Chapter 50

Chapter 42: The Embarrassing Incident of the Beautiful Deputy Secretary

Although it was a cold winter, the weather in Hongshui County had been relatively sunny and the temperature had risen a bit in recent days. Lin Ruoshui wore a milky white coat, a red blouse underneath, black long stockings, and a pair of exquisite high heels, looking both graceful and elegant...

But at this moment, the rosy patch under her plump buttocks made Yang Zixuan feel a bit indescribable... ambiguous? seductive? awkward?

Yang Zixuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Sister, your relative has come, and you don't even treat them well!"

Lin Ruoshui hadn't expected such a leakage to happen, and especially in front of a man who was both a political rival and a friend, her face turned bright red, feeling more embarrassed than ever in her life!

She glared fiercely at Yang Zixuan, who was making idle remarks, but couldn't find the right words to scold the hateful man in front of her!

"Do you need any help?" Yang Zixuan knew that girls would feel very embarrassed when such things happened, especially someone as image-conscious as Lin Ruoshui. He decided not to tease her anymore and spoke in a somewhat gentle tone.

Lin Ruoshui was too embarrassed to stand up, as the leakage had already stained the car seat. Her face flushed, and she whispered, "Can you just take me back? I can't go to dinner with you like this!"

Yang Zixuan nodded and drove Lin Ruoshui back to the county committee residential building. After parking the car, Lin Ruoshui looked at Yang Zixuan with a hopeful expression and said, "Can you get out first? I need to stand up!"

"It's not like I haven't seen it before. It's just your period. What's so special about it?" Yang Zixuan muttered, almost driving Lin Ruoshui to the brink of madness. However, he still got out of the car with dignity, turning his back to her to make her less awkward.

"I'll... wash your car later..." Lin Ruoshui's voice was very low, and it was clear that she had mustered a lot of courage to say this. She had completely lost the stern image of the deputy secretary who was highly respected in the county committee.

"That's not necessary. I'll just clean it with a wet cloth later... You should go up quickly. There will be more people around, and it won't look good if they see. People might think something happened between us!" Yang Zixuan said with a hint of a mischievous smile.

With his back to Lin Ruoshui, Yang Zixuan didn't know if she was embarrassed or angry. When he turned around, Lin Ruoshui was already gone...

...

In the county committee meeting room, the TV was broadcasting the live stream of the great leader's Southern Tour speech.

Led by Su Nan, the county committee leadership was organizing a study session on the spirit of the leader's Southern Tour. However, both Su Nan and Huang He and Fang Ling looked uneasy.

Su Nan's faction in Luofu, which supported stability and did not encourage reform, had suffered a major defeat in the recent ideological clash within the party.

This morning, Su Nan received a call from his old leader, whose voice was even weaker, indicating that his days were numbered.

The old leader told him to be low-key and not to cause any trouble. The faction was dealing with pressure from the higher-ups and had no time to clean up his mess.

So, as Su Nan listened to the leader's voice on the TV, his heart felt like a mix of five flavors, a complex mix of emotions. He glanced at the calm, young face beside him and suddenly felt a wave of melancholy. Could it be that he really couldn't even compete with this young man in his twenties?

Fang Ling, meanwhile, was fidgeting under the table, her palms sweating. She didn't dare to look at Yang Zixuan's face, her mind filled with various thoughts: The party and the national situation were becoming clearer, and the reformists were likely to win in the end. She wondered what the situation was like in the city and whether the decision on the Honghe Economic Development Zone would be overturned...

Yang Zixuan, however, remained calm. Before the expanded county committee meeting to study the leader's Southern Tour, he had received a call from Chen Yuyu in the city committee's printing room. Chen Yuyu said that the city committee was also organizing a study session and would discuss how to implement the spirit of the leader's speech.

Yang Zixuan found these two pieces of information useless!

The information age was approaching, and information was money. Chen Yuyu, having received a few gifts from Yang Zixuan, worked particularly hard. She also gave him a free piece of information: Secretary Lin was likely to propose the establishment of an economic development zone in Daming City at the city committee meeting, as part of implementing the spirit of the leader's Southern Tour.

Compared to the previous two pieces of information, this free information was a strong stimulant for Yang Zixuan, but he quickly noticed a problem.

Secretary Lin said he wanted to establish an economic development zone in Daming City but didn't specify where or mention the Honghe Economic Development Zone plan, leaving much room for speculation!

The city committee meeting was held in the third-floor conference hall of Guanghai Hotel in Daming City, with the nine key figures of Daming City seated at the conference table!

Lin Pei had been somewhat relieved in recent days. His Lin family had always maintained a neutral stance on reform, so in the aftermath of the ideological struggle, his family had neither offended the conservative faction nor been suppressed by the reformist faction.

His older brother, Lin Zhengqiang, Lin Ruoshui's father, had been appointed as the party secretary of a major economic province in the southern coastal region, a prominent figure in the southeast.

His brother's promotion indirectly put pressure on Lin Pei, so he had been considering how to break through. Although there were many rumors and unofficial news in Luofu Province that he might be appointed as the first-ranked vice governor of Luofu Province next year, that was just a rumor and couldn't be taken seriously. The leap from the prefecture level to the provincial level was a significant one. To achieve this, he needed to have impressive political achievements and the support of his family to turn the rumors into reality.

So, this period was crucial for him to gain political achievements and establish his authority within the province.

The local conservative faction led by Tang Lu was now facing unprecedented freezing and suppression, and the provincial leadership would not have much energy to support Tang Lu. This was the key time for Lin Pei to make his move. After a year of lying low and with Yang Zixuan's help in the Xu Li case, Lin Pei could control the direction of the standing committee, unlike when he first arrived and was quietly bullied by Mayor Tang Lu and a few key standing committee members.

Now, thinking about it, Yang Zixuan was truly his lucky star!