Chapter 91 Gift Giving
The next morning, Jiang Ningyue finished washing up and wiped Gu Meng's face with a towel. Gu Meng opened her eyes blankly and asked, "What time is it now? What are you doing?"
"Get up quickly, I need to go give a gift."
"Gift?"
Gu Meng was confused, "What does that have to do with me?"
"Be my driver."
Gu Meng: “…”
After the two finished their meal, Jiang Ningyue went to Nian Sisi's home first. Nian Sisi did not live in her own large flat during the New Year, but lived in a villa area near the outer ring of Haining.
Arriving at the gate of the villa, Gu Meng did not get out of the car, Jiang Ningyue got out of the car carrying two gift boxes. Nian Sisi smiled and opened the door for Jiang Ningyue.
"Xiaoyue, this trip has taken long enough."
"It's mainly because I'm going home for the New Year."
After putting the things at the door, Jiang Ningyue put on slippers and sat in the living room. This time she finally met Nian Sisi's mysterious husband. After chatting for a few words, Jiang Ningyue stood up and said goodbye.
"I'm leaving Master. My friend is waiting for me outside."
"I wanted to keep you for lunch." Nian Sisi said with some regret.
"Looking back."
Jiang Ningyue waved her hand and left Nian Sisi's house. She then went to the director's house, delivered some things, chatted for a few awkward sentences, and then left.
"That's all?" Gu Meng asked curiously, "Why don't you just give it to your director or your master?"
"There's another person."
Jiang Ningyue took out her cell phone and dialed, "Sister, have you returned to Gulin?"
Li Chunyan smiled and said, "Your call is really timely. I just got home not long ago. Do you want to come?"
"Yes, sister, I was in Shannan before the New Year. I just came back last night and I'll give you some specialties from our Shannan Province."
"Just come here, no need to bring anything."
"That won't work."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jiang Ningyue asked, "By the way, sister, I'm taking my friend with me. I can't drive, right?"
"Friend?" Li Chunyan was puzzled.
"Yes, my best friend, Gu Meng. I don't know if you have heard of her."
"Oh, I've heard that. Come on, come on."
Li Chunyan was quite enthusiastic and had obviously heard of Jiang Ningyue's best friend.
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Ningyue adjusted the car navigation and said, "Let's go."
Gu Meng looked puzzled, "Who is it, so humble?"
"Humble?" Jiang Ningyue said with a smile, "You haven't seen how humble it is."
"So, who is it?"
"Gulin Municipal Party Committee Secretary, Li Chunyan."
"Oh. Her."
Gu Meng had seen news about her on Douyin. At the time, she was live-streaming with Jiang Ningyue, and she had become quite popular. However, Gu Meng still didn't feel anything and said nonchalantly, "If I didn't know, I would have thought she was the provincial party secretary."
Gu Meng's understanding of power is rather limited. In her eyes, she doesn't even take district heads or mayors seriously, but instead admires those billionaire bosses.
"Come on, if I had this kind of relationship with the provincial party secretary, you would be able to perform on the Spring Festival Gala this year."
"Hey, forget it."
The two of them drove all the way to Gulin City. As soon as they entered the city, their speed slowed down. When they arrived in the city, the traffic was extremely congested. Seeing the license plates from all over Haizhou, as well as a large number of license plates from other places, Gu Meng couldn't help but sigh:
"Gulin is really famous now. You have such a strong influence!"
"Come on, I don't have much influence."
Arriving at a clean and tidy commercial area in the city, Gu Meng parked the car in the basement under the command of Jiang Ningyue.
"The municipal party secretary lives here?"
Gu Meng was a little curious, "Shouldn't she live in some compound?"
"There's no place like this in Gulin City!"
The two of them took the elevator and arrived at an ordinary security door on the 17th floor. Jiang Ningyue knocked on the door. The nanny opened the door and smiled at Jiang Ningyue, saying, "Please come in. The secretary has been waiting for you."
"Okay, thank you."
The two went into the house to change shoes. Jiang Ningyue put her things on the ground and said, "Sister, I brought some specialties from my hometown for you."
"Thank you." Li Chunyan, dressed in her home clothes, greeted them with a smile. "You must be Gu Meng, right? I've seen you on TV. You're so beautiful."
"Thank you, Secretary."
Although he spoke with contempt, Gu Meng was still a little nervous when he saw the municipal party secretary.
"Serve the food, come on, let's eat and talk."
Li Chunyan invited the two to sit down in the restaurant.
The house was not big, only about 130 or 140 square meters, and the decoration was quite simple, better than that of an average home, but not too luxurious either.
Gu Meng made small talk: "Secretary, how much did you pay for this house?"
Jiang Ningyue looked at Gu Meng blankly. "Sister, this is such a weird topic! What if they didn't spend any money? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?"
"I really don't know about that." Li Chunyan was obviously not paying attention. "This is the housing arranged for me by the Municipal Party Committee. In short, it's rented."
"Rented?"
Gu Meng was shocked. "Why not buy one?"
Li Chunyan smiled and said, "Renting does not make one appear honest."
Gu Meng was so choked by Li Chunyan's honesty that she didn't know what to say. Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "Sister, you make sense."
"Yeah."
Li Chunyan smiled, picked up her chopsticks, and pointed at the food on the table, saying, "Hurry up and eat this. I asked the chef to make it for me. It tastes really good. It won't taste good if it gets cold."
The nanny came over and asked, "Secretary, would you like something to drink?"
"Yes." Li Chunyan said, "A drink on New Year's Day?"
Jiang Ningyue: "I can do anything."
Gu Meng: "I'll drive."
Li Chunyan smiled and said, "Driving is not a problem. I'll have someone take you back."
"How about some?"
The few of them ate and talked, of course, the focus of the topic was mainly what Jiang Ningyue saw and heard during her trip to Shannan. Li Chunyan nodded repeatedly when she heard it.
"Xiaoyue is still very capable."
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, while Gu Meng was in the bathroom, Li Chunyan smiled and picked up the wine glass, "Come on, Xiaoyue."
After the two of them drank a glass of wine, Li Chunyan slowly said, "Gulin City's tourism industry has developed quite well this year, which can be considered as meeting the expectations of the Provincial Party Committee for me. If nothing unexpected happens, my position can be promoted."
Jiang Ningyue, who hadn't been drunk to begin with, sobered up a bit. What did that mean? Was my bureau-level connection card going to be upgraded to vice-ministerial level?
"What specific location is it?" Jiang Ningyue looked curious.
Li Chunyan said: "It is definitely a position of real power, but it is still difficult to become a member of the Standing Committee."
“That’s pretty impressive too.”
The sound of the toilet door opening was heard and Gu Meng came out of the toilet.
Li Chunyan smiled and changed the subject, "I still think you're underemployed working in media monitoring journalism. You're so pretty, you should be doing positive publicity."
“But someone has to do the negative part too.”
"You have a strong sense of justice." Li Chunyan laughed, and Gu Meng also sat next to Jiang Ningyue.
Li Chunyan raised her glass and said, "Alright, let's toast to justice."
"Respect justice!"
The group enjoyed their meal and chatted for a while in the afternoon. Li Chunyan had another drinking party that evening, so Jiang Ningyue and Gu Meng left. Of course, they couldn't drive after drinking, so Li Chunyan arranged for a driver to take them home. After arriving at their destination, the driver left on his own.
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