Chapter 387: I Am Innocent

"This is called 'ten thousand years is too long, seize the day!'"

He laughed and pointed at Li Xuewu, then said to him: "I've asked the secretary to prepare; you don't need to move your car, just take mine."

"Good."

Li Xuewu agreed, then raised the documents in his hand and said: "I'll put the documents back in my office, then we'll go."

Just as Li Xuewu walked a few steps, Zheng Fuhua seemed to have just remembered and said to him: "The Deputy Factory Director of the Enamel Factory called me just now."

"Is that so!"

Li Xuewu responded and turned around, wanting to hear what Zheng Fuhua was going to say.

Zheng Fuhua didn't feel it was inappropriate for the secretary to stand on the side and hear this, so he continued: "He said he was very sorry about what happened this morning and wants to invite you to go again; they will definitely listen carefully."

"Sure, it's a good thing they want to listen to me lecture."

Li Xuewu knew that the Deputy Factory Director of the Enamel Factory must have some friendship with Zheng Fuhua, but he didn't intend to give Zheng Fuhua this face.

"However, please help me say sorry to him; I don't intend to go to the Enamel Factory again."

Hearing this, Zheng Fuhua's expression didn't change, but the secretary standing on the side and Tan Lincai, who had been listening in the office, had their expressions shift slightly.

Li Xuewu didn't care about the secretary's expression change, but continued to say with a smile: "If they really want to listen, let them go to the next session. Tell them there are no benches; they have to stand and listen, otherwise I definitely won't play with them in the future."

After saying this, Li Xuewu walked toward his office, as casual as if he were dealing not with a Deputy Bureau Chief, but with a Deputy Division Chief of the same rank.

He, Li Xuewu, is not running a flour factory; he doesn't have to give face to everyone who wants it. If he spoils this one, who will recognize who Li Xuewu is next time?

Besides, Zheng Fuhua also said he wanted to integrate the security of these units. With the current attitude, who knows what kind of trouble they will cause in the future.

So Li Xuewu didn't care about Zheng Fuhua's coordination at all and chose to go head-to-head directly.

Want to listen? Come and stand in the corner.

Face doesn't pass, don't want to come?

Then it has nothing to do with you in the future; the leadership power of the branch bureau is not just talk.

Besides, Li Xuewu still has a backup plan!

Shen Fang and Duan Youting will arrive at the battlefield in thirty seconds.

The secretary turned to look at Zheng Fuhua's expression, thinking Zheng Bureau would get angry.

But unexpectedly, Zheng Bureau suddenly said with a smile: "This stubborn donkey, kicking people as soon as he gets stubborn. Heh."

Hearing Zheng Bureau's words, he seemed to be scolding, but this expression was even more exaggerated than praising someone.

The secretary was also stunned. What's the background of this Deputy Division Chief Li? The background is so hard?

Secretaries all have this problem; whenever they meet a cocky newcomer in the unit, they will guess whose relationship it is.

Of course, there are exceptions, like the newly promoted secretary; they wouldn't think of this.

At this moment, Sha Qizhi was writing something on the coffee table; he didn't expect Li Xuewu to return suddenly.

"Qizhi, I'm going to handle some things with the leader."

Li Xuewu pushed open the door and saw Sha Qizhi had already stood up, and also saw the notebook on the coffee table.

"Isn't there an office desk there? Go write over there."

As he spoke, he pointed to his office desk and said, then instructed: "We should be back on time, but if I don't come back, you go find Han Jiankun and go to the cafeteria to eat together."

Sha Qizhi saw Li Xuewu put down the documents and was about to leave, so he said: "Leader, I'll go with you."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said: "Sitting in the leader's car, there's no need to bother. Get busy with your work."

As he spoke, he patted Sha Qizhi on the shoulder and went out the door.

Sha Qizhi looked at the documents Li Xuewu put on the table and walked to the window to look downstairs.

After waiting for a while, he saw Li Xuewu get into a jeep with a leader.

Watching the jeep leave the main gate, Sha Qizhi had to turn back and walk back to the sofa to continue his work.

Although Li Xuewu said he could use the office desk, Sha Qizhi didn't dare to do so.

If it were in the Steel Mill, it would be fine; he was Li Xuewu's secretary, and no one would say anything if he used Li Xuewu's office desk.

But this is the branch bureau, and he is not a person from the branch bureau. If he were seen, it would ultimately be bad, so he would rather use the coffee table to write things.

"You are a person who follows the rules, and also a person who makes me feel at ease~"

Li Xuewu sat in the back seat accompanying Zheng Fuhua. This moment, after the car left the branch bureau's main gate, he suddenly heard Zheng Fuhua say this to him.

"A latecomer, how dare I teach one side!"

Not knowing if Zheng Fuhua was talking about someone else or pointing at him, Li Xuewu first humbled himself, then asked with a smile: "In your place, is it the crying child who gets the milk?"

"Hahahaha."

Zheng Fuhua laughed loudly when he heard Li Xuewu's words and patted Li Xuewu's knee with his hand.

"I'm letting you cry, but you have to be able to cry!"

"That's not necessarily true."

Li Xuewu looked at the secretary sitting in the passenger seat, who was secretly listening to their conversation from behind, with a smile.

"I'm young, and if I cry, my voice is very loud."

"Then I really want to hear it."

Zheng Fuhua said to Li Xuewu with a smile: "In my place, the one who cries the loudest might instead get a slap~"

"Then I'm relieved."

Li Xuewu looked at the vehicle that had already passed the Jiaodaokou South Street and turned toward Ju'er Hutong, then turned around and looked behind.

"If we walked through the main gate, could we see this side from the front gate of our bureau?"

Zheng Fuhua also turned around and looked behind when he heard Li Xuewu's words, then turned back and smiled at Li Xuewu: "Don't say, this location is really not bad."

Li Xuewu looked again, then turned back and asked Zheng Fuhua: "Who manages this side now?"

"I haven't made an inquiry yet."

Zheng Fuhua frowned and looked into the hutong. As the car stopped, the buildings in his line of sight looked even more dilapidated.

"Let's go, let's go down and see."

As he spoke, he didn't wait for the secretary and pushed open the car door himself, taking Li Xuewu down.

Li Xuewu immediately cast his gaze toward the white Western-style small building.

"Why build this thing in this place?"

He just felt that the old-fashioned courtyard suddenly had a Western building standing there, which was very abrupt.

Drink bean juice, eat steak?

Hearing Li Xuewu ask this, Zheng Fuhua also smiled and said: "You have to go ask the person who built the mansion."

"Good, do I have to dig him out to identify the scene?"

"Hahahaha."

While the two were talking, the cadres from the branch bureau who followed them had already opened the door.

From the guard's mouth, Li Xuewu and the others learned that this mansion was now managed by the housing management department, but this courtyard was not the first time someone had been thinking about it.

"It seems it's really a convenient place."

Zheng Fuhua listened to the guard's introduction, put his hands behind his back, and walked in first.

Li Xuewu looked at the Western-style building he saw just now again; it turned out the security he saw when he snuck in to play as a child was from the embassy.

Just now, according to the guard, this mansion was dismantled and sold during the Republic of China.

And after entering the city, this side ran away cleanly, and after the housing management department took over, it was allocated to Afghanistan as a foreign affairs hall.

Now it is in a vacant state, but the conditions of the courtyard are not good; a part of the courtyard has owners and is currently being lived in.

Entering from the main gate, the front is a standard courtyard structure, but not the kind of courtyard Li Xuewu lives in now.

Because the original owner of this courtyard had a higher rank, the main gate was in the center, which was a Guangliang main gate.

The two sides of the outer courtyard were the original horse stables and gatehouses, which are still serving this purpose now.

However, the horse stables were changed into garages; Li Xuewu looked at the garage modification and curled his lips.

If you want to talk about whether it's beautiful or not, it's not particular now, but it should at least be something.

Now, it's a magic modification?

Entering the hanging flower gate, which is the second gate, the two sides of the courtyard are wing rooms, the center is a main room, and there are corridors on both sides leading to the backyard.

At this moment, Zheng Fuhua had already come out of the main room, and there was no satisfied or regretful expression on his face.

After meeting up with Li Xuewu, they walked together toward the middle courtyard, asking while walking: "How is your police dog team doing?"

Li Xuewu didn't expect Zheng Fuhua to be thinking about the pot while eating from the bowl, so he smiled and replied: "It's good! They come to patrol the streets here every night."

As he spoke, the two stood on the stone slab ground of the middle courtyard, observing the surrounding environment while asking.

"Why?"

Li Xuewu looked at Zheng Fuhua, who was observing the surrounding environment, and asked: "Do you have the intention to set up a police dog team for our branch bureau too?"

"Heh."

Zheng Fuhua waved his hand to signal the cadres who followed to go see the condition of the houses, and took Li Xuewu to the backyard.

"This isn't because we are setting it up anyway, why not consider what can be set up?"

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded: "Your thinking is long-term; having such a team by your side is quite convenient."

Zheng Fuhua turned his head to look at Li Xuewu and asked: "Can you support this idea of mine?"

"Don't joke!"

Li Xuewu also learned from Zheng Fuhua, like a little old man with his hands behind his back, and walked into the backyard first.

Zheng Fuhua wanted to kick Li Xuewu when he saw his behavior, but he heard Li Xuewu, who was walking in front, say: "That's the Steel Mill's dog; you wouldn't like a cadre who eats inside and out, would you?"

"If you're stingy, just say you're stingy; stop talking about useless things!"

Although he knew Li Xuewu was telling the truth, and although he knew Li Xuewu was finding an excuse to brush him off, Zheng Fuhua only said this much.

Li Xuewu stood in front of the back-cover room, looking back at Zheng Fuhua, waiting for him to continue, but there was no follow-up.

The Steel Mill is not without dogs. After Huaqing University allocated funds last year, the Hongxing Village side started the work of selecting and training dogs again, and now it can be considered a pillar industry.

Now, not to mention more, taking out thirty or forty is not a problem; at most, they train while using them, just like the Steel Mill.

But those dogs are all ready to be sold for money. Now looking at Zheng Fuhua's meaning, he wants to do it for free.

Fine, if you don't say it, I'll pretend I don't know.

Li Xuewu saw Zheng Fuhua didn't say he wanted to spend money to buy dogs, so he pretended to be looking at the house, as if he were a customer looking for a house to rent, picking and choosing.

Seeing the appearance of the back-cover room, he even clicked his tongue and shook his head, imitating his grandmother's appearance.

Zheng Fuhua saw Li Xuewu didn't speak and was playing this trick with him, so he also clicked his tongue and said: "It seems that cadres who are not trained by themselves are not of one heart with us."

As he spoke, he glanced at Li Xuewu and then entered the corner gate of the back-cover room.

Li Xuewu followed Zheng Fuhua into the corner gate.

"Is it behind?"

Zheng Fuhua stood in the courtyard behind and looked toward the courtyard across a hutong, asking the guard who had been following the crowd.

The guard was also a middle-aged man of considerable age. Seeing Zheng Fuhua ask, he replied: "It is; the hutong across is called Shoubi Hutong, and opposite is the third courtyard of this mansion."

"Hmm, hmm."

Zheng Fuhua heard it was also the courtyard on this side, so he pushed open the back door and walked toward the main gate opposite.

The gate on this side was not the Guangliang main gate from before, but the kind of ordinary courtyard, but it was also a gold-pillar main gate.

The courtyard on this side was much simpler. Upon entering the door, there was a main room. Walking further in, there was a large courtyard. There were wing rooms on both sides, and a small courtyard gate opened on the west side.

Li Xuewu walked over and pushed open the courtyard gate. What came into view was a closed courtyard with a main room and two wing rooms. Turning back after passing the courtyard gate, there was a reverse-seat room.

"It's okay, quite quiet."

Li Xuewu looked around and saw that the environment here was quite good. It should have been maintained all along, so the environment here was better.

"This courtyard was taken back the year before last; it was rented out before."

The guard on this side asked the guard in the front courtyard clearly, and then followed a few people to look around.

Seeing Li Xuewu speak, he started to introduce it.

"The courtyard on this side is not big. The main room you see now has a small garden behind it, and there are houses around the garden, but they are not big; they were where the servants lived before."

"Hmm, hmm."

Zheng Fuhua pointed to the courtyard on the east and asked: "Does this courtyard have a back door?"

"Yes, yes."

The guard nodded and introduced: "This back door was also opened later; it's simple, just tearing down the wall and adding a gate."

Zheng Fuhua took Li Xuewu and the others back to the east courtyard, stood in the courtyard and looked back, and then walked back.

On the way back, he asked Li Xuewu again: "How do you see this courtyard?"

"It's quite good."

Li Xuewu saw that there were many people here, so he stopped imitating Zheng Fuhua with his hands behind his back, so as not to make the leader embarrassed.

"I think that small garden can be renovated and is just right to be used as the station for the police dog team."

Zheng Fuhua heard Li Xuewu's words, squinted his eyes and glanced at Li Xuewu, then walked forward.

Li Xuewu was just using words to poke Zheng Fuhua, thinking about letting Zheng Fuhua purchase the dogs trained by the Steel Mill's Security Office.

Seeing Zheng Fuhua didn't take the bait, Li Xuewu smiled and didn't care.

Doing business is like this; how can you talk about it in a hurry? That's not business; that's looking for a chicken.

Following Zheng Fuhua back to the front courtyard, the guard on this side had been waiting. Seeing a few people return, he pointed to the west courtyard and asked: "Do you still want to see the side over there?"

Zheng Fuhua looked up and asked the guard: "Is it the courtyard with the Western-style building?"

"Yes."

The guard nodded and said: "It's the courtyard that was rented out before."

As he spoke, he led the way for a few people, entered the middle courtyard, and opened the main gate leading to the west courtyard.

Li Xuewu followed Zheng Fuhua into the west courtyard and felt his eyes light up; the courtyard on this side was large.

The Western-style building he saw before was just located in the southwest corner of the courtyard, and there were several small buildings beside it.

"You can run horses in this courtyard. Heh."

Zheng Fuhua was obviously also satisfied with the courtyard on this side, scanned left and right, and then said to Li Xuewu: "Putting forty people here is a bit too much."

"Hey~"

Li Xuewu shook his head with a smile, walked close to Zheng Fuhua, and whispered: "You are also going to set up a public order brigade, right?"

"When did I..."

Zheng Fuhua was stunned by Li Xuewu's words, frowned and looked at Li Xuewu, just wanting to ask, but remembered the matter of forming a joint public order team with the security offices of various factories that he had discussed with Li Xuewu before.

"Hey! So you want to set up a private courtyard yourself?"

Zheng Fuhua pointed at Li Xuewu and said with a smile: "No wonder you chose this house! So you want to close the door and be the king!"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "I don't have any selfish motives at all."

As he spoke, he pulled Zheng Fuhua to walk aside, his eyes signaling the buildings on this side.

"You have something to do this afternoon, right? Do you remember?"

Without waiting for Zheng Fuhua to answer, Li Xuewu continued to ask: "Do you really plan to go to the regiment headquarters empty-handed?"

Zheng Fuhua understood Li Xuewu's meaning. At this moment, the expression on his face was very wonderful, looking at Li Xuewu like looking at a weasel stealing a chicken.

"I just said you were smart."

Pointing at Li Xuewu, Zheng Fuhua turned his head to look at the buildings again, then said to Li Xuewu: "You are so willing; do you really plan to eat it?"

"Heh."

Li Xuewu looked at Zheng Fuhua and said with a light smile: "This is meat delivered to the mouth; don't say you don't have any ideas."

"Hahahaha."

Hearing Li Xuewu speak impolitely, Zheng Fuhua put his hands behind his back and laughed.

At this moment, the branch bureau cadres who followed were still a distance away from the two. When Li Xuewu wanted to talk to Zheng Fuhua, they stopped.

So they didn't know what Zheng Fuhua was laughing at, but looking at the expressions of the two, they didn't seem to be holding back anything good.

Li Xuewu looked at this large courtyard with a smile and said: "That's a regiment, with families; if the house is small, it won't be enough to live in."

Zheng Fuhua was in a good mood at this moment, took the initiative to throw a cigarette to Li Xuewu, and let Li Xuewu light it for him.

Li Xuewu lit it for Zheng Fuhua and then lit his own, then continued: "Besides, the mountains are suitable for training, but not for stationing."

Zheng Fuhua squinted his eyes and smiled at Li Xuewu after taking a puff of the cigarette: "You are unable to eat it in one bite, so you are planning to cut it open and eat it."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu smiled and didn't care about Zheng Fuhua using his own villainous heart to measure his own belly; he just treated it as the official being one rank higher and crushing people.

"This courtyard will be changed into a training ground and playground, just right for them to help us conduct training."

Li Xuewu followed Zheng Fuhua while smoking and planning the use of this side.

"The courtyard over there will be used as the station for the emergency disposal team and the station for the public order brigade."

Seeing Li Xuewu bring up the previous topic again, Zheng Fuhua also nodded with a light smile.

He agreed with Li Xuewu's opinion. If it were really arranged like this, there would be a regular troop of two or three hundred people stationed next to the branch bureau.

Not to mention how many cadres are in the regiment headquarters, the guard company alone has more than a hundred people.

There is also a professional emergency disposal team of forty people, and a public order team of two or three hundred people composed of professional security personnel from surrounding areas.

If you count the police dog team he is thinking about, the branch bureau's mobile power and safety disposal ability will undoubtedly step up a big level.

By then, he, Zheng Fuhua, can really be called having people when he needs people, and having guns when he needs guns.

Before he finished thinking, Li Xuewu continued: "For the public order team, I have thought about it; relying solely on the security of various factories won't work."

Zheng Fuhua knew Li Xuewu had many ideas and a sensitive mind. At this moment, he took a puff of the cigarette and said while walking back with Li Xuewu: "Tell me your thoughts."

Li Xuewu had nothing to hide from Zheng Fuhua; now he was his direct supervisor.

Although Li Xuewu had a Division Chief of the Public Order Office above him, everyone knew that Lai Shanchuan couldn't manage Li Xuewu.

Lai Shanchuan is the Division Chief of the branch bureau's Public Order Office; Li Xuewu had already met him at the last meeting.

When Zheng Fuhua introduced the division of labor in the bureau, he didn't say Li Xuewu was assisting Lai Shanchuan in managing the Public Order Office; he said Li Xuewu would be responsible for forming the branch bureau's professional emergency force and would be directly responsible to him.

So Li Xuewu always spoke directly to Zheng Fuhua.

"Security is ultimately security; what they do is protect and guard, and they can't handle the public order problems encountered during patrols; the name is not right, and the words are not smooth!"

Li Xuewu followed Zheng Fuhua back to the middle courtyard, and a group of people turned and walked out. Someone would come here to communicate and contact the housing management department.

"And the security provided by various factories will also have the phenomenon of uneven quality; you can't just throw these people onto the street without training."

Li Xuewu looked up at Zheng Fuhua solemnly and emphasized: "This is not only irresponsible to them, but also irresponsible to our work, and even more irresponsible to the people in the jurisdiction."

"Hmm."

Zheng Fuhua thought about Li Xuewu's words while smoking, but this mansion was too close to the branch bureau, and he hadn't thought it through before the car had already entered the branch bureau's courtyard.

"I still want that police dog team of yours!"

Zheng Fuhua sighed with emotion to Li Xuewu when getting off the car, then raised his hand to check the time and said to Li Xuewu: "Let's go, go to the cafeteria to eat."

Li Xuewu said something to Zheng Fuhua's secretary, then followed Zheng Fuhua's footsteps to the cafeteria.

"If you really like it, the police dog team can be formed together with the emergency team!"

Li Xuewu caught up with Zheng Fuhua, walked on the side, and suggested to Zheng Fuhua: "Semi-finished police dogs are actually not expensive, only twenty-five yuan each; twenty of them in a small team is only five hundred yuan."

"Only?"

Zheng Fuhua didn't stop his steps, but his head tilted toward Li Xuewu's side.

"Do you also manage sales work in your unit?"

After mocking Li Xuewu, he let Li Xuewu lift the door curtain and walked in.

Li Xuewu followed behind Zheng Fuhua and continued to speak, not caring about the cadres behind.

"You really know how to joke."

"Hey~"

Zheng Fuhua shook his head and said to Li Xuewu, who followed: "You are the one who knows how to joke."

As he spoke, he took Li Xuewu to the small cafeteria inside, saying while walking: "As far as I know, when you bought them, they were only ten yuan, right? This has more than doubled?"

Thinking of Li Xuewu's previous suggestion, Zheng Fuhua always felt something was wrong. Only after hearing Li Xuewu's quote did he know this brat was playing bad.

"So the money earned from cooperating with you has to be spent; not a cent can be taken home?"

Li Xuewu didn't care much about Zheng Fuhua's words; doing business is like this—ask for a high price, sit down and bargain.

"Look, you also said it; when we collected them, it was ten yuan. If we sell them for less, wouldn't we be losing money!"

The branch bureau's small cafeteria was just like that; it couldn't enjoy the leaders of the Steel Mill.

Not to mention the small cafeteria in the Steel Mill's reception center, it couldn't even compare to the small cafeteria in the big cafeteria before.

At this moment, there were already people eating at the dining table. Zheng Fuhua took Li Xuewu and introduced them one by one.

Li Xuewu greeted the cadres Zheng Fuhua introduced politely.

After the two got their meals and found a table to sit down, Li Xuewu continued to grind his teeth: "Plus shipping, feeding, training, inspection, medical expenses..."

While breaking the steamed bun, Li Xuewu had already calculated a value-added for the police dogs for Zheng Fuhua.

"Heh."

Zheng Fuhua listened to Li Xuewu's words, shook his head with a light smile, and asked: "So a local dog, after being tossed by you, became a Howling Celestial Dog?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Ask around the whole Beijing; those who can use police dogs are really just us, no other branch."

As he spoke, he joked with Zheng Fuhua: "Our price is also fair and honest. How about it? Do you want twenty?"

"Twenty?"

Zheng Fuhua was poked by Li Xuewu's words, then looked at Li Xuewu and said: "I bought the dog for five hundred, and it's a semi-finished product from you. It doesn't eat or drink when it gets to me? A robot dog?"

"How could that be!"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "We have training services, and we also have training services for dog trainers and managers. The after-sales training fee is not expensive."

As he spoke, he introduced the production method, nutritional ratio, and price of the Steel Mill brand dog food to Zheng Fuhua.

"Hum hum~"

Zheng Fuhua held the steamed bun and glared at Li Xuewu. Now he didn't think about the police dog matter; he wanted to warn the bastard opposite.

"Do you still remember that you are a cadre of the branch bureau? Do you know whose rice you are eating now?"

Li Xuewu didn't care and broke a piece of the steamed bun and put it in his mouth, then said with a smile: "Business is not successful, but benevolence remains. Getting angry is meaningless."

"Go away!"

Zheng Fuhua was also impatient with Li Xuewu's teasing and laughed, taking the chopsticks beside him to hit Li Xuewu.

"Hahahaha."

Saying it was a superior-subordinate relationship, actually Zheng Fuhua was older than Li Xuewu, and quite a bit older.

Zheng Fuhua was almost fifty, and Li Xuewu was only twenty. Li Xuewu's father, Li Shun, was not as old as Zheng Fuhua.

So in private occasions, Li Xuewu was good at teasing, and he also listened with a smile.

He really appreciated this cadre Li Xuewu; his head was flexible, he could let go, he knew how to work, and he had principles without being pretentious.

Today Zheng Fuhua opened his mouth to ask for dogs; Li Xuewu really wanted to give them, but he wouldn't accept them either; that would be too tasteless.

He knew Li Xuewu wouldn't give them for free, so he was grinding his teeth with Li Xuewu.

Seeing Li Xuewu smiling evilly opposite, he also asked with a smile: "Do you really not care about that girl from the Wang family?"

"Which Wang family? What girl?"

Li Xuewu saw Zheng Fuhua smile and knew he was going to poke himself, but didn't expect it to come from here.

Zheng Fuhua saw Li Xuewu pretending to be stupid with him, so he didn't get to the bottom of it, but continued: "That side has already found the Wang Hai's unit. Is that girl named Wang Yajuan? Her mother is a dancer."

"Oh, oh, you are talking about Wang Yajuan!"

Li Xuewu seemed to have suddenly understood, nodded, and said: "That day's matter really had nothing to do with me; I was really just doing a good deed."

No matter how Zheng Fuhua hooked him, Li Xuewu just pushed it away; it was better if it had nothing to do with Wang Yajuan. If it really spread that there was a relationship, then Wang Yajuan would be in trouble.

At that time, he was just taking sides, but no one could say anything.

If Li Xuewu got involved with Wang Yajuan, then Wang Yajuan would be in trouble too.

Today, Zheng Fuhua suddenly mentioned this to him, not without the meaning of reminding him that he couldn't get involved in this matter.

So Li Xuewu had never asked about this matter.

It wasn't that Li Xuewu was heartless; he had already done what he could for Wang Yajuan. Doing anything more would be gilding the lily.

It was better to let the Wang family slowly grind with those parents. Just like Zheng Fuhua's meaning, those little comrades were still squatting inside.

Those parents were the ones most anxious to solve this matter, because the longer it dragged on, the more evil it fermented.

By then, who knows what kind of gossip would spread; it might even affect their work and reputation.

So the Wang family's path was correct; take it slow, and there would eventually be a solution.

The Xicheng side wouldn't let this case drag on either; they must be putting pressure on those parents.

Don't think that their rank is high and they can speak here; those with private friendship can.

If they really call to ask for favors, the cadres now really dare to reject you.

"I have seen that girl."

Zheng Fuhua looked like he wouldn't stop until he shocked people, looking at Li Xuewu and saying: "Yesterday, yesterday I represented the Dongcheng side to communicate with Xicheng, and then went to the hospital to see."

"Is that so~"

Li

"How could that be!"

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "We have a training service, and we also offer training for dog handlers and kennel managers. The after-sales training fee isn't expensive."

As he spoke, he even introduced the production method, nutritional ratio, and price of the Steel Mill brand dog food to Zheng Fuhua.

"Hmph hmph~"

Zheng Fuhua held a steamed bun and glared at Li Xuewu. He wasn't thinking about the police dog matter anymore; he wanted to warn the jerk across from him.

"You still remember that you're a cadre of the branch bureau, right? Do you know whose rice you're eating now?"

Li Xuewu, however, didn't care at all. He broke off a piece of the steamed bun in his hand, put it in his mouth, and then said with a smile: "Even if the deal doesn't go through, the friendship remains. Getting angry over it is meaningless."

"Go to hell!"

Zheng Fuhua was also getting impatient with Li Xuewu's teasing. He laughed in anger and picked up the chopsticks at hand, intending to hit Li Xuewu.

"Hahahaha."

Although they were in a superior-subordinate relationship, Zheng Fuhua was actually older than Li Xuewu, and by quite a bit.

Zheng Fuhua was almost fifty, while Li Xuewu was only twenty. Li Xuewu's father, Li Shun, wasn't even as old as Zheng Fuhua.

So, in private settings, Li Xuewu was easy to tease, and he would just listen with a smile.

He truly appreciated Li Xuewu as a cadre; he had a flexible mind, was open-minded, worked well, and had principles without being pretentious.

If Zheng Fuhua had asked for a dog today and Li Xuewu had really wanted to give it to him, he wouldn't have accepted it anyway; that would have been too crude.

He knew Li Xuewu wouldn't give it away for free, which was why he was just nagging Li Xuewu about it.

Seeing Li Xuewu smirking across from him, he asked with a smile: "Are you really not going to do anything about that Wang family girl?"

"Which Wang family? What girl?"

Li Xuewu saw Zheng Fuhua smile and knew he was going to needle him, but he hadn't expected it to come from this direction.

Seeing Li Xuewu playing dumb, Zheng Fuhua didn't press for details. Instead, he lowered his head and picked up a mouthful of vegetables, giving Li Xuewu time to react.

After eating the vegetables, he continued: "They've already gone to Wang Hai's workplace. That girl is named Wang Yajuan, right? Her mother is a dancer."

"Oh, oh, you mean Wang Yajuan!"

Li Xuewu seemed to suddenly understand, nodded, and said: "That matter that day really had nothing to do with me. I was truly just doing a good deed."

No matter how Zheng Fuhua tried to bait him, Li Xuewu kept his distance. It was better if it had nothing to do with Wang Yajuan; if word got out that they were involved, things would get troublesome.

At the time, he was just intervening in a one-sided fight, but no one could say anything about it.

If Li Xuewu got entangled with Wang Yajuan, then even if Wang Yajuan was in the right, she would be seen as being in the wrong.

Zheng Fuhua bringing this up suddenly today wasn't without the intention of reminding him that he couldn't get involved in this matter.

That was why Li Xuewu had never asked about it.

It wasn't that Li Xuewu was heartless; he had already done what he could for Wang Yajuan, and doing anything more would be gilding the lily.

It was better to let the Wang family grind it out with those parents. Based on what Zheng Fuhua meant, those young comrades were still locked up inside.

Those parents were the ones most anxious to resolve this, because the longer it dragged on, the more bizarre the rumors would become.

By then, who knows what kind of gossip would spread; it might even affect their work and reputations.

So the Wang family's approach was correct—take it slow, and eventually, there would be a way to resolve it.

The Xicheng side wouldn't let this case drag on either; they were definitely putting pressure on those parents.

Don't think that just because their rank was high, they could have a say here. It was fine if there was a personal connection.

But if they really called directly to ask for a favor, the current cadres would really dare to shut them down.

"I've met that girl."

Zheng Fuhua, in his typical style of saying something shocking, looked at Li Xuewu and said: "Yesterday, yesterday I represented Dongcheng in a communication with Xicheng, and then I went to the hospital to take a look."

"Is that so~"

Li Xuewu put on an indifferent, detached expression, responded nonchalantly, and then picked up his steamed bun and started eating with the stir-fried cabbage.

Zheng Fuhua knew Li Xuewu was putting on an act, so he teased him: "The girl is quite pretty, and she even mentioned you."

"Heh heh."

Li Xuewu swallowed a mouthful of vegetables and said with a smile: "It's not surprising if she mentioned me while recounting the case, but there's definitely nothing else going on between us."

He then stated very seriously to Zheng Fuhua: "I am innocent, really. From childhood to adulthood, I've never provoked any girls, and I have a partner now, so how could I be involved with another girl?"

Seeing Li Xuewu being shameless, Zheng Fuhua couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't exactly be a deputy bureau chief and, just to slap a subordinate's face, have the station find all of Li Xuewu's former flames to confront him one by one, right?

"I guess you win."

Seeing Li Xuewu had finished eating, Zheng Fuhua hurriedly ate a few more bites, said this to Li Xuewu with dissatisfaction, stood up, and went to the sink to wash his bowl.

Li Xuewu followed him with a face full of smiles, chatting with the cadres he had just met on the way.

Everyone had seen Li Xuewu sitting at the table chatting and laughing with Bureau Chief Zheng just now.

Everyone maintained a respectful distance from this newcomer in the branch bureau.

Those who didn't know his background wouldn't provoke him, and those who did know his background didn't dare to.

So now, Li Xuewu seemed to be extremely popular in the branch bureau, with no one saying anything or bothering him.

"It won't do for you to always be left to your own devices like this!"

Wen Saner was riding his tricycle when he met his nephew in front of the archway at Xianyukou.

The two rode their bikes inside together and parked them at the entrance when they saw the sign for Tianxingju.

Looking at his nephew's slovenly appearance, Wen Saner couldn't help but say this.

He had arranged to meet his nephew here today to talk about this matter, and it just so happened that he chose Xianyukou, which Biaozi loved for its liveliness.

Xianyukou Street was established during the Zhengton reign of the Ming Dynasty and had over five hundred years of history.

The canal that originally led to the capital once reached this area; it was a water transport terminal and a place for selling fresh fish, hence the name Xianyukou (Fresh Fish Mouth).

Not far from here, there were places called Sanlihe and Shuidaozi, which proved this point.

Places with water had all once been prosperous areas.

Xianyukou gathered many of the capital's famous old-brand restaurants, retail shops, theaters, bathhouses, teahouses, and handicraft workshops,

such as the Dazhong Theater, Zhengmingzhai Pastry Shop, Changchuntang Pharmacy, Tianxingju, Xinghuachi, Bianyifang, Douyichu, Tianchengzhai Shoe Store, Lianyou Photo Studio, Heihou Department Store, and Majuyuan Hat Store.

Today, Wen Saner had an appointment at a very famous fried liver shop on this street.

Tianxingju also sold steamed buns, but why was it called a fried liver shop instead of a steamed bun shop? Because Tianxingju's fried liver was more famous than its steamed buns.

The current Tianxingju was a merger; it used to be two separate shops, and they were even rivals.