Walking into the box, Cheng Huayan, Xue Shaohua, Lu Dingyi and others had already arrived, sitting on the sofa in the box and waiting, drinking tea and chatting, Bao Feiyang hurriedly walked over and solemnly apologized to them: "Leaders, I'm really sorry, some things have been delayed temporarily." ”

Cheng Huayan, secretary general of the provincial government, looked at Bao Feiyang with a smile. To say that among the people present today, he and Xue Shaohua have the highest ranks, and they are both department-level cadres. But as the secretary general of the Jiangbei Provincial Government, his status is the most noble, but he wants him to wait for a cadre at the department level, and he is uncomfortable, which is certain, but he is used to hiding his true feelings in his heart, he did not attack, and his eyes fell on Zhao Liping: "Comrade Feiyang, you are late, and you will be honestly punished for drinking later, but who is this young lady?" Shouldn't we tell us about it? ”

Without waiting for Bao Feiyang to open his mouth, Xue Shaohua, who was sitting next to Cheng Huayan, had already seen that Zhao Liping was a little familiar, he stared at Zhao Liping twice, and suddenly showed a slightly surprised expression, and asked tentatively: "Is your surname Zhao?" ”

Zhao Liping looked at Bao Feiyang suspiciously, she didn't know what the identities of the middle-aged men in front of her who were looking at her was, the most strange thing was that some of these people would recognize her, Bao Feiyang hadn't had time to introduce them just now.

Bao Feiyang hurriedly introduced to the leaders in the field: "Secretary General Cheng, Secretary Xue, Mayor Lu, this is Zhao Liping, the daughter of an old leader of mine, is now working in Huaxia Youth Daily, this time I was sent by the unit to Fenghu on a business trip, I took her over to appreciate the demeanor of the leaders." ”

"Liping, these are the Secretary-General Cheng, Secretary Xue, and Mayor Lu of Tongcheng that I told you."

Cheng Huayan advocated for Bao Feiyang's kindness, and brought a stranger to today's banquet with some dissatisfaction, although he was usually very good at hiding his feelings, but Bao Feiyang's original level was lower than him. There is no need to suppress your feelings too much, and it is too unreliable to bring an irrelevant stranger to this kind of banquet in the officialdom, so where is the majesty of the leaders in these fields.

So he usually has a smile on his face, but at this time he can't help but look a little unhappy, what is going on with Bao Feiyang, a young man, today, is he still a cadre trained by the party. He was just about to speak and reprimand Bao Feiyang a few words, but he saw that Xue Shaohua, who had been sitting on the chair and chatting with them, had already stood up, and took the initiative to greet the strange beauty that Bao Feiyang brought: "Sure enough, it's Miss Liping, when I was in Yanjing seven or eight years ago, I saw you once at his house when I visited Fu Lao, but you were younger at that time." It's been so long now, I'm afraid you can't even remember. ”

Xue Shaohua, as today's host and guest, naturally arranged to sit in the position facing the door, but now he specially walked around half a circle from the huge dining table in the box, and ran to the door to greet Zhao Liping, who had just come to the box, and immediately surprised Cheng Huayan, Lu Dingyi and others, who were sitting on the side and did not move, and everyone was silent for a while.

Hearing what Xue Shaohua said to Zhao Liping next, they immediately came back to their senses and reacted quickly after being trained in officialdom. The identity of this beautiful girl who came with Bao Feiyang tonight is probably not as simple as Bao Feiyang's vague introduction just now. Cadres at a certain level in the province are generally clear about each other's backgrounds and origins. Knowing who Old Fu is in Xue Shaohua's mouth, this girl can appear in Fu Lao's Mansion, and make Xue Shaohua, a person who is so valued and respected by cadres at the department level, must not be small.

Cheng Huayan has silently pondered in his heart which bigwigs in the central government are surnamed Zhao, but if you want to include all the ministries and commissions, there are really several big leaders surnamed Zhao. At his level, he doesn't need to know the family situation of all the leaders, so he can't determine which family Zhao Liping is based on just one name.

However, since Xue Shaohua had already taken the lead in coming out to greet the other party, Cheng Huayan, Lu Dingyi and the others couldn't sit still like just now, and everyone stood up. Even Cheng Huayan and Lu Dingyi, who were proud of their noble status in the field, even walked out of their positions and came to the box near the door to greet Zhao Liping.

"Secretary Xue, hello, today is my delay, and I would like to ask all the leaders not to be surprised." Zhao Liping, as the daughter of the Zhao family, is a person who has seen a big scene, and she has been exercising abroad for so many years, and she is more experienced and stable, she said hello to Xue Shaohua who greeted her enthusiastically, although she is relatively low-key in the Zhao family, and she doesn't like to attend lively occasions very much, but it is inevitable that there will be some occasions to be ushered in, and the provincial and ministerial-level officials don't know how much they have seen, and at this time, they will naturally not have stage fright in the face of these local officials in Jiangbei Province.

"Haha, understand, understand, Zhao, your grandfather is in good health?" Xue Shaohua originally wanted to ask about Zhao Lao's body, but although there are many bigwigs in the center, there are not many who can make people call Zhao Lao, so asking is tantamount to exposing Zhao Liping's identity, Xue Shaohua thought that Bao Feiyang and Zhao Liping might not be willing, so he hurriedly came to an emergency brake and changed his words.

Xue Shaohua knew the relationship between Bao Feiyang and the Zhao family, but he only knew that Zhao Genzheng had a daughter, and even the third generation of the Zhao family was only Zhao Liping, and he knew that Bao Feiyang would be the grandson-in-law of the Zhao family, so today he naturally regarded Bao Feiyang and Zhao Liping as a couple.

"Grandpa's health is fine, eat at least two large bowls of dry rice for each meal!" Speaking of Zhao Lao, Zhao Liping replied with a smile on her face, but she couldn't help but feel a little gloomy in her heart. Zhao Lao has completely retired two years ago, although his body is not seriously ill, but after all, he is old, and his spirit is not as good as before, which is also the reason why Zhao Liping has been floating outside for a few years, and finally decided to come back, hoping to be filial piety in front of his grandfather, who has loved him since childhood.

Although she is not the direct blood of the Zhao family in terms of blood relationship, in the Zhao family's many years of life and growth, she has long regarded this place as her home.

Xue Shaohua received it in time, Cheng Huayan and Lu Dingyi couldn't figure out the specific origin of Zhao Liping, but they still walked up and greeted warmly: "Hello Miss Liping, welcome to Fenghu to play, if you need anything." Be sure to tell us. ”

Cheng Huayan changed his face just now, shook hands with Zhao Liping with a warm smile, and then turned his head to look at Xue Shaohua and Bao Feiyang: "Secretary Xue, which old leader's phoenix is this?" ”

Xue Shaohua looked at Zhao Liping, Zhao Liping smiled and said, "Secretary General Cheng, my father didn't let us report his name outside. To say that I am not good will disgrace him. ”

"Oh, the old leader's requirements are too high, Miss Liping, you are so beautiful, you are brilliant everywhere you go." Cheng Huayan touched a soft nail, but the smile on his face was a little more enthusiastic, the more Zhao Liping deliberately did not reveal her identity, the more it was equivalent to confirming Zhao Liping's identity is not simple. That's why he didn't dare to reveal it lightly, although Xue Shaohua's actions just now had already shown this.

Everyone greeted each other for a while before they took their seats one by one. Cheng Huayan and Lu Dingyi, the deputy mayor of Tongcheng City, who was sitting next to him, quickly exchanged glances with each other, still muttering in their hearts, not knowing how to deal with this new mysterious girl, until now they still haven't been able to figure out the specific identity of Zhao Liping in front of them. Lu Dingyi was lively, and even suspected that this might be a well-arranged game, maybe Xue Shaohua and Bao Feiyang colluded in advance to find this woman as a support to fool them. As for the purpose, huh! Self-explanatory.

Of course, Lu Dingyi also knows. If he guesses wrongly, the origin of this Zhao Liping in front of him is really big, she is the daughter or granddaughter of a certain bigwig in the capital, he is really not good at persecuting too much at the wine table, maybe it will ruin the layout of the provincial governor Hong Ximing, this kind of thing is not afraid of 10,000 just in case. So it's best not to take risks lightly, in case it's true, maybe you will get into big trouble.

Although judging by the many years of experience and experience of Lu Dingyi, the executive vice mayor of Tongcheng City, it is not very likely that Xue Shaohua, as the leader of the Haizhou Municipal Party Committee, will come up with a Xibei to fool them. But just in case is not ruled out. If Zhao Liping was just the child of an ordinary official in the capital, and was pulled over by Xue Shaohua to fake the tiger, even if they knew Zhao Liping's true identity afterwards, what could they do? You can't blame Xue Shaohua for anything, after all, Xue Shaohua didn't say anything clearly, and if you want to blame, you can only blame him for thinking too much.

Lu Dingyi is a steady and meticulous person, and he will not act rashly until he is completely sure, and his attitude is still very cautious, because of this level of thought and scruples, he seems to be somewhat absent-minded at the dinner table, and he is always thinking about this matter repeatedly in his mind.

Tonight's banquet was originally initiated by Lu Dingyi, Cheng Huayan, secretary general of the provincial government, came forward to invite Xue Shaohua and others from Haizhou City, and at the same time served as the main escort of tonight's banquet, in addition to these main figures just now, Zhang Qinyi, deputy director of the Jiangbei Provincial Investment Promotion Department, was also arranged as an escort, and there were Wu Mengde, director of the Tongcheng Investment Promotion Bureau, Wang Yanfang, Tongcheng Provincial Office, Cheng Hailong, deputy director of the Tongcheng Government Office, and others. Sun Qinghua, director of the Haizhou Municipal Office in Fenghu, plus Bao Feiyang, director of the Management Committee of the Haizhou Economic Development Zone, and Zhao Liping, a companion he brought, sat at a large table.

Originally, there were so many people at the table, and in terms of rank, Bao Feiyang, who had just been promoted to the main department, was a little higher than Shen Rong, whose level was only a regular department, but Shen Rong, as the secretary of the municipal party committee, must have a much higher status than Bao Feiyang, the head of the management committee of the economic development zone at the department level, in the eyes of some officials below.

Officialdom has always been very particular about the ranking of formal occasions, whether it is at the conference table or the dinner table, according to the original seating arrangement, although Bao Feiyang is a guest, but when it comes to ranking, he also has to sit in the last seat, Xue Shaohua originally wanted to bring up the seats of Bao Feiyang and Zhao Liping, but was politely rejected by Bao Feiyang and Zhao Liping, both of them are practical people, and they don't mind the ranking order of these officialdoms, they all think that these are just a false name, and so many leaders are present tonight, It's better to be low-key and humble, so I still sit in the vacant seat, and Bao Feiyang happens to sit next to the secretary Shen Rong.

Among the people present at the banquet tonight, except for Cheng Huayan, Xue Shaohua and Lu Dingyi, who had just taken the initiative to walk to the door of the box and say hello to Zhao Liping, some of the other people who accompanied them, including Zhang Qinyi, deputy director of the Jiangbei Provincial Investment Promotion Department at the deputy hall level, were not able to talk to Zhao Liping, after all, he was only serving as an escort today, and there was no need to be too active on this occasion. It's just that seeing the scene just now when a few local officials took the initiative to greet a strange woman who was so young, everyone looked at Zhao Liping with a somewhat strange gaze. They secretly guessed Zhao Liping's identity in their hearts.

However, these people here are all human spirits, and soon under the skillful leadership of Cheng Huayan, the atmosphere was lively. Wang Yanfang, director of the Tongcheng City Office in Jiangbei Province, was good at socializing and was the first to take the initiative to stand up and toast Zhao Liping: "Miss Liping, when we meet for the first time, the eldest sister will toast you first, and you and Director Bao will sit together." It's really a talented girl, a golden boy and a girl, and a natural pair! ”

Wang Yanfang is also a human spirit, her eyes are poisonous, she has long seen Zhao Liping's love and intimacy for Bao Feiyang in her eyes when she observes on the side, so she takes these two people as a couple of people, because she guesses that this Zhao Liping may really have a great background, originally wanted to say something nice to make Zhao Liping happy, but she didn't expect Zhao Liping to stand up with a cup and hear Wang Yanfang's words. Suddenly, his body froze there and did not move, his expression was very embarrassed, and he blushed.

Bao Feiyang hurriedly stood up and explained to Wang Yanfang, who was enthusiastically toasting: "Director Wang, you misunderstood, Liping is my fiancée's sister. ”

"Ah, damn it, damn it, if you look at my mouth, you know how to talk nonsense." Wang Yanfang was slightly stunned and covered her lips with her other hand. This situation was somewhat unexpected, and she would not have made such a mistake in her experience. It's just because Zhao Liping secretly likes Bao Feiyang, and it is inevitable that her demeanor will be revealed, so she misunderstands that the two are lovers, but she is from an administrative background, is good at dealing with people, and can respond to all kinds of emergencies urgently. Wang Yanfang reacted quickly, hurriedly raised the wine glass that was originally to salute Zhao Liping, and said in a concealed manner: "It was I who said the wrong thing too abruptly just now, I will punish myself with a glass, and I have to ask Miss Liping not to blame me if she has a lot." ”

Wang Yanfang said. Hurriedly picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Bao Feiyang smiled politely at Wang Yanfang and said, "What did Director Wang say, Liping, she can't drink, I accompanied Director Wang to drink this glass of wine." As he spoke, he poured a glass of wine and raised it to Wang Yanfang, and then drank it all.

Xue Shaohua couldn't help but be a little strange, he understood that the Zhao family did not have two daughters, so he asked Zhao Liping with some confusion: "Miss Liping, you also have a sister at home?" ”

Zhao Liping recovered her composure from the embarrassment just now, she raised her head and smiled at Xue Shaohua and said, "Secretary Xue seems to know the situation of our family very well, I have an older sister, godsister." ”

Xue Shaohua couldn't help frowning slightly, he knew that Bao Feiyang was the quasi-son-in-law of the Zhao family, but he didn't expect that the Zhao family had a goddaughter in addition to Zhao Liping, which was a little different from what he knew before. He saw Zhao Liping in Fu's house many years ago, and he knew Zhao Liping's appearance, of course, he would think that the Zhao Liping in front of him now was the biological daughter of Zhao Genzheng and Guo Liqiong, and Bao Feiyang's fiancée was their goddaughter.

But when he thought about it, he was relieved.

Bao Feiyang has worked in Wanghai County for more than two years, during which Meng Shuang also visited Bao Feiyang in Wanghai County, and Bao Feiyang did not deliberately hide his relationship with Meng Shuang, so his relationship with Meng Shuang has long been known by many people, but Xue Shaohua works in Haizhou, and he has not had the opportunity to see Meng Shuang himself before this, he only knew that the Zhao family had a daughter, as for what the girl's surname is, it is not clear, when Bao Feiyang introduced Zhao Liping just now, he thought that Meng Shuang and Zhao Liping were actually the same person, It's just that Meng Shuang is another pseudonym of Zhao Liping, it seems that Meng Shuang should be Zhao Liping's godsister, so Bao Feiyang is only Zhao Genzheng's godson-in-law.

Of course, this will not affect Bao Feiyang's influence at all, after all, the Zhao family has a strict family style and will not be related to someone casually, since they recognize this goddaughter, they must love this goddaughter very much. Xue Shaohua really wanted to find a chance to meet this Meng Shuang.

Cheng Hailong, deputy director of the city government office on the way, went out for a trip, and when he came back, he didn't come in immediately, but just pushed the door of the box open a small crack, showed his face and looked at Lu Xiayi, Lu Dingyi greeted everyone when he saw this, and walked out of the box.

"Mayor Lu, I asked someone to inquire about the Huaxia Youth Daily, and there are several Zhao Liping in the Huaxia Youth Daily, and only one meets the age situation, and it is said that they have been stationed in foreign reporters in recent years, and they have only recently been transferred back to China. There is no family history in the materials she has made public. Cheng Hailong stood at the door and reported in a low voice.

In order to find out Zhao Liping's true identity background, Lu Dingyi secretly signaled Cheng Hailong to find someone to inquire, Cheng Hailong did not live up to his expectations, he quietly found an excuse to sneak out of the box and make a few phone calls outside, and he didn't know what relationships he had found, and quickly inquired about Zhao Liping's situation, but now it seems that these situations are still a little unclear. (To be continued......)