Rebirth in the 90s: Her Counterattack and Redemption

Chapter 1426: Chapter 838: Oblivious to Danger (Part 2)

”Where did you put it?” Luo Feng was stunned for a moment. Just now he’d asked her how she’d gotten here, and she’d said she’d hitchhiked. Asked how she’d found his office, she’d said she’d asked the staff and they’d pointed her over.

As for why no one brought her over, Luo Feng knew very well it wasn’t because they didn’t respect him; it was that his past behavior and his current status had too sharp a contrast. The town staff couldn’t figure out what kind of temper he really had, and didn’t dare rashly tug the tiger’s whiskers.

Especially since the one coming to see him was a young girl, they were even less willing to trot over and curry favor. The reason was obvious: a young couple finally reunited after time apart, who likes other people interrupting?

”Huh?” Ying Nuo shrank her neck. ”If I tell you I drove myself here from the city, you... you... will you get mad?”

”What?” Luo Feng almost jumped up in anger. ”You drove yourself here? In weather like this, on roads like this, you drove here alone—are you out of your mind?” As he spoke he slapped his forehead hard. ”Did you snatch the car from Wenxin Garden or from Liangyou?”

”Liangyou’s.” Ying Nuo looked completely guilty. ”Actually, I’d planned to take the bus. But after asking around, turns out there are only three buses a day coming to the town.

When I got to the station, the bus had just left. If I waited for the next one, I’d have to sit there freezing for three or four hours. I was anxious, so I went to Boss Qu for help.

Don’t scold him, I’m the one who wouldn’t let him tell you. He actually wanted to send a driver for me, but I vetoed that. He knows my driving skills too, so he didn’t insist.

Luo Feng, I’m the disciple of you and Luoluo—do you still not trust my skills? If you don’t trust me, don’t you at least trust yourself? Fine, if you don’t trust yourself, don’t you trust Luoluo?”

Luo Feng glared at her. ”Where’d you park the car?”

Ying Nuo pointed toward the front gate. ”Out on the main road. I was afraid if I drove in, it’d be too high-profile...” She shrank her neck as she spoke. ”Everyone would be staring.”

”So you do know people would stare?” Luo Feng snorted coldly, got up, and headed out. Ying Nuo immediately scurried after him. ”I’ll go with you.”

As the two of them walked out, they could feel from behind each window in the yard a line of sight shooting straight at them...

”Good thing I parked outside.” Ying Nuo couldn’t help muttering again.

Liang Jiahe, who was discussing the countryside inspection route with Li Zejun, also saw Ying Nuo going out with Luo Feng, and couldn’t help nudging Li Zejun. ”Kunzi, is that our Mayor’s wife?”

”Wife?” Li Zejun was stunned, looked outside, and could only see a figure wrapped up into a ball from behind. ”Probably. I heard the Mayor mention he has a fiancée, and they’re getting married next year...” As he spoke he pointed at the scarf around his own neck. ”This scarf was bought by the Mayor’s fiancée.”

A flicker of jealousy flashed in Liang Jiahe’s eyes, but what came out of his mouth was a sigh. ”Kunzi, you really have an eye for people. You followed the right man. You just did a triple jump in one go. It took me more than ten years to get to your position.”

”Secretary Liang...” Li Zejun stopped what he was doing and looked at him seriously. ”I know, about me suddenly becoming Deputy Mayor, it’s not just you—none of the colleagues at the office are convinced.

After all, before this I was just a low-level clerk. But that’s life: what tomorrow will look like, no one dares to pin down with one sentence.

To be honest, if someone had told me six months ago that I’d be where I am today, I’d have thought they were mocking me. But now, everything is laid out in front of me so real.

But thinking it through, although I’d always been the lowest-level clerk all these years, all the troublesome matters in town were handed to me to deal with.

I worked hard. Anyway, I feel I did work hard. For everything I have today, there’s an element of chance, but also an element of inevitability. Don’t you think?”

”Yes! Yes! Yes!” Liang Jiahe leaned his head a bit closer. ”Kunzi, you’ve been following the Mayor for so long—can’t you give me a little inside information?”

Of course Li Zejun knew what Liang Jiahe was asking. He immediately shook his head. ”Secretary Liang, to be honest, I don’t know a thing about the Mayor’s background.

You know what I’m like: whatever the leader tells me to do, I just do it properly. I never pry into a leader’s private affairs.

So it’s not that I won’t tell you; it’s that what I know and what you know should be about the same, and I might not even know more than you do.”

The implication of that last sentence was not shallow. Liang Jiahe quickly waved his hand in denial. ”Kunzi, you really joke around. I didn’t really have much contact with Mayor Luo before. How could I know more than you?”