Chapter 524: Two-Meter-Tall Giant!

The talk didn't take long; the tea Sha Qizhi had made hadn't even been finished before Li Xuewu's marriage investigation work was over.

And after sending the two away, Li Xuewu encountered an earthquake again.

According to the feeling of the twenty-plus times this month, it was just average, about magnitude five.

Li Xuewu looked at the time on his hand; it was past two o'clock.

"Li Kezhang."

Sha Qizhi returned from downstairs, also with a helpless face. Now everyone didn't know whether they should run from the earthquake or not.

If it shook every day, everyone really wouldn't take it seriously.

Li Xuewu also smiled bitterly and waved his hand. The effect of the aftershock wasn't strong, showing a decaying posture.

According to Li Xuewu's shallow knowledge of earthquakes, the situation of once a day was already disappearing.

There was no earthquake yesterday; maybe it wouldn't shake the day after tomorrow or the day after that.

"There's going to be an earthquake."

Li Xuewu looked at the newspaper on the table, frowned slightly, and sighed.

The headline of the newspaper was news from Shanghai, but it hadn't received the attention it deserved.

It wasn't that Li Xuewu didn't pay attention, but the newspaper didn't pay attention.

Who is the newspaper under?

This would trigger a fierce confrontation in the following two months. Li Xuewu knew he didn't have much time left in the era's layout.

He looked at the newspaper, wanting to pick up the phone and call his godfather, Zheng Shusen, but thought about it and put it down.

That side should also be in a vortex. If this call went through, it might cause unnecessary trouble again.

Not even a needle can be inserted, not even water can be splashed, is that okay?

The inertia of history will not change because of the appearance of a certain person or the efforts of a certain person.

To fool time is ultimately to be toyed with by time.

Li Xuewu knew what Li Huai De was going to do. This person's political sensitivity was really sharp, and he dared to speculate.

If Li Xuewu didn't have special historical memories, he would never dare to lay out like this, especially in the last two months, Li Xuewu's approach was a bit radical.

But Li Huai De didn't have this opportunity, yet he could choose to hibernate and endure before the big wave came, which was what Li Xuewu admired very much.

In political struggle, there are fundamentally no good people or bad people, let alone right or wrong; there are only winners and losers.

And bad people doing bad things also have problems with their methods and behaviors. Li Xuewu knew Li Huai De's character very well; he wouldn't overstep, and he didn't have too much ambition.

The growth environment and education environment of such people determine their worldview and vision. Although Li Xuewu admired his ability, it didn't delay him from evaluating him from the height of history.

Sha Qizhi didn't answer Li Xuewu, because he was sure that the earthquake Li Xuewu was talking about wasn't the earthquake he had just mentioned.

"Did the personnel department talk to you?"

"Yes."

Sha Qizhi cleaned up the hygiene on the tea table, then looked at Li Xuewu's back standing by the window and replied: "Deputy Li Kezhang Ao did the organizational talk for me."

"Mm, wish you further progress."

Li Xuewu turned around with a smile and encouraged Sha Qizhi.

And Sha Qizhi said with a smile: "Still hope for the section chief's support and help."

"Hehe."

Li Xuewu waved his hand with a smile and sat back at the desk to continue working.

Sha Qizhi was already at the section member level before being Li Xuewu's secretary. According to custom, he would be given the treatment of a deputy director-level section member according to his qualifications and age after being Li Xuewu's clerk.

This matter had been delayed because Li Xuewu was always busy, and because Yu Decai was waiting for Li Xuewu's attitude and opinion on Sha Qizhi's work, so it was only recently that he helped Sha Qizhi submit the promotion application.

Li Xuewu didn't say anything and signed the application. According to organizational procedures, Yu Decai and the cadres of the personnel department would conduct an organizational talk with Sha Qizhi.

Generally speaking, Sha Qizhi's promotion from section member to deputy director-level section member didn't need a talk from the deputy section chief of the personnel department.

But Sha Qizhi, this deputy director-level section member, was serving Li Xuewu, so the deputy section chief of the personnel department, Ao Yuhua, could be considered as giving Li Xuewu face.

Someone asked, a deputy director is a deputy director, a section member is a section member, what is a deputy director-level section member?

Actually, it's somewhat similar to the official-clerk-merit system of ancient times, but not exactly the same. It's also divided into three types: official, clerk, and merit.

In ancient times, officials had sizes, and clerks and merits were also divided into sizes, but it wasn't that obvious, and merit was a bit virtual.

The soap clerk of a county government office must be inferior to the soap clerk of a prefecture government office; the meaning is about the same.

After the founding of the country, cadres in service were also divided into two types: leadership positions and non-leadership positions.

For example, Sha Qizhi, his position is section chief's clerk, but his administrative level is level 25, and his position is section member.

Because of certain reasons, his level has been raised, but he cannot change positions, and he doesn't hold a leadership position, such as deputy section chief, so what will be raised?

The answer is position; the post remains unchanged, still Li Xuewu's clerk, but now he will become a deputy director-level section member with an administrative level of 24.

The post remains unchanged, but the treatment has changed, which is also a reward and promotion for office personnel.

After all, there are only so many leadership positions in a unit, so you can't have everyone sitting on them.

Therefore, if Sha Qizhi has always been engaged in this kind of office work, then after finishing the section member, clerk, and then deputy director-level section member, theoretically he will be able to continue to be promoted to director-level section member, deputy researcher, researcher, deputy inspector, inspector.

Of course, the steel mill is a department-level unit and doesn't have that many positions for promotion, so many comrades in the office retire after reaching director-level section member.

That's why everyone is striving for leadership positions.

Then someone asked, did Sha Qizhi count as a cadre before?

Yes, always. Cadre is not a leadership position; it is a broader scope of reference than the leadership position noun.

For example, Li Xuewu, when he joined the job, the file was marked as cadre position.

What does that mean?

It means Li Xuewu came to be a cadre, not a worker status, and would never go to the workshop to work.

If Li Xuewu doesn't strive, it's possible to be a security cadre for a lifetime.

But until he retires, his status is still a cadre.

Let's talk about something interesting. For example, if a person's position is very high and their level is also very high, will they have no post?

Yes, very common.

But at this time, it is the most embarrassing time for him; either go up, or forever be like this, or go in.

Li Xuewu knew that the big leader Seeing Sha Zhu often served would face this embarrassing scene.

Then conversely, if a person's position is very low and their level was originally very low, will their post be very high?

Hehe, there really is.

Don't worry, it'll be here soon: village cadres, sales clerks, textile workers, etc., can all be deputy general managers.

So corresponding to the official rank system of ancient times, official represents the post, clerk represents the position, and merit represents the level.

As mentioned before, similar, but not exactly the same.

Sha Qizhi was very grateful for Li Xuewu's support and help. He couldn't say he hadn't learned anything from the time he started working until he became Li Xuewu's clerk, but it was certain that it didn't add up to as much as he had learned in these few months.

And what he learned by Li Xuewu's side in these few months was not comparable to the previous years.

The benefits of promotion are many; for example, colleagues in the section can call him Deputy Director Sha.

If they understand, they will call him Director Sha directly, or those with a large gap in age and qualifications will also call him leader.

Another is that the salary has increased; level 25 is 37.5 yuan, level 24 is 43 yuan.

Five and a half yuan more every month, what does that represent in this era?

Another is the opportunity; deputy director-level section members can directly take on leadership positions, and general ones can directly succeed as deputy section chiefs.

If sent down, or if the years of work and qualifications in the deputy director-level section member position are sufficient, they can also directly serve as directors or section chiefs.

Someone asked again, what is Li Xuewu's position?

The answer is no position. In a leadership position, the post is equivalent to the position, but there are also deviations.

Li Xuewu is a very good example: deputy section chief position, acting as section chief post duties. You can call him section chief, and he won't hit you in the face if you call him deputy section chief.

Sha Qizhi finished cleaning the office and went out. At this time, Li Xuewu would be working in the office, and he had to return to his position in the big office to process documents related to Li Xuewu, and also complete his own study and tasks.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhou Yao walking out. Seeing him enter, she smiled and yielded the position at the door.

At the same time, she greeted Sha Qizhi: "Deputy Director Sha."

This address stunned Sha Qizhi, and he asked with a bitter smile: "We don't have a grudge, do we?"

???

Zhou Yao didn't know what was going on with Sha Qizhi and looked at him with a dazed expression.

Sha Qizhi walked into the room and continued to ask Zhou Yao: "If there's no grudge, why are you killing me?"

"Hahaha~~~"

The office workers sitting in the room all understood Sha Qizhi's joke. Regardless of whether it was cold or not, everyone laughed quite happily.

Zhou Yao was a bit embarrassed and wanted to explain, but was at a loss in everyone's laughter.

Sha Qizhi smiled at her and said: "Just joking."

"I'm sorry, Sha..."

Zhou Yao apologized, but then didn't know how to address Sha Qizhi.

Sha Qizhi took this opportunity to say with a smile in a voice that everyone in the office could hear clearly: "I think the previous address is better. I'm still sitting in the same room with everyone, just earning five yuan more. You won't think I'm taking up space and want to squeeze me out, right?"

"Hahahaha~"

Gong Fushan, who was sitting opposite Sha Qizhi, laughed: "Little Zhou, if you call him Deputy Director Sha, will it avoid misunderstanding?"

Sha Qizhi looked at Gong Fushan, smiled, narrowed his eyes, and didn't say anything, sitting back at his desk.

Zhou Yao also looked at the expressions of the people in the room. She felt that this old comrade in his forties had words behind his words.

A lesson learned is a lesson earned; people will grow. Zhou Yao had already stepped on mines several times and was now very cautious and careful in her actions and speech in the office.

Letting everyone laugh, Zhou Yao turned and went out to handle business.

After she finished her business and returned, she took a document from her desk, walked to Sha Qizhi's side, leaned over, and whispered: "Secretary Sha, the leader asked for a draft to be written. This is my first time receiving a task, and I don't know what requirements the leader had before. Can you help me look at it?"

Sha Qizhi looked up at this new college student. He hadn't expected this girl to be quite spiritual.

"Good."

Sha Qizhi responded with a smile, then picked up a pencil and explained to Zhou Yao while looking at it.

And Gong Fushan, sitting opposite, also looked at this side with a smile, looking like a gentle old comrade, gratified to see the predecessors and successors helping each other.

In fact, one could see the hatred for Sha Qizhi from his narrowed eyes.

At the beginning, Yu Decai recommended three people to Li Xuewu: him, Sha Qizhi, and Kang Ruxuan.

It was natural for Kang Ruxuan to be eliminated; how could a nineteen-year-old young man be Li Xuewu's secretary?

He had thought he would be questioned by Li Xuewu, but he didn't think Sha Qizhi would win so thoroughly, without even giving him a chance to meet Li Xuewu.

Gong Fushan felt that Sha Qizhi had snatched his position and his opportunity. If it weren't for Sha Qizhi, then the one everyone was congratulating and flattering today should have been him.

This was also why he pointed for Zhou Yao to call Sha Qizhi Deputy Director; he was indeed a deputy director.

Sha Qizhi caught up with him before the age of thirty. If one said there was no bonus from Li Xuewu's clerk status, no one would believe it.

Sha Qizhi also saw the hostility from the opposite side, but he didn't flare up on the spot.

First of all, he was the winner. If he clashed with the other party, regardless of anything, his impression score in Li Xuewu's eyes would drop.

Li Xuewu and Yu Decai wouldn't punish either of them, but they wouldn't let the two of them make a scene.

Another point was that both were comrades in the section. If they made a scene, it would affect others, and his prestige would be damaged, which wasn't worth it.

Finally, he was certain the other party wouldn't dare to bully him openly, because he was Li Xuewu's clerk; bullying him was bullying Li Xuewu.

By then, it wouldn't be him facing off against Gong Fushan, but Gong Fushan facing off against Li Xuewu.

The office never lacked struggle, and even less lacked dark arrows; rumors and hurting people were considered common.

Sha Qizhi had been in this office for nearly four years and had been in other departments' offices for over six years. What hadn't he seen?

Take it slow; as long as he didn't lose points with Li Xuewu and didn't lose face with Yu Decai, his position in the office would always be stable.

Furthermore, to deal with this kind of old comrade, playing hard wouldn't work; one had to play ruthlessly, defeating the enemy in one move, leaving them with no ability to fight back.

Smart people always do smart things, just like Zhou Yao now, who was slowly adapting to her work.

Fewer and fewer words, more and more time doing things. In comparison, Huang Shiwen, who came with Zhou Yao, was still in the exploration stage, and Fu Linfang was a bit unable to sit still.

This situation was very common; the college students who were just assigned had sharp buttocks and couldn't sit still, always thinking that work was important and life was turbulent.

But the office's day-after-day document work would either smooth out their buttocks or they would leave on their own.

At this time, there was no such thing as resigning to find a job yourself, so resigning was impossible; most were transferred.

"Hey, Shiwen."

Just then, the colleague sitting next to them went out to handle business, and Fu Linfang, sitting in the corner, greeted Huang Shiwen in a low voice.

Huang Shiwen was looking in the mirror to tidy up her face; hearing Fu Linfang's words, she turned her head.

"What's wrong?"

Fu Linfang looked around, and seeing everyone burying their heads in work, she whispered to Huang Shiwen: "Do you like it here?"

"What do you mean?"

Huang Shiwen frowned slightly: "What do you mean like?"

Looking at Fu Linfang's expression, Huang Shiwen understood instantly, relaxed her eyebrows, widened her eyes, and asked in surprise: "You mean the work here?"

"Lower your voice."

Fu Linfang blinked her eyes, then looked at the others around; except for Zhou Yao asking Sha Secretary for advice, no one else was making a sound.

"I heard Fang Lining from the service department became a section head and started managing people."

"What?"

Huang Shiwen asked in surprise, then frowned: "So fast?"

She knew Fang Lining; although they weren't in the same class, they were from the same school.

His academic performance wasn't even as good as theirs, and he started setting positions?

Huang Shiwen thought for a while and said: "What's the big deal? A broken section head. Once we become regular, we'll be section member level. If we perform well during the internship, we can even be set as deputy director-level section members. Don't envy him."

Saying she didn't envy him, they all knew that if they wanted to perform well during the internship, they had to have the opportunity.

Fu Linfang already understood their work in the security department, which was the documents on the desk, receiving what came from above every day, processing what came from below, and also having to study and write manuscripts.

Recently, they had also taken on the director's work, organizing document drafts, which was very cumbersome and tiring.

She was a person with a strong desire to win and wasn't willing to process documents behind an office desk for a lifetime; she wanted to do something.

"I've contacted Fang Lining."

"For what?"

Huang Shiwen raised an eyebrow: "You aren't dating him, are you?"

"No~"

Fu Linfang was talking about business and didn't mind Huang Shiwen's teasing, but whispered: "Li Kezhang Wang of the service department said, if we go over, we can also be section heads and lead teams."

"Are you telling the truth?"

Huang Shiwen was a bit surprised. This sounded a bit wrong; how could a section chief of a section pass a message through an intern student?

"Absolutely true."

Fu Linfang looked at Huang Shiwen, gritted her teeth, and said very seriously: "I'll tell you something, but you can't tell anyone else, including Zhou Yao."

"You say."

They were all girls, and they loved listening to secrets; the more they were told not to say, the more curious they were.

Fu Linfang looked at Huang Shiwen again, considered it, and then said: "Actually, I've already met Li Kezhang Wang. The words just now were what he said to me personally."

"Really?"

This time Huang Shiwen believed it, because Fu Linfang absolutely wouldn't take this to spread rumors.

However, she was still surprised by this news and widened her eyes.

These two girls came together and were classmates, usually whispering together, and no one in the room paid attention.

Huang Shiwen glanced at the door and asked with some hesitation: "Isn't it not very good for us to do this, especially..."

Fu Linfang squeezed her eyebrows: "Li Kezhang Wang promised that as long as we decide to go, he will handle the other work."

"I'll consider it."

Huang Shiwen didn't immediately agree to Fu Linfang, but lowered her head and started to ponder.

Being able to become a manager during the internship naturally gave them opportunities to perform.

And looking at what Fu Linfang said, they would be arranged on the front line, a place that could better demonstrate their abilities.

Becoming a section head now, once they graduate and finish their internship, they would definitely get extra points when setting positions.

Then... by then...

Huang Shiwen thought for more than half an hour. Seeing Fu Linfang's face getting colder and more impatient, she raised her head and asked in a low voice: "Are we asking Zhou Yao?"

"No!"

Fu Linfang frowned and explained: "Our assignment was set by the factory office and agreed upon by the leaders. If everyone is transferred away, the security department will have opinions."

Actually, this wasn't the main reason. When Li Kezhang Wang of the service department talked to her, he wanted Zhou Yao and wanted to keep Huang Shiwen.

Because among the three of them, these three were the most beautiful, and Zhou Yao was the most beautiful of the three.

Wang Jingzhang had already set these three people in the service department when he saw this batch of college students.

But Xu Siyan didn't fear him, hated seeing him, and deliberately assigned these three people to the security department.

This matter even went to Jing Yunong's side; after all, the service department was now managed by Jing Yunong.

But at that time, Jing Yunong was on the rise and was afraid of Li Xuewu's fierce reaction, so how could he dare to tease the tiger of the security department with Wang Jingzhang, a piece of tofu?

Who would have thought that Wang Jingzhang wouldn't give up? Since the top didn't work, he came to the bottom.

He was also afraid of Li Xuewu, so he told Fu Linfang, who took the initiative to find him, to ask Zhou Yao first, and if Zhou Yao didn't agree, then ask Huang Shiwen.

Fu Linfang was very hesitant at the time; she felt this Li Kezhang Wang seemed to have other purposes.

But when Wang Jingzhang told her that the service department was going to do something big and urgently needed knowledgeable and promising young people, she dispelled her doubts.

When testing Zhou Yao, she was still worried, afraid that Zhou Yao, who looked good, would be better than her after going to the service department.

Because Zhou Yao had suffered setbacks in the security department, she felt that as soon as she asked, Zhou Yao would definitely agree to her.

But never thought that after worrying until the end, she actually got a negative answer.

She was worried about leaking the news, so she begged Zhou Yao not to say it, and Zhou Yao agreed.

Fu Linfang naturally wouldn't tell Huang Shiwen these things. She looked toward Li Xuewu's office and continued to whisper: "Li Xuewu, the deputy section chief of the security department, is not someone to be trifled with, and Li Kezhang Wang won't be too stiff with him because of us."

Hearing Fu Linfang mention Li Xuewu, Huang Shiwen's heart started to retreat again.

She had clearly heard the old comrades say that their current leader liked to deal with people the most.

This leader had only arrived four months earlier than them, but had already dealt with over two hundred people, and this didn't include the rumors of what he had done in the south.

If they "rebelled," would he carry a gun to...

Seeing Huang Shiwen's face, Fu Linfang said in a low voice: "Give me a straight answer whether you're going or not. We aren't going to another factory; if the security department can't give us opportunities to work, they can't stop us from progressing, right?"

Huang Shiwen glanced at Li Xuewu's office again, then nodded hesitantly to Fu Linfang: "Okay."

After agreeing, there was no joy or excitement, but rather some guilt.

"Then can we wait until the director's work is finished before we go over? After all, Director Yu has been very good to us."

This sentence was very interesting; it meant that since they had come for these days, only Director Yu of the security department had any friendship with them, and the others were all white.

Fu Linfang widened her eyes: "Do you think this is playing house? You wait for Director Yu, but will Li Kezhang Wang wait for you?"

"But..."

Huang Shiwen glanced at Yu Decai's office, hesitated for a while, and said: "Okay, then you have to guarantee that we will have opportunities to perform after we go."

Fu Linfang gave her a reassuring look, then lowered her head to work on her own.

There wasn't much they could do now, which was to wait quietly for news.

Zhou Yao finished asking the questions, took the document and walked back, just seeing Huang Shiwen peeking at her.

Seeing her look over, Huang Shiwen lowered her head again.

No need to ask, Zhou Yao knew Fu Linfang had told Huang Shiwen what she had said to her.

In school, her relationship with Huang Shiwen was good, and her relationship with Fu Linfang was average.

But now it seemed Huang Shiwen had chosen the path Fu Linfang said.

Although people have their own aspirations and cannot be forced, she felt one should learn to be a person first, then learn to do things.

They had just entered society; being eager for quick success would only affect their internship, and without a foundation, where would growth come from?

She wanted to advise Huang Shiwen, but seeing Huang Shiwen hiding in the pile of documents pretending to be a quail, and seeing Fu Linfang looking over, Zhou Yao couldn't be bothered to deal with them.

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Wang Yamei was collecting quilts in the courtyard. Seeing that the heat of the sun was insufficient, she collected the quilts drying in the courtyard.

Just then, she happened to see Gu Ning enter the courtyard, looked at Gu Ning's expression, and asked.

For the past two days, Gu Ning's mood hadn't been high in the morning, and she would go upstairs early after returning at night.

She had looked in the study, and Gu Ning wasn't reading, but lying down.

Zhou Wang Yamei wanted to chat with Gu Ning, but Gu Ning was a bit resistant and didn't want to talk.

"Nothing."

Gu Ning smiled, walked up to help Zhou Wang Yamei collect a quilt.

"Really?"

Zhou Wang Yamei didn't believe it, but she couldn't overly probe Gu Ning's thoughts.

Although she was Gu Ning's psychologist, having lived here for such a long time, she knew Gu Ning's identity and personality very well.

This was a girl with an extremely sensitive heart, and also had a tenacious personality and independent thinking.

Wanting to walk into the depths of this girl's heart was a magnificent project; Zhou Wang Yamei didn't have this plan, nor did she have this time.

"If you want to chat with me, I'm always at your service."

Zhou Wang Yamei blinked with a smile: "But only after I settle the little guy in the room."

Just then, Fu Zhidong ran out carrying his little pistol, *deng-deng-deng*, peeked through the door, saw that it was Aunt Xiao Ning who had returned, and laughed: "Aunt Xiao Ning! Tomorrow is Sunday! I don't have to go to school!"

Gu Ning also laughed when she saw the child's innocent smile; no one could refuse a child's smile.

"Don't you like going to school?"

"Uh..."

Fu Zhidong hesitated for a moment, then looked up and asked: "When is Uncle Li coming?"

Gu Ning hadn't expected Fu Zhidong to miss Li Xuewu, so she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, squatted down, and asked: "What do you want with Uncle?"

Fu Zhidong looked at Gu Ning, then said: "Uncle Li said he was going to take me to kindergarten, but I told the kids Uncle was a policeman, and they didn't believe me."

Gu Ning hadn't expected this reason; children's worlds always had shallow but adult-incomprehensible truths.

"Then call Uncle."

"No."

Fu Zhidong shook his head very affirmatively: "Uncle said children can't touch the phone when they aren't as tall as the phone line."

"Is that so~"

Gu Ning thought about the length of the phone line at home, reached out and patted Fu Zhidong's shoulder: "I hope you grow to two meters tall quickly."

"Mm!"

Fu Zhidong nodded confidently: "I will! Very soon!"

Zhou Wang Yamei looked at her son with a smile, knowing it was Li Xuewu fooling her son, but didn't choose to expose it.

Phones were very tight at this time, and children messing around would cause work trouble for the telephone bureau.

Once or twice was fine, but if it happened too many times, your home phone would be scrapped.

Two big and one small, holding the quilts, entered the room; one went to tidy up the quilts, one went to the kitchen to cook, and one went to measure the phone line.

Gu Ning's unhappiness came from what Director Zhao of the department had said to her today; she knew the leader had gone to talk to Li Xuewu.

Director Zhao happened to run into her in the afternoon, praised Li Xuewu's excellence with a smile, and was also very proud that the doctor in the department could have such a good marriage partner.

Her relationship with Director Zhao was average, not that close; listening to Director Zhao's concern and congratulations, she only felt some hesitation in her heart.

She had witnessed how excellent Li Xuewu was, and had also heard a lot, but she had also heard of Li Xuewu's other side.

The meeting and knowing of this man had absolute contingency, as if they were tied together by heaven.

If she were to say how much she liked Li Xuewu, she couldn't say; but if she were to oppose this relationship now, she wasn't willing in her heart.

Is it that all emotional relationships in the world will suffer tribulations and setbacks, and is it that all marriages have incomplete parts?

Gu Ning folded the quilt, spread it out, walked to the study, took the *Jane Eyre* she had lent Li Xuewu to read, placed it on the desk, and looked at it for a long time, but couldn't read a single word.

She had never thought her emotional life would have twists and turns, just as she had never held fantasies about her emotional life.

But just when she picked up confidence to start a relationship, the man who gave her confidence poured a basin of cold water on her again.

Don't know why, she wasn't angry, wasn't hysterical, and didn't question him face-to-face, but silently continued this relationship, pretending not to know, and walking toward marriage.

She knew that today was the talk for Li Xuewu, and tomorrow would be the talk for her at the hospital.

The end of the talk also represented the organization's affirmation of the two's marriage attitude. Based on their identities, the review results would definitely come down in two days. 【524-2

When the time comes, it will be the next step: getting the certificate.

Actually, there is no need for a next step; as soon as the review results come down, their fates will be linked together. Military marriage vetting is no child's play; no one dares to joke about it, and there is no withdrawing.

Gu Ning was very confused; she didn't know why she chose this way, nor why she did this.

Perhaps it was her mother's fondness for him, perhaps it was her father's hesitation, or perhaps she really had fallen for this bad boy.

"Mom, the cloth and cotton are back."

After Li Xuewu got off work, he didn't enter the house when passing by his own home, but informed his mother, who was opening the door to start the fire.

When getting off work, Li Xuewu avoided the gazes of the two people driving and in the passenger seat, and prepared these things in the trunk.

When he arrived home, under Han Jiankun's surprised gaze, Li Xuewu had him carry two bags of compressed cotton and a bundle of cotton cloth out of the trunk.

Han Jiankun didn't know when these things had appeared in the back of the car he managed, but since it was something the leader knew about, he didn't ask much.

After all, he couldn't see this car when it was in the small car pool; perhaps the leader had asked Secretary Sha to buy them and put them in the trunk.

It wasn't that he was the only one who could drive this car, or that he was the only one with keys.

The Comprehensive Office had them, and the leader had them too.

He didn't ask, and Sha Qizhi wouldn't ask even more, because this car was managed by Han Jiankun; he thought it was something Li Xuewu had instructed Han Jiankun to purchase.

It was impossible for the two of them to discuss this matter regarding the leader, so they helped the leader move the things into the inverted room and then left.

At this moment, Li Xuewu was just about to turn and return to the backyard when he heard his sister-in-law calling him from the south room.

"Xuewu, you're back?"

"Sister-in-law."

Li Xuewu smiled as he entered the room and greeted Zhao Yafang, who had come out: "How did you get back?"

"Biaozi picked me up."

Zhao Yafang was very grateful for Li Xuewu's arrangements over the past few days, having cars pick up and drop off her family.

Her mother had come, and being treated with importance at her in-laws' house was a result of her good performance, but this had nothing to do with her second brother-in-law.

After all, the second brother-in-law had already moved out, and she couldn't say anything if he hadn't made these arrangements.

Now that Li Xuewu had made these arrangements, it was all because he had a good heart and was close to her and Li Xuewen.

"I wanted to thank you, but I was afraid you'd be annoyed, so I had your brother assemble a radio for you."

Zhao Yafang smiled and took out a radio, handing it to Li Xuewu, saying: "I heard you tell your brother you wanted one last time."

Li Xuewu certainly wouldn't refuse Zhao Yafang's thanks; he took the radio and said with a mischievous smile: "Hehe, my brother wasn't very willing, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

At this moment, Li Xuewen, who was reading in the room, said firmly to his second brother at the door: "I am willing!"

"I don't believe it!"

Li Xuewu waved the palm-sized radio in his hand at his older brother and said: "Unless you help me assemble ten more!"

Li Xuewen: "..."

Seeing the two brothers bickering, Zhao Gen's wife and Liu Yin in the room all laughed.

Zhao Yafang smiled and defended Li Xuewen, waving her hand at Li Xuewu: "You are not allowed to bully your brother!"

"Fine, you were just saying thanks."

Li Xuewu pursed his lips and deliberately teased: "It doesn't look sincere at all."

"Go on, this one alone made your brother's heart bleed."

Zhao Yafang was also deliberately teasing the brothers Li Xuewu and Li Xuewen, joking with Li Xuewu: "If you want this one, take it; if you don't, I'll give it to Li Shu."

"Hehe~"

Li Xuewu tossed the radio in his hand, gestured toward Li Shu, who was crawling naughtily on the cabinet lid in the inner room, and said: "Even if my brother made this out of iron, it wouldn't take an hour in my daughter's hands before she could smash it into tiny, tiny pieces."

"Ah! Take!"

Perhaps hearing Li Xuewu's voice, Li Shu crawled a few times quickly, tilted her head, and saw her father from the inner room door.

Of course, she also saw the thing her father was tossing in his hand.

She had truly never seen this before; she leaned her body and sat down on her bottom, pointed her little hand at Li Xuewu, and shouted.

Now this little demon king had a very purposeful and selective way of learning to speak; she learned whatever she wanted to use.

For example, if she was angry or wanted to hit someone, she would definitely start by saying "hit," as if building up strength—hitting hard.

Now she wanted to say to her father: "Ah! Dad, let me, the Great Demon King Li Shu, take a look at that thing in your hand!" and the word "take" would pop out of her mouth!

Li Xuewu didn't dare give it to her; after all, it wasn't made of iron.

Although this thing wasn't precious, it was the heartfelt gift of his older brother and sister-in-law; if his daughter really smashed it, he was afraid his brother would cry.

"Hey~~ you really want it!"

Zhao Yafang walked into the inner room, smiling as she teased Li Shu, and reached out to pick her up.

"Tell your aunt, have you been eating every day at home? Why have you gotten so heavy again!"

Li Shu looked at Zhao Yafang with her big eyes, reached out to pinch Zhao Yafang's face, and then pointed her little hand in Li Xuewu's direction, babbling as she began to complain.

She also knew who she was polite to; if Li Xue didn't do what she wanted, she would definitely go to Li Shun to complain.

If her grandfather annoyed her, she wouldn't look for Li Xue, but would definitely find her grandmother to complain.

Just now she saw her father talking nicely to her aunt, and now that she couldn't get what she wanted, she knew to go to her aunt to complain.

"You little clever ghost, why are you so naughty?"

Zhao Yafang truly liked Li Shu, liked her from the bottom of her heart; otherwise, she wouldn't have suggested that they raise her on the night she was brought back.

At this moment, she leaned her face against Li Shu's embrace and swayed, making Li Shu giggle.

Seeing her eldest granddaughter-in-law hold her for a while, the old lady quickly took her over.

"This is no joke; I can barely hold this child now, stop messing around."

Zhao Yafang also understood the old lady's meaning—she had to be careful these few months—so she followed the old lady's words.

When she turned around and wanted to talk to Li Xuewu, she saw Li Xuewu calling Li Xuewen out, and the brothers were talking about something at the room door.

When Li Xuewu returned to the backyard and Li Xuewen returned to the room, Zhao Yafang could clearly see Li Xuewen's anxiety.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Yafang took the opportunity to enter the inner room and asked Li Xuewen, who was frowning.

Li Xuewen looked at the living room, and seeing that his mother-in-law and his own mother weren't paying attention, he whispered to his wife: "Xuewu said he wants you to take leave."

"What?"

Zhao Yafang's brows also furrowed, and she asked: "What does Xuewu mean? Is he worried about my health?"

She couldn't help but think this way, and what she thought was whether her mother-in-law was afraid that since this was her first pregnancy and the first child of the actual eldest branch of the family, she hoped she would rest and nurture the fetus.

Although she also liked children very much and hoped her child could be born and grow up healthy and smooth, she couldn't give up her teaching.

This was her career, the achievement she had obtained after years of hard study; how could she give it up?

Besides, her body was very good now, and there was no need for leave.

"No."

Li Xuewen shook his head and said: "Xuewu doesn't understand medicine, and he wouldn't pass on messages; he is the one who wants you to rest."

As he spoke, he pulled his wife to sit down and explained in a low voice: "Xuewu said the school side might... worried about us..."

After hearing the explanation, Zhao Yafang frowned and asked: "How could he...?"

"Don't ask."

Li Xuewen frowned and said: "If Xuewu can tell me, then it must have reached the point where it had to be said; we have to answer this multiple-choice question."

Zhao Yafang looked at Li Xuewen and said: "It's not that I don't trust Xuewu, I mean..."

Hesitating for a moment, Zhao Yafang still said: "I mean what Xuewu said might really be true."

"You know?"

Now it was Li Xuewen's turn to be surprised.