Chapter 393 No Hope for Promotion

The person who came to report was none other than Minister Ma of the Arts Department.

Last time he was in charge of recruiting new members for the art troupe, Zhu Wanru took the initiative to bring him a set of fine tea sets and a cake of good tea in order to get Mo Zhenzhen into the art troupe.

Although the matter did not work out in the end, he accepted the tea leaves and tea sets. Later, Mo Zhenzhen's attempt to occupy Mo Ya's quota was reported in the military district newspaper. He was very panicked for a while, and was afraid that he would be implicated.

Although it was a surprise later, and the matter did not involve him, he was still worried. In the end, he spent a high price to buy a cake of exactly the same tea cake and sent it back with the tea set.

Originally, he thought that the matter would just pass, but he didn't expect such a big commotion today. The higher-ups will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly, and it's only a matter of time before they find out that he accepted the gift.

In order to clear himself of suspicion, he felt that he should take the initiative and report Zhu Wanru. Anyway, he had already returned the gift, which meant that there was no evidence.

He used to be afraid of Mo Jianguo's power because there were rumors that Mo Jianguo would be promoted to chief of staff soon, but now he can't care so much to keep his position.

Moreover, because of the Zhu Wanru incident, Mo Jianguo will definitely be implicated, and it is still unknown whether this chief of staff can be promoted.

"What do you want to report?" Captain Mu looked at Minister Ma and asked puzzledly.

"I reported Zhu Wanru for giving gifts and bribing recruiters, hoping that Mo Zhenzhen would replace Mo Ya in the art troupe." Minister Ma said righteously.

Xia Qingying, who was standing aside, heard what Minister Ma said, and thought of how Mo Ya and herself had gone to him because Mo Jianguo asked Mo Ya to quit the troupe. Seeing that they had no power, he helped Zhu Wanru and others to suppress Mo Ya, but now he stood up to report Zhu Wanru.

Although she knew that Zhu Wanru and others deserved what they had done, Xia Qingying really didn't like this Minister Ma who changed his attitude according to the situation.

"When did it happen?" asked Director Mu with a frown.

"It was last month when our regiment was recruiting new soldiers." Minister Ma continued:

"At that time, Zhu Wanru gave me a set of tea sets and a cake of tea leaves, trying to bribe me. She took advantage of my unpreparedness and left the gift in my office. Later, I found it and returned it to her. Don't worry, Commander, I definitely didn't accept her gift."

"Really?" Xia Qingli looked at the hypocritical gentleman in front of him and said in a joking tone:

"Why didn't I realize that Minister Ma was such a nice person before? He didn't accept any gifts, but helped people get things done. If Mo Ya and I hadn't met the head of the group, I'm afraid Minister Ma would have given Mo Ya's place to Mo Zhenzhen a long time ago."

The reason why Minister Ma reported Zhu Wanru in front of Xia Qingxi was actually to show his favor to her. After all, Xia Qingxi had Lu Jingzhen behind her.

Now she is a "favorite" in front of Head Mu. He offended her at that time, and he had been looking for an opportunity to get close to her and ease the relationship.

Now he just wanted to show his favor to her by reporting Zhu Wanru. He originally thought that they would work together in the future, and she would save some face for him no matter what. But he didn't expect that she would actually tear down her own plan in front of the head of the group.

"Teacher Xia, you have misunderstood before. Last time, I gave him Mo Ya's admission letter because Deputy Chief of Staff Mo came to me and said that Comrade Mo Ya was in poor health and was not suitable for work in the art troupe." As he said this, he looked at Director Mu and immediately began to express his loyalty:

"Director, everyone has seen it. For so many years, I have abided by my duties, worked diligently, and had no selfish motives."

"If Minister Ma is really as fair and strict as he says, why didn't he report this matter on the day he received the gift?" Xia Qing looked at Minister Ma with interest and asked incisively.

"At that time, Deputy Chief of Staff Mo's family did not say that the gift was for me. I thought she accidentally left it in my office, and I didn't report it for fear of causing misunderstanding. Later, I connected these things together and thought about it carefully, and then I realized that this was her bribe, so I immediately returned the gift." Minister Ma found a reasonable reason for his behavior without changing his expression:

"Today in the auditorium, I heard the head of the delegation say that he would write materials about this matter and submit it to his superiors. I think we can't hide this matter anymore. Comrade Zhu Wanru's behavior has seriously violated discipline and should be severely punished."

"Minister Ma is quite good at finding excuses." Xia Qingling smiled and looked at the man:

"I hope that when the leaders above investigate, Minister Ma is really clean-handed and has not taken any advantage from anyone."

Minister Ma's face changed when he heard this. He wondered if Xia Qingying was trying to scare him.

But now he really didn't dare to offend this woman. Even Zhu Wanru, who was so smart, fell into her hands. Her mind was really incomparable to ordinary people.

Head Mu looked at Minister Ma meaningfully and said,

"Go back and write a report, write down this matter in detail, and I will hand it in when the time comes."

"Okay, okay, I'll write it now." Minister Ma nodded and said.

Xia Qingying didn't expect Minister Ma to report Zhu Wanru at this time, but this was also an unexpected gain.

Although Zhu Wanru's helping Mo Zhenzhen to get a backdoor is not a serious crime, she was criticized, wrote self-criticisms, was put in solitary confinement, and had to undergo disciplinary training.

Most importantly, in the original book, Mo Jianguo was promoted to Chief of Staff this year, but now because of the impact of Zhu Wanru's incident, it is estimated that he will not be promoted and may even be demoted.

Mo

Jianguo has been in high spirits in recent days. Last week, his information was submitted and is undergoing administrative review.

He has been in the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for seven or eight years, and now it is finally time for him to be promoted.

At noon, when he was about to go to eat, a man walked into his office and told him what happened to Zhu Wanru in the art troupe that morning.

After hearing the whole story, Mo Jianguo threw the cup to the ground. In his eyes, his wife Zhu Wanru had always been very sensible because of her background, and he never thought she would cause such a big trouble.

Moreover, it happened at this critical moment when he was about to be promoted. Now everyone knew about it. Even if he wanted to go to Zhou Xuan, he had no chance.

He didn't even have time to eat lunch and hurried home. He clenched his fists and his face was full of anger. When

Mo Zhenzhen returned home, she also knew that she had caused a big trouble this time. Although she was slapped twice by her mother Zhu Wanru, she didn't dare to lose her temper like before.

She washed her face silently and hid in her room, feeling very nervous, wondering how her father would deal with them when he came back in the evening.

After Zhu Wanru returned home, she called Mo Xiaoxiao in Country M and told her about the situation here and asked her to return home early.

After hearing her daughter agreed to return home, Zhu Wanru was relieved. When

Mo Xiaoxiao left, she vowed to Zhu Wanru that Lu Jingchen would definitely divorce and marry her in the future. Zhu Wanru had a guess in her mind.

In her opinion, something must have happened between Lu Jingchen and Xiaoxiao, otherwise Xiaoxiao would not be so persistent in waiting for him, and it would be impossible for her to be so sure that Lu Jingchen would marry her in the future.

The biggest possibility is: the two of them also became husband and wife like she and Mo Jianguo did before.

Now she hated Xia Qingxi to the core, and no matter what means she used, she would not let her have an easy life in the future.

She also knew that Mo Jianguo would soon come home to accuse her, but she was not nervous at all, and she was quite confident in controlling men.

At this time, Mo Jianguo had already started to go upstairs. He took two steps at a time and angrily opened the door of his house with his hands raised...