At this moment, Lu Guoqing's appearance could not be described as disheveled; he looked no different from a beggar.
His beard was stubble, and his hair was mixed with mud and ash, making him look very disheveled.
His original clothes had long been replaced. He was wearing a tattered, unpatched garment, and his trousers were clearly ill-fitting and too short. His leather shoes had been replaced with straw sandals that exposed his feet.
It was estimated that it hadn't showered since it came to the farm, and it reeked of a strong, foul odor.
In just a few days, he looked like he had aged twenty years.
When he first came back, he looked like he was in his forties when he was in his fifties, but now he looks like an old man in his sixties.
The woman could hardly believe her eyes and found it hard to accept.
After all, there's a significant difference between dating a man in his forties and a man in his sixties or seventies.
Lu Guoqing was overjoyed to see them.
Forgetting his own state for a moment, he lunged forward and hugged the woman tightly.
“Baby, you’re finally here. I knew you’d come to pick me up.”
"Ugh, ugh..."
The woman pushed him away and then gagged.
Lu Guoqing looked hurt. "Baby, you're disgusted with me?"
Guo Conglin, his two henchmen, and the farm staff were also about to vomit, but they were a little further away. It wasn't because of Lu Guoqing's smell that they wanted to vomit, but because they were so disgusted by him that they almost threw up.
A dirty, beggar-like old man calling a young, fashionable woman "baby" in a pitiful voice—it's disgusting no matter how you look at it.
The woman really vomited; she vomited violently.
This time, Lu Guoqing wasn't injured, but furious.
"You dare to look down on me? Don't forget what you looked like back then, and who pulled you out of the stinking ditch."
The woman waved her hand hurriedly, and only after a while, enduring her discomfort, did she speak.
“Brother Lu, you’ve misunderstood. I’m not disgusted by you, it’s just that I’m pregnant and I felt very uncomfortable on the way here and wanted to throw up.”
"Pregnant? Really?" Lu Guoqing exclaimed in surprise.
If she were pregnant, that would be understandable.
"Of course it's true. I haven't had my period for two months, and I've been feeling nauseous a lot lately. I must be pregnant."
Although she hadn't gone to the hospital for a checkup yet, she already had this suspicion in her mind.
She originally planned to go to the hospital for a diagnosis before telling Lu Guoqing, but since this just happened, she had no choice but to tell him now.
Otherwise, there will be a rift between the two.
Lu Guoqing was very happy. He never expected that he could become a father in his fifties, which also showed that he was still vigorous, and he was very proud of it.
I no longer feel so ashamed of my current disheveled state.
The farm arranged for him to go to the public bathhouse to wash up and change back into his old clothes.
At this moment, the woman finally took his hand again.
Guo Conglin also breathed a heavy sigh of relief; this was more like the demeanor of a Hong Kong businessman.
"Hello Mr. Lu, I am Guo Conglin, the deputy secretary of the county. I am very sorry for mistakenly sending you to the farm. I apologize to you here."
Lu Guoqing raised his chin, glanced at him sideways, and snorted coldly.
“What’s the use of an apology? They didn’t send me to the farm by mistake; it was clearly intentional. I will definitely hold them accountable.”
Guo Conglin nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I will definitely deal with this matter seriously, and I will not let any of the relevant personnel go unpunished. I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."
"Come back to the county with us first. We have prepared a guesthouse for you. If you go back to the commune and brigade to inspect investment projects later, I will arrange a special car to pick you up and accompany you personally throughout the process."
He deliberately didn't say he was going back to pay respects to his ancestors, but instead said he was inspecting projects, so that Lu Guoqing would know that only for this reason would he receive accommodation and a private car.
Lu Guoqing originally wanted to say that he wasn't going back to investigate investment projects, but to show the whole village how successful he was now.
However, upon hearing that there would be a private car to pick him up and that the deputy secretary would personally accompany him, he went along with what the other party said and even made promises to them.
"Thank you very much, Secretary Guo! If I really find a good project after investigation, I will definitely consider investing in it."
He deliberately removed the word "deputy," which made Guo Conglin secretly delighted.
At the same time, he felt that it was his own sincerity that moved Lu Guoqing, which made him consider investing, and he was very happy.
"That's wonderful. If you have any needs in the future, please let me know as soon as possible, and I will do my best to help you with them."
In the blink of an eye, the way he addressed him had changed from Mr. Lu to Boss Lu.
The two had a pleasant first meeting.
The group returned to the county overnight, and Guo Conglin settled them in the best guesthouse in the county.
"Mr. Lu, please take a rest. There's a restaurant at the guesthouse; just tell the kitchen what you'd like to eat. If you need anything, you can also contact the staff at the guesthouse, and they'll let me know."
Lu Guoqing was very satisfied. "Good, thank you, Secretary Guo."
The next day,
Upon returning to his unit, Guo Conglin immediately requested a meeting to discuss how to deal with the group of people who had sent Lu Guoqing to the farm.
“I repeatedly stated that Comrade Lu Guoqing was a Hong Kong businessman, but County Chief Qian just wouldn’t believe it and insisted on refusing to go to the farm to pick him up.”
"Lin Pengfei, the director of the Hongxing Commune Police Station, He Shenghua, the secretary of the commune, and Lu Yuan, the culprit, should all be held responsible for this matter."
“Take responsibility? What responsibility does Deputy Secretary Guo want us to take?” Qian Weixin asked in a deep voice.
Guo Conglin chuckled, "Isn't it in a meeting to discuss the specifics? We definitely need to give the Hong Kong businessmen an explanation."
"I believe he must be severely punished. Otherwise, this Hong Kong businessman, Comrade Lu, will not be appeased and will decide not to invest here anymore. That would be a huge loss, and no one can bear that responsibility."
Feng Tao scoffed, "Does this mean that Comrade Lu Guoqing has already decided to invest here?"
"Not yet, but they have already expressed their opinion that if this matter is handled to their satisfaction, they will seriously consider investing."
"Ha, that's still just a pipe dream."
"Where did they disappear to? I already said I'd deal with this before considering it."
Qian Weixin was so angry he almost laughed. He said, "Fine, let's deal with this first."
Thirty years ago, Lu Guoqing stole Lu Yuan, causing his parents to search for their child for twenty years. Finally, their hard work paid off and they found their son.
"But when Lu Guoqing realized that his scheme had been exposed, he abandoned his two underage children and fled overnight. He remained on the run for ten years."
“When he returned a few days ago, the members of Changhe Brigade recognized him and took him to the police station. The police station took the case very seriously and interrogated him overnight. Lu Guoqing confessed to what happened back then. According to regulations, this person can be sent to the farm.”
"What's wrong with the police station sending people to the farm according to regulations? Deputy Secretary Guo, tell me, what did they do wrong?"
Guo Conglin said, "Even if they acted according to regulations, the next day, County Chief Qian and I went to the commune to ask them to bring the people back, but none of you agreed."
“If we had brought him back then, Mr. Lu wouldn’t have gone to the farm to suffer, and he wouldn’t be demanding an explanation now.”
"Therefore, the relevant personnel must also be held accountable for this matter."
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