"Hello, Director Wen, Mingzhu has heard of your name for a long time!"
As soon as Wen Huaiming walked into the Plum Hall, a woman stood up from the sofa and extended her hand with a smile. With Wen Huaiming's shrewdness and concentration at the moment, he felt his eyes light up, and his mind couldn't help but think of a sentence he had seen from somewhere:
The most perfect beauty of a woman is exquisiteness!
This is the kind of woman you can't take your eyes off at first sight. She has a face like a beautiful woman, graceful eyebrows, fair skin like ice, and a beautiful face. Her long black hair is piled high behind her head, outlining her beautiful and slender neck. She wears a silver diamond-studded teardrop-shaped necklace embellished with transparent diamonds, which sets off her snow-delicate skin on her chest. She wears leaf-style dangling earrings and a simple and elegant Chanel autumn and winter black wool sleeveless dress. She stands there quietly, as if she is indescribably light and graceful. When she comes closer and smiles slightly, she looks even more elegant and fragrant.
Wen Huaiming was stunned for a moment, then he lightly stabbed his palm with his finger, and instantly regained his clarity. He was never a womanizer, but he had other ambitions in mind. He was more self-reflective and alert in his work style than ordinary people. He could even ignore a woman as outstanding as Tang Ye and avoid her, but he never thought that one day he would lose his mind in front of a woman he just met.
As soon as he thought of this, he immediately became alert. After a closer look, he realized that this woman was not so stunning and beautiful. Her face was slightly round, her neck was thin and long, and her lips were slightly upturned. She was still a little different from Zuo Yuxi's natural beauty. However, this difference was perfectly hidden under her expensive and decent clothes and the appropriate makeup. Without extraordinary insight and discerning eyes, it was difficult to find these subtle flaws.
Even so, this woman was still the second most beautiful woman Wen Huaiming had ever seen besides Zuo Yuxi, so even though he was usually old-fashioned and conservative, he was distracted for a moment.
After waking up from his initial stupor, Wen Huaiming's IQ quickly returned to normal levels. It was unclear who this woman who called herself Mingzhu was, but she had bad intentions, but it was clear that she had come with bad intentions. To this day, except for Xiaobai from the Policy Research Office, no one would use the old nickname to embarrass Wen Huaiming in person.
This was a show of force, intended to remind Wen Huaiming that you were just a small deputy director of the Political Research Office before. Although you have been promoted to a high position by following Xu Fuyan, you are still a small figure in the final analysis!
This didn't seem like an opening statement for building connections, so Wen Huaiming wasn't actually angry, but instead quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that Tang Ye was introducing her friends tonight because she had something to ask for, but it was hard to imagine how difficult it would be for a reporter like her to handle this.
The moment he pushed the door open, Wen Huaiming had been thinking about how to shirk the responsibility without leaving a trace, so as not to offend Tang Ye and stay out of it. Unexpectedly, the first sentence they said when they met was so full of gunpowder.
Without waiting for Wen Huaiming to reply, Tang Ye burst out laughing and said, "Mingzhu, what year are you talking about? Director Wen has now been promoted to the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee. He is a powerful figure in Qingzhou who has the final say. Don't be fooled by your delicate and beautiful appearance. If you really annoy him, you will be in big trouble!"
Wen Huaiming had seen Tang Ye's ability to smooth things over, so he was not surprised to see her come out to smooth things over. He smiled and said, "It's just a deputy position, a hard-working job running errands up and down. Director Tang, please don't scare me."
"We are all old comrades, and you are still pretending!" Tang Ye said coquettishly, "Everyone knows that Zheng Qihang is not in charge of anything, not to mention that he will retire due to illness next year. It only takes a blink of an eye for you to be promoted from deputy to full-time."
She deliberately emphasized the words "old comrade" and her tone was full of ambiguity. The woman named Mingzhu stood behind her, with a slight curl of her lips, clearly showing disgust, but was caught by Wen Huaiming who had been observing her from the opposite side!
Are these two women having a conflict
Mingzhu shook her outstretched right hand and chuckled, "I haven't been back to Qingzhou for a few days. Director Wen has been promoted. Congratulations! But even if he becomes the mayor's secretary in the future, it would be impolite to be so indifferent to the friendship of a lady, right?"
Seeing that she still didn't know how to restrain herself, Tang Ye's words were full of sarcasm, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes. Wen Huaiming stretched out his hand, shook her lightly, and then separated, saying lightly: "Besides my family, I only have work, no private friendship, and I especially don't like making friends! Director Tang, I think it's better not to eat this meal today, I'm leaving first!"
After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave. Although Tang Ye was angry at Mingzhu for not knowing the seriousness of the matter, as the person who introduced him, she had to make some amends. She hurried to Wen Huaiming's side, grabbed his sleeve with her soft and slender little hand, and almost moved closer to him. She leaned over to Wen Huaiming's ear and said in a half-teasing and half-coquettish way, "What did you promise me just now? It's not a manly thing to break your promise..."
Wen Huaiming sighed secretly, but he couldn't really not give Tang Ye this face, so he smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, let's not eat, just tell me what's going on. But as mentioned earlier, it's better not to mention anything that violates the law and discipline, so as not to embarrass everyone."
Tang Ye pushed him to sit on the sofa and winked at Mingzhu. Mingzhu also knew that she had lost her composure a little, so she suppressed the hatred in her heart, looked up and stared at Wen Huaiming, and said, "I seem to have forgotten to introduce myself. My last name is Fan, Fan Mingzhu!"
Wen Huaiming laughed and said, "What a nice name! You are the apple of your parents' eye. Your parents must love you very much!"
"Secretary-General Wen naturally doesn't know me," Fan Mingzhu said with a cold smile, "But you must be familiar with my father!"
Wen Huaiming was startled and asked, "Who is your father..."
"Fan Hengan!"
Fan Hengan! She is actually Fan Hengan's daughter!
As Xu Fuyan's confidant and the bond claimed by the Xu-Zuo alliance, except for a few people, Wen Huaiming was undoubtedly regarded as the key figure who overthrew Fan Hengan. In other words, his hatred with Fan Mingzhu was irreconcilable!
Wen Huaiming remained calm as usual, but only he knew that the hand hanging by his side had trembled violently at that moment.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't know Boss Fan had a daughter." He paused and smiled, "Such a beautiful daughter!"
Fan Hengan was born a gangster, he was hungry and full all day, hacking and killing people, so there was no need to have any illusions about his appearance. Later, the times made heroes, and he successfully entered the upper class, but he wanted to pretend that his ancestors were from a wealthy family, which caused a lot of jokes. Fan Mingzhu can grow up like this, it is basically certain that she has perfectly inherited her mother's genes. Wen Huaiming seems to be a kind person on the surface, but if you really believe that an old oiler who has been in the officialdom for more than ten years is very kind, you can only say that you are too pure.
He seemed to be praising her, but in fact he was mocking Fan Heng'an for not being able to give birth to a beautiful daughter like Fan Mingzhu. Judging from the destructive power alone, he had a somewhat gentle demeanor.
Tang Ye was an expert at playing with words. He rolled his eyes at him when he heard that. In fact, he felt that Wen Huaiming at this moment was more attractive and lovely than his serious and hateful appearance. Fan Mingzhu's mind was not as bright as her appearance. She thought that Wen Huaiming was really praising her. Her face was much more relaxed. She said, "Secretary General Wen, since we all know each other, I will be frank with you. I believe you have heard about my father's case. He will return to Qingzhou in the next two days. Although we have to wait for the prosecution to be filed by the procuratorate and the court to make a final conclusion after the trial, you and I know in our hearts that those are just formalities. The most important thing is that I hope that Secretary General Wen will show mercy and let my father go!"
Wen Huaiming suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Xu Fuyan would risk offending Zuo Yuxi and resolutely decide not to interfere in the subsequent trial of Zhou and Fan. It turned out that the root cause was here. He had been immersed in the officialdom for many years and immediately understood the trick. It must be that Miss Fan Mingzhu played a crucial role, or had some connections, or had someone to rely on, so that Fan Hengan could be cleared from top to bottom and be whiter than white people, and all the black pots were thrown to others to bear, and he barely saved his life under the attack of Xu and Zuo.
Just as Fan Mingzhu said, Fan Heng'an could be sentenced to life imprisonment at most, but he would still have to serve his sentence in Qingzhou Prison. If he wants to get a sentence reduction or medical parole in the future, he would inevitably have to get the approval of the people in charge in Qingzhou.
But everyone who knew the inside story of the case understood that if Fan Hengan wanted to end his sentence as soon as possible, he not only needed Xu Fuyan's approval, but also had to deal with Zuo Yuxi. And Wen Huaiming, who was considered to have a close relationship with Xu and Zuo in the eyes of outsiders, naturally came into Fan Mingzhu's sight.
"It just so happens that Sister Tang is a good friend of yours, so I'd like to ask her to act as a go-between and ask Secretary-General Wen to help me and be flexible!" Although Fan Mingzhu said the word "please", her tone sounded like a superior giving an order, as if Wen Huaiming was just an insignificant pawn in her eyes who could only obey orders!
From the moment they met, Fan Mingzhu had been conveying to Wen Huaiming the idea that she had someone above her, and that she was giving you face by talking to you, but would punish you if you dared to disobey her.
Tang Ye was furious. He smiled at Wen Huaiming, pulled Fan Mingzhu to the other side of the room, suppressed his anger, and whispered, "Mingzhu, I know you have a grudge in your heart, but I took great pains to get in touch with Wen Huaiming. It was all to pave the way for you today. No matter how big the grudge is, you have to let it go first. Saving your father is the most important thing. Venting your anger verbally will not only not help, but will really offend him, and it will not be worth it!"
Fan Mingzhu is not a reckless person. She has a hard time explaining her behavior today. She chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Sister Tang. I know my limits and won't do anything to him!"