Lu Tao was shocked when he heard Wu Manping mention the promotion of Chen Pei's father, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Wu Manping saw that he was silent, her heart seemed to be touched, the look on her face gradually eased, and her tone was no longer as aggressive as at the beginning: "Xiao Lu, even if Aunt Wu begs you this time, please stop dealing with Pei Pei, okay? She is an innocent girl, and the leaders of the Provincial Department of Finance also look up to her, if her reputation is damaged because of your relationship, do you feel good?"

"Also, last time Huang Hongyi, the secretary of your Songshan City Party Committee, came to my house, Lao Chen and I had a good impression of him. I heard Pei Pei say that Secretary Huang is your father's old comrade-in-arms, and your father once saved his life, so he now treats you as his own nephew. I promise you now: as long as you leave Pei Pei and no longer have any contact with her, I will say more good things to Secretary Huang from Lao Chen, and Lao Chen will definitely take care of him-you know what I mean!"

Of course, Lu Tao understood what she meant, and to put it bluntly, her words were a kind of naked transaction: if he promised to leave Chen Pei, Secretary Huang would be able to enter Chen Dengfeng's circle and be appreciated, cared for, and promoted by the latter; however, if he insisted on going his own way, did not listen to her advice, and insisted on associating with Chen Pei, Secretary Huang would not only be impossible to enter Chen Dengfeng's circle, but might even be excluded and suppressed -- this result was the last thing Lu Tao wanted to see, and what he was most afraid of: he was wronged, It doesn't matter if you are suppressed, but if Secretary Huang Hongyi's career is frustrated, it will be a big sin......

Thinking of this, he only felt a burst of sadness and despair in his heart, hesitated for a while, and finally asked in a compromising tone: "What do you want me to do?"

Wu Manping was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "It's very simple, don't go to my house for dinner tomorrow, it's best to rush back to Taolin County today, so as not to Pei Pei to look for you again; All in all, no matter what method you use, just make her completely dead set on you. ”

Speaking of this, she paid attention to Lu Tao's face, and saw that he still seemed to be a little hesitant, so she said in a more sincere tone: "Xiao Lu, as long as you don't have any more contact with Pei Pei, I can still promise you: If you encounter any difficulties and problems in the provincial capital in the future, if I can help, you can call me directly, and I will definitely try my best to solve them for you." I'll leave you my phone number right now and you can always contact me later. ”

Lu Tao saw her impatient look, and finally made up his mind: not to mention that this matter may be related to Secretary Huang's future and fate, just seeing Wu Manping's face, it is impossible for him to be with Chen Pei again. Just imagine: Wu Manping dislikes herself and hates herself so much, even if Chen Pei insists on being with her, how will she get along with her family in the future? Do you have to endure their white eyes and cold treatment all the time? With her own temper and character, I am afraid that it will be impossible to stand it, rather than this, it is better to take advantage of the fact that she and Chen Pei have not yet formally established a love relationship, and quickly cut through the mess, so as not to suffer Wu Manping's endless humiliation and white eyes in the future......

So, he said coldly to Wu Manping: "Aunt Wu, I am a small civil servant in a remote scene, and you are the wife of the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee. Rest assured, I will not be in contact with Pei Pei in the future. I am a man of my word, and I will not regret what I have said. ”

Wu Manping was overjoyed, stood up and stretched out her hand and said, "Okay, I'm relieved to have your words! Come, let's shake hands and wish you a bright future!"

Lu Tao wanted to refuse to shake hands with her, but after thinking about it, he couldn't offend her at this time, and she was Chen Pei's mother and her elder after all, so she was too rude, so he stretched out his hand and shook her hand, and after seeing her walk out of the room, she fell on Simmons' bed, and began to think about how to completely cut off contact with Chen Pei......

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Tao suddenly received a call from a deputy director surnamed Liu of the Supervision Office of the Songshan Local Taxation Bureau, asking him to immediately write a punishment appeal material and send it to the supervision office, the sooner the better.

Lu Tao hurriedly asked: "Director Liu, tomorrow is Saturday, can I still send the appeal materials over?" I am now in the provincial capital, and it will definitely be too late to rush back today. ”

Deputy Director Liu replied: "According to the opinions of the leaders of the Municipal Bureau, the discipline inspection team has set up a review and investigation team on your punishment appeal, and will go to the Taolin County Local Taxation Bureau, the Public Security Bureau, and the O'Neill Hotel on Monday to carry out investigation and verification work, so you had better rush back to Taolin immediately, do a good job of the appeal materials, and send them to me tomorrow." Because of the tight schedule, tomorrow our investigation team is ready to work overtime to conduct a preliminary review of your appeal materials and then formulate an investigation plan. ”

Lu Tao hurriedly said: "Thank you, Director Liu, I will go back to Taolin County immediately." ”

After hanging up the phone, Lu Tao immediately went to Xia Bingbing and Zhang Yaling, told them that he had something urgent to rush back to Taolin, then packed his bags, called a taxi between Taolin and the provincial capital, and returned to the county seat three hours later......

That night, Lu Tao returned home, turned off his mobile phone, wrote the appeal materials on the computer, and opened his mobile phone before going to bed to see that there were more than a dozen missed calls, all of which belonged to Chen Pei. Looking at WeChat again, there are also several messages from Chen Pei, asking him why he wants to turn off his phone, whether he will go to her house for dinner tomorrow?

Lu Tao looked at the time, it was almost one o'clock in the morning, it was estimated that Chen Pei had fallen asleep, so he left a message on WeChat, saying that he had returned to Taolin County and would not be able to attend her birthday dinner tomorrow, and at the same time told her euphemistically: After repeated thinking, I feel that I am not compatible with her personality, and the family conditions of the two people are very different, and they may not be happy together in the future, so it is better not to socialize, so as not to cause harm to each other in the future......

After getting up the next day, Lu Tao turned on his mobile phone, and more than a dozen missed call messages popped up at once, all of which were called by Chen Pei, and then looked at WeChat, only to see Chen Pei reply two sentences under the long message he left him last night: "Lu Tao, you big bastard! You will hurt me now, do you know?"

Seeing these two sentences and the long list of crying expressions behind, Lu Tao smiled bitterly at first, but soon, a bitter and sour feeling filled his heart, his eyes gradually turned red, and crystal tears appeared in the corners of his eyes......