Chapter 9

  As soon as the elevator door opened, Jingxiang saw Houqin being surrounded by people coming in. His eyes naturally fell on the crotch of the person opposite him, but there was nothing unusual about it.

  Hou Qin raised an eyebrow, seeing Jing Yang, and didn't have the same enthusiasm as before. He walked over with a measured pace, exuding an air of officialdom, and said with his chin up: "Oh, isn't this Second Brother? What wind blew you here?"

  He looked up and glanced at the people behind him, saying: "I'm just a small person, any wind can blow me away. But you, getting promoted without even saying a word, if others didn't tell me, I wouldn't have known, and to think you're my younger brother."

  Hou Qin, a man nobody looks up to, surprisingly has an air of superiority. He rarely boasts about himself, but after hearing this, he's on cloud nine, stroking his chin and laughing: "What can be said about being a small official like a sesame seed or a green bean?" He walks forward, putting his arm around Jing Yang's neck and says: "Brother, let's go have a drink?"

  "Never mind, I'm already reeking of wine. If I go back now, your sister will just nag me again. Next time we'll set up a proper table and celebrate properly, then you can drink to your heart's content."

  "Hey, what do women know? Their brains are smaller than a chicken's egg. Isn't this a celebration? Better to seize the day than wait for a good one, I think today is just fine, the private room has been booked long ago, let's go, let's go." Hou Qin pushed Jing Yang to the elevator entrance and pressed the up button.

  Looking back at the people behind him, they were all dressed in a civil servant-like attire, and there were also several delicate little girls.

  The little girl saw that he was dressed in an extraordinary manner, their eyes met, and her face turned bright red as she lowered her head in a bashful state.

  Jingxiang said: "This psychological quality also dares to pull over, Houqin is getting more and more out of line." He asked him again: "Why did you find a group of young eggs today?"

  Hou Qindao said: "Don't you understand? When people are young and in their prime, they should be lively and energetic."

  Admired and laughed, who would believe it.

  Hou Qin saw he didn't believe him, raised an eyebrow: "Just your eyes are poisonous, and there's a thorn on your head. I'm not treating the symptoms, am I?"

  Jingxiang patted his chest with the back of his hand and reminded him: "You've just taken office and you're already thinking of taking a crooked path, aren't you afraid of capsizing in a ditch?"

  Hou Qin sneered and said: "Turn over your butt, this is a sunny scheme, has nothing to do with your shady deal."

  He took a look at him with admiration, grabbed the hand on his neck and said: "Forget it, I won't go up there after all. I don't understand your official business, if I went I would just be a hindrance to you."

  Hou Qin stared at the elevator's numbers, which weren't moving, and kicked it in frustration, saying: "Damn it, what's taking so long?!" Then he said to Jing Yang: "Why aren't you going? You know that person upstairs too."

  "Who?"

  "Guess, and if you guess correctly, there's a prize."

  Admired and smiled, but didn't respond.

  "Ding Dong" the elevator door opened, Hou Qin pushed Jing Yang in, and the two stopped talking. The few young men followed behind them, squeezing four or five people into the elevator. Jing Yang weighed his options again, not knowing how late he would be drinking tonight. But today, he just didn't want to drink, without any particular reason.

  Upon arriving at the private room, several people pushed open the door and entered. Jing Yang was the first to see Jiang Yun sitting in the middle seat, and indeed it was someone he knew.

  Jiang Wei's side was also a familiar face named You Yue Ran, who had been preparing to build relationships with people these past few days, but hadn't had the chance yet, and now he ran into him.

  A man at the table saw two little girls standing at the door, one of whom smiled and said: "I just said that our table has too much yang energy, and now the deputy mayor is bringing people over. It's really harmonious to balance yin and yang like this."

  Hou Qin laughed and sat down, saying: "I think we're getting old and our conversations are becoming dull and lifeless. Let's liven up the atmosphere." He waved at the young girls: "Did you see that? The man with the green Buddhist beads is our big boss tonight. You'd better take good care of him, or there won't be any meat to eat."

  Several little girls stood there, their faces flushed, you push me, I push you, none of them dared to go past.

  The man who just spoke up made way and patted the seat, saying: "Come sit down, don't listen to your leader's nonsense. Manager Jiang is a good person, you can't eat him, we're here to discuss serious business."

  Several little girls finally passed by with peace of mind.

  After drinking a big circle, Jingxiang finally figured out that today Jiang Yun wanted to get a piece of land here. It was just short of being approved by the higher-ups, and this higher-up happened to be Hou Qin, who was practicing Tai Chi with him at the time.

  He didn't take it to heart and wanted to find an opportunity to say a few words to Yu Yue, but that guy was very straightforward, listening to people saying that he was not interested in gossip, Jing Xiang thought of talking to him, but later gave up, fearing that the first time would be too enthusiastic, and after being too enthusiastic, it would be difficult to deal with afterwards.

  Admiring the other side of the sky and human warfare, Hou Qin is actually a war of words.

  Hou Qin and Jiang Yun were sworn enemies, Hou Qin seized the opportunity to instruct a few little girls to stick to Jiang Yun's body, otherwise they would coldly ridicule him.

  At first, a few little girls were shy, but later they got drunk and started talking freely, their courage also grew.

  Although Jiang Wei was a bit older, his appearance and demeanor were still there, and at first glance, those young girls' hearts fluttered. One of them plucked up the courage to raise her wine cup and said: "Director Jiang, I'd like to toast you."

  Jiang Wei grasped the Buddhist rosary in his hand and said with a lowered brow: "I'm not really in the mood for drinking today."

  The little girl felt somewhat embarrassed.

  Hou Qin raised his hand and said, "Little Liu, you're so careless, hurry up and serve some dishes to Director Jiang. That braised pork belly just came out, it's still hot." He then turned to the person next to him and said, "Director Jiang is a cautious person, he always has others try things first before doing them himself. Even when eating, he likes to eat dishes that have been reheated. You all should learn from him, being cautious is key, a careful person can live a long life, especially for us intellectuals, one mistake and we'll capsize." He paused for a moment and then said, "However, you also can't be too rigid, for example, when it comes to marriage, you can't reheat things. Marrying someone who's been married before is embarrassing, a man's dignity is important."

  Someone said, "Right, there's a lot to learn here."

  The little girl said: "What's there to learn? It's just you straight men, why can men have a second marriage but women can't?"

  He said: "Let's take interns and regular employees as an example."

  "Interns are like boyfriends, nameless and insignificant, the company doesn't recognize you. Once you become a formal employee, it's like getting married. It's something that goes on your resume, a lifelong thing, even if you switch jobs, you can't erase it. When chatting casually, you have to mention it, like a shadow, who wants to marry a divorced woman? Just thinking about it makes one uneasy, even sleeping is not peaceful. Men are the company, women are employees, what do you think?"

  The little girl was confused and nodded her head.

  Chiang completely lost his voice.

  Hou Qin knocked on the table: "That's right." Then he raised his hand and scolded Xiao Liu, saying: "How did you invite him? Even Jiang Zong didn't have an appetite. Quickly give Jiang Zong some hot dishes."

  Onlookers didn't know about the grudges between Jiang Yun and Hou Qin, nor did they understand Xuan Ya. They hadn't caught on to anything and were just trying to humor Hou Qin, enthusiastically discussing this topic.

  Jiang Wei sat there without making a sound.

  That little Liu guy hurriedly picked up another piece of food with his chopsticks and put it in Jiang's dish, saying: "Boss Jiang, try some, this is Siji Xuan's signature dish."

  Jiang Wei indeed stuffed his mouth, and finally said: "This eating and eating is all pork, there's nothing good to eat. If I say that the best thing to eat is a bamboo shoot, have you ever had it in Hou City? I don't know if they have it here?"

  Someone asked: "What is a bamboo tube?"

  "Alas, it's a donkey."

  Everyone says that this Chiang is indeed a man of noble character.

  He looked up and saw Jiang Wenyu still sitting there, motionless as a clock, thinking: "This Buddha also has times when his education is not good, and he's created such an evil thing."