Recently, Xie Bisheng's restless heart just couldn't calm down.
When a person is preoccupied with something in their mind, they tend to be absent-minded. And the thing that Xie Bisheng was preoccupied with was the kind that seemed within reach yet also elusive, something that he had to handle with great care.
For him, perhaps it would only take the time to drink a cup of tea to achieve his goal.
However, in the past two days, he had missed too many opportunities.
According to Xie Bisheng's estimation, although Chen Yan was a bit reluctant, as long as he used some appropriate means, he wasn't afraid that she wouldn't comply. Last night, he had arranged all the details, including the people involved, the events, the time, and even booked a room.
But his wife, Tang Mei, seemed to have smelled something fishy and stayed by his side the whole night. Xie Bisheng felt as if his heart was being scratched by a cat's paw.
He used to be in the habit of sleeping in and would only arrive at the unit at nine, ten, or even eleven o'clock. But this time, he got up early.
Chen Yan was cleaning the office. Today, she was wearing a pair of white casual pants and a pair of crystal sandals. She was bending over sweeping the floor when Xie Bisheng arrived. His eyes fell on Chen Yan's round and prominent buttocks, and a wolfish glint shone in his eyes.
No one knew Chen Yan's situation better than him. When Chen Yan joined the Investment Promotion Office, it was through his handling. Secretary Tang's instruction was aimed at recruiting Chen Yan's father-in-law. Who would have thought that less than a week after Chen Yan got married, her husband had a car accident.
A disabled man couldn't possibly satisfy a woman like Chen Yan who was in the prime of her life. Moreover, Chen Yan hadn't given birth in the three years of her marriage. Naturally, Xie Bisheng had guessed something.
In his opinion, Chen Yan should be the kind of woman who couldn't bear the loneliness. As long as he flirted with her a little, she would be half-hearted in resisting.
At this moment, Chen Yan was sweeping the floor, completely unaware that there were a pair of wolfish eyes behind her, having evil thoughts about her. Just as she was about to straighten up, Xie Bisheng had already quietly approached. He raised his hand and was about to bring it down, about to touch Chen Yan's buttocks.
"Director Xie!"
A voice appeared like a ghost.
Xie Bisheng's heart tightened suddenly, and his whole body shuddered.
Chen Yan and Xie Bisheng both turned around at the same time. Gu Qiu walked in with a backpack on his back, seemingly not having seen what had just happened at all.
Chen Yan was startled. When did Xie Bisheng come in? Why hadn't she noticed at all? With her cleverness, Chen Yan quickly realized one thing. Xie Bisheng had probably intended to do something improper to her, and Gu Qiu had caught him red-handed again.
Indeed, seeing Gu Qiu come in, Xie Bisheng was furious.
A flash of anger passed between his eyebrows, but he immediately put on a smile and said, "Xiao Gu, why are you back so soon? Didn't Xiao Li go to pick you up?"
Gu Qiu said, "There are minibuses in the town, so I didn't trouble Xiao Li."
Xie Bisheng still wouldn't give up and asked, "Have you finished the work?"
"Finished it!"
Xie Bisheng could hardly believe it. According to the usual work procedures, in the first few days when they went to the countryside, they basically didn't do any work. They would spend a few days eating, drinking, and having fun before getting down to business. People like Gu Qiu who went straight to the main task were definitely in the minority.
The night before last, Deputy Township Chief Lou had called and promised to complete the task and let him enjoy himself so much in Daqiu Township that he wouldn't want to leave. Who knew that he would come back so soon? Xie Bisheng's eyes swept over Chen Yan, and he couldn't help feeling a bit regretful.
If only Gu Qiu hadn't shown up, even if he hadn't managed to win over Chen Yan, there would still have been a chance to take some liberties. Chen Yan's buttocks, it would be so nice to touch them! Just looking at them made his heart itch. How nice it would be if Gu Qiu had come a step later!
This damn brat! I'll make you pack up and leave sooner or later.
Xie Bisheng cursed inwardly and said in a serious tone, "Since it's done, ask Director Chen to send it to my office later."
Then he reached out to smooth his hair and left with his hands behind his back.
Chen Yan also found it strange and said, "You're back so soon? You're really efficient."
Gu Qiu smiled and handed over the materials and data he had sorted out to Chen Yan.
At first, Chen Yan was a bit worried. Could Gu Qiu have collected all the data in such a short time? But after looking at them, she realized that these data hadn't been fabricated casually.
Chen Yan knew a little about Gu Qiu's seriousness.
Originally, this idea was put forward by Chen Yan.
The Investment Promotion Office had been established for three years. Shouldn't they do something? Although there hadn't been any progress in the investment promotion work and no achievements had been made, at least they should have an idea and a plan.
After Chen Yan's reminder, Xie Bisheng also agreed to this idea.
However, there were hardly any practical people in the Investment Promotion Office, so in the end, this task still fell on Chen Yan.
Gu Qiu was a newcomer. He would do whatever Chen Yan said and respected his leader.
Chen Yan never expected that Gu Qiu would make such a big splash.
A brand-new planning proposal was completed, which even surprised Chen Yan. As a top student from Jingnan University, Gu Qiu really showed his extraordinary skills. Gu Qiu's planning proposal listed a lot of facts and truly reflected the situation of Anping County's existing resources.
Only from this proposal could one realize that so many people had been guarding a treasure mountain but still looking for treasures everywhere. Since everyone had so many resources, why couldn't they get rich?
The Investment Promotion Office was actually like an advertising company.
It was their responsibility to publicize their own resource advantages and attract outside investors. How to achieve good advertising results was the responsibility of the Investment Promotion Office. Unfortunately, in the past three years, no one had done it.
This was what Gu Qiu had told Chen Yan in private. Chen Yan quietly warned Gu Qiu, "Don't say it casually. If Director Xie finds out, it'll be a lot of trouble."
Chen Yan sent the proposal that Gu Qiu had spent so much effort on to Xie Bisheng's office.
In fact, Xie Bisheng didn't have the slightest intention of looking at the proposal. He asked Chen Yan to put it there and then started talking some irrelevant things to Chen Yan.
Chen Yan knew that if she continued chatting with him, he would bring up those matters again, but she couldn't just leave like that.
Sure enough, just as Chen Yan had expected, Xie Bisheng's next sentence was, "Let's have dinner together tonight."
Chen Yan was so depressed. She thought to herself, Besides having dinner, don't you have anything else? Xie Bisheng said, "I've invited some people. We'll go fishing together tomorrow. You should get ready."
Having dinner, fishing, playing cards, and singing, that was Xie Bisheng's work.
Before Chen Yan could say anything, Xie Bisheng's cell phone rang. "Hello!"
"Dad, is there a person named Gu Qiu in your unit?"
"What's the matter?"
"I'm going to take him down!" Xie Buyuan shouted, "Tongtong wants to break up with me!"
"What?"
Xie Bisheng was startled. What did this have to do with Gu Qiu?
Xie Buyuan said, "Yesterday I went to pick up Tongtong, and I saw them two together. After we came back, Tongtong ignored me and even said she wanted to break up with me."
Xie Bisheng was so angry that he was stunned. What on earth was going on? Could this kid know some magic? He went to Daqiu Township and managed to steal his intended daughter-in-law away. This was outrageous!
He slapped the table and said, "Have you made sure about this?"
Xie Buyuan said aggrievedly, "If you don't believe me, go and ask the Cong family!"