Mayor Chen slammed his teacup down on the table. "What are you reminding me of? I didn't do anything! I'll take responsibility for my actions!"
"Yes, yes, of course we believe you. It's just that this matter has been discovered, and our idea is to deal with it before it gets out. The secretariat is really incompetent; frankly, they haven't been able to do many things in the office lately. They can only do odd jobs. But our secretariat's work is very important, and this is a bit of a drag on our work." Director Zhou, who is always straightforward, didn't give his superior any face this time.
"..." Mayor Chen felt utterly humiliated. He took a breath. "Everyone leave. Not a single one can be left behind."
Director Zhou asked, "What about your spouse?"
"I'm going to settle the score with her. Never mind!"
Mayor Chen said angrily.
Director Zhou was relieved and quickly went to report the situation to Secretary Qiu and handle the matter.
Li Mei, who had been standing silently to the side, quickly refilled Mayor Chen's teacup with water. "Mayor Chen, please calm down. Don't get upset and harm your health. This matter has been resolved now, so please put your mind at ease."
Mayor Chen said with a stern face, "I'm fine."
Li Mei said, "Actually, I think it's fortunate that we found out early. Otherwise, it would have been a handle for someone to use against us later. Vice Mayor Xu's actions were also unethical; he did this without telling you. Isn't that harming people? Knowing that your wife doesn't usually handle things, he still went to see her. I don't know what he was trying to do."
Mayor Chen's face darkened further. He was extremely displeased. Everyone knew except him.
It's fortunate that although Lao Qiu is annoying, he's not the scheming type; otherwise, if we reported him now, he would be punished. He might even be framed for something serious.
"Mayor Chen, I'll definitely keep an eye on Vice Mayor Xu's side from now on. They've been making moves as soon as they arrived, so we'd better be careful."
"Hmm," Mayor Chen responded, inwardly disliking the person who started this whole thing.
He had initially planned to ignore everything, leaving the newcomers to their own devices, as long as he secured his position. He wanted Lao Qiu to handle the situation.
But if it happens to you, that's a different story.
Seeing Mayor Chen's expression, Li Mei didn't continue to urge him to cultivate a good relationship with Secretary Qiu. She wanted to proceed gradually, worried that doing it all at once might easily upset Mayor Chen.
When Mayor Chen returned home at noon, he threw a huge tantrum.
Mayor Chen's wife was so frightened that she didn't dare to say a word.
Mayor Chen pointed at her and said, "Don't associate with just anyone in the future. What's the point of associating with people you don't even know?
Mayor Chen's wife said aggrievedly, "They were very enthusiastic and even offered to help. I didn't think much of it at the time, and they didn't ask us to help. It was only after we helped that they asked."
Hearing this, Mayor Chen became even angrier.
If you really want to assign him work, does he not have the ability to do so?
They even resorted to forcing people to buy or sell.
"Anyway, don't associate with them anymore. There are so many people in this compound, why do you have to associate with just one?"
"I know, I know," Mayor Chen's wife assured him. Even if she were incredibly bold, she wouldn't dare do anything to harm Old Chen.
She hadn't expected it to affect the old town. She thought the people were arranged by the Xu family and had nothing to do with the Chen family. Who knew the blame would still fall on the Chen family?
If things really turned out like Old Chen's, it might become a handle against him later. It would be lucky that it was discovered early.
While out buying firewood in the afternoon, Mayor Chen's wife and Deputy Mayor Xu's wife bumped into each other. Usually, the two would exchange warm greetings. But this time, Mayor Chen's wife simply walked away with a stern face.
Deputy Mayor Xu's wife looked completely bewildered. Turning back to look at Mayor Chen's wife's retreating figure, she couldn't help but grit her teeth, "Taking a bribe and still putting on a show, how shameless of her."
When her husband came home that evening, she complained a lot, feeling that the Chen family was dishonest. After taking the bribes, they didn't do anything and even turned their backs on her.
Vice Mayor Xu rubbed his temples. "Goodbye, those two relatives of Mayor Chen have left the Secretariat."
"Huh? Where did they go?" Vice Mayor Xu's wife asked in surprise.
"He was dismissed because he didn't do his job well."
"...Who did it?"
"It was Mayor Chen who said it."
"..." Vice Mayor Xu's wife was stunned. What does this mean?
Vice Mayor Xu sighed, "Don't get involved in these things anymore. When I was neutral, both Secretary Qiu and Mayor Chen wanted to get along with me. Now I'm in a very passive position. Mayor Chen didn't give me a friendly look at the meeting today either."
"Why should I? I'm doing this for their family," said Vice Mayor Xu's wife angrily.
"I don't know what went wrong. I've never seen someone change their mind so quickly, faster than flipping through a book. Anyway, for now, I can only align myself with Secretary Qiu."
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