When Gong Linglong rushed to the office, Director Yang had not arrived yet. She quickly cleaned up and poured water to wipe the desk, cabinet windows, etc.

When Director Yang came over with her briefcase, the office was already very clean and tidy. The newspapers and documents on the desk were neatly classified and stacked, and there was steaming hot tea in the enamel cup. She, who was always serious, even raised a smile at the corner of her mouth.

"Director Yang, good morning."

Gong Linglong had just washed and hung the rags. When she came back and saw her, she took the initiative to ask, "Director Yang, do you have any plans to go out today?"

"I'm not going out today. I have a meeting in the morning. You can come with me."

Director Yang put down his briefcase, took out a document, and handed it to her: "First, send this document to Secretary Zheng and ask him to sign and approve it. Then we can go to the meeting."

"OK."

Gong Linglong was about to turn around and leave when Director Yang called her back, "Linglong, have you heard about what happened with the Meng family?"

"Huh? Meng family? What's going on?" Gong Linglong pretended not to know.

Director Yang carefully observed her expression and saw that her reaction was very natural, as if she really didn't know what was going on with the Meng family. He told her, "Meng Xiaoying and Yu Nan were beaten severely yesterday afternoon."

"ah?"

Gong Linglong showed a surprised expression, her eyes flickering with joy. "Director Yang, who did this?"

"Are you happy that they were injured?" Director Yang glanced at her.

Gong Linglong nodded generously, "Yes, I'm very happy. I don't get along with Meng Xiaoying. I don't like her. Every time I see her arrogant attitude of looking down on others, I want to beat her up. Also, Yu Nan burned my mother's hands yesterday. I went back and had a detailed talk with my mother. I think it's more likely that she deliberately poured boiling water on her. In short, I think these two people are not good people."

After that, he repeated his previous question: "Director Yang, who beat them so badly? What grudge does the other party have against them?"

"The Meng family called the police, and the police are still investigating, but they haven't caught anyone yet."

"I heard that two groups of people attacked them. Among them were two thugs. They beat them up and ran away. Then another person came out from behind and hit them very hard, breaking both of their legs."

Gong Linglong, possessed by the image of the actress, burst out with her best acting skills: "Oh my god, they broke their legs with just one move. There must be a deep hatred between them."

"Probably."

The Meng family has been in trouble recently. Everyone in the circle is talking about it, and most people also speculate this way.

Gong Linglong thought about Meng Xiaoying's miserable appearance now, and felt relaxed and happy all over. She walked with a breeze and trotted all the way to the office on the third floor of the main building of the Municipal Party Committee.

“Bang, bang!”

There was a knock on the door, and Secretary Zheng's voice came from inside the room: "Come in."

Gong Linglong pushed the door open and entered. She saw three people in the room, including Xue Hailin's wife, Peng Yuni. Her eyes flickered slightly, and she politely called out, "Secretary Zheng, Director Peng, Director Zhou, hello. I'm Gong Linglong, assistant to Director Yang Manrong of the Civil Affairs Department. I've come to ask Secretary Zheng to review some documents. I'm sorry to interrupt your meeting."

"It's okay, come in." Secretary Zheng waved at her.

When Peng Yuni saw her pretty face, she thought of Bai Shuixian. The mother and daughter were both extremely beautiful. Thinking that she was the assistant personally selected by Yang Manrong, she instinctively couldn't like her.

She and Yang Manrong had different personalities and often competed with each other at work.

Thinking about the big mistake the Ministry of Civil Affairs made some time ago, he deliberately seized on this incident and said, "Assistant Gong, the donated materials from the Civil Affairs Department must be distributed properly. Don't let anything go wrong like last time with the food. You are now Director Yang's assistant, so you must do your job carefully."

"Thankfully, the incident was discovered in time this time, so the elderly and children in orphanages and homes for the disabled didn't go hungry. If this happens again, the competence of the civil affairs department officials will be examined."

Her tone of voice seemed normal, but Gong Linglong could hear a hint of sarcasm in her words. She continued calmly, "Director Peng, the last food supply shortage was indeed due to the Civil Affairs Department's inadequate work. We have learned our lesson and are currently reforming our management methods. I believe this situation will not happen again in the future."

"The civil affairs department failed to fulfill its responsibilities and oversaw the food shortage. Leaders are reflecting on this and blaming themselves. We have also conducted a detailed investigation during this period, and we have now concluded the matter."

At this point, he paused briefly, as if complaining, "Ah, we never thought there were enemy spies hiding among the families of government officials. Gao Xuemei is so cunning. She's been married to the Yu family for over a decade, and she's used the power of the Yu family and her relatives to do many things that harm the people of the country. If she hadn't been exposed in the army this time, she might have used the power of her in-laws to stir up trouble in Seoul."

As the words came out of her mouth, Peng Yuni's face became gloomy at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the look in her eyes became colder.

Gong Linglong laughed inwardly, you speak in a sarcastic tone, don’t I know how to do that?

Seeing her looking over, Gong Linglong said, "By the way, Director Peng, I heard Meng Xiaoying call your mother 'cousin aunt' yesterday. Are you related to the Meng family? Then are you related to the Yu family as well?"

"No, we are not relatives of the Yu family." Peng Yuni quickly denied it without pausing for half a second.

"That's good."

Gong Linglong pretended to be relieved and moved closer to her, pretending to whisper, but her voice was not quiet at all: "Director Peng, I just arrived at the office this morning and heard Director Yang say that Meng Xiaoying and her cousin were seriously injured. The other party was very cruel and broke their leg bones in one blow. I don't think this is just an ordinary grudge."

"This Meng Xiaoying is extremely nosy and loves to stir up trouble. Her reputation within the military art troupe is utterly awful."

"She often bullies others by relying on her family background. She looks down on others all day long and is extremely jealous. She has bullied and oppressed anyone in the art troupe who performs better than her. She even forced out the troupe's former mainstays with various excuses."

"I don't know how Meng's parents raised her. In front of the army leaders, they called the wives of the soldiers country bumpkins and looked down on them for being ugly and vulgar. They didn't even pretend."

"Hey, I think she's a little off-kilter. She often interferes with the affairs of military wives and meddles in other people's family affairs. She helps unreasonable and tyrannical people without investigating the matter thoroughly, and she even caused a military comrade to divorce."

"Director Peng, I don't think your family and Meng Xiaoying's are close relatives. She must have caused trouble again and offended someone, and she's being retaliated against. It's best to stay away from people like her."