Seeing Li Lin holding the hand of a strange girl, Li Lan felt very complicated.
She hopes that Li Lin can find a partner who truly loves him and hopes that Li Lin can be happy and blessed.
But when she actually saw Li Lin saying sweet words to another girl, she felt extremely lost.
But what can she do?
She was sent by the leader to protect Li Lin. In a sense, this was her job, her mission...how could she be emotional?
Zhao Yuehui seemed to see that Li Lan was worried, so he glanced at Wang Jin and Chang Zaixin, then quietly sat back in his seat, leaving Li Lan alone in deep thought.
When she realized that the three leaders had left, she quickly adjusted her mentality, turned around, smiled apologetically at Wang Jin and the others, and turned around to return to her seat.
Just as she was about to turn around, Li Lin saw her and walked towards her with a smile.
"Sister, why are you standing here alone?" Li Lin asked her.
Li Lan smiled and said, "I saw you talking to a pretty girl from a distance, and I didn't want to disturb you, so I stood here to watch. The girl is pretty good, and I heard from you that she is a teacher at Han University, which is nice..."
She originally wanted to persuade Li Lin to find out the other party's background, but after thinking about it, she realized that Li Lin was still so young, and it was normal to fall in love. It was not certain that the two of them would be together until the end, so it was better for them not to know each other so clearly, so that they would have fewer concerns when they separated in the future.
At this time, Xu Wen also walked towards them with a subtle smile.
Li Lin introduced Xu Wen, "Wenwen, this is my sister Li Lan, who now works in the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee."
He simply introduced where Li Lan worked without revealing her position because he did not want to put any psychological pressure on Xu Wen and feared that she would feel restrained.
"Sister Lan, this is Xu Wen, a teacher at Handan University and my girlfriend." Li Lin said to Li Lan with a smile.
Li Lan looked at Xu Wen, smiled and nodded, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Wenwen, nice to meet you."
Xu Wen shook Li Lan's hand gracefully and smiled, "Sister Lan, I'm glad to meet you too. You're so beautiful, just like... just like a female star in a movie..."
"Oh?" Li Lan smiled faintly and said, "You are also very beautiful, and you look like a well-educated and well-mannered girl. How are you doing? Are you happy working at Han University?"
Li Lan's original intention was to show her parental affinity as Li Lin's sister, to show concern for Xu Wen's work and life, and to bring them closer to each other.
Xu Wen smiled heartily and said, "Thank you, Sister Lan, for your concern. My work and life are going well now. Sister Lan, you are welcome to visit me at Handan University anytime. I will take you to taste the delicious food in the Handan University cafeteria, hehe..."
Go play with her?
Li Lan was stunned for a moment. Ever since Zhang Tiantian's accident, no one had spoken to him in such a casual and playful tone for a long time.
Her heart suddenly felt warm, and she relaxed completely, and her liking for Xu Wen increased a little.
She instinctively thought that Xu Wen didn't know her identity, so she could talk to her so easily. If Xu Wen knew that she was a provincial-level official, she would definitely be reserved...
But she underestimated Xu Wen.
Although no one had introduced Li Lan's identity to Xu Wen, Xu Wen knew through her own observation that Li Lan was standing so close to Secretary Wang Jin and Governor Zhao that her status was not low.
Furthermore, except for the candidates, none of the provincial cadres invited to attend the ceremony today are below the department level.
Therefore, even though Xu Wen knew that Li Lan's status was not low, she was still not restrained in her attitude towards her, because she had seen too many department-level and ministerial-level leaders... and was already accustomed to it.
Just now she was still hesitating whether to say hello to Secretary Wang Jin. But then she thought, if Li Lin knew that she knew Secretary Wang Jin, he might think too much. Especially since Li Lin had just won the title of Outstanding Youth, she was afraid that Li Lin might misunderstand that his winning was arranged by Xu Wen in advance... It would be bad if it hurt Li Lin's self-esteem.
Most importantly, she was afraid that after Li Lin learned about her background, the relationship between them would undergo subtle changes, leading to some kind of estrangement... This was something she didn't want to see and didn't dare to imagine.
Li Lan invited the two to have lunch at her house tomorrow at noon. After a brief greeting, they went their separate ways.
Li Lan and Chang Zaixin sat together.
As soon as she sat down, Chang Zaixin gossiped to Li Lan, "Xiao Lan, your brother is so lucky to have such a good girlfriend. Wow, I envy him. You were the one who brought them together, weren't you?"
Hearing Chang Zaixin's words, Li Lan didn't think too much about it. He smiled and said, "I did introduce him to quite a few girls. I introduced all the daughters of high-ranking officials in our province to him, but he didn't pick any of them. This one was the only one I didn't introduce. I don't know how the two of them knew each other."
"Oh?" Chang Zaixin was even more surprised, thinking that Li Lin was lucky enough to meet the daughter of a ministerial leader so easily, so he smiled and said, "That shows that Xiao Lin has high standards. Look at his current girlfriend. She is indeed much better than those second-generation girls in our province!"
Is it strong?
Li Lan gave a noncommittal smile and shook her head with a bitter smile. In her eyes, Xu Wen was just an ordinary teacher at Handan University. How could she have a stronger status and background than the girl she introduced to Li Lin?
Chang Zaixin looked at her expression and asked her in confusion, "You don't know the identity of Xiaolin's girlfriend yet, do you?"
ah?
Li Lan was stunned, looked at Chang Zaixin in confusion, and asked, "What is her identity?"
Chang Zaixin slapped his thigh and said in surprise, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're not doing your job as a sister. You don't even know the background of your brother's girlfriend, which shows that you don't care enough about Xiaolin."
Li Lan felt a little ashamed, blushed, and asked, "Minister, I haven't had time to ask Xiao Lin, what is her identity?"
Chang Zaixin continued to be mysterious, looking at Xu Wen standing not far away, and said to Li Lan mysteriously, "You are also from Yanjing. Her last name is Xu, right? Think about how many ministerial-level leaders with the last name Xu there are in Yanjing?"
Last name Xu?
Ministerial level?
Li Lan thought quickly in her mind. Among the ministerial-level leaders serving in Yanjing, there were only a few with the surname Xu... Then she suddenly realized that it was no wonder that she felt so familiar when she first heard Xu Wen's name... She must have seen or heard it somewhere!
Chang Zaixin smiled and revealed the answer directly, saying, "Forget it, she is the daughter of Director Xu of the National Tax Bureau!"
ah? !
Is Xu Wen the child of Xu Yongchang?
Li Lan was completely stunned.
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