Chapter 104: Bring Her Back

  Liu Siyuan saw Xu Dijie show a look of confusion and suspicion, so he gritted his teeth and hinted: "Director Xu, our county is going to add a new standing committee member, you should know that."

  Xu Yingjie hesitated and nodded slightly.

  Liu Siyuan continued: "But in a county, if two town party committee secretaries are both members of the standing committee, it's not quite appropriate." The so-called 'stop while ahead' means to leave three-tenths of the words unspoken and let the other side think for themselves.

  Xu Jingjie is indeed an old official, at the age of 33 he climbed to the deputy hall level, and now he has taken over as the head of the municipal party committee's organization department, which has a lot of real power. It's not an ordinary person, it only took half a minute to completely understand and suddenly realized that this time it was indeed wronged by this kid.

  This greatly improved her impression of him, and it could even be said that she had a somewhat different view of him. Although he was young, he really had both brains and sufficient stability.

  She smiled and said, "Little Liu is right, you can think this way, I'm very happy." After a pause, she continued, "Also, personally, I want to thank you, the formula you gave me last time was indeed effective."

  Liu Siyuan was taken aback, but fortunately the notebook provided a timely reminder. He hastily recited: "It's useful if it works, but I have to tell you the truth, taking medicine can only treat the symptoms and not the root cause. Although it can temporarily relieve your symptoms, thorough treatment still requires massage and acupuncture."

  Xu Yingjie hummed in response, seemingly genuinely moved, as his previous prescription had indeed taken effect, greatly increasing her trust in him. However, considering that massage and acupuncture would inevitably involve some close contact with him, it wasn't that she was conservative or traditional, but rather that the object of her attention was her subordinate, making things somewhat awkward.

  Liu Siyuan knew when to advance and retreat, and didn't force her. Instead, he wrote down a new prescription based on the hint and handed it over. The latter politely declined a few times before accepting it, after all, the prescription itself had no actual value, so it couldn't be considered as receiving a gift.

  Xu Dianjie also made a clear statement, saying that the municipal party committee's organization department has always been cautious in appointing young cadres and will not act shortsightedly. They will genuinely consider the well-being of young cadres. She hopes that Comrade Siyuan can put his mind at ease and do his current work well, without disappointing the trust of the two cities' party committees. As for some people's ulterior motives, you don't need to pay too much attention, I'm here on the municipal party committee side, so just be assured.

  With her, Liu Sanyuan was indeed much more at ease. After being in the official circle for a long time, one would understand that the greatest role of the Organization Department is not to promote you, but to prevent you from being promoted! As long as Xu Tingjie resolutely refused to give in, this promotion would definitely be out of the question, unless the municipal party secretary intervened personally, but that would be a very embarrassing thing, and no one would use it lightly.

  However, to be on the safe side, he made a special trip to Li Zhexuan's place. The latter listened to his account and sneered: "Your Secretary Fan is quite calculating, but fortunately, Si Yuan discovered it in time. Otherwise, who knows, he might have succeeded. Don't worry, if the Organization Department nominates you as Deputy County Head, they will definitely not pass this hurdle."

  Li Zhexuan said this with some confidence, after all, he was the deputy secretary of the party committee in charge of party building, and in principle, any personnel issues had to go through him first before being reported to Zhang Mingduan and finally passed at the Standing Committee meeting.

  It's just that Liu Siyuan remembered that when he first came, the Organization Department, especially Director Xu Xingjie, didn't take him seriously at all, and often bypassed him to report directly to Zhang Mingduan. He didn't know what means he used, but listening to his confident tone, it seemed that recently he had begun to grasp some of the personnel power. In any case, with both him and Xu Xingjie as insurance policies, this time he was completely at ease.

  Then Li Zhexuan suddenly said: "Siyuan, in the county committee, you can report more work to Secretary Zhao."

  Afterwards, Liu Siyuan suddenly realized that it was no wonder Zheng Gaofeng would walk together with Zhao Yingfeng. It turned out that the latter had somehow approached Li Zhexuan at some point. However, he didn't mention Wang Tingxiang today, and apparently the latter hadn't actively approached him either. As for why he would also walk together with Zhao Yingfeng and Zheng Gaofeng, Liu Siyuan found it quite puzzling.

  Since he didn't understand, he called Fang Xinyi to ask for an explanation. This was almost a habitual action. Fortunately, the latter answered the phone. He first said that he had already contacted three municipal committee members in advance, especially Deputy Secretary Li Zhexuan and Organization Department Minister Xu Yingjie, who both made promises, so they should be able to rest assured.

  It didn't occur to him that Fang Xingyu would pour cold water on his enthusiasm, saying: "What's the use of having three standing committee members? Firstly, Wei Dachao doesn't handle personnel matters and at most has one vote, with limited influence. Secondly, Xu Jingjie is not familiar with you, and usually follows Secretary Zhang's lead; as long as Secretary Zhang gives a word, any promise he makes to you will be useless. Finally, let's talk about Li Zhexuan - if Secretary Zhang and Xu Jingjie join forces, they can easily bypass him. Originally, you had a strong supporter in Yan Chuting, but now because of your infidelity, you've offended him."

  Liu Siyuan was talked to by her and suddenly became flustered, stuttering: "Th-then what should we do?"

  Fang Xinyu hummed in a bad mood and said, "It's simple, just deal with Zhang Mingduan."

  Liu Siyuan almost cried out, saying: "You say it's easy, if I could have handled Director Zhang, would I still be so worried now? Wouldn't I be strutting around in Ziwei City?"

  Fang Xinyu snorted and laughed: "You crab! Still walking sideways!"

  Seeing her finally laugh out loud, and her mood improving a bit, he quickly seized the opportunity to flatter: "Xin Yi is indeed intelligent and beautiful, with both talent and looks. Please hurry up and show me the way, don't let Secretary Fan get his way and make me become some deputy county head."

  Fang Xinyu said angrily, "What's the use of being talented and good-looking? You still deceived me with a crooked poem! I'm telling you, if you dare to bully me again, I'll...". However, after hesitating for half a day, she couldn't say anything. Liu Siyuan was even more eloquent, and unexpectedly, this method worked. Fang Xinyu's mood finally improved, and she said, "Forget it, I'll think of a way to deal with Zhang Mingjian. You have more important things to do."

  Liu Siyuan was taken aback when she mentioned taking care of Zhang Mingduan, and then quickly guessed that since her father worked in the provincial committee, he might have some mysterious connection, so he didn't say much, but instead asked himself if there were any other important things to do.

  "Men are just heartless," Fang Xinyu sighed and said, "Think about it yourself, how long has it been since you last contacted Ouyang Qian?"

  Liu Siyuan was taken aback and muttered: "It's really been many days, I've tried many methods but still can't find her."

  "Fang Xinyu said: 'Don't you think of another way quickly? Don't blame me for not reminding you, if you still can't find her in the short term, I'm afraid your dream of keeping a mistress will be aborted.'"

  Liu Siyuan felt extremely embarrassed and said: "Xin Yi, don't say it so bluntly... Do you know where she is?"

  I thought Fang Xinyi would scold herself again, but unexpectedly she sighed and said: "I've chatted with Xiao Qian, she's really a rare good girl, you should cherish her. Although I'm not willing to accept it in my heart, if it's her, I can barely accept it. It's just that you're not awake, and you don't think about how excellent this girl is. She has a good family background, good looks, and will be your wife, so she must have some thoughts. I'm just guessing, maybe she'll hide in a place where she feels safest to slowly think about her relationship with you.

  "If you don't take advantage of her while she's still confused, once she suddenly comes to her senses, you'll really lose her. Women are emotional, so you'd better hurry up and settle things with her while she's still in a daze, just like how you used poetry to win me over when I was angry at my dad back then - after all, this is your specialty. As for where exactly she might be hiding, you shouldn't ask me, shouldn't the person who should know best be you? Hurry up and go find her!"