Since pleading for Lou Xiao'e wouldn't affect him or the fat man's relationship with the big boss, he led them inside.
While Secretary Chen went to call the big boss, the fat man instructed Lou Xiao'e: "Don't say a word about things you shouldn't say later, just talk about that matter; you're a woman, try to appear as weak as possible, cry if you need to..."
Lou Xiao'e was completely disoriented. After hearing the story, large tears streamed down her face, eventually forming a continuous stream that she couldn't stop.
You silly moth, I told you to wait until later to cry, why did you start crying first!
However, the fat man was too late to stop her, because the big boss had already come down.
After they sat down, the senior leader asked him, "Xiao Chen has already told me why you're here. Fatty, what's your relationship with him?"
The fat man had already prepared his answer: "Both a teacher and a friend."
Oh? The big boss seemed interested: "So what have you learned?"
The fat man's answer was also quite clever: "Sister Xiao'e taught me the wisdom of love. To love life, to love family, and to face the world with a more positive and optimistic attitude."
The high-ranking leader glanced at Lou Xiao'e with surprise. As expected of a lady from a prominent family, she had vision and knowledge.
At that moment, the fat man nudged Lou Xiao'e with his arm, right under the nose of the big boss.
It's unpleasant to have your fate in someone else's hands. Lou Xiao'e knew perfectly well that the fat man wanted her to tell him about that matter, but when the words reached her lips, she hesitated...
This is her only trump card. What if she reveals it and the top leader is unhappy, or thinks she is taking advantage of someone's kindness?
The fat man had no idea that she was having an internal monologue at this moment. He was so anxious that he was at a loss. This Lou Xiao'e, why did she let him down at such a crucial moment!
The big boss found it amusing; he just loved seeing the fat man so anxious, like an ant on a hot pan.
The fat man nudged Lou Xiao'e with his elbow again, and felt a strange sensation. Soft, yet resilient; hmm, it should be bigger than Liu Lan, smaller than Yu Li; the shape is…
The fat man coughed twice and suddenly woke up.
Lou Xiao'e didn't know whether she was ashamed or angry, but tears started flowing again. She finally mustered up her courage and told the big leader about the important things in his family.
Especially the fact that her father, Lou Bancheng, secretly gave money to our comrades back then.
Just as the fat man had expected, they achieved their goal without much effort.
After leaving the big boss's house, Fatty saw that Secretary Chen had something to say, so he asked Lou Xiao'e to push her bicycle to the gate of the courtyard and wait for him.
After she left, Secretary Chen said to the fat man with a dark face, "Do you know that once you use a favor, it's gone?"
The fat man laughed and said, "Don't worry, bro, this will only happen once."
Secretary Chen kicked him directly: "Stop grinning at me! In a few days, you'd better be more diligent and cook more meals for the leaders, you hear me? If there's a next time, I'll personally throw you out!"
The fat man immediately stood at attention: "Yes, sir! If it happens again, you'll personally throw me out!"
Secretary Chen shook his head and smiled wryly. Seeing that he was about to leave, he called out again, "Stop!"
The fat man stopped abruptly, and Secretary Chen walked up to him, took out two packs of cigarettes from her pocket, and slapped them into his hand: "Get lost, I hate seeing you!"
Back inside, seeing the senior leader still sitting on the sofa, I went over and whispered, "Sir, it's getting late, you should rest."
The big boss pointed to the side, and Secretary Chen sat down. Then he said, "Do you know what I like most about Fatty?"
Seeing an opportunity, Secretary Chen said, "Does the leader like him because he's tight-lipped?"
The senior leader took off his glasses, rubbed his slightly sore eyes, and said, "I like his apathy for politics, yet his inner wisdom is remarkable."
Secretary Chen stood up in surprise upon hearing this: "Sir, you mean...?"
The senior leader remarked with a sigh, "He knows a lot, but he never shows off."
After the senior leader went upstairs, Secretary Chen returned to his room and realized that his back was chilling—he had been sweating profusely.
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The fat man pushed the cart and followed Lou Xiao'e for quite a distance before she finally felt like speaking: "I won't thank you enough for such a great kindness."
The fat man pretended to be very mercenary: "No way! Even if you don't offer yourself to me, you should at least give me half of your fortune as a thank you!"
Lou Xiao'e smiled for the first time in two days: "Okay, go back and divorce Yu Li, and I'll marry you right away!"
"Shut up, shut up my sister..." The fat man was too guilty to speak.
Lou Xiao'e angrily twisted his ear: "You lustful cowards, you men are all the same!"
The fat man protested: "I already told you this last time, why are you making sweeping generalizations again?"
"Map-wide attack?"
The fat man scratched his head: "It's like generalizing from one case to the whole picture."
Lou Xiao'e pondered the fat man's words, and soon burst into laughter. The two words really did mean the same thing.
That evening, following the address provided by Lou Xiao'e, the two stayed temporarily at one of her properties.
After a quick wash, the fat man fell asleep as soon as his head hit the bed.
From the courtyard house to the leader's house, and then from the leader's house to here, even though Lou Xiao'e followed the principle of "a good woman weighing no more than 100 pounds," the fat man was still quite exhausted.
At night, the door was slowly pushed open a crack.
The visitor was very careful, so careful that the door hinges made no sound at all.
Lou Xiao'e carried a pillow in her hand and slowly walked to the fat man's bedside. In the daylight, she stared blankly at the fat man.
She stood there for a long time, and just as she turned to leave, the fat man asked, "What are you doing with that pillow in your hand?"
Lou Xiao'e said irritably, "I'm going to smother you with a pillow!"
The fat man sat up, clutching the blanket: "Is this how you repay kindness with enmity?"
Using the dim light, Lou Xiao'e slowly walked towards the fat man.
Their gazes met in the night, fixed on each other as if a force was pulling them closer, and their feelings slowly melted away the distance between them.
Lou Xiao'e took off her shoes, crawled up on her knees, and said to the fat man, "Close your eyes."
Courage seems to be slipping away little by little.
The fat man closed his eyes as she did. Lou Xiao'e slowly unbuttoned her shirt, and her last words before lying down were: "I want revenge. I want them to know that it's not that I can't have children! Chen Kang, give me a child..."
In the hazy morning light, the fat man plundered her secrets. Lou Xiao'e seemed to be waiting for him to come home. The fat man could no longer resist; he jerked his tail like a fish and returned to her embrace, back into her eyes.
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As dawn broke, the fat man rode his bicycle with Lou Xiao'e to the address that Secretary Chen had given him the night before.
Lou Xiao'e stayed where she was and watched the car, while the fat man took the paperwork to negotiate with the other side.
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