Li Rui was not at all surprised by this result, because he had heard Xu Da's analysis not long ago. There was a possibility that the Japanese enterprise's inspection team was sent from Shanghai to the small rural town of Qingyang to cover for the female spy who had committed suicide to escape from Shanghai and avoid being arrested by the Shanghai police and security department. If this was the case, the inspection team's purpose was to cover for the female spy, so why would they consider investing? They had been acting for the past two and a half days in Qingyang, and their acting was very realistic. Not only did they deceive the Deputy Governor, Wen Hanqing, but they also deceived the city leaders such as Song Chaoyang and Yu Heping into putting in a lot of effort.
Looking at his boss's distressed expression, Li Rui sympathized with him. So what if he was the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee? Although in the eyes of ordinary people, he was a high and mighty leader, as the helmsman of a prefecture-level city, in order to develop the economy, to make political achievements, and to develop himself, he had to give in to those so-called foreign entrepreneurs. He even had to grovel and flatter them. Sigh, everyone had their own difficulties.
Li Rui did not tell Song Chaoyang about this matter because he had promised Xu Da to keep it a secret. Secondly, he was not sure if this was the truth. He comforted his boss by saying, "You have put in a lot of effort and put in a lot of effort. You are worthy of your position as the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and you are worthy of the six million people of Qingyang. That is enough. As for the result, you don't have to worry about it. Of course, if you get it, you will be happy, but if you don't, you will have no worries. "
Song Chaoyang nodded and said, "Xiao Rui, you are right. I don't have to worry about it. The point is, it is useless to worry about it. Haha. Come on in. Tell me about the training in the Eastern State for the past two days. "
Li Rui followed him into his office and told him about the training in Dongzhou. Of course, he only talked about the training and did not talk about his personal relationship with Wu Nan.
Song Chaoyang did not wait for him to finish before asking, "Has the gift been delivered to Mayor Wu?"
Li Rui finally understood that he didn't care about his training at all. He only cared about Wu Nan. Thinking that Wu Nan didn't have any feelings for him, he secretly laughed in his heart. However, he couldn't say it out loud, so he could only bury it deep in his heart. However, because of this, he felt a sense of superiority. He thought to himself, Boss, the beautiful mayor doesn't even care about you, but likes your secretary, me.
Of course, Li Rui also knew that such thoughts were extremely dangerous and hurriedly killed them in his mind. He answered seriously, "Yes." Song Chaoyang asked somewhat excitedly, "Oh, did she say anything after she accepted it?" Li Rui said carefully, "Mayor Wu didn't say anything else. He just expressed his gratitude out of courtesy and asked me to thank you." Song Chaoyang immediately became listless, but he didn't give up and asked, "When you left, she didn't ask you to give me a gift in return?" Li Rui shook his head.
Song Chaoyang finally understood that Wu Nan didn't have any feelings for him. If she had any feelings for him, she wouldn't have asked Li Rui to come back empty-handed. When he thought about this, he felt somewhat disheartened.
As the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, of course, he didn't have to worry about not having enough women around him. But at his level, he usually interacted with women who were of lower ranks than him. For example, he met Guo Xiaohe, an ordinary cadre from the Municipal Education Bureau, and Zhang Wei, the Director of the Shuanghe County Investment Promotion Agency. Conquering such women was too easy for him as a department head. There was no difficulty at all, and he didn't get much pleasure from conquering them. Moreover, these women would only listen to him and flatter him, which made him feel that it was meaningless.
On the other hand, Wu Nan was very different from the women he had come into contact with. Wu Nan was at the same level as him, even if it was just a little bit lower, the two of them were equals. The two of them used to be classmates at the Party School, and they were old classmates. Conquering an old classmate was very interesting in itself. Wu Nan had a noble status and a demure temperament. She was not a woman who could be conquered easily. Lastly, even if he was lucky enough to conquer Wu Nan, Wu Nan would not flatter him. He needed to carefully protect this relationship outside of marriage. This was also challenging, and it could add a lot of fun to his boring work and life.
It was precisely because of this that he was particularly attracted to Wu Nan, and had put his feelings into action many times. Unfortunately, all of his attempts to probe her had failed, and today, he had thoroughly seen her cold and emotionless heart. Now, he could only swallow this bitter fruit of his own making.
"Okay, you can go back to work."
Song Chaoyang waved his hand dispiritedly. He looked like an unlucky thief who tried to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it.
That night, Song Chaoyang got off work early, perhaps because he was not in a good mood.
In the past, when Li Rui found that he was not in a good mood, he would find ways to cheer him up. For example, he once found the beautiful and generous Director of the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau, Zhang Mingfang, to have dinner with him. However, that night, Li Rui was not in a good mood, and he was anxious to visit the injured Duan Xiaoqian. Therefore, he didn't take care of him and didn't arrange any activities for him in the evening. After sending him to the Qingyang Hotel, he left, took a taxi, and went straight to the Municipal First Hospital.
After arriving at the hospital, Li Rui walked directly to the inpatient building. He didn't know the Duan Xiaoqian's ward number, but it wasn't a problem. He could go in and ask the doctors and nurses on duty.
Sure enough, he went into the building and found the general service window on the first floor. After asking around, the young nurse sitting inside found the Duan Xiaoqian's ward number and floor through the patient's information registered in the computer management system. After thanking the nurse, he took the elevator to the tenth ward on the tenth floor, which was also the general surgery ward.
Walking out of the elevator, Li Rui smelled the smell of disinfectant and various drugs floating in the air. It cleared his mind, but at the same time, it gave birth to a distant palpitation in the bottom of his heart. He wished he could never come here, whether it was for himself or to visit a patient.
He walked into the ward and observed the ward numbers on the wall. He walked all the way to the deeper part of the corridor, but he soon realized that he didn't need to look at all. Not far ahead, someone had already pointed out the location for him, and it was not one person, but a group of people. To be more precise, it was a group of policemen. There were about ten of them. He didn't know if they had already visited the Duan Xiaoqian, or if they hadn't had time to go in. They were all gathered in front of the ward with the sign "Veteran's Ward". Although there were many people, no one said anything. The atmosphere was quiet and heavy.
If Li Rui didn't know that the Duan Xiaoqian's life was not in danger, he would have thought that the Duan Xiaoqian was dying. He took a deep breath and walked over quickly. Soon, he was next to the group of policemen. As he got closer, he realized that there were a few familiar faces in the crowd. The one leading was his former "love rival", the Duan Xiaoqian's suitor, Ye Shaoqiu. The fat man standing next to Ye Shaoqiu was the fat policeman who once went to the entrance of his neighborhood to spy on him.
Seeing the two of them, Li Rui only raised his eyelids. His mood didn't change at all. It was as if he saw two unrelated people. He coughed lightly and asked in a clear voice, "Excuse me, is this the Duan Xiaoqian's ward?"
The ten policemen heard him and looked at him. When Ye Shaoqiu saw him, his face changed. His eyes were spitting out flames of hatred. He angrily said, "What are you doing here?"
One of the policemen who looked like a leader nodded and said, "Yes, the Duan Xiaoqian lives here. You are?"
Li Rui gave him a kind smile and said, "I'm a Duan Xiaoqian friend. I'm here to visit her." He thought to himself that he was lucky that he didn't buy flowers for the Duan Xiaoqian. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get through this.
The leader said, "Oh, so you're here to visit Little Duan. But you'll have to wait a moment. Our bureau's leader is inside."
Li Rui casually asked, "I wonder which bureau chief is inside?"
The leader looked at him reproachfully, as if blaming him for asking this question.
Ye Shaoqiu, who was beside him, said angrily, "Who are you to ask which bureau chief? What does it have to do with you? "
Li Rui didn't even look at him. He asked the leader, "I wonder if it's bureau chief Zhou Yuansong, or bureau chief Wang Gang, or bureau chief Ji Fei?"
The leader was shocked. His face changed slightly. He thought to himself, "Who is this kid? How can he call out so many bureau chiefs at once?" He didn't dare to look down on him and said, "It's bureau chief Ji."
Li Rui nodded. The Duan Xiaoqian was part of the public security team. Ji Fei was in charge of public security. This meant that the Duan Xiaoqian was his soldier. When one of his soldiers was injured, as a leader, of course he had to come and visit. In this aspect, the country's leaders did a good job. They were all very humane. He said, "Okay, I'll go in and take a look."
The leader subconsciously wanted to stop him. But when he thought about how he could say the names of three bureau chiefs, he guessed that his background wasn't small. He stepped aside and let him in. He thought that even if he didn't have any background, once he barged in, bureau chief Ji would only be angry at him. He wouldn't have any responsibility.
Li Rui thanked him and walked to the door. He pushed the door open and walked in.
Although Ye Shaoqiu was very fierce and even shouted at him, he knew his identity and didn't dare to challenge him directly. He could only watch him enter the room with resentment.
As soon as Li Rui entered the room, he alarmed everyone in the room. There were a total of five people in the room. A doctor, a nurse, a Duan Xiaoqian lying on the bed. Next to her was her father, Cao Quan, and next to Cao Quan was Ji Fei.
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