Chapter 267 Using Chen Tang's Hand to Save Himself
Chen Tang looked back and said, “Director Liang?”
Director Liang smiled bitterly: "Why call me Director? I have been dismissed. Just call me Sister Liang."
Chen Tang had been busy with He Xu's affairs before and had not inquired about Director Liang's affairs. He only knew that Deputy Director Xu had become the head of the Propaganda Department. Seeing Director Liang's decadent appearance, he couldn't help feeling a little surprised and reluctant.
"I bought some vegetables. Do you want to come to my house for dinner?" Director Liang was in a good mood.
Chen Tang wanted to take the child to a state-owned restaurant for dinner, so he shook his head and said, “Food is more expensive now, so I won’t go with Xiao Atang to join in the fun.”
Liang Lihua saw the child she was holding and smiled: "That's right, even if you don't have a job, you won't starve yourself. I guess I won't be in Hai City for long. If I see you again in the future, I will treat you to a meal again."
Chen Tang frowned: "What do you mean, Sister Liang, isn't your man from Haishi? Are you going to leave Haishi?"
Liang Lihua said bitterly: "I'm divorced."
Chen Tang didn't know what to say for a moment.
If Director Liang didn't help his nephew, he wouldn't give others any handle.
But when she was in the most difficult time, the man who was supposed to stick with her divorced her.
Director Liang forced himself to smile: "Let's not talk about that. Xu Guifen is a petty person. I suppressed her for so many years. Now that she is in power, my fate will not be good. It's also because I didn't see people clearly. My parents didn't treat me well, so I thought of finding some comfort in my husband, but I didn't expect that he would cheat me instead."
"By the way, I heard that He Xu was in trouble before I left. Has he been found?"
Shen Tang did not tell the truth and shook his head.
Director Liang did not ask further questions. She had only one purpose in chatting up Chen Tang, which was to use her hand to get herself out.
Xu Guifen will never let her go. Now that the matter has been verified, after she is dismissed from her post, she will be reported and demoted in a few days.
And the person who reported her was, as expected, her own man.
She seldom made enemies in her life, and most of the people she offended were because of her man. In the past, she was coaxed by sweet words and had no time to think too much, but now that she is divorced, her mind has long been clear.
Unfortunately, she couldn't offer any benefits at the moment that would make Chen Tang willingly protect her.
Give money, they don’t lack money.
Even if she gives him connections, he won't need them.
Then she had only one solution.
Director Liang smiled and said, "Then I'll buy you dinner. I have something to tell you."
Chen Tang did not refuse because Director Liang had taken care of her for many years.
The three of them found a state-owned restaurant and sat down.
It was only half past ten at this time and there were not many people in the restaurant.
This was the first time He Zhi came to this state-owned restaurant. He looked around and found that it was no different from the one in Kyoto. Then he sat down quietly and told Chen Tang that he wanted to eat some small noodles.
Director Liang said that after ordering a few dishes, the waiter served them slower than the noodles.
Seeing He Zhi quietly eating with relish, she spoke up, "Do you still remember Miao Yuan?"
Chen Tang: “Remember.”
Director Liang was investigated because of this incident.
Liang Lihua told Chen Tang about Miao Yuan's report on her. The reason why she was demoted was not just because of Miao Yuan's report.
"Xu Guifen was just an instigator. She used Miao Yuan to deal with me, which was just the beginning. When the Miao family got into trouble, I don't know what role you played in it, but Miao Yuan's grandfather was detained, her parents divorced, one was in prison, and the other was sent down with her and died tragically. This was enough to make her hate you."
Chen Tang raised his eyes and looked at her: "What does it have to do with me?"
She just took better care of the Fan family back then.
Director Liang shook his head: "I don't know why Miao Yuan wanted to deal with you. When Miao Yuan reported me, I investigated and even went to the place where she was exiled to ask her why she did that. Miao Yuan just sneered at me but didn't tell me the reason. Finally, she said that she was not targeting me, but someone just happened to pass her a stick and she climbed up along the stick."
"So, how did you know that the person she wanted to deal with was me?" Chen Tang said.
Director Liang pursed his lips and smiled faintly: "Chen Tang, we have been colleagues for many years, and you know my temper. If I am just here to remind you, there is no need to invite you to dinner."
Chen Tang: "So what do you want?"
Director Liang wanted to say something when the waiter brought the dishes.
"No rush, let's finish our meal first. This is not the place to talk." Director Liang seemed to be very confident, with a relaxed posture, as if he had the upper hand in the conversation.
Chen Tang smiled and said, "No need."
"In fact, from the very beginning, Sister Liang, you didn't know Miao Yuan's purpose at all. You were just testing me."
What do you mean by going to the countryside to meet someone? Although the place where Miao Yuan was exiled was not in a remote area in the north, it was very far away from their Hai City. Based on her understanding of Director Liang, she would not spend time to meet Miao Yuan who had reported her. It would be a waste of time.
It was obvious that she was trying to test her words and expression to see if she had any connection with the downfall of the Miao family.
She also knew the purpose, which was just to get her to protect her and then confront Xu Guifen.
Liang Lihua's expression remained unchanged: "Of course I am not that powerful, I just have some clues and guesses."
“No, you don’t even have a clue.” Chen Tang shook his head and smiled: “You just have some guesses. I took the most leave back then, and when something happened to the Miao family, you thought of me.
Now you just want to come and test my attitude, and then deliberately give me some clues to make it true that Miao Yuan wants to deal with me, so that I can protect you and start with Miao Yuan and Director Xu."
Liang Lihua's face stiffened slightly, and her attitude was finally no longer leisurely.
No one knew Shen Tang's intelligence better than her.
But she didn't expect that this person could see through her thoughts so easily.
When she was in her twenties, she was still an inexperienced soldier who only knew how to do practical things by following the orders of her superiors.
Faced with the invisible pressure from the leadership, we dare not be careless or slack off.
When she spoke to Shen Tang, she also deliberately used a relaxed and confident tone, making Shen Tang subconsciously fall into the trap that she was the one who dealt with the Miao family back then, and now Miao Yuan also wanted to deal with her, which was why she was implicated.
Director Liang really didn’t know how Chen Tang got involved with the Miao family.
But she knew that Chen Tang's so-called leave was actually because Commander Tan had seconded him.
When something happened to the Miao family, it was hard for her not to think of Chen Tang.
Inviting her to dinner and having a series of conversations were just testing Shen Tang.
As long as Chen Tang believed that Miao Yuan was targeting her, she could use Chen Tang to make Miao Yuan even more miserable and make Xu Guifen's plan fail completely.
However, Chen Tang was not fooled at all: "Director Liang, although I don't know where you got the news from, I really have nothing to do with the Miao family. I did ask for more leave back then, but that was my personal matter and had nothing to do with the Miao family. What you said about Miao Yuan going to deal with me is really a big joke."
Director Liang smiled stiffly: "Maybe I heard it wrong."
Chen Tang said calmly: "Director Liang, I am indeed very grateful for your care for me over the years, but don't forget that I don't owe you anything for doing things for a salary. No matter which department I went to, I could get special care from pregnancy to childbirth and breastfeeding.
And the reason you can skip work later is because you asked Miao Yuan for something and didn’t want to offend me, so you gave me this as compensation.”
Director Liang's face turned red and white. She didn't expect Chen Tang to say it so bluntly.
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