Lu Tao knew that Xia Bingbing was a well-known "ice beauty" in the Finance Bureau, and everyone who had contact with her said that although she was as beautiful as a flower, she had a hard face and a cold heart, and she didn't smile easily, and she spoke very straightforwardly, without taking into account the feelings of others, and she was a woman who was difficult to approach and make friends with, so she didn't care about her cold attitude at the moment, but took the initiative to say hello to her with a smile.

Cai Changming took Lu Tao's hand very enthusiastically, invited him to sit next to him, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Lu, did you just go to the provincial hall to find Team Leader Chen? Why didn't she come with you?"

Lu Tao replied: "She got off work at six o'clock, and it is not time yet, so she will come over in the car with Director Fang and Director Li." ”

Cai Changming nodded and said, "I called the county magistrate Su just now, and they have already broken up the meeting, and they are rushing here, and it is estimated that they will arrive soon." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the box was suddenly pushed open by a waiter, and Su Yetai stood at the door with a briefcase, with a hint of indifferent smile on his face, raised his eyes and glanced at the people in the box, and did not rush to step inside.

Seeing this, Cai Changming hurriedly left Lu Tao and greeted him with a smile, took the briefcase from his hand, and bowed slightly to invite him in.

Su Yetai naturally handed the briefcase in his hand to Cai Changming, and Shi Shiran walked into the box. Zhang Yaling stood up from her seat and greeted Su Yetai with a smile. Out of politeness, Lu Tao also stood up and said "County Magistrate Su". Only Xia Bingbing seemed to be a little reluctant to get up to greet him, and stood up slowly, still without a smile on his face, just nodded to Su Yetai as a greeting.

Su Yetai raised his right hand, smiled and waved to Lu Tao and the others, and then pressed his palm down and motioned for them to sit down.

Cai Changming guided Su Yetai to sit at the head of Xia Bingbing, then took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one and handed it to him, and took out a lighter from his trouser pocket to light it for him.

Lu Tao saw that when Cai Changming guided Su Yetai to sit down next to Xia Bingbing, Xia Bingbing frowned slightly, and later when Cai Changming lit Su Yetai's cigarette, she frowned again, and her face showed a trace of contempt at the same time.

From this, Lu Tao once again confirmed: Su Yetai obviously has an ambiguous affection for Xia Bingbing, an "ice beauty", at least he admires her very much, and Cai Changming may have noticed this a long time ago, so as long as he has the opportunity, he will arrange Xia Bingbing to sit next to Su Yetai, to put it bluntly, he wants to pimp the latter.

It's just that Xia Bingbing doesn't seem to be interested in Su Yetai, and may even be a little disgusted with his ambiguous feelings, she is a very straightforward woman who is not good at hiding her emotions, so this disgust is revealed on her face from time to time, regardless of whether Su Yetai will notice it or not......

Thinking of this, Lu Tao couldn't help but have a great impression of Xia Bingbing, and focused his attention on her very beautiful face, just as he wanted to carefully observe the changes in her facial expression, but he didn't expect her to suddenly turn her gaze over and collide with Lu Tao's gaze. When she noticed that Lu Tao was watching her, a faint flush suddenly appeared on her fair face, and she quickly turned her face away, picked up the teacup on the table and took a few sips gently......

After squinting and taking a few puffs of cigarette, Su Yetai turned his gaze to Lu Tao and asked with a smile: "Xiao Lu, I just heard from Comrade Cai Changming that you have invited several leaders of the Budget Department of the Provincial Department of Finance to come over, when will they come?"

Lu Tao looked at his watch and said, "It's past six o'clock now, and it is estimated that they have already left." The Provincial Department of Finance is only two kilometers away from here, so it is very fast if there is no traffic jam. ”

Su Yetai nodded with satisfaction, and asked Cai Changming again: "Have you ordered the food?"

Cai Changming hurriedly beckoned the waiter to bring the menu over for Su Yetai to review, and told him that he had prepared six bottles of Moutai and six bottles of red wine.

Su Yetai was a little surprised and asked: "What do you want six bottles of red wine for?" Xiao Xia and Xiao Zhang both drink white wine, and there is only one lady left, Chen Pei, can she drink six bottles of red wine?"

Speaking of this, he turned his gaze to Lu Tao again and asked, "Xiao Lu, how is Team Leader Chen's drinking? Do you usually like to drink red wine or white wine? Also, does she have any special dishes that she likes to eat?"

Lu Tao said with a smile: "County Magistrate Su, Pei Pei doesn't seem to like drinking very much, if you want to drink, you have to drink a little red wine, but it is absolutely impossible to drink six bottles." As for the dishes she likes, she doesn't have any special preferences, she just likes to eat home-cooked dishes, and big fish and meat are not to her appetite. ”

Su Yetai nodded, carefully reviewed the menu, deleted a braised elbow, a chopped pepper fish head, and added a few flavored dishes.

A few minutes later, Fang Xin, Li Tao, and Chen Pei were guided into the box by the waiter, Su Yetai hurriedly stood up from his seat and took the lead in applauding to welcome, Lu Tao, Zhang Yaling and Xia Bingbing also stood up and applauded, and Cai Changming trotted all the way from his seat and brought Fang Xin and the others to the dining table with a smile on his face.

When arranging the seats, Cai Changming led Fang Xin to the chief position and sat down, and was about to arrange Li Tao on his right, but Li Tao beckoned to Chen Pei and said, "Pei Pei, you sit in this position, I will sit on your head." ”

Cai Changming hurriedly said: "Division Li, I am going to invite Team Leader Chen to sit on the left side of Director Fang, please take a seat." ”

Chen Pei smiled and shook his head and said, "Li Chu, Cai Ju, I'll sit with Lu Tao, you drinkers sit on it, I can't drink tonight, if you sit in the middle of a group of you drinkers, it's not very convenient." ”

Li Tao and Cai Changming saw that she clearly said that she wanted to sit with Lu Tao, and it was impossible for Lu Tao to sit on the head, so they had to give up. Li Tao sat down on Fang Xin's lower right according to Cai Changming's arrangement.

Next, Cai Changming arranged Zhang Yaling to sit on Li Tao's right, Su Yetai to sit on Fang Xin's left, Xia Bingbing to sit under Su Yetai, Chen Pei and Lu Tao to Xia Bingbing's left, and Zhang Yaling to his right.

After arranging the seats, Cai Changming suddenly asked Zhang Yaling: "Xiao Zhang, where is your cousin? Didn't you say that you would invite him to dinner with you when you had tea last night? Did you call?"

Zhang Yaling hurriedly said: "I called him in the afternoon, he said that he had another important entertainment in the evening, and he couldn't come here, and asked me to apologize to the county magistrate Su and you, saying that next time he would invite a few leaders to eat and drink." ”

Lu Tao understood as soon as he heard it: Zhang Wenqing noticed that Chen Pei liked him, and in order to avoid embarrassment, he found an excuse not to come.

So, he picked up his mobile phone and secretly sent a message to Zhou Yihong.