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Originally, Fang Sheng had chosen a cafe with a good environment and good service in the provincial capital, and made an appointment with Jiang Shu. Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, Fang Sheng had already figured out how to shake off his tail and meet her safely and quickly. At this time, the phone rang, and it was Xu Li who called it.

"What I promised last time... do you still remember?" Her tone was still cold and stiff.

"Of course I remember to drink."

"Just tonight."

Fang Sheng was stunned and said quickly: "Sorry, there is an event tonight. What do you think tomorrow?"

"I said that time is up to me, and I don't say I'm not free!"

"But..." Fang Sheng realized that the trouble was coming, and thought for a while and said, "I'm treating you tonight. You see, they're about to attend the banquet. What's the point of canceling it temporarily?"

"Just say the Organization Department wants to talk to you."

Fang Sheng was amused and crying: "Where are you talking tonight?"

“I can’t represent the Organization Department?”

"My level should be the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee?"

"Don't talk nonsense, does the promise that day count?"

"Okay, okay, I'll do it." Fang Sheng would rather offend Jiang Shu than dare to offend this great god again.

Xu Shu snorted coldly, "This is almost the same. Let's set off immediately, old place, old private room." After that, he hung up the phone.

Fang Sheng covered his cheeks and frowned and thought for a while, then called Jiang Shu, and said before she asked: "It's a little trouble. The city wants cadres to communicate, but the management committee refuses to go out. Secretary Xu wants me to do ideological work tonight."

Jiang Shu deeply understood and said, "People in various districts and counties have been in panic recently. I thought Honghe was not on the list and didn't care too much. It seems that Luo Shikuan didn't plan to let you go."

"I asked me to recommend it, I wanted to both take the blame and take responsibility."

"If you want to avoid causing trouble, just push An Ruyu out. Anyway, you have no father and no love for you."

Fang Sheng sighed: "It's better to be so simple."

"Why, can't bear to part with that beautiful woman?" Jiang Shu smiled, "It's true to say that she is beautiful, but... do you like buses?"

"Oh, is it okay to be gentle? They are not as bad as you said. I mean, the one named Luo has a small plan and wants to touch others."

"Oh, Lu Rong?"

Now it was Fang Sheng's turn to be surprised: "Why do you know everything? If you continue like this, let you do Xu Li's work."

"I'm really not a problem with her business, but I can't get the background of her." Jiang Shu was quite straightforward.

Fang Sheng simply asked: "What impact do you think will move Lu Rong have on me?"

"You have just arrived in Honghe for three months. Even if the four deputy directors have replaced them, what if you rebuild the stove."

"The person surnamed Luo wants Wu Milin to take office, first as the executive deputy director, and then as the director."

"That can only be thought about. The decision is with the boss, and you also have the right to nominate."

"What impact did Wu Milin's rise to power have on me?"

"This..." Jiang Shu pondered for a long time, "Luo Shikuan is very scheming. If you take one step and see three or four steps, it is best not to let him succeed."

"It sounds like something is in the words?"

Jiang Shu smiled and said, "Mystery is a detailed discussion when drinking coffee."

"This can be there." Fang Sheng said with a smile.

When he got off work, Fang Sheng arranged for Xiao Si to take Wu Milin home, and asked Lu Rong and Cheng Zhengao to open the bus from the management committee back to Yinshan City. Finally, he took the An Ruyu car and said lightly:

"Send me to the provincial capital, and it's time to chat on the way."

An Ruyu was full of joy and hoped that Fang Sheng could tell the truth in the car, but he only took a ride to deceive the tail who was persistent in tracking every day.

When he arrived in the provincial capital, he got off the bus. Fang Sheng called a taxi to the Jiteng bar opposite Jinhua International Garden. Xu Li and she were already sitting in the private room like that last time, drinking most of a cocktail.

"I'm sorry to affect your banquet tonight." Even though she said that, there was no sign of apologetic on her face.

"Have said hello."

"I believe this, you have always been good at lying to women, especially beautiful women."

Fang Sheng's smile froze on his face, and he stared at her blankly.

Xu Li slowly drank the wine in the glass and said, "You have only one guest tonight, Jiang Shu, right?"

"Well……"

"When you were having a meeting in the morning, you kept sending text messages. Her pink face looked like a springy look, and her eyes were watery and dripping water. You could guess that you would have a date at night! It was a bad thing for you, so sorry again."

Fang Sheng reacted so much, and sighed: "It's good to destroy it, but it's not a good thing anyway. After all, it's still a siege."

"Oh?" Xu Li was a little surprised. He didn't expect Fang Sheng to touch on this serious topic.

"The investor is brave and broad, and she actually brought her relationship to Kyoto. Her husband personally flew to Xiaonan to assign tasks and asked her to find me to clear the relationship."

"So it's romance to the coffee shop? Her husband is really willing to invest in it. He even used the beauty trick. It's good and very targeted, because you're very fond of this set." Xu Li sneered.

"As a result, I didn't drink coffee. I ran here to drink, but I didn't know if it was a disaster or a blessing." Fang Sheng said helplessly.

Xu Li frowned: "It seems very reluctant to drink with me? By the way, I am not as good as the beautiful Jiang who is good at talking and trembling with laughter. Why don't I disturb you? Come over quickly?"

"The situation tonight is destined to offend someone. I chose to anesthetize myself with alcohol," Fang Sheng slapped the table, "Waiter, drink!"

Xu Li smiled and said, "This is a bar, not a waiter, but a waiter, and it's useless to raise your voice in the room, you should ring the bell."

"Forgot..."

The waiter brought a steak set meal and two glasses of wine.

"Fill your stomach first, I'll drink and wait." She didn't make a prank and forced him to drink on an empty stomach.

"You can eat something, too?"

“I never eat at night.”

"Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach hurts the body and the stomach."

"I'm used to it." She said lightly.

"Are you used to drinking alone or not eating supper?"

“It has both.”

Fang Sheng tentatively said: "The second-generation official has a wide range of social interactions, so he must often come back late?"

Xu Li's expression remained unchanged and said, "Before inquire about my background, let's explain your history of picking up girls, and tell me where Bai Ling has been recently?"

"It seems that many people are concerned about where she is going." Fang Sheng's eyes flashed.

"She is very skilled and good at scouting and stalking. You don't dare to drink today and drink coffee tomorrow, right?"

"I really want to tell the truth, but she has taken care of her and will not let her secrets be leaked."

"I understand," Xu Li turned his wine glass and said, "There are many top-secret tasks in the ten provincial capitals. Participants can only do but not say them. Perhaps they have to keep it confidential for life. Just like where Yu Xiaoting retired will always be a mystery."

Fang Sheng choked in his throat with a mouthful of food and coughed violently. Xu Li handed the wine glass. He raised his head and drank it for half before he recovered. He patted his chest lightly and said dissatisfiedly:

"Don't talk while eating."

Xu Li corrected coldly: "Don't talk when you eat, I can say it. Yu Xiaoting's name is very sensitive to you? It has been rumored in the Kyoto circle for a long time, and I believe Jiang Shu knows it too."

"Why do you have to mention so many names for a meal?"

“Because I’m happy.”

Fang Sheng shrugged, focused on picking a piece of beef eye meat, and then said: "By the way, the Organization Department has recently jointly organized cross-regional and county cadres exchanges?"

"A private gathering, no work talk." Xu Li sent him to a thousand miles.

Fang Sheng was bored and might not be a little annoyed, and said, "What are you talking about? Your private life?"

"Let's talk about Yu Xiaoting," Xu Li said slowly, "I forgot to tell you that she and I have lived in the same courtyard since childhood, and it's okay to say that we are best friends."

Fang Sheng knew very little about Yu Xiaoting's past. On the one hand, she never mentioned it in front of him, and on the other hand, the information about her is confidential and cannot be found.

"I only know that her father is also from Kyoto. After graduating from high school, she was admitted to the military academy. Everything else is unclear," Fang Sheng asked with interest. "Kyoto compound is a very mysterious topic, which embodies a lot of memories of red children. Several great directors have a compound complex and have made movies on this topic, but it is difficult to pass the review."

Xu Li smiled faintly: "The courtyard we live in is not the same as you, it is not that level, but it is not an ordinary family. In today's terms, it is called the middle class, that is, parents or ancestors are not big or small officials, they are not as good as the top and have more than the bottom. They live a decent life, but they are also good."

"Su Zhaorong's career was mainly in Jinxi Province. From the deputy mayor to the county party secretary, he successfully promoted and started to be bumpy. He had problems wherever he went. He was transferred to Shuangjiang. Could it be that his family was always in Kyoto?"

"Yu Xiaoting's grandfather, grandma, uncle, and mother are all missile designs and are the backbone of national defense technology in the traditional sense. Of course, for confidentiality regulations, you can't find their names at all. Don't talk about me when you were a child, even Yu Xiaoting rarely saw her mother. They lived in blank areas on the map without place names, and they couldn't go home once a year on average, so Yu Xiaoting and Su Zhaorong were very close, but they didn't have the concept of a mother in their minds."

Fang Sheng said heavily: "For a girl, it will cause a lack of personality. Of course, the country needs this kind of effort. It is impossible for the world to stand tall by developing the economy without strengthening its military strength alone."

"My mother never meets each other for many years, and her father has been an official for a long time. Yu Xiaoting was very lonely in her childhood and often went to my house to play, so the two of them talked about everything..."

"So why didn't she come to visit you while she was in Jiangye Heshunba?"

"By the phone calls twice," Xu Li said calmly, "her heart is all about you, and I can't bear to leave you half a step away. As a woman, I understand her feelings. She has been lonely since she was a child. It is rare to meet a happy husband. Once she finds out that she is a treasure..."

Looking back on countless nights, Yu Xiaoting's smooth and cold lingered around her like an octopus, and Fang Sheng felt a thrill in her heart.
Chapter completed!