"After?" I lit up my phone and looked at it, smiling bitterly in my heart. After the 23rd of the lunar month, it is also the year of the traditional festival.

It is rumored that the god of the stove in the 23rd month of the month will go down to the mortal world to light the stove, or call the god of the stove. The so-called lighting stove is a census based on how many people in your family are and how much rations will be given to your family in the coming year. So in the traditional festival, no matter how busy you are, you have to go home, don't let the god of the stove leak you, resulting in starvation next year.

When I heard that the secretary Han Daqing invited me to dinner, my heart moved, and I smiled bitterly in my heart.

Did Han Daqing finally make a move? If you go to a family feast on this kind of festival, it is easy to show your position. And he asked the secretary to convey this matter, which clearly wanted me to take a public position. As soon as I went, the flat tendencies were immediately apparent.

Although I am only a department-level cadre, I have a lot of real power in my hands, and the people who have given me these real powers must be waiting for me to make a statement. So, don't look at it as just a simple family banquet, in which the relationship is a strip of water and water implicates many people.

The secretary's heart is as clear as a mirror. She has long been accustomed to this kind of deceitful executive game! Working in a large company, it is definitely difficult to survive without a little wisdom.

Therefore, the secretary knows more about these routines than me, and I also know that Han Daqing asked her to convey this sentence, which is hidden in it.

"Director Lu, do you want me to help you reject him?" A trace of helplessness flashed on the secretary's cold face, and he looked at me and asked lightly.

Her language was tepid, unhurried, and even expressionless, as if she were writing a sentence without any meaning or color.

Han Daqing's intentions are obvious! If I go to a banquet, I'm going to have a lot of trouble.

For example, the princelings will definitely make it difficult for me in my future work;

For another example, Mr. Xu, the helmsman, has to hold the chips of any tendency in order to check and balance. At that time, Bao Buqi will destroy relatives for the benefit of one party.

I was a little scared, and it was hard to weigh the pros and cons for a while.

But when I calmed down and thought about it, I found that I had been 41 years since I came to Guangzhou! If I don't do anything, I'll probably forget why I'm here.

There are too many potential rules to support this battlefield in the head office, and if I don't break some rules, I can't find the real culprit behind the scenes. Everyone is in a wait-and-see state of not moving, maybe if I lean in the direction and keep shaking, those dirty things can surface and fall out earlier.

Thinking of this, I have a plan in my heart. Put your heart sideways, to the secretary:

"Why do you refuse? I've been coming to Guangzhou for a few months to have a working meal, and every time I either socialize this or that, I definitely want to go to a family banquet. ”

I glanced back at the secretary, flipped the calendar back two pages on the table, flicked the pen, and left the label.

Seeing my behavior, the secretary was very surprised. She probably thought that I still couldn't see through the gist of this, and wanted to explain it to me: "But Director Lu, have you ever thought about ......it?"

"Why do you want to do so much?" I hurriedly interrupted her words and said to her as if nothing had happened: "It's just a meal, and it's not a family of relatives, aren't you tired of thinking too much?" …… Alright, alright, you go out first......"

The secretary took a look at me, and he was at a loss! She opened her mouth, but she stopped talking.

Seeing that I insisted, the secretary had to sigh to himself and turned to leave. As she left, she shook her head in disappointment, probably lamenting my paranoia.

The secretary's name is Li Suxin, and he is as his name suggests, with a unique heart.

Maybe it's because I'm young and promising, and I don't have much of a fight, and I am very close to me at work. When I first came to Guangzhou, I wouldn't have been able to do well without her help.

So I trust Li Suxin! In a foreign land, it is not easy to find someone you can trust and confide into.

However, I came to Guangzhou for too many obscure reasons, the way of life and death, and I had to be cautious.

Just like Xia Xue said to me, a person who can do things for you must be able to do things for others. Liu's lesson has already been punished in my throat, and if I don't have a long memory, my life will be worried.

Looking at the back of Li Suxin's departure, there was an inexplicable sense of loss in my heart, probably because of loneliness. Guangzhou is a vast area, but I don't have a single friend who I have a close friend with, except for the narcotics of alcohol every night, I put almost all my energy into work.

Because I'm afraid!

I'm afraid that when I'm free, I'll be cranky, and I'll turn out the beautiful, unbearable, romantic, dirty, longing, hurtful ......, all the things that may torment my nerves.

I'm afraid of being alone, I'm afraid of missing, I'm afraid of being alone in the face of endless thoughts.

Because of the source of longing, there are so many good memories, and the fragrance is overflowing.

……

Cantonese people don't seem to pay much attention to the 23rd of the lunar month, and they don't have the atmosphere of the festival in their hometown. Even some people don't know it's a holiday, and they show a stunned attitude.

I was afraid that I would not pay attention to it too casually, so I went to the market to buy a Hui tea gift box and came to Han Daqing's house with a swagger.

In a high-end area on the bank of the Pearl River, in the front row of villas along the river, Han Daqing personally welcomed me into the door:

"Lu Xia, welcome! Come...... Feel free to sit! ”

"Section Chief Han, you are ...... It's luxurious! ”

I looked around and was amazed by the luxurious retro-inspired décor in front of me. A peony fragrant wood screen is placed at the main entrance, bypassing it, and it is a two-story lobby. There is a table in the main case, and there is an exhibition of antique paintings, porcelain vases, and jade.

In the center of the lobby, there is a guest chair, with a bright red wood grain, which is very eye-catching. I don't know much about furniture, but I can tell at a glance that it is a great boutique. The chair is not called so by them, but our rural hometown is not shy about it, but when you get to the rich and noble, if you call it a 'cool' chair, the relationship between the two of you should be cool.

"Section Chief Han, this chair of yours is really magnificent! Not cheap, right? ”

"Oh, I'm a high imitation. Made of Vietnamese red rock wood, it is worthless, and it is a bargain of 300,000 yuan. ”

“……”

Listening to Han Daqing's breezy appearance, he found that he was incompatible with this kind of place. The money for a chair is enough for me to make a down payment on a house in Hefei, but people dislike bargains?

I don't dare to comment casually in this place anymore, too much will only hit my self-esteem!

Han Daqing asked the maid to make me tea, and specially instructed Longjing, who wanted to be on the number. Wanle smiled at me: "Lu Xia, if you are hungry, there are desserts here, pad first?" ”

Han Daqing pointed to the fruit bowl on the tea table, those exquisite pastries were very tempting, and his throat was moist when he looked at them.

But I couldn't show too little quality, and nodded politely: "Oh, Section Chief Han, you're polite!" ”

"Eh~! Don't always be the head of the Han section, the length of the Han section! If you don't go out of bounds, call me brother! ”

"This ......"

Before I could figure out how to answer, suddenly a delicate voice came from the strong wind behind me: "Lu Xia, don't call it that!" ”