Chapter 52: Zhuge's Whole Life Was One of Caution

  As expected, after he picked up the phone, Ouyang Qian scolded him with a barrage of harsh words, her tone filled with sadness and indignation. He listened for a while before roughly understanding the whole situation.

  It turned out that Miss Ouyang followed Old Liu out today and suffered a lot of grievances. The three of them first rushed to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, then ran to the Urban Management Bureau, and as a result, they were met with cold faces and disdain. Even when Old Liu invited people from the Health Bureau to dinner in the evening, just as they mentioned the word "big stall", the other party immediately found an excuse to slip away. Miss Ouyang has always been proud and arrogant, how could she bear such humiliation?! Fortunately, she restrained herself and didn't explode on the spot, but as soon as she got home, she took it out on Liu Siyuan.

  It wasn't until after a long time of consolation that Ouyang Xiaojie's emotions finally calmed down a bit. After hanging up the phone, Liu Siyuan thought about it more and more, feeling that something was off. Although he wasn't an expert in officialdom, he understood the principle of not offending people if possible, and leaving a good impression was the key. Moreover, as a deputy department-level cadre in the municipal government's inspection office, which was similar to an imperial envoy, even if someone didn't want to help with something, their attitude wouldn't be so cold.

  Just then, a voice came from beside him, "Something about work? Is it Ou Yang Qian calling?"

  Can't help but admire a woman's intuition, Liu Siyuan could only nod his head, roughly said something, Ding Hui didn't say much either, and I don't know if she understood or not, just a thoughtful look.

  The next day at work, Ouyang Qian skipped class as expected. Liu Jianguo didn't say a word and hid in his own position reading the newspaper with a gloomy face. Liu Sanyuan also didn't dare to ask him anything at this point, maybe he would think he was provoking him. Fortunately, Xing Jun's psychological quality was much stronger than those two, and he came to work with a smile as usual.

  "Xing Ge, let's go and have a smoke." Liu Siyuan took the initiative to lean in.

  Xing Jun glanced at him and smiled, saying: "Liu Ke, just one. Hehe."

  The conversation between the two naturally did not escape Liu Jianguo's ears. He looked up at them and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back down.

  At the smoking point next to the municipal government building, Xing Jun lit a cigarette for himself and said to himself, "Old Liu was too impatient and didn't see the situation clearly."

  Liu Siyuan nodded and asked, "So who's behind the big stall?"

  Xing Jun shrugged and said, "How do I know? As soon as people see us, they look like they've seen a plague god. But speaking of Siyuan, you're now famous, for example, when we went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau earlier, at first, they were very welcoming, with the director personally leading the team to greet us, making Old Liu feel particularly good. As a result, after a group of people looked around and asked where Liu Ke was, Old Liu said that he was now in charge of this matter. As soon as his words fell, within a few minutes, about half of the people, including the director, found excuses to slip away, leaving only one deputy director who still maintained a polite attitude while playing tai chi."

  He took a deep drag on his cigarette and continued, "Then Old Liu felt like he hadn't accomplished anything, so he went to the City Management Bureau again, but it was the same story. I heard that since you, Liu Ke, weren't there, the attitude they showed was even more extreme. The Deputy Director didn't even stay behind, just sent some department head to deal with things perfunctorily. Old Liu got a bit worked up and forced them to make a statement, but ended up provoking them instead. They found an excuse to hold a meeting and then kicked us out. In the end, Old Liu probably felt like he couldn't save face if we just went back like that, so he dragged us along to invite the Health Bureau's Wei Deputy Director to dinner. But Wei didn't even have the decency to look at us, and during dinner, he was staring at Ouyang Qian with this sleazy expression... honestly, I couldn't bear to watch it anymore. Luckily, Ouyang Qian kept her cool. As soon as Old Liu mentioned going to a big restaurant, that little brat suddenly got up and left, saying some pretty rude things on his way out, like 'you're not of high enough rank to care about this stuff'."

  Xing Jun finished speaking in one breath, and Liu Siyuan also roughly understood a few points. It's no wonder that Ouyang Qian was so angry. This time, Liu Jianguo was kicked onto the iron plate and died unjustly. At the same time, he secretly called himself lucky, fortunately, he didn't take the initiative to be the vanguard, remembering what Fang Xinyi said: Zhuge's life is cautious, indeed there is some truth in it.

  Liu Siyuan first thanked Xing Jun, who burst out laughing and said it should be the other way around. Through this, he also looked at Ouyang Qian with new eyes. Although she was born into a high-ranking official's family, her upbringing was surprisingly good. She was truly a rare good girl... Liu Siyuan had a bitter expression, feeling too embarrassed to tell him that someone had scolded him loudly over the phone.

  Xing Jun also said that Si Yuan, you are really impressive now. Several bureau chiefs have a different attitude when they hear your name. I guess Liu Jianguo is going to be very upset this time.

  "Xing Ge, this big stall's background is not ordinary," he hastily changed the subject, but didn't dare to be so high-profile.

  Xing Jun nodded and said, "However, this matter is indeed a bit suspicious. With such a strong backing, why would those NPC representatives be shouting over there every day? You're not unaware of those guys, they're typical opportunists."

  Liu Siyuan nodded in agreement. The People's Congress is not without dissenting voices, but such voices are very small and cannot reach the municipal government. The voices that can come over must be backed by someone.

  Xing Jun also reminded him to be careful and cautious in handling it, never to force it, not seeking merit but seeking no fault. Liu Siyuan thought it was a pity that his trump card military advisor Fang Xinyi was reviewing for the exam and couldn't help him temporarily, so he could only go back and try that notebook again. As a result, that guy didn't work hard enough either, as if he had fallen asleep and didn't care about anything, which was completely different from the excitement of last night.

  Back in the office, I unexpectedly saw that Ouyang Qian had already come to work. However, the little girl was dressed very casually in a T-shirt and seven-point pants. When she saw Liu Siyuan and Xing Jun coming in, her face turned iron-green, and she gave someone a fierce glare before ignoring them and sitting down at her desk to continue sulking.

  The atmosphere in the office was a bit eerie, with no one speaking and everyone doing their own thing. As a result, Xiang Lang seemed to be unable to hold back, sauntering over to Ouyang Qian's side to chat her up, casually asking her how things went when she went out with Director Liu yesterday. His voice wasn't loud to begin with, but due to the extreme quietness of the office, almost everyone heard him.

  "Xiao Xiang! What are you doing during work hours?!" As a result, Liu Jianguo and Ouyang Qian didn't even have time to speak, but Zhang Jinsong let out a loud roar.

  It's possible that Zhang Jinsong had never seen him lose his temper before, and Xiang Lang was startled, instinctively shrinking back. On the other side, Liu Jianguo didn't say a word, but just gave him a glance with a hint of viciousness in his eyes. Liu Siyuan, who was observing from the side, also felt a chill in his heart. It seemed that Director Liu wasn't a kind-hearted person after all. He had been played by him yesterday, and it seemed that he needed to be more careful in the future. Fortunately, Xiang Lang's quick thinking had saved him for the time being, temporarily diverting attention away from him.

  At this time, Liu Siyuan's phone rang. Zhao Feng informed him on the phone that Secretary Zhang had invited him over, but he added in a low voice that Secretary Zhang seemed to be in a bad mood and told him to be careful. Liu Siyuan hastily thanked him and ran to Secretary Zhang's office upstairs with a nervous heart.

  He respectfully called out to the Secretary-General, Zhang Zhengdong looked up at him with a glance, without saying a word, and continued to look at the documents in his hand, thus putting him aside.

  Liu Siyuan was terrified to the extreme, standing honestly on that side, waiting to be scolded. He guessed it should be about what happened yesterday when he made Director Liu lose face.

  After thinking for more than half an hour, Secretary Zhang finally put down the file, looked up at him with a very serious expression, and said: "Who allowed you to accept interviews from central media?! When did you learn to act on your own initiative?! Do you still know what discipline is?! Is there still any organization in your eyes?!"

  Liu Siyuan was taken aback at first, then reacted and thought it must be that beautiful female reporter named Xiao Yuhang. He secretly cursed his bad luck, indeed something had happened, just now he was thinking that one should be cautious in doing things, but as a result, he had been careless once and got into trouble.

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