In fact, Ye Ming didn't have to insist on returning the red envelope in the guest room at this time, he could have waited until the afternoon meeting and secretly returned it to Zheng Xiaoliang or Chen Jianjian.

However, Ye Ming had another purpose at this time: first, he was worried that he had been alone in the room with Zhou Meiyu for a long time, and there was nothing in the first place, and he might have been fabricated by Chen Jianli and others, and he might even be framed by Zhou Meiyu, saying that he was doing to her in the room, and he would not be able to wash it away if he jumped into the Yellow River at that time, so he wanted Zheng Xiaoliang or Chen Jianli to come over now, so that they could see that he and Zhou Meiyu were innocent, so as not to give someone a handle.

Second, he also wanted to take this opportunity to return the red envelope to drive Zhou Meiyu out of the city and prevent her from continuing to stay in his room: because he still has a lot of questions to think about and judge, and he doesn't have time to chat with this Zhou Meiyu.

So, he insisted that Zhou Meiyu call Zheng Xiaoliang immediately and ask him to come over and return the money to him in person......

Ten minutes after Zhou Meiyu called, Chen Jianli and Zheng Xiaoliang hurried over.

As soon as he entered Ye Ming's room, Chen Jianli first looked at Ye Ming and Zhou Meiyu a few times, and saw that they were neatly dressed and looked natural, and there was no sign of any ambiguous affair that had just happened, and he was a little surprised: it turned out that just now at the wine table, Chen Jianli saw that Ye Ming seemed to be very interested in Zhou Meiyu, and he was secretly happy at that time, thinking that Ye Ming had fallen into his trap, and later after eating, he heard Ye Ming say that he wanted to go back to the room to rest, so he thought that he was a little impatient and wanted to share the joy of fish and water with Zhou Meiyu. Therefore, he specially instructed Zhou Meiyu to obey Section Chief Ye's request and serve him with all her heart.

Therefore, when Zheng Xiaoliang received a call from Zhou Meiyu just now, saying that Ye Ming must return the red envelope left in his room, Chen Jianli thought that Ye Ming was pretending, and he also expected that he and Zhou Meiyu must have achieved good things, so he hurriedly took Zheng Xiaoliang over, on the one hand, he wanted to come to see the scene of Ye Ming and Zhou Meiyu upside down, and on the other hand, he also wanted to persuade Ye Ming not to have any scruples, just accept the red envelope.

Unexpectedly, when he came in, what he saw was not what he wanted to see, which made him a little disappointed.

After Chen Jianli and Zheng Xiaoliang came in, Ye Ming called the red envelope to Chen Jianjian's hand, and said with a smile: "Secretary Chen, Director Zheng, you are so polite, I have just made it clear to Director Zhou: I am not hypocritical or do not receive the affection of the leaders, but after I entered the work of the provincial party committee, I set a rule for myself: never accept any red envelope gifts, this is my personal principle and bottom line, so please understand the two leaders and remove this red envelope, here, I once again express my heartfelt thanks to you." ”

When Chen Jianli heard his words, he was very unhappy, thinking that you are talking about the principles and bottom line in front of Lao Tzu, isn't this a blatant slap in the face of me, the secretary of the county party committee.

However, he only dared to say this in his heart, but on the surface, he still showed a false smile, gave Ye Ming a thumbs up, and said insincerely: "Section Chief Ye, you are so young and you are so strict with yourself, and you are so self-disciplined, it is indeed very rare, but it is actually a common practice for us to do this, and many places do it, Section Chief Ye may have just arrived at the provincial party committee office, and the number of times he went to the local research was a little less, so he was not used to this kind of thing, so, I advise Section Chief Ye not to shirk it, isn't it just a little missed meal fee, it's not a big deal, besides, if you don't charge this missed meal fee, those comrades who came with you, including Director Hu, will be embarrassed to accept it, right, in that case, it will be more embarrassing, so, I hope Section Chief Ye can think about it again, sometimes, the principles and bottom line can also be flexible, right. ”

Chen Jianjian's words are indeed reasonable: the reason why Hong Xi and the others are scrambling to come to Huangyuan this time is to put it bluntly, they just want to enjoy the super-standard reception of the Huangyuan County Party Committee and County, and at the same time, they also want to get a big red envelope back, if Ye Ming doesn't accept this red envelope, their red envelope will definitely have to be returned, in that case, they are likely to offend these people inadvertently......

Thinking of this, Ye Ming hesitated slightly, but he still said very resolutely: "Secretary Chen, I just emphasized: you have your practice of receiving superior leaders, and I also have my own personal principles and bottom line, I don't charge this mistaken meal fee, only on behalf of me, and I can't use my own standards to measure other comrades, so, my mistaken meal fee, please let the comrades at the reception withdraw, as for the other comrades in our investigation team, they don't know that I have refunded the mistaken meal fee, as long as you and Director Zheng, If Director Zhou doesn't say it, they won't have any ideas, right? ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Jianli and the other three had different expressions on their faces: a sharp cold light flashed in Chen Jianjian's eyes, obviously extremely dissatisfied with Ye Ming's pushing; Zheng Xiaoliang had no expression on his face, but he scolded "hypocrite" angrily in his heart; And Zhou Meiyu now finds that Ye Ming has more and more advantages, especially his current resolute request to return the red envelope, which makes her admire it even more: among the current officials, there are still a few people who can be like the young section chief in front of him, and he is not moved in the face of risk-free red envelopes and gift money.

After Ye Ming finished saying that, he was also paying attention to the reactions of Chen Jianli and the others, he was a very sensitive, extremely sensitive person, the sharp cold light that flashed in Chen Jianjian's eyes just now did not escape his eyes, after seeing this cold light, Ye Ming suddenly felt a little regret in his heart: it seems that it may not be a good idea for him to resolutely ask for the return of the red envelope, and it may even bring hidden dangers and risks to himself: he does not accept this red envelope, shows that he rejected Chen Jianli and others' stammering and currying favor, which is equivalent to drawing a gap between himself and them, and even between other members of the investigation team......

However, at this point, he couldn't regret it anymore, so, at his insistence, the red envelope was removed, and Zhou Meiyu followed Chen Jianli and Zheng Xiaoliang out of his room, so that he could finally lie down quietly and think about the next strategy.