Li Yuanlang said hello to Chang Ming, took the elevator downstairs and walked to the café on the first floor of the hotel, and the waiter led him to table nine. Strangely, the table for two was empty, and the person on the phone hadn't arrived yet.

"What do you drink, sir?" The waiter asked.

There was a little order on the table, and Li Yuenlang didn't even look at it and said, "A cup of cappuccino and special snacks, thank you." ”

After ordering something, Li Yuanlang sat and walked around, there were not many guests in the café, and there were few people dotted around, some looked at their mobile phones, and some chatted quietly.

Li Yuanlang took out his mobile phone and tried to dial Shui Tingyue again, but he was still in a state of unreachable, and he really couldn't understand how he couldn't get in touch.

When he was bored, Li Yuanlang left a message to Shui Tingyue through WeChat, asking about the meeting, and waited for her reply.

A few minutes later, coffee and snacks were served, but there was still no response from Shui Tingyue, and the mobile phone still couldn't get through. And the man who was going to meet him didn't come.

Abnormal, everything is so abnormal. Li Yuanlang frowned slightly, found out the number he had just called, and dialed back, and it turned out to be a public phone. What do you mean, playing with me as a Sunday, right?

Li Yuanlang had the heart to get up and leave, but when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he suddenly felt that it was not so simple, and immediately used his mobile phone as a cover to observe everything around him.

By accident, he noticed a very special situation, there was a table very far away from him, and a man was reading a newspaper. The reason why he paid attention to the man was because the other party was sitting in a position that could take him into full sight, and the man could see his every move.

The key point is that when the man saw Li Yuanlang looking at him, he quickly lifted the newspaper up to cover his face.

Even so, Li Yuanlang instantly remembered the appearance of these people. Wearing a pair of glasses, Si Svenwen, about thirty or forty years old. With years of experience in officialdom, Li Yuenlong feels that this person looks like a government official, not a business person.

He didn't dare to look at himself, and deliberately avoided it, indicating that there was a ghost in his heart. Li Yuanlang narrowed his eyes, took a sip of coffee, and in fact, he was also looking at the person opposite with cold eyes.

I saw that the man was holding a newspaper, and no one would lift it so high when reading a newspaper normally, so it would be very tiring. In the case of natural relaxation, the body functions are also relaxed, who would be stupid to do this, the only reasonable explanation is that this person is using the newspaper as a shield, he reads the newspaper is fake, and secretly spying on someone is true.

Li Yuanlang sat like this, but his mind was quickly analyzing, he seemed to have eyebrows, hum, play this with me, okay, I'll play with you.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanlang was not in a hurry, slowly tasting the fragrant cappuccino, tasting exquisite snacks, turning on the mobile phone network, and watching domestic and international news events.

He likes to watch the news when he has nothing to do, and from above he can find out the policy trend of the upper echelons, which will be helpful for the future administration.

It has been a few days since Old Man Ye passed away, and there has been no movement in the news. Li Yuanlang calculated, an old leader of the level of Old Man Ye died, and several heavyweights had to attend collectively, and they had to discuss with their families to coordinate everyone's time, which seemed simple but was actually much more complicated. He roughly calculated, in another three or two days, there will be news from the major media.

The reason why he pays attention to this matter is mainly because he is concerned about Xiaomei's recent situation. In the past few days, Li Yuanlang has only had a soft phone call with his sister Ye Qing once, and Wang Song answered it.

My sister was in a bad mood, and everything was complicated, and when I talked to him, my voice was hoarse, and I sobbed again after a few words, and I couldn't speak at all. He learned through Wang Song that the little sister was in a very bad state, after all, he had lived by his grandfather's side since he was a child, and his feelings were deep, even if the old man died at the age of ninety, which was considered a long life, as a relative, it was still difficult to accept the painful fact and excessive sadness.

Li Yuanlang wants to go to the capital to take a look at his sister, no matter what he says, his mother is gone, his father is like that again, and his little sister has become his ultimate spiritual sustenance, and it is the source of power for him to have this home.

Li Yuanlang was full of thoughts, silently looking at his mobile phone, but his mind was violently active, completely forgetting the time, sitting like this for more than forty minutes, and when he woke up, the chair opposite was still empty, and it was estimated that the person would not come.

Looking at the other side again, the man was gone. So, Li Yuanlang got up and left no longer stupidly.

But just as he was about to leave, a man walked in from the door, looking like he was in his fifties, of medium stature, slightly fat, with a ruddy complexion, and quite a handsome. His hair was combed and shiny, and his face was not angry or happy, but it gave people a very majestic momentum.

I saw that the man looked around, walked over under the guidance of the waiter, stood directly in front of Li Yuanlang, and asked, "Are you Li Yuanlang?" ”

Li Yuanlang nodded: "I am, may I ask if you are ......"

"Gu Zhenggang." The man did not shake hands with Li Yuenlong, but sat down on the chair opposite him with a golden knife, and called the waiter to order a cup of black tea.

Gu Zhenggang? Li Yuanlang's brain was spinning rapidly, and he was so unfamiliar with his name. However, this person's surname is Gu, and seeing the similarity between his eyebrows and Gu Hongyan, he immediately understood the identity of this person, so he asked politely: "You are Tingyue's uncle, right?" ”

"I'm her second uncle." Gu Zhenggang replied, also looking Li Yuanlang up and down.

"Second uncle, what are you looking for me?" Li Yuanlang judged from the tone and voice of talking to Gu Zhenggang that the person who called him just now was not Gu Zhenggang, but the designation was also instructed by Gu Zhenggang.

Gu Zhenggang waved his hand and said, "Don't call me second uncle, call me by my name." It's nothing, I just want to talk to you. ”

Gu Zhenggang did not explain why he was nearly an hour late, let alone apologize, like Gu Hongyan, his bones were full of arrogance and disdain.

Li Yuenlong didn't mind Gu Zhenggang's approach, his body leaned forward slightly, and his body was straight, which was a kind of respect for the elders by the juniors, and it had nothing to do with his status at all.

I heard Shui Tingyue mention it before, she has two uncles, the eldest uncle Gu Zhengchuan, who serves as the deputy secretary in Shencheng City. Shencheng is a municipality directly under the central government, and the deputy secretary of the full-time municipal party committee is a deputy provincial and ministerial-level cadre, which is equivalent to the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee.

The second uncle, Gu Zhenggang, served as the vice governor of the non-local committee in the remote southwest Anjiang Province, ranking relatively low.

Since Gu Zhenggang did not recognize Li Yuanlang's name, that is, he did not recognize his identity, Li Yuanlang's heart suddenly rose a trace of unhappiness. But he didn't show it on his face, Gu Zhenggang didn't let him call him second uncle, and naturally he couldn't call him by his name, which seemed impolite, so Li Yuanlang said: "Governor Gu came all the way here, it's not just as simple as wanting to chat with me, if you have any orders, just say it, I will listen to it." ”

At this time, the waiter brought black tea, and after leaving, Gu Zhenggang took a sip of the teacup, his sword eyebrows frowned slightly, it must be that the black tea was not to his taste, so he simply put it down and never drank it again.

Only then did he raise his head, leaned back in his chair and stared at Li Yuanlang and said, "Shui Qingzhang has always told me that you are a smart person, and you really have a brain when you see it today." Yes, I came to you not only to check our Gu family, but also to communicate with you in depth. ”

Sure enough, as Li Yuenlong expected, he had already guessed that someone had deliberately made it difficult for him to hide just now, and he also slapped the glassed four eyes secretly monitoring his actions, which must have tested his patience.

If Li Yuanlang sat for a while and didn't get in touch with Shui Tingyue, and the person he met didn't come for a while, he patted his ass and turned around and left, it would definitely leave an unstable impression on Gu Zhenggang.

It shows that Li Yuanlang is impatient and immature enough, so there is no need for him to see Li Yuanlang next.

Now that Li Yuanlang saw through the trick, he sat for more than forty minutes before deciding to leave, Gu Zhenggang couldn't help but show up, because this time he had a heavy responsibility, not only to investigate Li Yuanlang, but also to be entrusted by the old man and the request of his sister Gu Hongyan, there is something that Li Yuanlang needs to answer.

"Governor Gu, please speak."

Gu Zhenggang looked at the surrounding environment and said, "Let's change places, it's noisy here, and it's not suitable for conversation." ”

Immediately, Gu Zhenggang got up and left. Li Yuanlang settled the bill and walked out of the café behind him, and the man with glasses who had disappeared appeared at the door ghostly, and called out respectfully to Gu Zhenggang: "Boss." ”

"Well, have you found a room?" Gu Zhenggang asked with a stern face.

"It's set, you come with me."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Li Yuanlang could tell that the man with glasses was the person who called him, and everything was in his imagination.

Presumably this person should be Gu Zhenggang's secretary, he didn't introduce it, and Li Yuanlang was inconvenient to inquire, so he followed a master and a servant to the sixth floor in another special elevator and walked into a luxuriously decorated room.

The man with glasses poured two cups of black tea and left.

It was only at this time that Gu Zhenggang spoke bluntly: "Li Yuanlang, in addition to inspecting you this time, there is another matter that you need to mediate. ”

Am I intervening? Li Yuanlang was stunned for a while, how could he let a vice governor come from afar to do something with him.

"This matter is about Shui Qingzhang, I believe you will definitely agree." Gu Zhenggang took a sip of tea and nodded: "Good tea, it still tastes authentic." ”

Next, he continued: "Next summer, the secretary of the Yunyang Municipal Party Committee will arrive at the station, and Shui Qingzhang wants to fight for this position, but he is currently not on the line with Wang Minghong, the secretary of the provincial party committee, and you need to match it." ”

Li Yuenlong was stunned for a while, what are you kidding? How can he know the secretary of the provincial party committee when he is a small township party secretary?

"Governor Gu, don't be kidding, I don't have the ability." Li Yuanlang replied a little confused.

"You don't have the ability, but there is someone who can help." Gu Zhenggang raised his eyebrows and said a person's name, which surprised Li Yuanlang and never expected it.