Chapter 347: Really, Believe Me

Li Xuewu looked at Huang Gan's disbelief and explained with a smile, "It was purely a coincidence. I am a transferred cadre, which is why I was fortunate enough to enter this training class."

"So that's it."

Huang Gan looked Li Xuewu up and down, patted Li Xuewu's shoulder, and laughed, "It's fine. Nowadays, who relies on their father to do work? That's losing face. Let's keep in touch more in the future; more brothers mean more paths."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile, which counted as agreeing.

In Li Xuewu's concept, those who play with you when you have money are friends, and those who play with you when you are so poor you have no food are brothers.

This Huang Gan called him brother every other sentence, but Li Xuewu didn't dare to treat him as a brother.

The two chatted and laughed for a while, just the time for two cigarettes, when the whistle in the corridor sounded again.

Li Xuewu took his notebook and fountain pen, followed Huang Gan out of the dormitory, and walked toward the dormitory entrance.

Walking to the corner of the stairs, Huang Gan bumped Li Xuewu with his arm and signaled Li Xuewu to look ahead.

Li Xuewu followed Huang Gan's signal and saw seven or eight people surrounding the middle-aged man who was talking and laughing with Liu Zheng this afternoon, talking and laughing about something.

It seemed this was the Zhou Zhengquan that Huang Gan mentioned. He had restrained himself at this moment, no longer talking loudly, but had a deep look, listening to what the people around him were saying, and nodding from time to time.

"Hey, know what I mean now?"

Li Xuewu looked at the mischievous smile on Huang Gan's face beside him and followed with a laugh, saying, "You're still the powerful one."

"Hehehe."

Huang Gan was like a little chicken stealing rice, mischievously saying, "Don't worry, wait and see; there will be a surprise in a while."

Li Xuewu looked at the mysterious Huang Gan and felt that this person wasn't as superficial as he looked; he was quite cunning.

After gathering the team, the reception cadre led everyone to the classroom, saying as they walked, "Everyone pay attention. Daily evening classes and evening self-study are all in this classroom."

"I will only walk through all the functional areas once for everyone; the team will not be gathered in the future, so please remember the area locations."

Li Xuewu thought that the mechanism of unified collective activities would be the case in the future. Now that he thought about it, it was also true. Which cadre here wasn't managing a pile of things? They all had to use their spare time to handle their own affairs.

At the entrance of the dormitory, there was an office equipped with four telephones, prepared for everyone to handle urgent matters.

The evening self-study classroom for the training class was on the second floor of the second teaching building. Turning left after going up the stairs, it was right there.

The desks and chairs in the classroom were quite good—long benches and long tables, made specifically for the stature of adults.

Huang Gan pulled Li Xuewu to sit in a position toward the back on the right side.

"Know why we're sitting here?"

Huang Gan treated Li Xuewu as a little brother who had just entered the industry. At this moment, he really liked to be a teacher.

After Li Xuewu sat down with Huang Gan, he shook his head and said, "Don't know."

"Hey! What's your rank?"

As he spoke, without waiting for Li Xuewu to reply, he asked again, "What's my rank? Cadres like us in this class can only sit in the back. Sitting in the front isn't being watched like a monkey?"

As he spoke, he also signaled to Li Xuewu the people sitting here. Li Xuewu looked and found that the people sitting here were indeed younger.

Li Xuewu looked at the middle-aged uncles and aunts sitting in the front and nodded as if he understood.

"Just watch. Following me, you definitely won't suffer."

Huang Gan had the look of a big brother. Seeing Li Xuewu's "rookie" look, he smiled and said, "Wait and see what happens in the front in a while, and you'll know if I'm right or not."

After finishing his words, seeing the reception cadre looking over, he closed his mouth and learned from Li Xuewu, taking out a novel from his pocket to read.

Li Xuewu looked at the classmates around him; everyone was slowly adapting in the new environment.

The need for innate security made those who were familiar with each other gather together.

This could be seen from the seats in the classroom—piece by piece.

And those who were innately weak, wanting to enjoy the shade under a big tree, or those with other purposes, found someone relatively strong to curry favor with, said some flattering words, and then gathered together to look down on others.

Li Xuewu had seen this kind of scene many times—kindergarten, elementary school, middle school; every time it meant the same thing.

Did these people know this truth?

Actually, if you think about it carefully, who doesn't know?

But even though they know, human nature just makes these people do it.

The reason is nothing more than their inner strength not being strong enough.

Huang Gan beside Li Xuewu didn't necessarily have a strong heart, but he could read novels so leisurely and confidently, which showed that someone could provide him with a sense of security.

Following the departure of the reception cadre, the classroom suddenly made a "buzzing" sound.

Actually, everyone's speaking voice wasn't loud, but gathered together, plus the classroom's resonance, naturally the sound couldn't be stopped.

Li Xuewu didn't care about this kind of sound, taking his notebook to write his insights.

Although he had read many books in his previous life, he wasn't proficient in them. Now that he wanted to achieve something, he naturally had to read more and carefully organize his knowledge reserve, combining the insights he exchanged with Zhou Ya Mei about psychology with the cases of Fu Bin and Luo Jiaping.

The reception cadre didn't leave for long before returning. He didn't say anything about the talking in the classroom, but brought people to distribute books to the trainees.

As books were distributed to their hands, everyone's speaking voice grew louder and louder.

Li Xuewu took the book he received and opened it to look.

The quality of this book was average, just like those pirated books placed on street stalls in later generations.

Not only the quality of the book, but even the size was similar, only five-open size, just like a knowledge reader.

"Political Theory," "Laws and Regulations," "Intelligence Analysis," "Communication Command," "Public Security Management," "Interrogation and Investigation"...

Looking at the content inside, it was actually the same as the knowledge reader Li Xuewu understood.

After all, it wasn't the systematic learning of a full-time university. This training was more about providing everyone with a direction and goal for learning.

Capable and self-disciplined people would buy relevant books in their future life and work to learn in the direction of this system.

But most people turned a blind eye to the purpose of this training, each thinking about making some friends and connections during this time.

After all, among the four great irons of life, besides having carried a gun together, the only thing left is having been classmates together, isn't it?

Classmate relationships are a very invisible and important relationship network within the system. No matter what level of cadre, they will attach importance to this kind of relationship.

Training class classmates are also classmates.

Just as Li Xuewu was flipping through the book, Liu Zheng walked in.

Li Xuewu piled the books on one side and waited for the head teacher's speech.

At this time, the "buzzing" sound below was still there. Perhaps everyone felt the head teacher's previous amiable attitude, so they didn't care at all at this moment.

But Li Xuewu found that Huang Gan beside him had already put away the novel and, like himself, was sitting upright, his back straight.

This kid didn't have the playful look from just now at all; he was a living model of a police pioneer.

Liu Zheng didn't speak either, just stood on the podium, watching the people below "buzzing."

Perhaps he saw the head teacher's attitude was wrong, the sound in the classroom gradually decreased, and those whispering also sat down waiting for the head teacher to speak.

When all the sounds disappeared, Liu Zheng signaled to the reception cadre who was recording something at the door.

Then he leaned on the podium and began to speak, but the first sentence he opened his mouth with stunned everyone below.

"Students who didn't observe self-study discipline just now, two points deducted each."

What the hell?

What deduction?

Everyone looked at the left and right with a confused look, and seeing that the classmates on the left and right were also confused, they all looked at the head teacher.

Liu Zheng waited for everyone to react for a while before continuing, "You come from various departments within the Beijing Public Security System. There are deputy division chiefs, deputy secretaries, team leaders, and station masters."

"There are cadre children, worker children, and peasant children."

"There are high school degrees, middle school degrees, but most are elementary school degrees."

Following Liu Zheng's pause-by-pause voice, everyone listened attentively.

Liu Zheng continued to lecture, "You are all the best and advanced workers in your respective units and departments, which is why you can gather here to participate in training. You have already obtained the learning opportunity that your colleagues dream of."

As he spoke, he looked at everyone's reaction and said, "You come here to improve yourselves and to find the direction of progress, not to form small hills and small groups."

As soon as this was said, those who had gathered in pieces felt as if needles were growing under their butts, and their heads lowered even more.

"You are all managers and cadres in your respective units. This training only lasts half a month. I don't want to see you regretting putting your time into flattering and forming gangs, things you could do outside."

Liu Zheng paused and continued, "Let's talk about class discipline. Besides the cadre code of conduct, there are also: no lateness, no leaving early, no skipping classes, no absenteeism."

"You are off-duty training this time. Any matters in your units can contact you after class, but situations occupying class time are not allowed."

"I don't need to say much about classroom discipline, and I don't need to say much about internal discipline. Whether it's classroom discipline or internal discipline, there are special teachers to give you scores."

"Discipline score is ten points. If the ten points are deducted, I will give an unqualified opinion in the graduation opinion, and I will also suggest being cautious in using the cadre."

As soon as this was said, everyone's forehead tightened; this was a tight spell.

This training would definitely be recorded in personal files. If this opinion appeared, then basically they would be finished in the future.

Those who felt they had been deducted 2 points because of whispering and talking in low voices all became bitter-faced.

Li Xuewu finally knew why Huang Gan called him to watch the fun; he really understood the head teacher's personality.

Even Zhou Zhengquan, who was talking and laughing with the head teacher and carrying the flag to open the door in the afternoon, had a bad face at this moment.

Everyone thought his relationship with the head teacher was good, but didn't expect Liu Zheng to criticize him without naming him.

Now everyone was afraid of Liu Zheng's personality; this was a smiling tiger.

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he walked under the podium and said, "Sixty-seven people in the class, everyone make a self-introduction: name, age, unit, position. Those who intend to be class cadres, make an application speech after the introduction."

As he spoke, he pointed to the seat on the far right, "Let's start from here."

"Report, my name is Gao Yanling, thirty-four years old, Deputy Division Chief of the Political Department of the Xicheng Branch, finished."

Only to see a young woman with braids stand up and make a self-introduction neatly.

With the first person setting the example, the following people all made self-introductions in this form.

It was really like what the head teacher said; they were public security cadres from various departments.

Not counting those in the bureau and station, there were also many judicial cadres like Huang Gan, and many security cadres in large factories like Li Xuewu's other identity.

When it was the turn of the Zhou Zhengquan mentioned earlier, Li Xuewu finally knew his identity.

"Report, my name is Zhou Zhengquan, thirty-three years old, Deputy Division Chief of the Logistics Department of the Municipal Bureau. I intend to run for class cadre, wholeheartedly, assist the teacher, and serve everyone, finished."

"Tsk~"

Just after Zhou Zhengquan finished speaking, Huang Gan curled his lips and said to Li Xuewu in a low voice, "I damn believe his ghost words! This grandson is the most not a thing."

Li Xuewu pursed his lips and didn't say anything, because the head teacher's gaze had already looked over.

This old man's ears were also very sharp.

Perhaps seeing that both of them were sitting upright, Liu Zheng didn't look much, but continued to turn to the back.

Following each person's introduction, Li Xuewu probably knew that most of the people in this class were truly deputy division level.

Only the few female cadres sitting in front of him were positive section level, and they were all from powerful departments like the Political Department and the Rule of Law Department, just like the first young woman.

The young woman who bumped into Li Xuewu earlier and lived opposite them, who looked very good when she smiled, was a positive section level.

Wang Zheng, twenty-two years old, from the public security management mouth of the ministry.

It was truly a case of "the real person doesn't show their face." Such a girl was actually managing public security, and still in the ministry.

When it was his turn, Li Xuewu stood up and said in a steady and loud voice, "Report, I am Li Xuewu, twenty years old, Deputy Division Chief of the Public Security Management Division of the Dongcheng Branch, Deputy Division Chief of the Security Division of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, finished."

"Buzz~"

Following Li Xuewu's report, a buzzing sound came from the classroom. This time, even Liu Zheng didn't care.

The crowd was truly shocked by Li Xuewu's identity.

Are you sure you didn't hear it wrong?

Really twenty years old?

Deputy Division Chief?

Still a double egg yolk?

Everyone's reaction was truly a bit big, especially Huang Gan sitting beside Li Xuewu, who stared at Li Xuewu with wide eyes after Li Xuewu sat down.

"Aren't you a positive section?"

It was clearly a voice from the corner of his mouth, only Li Xuewu could hear it.

And Li Xuewu looked ahead without changing his expression, his mouth slightly pulled, and said in a low voice, "I never said I was a positive section."

"Damn!"

Before Huang Gan could say anything more, Liu Zheng gave everyone a reaction time, then coughed and said, "Next."

"Report! I am Huang Gan, twenty-six years old, Deputy Division Chief of the Management Division of the Municipal Detention Center, finished!"

Following Huang Gan's sitting down, everyone looked over here again.

Good fellow, besides those positive section female comrades, the two youngest deputy division levels were here.

After Huang Gan sat down, Li Xuewu gritted his teeth and said from the seam of his mouth, "Aren't you also a deputy division? Don't pretend to be a big tail wolf with me!"

"Each other!"

After Huang Gan, the remaining few people continued self-introductions.

But Li Xuewu and Huang Gan both lowered their heads.

No other reason, because the front, back, left, and right of the two were all positive sections, just like two big tail wolves shyly running into a flock of sheep and being discovered.

After everyone finished introducing, Liu Zheng pointed to a few trainees who applied to be class cadres to stand up, and then led them out the door.

Following the head teacher's departure, there was no more buzzing discussion in the classroom.

Everyone wasn't not whispering, but they all lowered their voices.

Li Xuewu felt the gazes from all directions, glared at Huang Gan beside him, and said in a low voice, "You have to take full responsibility for our embarrassing situation today."

Huang Gan looked around, then quickly lowered his head and said in a low voice, "You can't feel guilty saying this. The reason for this situation is that your personal situation has to take full responsibility."

Li Xuewu looked at the shameless Huang Gan speechlessly and asked, "Who said to sit here and watch the fun? Now both of us have become monkeys!"

"How the hell would I know Old Liu said he wanted self-introductions? Previous training classes didn't have this item!"

The two were like elementary school students bickering, lying on the table and blaming each other in low voices, neither willing to take responsibility.

And the people around looking at these two old sixes who were preparing to play the pig to eat the tiger all showed inquiring gazes.

Huang Gan still had some reputation in this system. Some people knew his family background, and at this moment, they were talking about his affairs.

But Li Xuewu, who was sitting beside him, younger than Huang Gan and with a more frightening position, didn't know what the situation was.

This person seemed to have suddenly appeared within the system.

Saying he suddenly appeared wasn't wrong, because Li Xuewu had only been in the system for a few months since he transferred back, counting fully.

Naturally, he wasn't as famous as these "old cadres" with roots.

But there were still people who knew Li Xuewu's situation; the reason was the propaganda reports that started to exert force in the Dongcheng Branch and Steel Rolling Mill before and after the New Year.

Just as everyone was discussing, head teacher Liu Zheng led the few people who had just applied to be class cadres back.

"Ahem~"

After these people returned to their seats, Liu Zheng wrote on the blackboard: Class Monitor Zhou Zhengquan, Deputy Class Monitor Wang Xiaoqin, Organization Discipline Committee Member Hu Xianjin, Learning Propaganda Committee Member Wei Qing.

Huang Gan leaned against Li Xuewu. Every time Liu Zheng wrote a person, Huang Gan would introduce the person's roots to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu listened in his ears and thought in his heart that there were capable people in this class, one of whom was sitting beside him.

It's just that this kid is too cunning. From the beginning, he felt he was a section level, so he lowered his status and "equal level" with himself.

Then he pretended to be a big brother, pretending to be a big brother to lead himself.

Now that both of their identities were exposed, this kid started acting as a big brother again.

He kept revealing the identities and roots of these people, undoubtedly to show his energy.

Li Xuewu now felt that this Huang Gan could be made friends with, just for his cleverness.

Although the villains in TV dramas always love to say "I love talking to smart people," "Those who know current affairs are heroes."

But Li Xuewu was really willing to talk to smart people.

At least it wasn't strenuous, at least smart people wouldn't play tricks on Li Xuewu.

Knowing each other's energy, naturally they would "know current affairs," naturally they wouldn't make things difficult for "heroes."

After Liu Zheng finished writing, he looked at the trainees below and lectured, "The curriculum and the location of the class have been announced on the blackboard of the dormitory building. You can copy them when you go back."

"Let me talk about the requirements. Every day, besides theoretical learning, there are physical training and shooting training and other outdoor subjects. Everyone pay attention to the work and rest time and food intake."

"You are all discipline personnel and know the importance of time and body, so those who delay courses and assessments due to injury and illness will also be treated as skipping classes and absenteeism."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to check his watch and said, "Starting tomorrow, the reception cadre will no longer organize the team, but will be organized and led by class cadres. Please cooperate with my work and the class cadres' work."

After speaking, he took his notebook and walked out of the classroom.

And Zhou Zhengquan, as the class monitor, stood up, walked to the front of the classroom, and shouted to everyone, "Everyone, gather downstairs!"

Li Xuewu and Huang Gan heard the command and carried their books and their own things and walked out.

People they met on the way took the opportunity to look at these two old sixes who could play.

Li Xuewu and Huang Gan were both masters with thick skin that needles couldn't pierce, letting others look.

After returning to the dormitory, Li Xuewu put the books away and was about to take his notebook to copy the curriculum and the location of the classroom.

"What are you doing?"

Huang Gan sat on the head of the bed with a cigarette in his mouth, raising his eyebrows and asking.

"What do you think?"

Li Xuewu raised the notebook in his hand and was about to open the door.

"Wait!"

Huang Gan stood up, pulled Li Xuewu who was about to go out, and said, "Are you stupid? Everyone is going now. Can you grab a position? It's not even easy to copy."

Li Xuewu looked at Huang Gan and didn't speak, just didn't ask what to do.

Huang Gan saw Li Xuewu looking at him and said with a smile, "Wait a while. When I came back just now, I saw Wang Zheng opposite not going upstairs, but directly taking a notebook and copying it there."

Hearing Huang Gan say this, Li Xuewu threw the notebook on the table and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

As he spoke, he went to get his own basin to prepare to go to the water room to wash and wash his feet.

"Hey!"

Huang Gan pulled Li Xuewu and blocked the door, saying, "This idea was mine."

"And then?"

"Then you have to go borrow it!"

Li Xuewu looked at Huang Gan blocking the door and said, "You even lied to me; you go borrow it!"

"Damn! You're still shy!"

Huang Gan stared and said, "Wang Zheng opposite is empty. She lives alone in that room, and she's still an unmarried girl."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just borrowing a notebook; it's not like letting you copy it all night opposite."

"Oh my, oh my, oh my!"

Huang Gan touched his hair, hesitated for a moment toward Li Xuewu, but still said, "You might not understand our family's situation. My wife, she loves me quite a bit, so..."

Li Xuewu put the basin on the table, raised his head, and prepared to see what reason Huang Gan could say.

Now it just lacked saying "please start your performance."

Huang Gan saw Li Xuewu's expression and stared and asked, "Do you think I'm lying?"

Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't speak, but his eyes had betrayed his thoughts.

"I'm telling the truth!"

Huang Gan looked into Li Xuewu's eyes and said, "You don't know how many eyes are staring at me here. If there's any movement on my side, my wife will definitely kill me!"

Li Xuewu looked into Huang Gan's eyes and said, "Are you playing any tricks?"

"What tricks?"

Li Xuewu ignored Huang Gan's innocent expression, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Then I'll go downstairs to copy in a while."

Huang Gan looked into Li Xuewu's eyes and said with a bitter face, "Why go to so much trouble? Just walk to the opposite door, knock, and say borrow a notebook, and that's it."

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes and nodded, saying, "Fine, wait for me to come back."

As he spoke, he picked up his basin, dodged Huang Gan, opened the door, and walked out.

Huang Gan leaned against the door and asked Li Xuewu's back, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Really, believe me."

Li Xuewu didn't look back and went to wash.

Huang Gan saw Li Xuewu leave, rubbed his hands excitedly, muttered to himself, and had a look of a villain who had succeeded.

But he waited for a long time and didn't see Li Xuewu come back, looking at the cigarette in his hand that was about to be finished.

This damn washing takes so long?

Even removing hair from a pig doesn't take this long!

Huang Gan opened the door and looked outside. At this time, trainees were coming out one after another to go to the water room to wash, but there was no sign of Li Xuewu returning.

"Where did this grandson run to borrow it?"

He looked suspiciously again, and seeing there was indeed no sign of Li Xuewu, he turned his gaze to the door opposite.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one in the corridor was paying attention here, Huang Gan walked to the door opposite and listened against the door.

There was no sound in the room. Where did these two go?

Huang Gan frowned, looked left and right in the corridor, and finally, because it was too conspicuous, returned to the dormitory, preparing to take a basin to the washroom to find Li Xuewu.

Just as he took out his things, he heard the door behind him pushed open. Li Xuewu walked in with a panicked face and said to Huang Gan, "Brother Huang, something happened. Wang Zheng, she..."

Huang Gan turned around with a basin in one hand and a toothbrush cup in the other. Looking at Li Xuewu's panicked expression, he asked nervously, "What happened!"

As he spoke, he threw the basin and cup in his hand, pushed Li Xuewu away, and ran toward the opposite side.

Rushing over, he wanted to push the door open directly, but the door wouldn't open no matter what.

Huang Gan pushed with his hand, and seeing it wouldn't open, he patted the door with his hand and shouted loudly, "Wang Zheng! What's wrong with you? Open the door! Wang Zheng! Don't scare me!"

Trainees washing in the corridor saw Huang Gan patting the door opposite like crazy and calling Wang Zheng's name. Not knowing what happened, they all stopped to watch.

Those who liked to watch the fun had already run out of the dormitory to watch.

Huang Gan patted for half a minute, and then saw Wang Zheng's door opened.

"Second Brother? What are you doing?"

Wang Zheng looked at Huang Gan, who was sweating profusely and had a face full of horror, and couldn't help but be startled.

"What are you doing? Why didn't you open the door for so long?"

Huang Gan looked at his cousin who was intact and looked her up and down in disbelief, causing Wang Zheng to take a step back.

"Changing clothes and preparing to sleep!"

Seeing his cousin's reaction, Huang Gan also knew that his situation had scared Wang Zheng.

Then thinking of the culprit, Huang Gan turned around abruptly and saw Li Xuewu leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed, looking over here.

"Why did you lie to me!"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "What did I lie to you about?"

Actually, Huang Gan also knew that asking was in vain at this moment, not because his IQ was low, but because he was asking for the people in the corridor who were looking over here to hear.

It was also to ease the awkward atmosphere, fearing that the people watching the fun would misunderstand.

Huang Gan said angrily to Li Xuewu, "Didn't you say: Brother Huang, something happened, Wang Zheng, she..."

"Yes."

Li Xuewu said seriously, "I said: Brother Huang, something happened, Wang Zheng, she has already finished copying the curriculum."

"Finished copying, then copy..."

Huang Gan's brain spun wildly, wanting to find a reason, but looking at Li Xuewu's playful expression, he knew he had been exposed.

Wang Zheng, who was standing behind Huang Gan, looked at Li Xuewu opposite, then asked her cousin, "Second Brother, what are you talking about? Borrowing the curriculum?"

"Yes... yes!" 【347

Huang Gan confirmed this loudly, then turned to Wang Zheng and said with a smile, "I just wanted to borrow the course schedule you copied. It was Li Xuewu who said you'd finished copying it, so I rushed over in a hurry."

The people nearby who were watching the excitement saw that Huang Gan and Wang Zheng were relatives, and since there was no more show to watch, they all returned to their rooms.

Wang Zheng looked at her cousin strangely. Borrowing it was fine, but why be so excited?

She glanced at her second brother, then turned and went into the room to get her notebook, handing it to her cousin, who was standing at the door looking as if he were about to pace out a three-bedroom apartment in the hallway with his feet.

"Give it back to me when you're done copying!"

"Got it."

Huang Gan agreed, turned around, and walked back to his room. He looked at Li Xuewu, who was sitting on a chair by the table waiting for him, and tossed the notebook over.

"Slap!"

Then, with a look of anger at Li Xuewu's lack of ambition and disappointment at his lack of resolve, he said bitterly, "Just look at what you've done!"

Li Xuewu took the notebook and began copying the course schedule, treating everything Huang Gan said as hot air.

Huang Gan watched Li Xuewu's actions and said with a look of regret, "I kindly created an opportunity for you, why are you so useless? My sister is so beautiful!"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Huang Gan and asked, "Do I have to thank you for that?"

"Of course!"

As he spoke, he slapped his own notebook down beside Li Xuewu and said, "Copy mine too!"

Li Xuewu looked at Huang Gan and expressed no objection.

Huang Gan felt he had been incredibly embarrassed just now, and at this moment, he was both angry and resentful toward Li Xuewu.

Is this guy a lotus root? How can he have so many hidden agendas!

"You don't know what you missed tonight. You missed an opportunity that would have saved you thirty years of struggle!"

Li Xuewu looked up at Huang Gan and continued copying.

Huang Gan, looking as if he were disappointed that Li Xuewu wouldn't live up to his expectations, lit a cigarette for himself and continued to nag, "Don't you refuse to accept this, let me tell you!"

As he spoke, he took a puff of the cigarette, then exhaled smoke through his nostrils while saying, "My second uncle is a Vice Minister, and Wang Zheng is the seventh child in their family. The whole family dotes on her. Sigh, I feel sorry for you!"

Li Xuewu finished copying his own and took Huang Gan's notebook over, preparing to copy that as well.

"Hey, copy on the first page, don't look at the back!"

Li Xuewu turned to look at Huang Gan, his fingers deliberately flipping toward the back.

Damn!

This guy actually has a talent for drawing.

"This mouse you drew is actually quite lifelike."

Huang Gan was tilting his head, preparing to continue lecturing Li Xuewu, when he saw Li Xuewu holding the notebook and praising his drawing.

"Didn't I tell you not to look? I'm trying to show you the right path here... That's a fox, damn it!!!"

Li Xuewu looked at the fox with the butt the size of a pig, pursed his lips, flipped another page, pointed at a dog, and said, "This dog is not bad."

"... That's a pig..."

"Hiss~"

Li Xuewu looked at the gloomy-faced Huang Gan, raised his eyebrows, and said, "It seems you've learned the Picasso style."

Huang Gan stood up, walked to Li Xuewu's side, snatched his notebook back, placed it on his own table, then took Wang Zheng's notebook and said, "Don't think you're the only one who knows Picasso. I can damn well hear what you mean."

Li Xuewu lit a cigarette for himself, smiled at Huang Gan, and said, "I didn't expect you to be so multi-talented. Are you also in charge of matchmaking duties in the detention center?"

"Get lost. Don't be like the dog biting Lü Dongbin—unable to recognize a good heart."

Huang Gan glared at Li Xuewu and said, "If it weren't for the fact that you seem like a decent guy, I wouldn't have introduced you to my sister."

He then continued, "Who knew you were such a clueless idiot who doesn't know how to take a hint. The opportunity was laid right in front of you."

"What opportunity?"

Li Xuewu asked with a smile, "A meteoric rise? A sudden promotion? A dragon getting water? A smooth path to success?"

Huang Gan ignored Li Xuewu's teasing, lowered his head to take a puff of his cigarette, and continued copying the course schedule.

"Sigh, be stubborn then. It'll be too late to regret it now."

As he spoke, he placed his cigarette on the cap of his fountain pen and said with his head down, "My sister likes honest people. You've already left an impression of being unreliable on her just now."

"Hahaha."

Li Xuewu asked with a smile, "You think I'm honest? Do you have a grudge against your sister?"

Huang Gan shook his head and said, "I just don't like those who look honest and simple. Those people might look like nothing on the surface, but they're actually full of bad intentions. They're not as reliable as someone like you."

Li Xuewu smoked his cigarette, watching Huang Gan evaluate him.

This guy has hidden meanings in his words. First, he said those who look honest and simple are fake, and then he described himself—isn't that just calling him a true villain?

"You've only known me for a few minutes, yet you dare to say I'm reliable."

Huang Gan raised his head, looked at Li Xuewu, and said, "Do you know what reliable is?"

"Tell me."

Li Xuewu gestured with the hand holding his cigarette.

Huang Gan lowered his head, his hand moving non-stop as he said, "A two-cent box of matches can light a white-box Little Panda cigarette, and a table full of a Manchu-Han Imperial Feast cannot do without a ten-cent bag of salt."

Li Xuewu asked with a smile, "So you think I'm the match that can light the Little Panda, or the salt that can make the Manchu-Han Feast?"

"Hey! I really do see that quality in you."

Huang Gan closed the notebook he had finished copying and pushed Wang Zheng's notebook toward Li Xuewu.

"I'm quite accurate at judging people. Don't look at how you say your family background is ordinary; I just believe you can accomplish things, big things."

As he spoke, he picked up the cigarette from the pen cap, pointed at Li Xuewu, and said, "From the moment you entered the waiting room and shook hands to thank the officer who brought you in, I could tell."

"Hahaha."

Li Xuewu really hadn't expected that someone would notice his small gesture.

"Then I really have to thank you for your good intentions."

As he spoke, he picked up Wang Zheng's notebook from the table, stood up to walk out, and said, "Just because you said so many nice things about me, I'll forgive you."

He pulled open the door, walked to the door opposite, and knocked.

Wang Zheng must have been waiting there, because Li Xuewu didn't have to wait long after knocking before the door was opened.

"Hello, thank you."

Li Xuewu smiled and handed over the notebook.

Wang Zheng took the notebook, smiled, and said, "You get along pretty well with my second brother, don't you? He's a very picky person."

"What are you saying about me!"

Just as Wang Zheng finished speaking, a shout came from Li Xuewu's dormitory.

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "He's a very interesting person."

Wang Zheng smiled, then looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Actually, I know you."

"Hmm?"

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow. Had he lost his memory?

Could it be that she was among that truckload of ex-girlfriends?

"Hee hee~"

Wang Zheng looked at Li Xuewu's confused expression and explained with a smile, "I got to know you from that time you jumped into the river to save someone. I read the newspaper."

"Oh~"

Li Xuewu covered his face. He didn't expect anyone to still remember that report.

Even now, Li Xuewu had the urge to find that reporter and give him a lesson; that guy had really ruined him.

Wang Zheng looked at Li Xuewu's expression and said with a smile, "I also saw the report about you commanding and saving people recently. You're really quite impressive."

Li Xuewu knew why Wang Zheng had smiled at him during the assembly that evening. At the time, Li Xuewu had thought his charm was as strong as ever.

He never expected that she already knew who he was while he was playing the fool.

"Thanks for the compliment. It's late, you should get some rest."

As he spoke, he waved his hand to say goodbye and returned to the dormitory.

Huang Gan looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "How was it?"

"How was what?"

"My sister!"

Li Xuewu smiled, sat on the bed, and said while taking off his clothes, "I have a partner, the kind I'm preparing to marry."

"Damn, really or fake?"

Huang Gan looked at Li Xuewu with a suspicious expression. He didn't trust Li Xuewu now, just as Li Xuewu didn't trust him.

"Really."

Li Xuewu opened his luggage and crawled into the quilt.

Huang Gan walked to his bedside, sat down with an incredulous look, and stared at Li Xuewu, asking, "What does your partner do?"

"A doctor."

"Oh!"

Huang Gan said in surprise, "Isn't your father a doctor? What does your father-in-law do?"

Li Xuewu looked at Huang Gan, smiled, and said, "I'm not too sure yet. They say he's a staff officer."

"What rank? Does he hold a high position?"

"I already said I'm not too sure yet."

Li Xuewu pursed his lips and said, "I estimate the rank isn't high. He doesn't have much of an aura; he's just an ordinary person."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Huang Gan shook his head regretfully and said, "Then you're at a loss."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "Peace is a blessing. For someone like me, aiming too high is too tiring. It's better to be a bit more ordinary."

"That's true."

Huang Gan nodded in understanding and said, "If you can't see the clouds above, it's actually quite good to plow the fields well. The sky isn't just white clouds, either."

As he spoke, he patted Li Xuewu's quilt, got up, took his washbasin, and went to wash up.