Today, Ruan Ruan also woke up early. She remembered that she had made an appointment with her uncle to go see Mayor Guo to talk about the charity organization.
After breakfast, Huo Haocheng first escorted the people to Commander Gu's office before returning to their Independent Regiment's training ground, where they needed to prepare for their training exercises.
Let's go.
When Commander Gu saw her arrive, he picked up the file bag and hat that were on the table, and the guards drove them to the government building in Yuncheng.
They were picked up by Mayor Guo's secretary, surnamed Lan, who was the grandson of Comrade Lan Zhiyan's cousin from the maternal family. His name was Lan Chaolin.
"Commander Gu, Comrade Ruan Ruan, Mayor Guo is still in a meeting. He asked me to take you to his office and wait a moment. He will be here shortly."
He led the people to his office, made them each a cup of tea, and then left. Because a lot of people had been arrested this time, he needed to see who could be transferred to fill the vacancies.
After he left, Ruan Ruan asked her uncle, "Uncle, do you know this secretary?"
"He is the grandson of your maternal grandmother's brother. According to seniority, you should call him brother. He has only been promoted for a short time. Unlike other people in politics, he has worked his way up from the bottom and relied on his own abilities to reach his current position. It is truly remarkable!"
Speaking of his cousin, he was also very happy for the Lan family. The Lan family were all scholars, and they withdrew from the scene in this incident. Fortunately, the eldest brother of the Lan family was there to support them in the research institute. The others had also made plans in advance. Among the younger generation, with Lan Chaolin, they were not considered to have fallen into decline.
"Oh, they're relatives from my maternal grandmother's side. I've never heard of them before." Ruan Ruan had heard a little about the Lan family from others before. They were a true scholarly family; one of their ancestors had even served as the Grand Secretary. However, she had heard that none of the Lan family members remained in the capital. Given the strength of the Ruan and Gu families, protecting them shouldn't be too difficult, right?
"Their situation is a bit complicated, but just know that when the time is right, they will come back, and then you will know."
Commander Gu was playing a game of riddles with her, which Ruan Ruan found difficult to guess. It was too much trouble. At times like this, it was better to clear her mind. So she leaned back on the sofa and began to empty her mind.
About half an hour later, Mayor Guo returned.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." He returned looking exhausted. In the conference room, many of the people sitting there had gotten in by giving gifts to the vice mayor. Ever since the vice mayor was arrested yesterday, they had been in a state of panic, fearing that Mayor Guo would use this as an excuse to get them all removed from office.
Actually, they weren't wrong. After the deputy mayor and his cronies were arrested, Mayor Guo began to purge the parasites. In Ruan Ruan's words, "A bunch of useless people. If we don't get rid of them in time and make room for capable people, what's the point of keeping them around? Spending so much money every month to support them, are we planning to sell them by weight during the New Year?"
However, today is only the first day, so we need to take it slow and not rush things. Let's fix these few holes first before dealing with the other smaller fry.
"We're fine. But how's it going on your end? Is everything arranged?" We're all old classmates, we know each other well. Waiting a little while isn't a big deal.
As he spoke, Commander Gu stepped forward and handed him the file bag in his hand.
After Mayor Guo finished reading, there was no sound in the office for a while. After a long time, he took out a piece of paper and a set of keys from the drawer and handed them to Ruan Ruan.
"This is the address of an office building, and these are the keys. They weren't collected before. Go and take a look; if they work, they're yours."
He had originally intended to arrange for Secretary Lan to accompany her on matters concerning complex charitable organizations, but since she didn't want government officials involved, she must have her own plans. Moreover, the fact that this document had ended up in his hands meant that the higher-ups must have already approved it. He wasn't going to be the one to cause trouble. No matter what she did, as long as her intention was to serve the people, that was fine with him.
Seeing that Mayor Guo didn't ask any questions after reading the documents, Ruan Ruan couldn't bring herself to say the whole bunch of things she had prepared. After glancing at Commander Gu, she stepped forward and took the address and keys.
"Do you need me to send someone to assist you with your work?" After thinking for a moment, Mayor Guo still asked. Although she didn't want anyone to leave her side, it would be more convenient to have government personnel help with the initial work.
When Mayor Guo asked this question, Ruan Ruan readily replied, "Yes, thank you, Uncle Guo."
She had originally planned to talk to him about this matter after the office address was confirmed, but now that he brought it up himself, Ruan Ruan felt that Mayor Guo was a really good person.
"Alright, then let Secretary Lan cooperate with you." With that, he called the people in, introduced them, and then had Secretary Lan take them to see the place.
As they stepped out of the office building, Lan Chaolin called out to Commander Gu, "Uncle, it's been a long time. I suppose this must be my cousin Ruan Ruan."
Inside the building, people were coming and going everywhere, so he couldn't directly claim kinship. But things would be better from now on. He was assigned to work with Ruan Ruan, so they would have many opportunities to meet in the future, and he wouldn't have to worry about what others would say.
"Yes, Chaolin, it's been five or six years since we last met. I didn't expect you to be the mayor's secretary now. How are your grandparents doing?"
In 1968, as soon as they heard the news, they quietly arranged for the Lan family to leave the capital. To this day, no one in the capital knows where the Lan family went overnight.
"Don't worry, Uncle. Grandpa and Grandma are in good health. They're living in the countryside now, chatting with the village elders when they have free time. They're doing quite well."
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