Chapter 27: The Newly Matched Off-Road Vehicle

  Chen Gong thought to himself, I'm already a prince now, and there are several princesses too. It's quite romantic, and some even automatically apply to be princesses. Alas, can't rush things, gotta take it slow. "Huaiyu, let me escort you back to your room to rest, I need to get back and rest early too, tomorrow is going to be a busy day."

  Qin Huaiyu grasped Chen Gong's hand and wouldn't let go. "You'll spend the night here tonight, I'll take good care of you."

  Chen Gong thought to himself, can't things happen so quickly, first of all he already had enough romantic debts, secondly he wanted to deepen his understanding of Qin Huaiyu. Although Chen Gong was easy-going, he still said to Qin Huaiyu, "I'm not a casual person, we'll deal with our matters slowly later, I have to go now."

  Chen Gong slipped away like a mouse, Qin Huaiyu watched him leave and felt quite relieved in her heart. She was lucky to have met such a good person, but this guy was actually a little pervert, and his courage was also quite small. Hmm, yes, Chen Gong was indeed a pervert, whether you believe it or not, I do anyway.

  Chen Gong returned home, tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep. Today's events were too unbelievable. The beautiful woman had taken the initiative to throw herself into his arms. If he hadn't held back earlier, Qin Huaiyu would now be floating on cloud nine with him. Alas, regret!

  Chen Gong couldn't sleep, so he sent a text message to Song Huiyun: "Song sister, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that about you, forgive me, okay? I was too excited at the time."

  Song Huiyun naturally received the message at the first time, now I just know that he apologized to me, I advised him in good faith but couldn't persuade him, I don't know how much grievance I will suffer in the future, so I'd better not care about him for now and talk about it after a few weeks.

  The text message sank into the ocean, oh, woman, Wei Shuqin finally called to check in, and Chen Gong had already arrived home, not afraid of any inspection, and even volunteered to open QQ for video chat. After hearing this, Wei Shuqin put her mind at ease and told him to get some rest early.

  Three beauties have all contacted Chen Gong today, only Xiao Xingya is left. Although he knows Xiao Xingya is still secretly paying attention to him, Chen Gong wants to contact her but doesn't dare to provoke her. Once provoked, it would stir up a hornet's nest. This woman is always irresponsible, supporting her is a chore, forget it, I'll endure.

  Deng Peng was driving a Honda CR-V around the district during work hours, with the temperature over 30 degrees Celsius today. Despite being frugal, he didn't turn on the air conditioner in the car and instead rolled down all the windows. The most ridiculous thing was that at every red light intersection, he would place one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the window frame, looking around with his eyes, putting on a pretentious show.

  Another intersection, Deng Peng didn't look around because he was holding the phone in one hand. "Hello, new car, of course, why do you think anyone can drive it? Only deputy directors have it, I just got it yesterday and drove it for a day already. Tonight, let's take your brothers along and go to Fuhai City to have some fun, my treat. Alright, that's settled, contact me after work."

  Just one more intersection and they would arrive at the Seismological Bureau, which was Deng Peng's territory. He was quite proud of himself. A woman wearing a bright dress walked in front of the Honda car, and Deng Peng whistled, "Beauty!" The woman looked at Deng Peng, who gave her a big thumbs up with an excited expression. The woman spat on the ground, "You're crazy."

  The woman had already walked down the street, and Deng Peng stood facing her direction with his middle finger raised. "You're so ugly, calling you a beauty is an insult to you, you've gotten lucky but still act arrogant. Ah, horse, we're almost at the bureau, it's really great, I look very cool riding on you."

  Chen Gong arrived early at the Seismological Bureau. Director Xu immediately reported to the leadership, "Director Chen, the Passat and off-road vehicle we purchased yesterday afternoon have been delivered. Since you weren't here, Deng Peng took his car back. Director Tian has been on leave for two days and hasn't returned yet. Oh, here are the keys to the Passat, please take them."

  Chen Gong listened and found it funny, then handed over the Passat keys, rubbed his ears, "Director Xu, didn't you make a mistake? When did I ever say that this off-road vehicle was for them?"

  Director Xu was in a dilemma. Wasn't it said that the car purchase report was like this? The bureau chief had a Passat, and two deputy directors each had a Honda CR-V off-road vehicle.

  Chen Gong listened to a word, "Cut, Deng Ju has come and let him come to my office. Oh, by the way, send the keys of another off-road vehicle to my office." After finishing speaking, he entered his own office.

  Deng Peng also parked his car and walked into the office, humming a tune, feeling quite pleased with himself. This was what it meant to be a deputy director, wasn't it? What did he used to look like before? Was that broken-down Jieda really driven by a leading cadre?

  Just then, Director Xu walked up and said, "Director Deng, you've finally arrived. Director Chen has been looking for you all morning." Director Xu didn't dare to directly mention what Chen Gong had just implied, seeing how excited and happy Deng Peng looked. If he were to say that Director Chen hadn't actually given the off-road vehicle to the Deputy Director, then he would be asking for trouble and offending someone.

  Deng Peng entered Chen Gong's office. Due to his good mood, he didn't want to confront Chen Gong today either. "Director Chen, sorry about being late for 20 minutes. Mainly because I drove around the district for a bit, getting familiar with my new ride."

  New ride, Chen Gong asked Deng Peng which new ride, did Deng Peng buy a private car?

  Deng Peng thought to himself, what's going on? Ah, it should be because Chen Gong wasn't in the office yesterday and didn't know that the three new cars we purchased had arrived. "It's like this, Director Chen, your assigned car Passat has arrived, and the off-road vehicle for Director Tian and me have also arrived. Although I just touched them briefly, they're very good, with strong maneuverability."

  Chen Gong looked at Deng Peng's complacent appearance and said, "Hand over the key."

  Deng Pengke didn't react in time to Chen Gong's meaning, "Director Chen, no need, no need, it's fine here... Director Chen, what key are you talking about?"

  Chen Gong said to Deng Peng, "The off-road vehicle you drove away, take out the key, both sets are needed, and hand them over to Director Xu in the office later, who will then arrange for unified dispatch."

  Deng Peng hadn't figured out the situation yet, but he couldn't accept it in his heart. "Director Chen, isn't there a mistake? That car was assigned to our Deputy Director, wasn't it? Think again?"

  Chen Gong knew that Deng Peng was thinking about the off-road vehicle in his heart, "When did I tell you that these two off-road vehicles are for your deputy director? You're asking me this question, and Director Xu is also questioning me. I think your daily focus isn't on work, right?"

  Deng Peng had already cursed Chen Gong ninety-nine times in his heart, but didn't dare to speak out. "Director Chen, wasn't the report written clearly last time? These two off-road vehicles are for use by two deputy directors of the bureau, or else I'll go find the documents."

  Chen Gong didn't want to bother with him anymore, wondering if he was really clever or just pretending to be. "Director Deng, think about it carefully, if we don't use the names of you two deputy directors, can our Seismological Bureau get new cars? The roads to the towns are not easy to walk on now, so all the off-road vehicles have been handed over to the office for management, mainly used for patrol work at various monitoring stations and when going to the countryside to handle affairs. You continue to use your original Jetta car."

  Can't think it through, I've been excited for so long and even boasted to my friends that after work, we'll go to Fuhai and I'll treat them to dinner. Chen Gong doesn't know about this pressure yet. "Director Chen, when you applied for the Passat, was it also arranged to be sent to the office?" Deng Peng casually asked, making another mistake.

  Chen Gong stood up and told Deng Peng that a director, as the person in charge, must change to a better car. The original Geely car had already been returned to the office. The Passat was definitely for the director to drive, otherwise who would drive it? After finishing speaking, Chen Gong walked out of the office alone, leaving Deng Peng standing there in a daze.

  Deng Peng's anger was beyond description, he kicked Chen Gong's office desk fiercely with his foot, and in the last kick, a hole was kicked out of his shoe, and his big toe also made his fingernail turn over and bleed. Without saying goodbye or asking for leave, he went to the clinic alone to get bandaged.

  It's almost time to get off work, Deng Peng is sleeping on a hospital bed in the outpatient department watching TV, with his feet raised high on the headboard, looking very relaxed. Oh no, the phone rang, "Hello? Hmm, I think it's better to change the day, you don't know, my foot is injured and I'm in the hospital, maybe I'll have to stay for a week or so, otherwise you can go without me. No, no, no, that off-road vehicle of mine is an official car, can't lend it to you guys, another day, another day I'll definitely show it to you. Alright, alright, just like this, the doctor came to apply medicine, hung up."

  Deng Peng has made up his mind, and for three months he will not contact this group of friends. After a long time, when they remember him, they will say that the off-road vehicle was taken away by the district.

  In another week, Chen Wanrou will start working at the Earthquake Bureau, but Chen Gong still hasn't received a call from He Fei, the Secretary of the Xinqiao District Discipline Inspection Commission. Didn't Secretary He say that he would give himself an explanation within these few weeks?

  Chen Gong called He Fei's number for the sake of justice, "Secretary He, this is Chen Gong. I'm calling to ask about the progress on the personnel matter of Director Long that I reported last time."

  On the other end of the phone, He Fei told Chen Gong that the money received by Director Long had been fully refunded and there were no major issues in other aspects for the time being. The disciplinary committee's tentative plan was to give Director Long a warning penalty, have him resign and go home to rest and reflect for a month, deduct one-third of next year's target bonus, and not be eligible for promotion within two years.

  Actually, this punishment is already quite appropriate and decent, but Chen Gong can't understand it. This kind of contemptuous behavior towards the government's recruitment examination (similar to the original imperial examination) was handled so simply. "Secretary He, take a look, isn't this punishment too light? What Dragon Bureau Chief did was an out-of-bounds thing, not a small matter."

  Secretary He actually didn't know why Chen Gong was so stubborn, and had him removed from office. "What benefit do you get from this, Chen Gong?" "Director Chen, I've also communicated with the main leaders of the Organization Department and Personnel Bureau about this matter, and Minister Song supports our Commission for Discipline Inspection's opinion. I think it's settled then, don't interfere anymore."

  I am not muddling through, I am fighting for the interests of these candidates, presiding over fairness and justice.

  What's wrong with Director Song, always taking sides with her subordinates? It's clear that Director Long broke the law, but Director Song must have talked to Secretary He and downplayed the whole thing. This is just like what she told me last time about how to handle it. She must be afraid of affecting the image of their organization's personnel department. Is image really that important?

  Chen Gong didn't want to give up on this petition and reflection work so easily, but for Song Huiyun's concern about her, she also didn't want to make things difficult for her. After all, such a big thing had happened under her leadership, so she sent a text message to Song Huiyun: Sister Song, regarding Director Long's case, even if I have to report it to the provincial government, I will take him down. Please don't interfere anymore.

  Song Huiyun indeed communicated with He Fei about this matter, but precisely because of Chen Gong's attitude last time, Song Huiyun did not express her own opinion. She only listened to He Fei's views and neither agreed nor disagreed. He Fei then assumed she tacitly consented.

  So Song Huiyun received this message and thought Chen Gong was really inexplicably strange, with a more and more bizarre personality, and she slammed her phone down heavily, causing it to bounce all over the place.