Chapter 432 Do I know these two people?
Zhou Yong keenly captured Lao Lu's inner anxiety. He saw that Lao Lu was not as calm as he appeared to be. So he patted Old Lu's shoulder gently and suggested in a relaxed tone: "Brother Lu, let's find a place to have a drink and relax?"
Old Lu was brought back to reality by Zhou Yong's words. He tried to adjust his mood and forced a smile: "Okay, I heard that a new restaurant has opened in the village recently. The dishes are very good. How about we go and try it?"
The two chatted about this topic and walked towards the restaurant that Lao Lu mentioned.
It was dinner time and the restaurant was packed. I had to wait for more than ten minutes before a table became available.
The food and wine were served on the table. Old Lu would pick up his glass and drink it all from time to time, ignoring the food on the table.
Zhou Yong looked at Old Lu like this and understood how much pressure he was under, so he quietly accompanied him to drink.
After three rounds of drinks, Lao Lu finally couldn't help but start to talk. There was a hint of drunkenness in his words, but more of it was helplessness towards reality.
Old Lu did not seek promotion or wealth, he only hoped to leave a good reputation so that future generations would remember him.
Zhou Yong listened to what Old Lu said and admired him very much, but he did not approve of his eager methods, so he lowered his voice: "Brother Lu, I understand your feelings, but it is better to be more prudent in doing things. Misappropriation of public funds is not a trivial matter. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous..."
After listening to Zhou Yong's words, Old Lu was silent for a moment. He knew that he had gone a little too far this time.
"I know it's not right to do this, but I just want to do more for the people..."
Zhou Yong took a bite of food and his eyes fell on Old Lu's face.
Old Lu drank too much and started to cry and laugh about his own dream...
The next day, Zhou Yong slowly opened his eyes, his gaze fixed on the ceiling of his home, and stared quietly for a few seconds. As his consciousness gradually became clearer, he woke up from his dream and returned to reality.
He rubbed his temple and slowly sat up. He was startled by Li Caiyun's words.
"How much did you drink yesterday?"
Zhou Yong thought back and he could no longer remember how much he and Lao Lu had drunk. As for how he got home, he had no recollection at all.
After hearing what he said, Li Caiyun raised her hand in anger and hit him on the shoulder a few times, and couldn't help complaining.
It was past eleven o'clock last night when Zhou Yong appeared at the door of his house. Fearing that he would disturb his family members who were resting, he did not choose to ask anyone to open the door, but instead planned to quietly climb over the door and enter the house.
However, his decision triggered a series of misunderstandings.
Just as Zhou Yong was carefully preparing to climb over the gate, he didn't expect that the night patrol happened to pass by.
Since the street lights in the village were turned off at 10 o'clock in the evening, the patrolmen only saw a blurry figure riding on the gate of the Li family in the darkness, and thus mistook Zhou Yong for a thief.
The patrolman immediately shouted loudly, attracting the attention of the surrounding neighbors.
Soon, everyone who heard the shouting woke up and rushed out of their homes with sticks.
The Li family heard the noise outside and were all frightened.
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"Zhou Yong, if you dare to drink like this again, I'll show you how I'm going to mess with you..."
Zhou Yong listened to Li Caiyun's nagging silently, feeling mixed emotions in his heart, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
He rubbed his face, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere: "I know, I won't do this again next time."
Seeing that Zhou Yong's attitude was quite sincere, Li Caiyun didn't say anything more.
When Li Baotian saw his son-in-law, although he felt a little dissatisfied, he finally chose to remain silent.
Zhang Guifang's eyes were on Zhou Yong. She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but ultimately kept the words to herself.
Zhou Yong thought that the matter was over and he didn't want to go to the brigade anymore. He suddenly felt like dying.
Li Hongjun looked back and forth at Zhou Yong, with a playful smile on his face and his teeth bared, as if he wanted to find some fun in his brother-in-law's reaction!
He said in a relaxed and slightly teasing tone: "I heard that you were mistaken for a thief last night?"
Zhao Min was listening at the side and couldn't help but interrupt: "I also heard about this this morning. Brother, how did you get mistaken for a thief?"
Li Ming was listening quietly at the side, and then he said: "I heard about this, too. It seems to spread very quickly."
Zhou Yong listened to their words, with a trace of helplessness and embarrassment on his face: "Isn't it just that I drank too much? Is it necessary for the three of you to bully me like this?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ming and the other two laughed. Zhou Yong gritted his teeth, too lazy to continue explaining to them, and strode towards the office.
Zhou Yong did not show up for the whole morning and was always in his office dealing with the work at hand.
When he got off work at noon, many villagers greeted him as usual, but after Zhou Yong walked over, the expressions on their faces were very intriguing, and many people even gathered in twos and threes to talk about what happened last night.
Zhou Yong could only pretend that he saw nothing, but he felt extremely embarrassed.
Fortunately, Zhou Yong’s incident was not a big deal. The villagers just talked about it as a joke. After a few days, few people mentioned it.
On September 3, Zhou Yong and Li Ming went to pick up the car together. When they drove the car into the village, many villagers came to watch.
Li Hongjun was very jealous and was ready to buy a car, but his wife wouldn't let him.
The main reason is that Li Hongjun had just bought the motorcycle a few months ago, and he doesn’t use it often.
After the crowd dispersed, Zhou Yong drove Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang around the village.
When they came back, Zhou Yong took Zhou Kexin and her two siblings to the brick factory.
On September 5th, Lao Lu called Zhou Yong excitedly.
Cao Biao and his team successfully captured He Kai and Tang Shijun in a different place, and had the transport team bring back the goods that had been stolen by them intact.
After hanging up the phone with Lao Lu, Zhou Yong couldn't help but smile slightly.
The next day, He Kai and Tang Shijun were brought back. Faced with irrefutable evidence and after some interrogation, they confessed to their crimes.
However, the matter did not end there. Through interrogation, it was learned that they were an organized fraud gang. Following this line, the Qingmu County Public Security Bureau took more than a month to successfully smash this fraud gang.
In this case, Cao Biao was awarded first-class individual merit, Xing Laoqi and Liu Dazhuang were awarded second-class individual merit respectively, and other participating police officers received commendations to varying degrees.
"Lao Cao, congratulations, you are one step closer to the position of director."
Zhou Yong came to the county town to do some business and came to see Cao Biao and others.
Cao Biao chuckled: "I'm afraid I have no hope of becoming a director. A salary increase would be better than anything else..."
Internal competition is fierce, and now Cao Biao has no hope of getting the position of director.
Zhou Yong smiled, and Xing Laoqi said, "When we were catching the fraud gang, we met two old acquaintances."
Old acquaintance?
Zhou Yong frowned slightly: "Do I know these two people?"
Xing Laoqi and his friends have been developing in the county for more than ten years, so they naturally have their own circle of friends, which is why Zhou Yong asked this question.
Cao Biao narrowed his eyes and nodded gently: "You know them, and you are very familiar with them."
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