Chapter 200: Long-winded

Although the matter is under investigation, the Red Guards have already obtained solid evidence and conviction is only a matter of time. Moreover, there is pressure from higher authorities to deal with the matter seriously, so the Zhong family's reputation cannot be saved by Zhong's father.

Zhong's father was running around in circles at home. Even if it wasn't for Zhong's mother, he still had to keep his son alive. He had already searched all the connections he could, but to no avail. Zhong Yuhui came home and saw her father sitting on the sofa, looking a little haggard. When she walked over to him and was about to say a few words of comfort, Zhong's father heard footsteps and looked up to see Zhong Yuhui approaching. Before Zhong Yuhui could say anything, Zhong's father scolded her: "Such a big thing happened at home, and you still want to take time off to go out and play. Do you really care about your family?"

Zhong Yuhui shut up after hearing her father's scolding. She originally wanted to ask her father to ask Gu Jinyan for help. Even if others couldn't do it, he would definitely be able to solve it. But in this situation, Zhong Yuhui couldn't open her mouth no matter what, even though her mother and brother were the ones suffering.

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The time before the New Year is the busiest time for the company. Not only do we have to prepare New Year's goods for the family, but we also have to issue letters of introduction to everyone so that they can return home smoothly.

Ye Qian is different this year than she was last year. She now has three colleagues. Her colleagues are very friendly and help Ye Qian share the work. Ye Qian is not an ungrateful person. When people help you, it is a favor. When they don't help you, it is their duty. Ye Qian remembers everyone's kindness and has prepared a gift for all the colleagues in the union.

On the day of the holiday, after Li Manyu finished the meeting, Ye Qian distributed the wrapped gifts to everyone.

Dong Jing took the gift with a smile: "You are too polite, but what you prepared must be a good thing, so I will accept it shamelessly."

"There's no need for you to be shameless. I'm just thanking you for helping me. Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't have been able to finish the work before the New Year."

Ye Qian was grateful to everyone from the bottom of her heart, but supplies were tight now, so Ye Qian didn't dare to prepare anything too eye-catching. She only gave each person two kilograms of milk candy, a towel, and a piece of soap, which was considered generous in this era.

After the meeting, everyone left the union office. Ye Qian waited in the union for Gu Jinyan to come and pick her up after the meeting. Today's meeting was particularly long and was not over until noon. Ye Qian once thought that Gu Jinyan had left first, then she turned off the union's stove, locked the door and climbed upstairs.

The leaders had many rules for holding meetings. Unlike the union, which held the meeting directly in the office, everyone sat in the conference room. After Ye Qian took a quick look and saw that everyone was there, she walked straight to Gu Jinyan's office.

Knocking on the door before entering is basic courtesy. In case there are outsiders inside, if Ye Qian pushes the door open directly, people may think she is impolite.

After Ye Qian knocked on the door several times and no one opened it, she opened the door of Gu Jinyan's office and sat directly on the sofa.

Ye Qian had already prepared a snack for herself when she was downstairs. Although it was noon now, she was not too hungry, so she sat on the sofa and was stunned for a while.

Gu Jinyan saw Ye Qian when she passed by. He was a little surprised why Ye Qian came up directly, because they had agreed to wait at the union before coming. It was not until he looked at his watch that he realized it was already past 12 o'clock.

The leaders had to hold two meetings, so it did take a longer time, but it usually ended around 11 o'clock. This was the year Fu Ming took office. When he was aloof, he was really aloof and frugal with words, but when he was talkative, he really talked too much. He talked for an hour without stopping, and even Gu Jinyan, who was sitting there, became a little impatient.

Gu Jinyan sped up at the right time and finally ended today's meeting after half an hour. Everyone naturally breathed a sigh of relief after the meeting. After all, no one expected the deputy director to say so much.

After coming out, Gu Jinyan hurried back to the office. Seeing Ye Qian in a daze on the sofa, he immediately walked over and asked, "How are you? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something first?"

Ye Qian came back to her senses after hearing the door open. "How could I be hungry? But you, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something? Why did the meeting last so long today? It's never been like this before. I thought something was wrong."

"It's Fu Ming again. He talks too much. It's obviously the New Year and it's almost time to do the annual summary. If we want to get back to work, we have to wait until the New Year. It's no use talking now." Gu Jinyan's voice was filled with complaints.

When Ye Qian was smiling, Fu Ming opened the door with a bitter face: "I heard you saying bad things about me outside the door."

"There are more people talking about it where you can't hear it. You don't even consider the time. What you said should be saved for the new year."

"Does this sound like something a leader would say?" Fu Ming looked at Gu Jinyan seriously.

Gu Jinyan was speechless: "What do you think?"

This time it was Ye Qian's turn to smooth things over: "He was just saying that in front of us. If he really thought you were wrong, he would have interrupted you in the meeting just now. Why would he let you speak for so long?"

This is true, but Gu Jinyan just dislikes Fu Ming's nagging, repeating the same thing over and over again. He is not very old, but the way he speaks is like an old leader who is about to retire, which is very annoying.

Fu Ming was naturally joking, and immediately put on a smile and said, "I know, he just thinks I'm too talkative, but don't you think that since you don't talk much, you're just asking me to talk too much?"

"Don't make excuses for what you say. Just get to the point. There's no need for so much nonsense."

As soon as Gu Jinyan finished speaking, he saw the secretaries of the director and deputy director coming to greet him at the door. Gu Jinyan glanced at Fu Ming and then asked the people at the door: "Are you all packed up? Let's go home. Happy New Year everyone."

Fu Ming had his back to the door just now and didn't know that there were many people standing at the door. When he heard Gu Jinyan's words, he turned around and smiled awkwardly: "It's okay, go home, Happy New Year."

Seeing what happened between the director and the deputy director, the secretaries naturally did not dare to stay here for long and quickly ran away. After they walked out of the unit's gate, several secretaries looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then went back to their homes.

However, no one expected that Gu Jinyan had such a side to him. He disliked Fu Ming's nagging and complained about him just like everyone else. Fu Ming also surprised everyone. It turned out that there were so many new and cool male legends. Why didn't they notice them during the meeting before? Everyone was reflecting on it in their hearts.

After Gu Jinyan packed up his things and turned off the stove, he was about to leave when Fu Ming followed them. Gu Jinyan locked the door and said, "Why aren't you leaving yet? What are you waiting for? We're not going the same way."

"I'll stay at your house for a day and leave by train tomorrow." The food at the Gu family is good. If she can only eat noodles when she goes home, she might as well shamelessly follow Gu Jinyan home.

Gu Jinyan glanced at Fu Ming and ignored him, his face full of disgust.

(End of this chapter)