Chapter 9: The Mysterious Dinner Party

  The following week, Gu Zixin was in a whirlwind of busyness, deep autumn is the harvest season. At this time every year, it's the key point for all levels of party and government organs to inspect their work. Gu Zixin was busy with interviews, taking photos, writing manuscripts, spinning around in circles.

  This day, Gu Zixin had just finished an interview and hadn't even returned to the newspaper office when she received a call from Qiao Xuanan, saying that the Municipal People's Congress had formed a supervision team to inspect the construction of several key people's livelihood projects in the city this year, and asked her to go with them immediately.

  Gu Xixin hung up the phone and took a taxi to the municipal government, walked upstairs to the second floor, and found that reporters from other newspapers had arrived one after another, surrounding an office to gather materials.

  Gu Xixin stepped forward and was surprised to find that the person distributing materials was Kang Yue.

  "Do you work here?"

  "Yes. I used to be in the machine room, but was transferred to the secretarial department recently to take charge of coordination work." Kang Yue said, handing her a stack of organized materials. "Later, you and other reporters will ride in the front car, it's more convenient for getting on and off. We have many places to visit today, here is the itinerary."

  Gu Xixin took it over and glanced at it hastily, the construction of Baiyang Middle School's laboratory building, the new hospital's relocation project, and the third phase of Qian Dao Hot Spring Scenic Area. There were indeed many places to inspect.

  "Aren't you coming with me?" asked Gu Xixin to Kang Yue.

  "There's someone in charge of coordinating work in our group, I have to stay at the unit to organize materials." As he said that, he picked up the phone and walked away.

  It's about time, Gu Zixin followed a few reporters onto the lead car.

  The weather in October, the temperature is already quite low in the north, but she got on and off the bus, plus running to grab shots, amazingly, she was sweating all over her body in no time.

  At 4 pm, there was only one place left on the itinerary. Gu Xixin took it out and looked at it, only to find that it was the demolition site of the Lan Ting Ge residential area construction project under the Sheng Yu Group, which involved the renovation of the shantytown. When Gu Xixin saw this, she closed her eyes and prayed in her heart, hoping not to see a certain person.

  But heaven never hears people's sincere prayers, because when the car stopped, Gu Xixin saw from the window that the man wearing a safety helmet who was in charge of reception and project explanation at Shengyu Group was actually the CEO of Shengyu Group, Yin Shu.

  No choice, Gu Zi thought, if they were meant to meet, they would have met already. This kind of occasion shouldn't bring them together, so it's better to keep a distance from him.

  Gu Xixin got off the car and found a good angle to take pictures of the inspectors and project managers talking. Then, Yin Shu walked towards the staff who got off the car, shook hands calmly, exchanged pleasantries, put on an earpiece, and introduced the progress of the project, the resettlement of the demolition personnel, and the planning of the project in a calm and steady voice. From start to finish, he didn't even glance at Gu Xixin, who was taking pictures from the corner.

  Gu Xixin let out a breath of relief, looked at the accumulated images and thought it was almost enough, then retreated to an inconspicuous corner to wait for the inspection to end.

  "Construction is pretty fast! At the beginning of the year when I reported on the plan, I thought it would probably not be completed this year. Now looking at Shengyu's work, it still has a lot of momentum!"

  "Hmm, once this project is completed, the surrounding area will become a small regional center. The location was chosen well, as the housing prices in this area have not risen too much yet, and the supporting facilities around here are quite complete. Once Xuguang Middle School is built, the prospects for this area will be limitless!"

  "Not bad, it seems this young Yin has a good head on his shoulders! Young people, they're really something to be reckoned with!"

  The staff responsible for the inspection were mostly 40-50 year old leaders from various party and government departments, who looked at Yin Shu with an admiring expression as if looking at a junior. Several people were enthusiastically discussing this when the male lead, who was being praised, had already slipped away unnoticed.

  Gu Xixin stood behind those people, listening to their conversation, pouting and muttering: "What a formidable young man, he's just a mentally ill person who talks nonsense!"

  "Miss Gu." The calm voice sounded from behind her.

  Gu Xixin was startled, and reflexively turned around to see Yin Shu hooking up the corner of his mouth with a smile that wasn't quite a smile as he looked at her: "Miss Gu, instead of boasting about your eloquence behind my back, why not say it in front of me?"

  Gu Xixin quickly adjusted her expression and flashed a perfect smile. "Director Yin, nice to see you again. But I couldn't help but feel that I didn't quite understand what you were saying?"

  "That's okay. However, I saw the in-depth interview you wrote for me last time and was very satisfied. I was thinking of finding an opportunity to invite Miss Gu to dinner as a thank you, since we met today, it's better to take advantage of the chance encounter, would Miss Gu be willing to give me this face?"

  "Never mind, I still have to go back to the office tonight to hand in my draft, it's really not convenient for me to eat dinner." Gu Zixin tried her best to make her expression look very difficult.

  "That's settled then, I'll personally go to Miss Gu's unit to pick you up later." Just as he said that, the inspection personnel on the other side were about to get in their car and leave. Yin Shu threw out a sentence "It's settled then, see you tonight!" and went off to send off the inspection team's personnel.

  Gu Xixin stood still, gritting her teeth. What did "it's settled then" mean? What had she settled with him? Unable to do anything else, Gu Xixin saw that everyone was already on the bus and ready to leave. In a situation like this, it wasn't necessary to make everyone wait for a reporter to entangle herself in some unrelated matters, so she could only get on the bus.

  Looking out the window, that man was still hanging with a warm smile and waving goodbye to the staff. When his eyes scanned to Gu Zhi Xin's face, Gu Zhi Xin clearly saw him burst into a triumphant smile at the corner of his mouth.

  At 7 o'clock in the evening, Gu Zixin finally finished writing up today's interview draft in her office and sent it to the editor's manuscript library. She stretched out her hand to look at her watch and thought that hopefully what that person said was just a temporary idea or they had forgotten something. However, since there was no movement at this time, they probably wouldn't come again.

  Gu Xixin was about to pack up and head home when the phone rang. Gu Xixin looked at the unfamiliar number flashing on her mobile phone, with a premonition that it must be Yin Shu calling.

  As expected, after answering, I heard Yin Shuo's voice: "Miss Gu, I'm at the intersection of your company's street. Should I wait for you here or drive to the entrance of your newspaper building?"

  Gu Xixin looked around at her colleagues who were leaving one after another and thought, let him drive the car to the bottom of the newspaper building, unless she didn't want to live. It would be strange if she wasn't the heroine of tomorrow's explosive news.

  Thinking of this, Gu Zi Xin said resolutely: "You wait there for me, I'll be right there." Then she hung up the phone.

  It's just a meal, who's afraid of whom. Gu Xixin thought so and calmed down, quickly packing her things.

  "Xīn, where are you going to eat?" Shen Ziheng's face, painted with delicate makeup, stretched out in front of her.

  "I've got a dinner appointment with my sister, I won't be keeping you company today." With that, Shen Zihuan hastily ran out of the office, leaving her behind.

  Digression

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