When they arrived at the entrance of the district government, Li Rui said, "The instigator of the series of events in Dongshui Village, Zhao Xiaotao, has been removed from his position. It won't be easy for you to interview him, but the director of the district government office should know about this. After all, he is Zhao Xiaotao's secretary. I can help you interview him."
Ma Ruoxi nodded and said, "Thank you. I'll listen to you."
The two walked into the district government building. Li Rui showed his identity and quickly found the director of the district government office.
The director was Zhao Xiaotao's confidant. Seeing that his boss had been removed from his position, he was afraid that he would follow in his footsteps. Being approached by a reporter from a national newspaper was like having a handful of salt sprinkled on his wound. Naturally, he refused to be interviewed.
Li Rui had to persuade him. He threatened, bribed, and lied to him until he finally agreed to be interviewed.
The interview was conducted in the director's office. To avoid affecting the quality of the interview, Li Rui took the initiative to stay outside.
After waiting for about 15 minutes, Ma Ruoxi hurriedly walked out of the door. Li Rui asked, "Is the interview over?" Ma Ruoxi raised her right hand and held her phone. She pointed with her left hand, indicating that she wanted to answer the call. Li Rui understood and wondered if it was Zhang Yong who called her and urged her to meet him at the train station.
Sure enough, Ma Ruoxi quickly said, "… No, I'm in the middle of an interview. I can't leave. Forget it. You go back to Beijing by yourself. I'll come back tomorrow morning …"
Li Rui listened with a smile and stared at her. Ma Ruoxi hung up the phone and looked up at him. She didn't say anything. She just smiled at him charmingly as if to say, "See, I'm really not leaving. I can treat you to dinner tonight."
Li Rui didn't know why, but he felt that she was especially beautiful at this moment. She made his heart beat faster and made him want to do something with her. After having this thought, his mouth was dry and his heart was in a mess.
Ma Ruoxi then pushed the door open and went back to her room to continue the interview. Li Rui's eyes swept over her slender legs wrapped in jeans and white high heels. For a moment, his heart was beating faster.
When the interview ended, it was already 5: 20 pm. At this time, Ma Ruoxi's train had yet to depart, but it was too late for her to make it unless she could fly. Of course, she had no intention of rushing over. After going downstairs with Li Rui, she smiled and yawned. "You're a local, so you should know where the best food is. Please take me there, I'll treat you to a meal. After eating, I'm going to find a place to sleep. Ha … Yawn, I'm so tired after running around all day, hehe. "
Li Rui said, "You know that I'm a local, so I'm the host. How can a guest treat the host to a meal? So it should be my treat, "Ma Ruoxi said with a smile," It's fine if it's your treat. You treat and I'll pay, hehe. " Li Rui smiled and said, "It turns out that Reporter Ma has such humorous moments. If only I had seen it earlier." Ma Ruoxi glanced at him and said, "Hurry up, don't talk nonsense. Let's eat first, or I'll fall asleep right now." Li Rui said, "Alright, I'll take you to the Drunken Immortal Restaurant. It's the best restaurant in Qingyang City." Ma Ruoxi carefully asked, "Do you accept credit cards at this restaurant? I didn't bring much cash. "Li Rui laughed and said," Let's go, you'll know when we get there. "
The two of them hailed a taxi at the entrance of the district government and rushed to the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
On the way, Li Rui said, "You don't have a place to stay tonight, right? After dinner, I'll arrange it for you. "Ma Ruoxi smiled at him and said," Okay! "
Li Rui saw her smile like a flower and her eyes like crescent moons. His heart was moved.
After arriving at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant, Li Rui asked for a small bag. After entering the private room, the two of them sat next to each other. Li Rui ordered a few of Qingyang City's specialties and asked Ma Ruoxi to order one of her favorites. There were four dishes and one soup.
"What kind of drinks would you like?"
Before they left, the waiter who was taking orders suddenly asked.
Li Rui heard this and looked at Ma Ruoxi. Ma Ruoxi stared at him with wide eyes and said, "Don't look at me, order whatever you want." She put on a look of treating him. Li Rui smiled and asked, "Will you drink with me?" Ma Ruoxi thought for a moment and said, "Sure, drinking some wine will help you sleep, but don't order beer. If you drink too much beer, you'll have to go to the toilet, hehe."
Li Rui smiled and said to the waiter, "Give me a bottle of red wine, a French rose wine."
Ma Ruoxi nodded, obviously very satisfied with the wine he ordered.
After the waiter left, Ma Ruoxi stood up and said, "I'm going to the toilet." Li Rui also stood up politely to send her off and said, "Just go out and turn right to the entrance. Do you want me to take you there? "Ma Ruoxi smiled at him and said," No, you can just sit there. "After saying that, she picked up her bag and walked out gracefully.
Li Rui took the opportunity to call his boss, Song Chaoyang, to report the process of accompanying the interview. At the end of the call, he did not forget to mention that he was going to have dinner with the reporters. However, he did not mention that he was only going to have dinner with the beautiful reporter, Ma Ruoxi, and that the other male reporter, Zhang Yong, had already returned to Beijing.
Song Chaoyang heard that there were no side issues during the interview and that the two reporters were very satisfied with the cooperation of Qingyang City's officials. He was also gratified and told him to accompany the two reporters for dinner. After dinner, he would find time to buy two local specialties of Qingyang City and give them to them before they returned to Beijing.
After the call, Li Rui began to think about what kind of local specialties to buy and where to buy them. In addition, if he waited until after dinner to buy the gifts, it would be inconvenient when the shops were closed at night. Besides, he had to arrange a place for Ma Ruoxi to stay after dinner. He was afraid that he wouldn't have time. After thinking about it, he decided to throw this problem to his good sister, Li Xiaoyue, the deputy general manager of Qingyang Hotel, and ask her to help him prepare two gifts. Anyway, she was familiar with this. Maybe there were many such gifts in the hotel for him to give.
Thinking of this, he called Li Xiaoyue and told her about the situation.
Li Xiaoyue smiled and said, "No problem, leave it to me. I guarantee that the gifts will be good, and you can have them whenever you want." Li Rui smiled and said, "Sister Xiaoyue is the best. Then I won't bother with two hosts. There is one more thing that I need to trouble you with. Help me book a room in the hotel. A reporter from the National Legal Daily is coming to the city for an interview. I will be responsible for arranging accommodation for her. I will accompany her for dinner and check in later. "Li Xiaoyue said," No problem, you can call me directly when she arrives. "
Li Rui thanked her verbally and hung up the phone. Just as he hung up the phone, the door opened and Ma Ruoxi came in. Li Rui smiled and stood up to welcome her. He looked at her carefully and saw that she had just washed her face and put on some light makeup. Her eyebrows were as dark as ink and her lips were as red as cinnabar. Paired with her beautiful big eyes and snow-white face, she was indescribably charming. He thought that this little woman was very vain and even wanted to dress up for dinner.
Ma Ruoxi sat down with a smile and said, "Now I will answer a question you asked during lunch. Why do you think my name sounds familiar?" Li Rui was very surprised that she suddenly brought up this topic, but he nodded and looked at her expectantly. Ma Ruoxi said, "Isn't there a popular harem drama 'Step by Step' on TV recently? This drama is very popular. The female lead is called Martae Ruoxi and my name is Ma Ruoxi. The two names sound very similar at first, so you think it sounds familiar." Li Rui suddenly understood and said, "No wonder. Although I haven't really watched this drama, I heard people talking about it, so I might remember the name. The two names are really similar. " Ma Ruoxi seemed to like this kind of gossip and quickly became interested. She said proudly, "If I told you that my full name is Martae Ruoxi, what would you think?"
Li Rui was slightly surprised and said, "No way, how is that possible? Isn't your surname Ma? My surname is Martae. " Ma Ruoxi said, "I am Manchu. My family's Manchu surname is Martae. The Ma surname was changed to the Han surname after the fall of the Qing dynasty, so my full name is Martae Ruoxi. Isn't it amazing? " Li Rui was stunned speechless. After a while he laughed and said, "I think we should toast to your name. You actually have the same name as the female lead in the drama. Shouldn't we celebrate?" Ma Ruoxi smiled and said, "Okay, let's toast when the wine is served." Li Rui thought for a while and asked, "Since you know the reason why I asked about your name, why didn't you tell me at noon? You even said that I wanted to take the opportunity to hit on you."
Ma Ruoxi laughed and said, "I was in a bad mood at noon. Do you think I would be nice to you? I just wanted to take the opportunity to vent my anger. Don't mind me, I know that you are not that kind of man. "Li Rui felt wronged and said," Then why did you accuse me? "Ma Ruoxi laughed and said," I will toast to you later as an apology, okay? But it's not like this hasn't happened before. When I go for an interview, some leaders will find an opportunity to tell me all kinds of nonsense. They even invite me to sing and dance at night. During that time, they hint that I want to sleep with them and promise me benefits … Sigh, don't mention it. When I go for an interview, I come into contact with too much of the dark side, which led to my suspicious personality. When I go for an interview now, I don't dare to trust any of the leaders and departments. "She shook her head and a helpless and painful expression appeared on her face.
Li Rui looked at her sympathetically and thought that it was really difficult for a beautiful woman to survive anywhere, unless she didn't have to do anything.
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