Chapter 918: Windy and Snowy

"The tire seems to have burst..."

"Sigh~~ ah~~~"

"The gearbox seems to have been scraped..."

"Sigh~~ ah~~~"

"Check the engine..."

"Sigh~~......"

On the construction waste pile, that mountain off-road vehicle had already stalled, and the driver and passenger had both gotten out to check the situation.

Li Xuewu, following the technology department personnel, also drove to the bottom of the hill, wanting to see the feedback on road conditions and vehicle conditions as soon as possible.

While walking up, every time a technician made a guess, Zhou Dahai would groan.

The car having a problem was like someone stepping on his kidney.

Li Xuewu could clearly see that he was genuinely heartbroken, and couldn't help but tease, "Are you feeling guilty? Or is your kidney failing?"

"I'm heartbroken~"

Zhou Dahai ignored Li Xuewu's joke, looked at the car in front with teary eyes, and said, "This was built with real gold and silver; wasting it like this is really..."

"How can extreme testing be called waste?"

Li Xuewu spoke earnestly, "No matter how much bumping and testing is done in the factory, it's not too much, as long as it can verify its actual bearing standard."

"Being able to achieve standardized, open, and transparent sales, even if this car is destroyed, even if it's redesigned and remanufactured,"

"is much better than having the commercial vehicle enter society and be criticized and blamed by others."

Li Xuewu followed the technical personnel and stood up. He refused the handkerchief Peng Xiaoli handed over, patted his hands, and said, "I think even if it were in the Gobi Desert or a big forest, the most extreme situation wouldn't be more extreme than it is now."

Zhou Dahai kicked the big stone in front of the car with his foot with some emotion.

Li Xuewu stood up with the technicians and retreated, watching the technical personnel and the driver deal with the car.

"As an engineer who participated in the design, you should know very well who our competitors are, right?"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Zhou Dahai, his expression very meaningful.

Zhou Dahai blinked and looked down the hill, where Li Xuewu's command vehicle was parked.

"To survive in competition, either make yourself strong and create a reputation with actual ability,"

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "or you have to know how to brag and how to fool people!"

"Fool everyone into blindly believing your product is better than the other party's, and fool them into paying for the bragging you did."

"Don't be surprised; this is also a sales ability!"

Seeing Zhou Dahai widen his eyes in disbelief, Li Xuewu asked with a smile, "Which path do you think we should choose?"

After asking this, without waiting for the other party to answer, in front of the surrounding technical personnel, Li Xuewu gradually restrained his joking expression and said, "We haven't been together for just one day or two. You should have some understanding of my style of doing things."

"Have you ever seen me brag, talk big, or fool others?"

Watching the car being restarted, Li Xuewu nodded and smiled, turned to look at Zhou Dahai and the others, and said seriously, "Actually, like you technical personnel, I am also very simple."

"Really!"

Seeing Zhou Dahai and the others show a surprised expression again, Li Xuewu emphasized, "I know some people say behind my back that I have a straightforward and bad temper, and that I am stubborn and serious."

"In work, whether it's business or products, I pursue perfection too much."

Li Xuewu said helplessly, "I want both a perfect safety state and perfect manufacturing craftsmanship, as well as economic benefits."

"I'm too greedy, like a child who just arrived at the seaside and is reluctant to leave because of all the fresh things."

"......"

The wind was quite strong today, blowing Zhou Dahai's hair that covered his bald spot, disrupting his "rural-encircling-the-city" hairstyle layout.

Of course, Deputy Director Li's incisive, heart-to-heart, and empathetic words also made their minds as messy as Chief Engineer Zhou's hair.

They were really encountering a factory leader speaking like this for the first time. It couldn't be called grounded, but it was definitely proactive.

It was just... so proactive that they were at a loss and didn't know what to do.

If it weren't for their professional ethics and ideological quality, the factory newspaper might have published a news item: "The Tiger of the Security Department says he is simple."

Pure, purely fictional.

Who the hell said you had a straightforward and bad temper, and were stubborn and serious!

This is a way of flattering you!

This is clearly sticking gold on your face!

Straightforward means doing things reasonably; bad temper means sticking to one's heart and not being moved by the powerful.

Stubborn means sticking to principles; serious means seeking truth and making progress, not yielding to truth.

You being too greedy is the truth!

You are a cadre, and you still want to snatch our excellent qualities as technical personnel!

These few items you mentioned are clearly vocabulary used to describe us technical personnel.

And now?

Good heavens, they really couldn't refute it. After all, if Li Xuewu wanted to say he was also a technical person, they had to admit it.

The chief designer of the rolling mill's automobile industry was Li Xuewu!

This was clearly marked on the rolling mill's automobile industry development outline document, and even Xia Zhongquan had to admit it!

Vroom!

After the mountain off-road vehicle excluded the fault, everyone worked together to lift it over the obstacles. The driver started the car again and rushed toward the bottom of the hill.

Li Xuewu stood on the hill, watching the car moving away below, and said, "Scientific technology still needs to seek truth from facts. Technical personnel should return to their true selves, keep their mission in mind, and not forget their original intention."

"Deputy Director Li, the competitor you mentioned just now..."

Zhou Dahai frowned slightly, raised his hand to comb the long hair by his ear, covering his bald spot that was exposed to the light.

His behavior was undoubtedly futile; the wind today was really strong, and the more it blew, the colder he felt.

Logically speaking, it's not cold when it snows, but cold when it melts, but the period before it snows is unusually cold.

After all, it couldn't snow if it wasn't cold, right?

"We all know it in our hearts."

Li Xuewu led the crowd down the mountain, pointed at the 212 jeep parked below with his finger, and said, "They don't bother to take us as competitors, right?"

"Uh... indeed."

Zhou Dahai, like the technical personnel beside him, nodded and agreed with Li Xuewu's point of view.

Everyone knew this; even if they said it themselves, they didn't have absolute confidence that they were on par with the 212 jeep.

After all, counting from the development of the rolling mill's automobile industry, it had only been a few months.

The Beijing Automobile Factory had gathered so many enterprises and capital; how many years had it been developing?

"Let's tell the truth."

Li Xuewu led them to the command vehicle, patted the hood of the car with his hand, looked at the technical personnel, and asked, "Is the 212 jeep better and stronger than the car our factory built?"

"......"

Woo~~ woo~~ woo~~

The scene was silent, with only the northwest wind howling and blowing the sand and soil.

Facing Li Xuewu's question, the technical personnel just looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

If they really said it was stronger than the other party, would it be a bit excessive? They were straightforward people.

But if they said it was inferior to the other party, wouldn't that be boosting others' morale and extinguishing their own prestige?

So Zhou Dahai took the lead, and everyone was silent.

Li Xuewu glanced at them and said, "What's hard to say about this, huh?"

He patted the car beside him hard and said seriously, "This car is just stronger than ours!"

"!!!"

The technical personnel collectively widened their eyes, really unable to believe that Deputy Director Li would say so.

Li Xuewu said realistically, "In terms of power, overall design, load-bearing capacity, etc., they are better than us. What's there to be afraid to admit!"

"But!"

He waved his hand, looked at the crowd, and said, "Is our car useless?"

"Of course not!"

Li Xuewu said confidently, "The 212 is big, and it has the benefits of being big; our car is small, but it also has the benefits of being small."

"I mentioned two paths of competition just now; you all remember, right?"

A little smile appeared on Li Xuewu's face, reminding, "We make cars, naturally we can't do things like bragging and fooling people."

"However, we can provide more services to make up for these defects!"

"First, in terms of car quality,"

Li Xuewu pointed his finger at the hill and said, "The car's extreme passability and durability have been fully tested, not inferior to the 212 jeep, and even better."

After throwing out the brick to attract the jade, he looked at the crowd and asked, "What about other aspects?"

"It's the functions added inside..."

"There's a radio..."

"And heating..."

"The comfort of the seats..."

"The windproof and soundproof effect..."

A group of technical personnel were stirred up by Li Xuewu to talk about the advantages of the car they participated in designing and manufacturing.

They all knew the gap between this car and the 212 jeep, but reminded by Li Xuewu, they regained their confidence.

After all, other people's wives are always good, but one's own son is definitely the best.

Although this car was imitated, they also put a lot of effort into the imitation work.

Therefore, the biological son must be praised.

Zhou Dahai watched Li Xuewu, who kept saying he wouldn't fool people, fool their technology department's technicians until they were howling, and cold sweat came down.

"There's more! There are many more advantages!"

Li Xuewu had a smile on his mouth, pointed at the excited crowd with his finger, and said, "The cars produced by our factory are divided according to customer usage standards into...?"

"City administration!"

"Mountain off-road!"

"Special engineering!"

It was just like in an elementary school classroom; the teacher said the first half, and the children below scrambled to say the second half.

The classification standard for the rolling mill's three cars had long been established in their hearts. Even if they didn't know, it didn't matter; weren't there advertisements printed on the bodies of those three jeeps?

"Direct comparison, admit the shortcomings."

Li Xuewu stood in front of the command vehicle, signaled the mountain off-road vehicle that was testing the wavy road surface, and said, "But separate comparison, our cars are more cost-effective!"

"Compare city administration, our jeep has more comfort and scientific and reasonable internal space layout."

"It has excellent functional experiences like the radio, heating, and electronic control that everyone mentioned just now!"

Li Xuewu waved his hand and looked at the crowd, saying, "Compare mountain off-road, our jeep continues Willys' excellent genes and is not afraid of any comparison."

"Compare special engineering? We are the first manufacturer to launch special engineering vehicles, possessing more advanced engineering modification technology..."

Watching Li Xuewu's passionate speech, the students of Huaqing University's vehicle engineering major were also gradually opening up their thinking.

A young student raised his hand and interrupted, "Deputy Director Li, do you mean, while admitting the excellent performance of the 212 jeep, launch three models based on highway characteristics to achieve three-on-one?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xuewu generously admitted the other party's words, pointed at the other party with his finger, and said, "You might know more about building cars than I do, but I definitely know more about using and selling cars than you do."

He looked very confident. He wasn't annoyed by his speech being interrupted by a young student, but instead gave a reply with a smile.

"I was a very mischievous child when I was young. I was often beaten in school. Later, after being beaten more, I gradually summarized an experience."

Li Xuewu looked at the crowd, smiled, but said very seriously, "That is: if one person can't beat the other, call two brothers, and three people beat him together!"

The crowd heard his self-exposure and were stunned, not reacting for a while, all thinking, who was so unlucky when they were young to dare to bully this tiger.

And Li Xuewu's words weren't finished yet. He looked at the crowd with a smile and said, "Even if you can't beat them, you can still tie!"

"Hahaha!"

"Good!"

There were no fools standing here; they all understood the metaphor in the leader's words.

It was already at this point; they wouldn't dwell on whether Deputy Director Li was bullied when he was young, but that their "child" was being bullied.

The rolling mill's first-generation car was built without thinking about competitors, but Li Xuewu used a test and a speech today to plant a seed of competition in the hearts of the design personnel.

Without competition, there is no R&D pressure; without an enemy, create an enemy.

Li Xuewu timely mentioned the Beijing Automobile Factory's difficulties for him and the rolling mill in the car parts procurement work when the scene atmosphere was most enthusiastic.

Alright, the enemy was there!

The atmosphere that was just very enthusiastic instantly became murderous, and a ball of fire ignited in the eyes of all design and technical personnel.

What? Someone bullying their own son?

Zhou Dahai was also a bit dazed. He knew about this matter, but he was a bit nervous about Deputy Director Li's approach.

Now it was all about being civilized, united, having style, and the friendship of brother units. Was it really good for Deputy Director Li to do this?

Li Xuewu didn't care about that. Without this number, he would have to treat the other party as a target. With this incident, the 212 was the target he set up to accumulate anger for the rolling mill's technology department personnel.

"When can our cars defeat the other party in the market, and when can our cars make the other party intimidated and panicked!"

Li Xuewu pointed to the command vehicle behind him and said, "When can I proudly change to our car and drive it in front of them to show off!"

A feeling of grief and excitement permeated the designer team, and a group of vehicle engineering design personnel fixed their eyes on Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu said seriously, "First, use excellent scientific and technical means to fully absorb the advanced experience introduced from abroad and build a first-class vehicle industrial production base."

"Second, rely on the sales department's office structure system to build our own car sales service network, build a perfect pre-sales and after-sales integrated service system, and seize the car market."

"Third, increase R&D investment in core strength, excellent functions, and vehicle engineering, refine existing scientific research projects, break down vehicle engineering problems into parts, and break them one by one."

"Finally, fully guarantee the order of vehicle engineering production ecology, speed up the operation of the assembly line, and let the number of vehicles off the line per day far exceed theirs, leaving them several streets behind."

Li Xuewu said to the crowd with high spirits, "Buying our car is more comfortable and convenient, the price is cheaper, the service is better, and importantly, there is no need to wait; buy it now and have it now."

"You tell me!"

He pointed at the crowd and asked, "Can this battle be won?!"

"Yes!!!"

"Yes!!!"

"Yes!!!"

"After all, he is from a military background; this ability to mobilize and inspire people is really strong."

In the distance, at the North Gate of the rolling mill, a car appeared behind the crowd of onlookers at some point.

The person in the car looked at the scene of excitement in the distance through the car window and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Deputy Director Wang, that's an exaggeration."

Cheng Kaiyuan, who was also sitting in the back seat, said with great impatience, "He has three heads and six arms, goes up to the sky and down to the sea, and is omnipotent?"

Saying this, his gaze swept over the vehicle test field outside the car window, looking at the three cars frolicking, and revealed a very disdainful expression.

"Neglecting one's proper work, indulging in play, just a reckless youth without a plan."

"If you really think so, then I can only express regret."

Wang Zongli shook her head indifferently, ignored Cheng Kaiyuan's opinion, and still insisted on her point of view: "He has the experience of leading a team at the grassroots level, and now he also holds an important position in the Garrison District; he cannot be underestimated."

"I certainly acknowledge his talent."

Cheng Kaiyuan just took a look and then withdrew his gaze from outside the car window. If it weren't for Wang Zongli's insistence, his car wouldn't have turned here.

"It's just that young people, by nature combative, make a little achievement and then raise their tails."

After speaking, he looked at the crowd of onlookers cheering outside the car window, felt very annoyed, and said, "Grandstanding, I really can't see what changes these three cars can bring to the rolling mill."

"Do you really think so?"

Wang Zongli turned her head back, looked at Cheng Kaiyuan gloomily, paused, and then said, "Don't you think the appearance of these three cars is a kind of change?"

"No, I still insist on my point of view."

Cheng Kaiyuan said confidently and stubbornly, "Steel enterprises, especially heavy industrial industries that shoulder national missions and responsibilities, should stick to their original intentions and strive to be screws in the industry."

While speaking, he pointed outside the car window, his tone a bit resentful, "Instead of engaging in these messy things."

"You said the appearance of these three cars is a kind of change, but what can it change for the country's automobile industry?"

Cheng Kaiyuan felt that his speech was high-minded, his tone was very high, and he was looking at this problem from the perspective of the country's overall industry.

"In my opinion, this is a kind of industrial waste."

He was very direct and also pointedly commented, "Under the premise of knowing that there are already similar automobile products on the market, still launching this project, what is this?"

"If they could really play well and play out new tricks, that would be fine, but look at these three cars; where do they look like they can compare with the 212 jeep!"

Cheng Kaiyuan frowned and said, "Quality can't compare, the project selection had problems; I think it's Director Li's decision that had problems."

"I actually think this matter should be looked at from the other side."

Wang Zongli stared out the car window. The three cars were still testing extreme road sections, and there were drivers who couldn't persist and changed people to go up.

This persistence and pride still surprised and recognized Wang Zongli.

"You just mentioned it should be a waste of resources."

Her speaking speed had always been very slow and gentle, but her tone was very firm: "We are a planned economy. Indeed, we need multi-faceted development and pluralistic progress, but it didn't say we can't compete, right?"

Saying this, she looked at Cheng Kaiyuan again and said, "Someone said only the Beijing Automobile Factory is allowed to build jeeps, and the rolling mill is not allowed to build jeeps?"

"This is stealing concepts~"

Cheng Kaiyuan said helplessly, "My meaning is, since the country has put so much effort into integrating the automobile industry and formed the current scale of the Beijing Automobile Factory, why does the rolling mill have to start from scratch!"

"Walking the path that predecessors have walked again is asking for trouble, and it is also a regression in industrial decision-making~"

"You just mentioned waste, and I really think so."

Cheng Kaiyuan pointed to the cars outside the window and said, "You don't need me to tell you, you also know very well what the foundation of this car is; it's pure theft!"

"If they really came up with new tricks, I really wouldn't say anything, but using technology from twenty or thirty years ago, putting on an outer skin, and daring to take it out and talk about high technology, isn't this fooling people!"

"Fooling others is fine, but now even our own people are to be fooled?"

He pointed his finger at the onlookers outside the car and said, "Kidnapping public opinion, exaggerating, I think he is just fishing for fame."

"Still have to look back."

Wang Zongli waited for him to finish speaking, then said gloomily, "You also have to admit that they really got the car up and running."

"As for the problems you mentioned, I haven't seen them for the time being; I can only say what I saw."

She turned her head, looked out the window, and said, "I don't stand high enough, don't see far enough; I can't even see the small matters in the factory, and can't understand them."

After this sentence was finished, the carriage fell into a silence, and neither of them spoke again for a long time.

Outside the car window, the crowd of onlookers cheered again, but it was the special engineering vehicle quickly passing through obstacles under extreme road conditions.

"The situation of the rolling mill's industrial capacity overflow is obvious to all."

"In the situation where industrial upgrading, equipment upgrading, and technical upgrading cannot be completed in a short time, how to digest this part of the capacity has become a difficult problem that successive leadership teams have been urgent to solve."

Wang Zongli still stared out the car window and suddenly said, "If you talk about waste, wouldn't this part of the capacity be a bigger waste under the situation of product transformation and declining qualification rates?"

Cheng Kaiyuan frowned slightly while listening to Wang Zongli's words, not in a hurry to speak; he had already said what he wanted to say.

"Building cars is fine, building ships is fine, even the hardware industry, metallurgical industry, food industry, electronic appliance industry, and joint tertiary industry enterprises, etc., that are being engaged in now."

Wang Zongli withdrew her gaze from outside the car window, looked ahead, and said, "In my opinion, as long as it doesn't lose money, the transformation of this part of the capacity is more conducive to the development of the rolling industry."

"Especially from a personal perspective."

The carriage was very spacious. She crossed her legs, paused, and said, "Things that Secretary Yang and Factory Director Yang didn't achieve, this current leadership team is achieving this goal."

"If I say that among so many achievements, Deputy Director Li has three or four tenths, do you have a different opinion?"

Answering Wang Zongli was a silence and wordlessness. Cheng Kaiyuan didn't know whether he should acknowledge Li Xuewu's ability or continue to insist on his own point of view.

The topic went around and returned to the beginning, which was how to evaluate this series of actions by Li Xuewu in the rolling mill.

Cheng Kaiyuan was very sure that Wang Zongli's recognition of Li Xuewu was absolutely not blind, and even less biased; this was a consensus reached at the beginning of the two's cooperation.

But according to what the other party said, Li Xuewu's threat seemed to have risen to the level of Li Huai De.

Acknowledging the greatness of an enemy is not very easy, and for him who is still at a disadvantage, it is even more so.

If Li Xuewu were not on Li Huai De's side, how should he view Li Xuewu's actions?

"Alright, it's getting late."

Seeing that he didn't get a reply, Wang Zongli took the initiative to say, "Rarely, Director Li is not at home, and the Management Committee Office's work is not busy. I think you are also not very fond of debating these problems sitting with me."

"Where~ I am also stealing half a day of leisure!"

Cheng Kaiyuan smiled generously and nodded, "Traveling with you, I suddenly feel that 'among three people, there must be my teacher' is indeed reasonable."

"Drive."

He said with a smile, patted the back of the driver's seat, and then said to Wang Zongli, "We really have to go; the leader's time is also very tight and can't wait."

Hearing him mention this sentence, the expression on Wang Zongli's face was a bit stiff for a moment, but she didn't show anything.

The vehicle started, and her gaze looked out the window again. In the distance, wind and sand rose in the open space, smoke and dust rolled, and the three jeeps were like dragons swimming in the river, stirring up a storm of wind and snow.

"You only found out this much after so many days?"

Near the end of work, Peng Xiaoli was called down by his good buddy, San'er.

The contact code between them became "carrier pigeon message" and "eyebrow-eye affection."

If they had something to say, they would attach special marked slips of paper to the documents exchanged between departments, or stand in front of the window and make gestures across the big courtyard.

Peng Xiaoli felt that San'er was a bit annoying; every time there was a small matter, he had to call him down, and when he left, he either stripped him of a cigarette or demanded benefits.

If it weren't for the sake of past friendship, he would have cursed long ago.

This time was the same. As soon as he came down, San'er picked his pocket and took out a cigarette to smoke.

And the information San'er gave him was only that Deputy Director Wang of the Management Committee Office left by car accompanied by Deputy Director Cheng.

What kind of important news was this? Peng Xiaoli wanted to grab the cigarette that the other party had smoked for a few puffs from his mouth.

Really not worth it! Ptooey!

"You really think I'm willing to smoke this cigarette of yours?!"

San'er was actually very aggrieved, pointed at the pouting Peng Xiaoli with the hand holding the cigarette, and said, "If it weren't for you, for Deputy Director Li, would I be playing this cigarette game with you in the heavy snow!"

"Cut the crap, is there anything else? I'm busy."

Peng Xiaoli frowned and signaled upstairs, "You have to keep a guard on this matter; the leader doesn't know about this."

"WHAT!!!"

San'er was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Hearing Peng Xiaoli say the leader didn't know about this, he was about to jump up and bite someone.

"You mean to say we did such a big thing, and you didn't report it to the leader?!"

He looked at Peng Xiaoli with some unwillingness and some despair, feeling that his efforts had been fed to the dogs.

Just like he said just now, if it weren't for boarding his good buddy's broken ship, and then boarding Deputy Director Li's warship, could he have done this?

Now he doubted whether Peng Xiaoli was claiming credit in front of the leader and didn't even mention his name.

"What are you shouting for!"

Peng Xiaoli hurriedly covered San'er's mouth with his hand, frowned and reprimanded, "Do you have any sense of accuracy? If you can't do it, say so quickly; I don't have time to waste with you here."

"Mmph~ you!"

San'er shook off Peng Xiaoli's hand, glared at him, and said, "As the saying goes, a prostitute has no feelings, an actor has no righteousness; good for you, Peng Xiaoli, heartless and unrighteous!"

"Get lost!"

Peng Xiaoli cursed helplessly, "I'm really busy today, there are still many materials to write; if there's nothing else, I'm going up!"

"Hey! Don't go~"

San'er grabbed Peng Xiaoli's arm and said seriously, "Didn't you ask me to keep an eye on Director Sun~"

He said this while looking around cautiously, judging if there was anyone.

It was snowing heavily right now; there was no one like the two of them who were so stupid to come out and get rained on by snow to smoke.

"That Tuesday, the time Deputy Director Li went to the meeting, Director Sun went out with Zhou Yong at noon to eat outside."

"Hmm? Zhou Yong?"

Peng Xiaoli was particularly sensitive about news regarding Sun Jian; he felt Sun Jian wanted to harm him.

Although he didn't know Sun Jian's motive and reason for harming him, judging from his experience of being harmed in the government office for so many years, the other party wanted to harm him.

Don't ask; asking is intuition!

Hearing San'er say this news today, Thursday, Peng Xiaoli was also staring in a hurry.

"Damn, why are you saying this now about Tuesday's matter!"

"Good question! Beautifully asked!"

San'er wasn't easy to mess with either, holding a cigarette and looking sideways at Peng Xiaoli, saying, "You tell me, why am I only seeing you now!"

"I... I don't have time!"

Peng Xiaoli stared and said, "Don't you know how busy I am!"

"Hey! Good~"

San'er also didn't want to be outdone, butted heads and said, "You're busy, right? I have a lot of time, right!"

Peng Xiaoli was anxious, pointed at San'er and cursed, "Gu Cheng, you are a fool!"

"Then you are a double fool!"

San'er's big name was Gu Cheng. Compared to the nickname San'er, it sounded very elegant, but it sounded a bit inconsistent with reality.

However, San'er didn't care much; the other party probably only called his big name when he was anxious.

Both of them were a bit angry, staring at each other, standing head-to-head.

Then they felt it was too ambiguous; after all, the white snow was flying, and only lovers looked at each other so affectionately.

Too embarrassed, Peng Xiaoli turned his body first, and then San'er also turned his body away from him angrily.

Looking closely, both of them were breathing heavily like old cows.

The cigarettes in their mouths were burning more fiercely because of their anxious mood.

But looking from afar, those who knew were Peng Xiaoli and Gu Cheng; those who didn't know thought it was a young couple having a tantrum.

You tell me, what kind of good person would have nothing to do and run outside to huddle together to "grow old together."

"Hoo~"

"Hoo~ hoo~"

"Hmph!"

"Hmph~ hmph!"

Fine, this must be the sound effect achieved by two pigs snorting; otherwise, it wouldn't be so loud.

"Do you have any more cigarettes?"

"No, get lost!"

Peng Xiaoli heard Gu Cheng asking him for a cigarette at this time and cursed angrily, "Do you have a heart?!"

"Fart! Don't talk about heart!"

San'er was used to being cheeky, turned around and gestured to Peng Xiaoli's pocket, saying, "Lying is a puppy; the one I took out just now was clearly a whole box. It's gone after smoking one?!"

Peng Xiaoli looked at him speechlessly, took out the cigarette from his pocket and threw it directly at the other party, cursing, "Smoke yourself to death!"

"I'm a chimney! And you want to smoke me to death!"

San'er lit it for himself, didn't stand on ceremony with Peng Xiaoli, and stuffed the half box of cigarettes into his own pocket.

"Didn't you tell me that once you enter the factory office, you can't have a heart, and if you have a heart, it must be fed to the dogs?!"

He took a hard puff, took the cigarette from his mouth, exhaled smoke, and said, "Can you stop calling me San'er? Like now, isn't it good to call me by my big name?"

"Is it good to call you a fool!"

Peng Xiaoli asked impatiently, "Regarding Director Sun, is there any other news?"

"You think I'm from the Investigation Department! Specially watching Director Sun for you!"

San'er rolled his eyes and said, "You, Director Peng, are busy; I also have a lot of work, very busy!"

"Good~ good~ good~"

Peng Xiaoli couldn't win against him and still had to use him in the future, so he could only give in first, waved his hand and said, "You're busy, you've worked hard, you're the hardest working, okay!"

"I was the hardest working!"

San'er took a puff of the cigarette, looked at Peng Xiaoli and said, "You hurt my feelings just now; say sorry to me! Say you were wrong!"

"I..."

Peng Xiaoli stared at Gu Cheng and said, "Where did you get so many feelings!"

"Brotherly feelings!"

San'er raised his head and said seriously, "What's wrong? You don't believe it?"

After speaking, he tilted his chin and gestured to the upstairs of the Security Building, saying, "Your Deputy Director Li talked about this back then. It's written in his book 'Criminal Psychology'; didn't you read it!"

"What stuff?"

Peng Xiaoli looked at San'er in disbelief and asked, "Are you sure you read our leader's book?"

"Sure, and certain!"

San'er rolled his eyes and said, "I admire Deputy Director Li the most; I've flipped through his book more than three times!"

"I was deeply touched by one passage."

He explained very seriously, "Deputy Director Li talked about him dealing with criminals, borrowing the power of brother units, and specially mentioned the principles of doing things in the underworld."

"What?"

Peng Xiaoli felt something was wrong. How could he not have seen this passage in the book? Although he didn't read it very carefully and wasn't very interested in psychology, he was definitely interested in this passage.

"Three talks and five actions!"

San'er waved his hand and counted with three fingers, saying, "Brotherly interaction: three talks—sincerity, generosity, and righteousness."

After speaking, he counted with five fingers and said, "Five actions—sticking to faith and righteousness, loyalty to brothers, selfless devotion to the public, kindness to others, and respecting the sister-in-law!"

"You tell me."

San'er looked at Peng Xiaoli, who was stunned, patted his shoulder, and asked, "Do you treat me as a brother, and have you done these things?"

"Wait a minute!"

Peng Xiaoli tilted his head slightly, looked at San'er and confirmed again, "Did you really see it from that book?"

"You don't trust me!"

San'er narrowed his eyes, gestured upstairs, and said, "If you don't believe it, you can go ask Deputy Director Li."

"Ask my ass!"

Peng Xiaoli patted San'er's shoulder and said, "Even if our leader really wrote it, the actual situation isn't like this!"

"You don't know, my grandma's house is in Nanluoguxiang..."

Peng Xiaoli put his arm around San'er's shoulder and said in a low voice, "The three talks and five actions you mentioned are definitely not like this..."

"... Say three talks: one is cowardice, two..."

"Hmm???"

Listening to Peng Xiaoli's words, San'er's eyes were about to pop out, and he pursued, "What about the five actions?"

"Keep it down!"

Peng Xiaoli patted him, signaled him, and then lowered his voice, "Betraying faith and righteousness, selling out..."

"What are you two whispering about!"

Li Xuewu came out of the building, looked up at the dim sky; the heavy snow was still falling.

Under the reflection of the light at the building entrance, the snowflakes bloomed with strange beauty.

At this time, it was already completely dark. Even with the snow, the ground was shiny and reflecting light.

Maybe because of the strong wind during the day, at this moment, one could only hear the noise of employees getting off work in the building, which was a different kind of quiet.

Han Jiankun had already parked the car at the building entrance. Li Xuewu was about to get into the car when he discovered two points of fire flickering on one side of the building wall.

Borrowing the reflected light from the snow, he recognized Peng Xiaoli's clothing, looked carefully, and confirmed it was those two rascals.

His cold sentence almost made the two jump at the same time.

They were whispering very seriously just now and didn't notice the bell for getting off work.

Seeing the colleagues filing out of the building, they each threw away their cigarette butts, laughed, and greeted Li Xuewu with unnatural expressions.

Just now upstairs, Peng Xiaoli said he had something to do and went downstairs; he didn't pay much attention, but didn't expect him to be hiding here.

"You go back by yourself today; I have something to do, so I won't see you off."

Li Xuewu pointed to the snow in the sky and said, "Be careful on the way back."

"Hey! Got it."

Peng Xiaoli looked guilty and promised, "I'll be writing materials in the office tonight."

Li Xuewu glanced at him, didn't refuse his diligence, just said he could sleep in his lounge, nodded to Gu Cheng, and left by car.

He really had something to do today, and going home wasn't on the way, so he didn't take Peng Xiaoli.

In the afternoon, Ran Qiuye called, mentioning that the family was short of some things and asked him to help purchase them.

With this wind and snow, a girl couldn't go out alone to purchase daily necessities, and he was famous for being helpful...

Ah, just say, if you all encountered this, could you bear not to go help? ===== CHAPTER 919 =====

With the wind blowing and snow falling like this, a young woman alone at home cannot go out to purchase daily necessities, and he is famously known for being helpful...

Ah, tell me, if everyone encountered this, could they bear not to go over and help?!