Chen Pei listened to Zeng Maofan's promise on the phone, pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you at home at noon the day after tomorrow", and then hung up the phone.

Because Lu Tao has been practicing martial arts all year round, his hearing is sharper than ordinary people, and he is sitting side by side with Chen Pei, and he vaguely heard Zeng Maofan seem to say the words "your birthday", his heart moved, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly remembered that when he was in college, Yang Xiaoting once told him that Chen Pei's birthday was July, but he had forgotten the specific date......

So, he smiled and asked, "Peipei, is it your birthday the day after tomorrow?" I really want to remember that your birthday is in late July, right?"

Chen Pei is not a person who twists and turns, and when he saw Lu Tao asking, he generously admitted: "Yes, I have a birthday the day after tomorrow, so I invite you to go to my house for a meal with Director Li, Director Zeng and other leaders, you won't refuse!"

Lu Tao hurriedly said: "I definitely want to go to your birthday! We have been classmates for four years, and every time you celebrate your birthday, it is during the summer vacation, and we are too far away after joining the work, and we have never celebrated your birthday, this time you don't invite me, I will also be cheeky to go to your house to have a birthday dinner, haha!"

Li Zitong heard that the day after tomorrow was Chen Pei's birthday, and knew that Deputy Secretary Chen and Director Zeng Maofan would definitely attend that luncheon, so he was even more excited and excited, and quickly picked up the teacup and toasted Chen Pei with a cup of tea, wished her a happy birthday in advance, and thanked her for inviting him to her birthday party!

Chen Pei also expressed his gratitude to Li Zitong, picked up the teacup and took a small sip, as if he suddenly remembered something, frowned and said: "Director Li, you now know that Lu Tao was framed and wronged, but he is not in your group of fellow villagers in Qingxi County, so he can't explain and defend himself to the fellow villagers. In case those fellow villagers use false rumors to forward the pictures and videos of the so-called 'prostitution' of Lu Tao without knowing the truth, it will cause great damage to Lu Tao's reputation!"

Li Zitong has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and he is the best at figuring out the implied meaning of the leader's words. Although Chen Pei's current rank is much lower than him, in his eyes and heart, she is more important than his superiors, so every time she talks to him, he will listen attentively with his head sideways, and try his best to figure out the true intention behind her words.

Therefore, when he heard Chen Pei's worried words at this moment, he figured out the meaning of her words after a little thought, and also thought of a countermeasure, and said to Chen Pei: "Peipei, this matter is easy to do." I immediately called Director Yuan of the supervision office and asked him to send a message to clarify the rumors for Lu Tao in our fellow countrymen's group, and clearly inform everyone: The owner of the Yaqin Performing Arts Bar who designed to frame Lu Tao has been criminally detained by the public security organs. Then I followed along, asking all the fellows in the group not to listen to rumors, let alone spread rumors, and asked the group owner to kick the boss of the performing arts bar surnamed Liang out of the group. In my capacity and Director Yuan, if I personally refute the rumors for Lu Tao, the fellows should believe it. ”

Chen Pei's purpose in saying that just now was to want Li Zitong to do this, so after hearing his statement, she showed an approving expression on her face, gave a thumbs up and said, "Director Li, you are really thoughtful. In this way, Lu Tao does not have to worry about being misunderstood. Thank you!"

Lu Tao also hurriedly thanked Li Zitong.

Next, Li Zitong called Yuan Cheng's office and asked him to come to his office. When he came in, Li Zitong first told him about Chen Pei's invitation to her house for a banquet on Saturday, which made him so surprised that his eyes widened, and he couldn't stop thanking Chen Pei.

Then, Li Zitong told him what he had just said to Chen Pei, and asked him to immediately edit WeChat and send it to the hometown group to clarify the facts and save his reputation for Lu Tao......

After coming out of the Provincial Local Taxation Bureau, Lu Tao looked at his watch and said that he was going to visit Lin Susu in the hospital and persuade her not to commit suicide again. Chen Pei also wanted to go to the hospital to listen to what Lin Susu had to say, but after thinking about it, Lin Susu might be even more ashamed and blame herself when she saw herself, which would irritate her even more, so she dispelled this idea and went home directly after separating from Lu Tao.

Lu Tao took a taxi to the Furong District Maternal and Child Health Hospital, first went to the emergency room, and found that Lin Susu's injury was not serious and had been transferred to the inpatient department, so he went straight to the surgical ward on the fifth floor of the inpatient department according to the ward and bed number told him by the emergency doctor.

After passing by the nurse's station, Lu Tao saw that at the door of a ward not far in front, there were two policemen standing, both bored looking through their mobile phones. On the rest chair on the left side of the ward, there was a thin and haggard boy with a sad face, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with eyebrows and eyes very similar to Lin Susu, probably his younger brother.

Lu Tao walked straight over and said to a policeman at the door, "Hello, my name is Lu Tao." At noon, Director Luo Zhihui called your leaders and allowed me to come and visit Lin Susu, and I wanted to go in and say a few words to her. ”

The policeman estimated that he had seen Lu Tao in the Furong District Bureau, and after listening to him, he didn't ask him to show his ID, so he turned to the side and motioned for Lu Tao to go in, and at the same time told him: "Lin Susu is very emotionally unstable now, she doesn't necessarily want to see you, wait for her to be angry or noisy, you must withdraw immediately, so as not to have an accident." As soon as her brother went in to visit her, she blasted him out, and he could only sit on a chair outside to accompany her. ”

Lu Tao hurriedly turned his head to look at the boy on the rest chair, and saw that he was also looking at him expressionlessly, so he smiled at him and walked into the ward.

This is a three-person room, but because of Lin Susu's special situation, the other two beds are vacant, and a female policeman who takes care of Lin Susu leans against the hospital bed on the other side of the window, and when she saw Lu Tao coming in, she stared at him very carefully, but she didn't say anything.

Lu Tao saw Lin Susu lying on the hospital bed with a hanging needle in her hand, her eyes closed, as if she had fallen asleep, but tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, wetting the sheets and pillows here, and knew that she was not asleep, but had been crying silently.

So, he walked to the side of the bed, bent down and shouted softly, "Miss Susu, I'm Lu Tao." ”

Lin Susu's eyes opened, and he glanced at him in horror, suddenly raised his hand to cover his face, turned his body around, and shouted: "You go out......!

Lu Tao just wanted to comfort her, but the female policeman jumped out of bed and said to Lu Tao very seriously: "Please go out immediately! She doesn't want to see anyone now! Just now we finally managed to stabilize her emotions, you have something to say tomorrow!"

Lu Tao had no choice but to withdraw from the ward, walked to Lin Susu's younger brother, bent down and asked gently, "Little brother, are you Miss Susu's family, what is your name?"