bring this up. She looked up and said seriously: "I can't take leave from my training, and the department is short-handed."

"Then forget it; it's a good opportunity."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "With Gu Yan and Zhou Yao helping you take care of the children on the way, I'd be more at ease."

"No time this time, so we'll have to wait for the next opportunity."

He looked at Gu Ning and said: "Before the end of the year, if your parents can't come back, we'll have to go. The old couple misses you all."

This wasn't Li Xuewu making trouble or forcing Gu Ning to neglect her work to visit her parents in Jin Ling.

It was truly because his mother-in-law had complained to him, not knowing how many times she had said it over the phone—she missed her granddaughter and grandson.

If for no other reason than the fact that his father-in-law and mother-in-law had never looked down on Li Shu, Li Xuewu had to think for the elderly.

Gu Ning, however, didn't want the hassle; she had never been to Jin Ling and didn't know what the living environment was like there.

What if she felt uncomfortable?

Gu Ning wasn't selfish; she was just that kind of person—able to tolerate others' mistakes but unwilling to suffer any grievances herself.

However, since this suggestion came from Li Xuewu, it meant he felt it was necessary, and Gu Ning agreed.

So she didn't say anything more about having no time or being busy with work, just nodded and continued eating.

The reason Li Xuewu brought up wanting Gu Ning to go to Jin Ling with Gu Yan and Zhou Yao now was because Gu Yan had just left.

He hadn't mentioned it while Gu Yan was still at home, fearing Gu Ning would be annoyed with her younger brother.

She liked a fixed state of life—home to work, two points and one line—wishing she never had to change for the rest of her life.

Returning to the Sihe Academy was, of course, no problem, because Li Xuewu had a home there, and she also tacitly accepted it as her home.

She got along well with the Li family and didn't feel awkward living in the Sihe Academy, as they didn't go back often anyway.

But look at her—she had almost no interaction with the neighbors in the courtyard and couldn't remember everyone.

That was Gu Ning—a unique personality.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha ate her breakfast silently, listening to the Secretary-General and his wife discuss family matters, feeling a sense of envy.

So this is what he is like in life.

The first time she saw him, then later at the Red Star Factory, hearing about him from others—that was her impression.

In any case, Seeing Gu Li Aisha couldn't have imagined he would be like this in life—easygoing, polite, seemingly never in a rush.

Breakfast time passed quickly in her silence; as for what she ate, she only remembered that bowl of warming rice porridge.

"Thank you for your hospitality." Before leaving, she expressed special thanks to Gu Ning. "I'm truly sorry."

"It's okay, you're welcome to come play at our home again next time."

Gu Ning also had to go to work. She responded to her politeness in the foyer, took her bag, and left first.

"Her unit is right across the street; it's very close to home, so she walks."

Li Xuewu put on his jacket, helped his daughter with her schoolbag, and then called her to leave together. Nie Xiaoguang was already waiting at the door.

"Dad, I can carry it myself."

Li Shu glanced at the big sister, took her schoolbag back from her father's hand, and jumped into the back seat of the car first.

She was already used to Nie Xiaoguang's help. Every morning when she left, seeing the car door open, she would call out "Uncle Guang" and hop into the car cheerfully.

Uncle Guang—Nie Xiaoguang would rather she call him Uncle Nie or Little Uncle; what was this "Uncle Guang" nonsense?

But as the big brother's daughter, he spoiled her even more than Han Jiankun did, not minding Li Shu's naughtiness and chatter in the slightest.

Seeing Seeing Gu Li Aisha leave with the leader, he wasn't surprised at all; he had been the one to help send her into the house last night.

Last night at the door, he had wanted to say he could take Seeing Gu Li Aisha to the guesthouse or back to the dormitory.

But thinking about it, it wasn't appropriate. He was an unmarried young man, and she was an unmarried young woman.

What if there was a misunderstanding?

If she insisted on marrying him, wouldn't that be the end of it?

Not to mention he was currently pursuing Han Lu under orders—a man couldn't stand on two boats—just looking at her appearance.

Oh my, Nie Xiaoguang was now congratulating himself on his caution; if he had really let a girl clearly from the frontier get attached to him, he would have suffered a huge loss.

He still preferred local specialties.

On the way to kindergarten, Li Shu chattered away, saying how much her teachers liked her, how much the children respected her, and how they all wanted to play with her, blah blah blah.

No one asked her, but she just kept talking.

Li Shu was still very haughty and loved to show off. These days, she would always pester her father to carry her schoolbag when leaving, and in the car, she would just chatter about her favorite toys and her younger brother's naughtiness.

Today, with someone she cared about present, she was like a different person.

The kindergarten was very close to home; the car only made one turn to arrive, but she used that short time to talk about the activity she was participating in today—the kind where teachers and children relied on her especially.

Li Xuewu couldn't do anything about her and could only listen with a smile.

"Goodbye, Dad. Goodbye, Uncle Guang."

The car stopped steadily. With her father's help, Li Shu opened the car door, jumped out, and was about to run when she suddenly remembered there was someone else in the car.

She turned back, waved, and said to the big sister looking at her: "Goodbye, Sister."

After saying that, swinging her little schoolbag, she rushed into the campus with the other children at the school gate; she was no longer the girl who pestered her father because she didn't want to go to school.

"You must be very happy."

The car started. Seeing Gu Li Aisha looked at Li Xuewu, who was still watching his daughter from the back seat, and said enviously: "She's really cute."

"Are you sure you don't want to say 'naughty'?"

Li Xuewu couldn't see his daughter's figure anymore, so he turned back and looked at Seeing Gu Li Aisha in the passenger seat.

Seeing Gu Li Aisha couldn't help but laugh, turned back, and said: "She's quite cute; I like her very much."

Li Xuewu wouldn't believe her, but since it was his own daughter, hearing others praise her was good, so he didn't say anything more.

Seeing him remain silent, Seeing Gu Li Aisha also fell silent.

Nie Xiaoguang drove very steadily; it took less than half an hour from Haiyuncang to the Red Star Factory area.

At this time, there was no such thing as morning or evening rush hour in the capital, but the roads weren't that wide.

Even if it were a four-lane road, cars had to share the road with bicycles, so without some skill, it really wouldn't work.

Following Li Xuewu's request, Nie Xiaoguang drove the car to the gate of the Radio Station, allowing Seeing Gu Li Aisha to get out.

"Thank you, Secretary-General."

Seeing Gu Li Aisha got out of the car with some reluctance and expressed her gratitude to Li Xuewu from the window.

Li Xuewu's response was the same as before; he just nodded, and the car drove away.

Standing at the entrance of her unit, she felt as if a lifetime had passed. This experience was like a dream, and now it was over.

She walked toward the unit building with a sense of loss, not noticing the many eyes watching her get out of the Volga sedan.

Her dream perhaps hadn't ended yet.

On the last day of September, Li Xuewu led a team to conduct research at the Pharmaceutical Corporation, where General Manager Zhao Yufeng handled the reception work.

Watching Li Xuewu get out of the Hongtu No. 1 car, Zhao Yufeng, standing by the car, proactively reached out his hand.

"Hello, Secretary-General. Welcome to the Pharmaceutical Corporation to guide our work."

"Too polite—"

Li Xuewu shook his hand with a smile, looked at his graying hair, nodded, and said: "You've been working very hard lately. Director Li entrusted me to express his care and condolences to you."

"It is my duty; I am obligated."

Zhao Yufeng shook Li Xuewu's hand and responded with a smile: "Thank you for Director Li's care and concern. We will continue to work hard."

"I will definitely convey your words." Li Xuewu released his hand and greeted the other heads of the Pharmaceutical Corporation with handshakes.

The situation at the Pharmaceutical Corporation wasn't complicated; although the various businesses had cooperated, they already had a foundation for cooperation.

The Recycling Station, Red Star Village, Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Health Third Regiment, and Red Star Factory had previously built a research center and clinic in Red Star Village.

This time, multiple parties cooperated to form the Pharmaceutical Corporation, with the Red Star Steel Group holding the majority of shares and funding the acquisition of pharmaceutical companies.

In research and planting, they continued the foundation of cooperation with Red Star Village and other related units, so there were no difficulties in management.

However, handling and coordinating multi-party cooperation, opening up pharmaceutical procurement markets in the frontier and Jicheng, integrating and rectifying sales markets, and building the framework of the Pharmaceutical Corporation—Zhao Yufeng was indeed working very hard.

Li Xuewu came for research this time with one purpose: to represent Li Huai De and the Group's leadership team to express gratitude to Zhao Yufeng.

This wasn't a person from the Red Star Steel Group; Zhao Yufeng was previously the Vice President of the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

In choosing him as the helmsman of the Pharmaceutical Corporation, Li Xuewu had said many good things in front of Li Huai De.

Zhao Yufeng lived up to expectations; in an enterprise where the Red Star Steel Group held the vast majority of shares, he had quickly opened up the situation.

Not only did he complete the rectification and integration internally, but he also brought the management experience of the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital to the Pharmaceutical Corporation.

No pharmaceutical company could refuse a Vice President of a comprehensive hospital to do management work.

From the front line to the production line, the achievements he could make were worth looking forward to.

Walking into the office building of the Pharmaceutical Corporation, this simple environment was too inconsistent with the flourishing development situation.

There was no help for it; in order to complete the process of groupization, the Red Star Factory had spread its situation too wide.

After some units were formed, the problem of office space still hadn't been solved, and they could only use existing old buildings.

As Secretary-General, one of Li Xuewu's main tasks was to adjust the housing for these units to ensure the normal operation of all units.

"Hold on a little longer; before the end of next year, I will definitely let everyone move into a new office building."

Listening to the report from the Vice General Manager of the Pharmaceutical Corporation, Li Xuewu also felt embarrassed.

Compared with the development of other general companies and branch companies, the operation of the Pharmaceutical Corporation was relatively outstanding.

You could say that the Pharmaceutical Corporation was mostly light assets and had a good foundation for cooperation, so opening up the situation wasn't very difficult.

But the difficulties were the same; there were some.

There were some branch companies and branch factories, as well as various joint-venture general companies that had been formed, that weren't doing well.

For example, the Energy General Company—Ji Jiuzheng had always been on the edge of a cliff, making everyone break into a cold sweat for him.

Dealing with external cooperation and local cooperation, Ji Jiuzheng, who had long worked in the design department, needed to change his thinking and ideas.

Zhao Yufeng didn't need to; he only needed to slightly adjust his work direction, transitioning from managing the medical front line to comprehensive pharmaceutical management work.

"I didn't pay much attention to the simplicity of the office environment."

Inviting Li Xuewu to his office, Zhao Yufeng called his secretary to serve tea, while he accompanied him to sit on the sofa.

"I just came to the Pharmaceutical Corporation and listened to the introduction from my comrades, so I knew that solving the office environment wasn't the most urgent thing."

He looked at Li Xuewu and said seriously: "Bringing people's hearts together and stabilizing the situation of cooperation is the most urgent thing."

"Unlike other units, the business done by the Pharmaceutical Corporation has mandatory and normative characteristics and does not allow for accidents."

Taking advantage of the secretary serving tea, Zhao Yufeng reorganized his language and continued: "From planting to production, and then to sales, there is still a lot of work we need to do."

"Few units possess such a completely independent system."

Li Xuewu agreed with his idea, nodded, and said: "And few units need to independently complete some challenges and work."

"We are not alone." Zhao Yufeng smiled, raised his hand to signal Li Xuewu to drink tea, and said confidently: "Just as we discussed at the meeting just now, cooperation is still the main work focus."

"I can sit in this position, which already shows that the Pharmaceutical Corporation doesn't need traditional management, but innovation and thinking."

He raised his finger and shook it beside his temple, emphasizing: "We are creating a large pharmaceutical enterprise with young and flexible characteristics. Young represents vitality, and flexibility is our magic weapon for success."

"This is the main reason why the Group chose you to be the person in charge of the Pharmaceutical Corporation." Li Xuewu picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "You are the only person in charge who hasn't returned to the Group to ask for policies or support. Director Li is very optimistic about your management work."

"Hehehe, who doesn't want policies and support?" Zhao Yufeng shook his head and said: "It's just not the time yet."

"We can't blindly do some work and then pull policies and support from above to prove the correctness of this work."

He looked at Li Xuewu and said: "I have always paid attention to your work style—plan before acting, and you will hit the mark every time."

"I'm just so-so; I've never worked in a business department." Li Xuewu smiled modestly and said: "But I can still understand the complexity and difficulty of the business department."

"Speaking of difficulty." Zhao Yufeng looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and asked: "I request the Group to allocate us some more university student quotas—does that count as making things difficult for you?"

"Hahaha—" Li Xuewu couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing his words.

He came down once, and he always had to solve some problems for Zhao Yufeng; Zhao Yufeng also knew how to measure the situation and seize opportunities.

Look at the full name of the Pharmaceutical Corporation: 【Red Star Steel Group Hundred Herbs Hall Pharmaceutical General Corporation】. Haven't you discovered any problems yet?

The Steel Group's Pharmaceutical General Corporation—isn't this just not doing one's proper work? It has a strong suspicion of hanging a sheep's head and selling dog meat.

If you say this is the Group's strategy, there is no problem, but for Zhao Yufeng, it is a bit of a pain.

What policies and support can the Pharmaceutical General Corporation he is responsible for ask from the Steel Group?

Could it be to approve a furnace of steel? Don't mess around—

He knew that as an outsider leading the team, he couldn't be too soft. There were reasons for not wanting policies, and there were also his intentions.

But not wanting policies didn't mean not wanting talent.

He also knew that the Red Star Steel Group had been increasing its efforts to recruit university graduates from all over the country since after the New Year.

Although there was no clear policy to support their work allocation, enterprises had already come to them. Could they not go?

As long as the Red Star Steel Group cleared that hurdle at the school, they could take these university students away.

And the graduates who had waited bitterly for two years without allocation were overjoyed to hear that an enterprise was rushing to recruit them.

Get allocated early, settle down early, and earn money early.

Since the Group had university student resources, why shouldn't he use them? Taking one more was a strategic resource.

One university student could top ten high school students.

"You are guarding the medical school; do you still need to beg from me?"

Li Xuewu looked at him amusedly and said: "I don't believe you have no connections in the various medical schools in Beijing. Go find them."

"I can tell Deputy Director Gu to give you certain quotas, and you can go choose suitable talent yourself."

He said frankly: "If the school doesn't release people, I can also request support and help from Deputy Director Gu."

"The days of various schools are not good now. As long as they can release people, they can promise some resources. You can master this aspect yourself."

"That's good news." Zhao Yufeng's eyes lit up, and he sat up straight and said: "Of course it's good to let us choose people ourselves."

He paused again and said: "However, the Pharmaceutical Corporation lacks not only talent with medical knowledge, but we also need university students in other aspects."

"Okay, help people to the end, send Buddha to the west." Li Xuewu rarely heard him speak, nodded, and said: "I will help you communicate with Deputy Director Gu. If you have any other requirements, mention them all together."

"No other requirements; this is already very good." Zhao Yufeng said with a smile: "An unexpected joy is enough to relieve worries."

Saying this, seeing Li Xuewu stand up to leave, he also followed him out.

"Is Xuecai still interning at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital?"

He asked in a half-joking tone: "Have you considered letting him come to the Pharmaceutical Corporation to work?"

"Him? You'd better take care of my father's mood—"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "Among the three of us brothers, he is the only one who studied medicine. My father is waiting for him to inherit his mantle."

"Hahaha—" Zhao Yufeng also thought of this, so he took the initiative to bring it up.

Li Xuecai certainly had medical talent and family inheritance, especially under Li Xuewu's requirement to intern and study at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

But this wasn't enough to make Zhao Yufeng appreciate him to the point of proactively suggesting he come to the Pharmaceutical Corporation to work.

The reason he brought it up was to give Li Xuewu face.

He was the person in charge of the Pharmaceutical Corporation, so he naturally knew the development prospects of this enterprise.

Li Xuewu had given him a lot of authority this time, so regardless of whether he had the intention of taking care of his younger brother, he had to ask.

Just as Li Xuewu said in the office just now, he had worked in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for so many years, so how could he have no students or old acquaintances?

This time, with authority in hand, those old comrades who had been fired and were at home would have a chance to be reborn.

Even if he couldn't directly recruit those old comrades who had been dealt with, their children and grandchildren could always be taken care of.

Since he could take care of his own connections, should he take care of Li Xuewu's connections?

Of course, Li Xuewu used a tactful attitude to reject this proposal; his own sister could be arranged into the factory, but his own younger brother couldn't.

Someone said, aren't they all family? What's the difference?

The difference is huge. He arranged for Li Xue to work in the factory, and no one accused him of damaging the public to benefit the private or taking care of family.

But if he arranged for Li Xuecai to work in the factory, regardless of the younger brother's ability, people would gossip.

The reasons for this were very complicated; Li Xuewu didn't want his younger brother to bear the pressure of him working in the Group.

Their family didn't lack development opportunities; whether Li Xuecai could be allocated to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital after graduation wasn't important.

Because even if the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital didn't want him, Li Xuewu could find connections to arrange suitable work for him.

If they all gathered at the Red Star Factory, it wouldn't be beautiful; some care was not suitable for him to take action directly.

Li Xuecai also had a temper; although he didn't dare to bare his teeth at him, he would absolutely not be willing to work at the Red Star Factory.

Having a temper meant having pride, and pride came from confidence and strength; he was naturally inferior to doctors with deep qualifications.

But speaking of his classmates, he still had achievements in the Traditional Chinese Medicine major.

Li Xuewu didn't want to ruin him, and he also cherished his own feathers.

As for giving the car to Li Xuecai, who wouldn't take care of their own younger brother?

Li Xuecai couldn't come to the Pharmaceutical Corporation, but that didn't mean his father couldn't.

Just now at the meeting, Zhao Yufeng reported on the work of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Laboratory and the Western Medicine Laboratory.

Li Shun was responsible for the Traditional Chinese Medicine Laboratory; as a doctor at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, he was also normally transferred to the Pharmaceutical Corporation.

He couldn't arrange for his younger brother, but he couldn't stop his own father.

His father had worked hard on the mountain for two and a half years, and it wasn't something he could stop just because he said so.

"Zhou Yao, why are you here?"

Li Xuewu was sent out by Zhao Yufeng and others and was just about to get into the car when he saw Zhou Yao coming from one side.

"Secretary-General, you are here."

Zhou Yao clearly didn't know he had come to the Pharmaceutical Corporation for research. Hearing his greeting, she was slightly stunned, then explained: "There is a case that needs evidence collection and investigation, so I came over to take a look."

"Has your leave been approved?"

Li Xuewu didn't care that there were many cadres present and said with a smile: "Work is work, life is life."

"Thank you for your concern, Secretary-General." Zhou Yao smiled. "I will pay attention."

"Mm." Li Xuewu nodded, shook hands with Zhao Yufeng and others, and got into the car and left.

Others only thought that Zhou Yao and Li Xuewu had the feelings of the security group's work and didn't think of a deeper level.

Who would have thought that Li Xuewu would introduce his subordinate cadres to his own brother-in-law?

Li Xuewu proactively cared about Zhou Yao, not only to care for his former subordinate but also to worry about his brother-in-law.

Both of them had the personality of a donkey pulling a millstone; if they weren't urged, this romance could be talked about for a year.

A few days ago, Gu Yan returned, so he prepared gifts and urged his brother-in-law to see his father-in-law. Now it was time to urge Zhou Yao to see her parents-in-law.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1332 =====