Chapter 863: Misplaced Love

Li Xuewu didn't have much contact with Wang Zongli; they had deep communication and exchange during the time at the chemical plant, and had chatted privately when going to Jinmen.

Of course, she was the Director of the Commission Office, and Li Xuewu also had contact with her in work during his time working at the Discipline Inspection Commission.

To talk about her connections, she might be closer to Yang Yuansong; after all, without the Secretary's support, she couldn't be the Director of the Commission Office.

Now that she appeared in Li Huai's office, and he didn't know what they had talked about, suddenly she wanted to stir up wind and pull 30% of the people down to temper themselves.

What for!

Was this a snake or scorpion buried very deep?

Li Huai didn't say he would get rid of so many people when he pushed for the construction of the Management Committee.

When the Dongfeng Society and the Red Flag Society were in chaos, he didn't say he would get so many people down to temper themselves either.

Could it be that there was another organization lurking in the Steel Rolling Factory that had dazzled Li Huai, making him confused?

"News came from the Construction Management Office, saying they asked the Security Group to assist with the work; I came to report the work to you."

After Li Xuewu entered the room, he stated his purpose, then looked at Wang Zongli and asked, "What were you saying just now...?"

"It's just this matter."

Li Huai waved his hand impatiently, signaling Li Xuewu to sit opposite him.

Wang Zongli watched Li Huai treat them differently; she had been in the room for quite a while, and she hadn't seen Director Li invite her to sit down.

"I just arrived too; isn't this coming to report to Director Li."

She explained, "I accompanied Deputy Director Gu to the scene, and after the problem occurred, I came back first to introduce the situation."

Li Xuewu glanced at her and nodded, "The situation is indeed somewhat special; I learned about it from the Construction Management Office side."

Li Huai nodded, said to Wang Zongli, "Let's leave this matter for now; the Security Group has gone over, you go to the scene to take a look too; Deputy Director Gu's side should be able to carry out work."

"Yes."

Wang Zongli nodded, glanced at Li Xuewu, and then went out the door.

Li Xuewu's gaze was also fixed on her figure, always feeling that this woman had ulterior motives.

What are you doing?!

Thinking Li Huai isn't bad enough, wanting to add weight!

This is my scapegoat, this is my shield, and you want to grab it too?!

No way; it seems Old Li has fallen for a beauty trap; I have to give him a lesson in success studies and feed him more chicken soup!

"Are the exhibition arrangements settled?"

"Yes, just finished."

Li Xuewu turned his gaze back, looked at Li Huai, and introduced, "The goods from Steel City can be shipped today; the conference team here will set off on Saturday."

As he spoke, he handed a document to Li Huai and explained, "I coordinated with the office to unify the uniforms."

"Mm, that's fine."

Li Huai flipped through the document in his hand and nodded, "Are all the materials ready?"

"They've been prepared for a long time."

Li Xuewu stood up, leaned over slightly, opened the document in Li Huai's hand, and pointed it out to him.

"Comrades from several departments such as sales, office, and engineering are actively preparing."

"Also."

He pointed to the promotion team part and said, "The dance troupe of the factory's cultural and propaganda team is also in the arrangements."

"Mm, mm, this is good."

Li Huai raised his head, looked at Li Xuewu, pointed at the list, and said, "Walk out of the Steel Rolling Factory and show confidence and vitality."

Li Xuewu saw the confidence, but how did he feel this vitality?

"It's mainly responsible for propaganda and product promotion work."

Li Xuewu introduced, "According to the actual situation at the scene, we have prepared several plans, which include the performance part of the dance team."

"That's fine; I'm still at ease with you handling things."

Li Huai smiled, raised his gaze, and said, "This matter still needs you to grasp it; in terms of controlling the overall situation, the sales side still lacks courage and ability."

"It's your trust and the support of the comrades."

Li Xuewu smiled modestly, stretched out his hand to open the document in front of him, and continued to introduce several key work contents to Li Huai.

Including the entire marketing process and propaganda methods, as well as the layout and distribution of personnel participating in the exhibition work.

Li Huai nodded while listening, obviously satisfied; these creative ideas met the Steel Rolling Factory's current exhibition requirements without being out of line.

Young people have many ideas, especially those who are good at adapting and divergent thinking.

Li Huai asked questions on several key issues, and seeing him answer well, he felt at ease.

In fact, he knew himself that in terms of business ability, Li Xuewu was absolutely a good hand.

Especially in the management and assistance of several projects, he had made relatively large contributions.

Therefore, although Li Xuewu's position wasn't high, he was of top priority in Li Huai's future plans.

In the management offices of several projects, Li Xuewu held the position of Deputy Director.

Li Huai's means were very high; in Li Xuewu's primary job, he wouldn't pull up the seedlings to help them grow, and wouldn't even give him a chance to be promoted.

Deputy division-level was the last red line to suppress Li Xuewu; going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

And outside of Li Xuewu's primary job, in order to enhance Li Xuewu's influence and increase his jurisdiction, he kept giving him deputy director positions.

In this way, Li Xuewu's primary job was still Deputy Group Leader of the Security Group, but when it was truly shaken out, it wouldn't lose to those deputy directors of the Management Committee.

These external positions were all given by Li Huai, representing that Li Xuewu's ability and influence were all added by him.

If one day Li Xuewu stopped listening, or stopped cooperating with his work, he could take back this influence at any time.

You can despise Li Huai's business ability, but never underestimate his political means.

Didn't Li Xuewu understand this? Didn't he see Li Huai was using him?

How could that be!

Government units are the rivers and lakes; mutual utilization is the eternal melody. If you really want to be a lone ranger, you'll definitely suffer until you're autistic.

Li Huai needed Li Xuewu's business ability, so Li Xuewu showed his business ability to the fullest.

His age and qualifications, as well as his planning for his future career, didn't allow him to advance anymore.

Therefore, horizontal development coincided with Li Huai's plan.

Regarding the restrictions and utilization, the connections between Li Xuewu, Dong Wenxue, and Gu Weijie made Li Huai not dare to go too far with him.

Now, in the general direction, several people had common goals and had reached a consensus on some issues.

So calling it utilization is not as good as calling it cooperation for mutual benefit.

Every ruler has its strengths, and every inch has its weaknesses; helping each other is the hard truth.

Gu Weijie had great energy in organizational work and propaganda work, but was lacking in grassroots frontline work.

With one phone call from her, Li Xuewu solved her most basic problems here.

Jing Yunong had work experience in economic and personnel work, but problems appeared in actual business management.

She had messed up the three industries by closing the door to build a car, but after coordinating and communicating with Li Xuewu here, didn't she also turn over a new leaf?

Don't say you are very formidable; sooner or later, there will be a time when you need someone.

Li Huai naturally knew his own shortcomings, so Wang Zongli had been lighting fires here for a long time, and he was also very angry, but as soon as Li Xuewu arrived, his fire was extinguished.

Without Li Xuewu reminding him, he had already reacted that he seemed to be too angry.

The upper-level management area of the Steel Rolling Factory's government units was currently facing a major adjustment, and the emotional and ideological fluctuations of cadres at the section level and above were relatively large.

These people happened to be the backbone of the Steel Rolling Factory's management and decision-making, and Li Huai cared very much about the attitudes of these people.

Therefore, a little small matter, lighting a fire, could touch his sensitive nerves.

Wang Zongli was expounding on the situation at the scene from the reactions of the masses and the inaction of the relevant section heads, or the actions of those who intentionally pushed the chaos.

Li Huai couldn't feel what was happening at the scene while sitting in the office; he only knew that the government side's reaction to this matter was also very contradictory.

Therefore, he was afraid of twists and turns, and in other aspects, it would cause a chain reaction, so he wanted to start a massacre and rectify the team's discipline.

The best way to enforce discipline is to hit a batch, educate a batch, and win over a batch.

Now that he was taking action, he could only be ruthless and solve the main contradictions and problems at once.

Compared to his advice to Li Xuewu a few days ago to be patient, the situation was already very clear; he could control this kind of change, so naturally, he was ruthless.

And Li Xuewu changed from his domineering and ruthless style of the previous few days to persuading Li Huai.

"A scabies disease is particularly difficult to deal with."

Li Xuewu took the thermos from the side of the table and refilled Li Huai's teacup with hot water, saying at the same time, "Treating it consumes a lot of energy; not treating it, the itching won't stop, like a dog's stubbornness."

Li Huai was silent, took the teacup Li Xuewu handed over, took a sip, and pondered the other party's words.

Li Xuewu put the thermos away, tapped the notebook at hand, and said, "Deputy Director Gu's side didn't mean to exaggerate this matter, and I handled it the same way."

He explained the arrangements he had made for this matter, and then continued, "The oil pan is hot, and even a little drop of water will make it explode and smoke."

"Do you mean to hush things up?"

Li Huai drooped his eyelids and said, "You need to know the danger lurking inside."

"No matter how dangerous it is, it counts as disturbing public order in the Security Division."

Li Xuewu smiled and lit a cigarette for himself, saying confidently, "Others can't resort to force, but the Security Group is naturally a bunch of rough guys."

Li Huai looked at him, lowered his eyes again, thought for a while, and said, "The work of ideological construction and discipline rectification still needs to be done; this matter is very necessary."

"Especially since the government office has just started organizational structure reform, people's hearts are moving, and people are floating; going down to temper oneself isn't necessarily a bad thing."

"I agree with this opinion."

Li Xuewu opened his mouth to express his agreement, and at the same time continued, "This can also be considered responding to the call of the spirit of the instructions in the document above."

"Oh? Do you have any opinions? Tell me."

Li Huai didn't care that Li Xuewu had added and changed his words; "learning" was added after "tempering," which explained it very well.

"I think the form of a cadre training class is very good."

Li Xuewu took a puff of his cigarette and explained seriously, "The location should be at the Red Star Village training ground, and the form of training should be carried out by combining theory and practice."

Li Huai frowned slightly when he heard the cadre training class, feeling that Li Xuewu was stealing the concept; how could going down to temper oneself be equated with training?

But after hearing Li Xuewu's later words, he became interested, pointed at Li Xuewu, and emphasized, "Tell me how to combine theory with practice."

"Theoretical learning should focus on the current judgment of the situation, the study and thinking of the spirit of major documents, and re-education of key thoughts."

Li Xuewu flicked the ash, and by the way, put the cigarette on the ashtray.

"Practical learning should focus on military training, voluntary labor, construction of key project projects, as well as investigation and research of the current key projects of the Steel Rolling Factory."

"Combining theory with practice means abandoning the situation of working without gaining and learning without thinking, letting cadres go deep into the frontline team, realizing the combination of cadres and masses, and re-tempering."

Li Xuewu emphasized in his explanation, "You can form training classes in chronological order; each period must have a completion report. If the report is unqualified, then adjust the position and retrain."

"Excellent students can be prioritized for promotion in cadre adjustments and enjoy the honor they deserve."

"Literature has no first, martial arts has no second."

Li Xuewu smiled slightly and said, "Tempering without distinction of high and low; what is thrown out is mud, and what comes back isn't iron either."

"Hehe, this metaphor is very vivid."

Li Huai showed a smile, looked at Li Xuewu, and asked, "How do you consider the scale and time of the training class?"

"Thirty people per period, one month per period, try the effect first."

Li Xuewu clamped the cigarette and took a puff indifferently, saying, "Look at the overall training situation; if it's okay, then extend the time and increase the training classes in staggered peaks."

"Mm, this is okay."

Li Huai nodded and said, "Our own training ground can play a certain restrictive role."

"Engaging in training, they are very professional."

Li Xuewu pressed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and said, "The training class is more suitable than the downward transfer class; after all, this year is a critical year, and promotion is more important."

Li Huai raised his head slightly, his deep gaze swept over, and he nodded slowly, agreeing with this point of view.

Yes, there is nothing more important than the Steel Rolling Factory's promotion.

The appearance of the downward transfer class represents that there is a problem with the Steel Rolling Factory's cadre team, and naturally, there will be negative considerations above.

But if it is a training class, it is the Steel Rolling Factory actively responding to the requirements of the era, strengthening the training and re-education of cadres.

"It's better to be stable."

Li Xuewu's voice was low, his face serious, and he said word by word, "A safe landing is the truth, especially in the handling of relevant personnel; you must consider it comprehensively."

Li Huai's left eye jumped again, pondering the meaning in Li Xuewu's words.

Relevant personnel; he wasn't talking about grassroots cadres, but Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan and others, right?

He frowned somewhat at Li Xuewu's reaction; he had persuaded him too much today.

But thinking seriously, what Li Xuewu said was very consistent with reality, truly considering the problem from the perspective of the Steel Rolling Factory's construction and development.

Really getting these cadres down would inevitably affect the Steel Rolling Factory's development plan.

What he was concerned about wasn't just the situation of promotion this year, but also the progress of the Steel Rolling Factory's overall economy.

Now the Steel Rolling Factory is decided by him, and the economic development is naturally benefiting him; the group-oriented process contained in Li Xuewu's words was also a main reason for his contemplation.

He had seen the formidable nature of the 17th Factory before, and it wasn't like he hadn't gone to learn from it in the past.

If he could really develop the Steel Rolling Factory into a group-type enterprise like the 17th Factory in his hands, then this stepping stone of his would truly be much more powerful.

As for how high he jumps, it depends on heaven, earth, and people; at the very least, it wouldn't be the rank after the Steel Rolling Factory's upgrade, right?

Therefore, changing the downward transfer tempering to a training class wasn't impossible; as long as the purpose of deterrence and transformation was achieved.

"Regarding the cadre training, you coordinate with the Political Group to come up with a plan."

Li Huai thought for a while and finally decided, denying his previous opinion of 30%.

At the same time, he handed this matter to Li Xuewu, which was considered agreeing with his point of view and handing the power of supervision and execution to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu took over this task and also fulfilled the responsibilities of the Security Group.

After all, the Security Group now had the responsibility of supervision; if any problems occurred, he would still be the one to take the blame.

Taking the initiative to take over the task, having feelings and connections below, also gave Li Huai a step down.

Li Huai had no interest in this matter, said a few words, and didn't mention it again, instead asking about Zhang Guoqi.

"The case is still going through the procedure."

Li Xuewu replied very seriously, "He himself actively admitted the criminal facts, and the relevant evidence is also very clear."

He looked at Li Huai's expression and continued, "The person has been in the Security Section's detention room and hasn't been handed over to the branch bureau."

"My meaning is to coordinate with the Judicial Institute side and arrange for a suitable detention center for detention."

"Mm."

Li Huai hesitated and asked, "Do you think... he still has facts he hasn't confessed?"

"This... is hard to say."

Li Xuewu naturally knew Li Huai's meaning and, of course, wouldn't fill the words.

"However, I have some connections with the East City Judicial Institute side, and the warden of the No. 1 Detention Center is my classmate."

As he spoke, he observed Li Huai's expression, and seeing his understanding look, he continued, "Even if there are any problems, it's convenient for us to handle."

"That's good, that's good."

Li Huai nodded slowly, looking heartbroken, and said, "Regarding his corruption, I have to take responsibility, sigh~"

"Who could have thought~"

Li Xuewu also sighed with Li Huai and said, "Can only blame himself for being greedy; who can he blame for walking the wrong path."

"Sigh~ what a pity."

Li Huai crossed his hands on his legs and looked at the desolate autumn wind outside the window, feeling somewhat like things were different from before.

Li Xuewu also didn't speak for a while; the leader was playing deep, so naturally, he had to cooperate.

"Speaking of him, I forgot to tell you about the review situation of Yang Yuansong and others."

Li Huai suddenly turned his head to look at Li Xuewu and said, "The problem is very serious; ideological errors aren't produced overnight, and correcting mistakes can't be handled in a moment."

"I understand this."

Li Xuewu knew he was responding to the opinion he had just put forward.

To ease, to stabilize, one must consider carefully when handling the problems of Yang Yuansong and others.

Li Huai was considering carefully now, wanting to slow down, but it didn't mean he wouldn't handle the other party.

"The above also means this, to handle line problems seriously."

Li Huai emphasized, looked at the window again, and said, "Since we are going to have a cadre training class, let's set a model; the first period will take criticizing the wrong lines of their few people as the core topic to deepen education."

Li Xuewu took the initiative to make a record and didn't say anything more on this issue.

Li Huai had already made concessions and also gave a probing opinion on the three people's problems.

As long as the feedback on the cadre training class was good on this issue, he wouldn't mind giving these people in the Steel Rolling Factory a chance.

Li Xuewu was also considered to have achieved a perfect result, protecting these people from suffering and losing their little lives.

Don't underestimate this kind of downward transfer; workers still have a way to live, but cadres really will have accidents.

The wind in the Steel Rolling Factory is still smaller than the wind blowing outside; look at it now, how many people have chosen to shut their mouths.

Yin Mancang from Red Star Village called Li Xuewu, full of bitterness and helplessness.

What could he do? He could only appease the people in the village and fool the people above.

To stuff the Steel Rolling Factory's cadres into the countryside, if ten go and three come back, it's already considered a Buddha.

Being arranged to go to the training ground for training and learning, at least they can temper, learn, and labor, and life won't be too bitter.

As for Yang Yuansong and the three, Li Xuewu had said what he could, and done what he could; the rest was left to fate.

The era needs iron men, and iron men also need the era.

"Ask for the training ground's phone number."

Li Xuewu returned to the office and asked Sha Qizhi to help ask for the phone number, while he himself went to find relevant plans and materials to read.

The call was connected, and Wei Tong's voice came: "Leader, what are your instructions?"

"Big move."

For Wei Tong's half-joking greeting, Li Xuewu also answered with a smile.

While sitting in the chair, he opened the document in his hand and said, "The factory wants to have a cadre training class, mainly starting from the current situation criticism and discussion, to make requirements for ideological construction and discipline rectification."

"Just training, plus a set of political study!"

Wei Tong had already found the way to engage in training; Li Xuewu stated the requirements, and that side had already thought of the direction of training.

"Team compliance and obedience training, plus a set of systematic physical and behavioral habit training... let me see."

Wei Tong seemed to be looking at the document while talking to Li Xuewu on the phone: "How about adding a set of recalling bitterness and thinking of sweetness and Nanniwan?"

"You've got a set for everything now?"

Li Xuewu naturally understood Wei Tong's underworld slang; this wasn't hard to understand, and he felt it was quite interesting.

Wei Tong also explained with a smile: "Recently, there have been many units applying for training, and they all mean this, so we have supporting projects."

After explaining, he asked Li Xuewu: "Are there any special needs?"

"Mm, the quality of the political teacher must be hard."

Li Xuewu emphasized seriously: "The theme of the first period is to correct and criticize the line errors of the previous leaders of the Steel Rolling Factory; you must be mentally prepared."

"Understood."

Wei Tong agreed very crisply: "You send the core thoughts over, and we will set up a discussion group here to set a teaching syllabus."

What is called professional?

This is called professional!

The training industry isn't "I have what I teach you," but "You need what, I can have what!"

Li Xuewu was also very satisfied with Wei Tong's growth now; he wasn't the silly Husky he was before.

"The materials will be sent to the mountain by commuter later; you study it and give me a plan."

He was about to hang up the phone after saying this, but Wei Tong hesitated and asked: "Leader! That..."

"Something up?"

Li Xuewu put the phone back to his ear, heard him hesitate, and said: "If you have a fart, let it out!"

"It's me."

Someone else changed on the other end of the phone; it was a female voice speaking.

Li Xuewu paused, not recognizing who the other party was; after all, it was only two words,

"You've got a whole set of these routines now, don't you?"

Li Xuewu naturally understood Wei Tong's jargon; it wasn't hard to grasp, and he actually found it quite interesting.

Wei Tong also explained with a smile: "There have been a lot of units applying for training lately, and they all mean the same thing, so we've started offering bundled projects."

After explaining, he asked Li Xuewu: "Are there any other special requirements?"

"Yes, the political instructors must be of top-tier quality."

Li Xuewu emphasized earnestly: "The theme of the first phase is to correct and criticize the line errors made by the former leading cadres of the Steel Mill; you need to be mentally prepared."

"Understood."

Wei Tong agreed very decisively: "You send over the core ideas, and we'll set up a seminar group here to draft a teaching syllabus."

What is professionalism?

This is what you call professionalism!

In the training industry, it's not about teaching what I have, but about having whatever you need!

Li Xuewu was also very satisfied with Wei Tong's current growth; he was no longer the silly husky he used to be.

"The materials will be sent up the mountain via the commuter transport later; study them and give me a proposal."

He was about to hang up the phone after saying this, but Wei Tong hesitated for a moment and asked: "Leader! That..."

"Something up?"

Li Xuewu put the phone back to his ear, and hearing his hesitation, said: "If you have something to say, spit it out!"

"It's me."

The person on the other end of the line had changed; it was a female voice speaking.

Li Xuewu paused, unable to recognize who it was, as there were only two words, and phone transmissions at this time were prone to voice distortion.

Seeing that Li Xuewu wasn't speaking, the person on the other end thought he had hung up and said anxiously: "Hello? Hello? Are you still there?"

"Teacher Ran?"

Li Xuewu listened carefully and asked tentatively, which stopped the other party from pressing further.

"It's me, that..."

It seemed inconvenient to talk on the phone; Ran Qiuye's voice hesitated for a moment before adding: "Thank you for arranging things for my parents..."

"So you've gone up the mountain to visit your parents?"

Li Xuewu didn't let her finish, asked with a smile, and then added: "Are the two elders doing well?"

"Yes, they're doing quite well."

Ran Qiuye didn't mind Li Xuewu's interruption, but said somewhat reservedly: "I'm heading home today, and I've brought you some fruit; why don't you come by and pick it up?"

"Since it's not easy to make the trip up there, you should stay a few more days."

Li Xuewu looked at the materials at hand, handed them to Sha Qizhi, and signaled for him to seal and send them up the mountain.

On the phone, he simultaneously declined: "There's no need for the fruit; just take good care of the two elders."

"Hey!"

Seeing Li Xuewu refuse, Ran Qiuye became anxious; hearing Li Xuewu giving work instructions on the phone, she was afraid he was going to hang up.

"I really did bring them for you, you must come, I'll be waiting for you at home!"

After saying this, without waiting for Li Xuewu to speak again, she hung up first.

Li Xuewu looked at the phone in his hand with amusement, shook his head helplessly, hung up, and went back to work.

Women will only hinder one's own progress!!

Fruit? Can that be more important than the people?!

"Leader!"

"Good evening, Leader."

"Goodbye, Leader~"

When getting off work in the evening, Li Xuewu came down from upstairs, and people were greeting him one after another along the way.

Especially after the reform of the large departments, there were more people working in the Security Building, and the original Security Division staff also felt a sense of crisis.

Li Xuewu used to be a leader in the Security Division, but now he had become the direct leader of the Inspection Department.

The opportunities in a leader's hands are limited, but the number of little bitches competing for them is growing!

"Accidentally" meeting the leader during commute hours had become the most common means of social climbing in the Security Building.

Every gaze held the meaning of "Leader, please notice me," and the greetings were increasingly polite and sweet.

It was fortunate that Li Xuewu had a strong mental constitution, otherwise he might have been lost in these traps of power.

Actually, one can't blame these people for playing the "accidental encounter" game in the hallway; it's rumored that this is how the Deputy Li Kezhang of the Security Section got her position.

Zhou Yao, this female college student, had finally become the focus of conversation in the government unit.

Before her promotion, she was just "Little Zhou," but now, everyone calls her Deputy Li Kezhang Zhou.

You say these people are too realistic?

The reality is that if you were in their shoes, you'd call her that too!

Everyone says that Zhou Yao only caught the leader's eye because she greeted Li Xuewu when she came to the Security Division, which led to her step-by-step promotion to her current position.

That's not entirely wrong, but they didn't get the full story; Zhou Yao was actually remembered by the leader precisely because she didn't know how to greet him.

How could the leader remember them if they all did the same cookie-cutter routine!

If you really want to leave a deep impression on the leader, you might as well learn from Nie Xiaoguang; Li Huai De's impression of him is "deep" indeed.

It's just unclear what the consequences of hitting Li Xuewu would be.

One would assume the impression would be deep... deeply carved into a tombstone.

After seeing the leader into the car, Sha Qizhi opened the front passenger door and instructed Han Jiankun, who was driving: "I have something to do at the market in a while; you take the leader."

After saying this, he greeted Li Xuewu in the back of the car and closed the door.

Li Xuewu rolled down the window and waved: "Let Jiankun take you there."

"No, no, I have an appointment with Old Zhang from the office."

Sha Qizhi waved his hand with a smile and said: "He said he wanted to have a drink tonight."

Li Xuewu looked at him with amusement, rolled up the window, and signaled for Han Jiankun to drive.

This was Han Jiankun's first day back at work after his marriage leave; although it had only been seven days, he felt it had been as long as ten thousand years.

The first two days at home were comfortable enough, but starting from the third day, he didn't know what to do while lying in bed.

He repaired all the furniture in the house, organized all the wedding items, and finally, having nothing left to do, he followed Qin Jingru's instructions and cleaned up the vegetable garden at Li Xuewu's house.

He was bored to death and wished he could return to work sooner so he wouldn't have to listen to Qin Jingru's "instructions" anymore.

Before marriage, the feeling Sha Qizhi had described was still vague to him; Qin Jingru used to just listen when he spoke.

But now that the feeling had arrived, he couldn't get a word in; Qin Jingru spoke like a machine gun, "rat-tat-tat," making his head ache.

This Qin Jingru changed way too fast; in less than three days, she went from a young girl to a woman, and she had maxed out her nagging stats.

When they were dating before marriage, the romantic things he said sounded great, but after marriage, they just stared at each other during meals, leaving only the happiness of bedtime.

Later, he thought about it: he was stifled, and Qin Jingru was stifled too.

He was very happy when he was at work; every day was fulfilling, and he didn't have to think about those messy things.

It was the same for Qin Jingru; they were so busy that when they finally had a Sunday, they cherished the time they spent playing together.

Now, suddenly having so much time together seemed to have stripped away the mystery.

What is this?

Distance makes the heart grow fonder?

Today, touching the steering wheel, he felt like he wanted to snatch the keys back from the fleet captain.

When he got the car keys back, his heart finally settled, and his whole spirit felt different.

Han Jiankun naturally heard what Sha Qizhi said; no matter how slow he was, he was a married man now.

He drove the car out of the factory gate, looked back at the leader, and asked hesitantly: "Leader, are we going home?"

"What else?"

Li Xuewu was sitting in the back of the car reading a document about the unified reform of the Steel Mill's office system.

Li Huai De had taken a liking to the office system of the Security Division and, combining the promotion and application effects from various units earlier, wanted him to coordinate with the Management Committee Office to produce a specific plan.

His position as Deputy Director of the Management Committee Office wasn't just for show; they could think of him for any damn thing.

It was said that Ding Zigui was the top leader, but with Li Huai De acting like this, his power was greater than Ding Zigui's.

Old Ding was also a clever man; with the organizational structure adjustment, he had made progress, and he was very open-minded about his work.

Especially with a monster like Li Xuewu in the Management Committee Office's leadership team of one director and three deputies, he was even more happy to stay clear-headed.

Ao Yuhua and Wang Zongli were not easy to deal with, and Li Xuewu was the person in charge of Li Huai De's implementation of various policies and projects; what could he influence?

He had a pretty good relationship with Li Xuewu before, and they chatted when they met in the cafeteria, each having a sense of boundaries.

For this office system reform, Li Xuewu was prepared to put forward a framework, have Ding Zigui take the lead, and have Ao Yuhua be responsible for pushing it forward.

Wang Zongli's division of labor was mainly leadership services, and she managed the secretaries of the several deputy directors and the small car fleet.

The guesthouse was also under her management; in the afternoon, Qin Huairu had called to ask if there was any trouble since the other party had gone to inspect it.

What kind of trouble could there be?

Who didn't know that the guesthouse was an inseparable part of Li Xuewu's hands...

That was a bit of an exaggeration; Li Xuewu was actually willing to have her visit the guesthouse more often. Li Huai De also went there often, and if something happened, he wasn't afraid of the excitement.

Putting down the document in his hand, Li Xuewu pinched his nose and said to Han Jiankun: "Qizhi has too many tricks up his sleeve; don't learn from him, just drive your car well."

"Understood."

Han Jiankun nodded, agreed, and continued to drive carefully.

Li Xuewu looked out the window; the sunset had long since disappeared, and the days were getting shorter.

Getting off work at six, the sun started to set a little after five, and by the time he got home, it was almost completely dark.

The villa was lit up, and hearing the car, Qin Huairu appeared at the entrance as usual.

Li Xuewu got out of the car, and Han Jiankun followed.

The leader had just said that he should eat here, take Qin Huairu home, bring her to the house tomorrow morning, and then drive the leader to work.

It was hard to say about Li Xuewu's command car being kept at his house, but there was naturally no problem with it being parked at the leader's house.

Especially with Qin Huairu here, it was very convenient for the couple to ride their bikes home.

As for Li Xuewu asking him to eat at home, he didn't have the burden he used to have; at worst, he would just take care of all the chores at the leader's house from now on.

Even if he didn't want to, he couldn't; it wouldn't be right to let Qin Huairu do all the work alone.

Li Xuewu's bag was taken by Qin Huairu, who walked into the house first, asking what they were having for dinner.

Qin Huairu carried the bag behind him, whispering to Han Jiankun.

"Yes, the old lady said she wanted to eat braised eggplant."

Seeing Li Xuewu ask, Qin Huairu quickly replied, then took two quick steps and continued: "Sister Aunt Xiao Ning said she had no appetite, so we added an egg soup for the evening."

"Is that so? What's wrong?"

Li Xuewu stepped onto the porch and, through the open door, saw Li Shu holding a small wooden stick and gesturing at the goldfish pond.

Seeing her father return, Li Shu paused, remembered what her father had just said, and imitated him: "What's wrong!"

"Hahaha~"

Li Xuewu looked at his daughter with amusement, walked into the foyer, and said: "What are you doing, are you going to cause trouble again?"

"What are you doing!"

From the moment she could say her first word, this little mouth started popping out words, and with a Northeastern accent at that.

She didn't learn a single word of Li Xuewu's proper Mandarin, but she learned the old lady's Northeastern dialect perfectly.

Just imagine, a little child who looks like a white porcelain doll speaking full-blown Northeastern dialect—what a scene that is.

Li Xuewu changed into his slippers and went to pick her up, but Li Shu threw the small wooden stick in her hand, swayed her body, and ran back to the sofa.

It was cold, and the old lady had made her a small padded jacket, the kind that ties in the back, used as a little apron.

At this moment, she didn't know what kind of juice had dripped onto the front of her jacket, and she grabbed another pear with her little hand and started gnawing on it.

Seeing Li Xuewu looking at his daughter speechlessly, Qin Huairu explained with a smile: "Brother Guodong sent them, and he brought a portion for me too."

"Is that so~"

Li Xuewu walked up to his daughter, squatted down, and said with a smile: "What are you eating? Give your father a bite."

Li Shu hugged the big white pear and gnawed hard, leaving two rabbit-tooth marks on the fist-sized pear.

Although he didn't get to eat anything, Li Shu was self-satisfied; she was enjoying the spirit of the harvest.

Hearing her father say he wanted a bite, she tilted her head, looked at him, turned around, and trotted to give the pear to her mother.

Gu Ning was uncomfortable due to her pregnancy, so she leaned on the sofa, took the pear her daughter handed her, and tossed it to Li Xuewu.

Li Shu looked at the pear flying over her head, her face full of astonishment.

You guys can play like this too!

Gu Ning looked at her daughter with a smile and said to Li Xuewu: "What are you looking at? Help her cut it."

Li Xuewu's proud expression, which had been directed at his daughter, instantly froze.

Unrequited love! Goodbye!