After Li Tao said the words "This young man is so handsome", Zhou Youliang couldn't help but turn his head to look at her, with a look of displeasure on his face, and this look happened to fall into Lu Tao's eyes.

From this, Lu Tao speculated: This Deputy Director Zhou is eating dry vinegar! Although this cannot prove that there is any ambiguous relationship between him and Li Tao, it is certain that he prefers Li Tao......

He Ying may have also noticed something abnormal, and hurriedly said to Li Tao: "Peach, Xiao Lu lives opposite me, but it is his friend's house, he borrowed it temporarily, and it hasn't been long since he moved here, so you haven't seen him." ”

Lu Tao smiled at Li Tao, took out a pack of yellow-billed Hibiscus King cigarettes from his pants pocket, took out one and handed it to Zhou Youliang, and said humbly: "Director Zhou, you smoke a cigarette." ”

Zhou Youliang raised his eyes and glanced at the cigarette case in his hand, took the cigarette, threw it on the coffee table, and then took out a pack of "Yellow Crane Tower 1916" from his handbag, popped out a cigarette and lit it with a lighter, and then leaned back comfortably on the back seat of the sofa, closed his eyes slightly and began to swallow the clouds......

He Ying saw that Zhou Youliang deliberately neglected Lu Tao, and knew that he thought that Lu Tao was just an ordinary cadre of the Local Taxation Bureau, and he was almost dealt with by the Public Security Bureau, and he was still kind to him, so he looked down on Lu Tao a little in his heart, and Li Tao praised Lu Tao for being handsome just now, which made him very unhappy, so he deliberately did not smoke the cigarette that Lu Tao gave him, intending to embarrass him.

So, she secretly pulled Lu Tao's hand, signaled him not to mind, and then set up the dishes, chopsticks and dishes, everyone poured a small half glass of red wine, and then toasted and ate with each other.

Tonight's menu has changed slightly compared to last night, retaining the two dishes that He Ying praised "taro pork ribs" and "large slices of beef", "chopped pepper fish head" was replaced by "boiled live fish", and a "small fried river three fresh" and a "flower pork belly soup" were also added.

After Su Lishu and Li Tao took a sip of wine, they immediately couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks, and tasted every dish, and the two of them gave a thumbs up almost at the same time, and exclaimed: "It's delicious, it's really delicious!" Yingying, it seems that you are not bragging, the dishes fried by this little handsome guy are indeed delicious, and the taste of this taro pork ribs and large slices of beef is particularly outstanding, which is much better than the so-called special chefs of those big hotels!"

Seeing that the two girlfriends couldn't stop praising Lu Tao's craftsmanship, He Ying was secretly proud in her heart, glanced at Lu Tao with charming eyes, and said to the two of them with a smile: "Xiaoshu, Peach, don't exalt him too much! This guy usually likes to brag about himself, and often boasts about how good his craftsmanship is. If you praise him a few more times, I'm afraid he will float to the ceiling. ”

Lu Tao said with a smile: "Political Commissar He, I said that I am a good cook, not bragging, don't wronged me!"

Zhou Youliang is also a gourmand who likes delicious food, after tasting the two dishes of "taro pork ribs" and "large slices of beef", he couldn't help shouting "delicious" in his heart, but he didn't say it in his mouth, just slightly bowed his head to indicate that the dish tasted good, and his originally tense face gradually relaxed. When Lu Tao toasted him, although he was still holding the shelf, he finally raised his glass and touched him, and it didn't embarrass him again.

The next atmosphere was quite harmonious, although because of Lu Tao's presence, Zhou Youliang kept holding the shelf, but Su Lishu and Li Tao are the same as He Ying, they have bold and straightforward personalities, and Lu Tao's fried dishes taste really good, so the three of them have been toasting and joking with each other in full swing. During this period, Lu Tao also interjected a few words from time to time, or told a small joke, which made them laugh, and Li Tao also praised him several times for his talent, humor, and a romantic talent who cultivated both inside and outside......

When the wine was normal, Lu Tao's mobile phone suddenly rang, and when he looked at the caller ID, it showed the words "Secretary Zhou".

Lu Tao subconsciously glanced at He Ying, then opened the answer button and said, "Hello Secretary Zhou." ”

As soon as He Ying heard the words "Secretary Zhou", she immediately turned her eyes and stared at Lu Tao for a moment, her face full of doubts; Zhou Youliang and the others didn't know who Lu Tao's "Secretary Zhou" was, so they didn't care, but they stopped talking out of politeness, and only the sound of Lu Tao calling the phone was in the whole restaurant.

"Xiao Tao, I am in the provincial capital now, and I am having dinner with a few friends from the budget department of the Department of Finance. There's a beautiful lady next to me who says she's a college classmate with you, and wants to say a few words to you, can you guess who?"

Lu Tao was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, and said with a smile: "Secretary Zhou, am I talking about Chen Pei? She is indeed my college classmate, and now she is working in the budget department of the Provincial Department of Finance. ”

"Yes, yes, it's Comrade Chen Pei. Just now she told me that one of her classmates works in the Local Taxation Bureau of Taolin County, Songshan City, and that she also visited your old classmate in Taolin County not long ago. I said what a coincidence, you are the son of my comrade-in-arms, and I was climbing the mountain with you in Taolin County last night! But Comrade Chen Pei didn't believe it at all, saying that I was joking, and asked me to use my mobile phone to call you to try, so I called you, hahaha!"

Lu Tao just wanted to speak, and Chen Pei's surprised voice suddenly came from the earpiece: "Lu Tao, is it really you? Why is it so coincidental? Just now Secretary Zhou said that he knew you, and he climbed the mountain with you last night, I thought he was joking!"

Lu Tao said with a smile: "Secretary Zhou is not joking, he really climbed the mountain with me last night, and we blew the mountain wind on the top of the mountain for half an hour together!"

Chen Pei also laughed, and said in a teasing tone: "You guy is deeply hidden, Secretary Zhou has just been in Songshan for three months, and he remembers you as a little friend, it seems that I underestimated your communication skills before! By the way, when will you come to the provincial capital to invite me to dinner? Why don't you come over tomorrow, it happens that tomorrow is Saturday, and Secretary Zhou is also here, how about you invite me to have dinner with Secretary Zhou?"

Lu Tao hurriedly said: "Not tomorrow, I asked a few friends to go camping in the Shuangxiong Mountain Scenic Area, and I won't be back until the day after tomorrow." Next time, next time I have the opportunity, I will definitely come to the provincial capital to invite you. ”

Chen Pei let out an "oh" in a little disappointment, and said faintly: "Okay, I'll wait for you to come over next time when you're free, you have to remember this promise!"

Then, Lu Tao heard Zhou Yihong's voice on his mobile phone again: "Xiao Tao, Xiao Shen invited you to come over tomorrow so warmly, why do you have other things? Can't you push off the matter over there or change the time?"