Volume 2 has Feng Xi coming in Chapter 17 and getting along well with the old cadres...

  Wei Xiangxiu coaxed her mother-in-law into the inner room to rest, while He Daxing stood foolishly on one side, not knowing what to do.

  Lu Zhong didn't even bother to respond, and instead shouted towards the inner room: "Xiao Wei, I'm leaving!" He turned around and walked out, but just as he took two steps out of the door, a hard object fell from the sky and hit his arm with a loud "thud". It then slipped off and shattered into pieces on the ground.

  Lu Zhong suddenly felt a numbness in his arm, and saw that on the small arm wrapped in his sleeve, a thread of fresh blood was slowly seeping out. Moreover, it was dripping faster and faster. Lu Zhong hastily covered it with his hand and shouted: "Xiao Wei, find me a towel!" In his heart, he bitterly smiled, truly unlucky.

  Something fell from above, a piece of broken glass that just grazed Lu Zhong's arm before shattering on the ground.

  The residential building on this side is an old-fashioned house, with glass windows on the door frames. The glass window on Wei Xiangxiu's door frame was already cracked and stuck together with adhesive tape. It seemed that Zhang Feng and Huang Zixuan had just entered and exited, slamming the door, which made it shaky. As a result, Lu Zheng was hit by the door.

  There was a loud crash outside, and Wei Xiangxiu had already rushed out. She immediately saw Lu Zhong covering his arm, with blood dripping down, drop by drop. Wei Xiangxiu was so frightened that her face turned white. When she heard Lu Zhong ask for a towel, she ran to the bathroom to fetch one and handed it over to him.

  Lu Zhong took over, tightly tied to his arm, Wei Xiangxiu wanted to help and tie the knot beside him, but saw Lu Zhong's movements extremely quick, biting with his teeth, the towel split open with a "crack" in the middle, then, with the help of his teeth, one hand had already tied the knot.

  Lu Zhong turned around and saw Wei Xiangxiu looking at him, so he smiled and said: "Alright, I'm leaving. You tidy up the house."

  On the ground, a mess everywhere, broken bottles, glass debris and bloodstains, wine stains, what a mess.

  Wei Xiangxiu hesitated for a moment, then said: "Let's go, can you drive like this? I'll take you to the hospital!" Turning her head to He Daxing, she said: "Old Five, clean up the house, I'm taking Lu Chu to the hospital."

  He Daxing nodded foolishly, and until now, he still hasn't recovered from the shock. The arrogant Zhang who was always high above him in his eyes was beaten like a dog and crawled out. What kind of people are these two friends of his sister? Too domineering, simply lawless.

  ……

  Although Lu Zhong repeatedly insisted on not using it, Wei Xiangxiu still sent him to the hospital for a few stitches and opened some disinfectant and anti-inflammatory medication. Wei Xiangxiu then drove Lu Zhong back to Guo's place.

  Wei Xiangxiu studied for her driver's license at the police academy and every year she would also find a car in the bureau to practice driving, and she drove quite steadily.

  She saw Lu Zhen all the way to the elevator, and even pressed him onto the sofa. Wei Xiangxiu went to boil water and shouted from the kitchen: "Do you want tea or coffee?"

  "It would be great if we had a glass of iced watermelon juice."

  "You're so beautiful, where can I find ice to cool down?" Wei Xiangshu retorted back at Lu Zhong.

  Lu Zhong coughed and said, "Tomorrow then, let's go to the department store tomorrow afternoon to buy a refrigerator."

  "You're awesome!" Wei Xiangxiu smiled and carried a cup of coffee out of the kitchen, placing it on the tea table, saying: "I'm leaving, you rest well."

  Lu Zhong nodded, and Wei Xiangxiu slightly frowned and said: "What's wrong with your forehead?"

  Lu Zhong wiped his hand and said, "What's wrong?" He immediately felt a slight stinging sensation.

  "Let me take a look." Wei Xiangxiu leaned in to support Lu Zhong's head, took a close look for a while, and found that it was only slightly swollen, probably from bumping into something at some unknown time.

  "It's nothing serious, I'll just put some antiseptic on it for you." Wei Xiangxiu then picked up the medicine that had just been prescribed by the hospital from the table, and found the iodine and cotton balls.

  "It's really ugly when going to work with a black and blue face." Lu Zhong waved his hand and pushed Wei Xiangxiu's hand away.

  "Don't move, the swelling will go down by tomorrow morning, just wash it and it'll be fine." Wei Xiangxiu pressed Lu Zhong's head, forcibly applying iodine to his forehead.

  Lu Zhong could have actually struggled free, but Wei Xiangxiu was pressing down on his head. In front of him were the towering mountains under the green police uniform, with a refreshing scent and visible elasticity. Lu Zhong didn't dare struggle anymore, or else he would end up taking advantage of himself.

  "Nothing's wrong with you elsewhere?" Wei Xiangxiu asked anxiously after applying the medicine.

  "It's nothing." Lu Zhong waved his hand and said, "It's too late, you go back now?" He paused for a moment, then asked, "You work all day and still have to take care of your parents-in-law when you get home? I heard that there was an opportunity for further study in the provincial city that you didn't even attend?"

  Wei Xiangxiu nodded slightly and said, "I'm leaving." She turned around and left lightly.

  ……

  Cicadas outside the window chirped endlessly, in the midst of a sweltering summer, people seemed to have become restless as well.

  No sooner had they entered the office than Pei Aihong and Cheng Kai got into a big argument, and were now panting heavily.

  It's been more than half a month since Huang Zixuan severely beat Zhang Chuzhang. Lu Zhong finally went to the party school for a few days and successfully completed his studies in the Youth Class of the Party School, and also obtained his graduation certificate.

  Zhang Feng later called to invite Lu Zhong to dinner, but Lu Zhong made an excuse and didn't go. It seems that Huang Si'er was right, that night Huang Si'er personally accompanied Zhang Feng to the hospital, really scaring him half to death. Although this beating was a mess, it's likely that Zhang Feng could understand where things came from and wouldn't dare to harass Wei Xiangxiu again.

  The phone in the office rang, and Pei Aihong answered it. She casually said to Lu Zhong, "Lu Zhong, Old Huang is calling for you."

  Pei Aihong has a good impression of Lu Zhong, thinking that this young man is low-key, sensible, and hardworking, and can make Huang Lao's temper obedient, which is not an easy task.

  Pei Aihong never thought that outside of the office, after shedding his national cadre outer garment, Lu Zhong was a different kind of person.

  When Lu Zhong knocked on the door and entered Huang's old house, Huang Lao had just hung up the phone. Seeing Lu Zhong come in, he smiled and motioned for him to sit down.

  "Xiao Lu, you've been working at Gu's for quite some time now, what do you think? Any thoughts?" Huang Lao asked with a smile.

  Lu Zhong was taken aback for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "It's hard to say clearly for the time being, anyway, it's just learning, many things need to be learned."

  Huang Lao smiled and nodded at him, "You, they all say you're Lu Gangtou? I say you're Lu Huatou? Honestly! Aren't you bored with Gu Wei?"

  Lu Zhong smiled and said honestly: "Boring, but can also learn a lot of things."

  "What are you learning? Are you learning the old man's way of hiding his light and biding his time?" Huang Lao glared at Lu Zhong and said, "The sharp spirit of young people must not be lost!"

  Lu Zhong didn't say anything else, just smiled and remained silent.

  Huang Lao said: "It's like this, recently you've been following me to run schools and education, the work results are not very satisfactory, but Director Wang from the Education Committee and Old Du from the city who is in charge of education have always been praising you, whispering in my ear wanting you to go over there. What do you say, should I let you go or not?" As he spoke, he smiled and looked up and down at Lu Zhen.

  Lu Zhong coughed and said, "I still want to learn more from Old Man Huang."

  Huang Lao just smiled and waved his hand, "Alright, you can go now. Be prepared early, it's a great undertaking for a hundred years, teaching and educating people is not an easy job!"

  Lu Zheng was pondering Huang Lao's words when he had just returned to his office and received a phone call.

  Lu Zhong answered, and a man's voice came from the receiver: "Zhongzi, congratulations!"

  The voice was that of Zeng Jiang, the head of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, who had been in contact with Lu Zhong when he first arrived in the city to report for duty. Later, the two also often got together and had some private dealings.

  "What am I congratulating you on?" Hearing him say that, Lu Zhong actually already had a rough idea in his heart.

  "You, your mouth is so tight, don't you know?" Zeng Jiang chuckled and said: "Just now at the Standing Committee meeting, it was decided that you will be transferred to the Education Commission as Deputy Director. Congratulations! The leader just gave the order, isn't it time to prepare your assessment materials?"

  The appointment of cadres has a certain organizational procedure, and before the organization department is proposed, it is necessary to assess the cadre, with clear procedures. However, when encountering leaders who suddenly promote cadres, the organizational department's procedures will be simplified, and even no assessment is required, just fill out the form and file it away.

  Lu Zhong smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this, how about we have dinner together tonight?"

  Zeng Jiang readily agreed, and it was clear that this young cadre, who had just been demoted, was incredibly well-connected. In just over three months, he had been transferred from the Custody Committee and appointed as a deputy director of a real department, rather than being assigned to an enterprise or economic institution as usual. Although the Education Commission was somewhat cold and not comparable to some large official departments, it was still a position that many non-executive cadres could only aspire to but not attain.

  Moreover, among government departments, committees may not necessarily have heavy power, but are usually units that lean more towards national policy.

  The current committee also has some disputes over the division of party and government power.

  It's just like the Municipal Education Commission, in fact, it is the Municipal Education Bureau, which was renamed as the Education Commission just a few days ago. This is because at the central level, at the beginning of this year, the newly established National Education Commission replaced the *** Ministry of Education, and local education bureaus at all levels were renamed, with the Municipal Education Bureau being renamed as the Municipal Education Commission in less than half a month.

  The Director of the National Education Commission is currently held by a member of the Politburo, which shows the importance attached to education and the policy inclination.

  At this time, Zeng Jiang was afraid that he would recall an old saying, "It's better to cheat the white-bearded public than to cheat young and poor people." Isn't it true that for young people, thirty years on the east side of the river and thirty years on the west side of the river, fate is unpredictable.

  Lu Zhong hung up the phone and had just sat back at his desk when the phone rang again. Pei Aihong answered it, immediately knocking on the table with the receiver: "Lu Zhong, phone." If it were someone else, she would have been annoyed by the constant calls, but for Lu Zhong, she still looked at him differently.

  Lu Zhong reluctantly went over to answer it, this time the call was from Liu Baojun.

  "Zhuangzi, you really are something! Zhang Lao and Cheng Lao both spoke up for you, and now even Huang Lao personally called Yu Gong Director. You're impressive, really impressive..."

  On the phone, Liu Baojun sincerely praised that it's really hard to get along with these old cadres who are different in character, let alone make them all speak for him.

  Lu Zhong smiled and said, "Bao Jun, let's talk again tonight."

  Liu Baojun smiled and said: "Understood, you're busy." Then he hung up the phone.

  "Lu Zhong, do you have some good news or something?" Pei Aihong had the same habit as ordinary women, she loved to eavesdrop on conversations. Every time the phone rang in the office, no matter whose call it was, she would always lean her ear to listen. As a result, many things couldn't be kept from her, and this was also her way of surviving in the office.

  This time Pei Aihong vaguely heard it, as if Lu Zhong had something good.

  Lu Zhong smiled and said: "I'm not sure yet, but if I really have good news, you'll definitely be the first to know, Director Pei."

  Pei Aihong burst out laughing and waved her hand, busy with her own affairs.