Yu Shaoheng also came over and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
"Let's gossip!" Wen Moxue blurted out.
"Whose gossip is this?" Yu Shaoheng asked.
Lu Yuan chuckled, "It's just a few things between Director Qian and Secretary Feng."
"Really? Tell me quickly."
Yu Shaoheng immediately became interested, took off his shoes and got onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and picked up Sanbao, who was lying with his eyes open, while the other two were fast asleep, so he didn't move.
Xiao Fan tried to slip away under some pretext.
"Well, I'm going to work for County Chief Luo now, let's talk again next time!"
"Come back!" Lu Yuan grabbed him.
"County Chief Luo said you're already on vacation, so why would he need you to do any work?"
Helpless, Xiao Fan could only recount the events that happened between Qian Weixin and Feng Tao back then.
Both were from the county town and were neighbors, having grown up together. They were both capable, went to university together, and then both started working for the county government after graduation.
This relationship looks very strong.
Not long after joining the company, he met a young and beautiful female colleague. At first, the three of them got along well, but soon Qian Weixin began to dislike the female colleague.
His dislike was obvious, yet not long after, Feng Tao started dating him.
Qian Weixin strongly objected, but his good friend wouldn't listen, saying that Feng Tao had prejudices and misunderstandings about his girlfriend, leaving Qian Weixin helpless.
Once, a female colleague said she wanted to eat fish. It was during the chilly second or third month of the lunar calendar, which was not a good time to catch fish.
The weather is too cold, and the ice isn't very solid; it's easy to fall into the icy river.
But Feng Tao and his girlfriend were deeply in love, so they didn't care about anything else and actually went ice fishing.
An unexpected incident did occur, but fortunately, someone discovered them in time and rescued them.
"There's some controversy about who saved him," Xiao Fan said.
"How so?"
Yu Shaoheng peeled a tangerine, ate it in one bite, and asked indistinctly.
They even mischievously kept stuffing orange peels into Sanbao's mouth.
Sanbao rolled his eyes inwardly. Was this some kind of bullying of a child?
She tilted her head and dodged a few times, but when she saw that he wouldn't let it go, she got angry and bit her finger.
"Ah—hiss—"
Yu Shaoheng screamed in pain and quickly pulled his hand back, only to find that he had almost bitten through the skin.
"Ouch, Sanbao, how come you've learned to bite?"
Now that it has four teeth, and with its strong bite, it really hurts. If you don't control your strength, it might draw blood.
Xiao Fan rolled his eyes at him, took the three treasures, and said, "You deserve it. Who told you to bully him?"
Knowing he was in the wrong, Yu Shaoheng stopped complaining, chuckled, peeled another orange and fed it to Sanbao, and even took the opportunity to stuff several segments into Xiao Fan's mouth.
"You should also moisten your mouth, and then continue talking quickly after you finish eating."
Xiao Fan took a deep breath with the orange in his mouth, barely managing to restrain himself from hitting the guy.
He chewed it a couple of times angrily and swallowed it, then continued, "My female colleague said it was she and her brother who saved the person, but some people say it was Director Qian who saved them."
"Secretary Feng himself doesn't know?" Wen Muxue asked.
"I don't know. Secretary Feng was unconscious at the time, which also damaged his health. He is afraid of the cold in winter and is prone to catching colds and getting sick."
"No wonder Director Qian said those things before."
Lu Yuan found it amusing to think of his sarcastic remark that Feng Tao could faint from the cold while queuing for food.
"Who exactly saved him?" Yu Shaoheng pressed.
Xiao Fan shook his head. "I don't know, but I heard that Director Qian didn't give any further explanation, so many people assumed that it was his female colleague and her brother who saved them. It seems that Secretary Feng himself also thinks so."
"Then it was probably his female colleague and her brother who saved him," Yu Shaoheng said.
Lu Yuan stroked his chin, but had a different opinion. "Not necessarily. Director Qian is a cold person. If it wasn't him who saved the person, he would have explained and made it clear that he wasn't the one who saved them."
The others nodded thoughtfully.
"So that means Director Qian saved the person?" Yu Shaoheng was completely confused.
"Who cares who saved him, Xiao Fan, please continue," Lu Yuan said.
There's no point in dwelling on who saved them now.
Xiao Fan nodded and continued, "Not long after this incident, Director Qian's work ran into problems."
"What's the problem?" Lu Yuan, Wen Moxue, and Yu Shaoheng asked in unison, while Sanbao stared at him with wide eyes.
Xiao Fan really wanted to laugh. Sanbao, a little baby, seemed to understand what he was saying and was listening with great interest.
He twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "They said they lost an important document. Fortunately, Director Qian has a good memory and remembered the contents of the document, so it didn't delay the work, but he was punished by his superiors for it."
"What does this have to do with the gossip and conflict between the two of them?" Lu Yuan asked, puzzled.
"Of course it's related, because the document was found at Secretary Feng's residence not long after."
"Huh? No way, Secretary Feng took the document?" Yu Shaoheng was shocked.
Xiao Fan gave him a look as if he were an idiot.
"And then?" Wen Muxue asked directly.
"Later, Director Qian said that he had forgotten to leave the important documents at Secretary Feng's residence. The leader was furious and gave him a severe scolding."
"So, did Secretary Feng take it, or did Director Qian forget about it?" Yu Shaoheng asked again.
The three treasures gave him a look, letting him figure it out himself. Someone with such a good memory can remember the contents of a document after seeing it. How could he forget where he put the document?
As for whether Secretary Feng took the document, there's probably more to the story.
"I don't know!" Xiao Fan didn't want to explain anything further.
Wen Muxue asked, "So, from this moment on, their relationship deteriorated?"
"That's not entirely true," Xiao Fan replied.
"It wasn't so bad at first, but there was some distance between us. Then the Revolutionary Committee was established, and Director Qian went to work there. The next day, he sealed off the female colleague's house. I heard that the female colleague was already engaged to Secretary Feng and was about to get married. Later, the woman's family was investigated and sent to the countryside, and Secretary Feng's marriage was called off. From then on, their relationship became very strained."
"I thought it was some kind of love triangle, but it turns out it's not!" Wen Muxue was a little disappointed.
Lu Yuan looked at Xiao Fan and praised, "Not bad, Xiao Fan. I thought you wouldn't gossip with your colleagues at work because of your cold personality, but it turns out that's not the case."
Xiao Fan didn't explain that it wasn't because he was deliberately gossiping, but because his colleagues often talked about it, making it hard for him to avoid listening.
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