Chen Pei was worried that Lu Tao would be impatient in the duty room and didn't want to debate with her mother anymore, so she turned around and walked back, and said, "Mom, you and Lu Tao are just one side, and you don't know his true character and character at all. Your judgment of him just now is only based on his words and deeds tonight, and you are wearing colored glasses to observe him, and there must be bias and fallacy. I have been a classmate of him for four years, and I know his character and temperament, as well as his knowledge and ability, and he is a man worthy of my love and admiration, so you can believe in my vision!"

Wu Manping saw her so stubborn, her eyes were so angry that she couldn't make trouble with her here, so she had to follow her into the duty room with a blue face.

Chen Pei said to Lu Tao in a consultative tone: "Lu Tao, you have injuries on your face and body, why don't we take an ambulance outside to the hospital for treatment! Those guys are vicious, I am worried that they will inflict internal injuries on you, and you must go to the hospital for a check-up to rest assured." ”

Lu Tao stretched his waist and arms, a self-deprecating smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and said indifferently: "Pei Pei, I don't care." I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, my skin and flesh are thick, and my ability to resist blows is relatively strong, and with their fists and feet, I will not be able to inflict internal injuries. I had some skin trauma on my face and body, and it was automatically healed after a day or two of rest, so there was no need for any treatment. Besides, I have an appointment for dinner tomorrow, and I have to go to your finance department to do some errands, so I have to hurry up and go back to rest now, so as not to become two panda eyes because of bad rest, which will affect my image. Huh!"

Chen Pei saw that he was still in the mood at this time, and admired his concentration and chic and calm bearing, but she was still worried about what internal injuries he left, and she also wanted to talk to him about something in private, so she insisted: "You must go to the hospital with me now, even if you don't want to be examined and treated, I have to treat the lump on the back of my head, and do a check-up to see if there will be any sequelae, you should accompany me to the hospital!"

When Lu Tao heard her say this, it was not good to shirk it anymore, so he stood up and said, "Then let's go!"

Wu Manping said on the side: "Peipei, if Xiao Lu wants to go back to rest, you let him go back to the hotel first, and I will accompany you to the hospital." ”

Chen Pei shook her head and said, "Mom, let Uncle Yang send you back first! It's almost two o'clock in the morning, and you have high blood pressure, so you shouldn't stay up late." Let's go to the hospital for a check-up, if there is no big problem, I will ask Lu Tao to send me home after a simple treatment, you don't have to worry. ”

Wu Manping knew that her daughter wanted to stay alone with Lu Tao, and she was reluctant in her heart, but she couldn't resist her stubborn temper, so she had to "hum" angrily, and glared at Lu Tao with extremely dissatisfied eyes, followed Chen Pei outside, and saw her and Lu Tao get into the ambulance, and then went back with Yang Zhitang......

After arriving at the emergency room of the hospital, the attending doctor examined Lu Tao and Chen Pei for their injuries, and then asked them to go for a CT scan. Lu Tao said that there was no need, just give Chen Pei an examination.

While waiting for the results of the examination, Lu Tao and Chen Pei sat on the rest chairs in the corridor. Chen Pei asked in a reproachful tone: "Why didn't you call me before you were punished?" I always thought that even if you didn't like me, our relationship was very close, even if we couldn't be together in the future, it was always okay to be a brother and sister! I didn't expect that you guy's big thing happened to you, but you didn't reveal anything to me, are you worried that I would look down on you because of this? Or, in your heart, I am not a trustworthy friend at all?"

Lu Tao hurriedly said: "Pei Pei, you misunderstood. I was punished this time because of an emergency, during which I was also not calm, and I should not hit people impulsively, but I fell into the trap set by others and made myself discouraged. Moreover, this is not a very glamorous thing, and I don't want to tell anyone, so basically no one knows about this except for people in our system, including my relatives and friends. Of course, you are my best and closest friend, but I think that since I have already been punished, I can swallow this bitter fruit alone, and there is no need to tell you again, which makes you unhappy. This is what I say from my heart, please understand!"

Chen Pei nodded, and asked again: "When I was in the duty room just now, my mother was also there, so it's not good for me to ask you in detail about the reason why you were punished." Now it's just the two of us, can you tell me the details of the incident? You said that you were trapped, caged, what's going on?"

Lu Tao told Chen Pei in detail about his grudge with Liu Hong because of the investigation and punishment of tax evasion at O'Neill's Hotel, the sneak attack in the community in the middle of the night, the theft of tax inspection materials, and the encounter and conflict with gangsters who plotted against him in O'Neill.

After listening to his account, Chen Pei pondered for a moment and said in a complaining tone: "Since you have been framed, you should have told me earlier! If I had known about this before your county bureau issued a punishment decision, I would definitely have found a way to help you." ”

Lu Tao smiled bitterly and said: "You are from the financial system, and I am from the local taxation system, how can you help me? Although your father is the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, it is impossible for him to greet and intercede for the matter of a county-level local taxation bureau cadre being punished! If I tell you first, it will only add trouble to you, so I don't think it is necessary." ”

Chen Pei stared at him fixedly, sighed and said, "Lu Tao, do you really have no understanding of officialdom at all, or do you deliberately pretend to be naïve with me? I think I am a very self-disciplined person, and I never use my father's authority to seek personal interests for myself or others. But if it's your problem, especially if you've been wronged and framed, I'll definitely try to help you, even if it will violate the rules and regulations set by my father for me - I'm sure you know this!

"You're right, I'm in the financial system, you're in the tax system, I really can't use my advantage in the higher department to help you, and my dad will never intercede and greet the people below because of your problem, but I can go to someone else! To tell you the truth: Zeng Maofan, secretary of the party group and director of your provincial local taxation bureau, turned out to be my father's secretary when he was the secretary of the county party committee in Xinlin County, and my father was also the one who pulled him up, and he is now about to transfer to Dehua City to become the secretary of the municipal party committee. Li Zitong, the current second-in-command of your provincial bureau, is the uncle of Director Li of the Budget Department of our Department of Finance. He really wanted my father to support him to take over Zeng Maofan's number one position, but he didn't know my father well, so he entrusted our Director Li to invite me to dinner several times, but I refused each time. If you had told me about you earlier, I wouldn't have my father come forward, and I would have basically solved the problem by going to Director Zeng Maofan myself!"