Zhang Wenqing knew that Chen Pei had a special status, so her father set a rule for her: it was strictly forbidden to have private relations with local officials, let alone participate in banquets and entertainment activities paid for by local officials or cadres in the financial system. Chen Pei herself is also very self-disciplined in this regard, usually in addition to work, she stays at home with her mother to watch TV and read books, chat on her mobile phone, and rarely go out to eat or sing and drink tea.

Therefore, after being hung up by Chen Pei, he didn't dare to call again to make himself bored, so he put the mobile phone in his trouser pocket and said to Zhang Yaling as if nothing had happened: "Third sister, Pei Pei said that there is a guest at her house, and she needs to accompany her, so she can't come over for tea tonight, or let's ask her to have dinner tomorrow!"

At this time, Zhang Wenqing had already made up his mind: tomorrow he would invite Yang Zhitang, deputy secretary of Deputy Secretary Chen, to come forward and invite Chen Pei out for dinner. Yang Zhitang often walks around Deputy Secretary Chen's house, and Chen Pei also respects him, believing that as long as he comes forward, Chen Pei will buy his face......

Cai Changming and Zhang Yaling were looking forward to waiting for Chen Pei to come over for tea, but they didn't expect to come again in the end, and they couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but they didn't dare to show this disappointment, so they both nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, as long as I can make an appointment with Section Chief Chen tomorrow." ”

At this moment, Lu Tao's mobile phone, which had been sitting silently in the corner of the sofa, suddenly rang, and when he looked at the caller ID, there were the words "Chen Pei" on it.

Lu Tao wanted to go out to answer the phone, but after thinking about it, sooner or later, his relationship with Chen Pei would be known by the people present, so it was better to answer the phone in the box generously.

So, he opened the answer button and only heard Chen Pei ask: "Lu Tao, you called me in the morning and said that you were going to the Finance Department to do something, have you arrived in the provincial capital now? Why has there been no follow-up?"

Lu Tao said with a smile: "I just arrived in the provincial capital, and I will only come to the Finance Department tomorrow to do business, so I didn't call you." ”

Chen Pei hurriedly asked, "Where do you live now?" Who are you with? If it's okay, I want to meet with you and go to a teahouse to drink tea with." ”

Lu Tao glanced at Zhang Wenqing opposite, and suddenly had a prank idea in his heart, so he said with a smile: "Pei Pei, I am now in the teahouse on the third floor of the Fenglin Hotel, together with several leaders of our county Finance Bureau, and there is one you should be familiar with, that is, Senior Zhang Wenqing, the president of the student union of the college when we were studying, he just seemed to call you, saying that you can't come over for tea when you have guests at home." What, are the guests in your house gone?"

When he answered the phone, Zhang Wenqing, Cai Changming and others didn't care, but when they heard him shout the word "Pei Pei" and mentioned "Senior Zhang Wenqing", they reacted instantly, knowing that the person who took the initiative to call him was Chen Pei, and couldn't help but be surprised, four pairs of eyes were projected onto his mobile phone, and everyone showed a look of surprise and surprise on their faces.

Especially Zhang Wenqing, just now he lied that Chen Pei's house had a guest so he couldn't come out, but she didn't expect her to call Lu Tao in a blink of an eye, so that his lie would be exposed immediately, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed and ashamed, and it was not good to stop Lu Tao from talking to Chen Pei, so he had to sit there in a daze, his face was blue and white for a while, and he couldn't wait to find a crack on the ground to get in......

Chen Pei heard Lu Tao say that Zhang Wenqing told them that there were guests at her house, and immediately reacted: This is because Zhang Wenqing asked not to move himself, so he lied to protect his face. She is a very kind person, although she doesn't like Zhang Wenqing, she doesn't want to embarrass him, so she said to Lu Tao: "I did have a guest at home just now, but now it's gone." Well, since you're in that teahouse, I'll come out and have tea with you right away, and ask you what you're going to do by the way, and if I can help, I'll do my best." ”

Lu Tao answered yes, and then hung up the phone.

Cai Changming guessed from the tone of Lu Tao and Chen Pei's phone conversation, the relationship between the two people was extraordinary, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and after he hung up the phone, he immediately couldn't wait to ask: "Xiao Lu, is the person who just called you Section Chief Chen? Are you very familiar with her?"

Lu Tao nodded and said, "That's right, I am in the same class as her, and I have been in touch more since graduation." By the way, she just told me that her relatives at home have left, and she is going to come over and have a cup of tea together-"

As soon as he said this, Cai Changming immediately interrupted him excitedly and shouted: "Okay, great! This is exactly 'stepping on the iron shoes and finding nowhere to find, it takes no effort to get it', Section Chief Chen took the initiative to say that he wanted to come over for tea, and we just couldn't ask for it! Hahaha!"

Zhang Wenqing heard Lu Tao say that Chen Pei actually offered to come over for tea, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart: Chen Pei refused his invitation, but took the initiative to ask Lu Tao to come over for tea, which at least showed that she had a good impression of this young man. It seems that the clerk of this inconspicuous small county town local taxation bureau is likely to be his rival!

However, after all, Zhang Wenqing has been training in the provincial party committee office for several years, and the city government is much deeper than many people of the same age, so although he has a strong sense of jealousy and hatred for Lu Tao in his heart, he does not show it on the surface, and pretends to be relaxed and says: "Xiao Lu, it seems that the feelings of your classmates are deep! In the future, Director Cai and they will find Pei Pei to do something, as long as you come forward, everything will be OK, it is really gratifying! Haha!"

Lu Tao is an extremely smart person, as soon as he heard Zhang Wenqing's words, he knew that he was duplicitous, and on the surface he said "gratifying", but he was actually jealous in his heart, so he smiled and didn't make a sound.

About twenty minutes later, Chen Pei appeared at the door of the box with a smile, and everyone in the box stood up and greeted each other with a smile.

Chen Pei walked into the box with elegant steps, and shook hands with the people who greeted her one by one, starting with the older Cai Changming, followed by Xia Bingbing, Zhang Yaling, and Zhang Wenqing, but when she arrived in front of Lu Tao, she retracted her hand and said in a slightly resentful tone: "Since you arrived in the provincial capital, why didn't you call me first?" I have been waiting for your news in the afternoon, and I wanted to invite you to dinner, but I waited until six o'clock when there was no news, I thought you would not come until tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to come over a long time ago!" If I hadn't taken the initiative to call you just now, would you not have to meet me until tomorrow when you came to me on an errand?"

As soon as these words came out, Cai Changming, Xia Bingbing, and Zhang Yaling showed surprised and incredible expressions on their faces at the same time: What is going on? Listening to Chen Pei's resentful tone, it is completely like a girl in love complaining that her boyfriend has snubbed her, could it be that the only beloved daughter of the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee is really in love with Lu Tao?