After his lunch break, Li Xiuyuan was getting ready for work when he ran into Wang Yonghua coming out of Hou Peng's office at the entrance of the building.
"Yonghua, what's wrong with you?" Li Xiuyuan looked at Wang Yonghua's angry expression and immediately guessed what was going on. Besides himself, Wang Yonghua was also in contact with Hou Peng at the town government.
I was taking a nap in my dorm at noon when I ran into Wang Yonghua like this just as I was getting ready to go to work. Needless to say, it's highly likely that Wang Yonghua had been mistreated by Hou Peng.
"Mayor Li." Wang Yonghua saw Li Xiuyuan as if he had seen a relative. Hou Peng was angry and felt wronged. Putting aside the fact that he had been sidelined in the project, Hou Peng was still angry.
Now he actually suspects that he betrayed him to gain Li Xiuyuan's support. This is demeaning to himself. He thinks that he has relied entirely on him all these years, that he has no ability whatsoever, and that he can't even trust his own character.
He felt that he would betray him for the benefit of a project.
Tell Li Xiuyuan about the interactions between the two of them.
But in reality, who betrayed whom? It was Hou Peng who betrayed himself first, not the other way around.
Compare that to Li Xiuyuan. He didn't mention this matter at all last night. Let alone something like this, he didn't even threaten me with the project. He simply told me to stay.
"Hmm, what's wrong? Why are you so angry? Come sit in my office for a while?" Li Xiuyuan asked with a smile.
“I…” Wang Yonghua wanted to go with Li Xiuyuan, but thinking about it, this was the town government, not Meilin Village, and there were some things that were inconvenient to say. In the end, he shook his head and said, “Mayor Li, I just came from Mayor Hou’s office. It’s a long story. I’ll give you a detailed report later.”
"Okay, I'll contact you later." Li Xiuyuan didn't make things difficult for Wang Yonghua, smiled and nodded, watching Wang Yonghua leave.
It was lunchtime, and the office building was still quite quiet. Li Xiuyuan and Wang Yonghua didn't deliberately lower their voices while chatting. Hou Peng's office door was wide open; Wang Yonghua hadn't closed it when he left.
At this moment, faint sounds came from the corridor. Although it was impossible to hear what they were saying, it was clear that Li Xiuyuan and Wang Yonghua were talking.
Hou Peng immediately stood up from his chair and went to the door to take a look. He happened to see Li Xiuyuan and Wang Yonghua saying goodbye, both of them with smiles on their faces.
Hou Peng's face immediately turned ugly. Over the years, he had helped Wang Yonghua get some projects in the central town, and Wang Yonghua had also given him a certain return in return. But now Wang Yonghua and Li Xiuyuan were getting so close and intimate.
How could he be at ease? He even felt that his suspicions were correct. Perhaps Wang Yonghua had revealed something to Li Xiuyuan. Otherwise, Li Xiuyuan would not have been able to keep Wang Yonghua even after he had already turned to stand with Zhengda Company.
If that's the case, then many things become clear. Why didn't Li Xiuyuan confront me when he knew I was already on Zhengda Company's side and on Zhang Xingguo's side? Why was he so indifferent and even greeted me with a smile at the cafeteria entrance at noon?
It's because they have some leverage over them.
A town party committee meeting is nothing; the key is that once they have leverage over you, they can threaten you at any time.
Some things pose no threat to me in Wang Yonghua's hands; Wang Yonghua can't pose any threat to me with those things. But if these things are in Li Xiuyuan's hands, it's a completely different story.
It's like a knife; in a child's hands, it's not very dangerous, but in an adult's hands, it becomes a weapon.
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