Chapter 68: Embarrassed on All Sides

  Lin Hongfei's calm attitude made everyone in the room involuntarily nod in admiration. Although Lin Hongfei was calm, everyone could still clearly feel the excitement in his heart. They didn't say anything else, as long as Lin Hongfei accepted this feeling, the purpose of tonight's gathering had been achieved.

  "Brother Hongfei, what do you plan to do next?" Pei Wei asked with concern, his face full of worry. "We all know the situation at the municipal motorcycle manufacturing factory - the production equipment is outdated, the workers are not motivated, and the product quality is poor. I'm not very capable, but my dad knows a few people. Brother Hongfei, tell me what you're thinking, see if we can help out?"

  "These things are easy to resolve," Lin Hongfei didn't want to discuss this matter, in his opinion, there was nothing good to talk about, it was a simple thing. "Come on, let's not talk about this, we brothers rarely have the opportunity to gather together, let's not discuss work-related matters... Hmm, I know everyone came today because of my work-related things, don't worry, I'm aware of it."

  Are these things easy to resolve? When Lin Hongfei said this, everyone was extremely shocked in their hearts.

  Lin Hongfei's so-called deputy department-level position as a regular section-level chief, everyone knows what's going on. If you can do your job well, you will naturally be promoted to deputy department level easily. For comrades with achievements and abilities, we should let them play a bigger role. But Lin Hongfei's biggest weakness is his age. If he were in the government, taking on a deputy department-level position at the age of 20 would certainly cause a huge stir, even if he was a regular section-level chief. However, state-owned enterprises are not that sensitive.

  But there is a future, that is, Lin Hongfei must be able to revive the city's motorcycle manufacturing plant and let it regain its vitality. As for how Lin Hongfei was able to reach this position at such a young age, although no one has said anything, they must have some thoughts in their minds. Everyone has also secretly thought about how to turn around the situation of the city's motorcycle manufacturing plant, but in the end, they were disappointed to find that they had no way to change the situation... So everyone felt even more uncomfortable: I couldn't do it, can you, Lin Hongfei?

  Lin Hongfei's words made it clear that this matter was actually a small thing for him, which made everyone unacceptable. Pei Wei turned around and asked Dongfang Xiaoling, "Xiaoling, this guy Lin Hongfei is not honest, he has learned to be cunning... Now you are his assistant, do you know what Lin Hongfei plans to do next? Tell us and we'll discuss it."

  Dongfang Xiaoling didn't fall for it, although Pei Wei was asking about Lin Hongfei's work matters. Since Lin Hongfei wasn't willing to say more, Dongfang Xiaoling naturally wouldn't speak further either. She smiled and said, "I really don't know about this matter, you guys aren't unaware of it either. As long as this kid doesn't want to talk, no one can get anything out of his mouth, not even me."

  Liu Kundun suddenly laughed, "Good kid, even Xiaoling you deceived? You two are friends for over a decade, it's not very considerate of you. No way, today is a must, if you didn't let us know that's fine, but not letting Xiaoling know is just too much!"

  What's going on here? What do you mean by not letting them know it doesn't matter, but not letting Dongfang Xiaoling know is not okay? Lin Hongfei was suddenly speechless. "You guys, this can't be said, what kind of thing can a man hide from a woman? That's between husband and wife, I'm clean and clear with Xiaoling, if you spread this out it's like Xiaoling has something to do with me, I don't care, but Xiaoling is a clean and innocent girl, will she still be able to get married in the future?"

  In 1991, the social atmosphere was still quite conservative. Even for unmarried couples, they wouldn't hold hands in public, or else they would be scolded by old ladies on the street. Lin Hongfei's joke was something nobody had ever heard before. Everyone was shocked and didn't know what to say.

  To be honest, Dongfang Xiaoling is not only of noble birth but also well-versed in the ways of being a "white and rich beauty" for future generations. If one were to say that those present here today didn't have any thoughts about Dongfang Xiaoling, it would be impossible. However, they are somewhat unworthy of her. The four words "门当户对" (social status matching), although strongly opposed by everyone nowadays, become the first reaction of parents when such a thing happens to their own child - wanting to find an equally matched partner for their son or daughter.

  In terms of rank, Dongfang Xiaoling's father is a genuine deputy ministerial level, already a high-ranking national official. But what about their fathers? Even if they were demobilized and transferred to civilian work, there was still quite a distance between them and Dongfang Xiaoling's father. Not to mention that the main leaders of local governments marrying off their children to the main leaders of the local military is a major taboo: You're so eager to win over the army, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to learn from Wang Mang?

  Dongfang Xiaoling's face suddenly turned red with rage, she stomped her feet and her heart was racing with anger. Her face was filled with indignation, "Lin Hongfei, you've gone too far! Is this kind of joke something that can be casually made?"

  Everyone naturally did not want to let Lin Hongfei "enjoy the beauty alone", and immediately followed Dongfang Xiaoling's anger to condemn Lin Hongfei, "Yes, yes, Hongfei, you are too much, can you make such a joke? No need to say, hurry up and punish yourself with three cups of wine to apologize to Xiaoling."

  "Right, right, right, apologize and compensate." A group of ill-intentioned people followed and started clamoring.

  "Girl, are you really going to make me drink?" Lin Hongfei looked pitiful, "Don't listen to them rambling on here. If I really drank these three cups of wine today, who knows what they'll say about us? They might even say we're 'making excuses'... You don't believe me, do you? You haven't experienced the viciousness of their mouths yet?"

  Lin Hongfei, how could he not know what these twenty-year-old kids were thinking? He sneered coldly in his heart: Want to see me make a fool of myself? It's not that simple.

  Dongfang Xiaoling was immediately hesitant: should she let Lin Hongfei drink the three cups of wine? If Lin Hongfei said so, it seemed to have a bit of "explanation is just an excuse" meaning, from this perspective, this cup of wine really couldn't be drunk; but if she went along with Lin Hongfei's words and didn't drink, would these guys have another explanation?

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  PS: I'm so depressed, my computer crashed and I reinstalled the Tomato Garden system, only to find that the network card driver can't be used. Unfortunately, I had to reinstall the Rainforest Wind... This depression is killing me! Originally, I planned to update three chapters today, but now I can only do two. Tomorrow will be four chapters. Although it's a bit shameless to ask for collections with just two chapters, newbies are struggling, sigh... Everyone, take pity on this poor author and give some rewards, okay?