This unexpected turn of events left Su Yu somewhat flattered. She asked again, "Secretary Song, why would Mayor Qiu be concerned about my college entrance exam?"
Even if Mayor Qiu had met and spoken with her, and seemed to have shown some appreciation, it's unlikely he would have taken the time out of his busy schedule to inquire about her studies and have Secretary Song prepare review materials for her.
Secretary Song feigned impatience, saying, "If Mayor Qiu didn't prepare it for you, do you think I would want to prepare it for you? I'm usually very busy with work, so I don't have time to deal with these kinds of things."
Su Yu thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right. Whoever it is, it certainly won't be you, Secretary Song." Secretary Song isn't exactly a helpful person either.
Secretary Song: "..."
Seeing Secretary Song's dark expression, Su Yu immediately smiled and said, "Oh, I meant you're too busy. But I really didn't expect Mayor Qiu to care so much about someone like me."
Secretary Song took a sip of water to cover up his unease, and said in a serious tone, "Mayor Qiu has always been very concerned about the development of young people. He treats others the same way, so there's nothing strange about it."
Hearing Secretary Song's explanation, Su Yu thought about it carefully. Leaders in this era had all suffered hardships; many were veteran revolutionaries, truly dedicated to serving the people. Therefore, reaching Mayor Qiu's level wasn't impossible.
Su Yu was suddenly quite moved, never expecting that leaders in this era could be so compassionate towards their people. She had no relatives or friends, yet someone cared about her studies. This kind of leader was truly admirable; in a word, excellent!
She said sincerely, "Then I must thank Mayor Qiu properly next time."
"Pfft...cough cough..." Secretary Song choked and coughed, covering her mouth.
Su Yu raised an eyebrow at him. "Secretary Song, what's wrong?"
Secretary Song waved his hand, bent over, and coughed on the ground. Oh no, he felt he was getting more and more confused.
Su Yu kindly came over and patted his back hard to help him catch his breath, saying as she did so, "Secretary Song, are you feeling any better?"
Secretary Song nodded while coughing.
"Are you coming to our factory on April 1st?"
Secretary Song nodded again.
"If you have the chance, please try to persuade Mayor Qiu as well."
"Hmm." Secretary Song nodded, covering her mouth. Then she suddenly turned around and glared at her, "Comrade Su, I didn't agree to anything."
Su Yu nodded, "Yes, yes, I didn't see anything. But Secretary Song, if we can't invite Mayor Qiu, it would be good if you came over and showed up to support us."
Seeing Su Yu's cooperation, Secretary Song said, "I'll think about it."
Su Yu thought for a moment and smiled, "We'll treat you to lunch then. Secretary Song, you can have whatever you want to eat."
Secretary Song looked at the ceiling and said, "I don't actually like eating that much."
Who are you kidding? "So what do you want to do?"
"A new movie has recently been released..."
"Okay, I'll buy you the ticket!"
"..."
What kind of tickets do you want to buy?
Secretary Zhu came in from outside, thinking he had arrived quite early, but it turned out that Secretary Song had also arrived early.
Secretary Song said, "Why are you asking so many questions about other women's affairs?"
Su Yu smiled but remained silent, as this concerned Secretary Song's reputation.
Secretary Zhu glanced at Secretary Song but didn't ask any further questions. She simply got up to order, saying, "I'll go see what's good to eat."
After Secretary Zhu left, Su Yu secretly said to Secretary Song, "Secretary Song, our textile factory cordially invites you to come, would you like to?"
Looking at Su Yu's face, Secretary Song took a deep breath, feeling like she couldn't breathe properly. "Fine, fine, fine!" The noise is making everyone dizzy!
Su Yu gave an OK sign. The primary purpose of today's meal had been achieved, and she could now report back to Chairman Sun.
Secretary Zhu was ordering food when Secretary Zhou and Secretary Gao arrived.
Seeing that both Secretary Song and Su Yu were present, Secretary Zhou felt secretly pleased. He'd got it; there was definitely something going on. And he'd been keeping it from everyone.
However, since the two hadn't explicitly stated it, he wouldn't be foolish enough to do it with others. He couldn't afford to offend anyone like that.
"Secretary Song, Secretary Su, you've arrived."
Secretary Gao said, "You should call her Director Su now. She was promoted a long time ago."
"Oh dear, I still think calling her Secretary Su feels more intimate," Secretary Zhou said with a smile.
Su Yu smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, call me whatever you like. As long as everyone's happy. We're all family, no need for formalities."
Secretary Zhou clapped his hands, "Secretary Su's words are impressive."
Secretary Song watched their conversation calmly from the side, but her heart was in turmoil. Oh no, she forgot to remind Zhou not to talk nonsense.
Finding that the protagonist wasn't moving, Secretary Gao sat down next to him and put her arm around his shoulder, saying, "Secretary Song, why are you unhappy? Have you been under a lot of work pressure lately?"
Secretary Song squinted at Secretary Zhou, "It's nothing."
Secretary Zhou raised an eyebrow, then winked at him, looking like she knew what she was doing.
Secretary Song felt relieved.
During the meal, everyone spontaneously started talking about the newly built buildings at the textile factory.
Building houses is a big deal for any organization, especially a textile factory building its own, and the fact that it's different from what they used to be makes it seem quite strange. This attracted many workers to come and see what was going on. Afterwards, they went back to the factory and started bragging about it, which made many workers interested. They went back to the factory and complained to the management about why the factory wasn't building its own houses.
Secretary Zhou said, "Forget about them, I'm envious too. Hey, how come you build such nice houses, with separate rooms? I hear the bigger houses even have kitchens and toilets."
Su Yu explained, "The workers borrowed money this time, so the factory had enough funds and decided to build some better units. Only the larger units are available, since there are more people living there. It will make life more convenient. A house is a big deal, it's for several generations, so of course we'll build it the best we can."
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