Chapter 535: Things remain, people have changed

Actually, it was a coincidence; the radio station also belonged to a special force on the propaganda front.

However, the Propaganda Department is the place where gossip spreads most easily in the agency, and the women here are also very capable.

Yu Haitang had been here countless times, but she hadn't formed any emotional bonds with the people here.

It was nothing more than the fact that she was a progressive young woman, active and upward, attracting the gazes of countless unmarried and married men in the agency, making these women, who were already "withered flowers," jealous and making the most vicious comments about her.

This was the reason Yu Haitang thought of herself; otherwise, with her appearance conditions and personality traits, it was impossible not to have friends.

"Hi~ you're still talking about it; I really saw it~"

This one was also the same, thinking that no one could hear her in her own section, but she didn't know that the person in question was already standing under the window, her face changing colors.

"I just said that Li Xuewu must have someone missing him; a few days ago, Old Zhang from the Finance Department even lectured the girls in their section. I didn't expect the radio station to get there first."

"What kind of talk is that~"

A different voice came from the office: "What's so good about that scarred face? Isn't it just that his rank is high? I heard his conduct isn't very good."

Yu Haitang didn't know why, but hearing someone "speak up for justice" made her feel a bit better; there were still good people in this office.

"Hi~ that's all from a hundred generations ago."

The previous voice denied: "Last time, the Secretary and the others investigated for so long and didn't find anything. Do you think those in the Discipline Inspection Commission are just eating dry rice?"

The voice Yu Haitang thought was righteous said: "I don't know if they eat dry rice or not, but I know that the two women in the guesthouse aren't decent. If they were decent, they wouldn't have provoked Yu Haitang to throw herself at the scarred face."

"Hahaha~"

The laughter in the office deeply stung Yu Haitang's heart; she felt an inexplicable grief and indignation.

She blamed the people in the office for being full and having nothing to do, blamed Li Xuewu for rejecting her and making her lose face, and blamed herself for misjudging people and doing the wrong thing.

These past few days, being repeatedly stimulated by her target Li Xuewu, her cousin Yu Li, and her classmate He Yu Shui, plus today's wind and gossip, she really had an impulse to go crazy.

She really wanted to rush into the office and give each of these women, who only knew how to gossip, a big slap in the face.

But the remaining reason told her that she couldn't do that; whether she could win the fight was one thing, but if she really made a move, that would be truly breaking this layer of cover, and there would be no room for maneuver.

Yu Haitang's fingers were pale as she gripped the document; because of excessive force, the document was already wrinkled.

She felt powerless, turned around, went downstairs, and walked toward the radio station.

When Yuan Hua came down from upstairs with his camera, he happened to bump into Yu Haitang, who was entering the door, face to face.

Looking at the girl who seemed absent-minded and whose face was blue, Yuan Hua raised an eyebrow and asked: "It shouldn't be that bad, right? Still angry with me?"

Yu Haitang seemed not to see him, as if the person opposite wasn't a person but an electric pole; she moved her feet to dodge and went upstairs coldly.

Yuan Hua shook his head helplessly at Yu Haitang's back and turned to go out the door.

It wasn't that Yu Haitang didn't see Yuan Hua; it was just that she had no intention of talking to Yuan Hua in her heart right now; her mind was full of Li Xuewu, full of Qin Huairu and Zhang Songying from the guesthouse.

She kept denying and doubting, not daring to admit that she had lost to two married women, one of whom was a widow.

She was even less willing to admit that Li Xuewu was this kind of person; in her heart, Li Xuewu should be a perfect person, at most having a partner.

A partner to marry.

The more she thought, the more she went astray; the more she thought, the more unwilling she was. When she entered the office, even though the people in the room were discussing her failed delusion of becoming the Li Kezhang's wife, she had no reaction.

Putting down the deformed document paper in her hand, Yu Haitang lowered her head, not realizing that the office had become silent because of her return.

Especially seeing that her mood wasn't right, the eyes of the few people in the room exchanged, and although they didn't say anything, they were already thinking about what had happened again.

Yu Haitang's current state was very scary, as if she were a bomb ready to explode at any time—dangerous, critical.

As if suddenly thinking of something, Yu Haitang stood up and walked to the duty room; there was a telephone there, which was a special benefit for the radio station's duty room.

"Hello? Yushui."

This call was made to the textile factory; she wanted to ask Yushui, since they were in the same courtyard, if Li Xuewu had anything with Qin Huairu, Yushui couldn't possibly not know.

But Yushui had already heard that her mood wasn't right, and what she was doing now was very dangerous.

So her reply was: don't step on the red line, don't do stupid things, Li Xuewu is not easy to mess with, Li Xuewu is very dangerous.

Yushui's answer was precisely the last bullet that crushed Yu Haitang.

"He can be wrong! Why can't I do it!"

"Li Kezhang, as you expected."

Sha Qizhi walked in and placed a document by Li Xuewu's side; Li Xuewu turned his head slightly, and it was indeed a document for the "Great Study."

In comparison, different from the political study documents of the previous few days, this one was issued by the Party Committee.

"It really is 'you sing, I take the stage'."

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow; there was no pride on his face for guessing the situation correctly. He frowned slightly and said to Sha Qizhi: "Guan Yu fighting Qin Qiong—a good show."

Sha Qizhi took the thermos and refilled Li Xuewu's teacup with hot water, his tone somewhat hesitant as he asked: "Then, does the work already started by the Comprehensive Office need to..."

"No, continue."

Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes, moved his gaze from the document back to the document he was reviewing, and said: "I think eating one sheep in two ways is not a bad plan."

Sha Qizhi nodded, put down the thermos, and took the opportunity of covering the teacup to whisper: "Vice Factory Director Jing just finished the office meeting; she doesn't allow the use of the plan designed by the Joint Enterprise Office previously and wants to re-formulate the enterprise cooperation plan."

Li Xuewu's hand was very steady as he wrote his opinion on the paper, not feeling troubled by this news from Sha Qizhi.

He understood very well that this was Jing Yunong purposefully clearing away the office ideas from the period when he worked in the Joint Enterprise Office.

Although that period wasn't long, Li Xuewu had worked closely with Xu Si's factory office to design the cooperation direction and vision for the joint enterprise.

Now that Jing Yunong had straightened out the work of the joint enterprise, she wasn't willing to follow the old rules, which Li Xuewu understood very well.

If the work was done well, who would be willing to share the credit with Li Xuewu, right?

And she was even less willing to leave others with an excuse to say that her good work was all because Li Xuewu had designed it well in the beginning.

Furthermore, if the joint enterprise didn't do well, she wouldn't want it to be because Li Xuewu's design factors were influencing her judgment of this work.

Sha Qizhi paid attention to this matter, nothing more than to seek justice for Li Xuewu; Li Xuewu had indeed done a lot of work during that time, but now it was completely overturned and redone.

Not to mention the waste of time, it was also a manifestation of irresponsibility in terms of manpower and material resources.

It also reflected the pettiness of Jing Yunong and those she represented, or those behind her.

"Heaven wants to rain, mother wants to marry; let her go."

Li Xuewu put the document with his written opinion aside and took another document to continue reading.

"I'm just afraid she'll walk ten thousand miles."

Sha Qizhi said somewhat mockingly: "In the end, she'll still be walking the old path you designed."

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to have this kind of dark humor."

Li Xuewu raised his head and looked at Sha Qizhi amusedly, then continued to get busy.

Sha Qizhi also laughed at himself, then, while organizing the documents Li Xuewu had reviewed, said helplessly: "That plan also had my hard work in it."

"Oh."

Li Xuewu nodded exaggeratedly and sighed: "So that's it~!"

"Hehehehe~"

Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't care, Sha Qizhi also laughed easily.

After sending out the reviewed documents one by one, when Sha Qizhi came back in, the corners of his mouth carried a hint of mockery: "Li Kezhang, guess who came to take the materials from the Service Department just now?"

Li Xuewu raised his head and glanced at Sha Qizhi: "Are you older or am I older? You're asking me to guess your words?"

Sha Qizhi also knew Li Xuewu was joking with him, but this time he replied somewhat mysteriously: "Li Kezhang Huang."

"Heh~"

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow and continued to look at his book, saying: "You haven't heard any colorful news again and are giving people random nicknames, right?"

"How old do you think I am?"

Sha Qizhi laughed first, but then stood by Li Xuewu's desk and whispered: "Li Kezhang Huang Shiwen."

"Yo!"

Li Xuewu also laughed and nodded: "Alright, Wang Jingzhang really kept his word."

"This matter is really interesting."

Sha Qizhi had a smile on his face, but his words were very sarcastic: "The two who left from here have now become Section Chiefs; the Huang Shiwen who came just now is the Li Kezhang of the Service Department's Comprehensive Office."

"Good, put people to their best use; it's a good thing."

Li Xuewu nodded and didn't intend to make a big fuss about this matter; he would keep the account with Wang Jingzhang to settle slowly, but as for the two little girls, Li Xuewu didn't have the leisure.

It had nothing to do with whether he was magnanimous or not; he stood high now and saw high, so some people and things couldn't enter his eyes.

Sha Qizhi nodded, looking like he was waiting for a good show, and took the returned receipts to file them.

Large office.

Zhou Yao had been very tired recently, working overtime until eight or nine o'clock every day and still having to go to work on time in the morning.

Doing the work of three people by herself was indeed not that simple.

Especially the final proofreading and review, which made her head dizzy, and what made her even more unhappy today was Huang Shiwen coming to take materials.

There would be document exchanges between sections; those reviewed by the Li Kezhang were naturally coordinated by the factory office, while business exchanges between sections were handled by the Comprehensive Office.

Huang Shiwen transferred out of the Security Department's Comprehensive Office but entered the Service Department's Comprehensive Office.

She was still doing clerical work; the only difference was her status.

"Zhou Yao, I'm a Li Kezhang now."

This was the first sentence Huang Shiwen said when she walked to Zhou Yao's side, causing everyone in the office to look over coldly.

Huang Shiwen didn't care about these cold looks at all; the barriers between sections were still very high, and it was rare for section chiefs to be transferred to each other, let alone below section chief.

So the old folks in the Comprehensive Office couldn't affect Huang Shiwen, especially since she was now a Li Kezhang, higher in rank than everyone in the room.

Coming to the Security Department to take materials today, Huang Shiwen's purpose was very simple: to show off to her good friend and prove to her good friend that her choice back then was correct.

Especially the cold words in this office during the two days she waited for the procedures, she enjoyed this time very much.

Zhou Yao shook her head and said with a smile: "Congratulations, you've finally made it."

Huang Shiwen didn't look at the gazes of the others in the office either, leaned over to Zhou Yao's desk, and asked: "Still working on this case?"

"Yeah."

Zhou Yao sighed helplessly, then shrugged her shoulders: "You guys left, and all the work is mine."

"I'm very sorry."

Huang Shiwen didn't have any expression of regret, but said very annoyingly: "Although I also really wanted to stay and help you, I didn't want to miss this opportunity."

After speaking, she raised an eyebrow at Zhou Yao and asked: "Do you know Fu Linfang's current situation?"

"No, I don't."

Zhou Yao shook her head, pursed her lips, and said: "I just sit here and get busy after I go to work, and I go home at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, so I have no chance to meet."

Huang Shiwen touched Zhou Yao's hand pitifully and then said: "She is now a Li Kezhang in the Procurement Section, responsible for some procurement work."

"That's really amazing."

Zhou Yao said somewhat enviously: "You meet a lot of people and can learn a lot of things."

"Indeed."

Huang Shiwen looked at Zhou Yao and said: "Zhou Yao, you don't know, you'll never know the core of relevant work until you reach the Li Kezhang position; doing basic clerical work will never get you ahead."

As she spoke, she patted the high pile of documents on Zhou Yao's desk and said: "Just like these, they hide you behind the pile of documents; the leader will never see your efforts."

There was no excitement on Zhou Yao's face at seeing a good friend, nor was there any joy at her promotion; there was only helplessness and loneliness.

What Huang Shiwen said seemed to be teaching Zhou Yao something, but everything she said was useless nonsense.

But this precisely reflected her meaning: "My choice back then was not wrong."

This was answering the question Zhou Yao asked when she tried to persuade her privately: "Do you really think your choice is right?"

Seeing Zhou Yao's expression, Huang Shiwen shook the materials in her hand and said: "Alright, you get busy; I have to go back; I have a meeting."

Zhou Yao was about to stand up to see her off, but saw Director Yu walk in from the door.

"Zhou Yao, that..."

Yu De Cai was walking in with a document, just about to talk to Zhou Yao about work, but saw Huang Shiwen here.

"Yo, Shiwen is here."

"Director Yu."

Huang Shiwen could show off to Zhou Yao, but she didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Yu De Cai.

Not to mention Yu De Cai's seniority, he was also a proper Section-level cadre, which was a position she might only reach when she was thirty.

"Hehe, here to find Zhou Yao?"

Yu De Cai handed the document in his hand to Zhou Yao and asked Huang Shiwen with a smile.

He really had complaints about Huang Shiwen and Fu Linfang transferring away, and he disliked these two university students from the bottom of his heart.

Mu Hongyan also walked out of the office at this time, because she had just heard a woman's voice looking for her sister-in-law.

She had been out for a while, and seeing that Gu Ning hadn't returned, she came out to take a look.

But before she could walk to the two of them, she heard the girl who had just come to find her sister-in-law say: "The whole factory knows that Li Xuewu has something with Qin Huairu from their courtyard, and promoted Qin Huairu to the position of guesthouse manager, and during this period helped a woman named Zhang Songying climb to the position of deputy guesthouse manager."

Yu Haitang just looked at Gu Ning and asked in a slightly sarcastic tone: "You wouldn't know how she climbed up, would you?"

Mu Hongyan was completely stunned; she never expected that someone would come to tell Gu Ning this, and it was such a terrifying piece of news.

Looking at this girl who spoke with certainty, Mu Hongyan didn't feel that Li Xuewu and Gu Ning's marriage was blocking anyone's way, so there was no possibility of an attack.

Then, what this girl said could be true.

"Finished?"

Gu Ning's reaction was very flat, not showing the hysterical reaction Yu Haitang had expected, nor the excitement that would make her feel pleasant and refreshing, as if she were listening to a stranger's rumors.

In Yu Haitang's daze, Gu Ning asked again: "And then?"

"And... and then?"

Yu Haitang opened her mouth; she really didn't know how to deal with the current situation.

On the way here, she had thought of countless countermeasures for Li Xuewu's fiancée's intense reaction and questioning, but she just didn't expect Gu Ning to ask her this.

Gu Ning sized up Yu Haitang again, then said: "If you're finished, I'm going back."

"Wait... wait."

Yu Haitang hurriedly stopped Gu Ning and asked suspiciously: "You are Gu Ning, right? Li Xuewu's fiancée?"

"Who are you?"

Mu Hongyan understood at this time, walked over seriously, looked at Yu Haitang, and asked: "I'm asking you, who are you? Who told you to come here to find her? Why say these things?"

Yu Haitang wasn't afraid of the gentle and calm Gu Ning, but she was a bit scared of this woman who had suddenly appeared with a stern look.

"I... I just can't stand it; believe it or not."

After saying this, she turned and ran toward the stairs, not reacting even when Mu Hongyan called out a few times, and quickly ran out of sight.

Mu Hongyan wanted to let the security at the gate stop that woman from the window, but was blocked by Gu Ning.

"Who is she?"

Mu Hongyan looked at Gu Ning and asked: "Is what she said true?"

Gu Ning's face was somewhat pale; anyone would be unable to accept such news on the eve of their wedding, and it was in her own unit.

She was somewhat powerless now; this performance had little to do with Li Xuewu's news, and more about it being said by a woman from Li Xuewu's unit, which was unfair to her.

Mu Hongyan looked left and right; this wasn't a place to talk, so she helped her sister-in-law to the conference room.

There was no one here, so she put Gu Ning on a chair, squatted down, looked into Gu Ning's eyes, and asked: "Tell me, is what she said true?"

Don't look at Mu Hongyan usually joking with Gu Ning like a sister, but at the critical moment, Mu Hongyan was the eldest sister-in-law, and the severity she showed was no less than Ding Fengxia and Gu Haitao.

Gu Ning closed her eyes somewhat powerlessly; she didn't want to answer this question now, and even less wanted to face her sister-in-law's pressing questions.

"Little bastard."

Seeing Gu Ning like this, Mu Hongyan knew her sister-in-law had been bullied, cursed through gritted teeth, and then stood up and said: "I'll call Gu An and have your brother come back!"

"No!"

At this moment, Gu Ning suddenly opened her eyes, grabbed her sister-in-law, and shook her head pleadingly.

"Why not!"

Mu Hongyan said with red eyes: "Have your brother peel his skin!"

Gu Ning leaned her forehead against the hand holding her sister-in-law and shook it; she was in no mood to explain now, and even less had the strength to say anything to her sister-in-law.

Mu Hongyan looked at her sister-in-law's sad appearance and felt even more distressed, squatting down again and saying: "Then I'll tell Mom and Dad and have them handle it."

"No more, sister-in-law."

Gu Ning sniffed, looked down at the hand held by her sister-in-law, and said in a somewhat dry voice: "I'll handle my own affairs."

Mu Hongyan looked at her stubborn sister-in-law, and she had already started cursing Li Xuewu's ancestors for eight generations in her heart.

To not want such a good girl and go out to mess around instead—what does this count as?

Pfft!

When she first married Gu An, it was the second year of marriage that she got along with Gu Ning.

Before that, her sister-in-law's attitude toward her was neither warm nor cold, and she couldn't even crack a joke.

She didn't dare to stimulate Gu Ning anymore, even though she hated Li Xuewu to the bone.

She had never seen her sister-in-law so out of control, and she had never seen her sister-in-law so hurt and sad.

At home, even her father-in-law couldn't bear to give her a cold face, so how could she be bullied by that stinky kid!

But she knew her sister-in-law's temperament too well: stubborn, axial, cold, persistent—these words were the most appropriate to describe her sister-in-law.

She didn't dare to stimulate Gu Ning anymore, even though she hated Li Xuewu to the bone.

"Off work?"

"What for?"

When Li Xuewu walked into the gate of the courtyard, he happened to bump into Yushui and was slightly stunned to see Yushui take the initiative to greet him.

Sha Zhu's sister seemed to have been rolling her eyes at him ever since she found out about him and Yu Li and Qin Huairu.

It was as if he had let her down; she was very disgusted with him and had never taken the initiative to greet him.

This abnormal performance today made Li Xuewu very alert, and he retorted.

Actually, He Yu Shui had been waiting at the gate for a while; ever since she talked to Yu Haitang on the phone in the morning, her heart had been thumping, and she always felt that something bad was going to happen.

She knew Yu Haitang too well; she was a straight-gutted person.

She couldn't hide anything she had to say, couldn't hold back any emotions, and when she encountered things, she was prone to drilling into a bull's horn; if she vented, it would be over.

In the morning, she wanted to call Li Xuewu to ask, but she didn't know Li Xuewu's phone number.

Furthermore, she was very worried and guilty about telling Li Xuewu about the marriage, stimulating her into her current state, and if it caused any consequences.

So she rushed back after work and had been waiting at the gate for Li Xuewu.

If Yu Haitang really caused any trouble, or if she had a direct conflict with Li Xuewu, she could apologize at the first opportunity.

But looking at Li Xuewu's expression now, it didn't look like there was any trouble, and it didn't look like he had a conflict with Yu Haitang.

"Uh, I want to ask if you've seen Yu Haitang?"

"What the hell?"

Li Xuewu looked at He Yu Shui, whose expression was somewhat unnatural, frowned slightly, and asked: "Did she come to find me again?"

"No."

He Yu Shui waved her hand somewhat flusteredly; she had already understood Li Xuewu's words and knew that nothing had happened.

Nothing happened, that's good; nothing happened, that's good.

Muttering a few times in her heart, she pulled the corners of her mouth at Li Xuewu, gave a fake smile, and went to the East Courtyard.

Li Xuewu looked at Yushui's back and raised an eyebrow, muttering: "She wouldn't have been tortured into a mental problem by Yu Haitang, would she?"

Thinking in his heart that if Yushui really had a mental problem because of this, would Sha Zhu be anxious with him?

"Hehe~"

Li Xuewu was also amused by his own bizarre thoughts, picked up his bag, and walked into the hanging flower gate.

Because he got off work at the Public Security Brigade, Li Xuewu came back relatively early, and the courtyard wasn't very lively yet.

By the time he changed his clothes and came out to eat, this courtyard was at its liveliest.

The First Master could now come out and walk around with someone supporting him; at this moment, he was sitting on a chair at the door of his house, which should have been specially placed by the First Mistress so he could come out and walk around.

Sha Zhu was standing in front of the First Master, gesturing with his hands, telling the First Master how his house would be built and how the room would be decorated.

At this moment, seeing Li Xuewu come out from the back courtyard, Sha Zhu greeted him first: "You came just in time; we were just talking about you."

"Talking about what? Praising me?"

Li Xuewu walked out of the moon gate with a smile, and seeing Qin Huairu washing clothes by the water pool, asked with a smile: "Why are you washing clothes again?"

Every time he saw Qin Huairu before, she was washing clothes there, but she washed less after becoming the guesthouse manager.

Seeing her pick up this chore again these past few days, could it be that her family status had suddenly slipped?

"Bang Geng's grandmother's hands hurt."

Qin Huairu replied helplessly: "It's an old problem; it gets serious when the weather changes in spring and autumn."

Li Xuewu nodded understandingly and looked at Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu smiled and explained to Li Xuewu: "I'm just trying to ask you, where did you get that set of water heating and heating stuff?"

"You're making a big investment."

Li Xuewu raised an eyebrow, looked at the First Master, and asked: "Did you lend him money?"

Yi Zhonghai smiled and didn't answer this question; he did lend it, but he couldn't say it.

After all, Sha Zhu was there, and he was already thirty years old; it would be too embarrassing to say it.

Sha Zhu didn't pretend in front of Li Xuewu and said with a smile: "I borrowed a huge sum from the First Master; my house renovation is bound to suppress you."

"Alright, who told me to live in the side room."

Li Xuewu smiled in defeat and said: "Go to the casting workshop and ask; I also spent money to have it made."

"Understood."

Sha Zhu nodded understandingly; there was no need to explain these things in detail; he knew what to do.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and asked: "Not living here in the future?"

"Not exactly."

Li Xuewu smiled and replied: "I found a place near my partner's, just like my big brother and sister-in-law; I'll come back to live on weekends and go back to live when I go to work."

Yi Zhonghai nodded and indicated he understood.

Sha Zhu teased with a smile: "I see you have the look of being henpecked?"

"Just like you."

Qin Huairu, who was by the water pool, teased Sha Zhu: "People like Li Kezhang Li have the ability to find a house, and you, who are living on your ancestors' shade, are still laughing at others~"

"Hey~!"

Sha Zhu shrugged his shoulders and couldn't find a reason to refute, but still pointed to his house and said: "I'm tearing down the old and building the new now; isn't that also an ability?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Qin Huairu hung the wrung

Including the others walking together, although only Han Zhan and Han Yating were promoted by Li Xuewu among the Section-level people, everyone got along quite well under Li Xuewu's absolute authority.

"Director Yu, you are the planner of the 'Great Study' plan; tell us, how is this wind blowing?"

Jiang Zhiben from the Confidentiality Section smoked a cigarette and asked Yu De Cai beside him.

Although the great study and great discussion were currently only starting from the Comprehensive Office, according to the plan, all sections had to conduct study and discussion.

In the past, political tasks were all about studying and writing reports; even if there were discussions, they were small-group discussions with limited scope, and the purpose was also for study.

This task was different from the past; it only gave an outline and loosened the restrictions for everyone, allowing them to speak and discuss freely.

With this sudden loosening, everyone really didn't know how to study or discuss.

A restriction without restrictions is the strictest restriction, because once you study the wrong things or say the wrong words, it's a very serious matter.

It's more serious than making mistakes in work; this is incorrect thinking, a nature of one-vote veto.

Yu De Cai also took a puff of his cigarette and said: "We are also crossing the river by feeling the stones; the Li Kezhang's meaning is for our section to be the pilot."

Speaking of this, Yu De Cai paused and continued: "Vice Factory Director Li has one opinion and direction, and the Party Committee has another opinion and direction; we are also in a difficult position."

Jiang Zhiben looked at the others, took a hard puff of his cigarette, and said: "If even you are in a difficult position, then we are even more so."

Actually, they all knew what Yu De Cai was in a difficult position about: who to follow and which side to stand on.

Han Zhan said very indifferently: "It's fine; the Comprehensive Office is crossing the river by feeling the stones, so we just need to cross the river by feeling the Comprehensive Office."

"You, you."

Yu De Cai smiled and pointed at Han Zhan, saying: "You always have something to say; you're cunning!"

"Hahaha~"

The group got the direction given by Han Zhan, and everyone laughed.

Han Zhan's opinion was very simple: since the Comprehensive Office is listening to the Li Kezhang's opinion to cross the river, the Comprehensive Office's direction must be the Li Kezhang's direction.

What else is there to discuss? Just cross the river along the Li Kezhang's direction.

The consensus reached by everyone in the laughter was also the same: the Security Department has only one opinion and one direction, and that is Li Xuewu's opinion and Li Xuewu's direction.

Li Xuewu ate lunch in the guesthouse's small canteen and took a walk around Tuanjie Lake with Xia Zhongquan.

This old brother had already gotten used to Li Xuewu's shamelessness; since resistance was useless, he just accepted his fate.

Xia Zhongquan listened to Li Xuewu talk about building cars, talk about engines and transmissions, and talk about future money prospects.

These were all old clichés; Li Xuewu had discussed this with him more than once, and Xia Zhongquan had long ago given Li Xuewu the answer: we'll talk when the R&D center is built.

Li Xuewu didn't come to find Xia Zhongquan for a walk because he had nothing to do and was repeating previous nonsense.

He had many fleeting ideas in his head now, but he wasn't a science student and didn't know much about machinery and actual operations, so he needed a listener.

Xia Zhongquan actually admired Li Xuewu very much in his heart; such a professional Security Li Kezhang could actually think of so many ideas while not attending to his proper duties.

The key is that the ideas and directions Li Xuewu proposed had great experimental and research value; could this be the legendary talent?

Xia Zhongquan walked with his hands behind his back, looked at the frowning Li Xuewu, and asked: "You aren't being stimulated by Vice Factory Director Jing and preparing to set up your own shop, are you?"

"Hahaha~"

Li Xuewu was also amused by Xia Zhongquan's words, patted Xia Zhongquan's shoulder without any sense of seniority, and then took the opportunity to put his arm around Xia Zhongquan's shoulder.

This action made Xia Zhongquan very uncomfortable; who are you with! I'm old enough to be your father, and you're putting your arm around my shoulder?

Fortunately, Li Xuewu only put his arm around him for a moment before putting it down, so Xia Zhongquan could still endure it.

"Old brother, you really think highly of me."

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "I don't have that kind of ambition; what I'm thinking is that our two departments can deepen cooperation and bring more benefits and practical advantages to each other's comrades."

Xia Zhongquan liked to hear this, because of the modified car project, those old mushrooms in the Design Section were rarely active.

The office, which used to be dead silent, was now clawing and scratching from time to time, stimulated by various benefits and bonuses.

Xia Zhongquan was also timid and cautious, unlike Li Xuewu, who relied on modified cars to make money to maintain various special projects of the Security Department.

He distributed the money; even if what he was doing now was against the rules, everyone got the benefits, so who would dare to do anything to him?

On the contrary, Li Xuewu's approach made him admire him; he didn't distribute much money, but he managed the Security Department in an orderly manner without any complaints flowing out.

This is the gap.

After chatting with Xia Zhongquan for a while, seeing someone flash by the window upstairs, Li Xuewu said goodbye to the honest Director Xia with a smile.

Seeing that Li Xuewu didn't mention other things, Xia Zhongquan felt that Li Xuewu was much more pleasing to the eye.

In the afternoon, he usually went to the Public Security Brigade to work, but as soon as the command vehicle arrived at the entrance, he encountered trouble.

"What's wrong?"

"Leader."

Seeing Li Xuewu's command vehicle arrive, the few people who were tearing at each other at the entrance stopped their hands.

One of the team leaders in uniform saluted Li Xuewu and replied: "Caught a counter-revolutionary."

"What the hell?"

Li Xuewu hadn't heard this term for a long time; he frowned, tilted his head, and looked toward the middle of the group.

He only saw an old man in a blue cloth gown sitting on the steps at the entrance of the Public Security Brigade, holding a large bundle tightly in his hands.

"Yo, why are you here?"

"Heh, so you work here!"

This old man was none other than the one Li Xuewu had seen earlier when he was investigating Huang Ping and chased into the alley, the one who was drying the yellow robe.

The old man looked at the imposing gate behind him, then at the guards on both sides of the gate and the solemn and respectful environment inside, and couldn't help but turn to look at Li Xuewu and say: "You really are half a Nine-Gate Governor."

"How are you talking!"

Seeing that the leader knew this old man, the team leader didn't plan to continue the conflict, but still blocked him after hearing this.

The old man didn't care, smacked his lips, and said to Li Xuewu: "We really have fate; I fell into your hands today."

"Hehe."

Li Xuewu curled his mouth and smiled, thinking this old man was quite fun.

He turned to look at the team leader and asked: "What's the situation?"

The team leader leaned close to Li Xuewu and reported softly: "Someone reported that this family has old society's..."

Before the team leader could finish, Li Xuewu raised his head slightly, smiled, and said: "Who doesn't have some old things in the capital?"

As he spoke, he gestured to both sides of the alley, lowered his head, and said to the team leader: "An elderly person, how bad the influence is."

Seeing that the leader was so kind, the team leader knew he was wrong and nodded: "Understood."

Li Xuewu smiled, patted the team leader's arm, walked up the steps, reached out to help the old man, gestured to the inside of the gate, and said: "You're with me now; come in and have a cup of tea."

"That's a good suggestion."

The old man was also easygoing and didn't get angry because of the tearing just now; perhaps he was old, perhaps he had experienced a lot and saw through things.

He was helped up by Li Xuewu, still holding his large bundle, and followed Li Xuewu into the gate.

Sha Qizhi walked behind, sizing up this strange old man.

At this time, everyone was wearing short sleeves or half-sleeve shirts; only elderly people who followed old traditions still wore gowns like this.

Sha Qizhi was sizing up the old man, and the old man was also sizing up the courtyard of the Public Security Brigade.

"I've been to this courtyard before."

The old man chatted with Li Xuewu very casually, pointed to a room in the front yard, and said: "I did work here at that time."

"For whom?"

Li Xuewu asked casually, not thinking about hearing anything from the old man's mouth; it was completely a chance encounter.

The old man was lost in thought, and only when he crossed the threshold of the third gate did he say: "I don't remember; it seems to be a young lady from a government family from Suzhou and Hangzhou. I don't know whose family it was; it was the Third Young Lady of this gate who led her here."

"Your craftsmanship is really amazing."

Li Xuewu praised with a smile, led him up the steps, entered the main room, let Sha Qizhi push the door open first, and even greeted Wang Xiaoqin in the room opposite.

The old man looked at the staff working in the room, then at the furnishings in the room, and shook his head with some loneliness.

There was quite a feeling of "things remain, people have changed, and everything is over."

Li Xuewu didn't deliberately entertain him, led him into the room, gestured to the sofa, and went to the washbasin to wash his face.

It couldn't be said that he was very clean, but now that he had the conditions, Li Xuewu still liked to be refreshed when the weather was hot.

Sha Qizhi served the brewed tea to the old man, placed Li Xuewu's cup in front of the seat Li Xuewu was used to sitting in, and went to get busy with his own work.

Li Xuewu adjusted his towel, walked to the front of the sofa with a smile, glanced at the old man who was still sizing up the furnishings in the room, waved his hand, signaled him to drink tea, and took a sip from his own teacup.

"Hmm~~~"

The old man nodded after taking a sip: "Longjing, authentic."

"Can it still enter your eyes?"

The more Li Xuewu looked at this old man, the more interesting he found him, so he couldn't help but curl his mouth and smile.

The old man didn't care about being teased by Li Xuewu, shook his head, and said: "Laugh if you want; an old husk that should have been buried in a coffin long ago is still living in vain here; no matter how you laugh, it's not too much."

"Hehe, I didn't think so; you're the one who thinks so."

Li Xuewu smiled softly, raised an eyebrow, and asked: "Is your yellow robe still there?"

"What? You want to put it on and try?" ===== CHAPTER 536 =====