Lin Hua looked at Lu Tao with an extremely envious gaze and said, "To be able to make the daughter of the Provincial Party Committee's Deputy Secretary personally come to Taolin County to visit you, I can see your charm and attractiveness. According to my analysis, this daughter of Deputy Secretary Chen has an eighty percent chance of falling in love with you. Otherwise, with her status, it would be impossible for her to go to a small county alone to visit a male classmate. She also wouldn't have come over to meet you this afternoon just for lunch. Brother, it looks like you're in luck right now. Your luck with women and your career in the government is coming together! According to the information I received from some of my fellow townsmen and classmates working in the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Secretary Chen Dengfeng will soon be promoted to the position of Provincial Governor. If you become his son-in-law, it would be the same as stepping onto a golden and shining official bridge. Your meteoric rise is just around the corner! "
Speaking up to here, he seemed to have suddenly thought of something. He stared at Lu Tao for a while and a trace of a smile appeared on his face. He lowered his voice and asked, "Brother Lu, I want to ask you a question. Please don't be offended. What does Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter look like? What's her temperament like? "
Lu Tao was a smart person. Hearing him suddenly ask about Chen Pei's appearance and temperament, he immediately guessed his hidden thoughts. In his mind, Chen Pei was the daughter of the Provincial Party Committee's Deputy Secretary and also held a position in an important department. As long as her appearance wasn't too bad and her temperament was slightly better, she would have been pursued by a man who was much better than Lu Tao. However, she still hadn't found a partner and seemed to have fallen in love with Lu Tao. Aside from being handsome, all other qualities of a small county's civil servant were poor. He guessed that she was either very ugly or had an unbearable and unruly temper. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain …
After understanding the meaning behind Lin Hua's words, Lu Tao felt a bit uncomfortable. His good impression of Lin Hua couldn't help but be greatly reduced. He forcefully suppressed his dissatisfaction and replied faintly, "Division Chief Lin, I usually don't judge people behind their backs. I especially don't like to judge a girl's appearance and character behind their backs. Chen Pei will be here in a bit and you'll be able to see her appearance then. As for her temperament, you can talk to her for a bit and you should be able to get a basic judgment. "
Only then did Lin Hua realize that his question was indeed a little presumptuous. He felt a little regret in his heart and said embarrassedly, "Brother Lu, don't misunderstand. I didn't mean anything else. I was just a little curious about Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter. Please don't take offense!"
Before Lu Tao could answer, his phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Chen Pei. She said that it was time to get off work, and the road from the Finance Department was very congested. She estimated that it would take half an hour before she could reach the restaurant. She asked Lu Tao and the others to eat first, and she could just eat something when she arrived.
Lu Tao hurriedly said, "It's okay. This restaurant's business is very good. It's a little busy. It will probably take one to twenty minutes before the dishes in this private room are served. We'll wait for you!"
When Lin Hua heard that Chen Pei would only arrive in half an hour, his heart suddenly moved. He stood up and said to Lu Tao, "Brother Lu, I'm going to the bathroom."
Then, he got up and went outside. When he turned a corner, he hurriedly took out his phone and called his immediate superior, Yuan Cheng, the head of the Provincial Local Tax Bureau's monitoring room.
After the call was connected, Lin Hua lowered his voice and asked, "Department Director Yuan, have you had your lunch?"
When Yuan Cheng heard his mysterious voice, he was a little surprised and replied, "I'm eating right now! Little Lin, what's the matter? Why is your voice so low? "
"It's like this. Didn't I just invite you to have lunch with a fellow Qingxi villager from the Taolin County Local Tax Bureau? I'm with him right now. But he just told me that he has a university classmate coming over for lunch. And that classmate is the daughter of the Provincial Party Committee's Deputy Secretary, Chen Dengfeng. She's now the head of the Provincial Finance Department's Budget Department's Village Group — "
Yuan Cheng exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly interrupted him to ask, "Little Lin, are you sure? The daughter of the Provincial Party Committee's Deputy Secretary is coming over to have lunch with you guys? "
"It's absolutely true. The person who invited me to lunch today is called Lu Tao. I just introduced him to you. He's a cadre from the Taolin County Local Tax Bureau in Songshan City. Three years ago, he was admitted to the Local Tax Bureau at the same time as me. His hometown is Qingxi County. According to him, Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter is called Chen Pei. She's his classmate at Zhongnan School of Finance and Economics — "
Yuan Cheng interrupted him again, "According to your judgment, how's the relationship between this fellow Lu and Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter? If their relationship is average and they don't have a deep relationship, then forget it. If they have a deep relationship, then I'll immediately rush over. "
"I think they should have a very deep and close relationship. They might even be lovers. There are two reasons. First, according to Lu Tao, Chen Pei went to Taolin County alone to visit him at the end of last month. Think about it, Chen Pei is the daughter of the Provincial Party Committee's Deputy Secretary. If she didn't have a good impression of Lu Tao and wasn't close to him, why would she go to Taolin County alone to visit a male classmate?
"Second, Lu Tao just told me himself that although he and Chen Pei aren't lovers, their relationship is much deeper and closer than normal classmates. According to my understanding of Lu Tao, he's not a shallow person who likes to brag, exaggerate, and show off. Since he admitted that he has a deep relationship with Chen Pei, I think they might become a couple. "
Yuan Cheng said excitedly, "Oh," and said to Lin Hua, "Xiao Lin, go to the private room later and tell Xiao Lu that you called and invited me again. Now that I'm done with my family matters, I can come over and eat with you guys."
After Lin Hua agreed, Yuan Cheng immediately hung up and anxiously dialed the number of the Provincial Bureau's Executive Deputy Director, Li Zitong.
After the call was connected, Yuan Cheng asked in a slightly excited tone, "Director Li, are you free now? Can I invite you out for a meal? "
There was a reason why Yuan Cheng called Li Zitong.
It turned out that Li Zitong was also from Huaisha City's Qingxi County. She was also from the same hometown as Yuan Cheng and Lin Hua. When Lin Hua was a civil servant in the Provincial Bureau of Local Taxation, in order to get a high score in the interview, his parents used their relationship from the same hometown to first find Yuan Cheng and gave him a large sum of cash as a gift for his help. However, Yuan Cheng was only the deputy director of the monitoring room at that time and couldn't influence the judges who participated in the interview. Therefore, he found the Executive Deputy Director, Li Zitong, who had been taking care of him and promoting him, and asked her to secretly inform the judges so that Lin Hua could get first place in the interview.
Because he was from the same hometown as Li Zitong, and because Li Zitong had helped him, Yuan Cheng often visited his house. Every year when he returned to his hometown during the Spring Festival, he would definitely go to Li Zitong's house to give his New Year's greetings. The two of them had a very close relationship and knew each other very well.
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