Chapter 364: Visiting a Friend (Part 2)
At this moment, the door opened again and a middle-aged man walked in. This man was tall and slightly fat, with fair skin, wearing large glasses, and had an amiable face, full of bookish air.
Behind him was a woman in her twenties, carrying two boxes of ordinary gifts.
As soon as the woman entered the room, she greeted Li Chunyan: "Master's wife."
"Yeah." Li Chunyan nodded kindly, but she didn't actually know this woman.
Instead, Fu Wenyi smiled and greeted the woman, "Hello!"
The woman also greeted Fu Wenyi with a smile when she saw him.
Li Chunyan introduced the middle-aged man to Jiang Ningyue: "This is your brother-in-law."
"Brother-in-law." Jiang Ningyue greeted with a smile.
Fu Aihua's eyes were so narrowed that they were invisible when she smiled. "Hello, hello. I always hear Chunyan mention you."
Li Chunyan also mentioned her husband to Jiang Ningyue.
Li Chunyan's husband, Fu Aihua, is a professor at Capital University, where they were classmates. After graduating, Li Chunyan went to work for a central government department, while Fu Aihua chose to continue her studies and eventually became a teacher at the university.
Their marriage had some twists and turns. Li Chunyan's father was also an old revolutionary and a military man. He didn't like bookish "pretty boys" like Fu Aihua. He also had a stubborn personality and was the only one who was in charge at home.
However, Li Chunyan insisted on marrying Fu Aihua, and she had several arguments with her father over this. In the end, their marriage was delayed until she was 27 or 28 years old.
Although lovers eventually marry, having a strong wife who works away from home all year round is not a good thing. It must have been difficult for her brother-in-law after all their marriage. After all, he had to shoulder most of the family responsibilities, especially regarding Fu Wenyi's education.
The fact that Fu Wenyi did not grow up to be a bad person and was not the kind of second-generation official who would get into trouble was enough to prove that Fu Aihua was still very dedicated in education.
After introducing her husband, Li Chunyan glared at Fu Aihua with dissatisfaction.
What I mean is, I told you that my sister is coming home today, so what do you mean by bringing a stranger here?
Fu Aihua quickly explained with a smile: "This is Xiao Zhao, Zhao Jing, the graduate student I used to supervise. I just ran into her on my way back."
Zhao Jing also quickly said, "Teacher, Master's wife, I just came to see you two. I didn't know you had guests at home. I won't disturb you anymore. I'm leaving now."
Fu Wenyi raised her head and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Senior sister, why don't you stay for dinner before leaving?"
As he spoke, Fu Wenyi looked at Li Chunyan and said, "Mom, Senior Sister is very nice. She used to help me with my homework."
Since her own precious daughter said this, what else could Li Chunyan say?
It would be inappropriate not to let people sit for a while when they come to deliver something, but isn’t Jiang Ningyue here today?
However, it was inappropriate to chase them away now. Now that Fu Aihua had returned, the others went to the restaurant for dinner.
Zhao Jing looked at Jiang Ningyue in surprise and whispered, "Are you Jiang Ningyue? I didn't even recognize you just now."
Jiang Ningyue smiled and nodded. It seemed that she was still well-known among the younger generation.
After a few people ate and drank, the previous sense of strangeness disappeared.
Fu Aihua drank a sip of the medicinal wine that Jiang Ningyue brought, and said with a look of enjoyment, "Good wine!"
"It's not like you haven't drunk it before." Li Chunyan looked amused. She had taken back a lot of the wine that Jiang Ningyue had given her before.
"I didn't drink much." Fu Aihua said a little aggrievedly, "My eldest and second uncles took them all away, and your old man keeps asking me for this."
Li Chunyan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
After taking another sip of wine, Fu Aihua looked at Zhao Jing and asked, "Where do you work now?"
Zhao Jing immediately replied, "I work at the International Development Agency. I wanted to apply for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but I didn't get in."
“The Agency for International Development is also good.”
Fu Aihua smiled and said, "Most of the management here are from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There are more opportunities in a newly established department like this."
"I think so too." Zhao Jing smiled.
When Jiang Ningyue and Li Chunyan heard that Zhao Jing was from the International Development Agency, they both had blank expressions.
Instead, Fu Wenyi asked curiously, "Is it the one near Wangfujing?"
Zhao Jing nodded, "Yes, junior sister, have you been there?"
"No."
Fu Wenyi pointed at Jiang Ningyue and said, "Sister Yueyue just said that she was also transferred to that agency."
"Really?" Zhao Jing asked curiously.
Jiang Ningyue smiled and nodded, but didn't say anything.
Fu Aihua asked curiously, "Hey, Xiaoyue, aren't you in the Haizhou Provincial Organization Department? How did you get transferred to the International Development Agency?"
Zhao Jing and Jiang Ningyue could ignore each other, but they still had to answer Fu Aihua's questions.
"Oh, that's right. I know Karin von Leyen. Wasn't she elected President of the European Commission? So Chai Yong invited me to work at the Agency for International Development."
Zhao Jing scratched her head when she heard Jiang Ningyue's words "nothing special". She knew the President of the European Commission and was personally invited by Chai Yong.
"oh."
Fu Aihua nodded after hearing this. "I see. I know this Karin. She's publicly stated a tough stance against Russia on many occasions and has often sent unfriendly signals toward China. However, her stance has softened somewhat since this year. It's surprising that you have a good personal relationship with her. However, between countries, personal relationships can sometimes be less important. What we need to do now is to find those centrists and fence-sitters, expand cooperation with them, and increase the voice of pro-China factions. After all, the EU is not united."
Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "Brother-in-law is very professional the moment he speaks."
Li Chunyan smiled and said, "Your brother-in-law is a professor of 'International Politics' and 'International Relations'. When you bring this up, you're entering into his area of expertise."
Jiang Ningyue's eyes lit up. "Then brother-in-law, please explain it to me in detail. To be honest, I was forced to do this and I really don't understand international relations."
"No problem." As a professor at Capital University, Fu Aihua could talk about this for three days and three nights without finishing his speech.
So, this dinner table became his podium.
Fu Wenyi felt bored, but seeing Jiang Ningyue listening with great interest, he felt embarrassed to interrupt.
However, this conversation lasted the entire afternoon. Fu Aihua used to take a nap, but now he didn't even bother to sleep. After the restaurant conversation, they went to the living room. However, Jiang Ningyue did benefit greatly from it. At least she wouldn't be completely clueless when she arrived at her new workplace.
Zhao Jing said goodbye and left early. Fu Wenyi felt bored, but couldn't bear to leave Jiang Ningyue, so he leaned next to Jiang Ningyue and played with his mobile phone.
Li Chunyan also sat next to them with a smile, and occasionally put forward some opinions.
As the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, although she is not a professional in this field, she knows as much as Professor Fu Aihua.
However, Jiang Ningyue couldn't do those empty things.
She came to the International Development Agency, wanting to use her abilities to do something practical and seek benefits for the country.
On October 8, the first day after National Day, Jiang Ningyue drove to the Agency for International Development.
Upon learning of Jiang Ningyue's arrival, Director Chai Yong, Deputy Director Wei Pu, Director of the Party Committee Department of the Agency Yang Zhen, Director of the Foreign Affairs Department Jin Cheng, Deputy Director of the General Affairs Department Zeng Fan and others personally welcomed her to show their respect.
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