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Chapter 94 - Thick Barriers

However, Zheng Yanhong had a premonition that the person taking the photo did not intend to threaten her. Otherwise, why would he not reveal his purpose? Or even if it was out of coercion, with Lin Maoren not participating, it would be easier for her to control the situation by herself, so that she could adapt to the situation.

After sitting there for a while, her mood had instead become relaxed. She thought to herself, after what happened last time with the disciplinary committee member's investigation, what kind of f * cking difficulties would there be that couldn't be overcome? Since the other party had taken a photo, she must have a purpose, whether it was a good goal or a bad goal, as she definitely wasn't someone who was on the right path. She just wanted to help her accomplish her goal, so she definitely wouldn't send the photo.

Next, she forced herself to calm down and begin her work. Who knew that she would be busy all the way until noon.

An unfamiliar number entered her phone. She didn't want to answer at first, but as soon as she thought of the photo, she answered it. It was a man's very attractive, gentle and magnetic voice: "Mayor Zheng, I'm brother Zhu Changshan of Brother Zhao Shensan.

Zheng Yanhong smiled slightly, thinking that these underworld people were really anxious to get to know other people on the surface. They impatiently contacted her if there was a chance, but she didn't know why, and was not disgusted by the man's amiable attitude, nor the tone of her voice. She then said gently and modestly: "Oh, Chief Zhu, I've heard Xiao Zhao talk about you before, what can I do for you?"

"I never thought that Mayor Zheng would still remember me. It's like this, Xu Chaodong is a friend of mine, he offended Mayor Zheng that day, but you forgave him in large numbers. This morning, our bureau chief already said that he would not be punished, we are all very grateful, so … "Ugh …" Could I be so bold as to invite you to lunch? This does not mean that we feel guilt or gratitude, but just an opportunity to pay our respects to you face to face. "

Zhu Changshan was indeed very shrewd, these words were said in an extremely steady and appropriate manner, causing Zheng Yanhong to feel too embarrassed to disagree, otherwise it would appear that she was being too haughty. Furthermore, when she looked at her handbag and thought of the mysterious envelope, she felt that eating with these people should not be a bad thing, hence she readily agreed.

Zhu Changshan had asked for Zheng Yanhong's phone number when she had drunk about seventy to eighty percent of Zhao Shensan's body last night. Naturally, she was very happy that she had succeeded in threading through all of this, and he did not rashly make Zhao Shensan bring Zheng Yanhong to his villa. Even though she had spent a large sum of money to build that place, it was still too crude in her eyes.

It was his first time inviting a city leader for a meal. He needed to be of a higher class, and he couldn't be too elegant, nor could he delay his leader's private affairs at night. It was only a few hours' time at noon.

Zhu Changshan was even more worried than Xu Chaodong on this matter. After pondering for a long time, he finally decided to find a place to eat at the Jiu Xiao Hotel in the new city area. Be it the quality or the dishes, as well as the service, were extremely meticulous, and of course, the fee was extremely high. However, even if he spent a hundred and eighty thousand gold for this meal, for Zheng Yanhong, he still felt that it was worth it!

When Zheng Yanhong rushed over, it was exactly the same as the promised time, 12: 30 PM. This was also a necessary reason for her to be born into a military family, and was always extremely punctual. Seeing her private car coming over, Zhu Changshan brought Zhao Shensan and the reporter Wang Shan to the entrance to welcome her.

Zheng Yanhong's royal blue dress made her skin seem even more snow white, it was as gentle as jade and there was an endless sense of nobility coming from her straight and smooth face. Within her brilliance, there was a cold and inviolable presence, and standing there, there was no need for her to intentionally act like a Deputy mayor, as her cold and domineering demeanor was something that Ma Huimin would never be able to match up to even if she painted ten layers of skin on top of them!

"Hello, Mayor Zheng, I have heard a lot about you! I am Zhu Changshan. " Zhu Changshan held onto the car door first, and helped her block the car roof in a refined manner, watching her get off, then introduced himself and extended his hand out.

Zheng Yanhong looked at him carelessly, but suddenly revealed a surprised expression: "Eh? Why is it you? "

Zhu Changshan laughed and said: "Hehe, just a coincidence. Mayor Zheng, please. "

Zheng Yanhong was very grateful to him for being so well-mannered, and did not tell her her sorry state from the morning, because she had already recognized that Zhu Changshan was actually the middle-aged man who had saved her when she met such an evil person this morning, that had almost fallen into a frying pan!

The most unique part of this room was located in the center of the top floor of the restaurant, so even though the distant mountains and trees could be seen from afar and the lake could be seen clearly, this room could not be seen from the bottom floor. Even if one stood in front of this room and looked in from the outside, it was still a mirror, one would not be able to see the people and objects inside. Of course, merchants were always smarter than consumers, and the consumption here was not low either. The income of the commoners who had been idle for a year was not enough to make a living here! It was similar to the KIV opened by the owner next door. It was a business of carrying swords and slaughtering people, but since there were too many upstarts in the city, their business was unexpectedly good to the point that they were unable to book a house later!

After sitting down, Zhao Shensan felt that he was the most familiar with Zheng Yanhong, so he smiled and said: "Mayor Zheng, why do you seem to know this Big Brother Zhu? I was thinking of introducing them to you! "

Zheng Yanhong gave a deep glance at Zhu Changshan, and she was unexpectedly stunned for a moment, as if she felt that this scholarly man who did not seem like a bandit at all looked familiar, but she just couldn't remember where she recognized him!

Her gaze also made Zhu Changshan have a very strange expression, it was as if a hidden pain had quickly flashed past her eyes, but when Zheng Yanhong could not recall whether the two had met before, he thought that perhaps, she had even met him in the morning. After the woman smiled, Zhu Changshan also smiled as if nothing had happened, and said to everyone, "Mayor Zheng is probably frightened in the morning?"

Everyone then suddenly realised, while Zheng Yanhong's kind laughter made their hearts tighten — This person appeared so coincidentally, and looked so unflustered and humiliated, could it be that the photo was related to him? If that was the case, then today's meal might be the Hongmen Feast. Could it be that he was tempted by Zhao Shensan with a huge sum of money, and then felt sorry for the money, resulting in a poison scheme that plotted against her so that he could take it back?

However, his eyes were shining brightly. He looked determined and unwavering. He seemed to have a good way with things. He shouldn't be a dirty or despicable person. However, now that things had happened, it would be better to be more shrewd!

If that was the case, then things couldn't be handled like they had been before …

After Zheng Yanhong finished thinking, she smiled gracefully and said: "Chief Zhu spoke too easily. In fact, if it wasn't for him supporting me, my entire body would have fallen into a frying pan, and you guys wouldn't be able to see me right now, so to put it seriously, Chief Zhu can be considered as my benefactor!"

Everyone exclaimed once again, and Zhao Shensan's face was filled with shock and uncertainty. "Mayor Zheng, why are you eating breakfast alone on the streets? If you want to eat something, wouldn't Xiao Yan be able to buy it for you and bring it back to the office? How dangerous you look! "

Zheng Yanhong laughed as if she did not care: "Aiyaya, it's just going to be a meal on the streets, an accident can happen to anyone, could it be that you are afraid of being hit by people and not going to the streets? How many people are walking on the street, and no one has fallen into the frying pan, ha-ha ha! I was lucky enough to run into Zhu Nu. "

With this laughter, the entire atmosphere became relaxed. Zheng Yanhong, the host of the banquet, raised her wine cup and said: "Come, come, everyone follow me and toast to Zhu Lao. Thank him for saving me from being fried!"

Zhu Changshan was extraordinary, even though it was reasonable to say that he would only humbly reject the toast, but he actually raised his cup and cupped his hands towards Zheng Yanhong, and drank it all in one gulp.

After he sat down, he gave a meaningful glance to Xu Chaodong, causing Xu Chaodong to blush as he stood up and embarrassedly said: "Uhh … Mayor Zheng, Chao Dong was originally not a bad person, but because he drank too much that day, he had offended you … Originally … Originally, no matter how you punish me, there was no way to differentiate between the two. However, your magnanimity had let me off, causing me to be grateful to you. Today, I have even been fortunate enough to invite you over … When you came here, you gave me a chance to admit my mistake in front of everyone, so please punish me Mayor Zheng now! "

If one were to say that the habits of a reckless person was not a shred on Zhu Changshan, then the Xu Chaodong in front of him was exactly the same as Li Kui. He was brave enough to admit his fault, but seeing his embarrassment, Zheng Yanhong looked at him for a while with a gaze of disgust and pity, and did not say a word.

Zheng Yanhong's despise made Xu Chaodong sweat profusely and dripped down. He reached out his hand and wiped it with the sleeve of her expensive suit in a sorry state, and that shameful look of his caused Zheng Yanhong to laugh very childishly. She laughed, and the formality of a room full of men who did not even dare to breathe loudly earlier was finally lifted. As for Zhu Changshan, she was even more shocked by her innocent smile. It took him a while to recover from his daze.

Zheng Yanhong laughed for a while before saying: "You old Xu, I see that you're not considered a young man anymore, why would you do this kind of thing to flirt with beauties on the streets? Zhu looked very serious and alone. Why didn't he control you properly? Forget it, forget it, I've already promised Xiao Zhao that I will not hold grudges for his sake. If I scold you a little now, wouldn't it seem that Xiao Zhao doesn't have the capability to do so? Hehehe! Xiao Zhao is the person I trusted the most when I was at the Education Committee, he proudly kept on telling me that you two brothers have a good relationship with each other, that we can cut a hole in the ground for each other. I came from a military family since I was young, so I really admire those sworn brothers of mine in the Wuxia book. So let's just forget about this matter.

When Zhao Shensan heard that Zheng Yanhong was really trying to raise his importance in front of her brothers, she immediately sat straight up on her bed. Her face was flushed red from excitement and she smiled merrily as she said to Xu Chaodong: "Brother Xu, since Mayor Zheng has already said she will forgive you, then quickly go and wash up! "Hahaha, how about it, brothers. I already said that my boss is the most magnanimous person there, right?"

Xu Chaodong hurriedly washed his red face, stood up, and said with a face full of gratitude: "Mayor Zheng was right! Although you have forgiven him for his magnanimity, there is no lack of family rules. I have already punished him, and if the Mayor does not despise the boldness of the people in our company, then please drink this goblet of wine! "

Zheng Yanhong looked at Zhu Changshan, and that familiar feeling lingered on her mind. She was just like Zhu Changshan just now, drinking all the wine without saying anything, but she did not sit down, and instead took out the card Xu Chaodong had entrusted her with, and handed it over to Xu Chaodong: "Being able to know you is a good thing, because Xiao Zhao has followed me for a long time and Big Brother Zhu saved my life, take this thing back, Director Xu (Mine Officer is also a high ranking official), I do not need these things to save my face."

Xu Chaodong was startled, he anxiously looked at Zhu Changshan, who quickly shook his head, and quickly said to Zheng Yanhong: "Mayor Zheng, what did you say? It's just a new pair of shoes from the mall inside this card. As a man, I can't possibly bring a pair of shoes from a woman to deliver to you, so I made a card and asked Xiao Zhao to bring it to you. This isn't some expensive thing, if you don't want it, won't it slap my face? "

Zhu Changshan smiled and said: "If Mayor Zheng doesn't want it, then forget it! He took it over and took it! Didn't you see how uncomfortable it felt to sit on the back of the chair when Mayor Zheng's bag wasn't even hung up? Go help the leader hang it on the coatrack. "

Xu Chaodong quickly accepted the card with one hand and the bag with the other as he walked towards the hat rack. Naturally, he put the card in and hung it.

With this deceptive act, even Zhu Changshan's brothers and Zhao Shensan would think that Zheng Yanhong had truly refunded the money back, and Zheng Yanhong was even more aware of it. However, she did not expose it, but instead admired Zhu Changshan's clever way of handling matters.

Naturally, no one could have a good meal like this. This was probably the reason for the term "social interaction". That's right, their identities and positions were different, and their intentions were different. Just to achieve a communicative effect, they forcefully sat down at a table. Although they had ordered a table full of delicacies, who would be willing to eat a big meal without any face?

Zheng Yanhong was extremely tired after sitting for a while. She made an excuse to go to the bathroom to stand up, the room naturally had a bathroom for herself, but she still walked out to the top floor to stand by the railing, supporting herself up against it. She looked at the sparkling lake not far away and the gentle willow tree surrounding the lake, and for some reason, she let out a long sigh.

"Mayor Zheng seems to have something on his mind?" Zhu Changshan's voice suddenly sounded from behind him, this greeting was extremely gentle and considerate, it did not scare Zheng Yanhong at all. Instead, it gave birth to a kind of soft and weak feeling, and made her sigh without even turning his head, as he spoke faintly: "You're at an extremely high point! "Although I haven't reached the highest point yet, Feng Dao and Shuang Jian have already forced me to …"

Zhu Changshan was actually sad for a moment, he immediately went and stood beside her, but politely maintained a distance of one or two feet, he also looked at the lake and said: "You have just said that we can cut corners for our friends, so you can consider yourself our benefactor if you let go of Xiang Dong, regardless of whether you recognize me as Gao Fan or not, in my heart, you are considered a friend, so if you need to trust me, just say it, I will not stand by and do nothing."

Zheng Yanhong raised her head in shock and looked at Zhu Changshan, but suddenly turned her red face away, because in that moment, she clearly saw a cluster of dangerous flames in Zhu Changshan's eyes. Although the flames were not intense, they had a penetrating power like a laser beam, causing her eyes to burn in pain.

"Sigh …" If you don't want to say it, then forget it, today is cloudy, and the wind is strong here. If you don't want to say it, then forget it. Zhu Changshan first let out a inexplicable sigh, then completely eliminated the respect he had towards his superiors from the lower levels.

"I've been blackmailed!" Maybe Zheng Yanhong was moved by her sincere words of care, or perhaps her sixth sense was the reason for her taking another risk. Anyway, she turned her heart around and said to Zhu Changshan: "Zhu Bian, when I was met by someone this morning, the person who hit me was not careless, but intentionally. He stuffed a few private photos of me into my bag, but other than the photos, there were no notes or anything else that indicated what I wanted to do.

Zhu Changshan never thought that Zheng Yanhong would trust him so much, but he did not immediately express his opinion as if he was flattered. Instead, he thought for a while and said: "Since you did not explain your purpose, it is enough to say that the other party does not want to immediately fall out with you, before this, we already have some precious time to investigate the background of the other party. This morning, I actually had an impression of that bastard that had bumped into you. "Oh right, is it convenient for you to let me take a look at that photo?"

Zheng Yanhong squinted her eyes as she looked at Zhu Changshan. Somehow, she wasn't afraid of his identity, which was also black and white. On the contrary, she felt a kind of terrifying reliance from the caring and caring attitude he gave her, which made her trust him once again. She walked back into the house and took out her handbag.

After Zhu Changshan looked at it, he said: "This photo was developed at the Ya Qi wedding photography center. Look at the logo of their shop on the back, it's easy to deal with, I'll go and investigate later, you just have to rest assured and take care of your work. Since you've handed this matter over to me, you don't have to worry about it."

After Zhu Changshan finished speaking, without even asking Zheng Yanhong, he directly took out his lighter and lit up the photos one by one. Without even looking at Zheng Yanhong, he stared at the papers as flames slowly ignited one after another, then slowly curled up and turned black, finally turning into ash that fluttered in the air.

During the entire process of his actions, Zheng Yanhong had been looking at him in astonishment. After seeing that he had finished looking at the picture, and was staring at the flying ashes of the paper, and the inside was filled with the vicissitudes of life and desolation, she unexpectedly asked absentmindedly: "Zhu Yan, did we know each other before? Why do I feel that you're very familiar with it? "

Zhu Changshan suddenly turned his head to look at her, but when he saw her confused expression, he immediately turned away and laughed at himself: "I don't know him! Even if we do know each other, it's just that I know you and you don't know me. There will always be a difference of clouds and mud between the two of us. "

Zheng Yanhong laughed and said: "What did she say? They were all the same kind of people, what clouds and mud! Actually, I know that this isn't the first time you've helped me, but I don't like to talk politely, so I'll leave this matter to you. Let's go, we've been out long enough. "

Seeing Zheng Yanhong's candid and heroic expression, Zhu Changshan also laughed and said: "You actually have the gall to act like a fake brat! "Don't worry, since I've accepted it, I will definitely be able to do it."

Zheng Yanhong extended her white and tender hand out and said: "Mn, then I'll be troubling you!"

Zhu Changshan suddenly extended his hand and wrapped her cold little hand around his warm palm. He shook it tightly, then suddenly let go of her hand.

When the two of them returned to the house, the others naturally did not dare to ask them what they had said. Their guesses were more or less the same, it was just that Big Brother Zhu, in order to save Big Brother Xu's face, had gone out to speak up for him.

After he was done, Zheng Yanhong looked at Zhao Shensan's eyes that were filled with reluctance, and then intentionally said to him affectionately: "Xiao Zhao, work hard. Although I'm no longer at the Education Committee, if you have any ideas, you can still find me!"

These few words made Zhao Shensan feel even more honored. He nodded continuously with a flushed face, and everyone sent Mayor Zheng away.

Zhu Changshan turned around and said to his brothers, "Go back to your own business, Shan Zi, don't go back yet, I have something to ask you."

When everyone else left, Wang Shan stayed. Zhu Changshan did not know what he said to him, but the two of them went back to their cars with serious expressions.

When Zhao Shensan returned to the school committee, he went over again. This time, he was not very intimate as he arrogantly sat on the boss's chair and asked: "Xiao Zhao, did you manage to create the Hope Project when Director Zheng was around? Do you know the details? "

Zhao Shensan naturally knew that, not only did he know that, he had also personally accompanied Sister Zheng to visit schools in the poor mountain area. When he saw the children studying in those dilapidated houses, Sister Zheng cried several times. She went back to the city to work for every single large enterprise in the city, asking them to contribute points to education in the mountain area.

After Zhao Shensan finished his detailed explanation, Ma Huimin threw this proposal onto the table with extreme contempt and said: "It's purely a face project! Last time, he did something like 'going up the mountain and going down the countryside', and he even relied on his backer to become a Mayor. He still did not leave after becoming a Mayor, and continued to do all these flowery appearances on the Education Committee. Forget it, I don't think that Mayor Gao and the Secretary Lin will even catch a cold, let's just put this matter on the back burner! "

Zhao Shensan immediately said, "Dean Ma, this is not some kind of face project. You don't know how much effort Director Zheng spent to contact us with this, this is what it takes to build a new school for the children in the mountain area! How can you let her waste her time? "

As soon as Zhao Shensan finished speaking with an anxious and pale face, his face exposed a complacent smile, as if his doubts had been proven …