Chapter 381: What an Honest Child

Li Xuewu had no impression of disgust toward Gu Weijie; he wouldn't go so far as to oppose everyone he met.

But speaking of the matter itself, no matter who was sitting opposite today, even if Yang Yuansong came, Li Xuewu would still have this attitude.

So when Gu Weijie looked at him in a very difficult way, Li Xuewu chose to pick up the teacup on the table and pretend not to see.

"I understand your concerns."

Gu Weijie eased her tone, crossed her hands on the desk, and looked at Li Xuewu affirmatively: "Being able to think of so much shows that you are serious and responsible about your work."

"Mm-hmm."

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Thank you for your understanding, Secretary Gu. You also know that I just took over the work of the Security Division, sitting on pins and needles, like thorns on my back."

Looking at Li Xuewu, who was complaining, Gu Weijie smiled lightly and nodded to express her understanding.

"Our situation is the same."

Gu Weijie looked at Li Xuewu and smiled: "I was also cautious and careful, walking on thin ice, when I was transferred from the Steel Institute to here, and everything was difficult at the beginning."

Conversation is like this; it's not like children who throw sand at each other when they disagree.

The conversations of organ cadres all have a rhythm, and the leader of the conversation needs to master the lightness, weight, urgency, and slowness.

Like today, Gu Weijie offered a topic, and Li Xuewu accepted it, which represented the possibility of seeking common ground while reserving differences.

Gu Weijie also wanted to start from the common ground between the two and solve this matter satisfactorily.

But as long as Li Xuewu disengaged from the battle, he wouldn't give Gu Weijie a chance to pursue the victory.

At this moment, Li Xuewu looked at his watch and said to Gu Weijie with a smile: "Today's conversation has indeed benefited me a lot, and I also know your opinion. So..."

Li Xuewu tidied up the documents and notebook on the table while smiling and saying: "I wasn't well-prepared today either, so I won't delay your precious time, Secretary Gu. We in the Security Division will discuss it again later, and I will convey your opinions."

Gu Weijie watched Li Xuewu stand up, knowing that today's conversation was a waste of effort.

But since Li Xuewu had said so, she had to stand up with a smile and shake hands with Li Xuewu, sending Li Xuewu out of the office.

This was the demeanor a leader should have, and it was also an attitude.

Li Xuewu was, after all, a cadre in charge of a section's work, and she was a newly arrived leader.

"Buying a horse bone for a thousand gold" was also done for the people in the organ to see.

No need to deliberately publicize; Gu Weijie sent Li Xuewu out today, and tomorrow there would be a good reputation for her.

Regardless of the result of today's conversation, at least when the two said goodbye at the office door, their faces were all smiling.

After sending Li Xuewu away, the secretary followed Deputy Secretary Gu back to the office.

While tidying up the tea set on the desk, the secretary saw Deputy Secretary Gu sitting back in her office chair, her brows already furrowed.

The expression now was completely different from the laughter and talk just now.

Knowing that Deputy Secretary Gu was in a bad mood, the secretary's movements became lighter.

The action of tidying up the documents on the table became cautious.

"Find Li Xuewu's personal materials and bring them out for me to see."

"Okay."

The secretary didn't expect that it was already time to get off work, and Deputy Secretary Gu wanted to see Li Xuewu's materials again.

This wasn't the first time the leader had looked at them; every time she looked, she would frown and think for a while.

Today, perhaps the obstacles encountered were too profound, making the leader have to make this request again.

The secretary's work was like this; if the leader didn't get off work, he couldn't get off work.

He couldn't just leave the leader alone in the office busy at the time of getting off work.

After finding Li Xuewu's materials, opening them, and placing them on the leader's right hand, the secretary picked up the teacup on the table and went to the tea cabinet at the door to add hot water.

When he brought the teacup back, he heard Deputy Secretary Gu, who was looking down at the materials, ask: "What is your impression of Comrade Li Xuewu?"

"Yes, leader."

The secretary didn't expect Deputy Secretary Gu to ask him this question directly, but he was from the factory office secretary section and had long since developed the ability to adapt to circumstances.

At this moment, he first promised, and while taking the opportunity to put the teacup by the leader's hand, he turned hundreds of corners in his heart.

"The Tiger of the Security Division, naturally a formidable character."

"Oh?"

Gu Weijie raised her head, looked at the secretary standing in front of the desk, then laughed lightly, picked up the teacup in front of her, and asked: "How did he get such a nickname?"

Although she said so, Gu Weijie still affirmed Li Xuewu's nickname in her heart.

Only wrong names, no wrong nicknames.

Li Xuewu's performance in her office just now didn't look like a young man, a twenty-year-old young man's temperament and demeanor at all.

Instead, it was like an old organ worker who had worked for many years; not a word, not a character left a trace.

Seeing the leader smile, the secretary also followed with a light laugh and explained: "Everyone says so."

After distancing himself, he explained with a smile: "This nickname existed when he was the Security Stock Chief; at that time, it was called the Tiger of the Security Section."

"His growth speed is indeed quite fast."

Gu Weijie put down the teacup and opened Li Xuewu's resume.

Although only one page was written, the experience after joining the job was full.

As for the previous resume, it only started with the two words "transferred from the army," followed by his meritorious performance, with no specific explanation.

No explanation was a very good explanation.

Gu Weijie wasn't a young person; of course, she knew what a twenty-year-old Deputy Li Kezhang meant.

The confidence Li Xuewu showed today and the attitude he expressed were all explaining that Dong Wenxue was fully supporting him.

Also, if Dong Wenxue didn't support him, how could he let go and throw the Security Division directly to Li Xuewu?

Gu Weijie now began to believe the rumors that Dong Wenxue and Li Xuewu were master and apprentice.

The secretary didn't know Gu Weijie was thinking so much; he just gave Gu Weijie an introduction based on the actual situation he understood.

"No one dares to question Li Deputy Li Kezhang's progress."

The secretary continued with the work in his hands, saying as he tidied up, "Ever since he started in the Security Division, many parasites have been rooted out of the Steel Mill. The cases are solid, and the merits are solid too."

"Mm."

Gu Weijie listened to the secretary's words, her eyes looking at the photo of Li Xuewu pasted on the top right corner of the material in her hand.

The young man in the photo didn't have a straight face like the young people of this era when taking ID photos.

Instead, he had a smile on his face, a face full of sunshine. If not mentioned, no one would guess that this was a Deputy Li Kezhang.

If he were a few years younger, he would be about the same age as her son.

The more Gu Weijie looked at Li Xuewu's materials, the more she felt she had no clue; this young man was too abnormal.

Seeing the secretary standing on the side tidying up, she said: "Alright, let's tidy up and get off work."

"Yes."

The secretary took the file handed over by Deputy Secretary Gu and went to the file cabinet to archive it.

It was already almost tidied up earlier. After putting the file away, he said to Deputy Secretary Gu, who had already stood up with her bag: "Leader, you go first; I'll turn off the lights."

"Good."

Gu Weijie smiled very intellectually and said: "Thank you for your hard work today."

"You are too polite."

The secretary excitedly took the bag from Gu Weijie's hand, turned off the lights in the room, and turned back to lock the door.

Only then did he follow Gu Weijie's footsteps and said with a smile: "You are the leader with the most cultivation I have ever seen."

"Is that so?"

Gu Weijie quite liked the work here at the steel rolling mill. Although there would be cadres like Li Xuewu, it didn't affect her attitude toward this job.

Especially being able to get the recognition of the people around her, she could hear whether the secretary was speaking from the heart.

Thinking of Li Xuewu, Gu Weijie remembered that although the conversation just now was quite intense, this person didn't say a single dirty word, and when talking to her, he looked directly into her eyes and didn't wander around.

"I actually think Li Xuewu has quite a lot of cultivation."

The secretary didn't know why Deputy Secretary Gu was still thinking about Li Xuewu, but the leader had spoken, so he couldn't let the leader's words fall to the ground.

"The idol of young cadres in the steel rolling mill, hehe."

Gu Weijie could understand this flattery from the secretary, but what did the "hehe" behind mean?

The secretary also saw the look the leader gave him when she turned back, so he explained with a smile: "Now the impression of Deputy Li Kezhang Li in the organ and workshop is also polarized."

"One part of the people treats him as the last safety guarantee of the steel rolling mill, which is why the 'Tiger of the Security Division' was called out."

Following Gu Weijie downstairs, the secretary opened the rear cabin door, let Deputy Secretary Gu get in the car, and he also sat in the passenger seat.

After signaling the driver to start, he continued to introduce: "Another part of the relatively young cadres treats him as a role model, feeling that as long as one is willing to work hard and struggle, one can grow and progress quickly like him."

"Hahahah."

Regarding this situation, she wasn't surprised.

Just like she treated the staff around her with a smile, the impression Li Xuewu created was the same as hers; they were all setting up a persona.

One was an independent female leader with intellectual beauty and cultivation, and the other was a mighty, domineering, and upward-striving good youth.

Just different paths to the same destination.

Gu Weijie looked at the flashing lights outside; that was the gate guard post of the steel rolling mill.

At this moment, there was a security guard standing on the guard platform holding a gun, and seeing the leader's car drive out, he even gave a salute.

The driver was also from the small car pool, naturally knowing the etiquette, and gave a car horn when passing the guard platform.

Following Gu Weijie's car driving out of the gate, the security guard standing on the guard platform retracted his saluting hand with a "swish," his eyes firm as he gripped the steel gun and continued to stand guard.

Perhaps discovering that the leader noticed the person on the guard post, the secretary turned sideways, his eyes looking back and saying: "Previously, our factory didn't have this program; it was good enough to see people in the guard post, and there was no one on duty on the guard platform."

"Did this change happen after Li Xuewu came?"

Gu Weijie's eyes looked at the night view outside the window, and she asked this sentence.

This sentence seemed to ask the secretary, but in fact, she was also asking herself. In her heart, she also felt that she had underestimated this young man.

Although she already attached great importance to Li Xuewu, looking at it now, her understanding of this young man was still not comprehensive enough.

At least understanding a person from the materials was not comprehensive enough.

The secretary looked at the Deputy Secretary Gu who was looking out of the car behind, and replied: "To be precise, it happened after he became the Security Li Kezhang; previously, the security in the factory was also like that."

While speaking, he had already turned around and sat properly, but his mouth was still talking about Li Xuewu's situation.

"He is indeed formidable."

The secretary wasn't old, only twenty-something. Although he didn't have a good impression of Li Xuewu, it didn't affect his objective evaluation of Li Xuewu's battle record.

Of course, the Secretary Section didn't have a good impression of Li Xuewu, and Xu Sinuo was responsible for this.

The number one person in this office didn't dare to go to the Security Building; what did this mean?

The secretary smiled and gave a vivid account of how Li Xuewu became a section chief, how he became a deputy section chief, and how he became a deputy section chief in the Eastern City.

Although these things were written in the materials, they were ultimately not as vivid and story-like as the secretary's account.

While Li Xuewu was studying others, he didn't know that he was also being studied by others.

A twenty-year-old young leader, who walked onto the leadership position with controversy, naturally carried places that made people discuss.

Li Xuewu knew that this Deputy Secretary Gu must have had an understanding of him after coming out of Gu Weijie's office.

This could be seen from the content and tone of the conversation.

Li Xuewu also saw that this Deputy Secretary had great ambitions; she couldn't be dismissed with a "two-eight split."

There was a saying on the road before: "Laughing and laughing when meeting, cursing behind the back."

Li Xuewu wouldn't go so far as to use profanity, but Gu Weijie still made him feel uncomfortable today.

This was directly expressed after returning to the office, when Li Xuewu made a harassing call to Deputy Factory Director Li's office.

Damn it, I was "da-da-da" in the front, and you were laughing in the back. Li Xuewu couldn't let Li Huai De go.

Initially, it was Li Huai De who asked him to take a step back; he didn't expect that the more he thought about it after taking a step back, the angrier he got.

So at this moment, Li Xuewu vented all his fire on Li Huai De.

Of course, Li Xuewu couldn't be hard on Li Huai De, nor could he scold his mother, but it didn't prevent Li Xuewu from pouring out his bitterness.

Li Xuewu's attitude in doing this wasn't like a child crying to his parents after being beaten; it was completely Li Xuewu playing bad.

He wanted to express a meaning to Li Huai De: the Security Division was Li Huai De's private land, and now someone was coming in to mess around.

Whether you care or not, if you don't care, I won't care either.

Li Xuewu was playing the rogue, and Li Huai De had no choice but to comfort Li Xuewu with good words on the phone, saying he would pay attention to this matter.

Good, Li Xuewu reached his expected goal after getting this sentence.

He couldn't just let Li Huai De go fight Gu Weijie now; that was impossible.

Li Xuewu put down the phone and called Dong Wenxue, who was far away in Steel City.

Although Dong Wenxue had only left for a few days, Li Xuewu was still quite concerned about Steel City.

This was the plan set by Li Xuewu and Dong Wenxue regarding preparing the rear.

If the Steel City Steel Mill was managed well, then Li Xuewu and Dong Wenxue would truly be able to advance and retreat.

Didn't you see Li Huai De now having to care about the opinions of the two?

Li Xuewu was young, but steady in work, had ambition, and could open up the situation, so he stayed inside.

And Dong Wenxue was experienced in work, had a humble personality, and could handle interpersonal relationships well, so he was arranged outside.

Master and apprentice, one inside and one outside, still controlling two important units of the steel rolling mill.

Especially Li Xuewu's arrangement for the steel mill made even Li Huai De sigh that "the Yangtze River waves push the waves ahead."

Li Xuewu also understood the reason why Li Huai De talked to him that day; it had both the meaning of appeasement and the meaning of beating.

Beating Li Xuewu was because he was afraid that Li Xuewu and Dong Wenxue would form a situation where they couldn't be controlled, causing the steel rolling mill to suffer losses again.

Of course, Li Huai De now had to reuse the two, because the two had already formed a certain power.

Dong Wenxue didn't bring any good news to Li Xuewu; after all, he had just arrived.

But he also said that with the help of Yang Zongfang and Xu Ning, opening up the situation was not a problem.

At least in the leadership team meeting, no one dared to oppose Dong Wenxue's words.

Now the steel mill knew that Dong Wenxue had the support of all the leaders of the steel rolling mill; who dared to oppose him?

Another thing was that the steel mill was currently conducting integrity education.

Accompanying the development of education was a larger area of investigation and case filing.

Yang Zongfang and Xu Ning were also ruthless people; they didn't file cases immediately for those who had mastered certain evidence.

Instead, they waited until Dong Wenxue arrived before suddenly launching investigations into four cadres.

No need to think, Dong Wenxue's power was established all at once.

It wasn't strange to receive Li Xuewu's call now, and he listened to what Li Xuewu said with a smile.

Li Xuewu didn't start by talking about Gu Weijie, but asked at the end of the call if Han Laoshi knew about Gu Weijie.

Dong Wenxue didn't know Li Xuewu? There must be some difficulty he was clashing with Gu Weijie.

But Dong Wenxue believed in his disciple. When he left, he had already told Li Xuewu that the Security Division was fully handed over to him to manage, so naturally, he wouldn't say much at this time.

After all, the disciple also needed to grow; this wasn't a big storm that couldn't be passed, and Li Xuewu didn't have the meaning of asking for help.

He only asked if Han Laoshi knew the situation inside.

Li Xuewu didn't say much on the phone because the phone was monitored at this time.

Not monitored by the Security Division, nor by the Confidentiality Stock.

It was just normal monitoring. Li Xuewu didn't want to take this risk, so he generally wouldn't say anything important on the phone.

Like the work matters he just talked about with Dong Wenxue, there was no problem; after all, it was normal work communication.

But if he said something targeting someone or some leader, Li Xuewu might be noticed by the monitors.

After all, the telephone technology at this time, in Han Zhan's words, a fool could monitor the telephone situation in an area with two telephone lines.

Dong Wenxue also knew this situation, not to mention that this kind of long-distance call was a key monitoring target.

So he didn't say much to Li Xuewu, but let Li Xuewu go directly to his home to find his teacher's wife when it was convenient.

Having obtained Dong Wenxue's permission, Li Xuewu naturally responded with a smile, but the response was that he would bring Gu Ning to their home for dinner.

Dong Wenxue also responded with a smile, saying that he should call home himself to let Han Laoshi prepare.

Knowing that this was Li Xuewu avoiding suspicion, now there were only Han Shu and Dong Mengyuan at Dong Wenxue's home. Li Xuewu, a big young man, running there late at night wasn't appropriate.

Although Li Xuewu called both Dong Wenxue and Han Shu "teacher," Li Xuewu was only ten years younger than the two.

So Li Xuewu saying he would bring Gu Ning to "mooch a meal," Dong Wenxue also laughed.

This showed that Li Xuewu and Gu Ning's relationship had become much closer.

Sha Qizhi clearly saw that Li Xuewu's mood was better, and he dared to breathe heavily at this moment.

Tidied up Li Xuewu's documents, and hearing that Li Xuewu was going to be a guest at Director Dong's house tonight, he walked into the inner room to tidy up the clothes Li Xuewu had placed in the inner room earlier.

Li Xuewu's peripheral vision saw the direction Sha Qizhi went, but didn't pay attention, but paused, picked up the phone, and called Gu Ning's unit.

Gu Ning hadn't gotten off work yet and was tidying up the things on the table when she suddenly heard the office phone saying it was looking for her, which was quite surprising.

Usually, very few people called to look for her, and her family knew her time for getting off work.

So when a colleague said a man was looking for her, although she was stunned, she immediately thought of who it was.

"Hello?"

"It's me."

Li Xuewu smiled while holding the phone. Gu Ning's voice sounded cautious, as if she was afraid of suddenly hearing someone say it was a robber.

Although the sound quality of the phone was average, Gu Ning still heard from the irregular tone that it was that bad guy.

"Mm."

Gu Ning only said "mm," and didn't ask why he called her.

People in the office all looked over; it was rare to see Gu Ning in this state.

Li Xuewu knew what state Gu Ning was in without thinking.

"Do I have the honor to invite Dr. Gu to dinner tonight?"

"Mm."

Hearing Li Xuewu's strange tone, Gu Ning couldn't help but laugh, then realized this was the office and hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand.

Seeing that colleagues were all looking over, she turned her body, turned her back to the colleagues, and whispered while covering the microphone: "Mom has already made dinner."

It was also because she was led by Li Xuewu that Gu Ning was already used to Li Xuewu calling her mother "mom."

So it was like a husband-and-wife relationship, directly saying the word "mom."

This made the people in the section who pricked up their ears open their eyes wide.

What's the situation?

Wasn't it a man?

Could it be her younger brother?

But looking at Gu Ning's shy expression just now, it didn't look like she was talking to her younger brother.

Could it be...?

Li Xuewu didn't know the situation on Gu Ning's side and said with a smile: "I want to eat the food Han Laoshi made; let's go mooch a meal at her house."

"Ah?"

Gu Ning was stunned by Li Xuewu's words, then thought that Li Xuewu might have something to say to Sister Han.

Hearing Li Xuewu wanting to invite her together, it must be to avoid these things.

Don't know why, Li Xuewu being able to call her first made Gu Ning feel warm in her heart.

So she whispered into the phone: "Then I'll call mom."

After speaking, she looked at the time on her hand and asked: "Are you coming to pick me up, or should I go over myself?"

Li Xuewu certainly wouldn't let Gu Ning walk by herself, so he said on the phone that he would go pick her up in a while, and let her wait at the unit.

Gu Ning put down the phone, looked at the curious gazes of her colleagues, and pressed the phone with a red face, asking for her home's number.

Although everyone knew Gu Ning's identity, everyone felt regret for Gu Ning in their hearts when they heard Gu Ning was going to leave that position.

Especially thinking of the young man who came to deliver gifts last time, everyone felt even more regret for Gu Ning.

Hearing that the other party was coming to pick up Gu Ning, they all pricked up their ears to listen, wanting to go see the excitement in a while, what kind of identity that person had, and what he used to pick her up.

The distance from the steel rolling mill to Gu Ning's unit wasn't far, instead closer than going home.

Because there were few cars outside the city, Li Xuewu dared to drive.

Li Xuewu called Dong Wenxue's home after calling Gu Ning, and said with a smile that he and Gu Ning were going to be guests at home.

Han Shu expressed welcome to the two coming, saying it would be more lively if they came.

Li Xuewu smiled, hung up the phone, and put on the overcoat Sha Qizhi handed over.

"Tell the driver, no need for him to send me tonight."

Li Xuewu looked at Sha Qizhi while putting on his clothes and said: "How about this, I'll drive to send you home first, and I'll pick you up tomorrow."

"Li Kezhang, I can go back by myself."

Sha Qizhi replied to Li Xuewu, walked to the phone on the desk to call the small car pool, and said to Li Xuewu: "My home is not far; you just go do your work."

He knew Li Xuewu was going to take his object to Director Dong's house, so he was also polite.

After getting through the phone, he told Han Jiankun about Li Xuewu's arrangement and let Han Jiankun drive the car to the door.

Li Xuewu patted Sha Qizhi on the shoulder and said: "Let's go, in this freezing weather, letting you walk back alone is too cold-hearted, hahaha."

"Look at what you said."

Sha Qizhi also understood Li Xuewu's meaning, so he followed Li Xuewu's lead, took the bag, and followed Li Xuewu to lock the door.

After Li Xuewu took Sha Qizhi downstairs, he saw Han Jiankun had already parked the car at the door.

"How about this, you rest in the factory tonight; we will drive ourselves tomorrow."

Li Xuewu gave instructions to the driver and got into the driver's seat, while Sha Qizhi said two words to Han Jiankun and jumped into the passenger seat.

"Boom."

Li Xuewu stepped on the gas and drove the car out of the office area gate.

Han Jiankun looked at the departing vehicle, thinking in his heart that this Li Kezhang Li also had the habit of stepping on the gas.

In the command car, Sha Qizhi said to Li Xuewu with a smile: "Really sorry, still letting the leader drive to send me home."

"Hehehe, what's this."

Li Xuewu looked at the road ahead and smiled: "You don't know how to drive, and I have to use the car tonight. I can't let Xiao Han walk back by himself, right?"

After saying this, Li Xuewu looked at Sha Qizhi and continued: "In the steel rolling mill, in work, we are superiors and subordinates; in life, we are all friends, all young people. Don't care about those rules and regulations."

"Yes."

Although he responded to Li Xuewu, Sha Qizhi didn't dare to discuss friends or brothers with Li Xuewu in private.

Li Xuewu sent Sha Qizhi directly to his door and turned around to drive to Gu Ning's unit.

Perhaps waiting anxiously, Gu Ning was already waiting in the hospital lobby, standing by the glass window looking outside.

From time to time, one or two cars would enter the courtyard, but Gu Ning's eyes would be full of disappointment after brightening.

Seeing car lights enter again, Gu Ning only stood on tiptoe to look, not thinking it was Li Xuewu.

But Li Xuewu jumped out of the car, and at this moment, he was running toward the lobby while tightening his overcoat.

"I'm here."

Seeing Li Xuewu run toward the building, Gu Ning waved to Li Xuewu with a smile.

Li Xuewu heard Gu Ning's voice and made an emergency brake, then turned his head, revealing a mouth of small white teeth.

"Why didn't you wait upstairs?"

Li Xuewu walked toward Gu Ning and asked with a smile: "Are you cold?"

"It's okay. Didn't you say it would be very fast?"

Although Li Xuewu was fast enough, Gu Ning still felt Li Xuewu was slow after receiving the call.

This might be the so-called "meeting late."

Looking at Gu Ning, who had a bit of a mood, Li Xuewu smiled and said: "We are going to be guests, not mountain kings; we can't go empty-handed, right?"

"Ah~"

Hearing Li Xuewu say this, Gu Ning really raised her hands, realizing she was truly empty-handed.

Li Xuewu saw the meat delivered to his mouth; how could he let it go? He held Gu Ning's hand and walked toward the door while saying: "I brought your share."

Gu Ning was still thinking about what to do since she was empty-handed, not expecting to be taken advantage of by Li Xuewu.

Looking at the security guard at the door looking at the two of them, Gu Ning subconsciously wanted to shake off the bad guy in front.

Li Xuewu didn't pull Gu Ning hard, felt Gu Ning let go of his hand, turned his head and said with a smile: "The steps at the door are slippery; be careful not to fall."

"Mm, I know."

At this moment, Gu Ning's face was still red, and she was a bit embarrassed, hiding from Li Xuewu.

But sometimes what you say is what comes; Li Xuewu just finished saying "be careful of slippery steps," and Gu Ning slipped on the steps.

It was as if it were intentional; the direction of the fall was also toward Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu felt the steps were slippery when he came up, so he had been guarding against Gu Ning.

Seeing her fall toward him, he hurriedly reached out and hugged her.

"What did I say?"

Li Xuewu hugged Gu Ning and went down the steps, smiled and let go of Gu Ning, and took Gu Ning's hand, walking toward the parking position.

At this moment, Gu Ning was still frightened and could only let this bad guy lead her away.

Fortunately, it was already dark, and there were few people coming and going, so no one looked this way, and Gu Ning didn't feel shy.

In fact, it wasn't that no one was looking, but Gu Ning didn't see anyone looking this way.

It was those people in surgery, those who were curious about how Li Xuewu came.

Seeing Li Xuewu supporting Gu Ning and getting into a strange-looking car, they couldn't help but guess in their hearts: did Li Xuewu become a driver?

To say that this kind of change in the factory was also normal, but looking at Li Xuewu's appearance, it really didn't look like a driver.

Because Li Xuewu was wearing a cadre suit.

It was just that Li Xuewu unbuttoned the front buttons of his overcoat while driving, revealing the Zhongshan suit inside.

Li Xuewu and the two didn't know that there were people upstairs watching them and discussing them.

Sending Gu Ning into the car, Li Xuewu also got into the driver's seat and drove toward the gate under the gaze of the people upstairs.

"Did you call Sister Han?"

Gu Ning held the handle on the car door and turned to ask Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and said: "Of course, can't be an unwelcome guest, right? It doesn't matter if I go hungry, but what if you go hungry?"

"Mm."

Gu Ning pursed her lips and turned her head, but a smile she couldn't hold back appeared on her face.

And Li Xuewu asked after answering Gu Ning's question: "Have you been to Haiyun Road these past few days?"

"Mm."

Although Gu Ning was a bit embarrassed, she nodded and said: "I went to tidy up the hygiene."

Gu Ning didn't say that her mother and sister-in-law went with her; that would be too embarrassing.

It was just that the two had already prepared the new house, and both Ding Fengxia and Mu Hongyan were quite curious about the new house.

On Monday, as soon as Gu Ning got off work, Ding Fengxia made an appointment for the two to go directly to the No. 1 courtyard on Haiyun Road from their units.

Looking at the layout in the small courtyard and the very exquisite two-story small villa, Ding Fengxia was satisfied.

Although she felt gratified for Li Xuewu's careful preparation in her heart, she felt more burdened by Li Xuewu providing this kind of life for Gu Ning.

Gu Ning trusted Li Xuewu; since Li Xuewu said he could afford this kind of life, she chose to believe him.

Ding Fengxia was helpless and happy about this pair of young children.

Helpless was the daughter's trust in Li Xuewu, this complete entrustment.

Happy was Li Xuewu's care for Gu Ning and the importance he attached to this relationship.

Originally, Ding Fengxia wanted to help her daughter tidy up, but Gu Ning refused.

She didn't give any reason, but she just refused her mother and sister-in-law's help.

Mu Hongyan understood her little sister-in-law better and told her mother-in-law that this was the young couple preparing to tidy up the new house themselves.

Ding Fengxia couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she heard this; she could naturally understand this kind of happiness.

Gu Ning also wanted to experience this kind of happiness, so when Li Xuewu asked, she said it directly.

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Ning with a smile and asked: "Are you tired?"

"It's okay."

Gu Ning seemed to like saying "it's okay," and at this moment, she used this to reply to Li Xuewu.

Thinking that answering like this might be a bit perfunctory, she continued: "I only do it for one hour every day, at noon."

"Oh, oh."

Li Xuewu nodded understandingly and said: "Don't be too tired; take your time. Pick the decorations you like. If you are short on money or tickets, just ask me."

"Good."

Gu Ning nodded, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked: "Is your salary quite high now?"

"Mm?"

Li Xuewu didn't expect Gu Ning to ask this question; it wasn't that Gu Ning couldn't ask.

It was just that Gu Ning had never shown special attention to money or tickets; it might be because she grew up in a large courtyard, or because she grew up eating special supplies.

This was the first time Gu Ning asked him about his salary, so Li Xuewu was quite surprised.

"It's okay, hahahaha."

Li Xuewu used Gu Ning's habitual term to answer her question, and after seeing Gu Ning smile, he asked again: "What's wrong? Why did you think of asking this question?"

Seeing Gu Ning's embarrassed look, he smiled and said: "Do you want to manage my salary? Do you need me to hand over my salary starting this month?"

"No... no."

Gu Ning was also flushed by Li Xuewu's words. In her cognition, only a husband would hand over his salary to his wife.

Now the two were not yet...

Seeing Li Xuewu looking at her curiously from time to time, Gu Ning had to whisper: "It's mom; mom is worried about you..."

"Oh, oh, oh."

Li Xuewu's heart was like a lotus root; he understood Gu Ning's meaning after she said one sentence.

It seemed that the mother-in-law was worried about his economic strength.

"My salary is okay now, 138 yuan; there is a management bonus."

While speaking, he looked at Gu Ning and asked: "I'm serious; do you want me to hand over my salary to you? After all, tidying up the house and buying things also costs money."

"No need."

Gu Ning shook her head with a red face and said: "My previous salary is still saved and unused."

"Oh, oh, oh."

Li Xuewu didn't hinder Gu Ning's request for participation in the new house, so he said with a smile: "Then I'll wait to eat ready-made food."

Knowing that Li Xuewu's words had a double meaning and he was playing bad again, she knew this bad guy

Knowing that Li Xuewu's words were a double entendre and that he was being mischievous again, she knew that this bad guy was prone to talking nonsense.

"Don't... don't say it."

Gu Ning didn't know how to deal with such a bad guy, so she could only blush and whisper a request for Li Xuewu not to say it.

"Hahahaha."

Li Xuewu, however, was amused by Gu Ning's appearance and laughed.

Gu Ning was so embarrassed by Li Xuewu that she wanted to bite him. Seeing the Dong family getting closer and closer outside the window, she suppressed her shyness.

As soon as the car stopped, Gu Ning pushed the door open and jumped out.

"Wait for me."

Li Xuewu shouted to Gu Ning with a face full of smiles. Seeing that the more he spoke, the faster Gu Ning ran, he stopped talking; he was afraid that if Gu Ning got nervous, she might fall.

After parking the car in the courtyard, Li Xuewu carried the gift he had brought for Han Shimu out of the car.

It was some pastries he had bought while passing a snack shop on the road. Most things like this nowadays had the same flavor: sweet.

And they were cloyingly sweet at that. He didn't know if it was to make people say they were generous, but they put a ton of sugar in the pastries.

Maybe it really was to reflect the superiority of the current society; anyway, Li Xuewu wasn't used to eating them.

Dong Wenxue's son liked them, though—he was just a kid, after all.

Seeing Li Xuewu walk into the house carrying the pastry box, Dong Mengyuan had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Senior brother~"

"Hey."

Li Xuewu smiled, took off his hat, and smiled at the little junior brother waiting at the door. Then he smiled at Han Shimu, who was standing at the kitchen door, and said, "Just hearing my brother's greeting, you know these pastries of mine are extra sweet."

"Hahahaha."

Dong Mengyuan also knew Li Xuewu was talking about him, and he looked at Li Xuewu with some embarrassment.

Li Xuewu handed the box in his hand to his little junior brother and said, "Don't eat too many, be careful of getting cavities."

"Got it, senior brother~"

After taking the pastries from Li Xuewu's hand, Dong Mengyuan hopped excitedly toward the sofa.

Han Shu watched the lively scene in his home with a smile and said to Li Xuewu, who had taken off his coat and changed into slippers as he walked in, "Why are you teasing our little Ning again? Are you being mischievous?"

"What do you mean?"

Li Xuewu smiled aggrievedly, "Am I that kind of person? I'm such an honest kid."