Chapter 71: Actually, I'm just beating around the bush

  "I'm telling you, Dong Ge, you're really a legendary figure, the big BOSS has been keeping an eye on you all along. The internal network of the branch company has criticized you twice and fined you 200 yuan, it's not about the money, it's about losing face. How did you offend Extinction Shifu so much that she's been keeping an eye on you? Even Old Du can't intercede for you."

  A heavy snowfall marked the beginning of a harsh winter.

  The training base over there still needs some time to complete the final safety inspection, and when he opens his eyes, everything is white and vast. Others are too lazy to get out of their warm beds, but he is in a good mood and goes to work at the unit.

  Ji Dacheng and Zhu Ningrui appeared in front of the computer at the unit early in the morning with great enthusiasm. They didn't lack computers to play with, but sitting together playing games felt more enjoyable. Even the time spent hanging out in the office was prolonged.

  Seeing Zhang Shidong walking in leisurely, Ji Dacheng showed a look of I'm about to faint, while Zhu Ning pointed at Zhang Shidong's office desk, indicating that his computer had been upgraded to the highest configuration, from monitor to mouse and keyboard, all were gaming specialized.

  Just as Zhang Shidong sat down, Xiaomei walked in with a new cup filled with hot water and placed it on his office desk.

  "Has something gone on between you, Dong Ge, and our little Mei in private?" Ji Da Ben's eyes narrowed into a line, at first glance it seemed like he hadn't even opened his eyes.

  Zhū Níng stroked his chin: "I heard that Xiǎo Měi and her boyfriend broke up, recently there's always a man coming to pick her up from work, he looks quite fierce but whenever he sees someone he's always smiling, it seems like Xiǎo Měi has some meaning, Dōng Gē, could that man be..."

  Zhang Shidong jokingly snapped his fingers: "That guy is my friend, Xiaomei had a bit of trouble on her side, I helped out a bit, and now, she's made a one hundred eighty degree turn in her attitude towards me, before she was even pointing at me to buy breakfast for the two of them."

  As soon as Zhang Shidong sat down, Ji Dacheng and Zhu Ning urged him to log in quickly. When Dongge plays, the entire guild becomes unusually active. If he doesn't go online, from Sister Mi to a group of followers including many young beauties, they all lose interest. If it weren't for the game's playability surpassing all previous games, I reckon these women would have stopped playing long ago.

  Ku Guan Da Kun walked over: "Dong Zi, you don't have to worry about this side of things. Jiang Zong won't be able to find any problems even if he comes. Is there some kind of misunderstanding between you and Jiang Zong? If you explain it clearly, that would be best. It's not a good idea for her to keep targeting you like this."

  Zhang Shidong smiled and took out two boxes of Zhonghua cigarettes from the drawer, tossing them to him: "It's okay, at worst I'll move my computer to the warehouse to work, just don't mind me being a nuisance then."

  Da Kun took a puff of smoke and felt a bit embarrassed: "Whatever, whatever."

  Ji Dacheng's eyes lit up: "Hey, this is a great idea. Inside, it's still up to us brothers to take charge..."

  The crisp footsteps sounded, a figure stood at the door: "Zhang Shidong, come with me."

  The entire office area was quiet, when did General Jiang arrive at Pingjiang? How could Director Du not know?

  Zhang Shidong held a cigarette in his hand: "Forget it, you guys play."

  Jiang Xueyu remained silent, and Zhang Shidong also didn't speak. The elevator on the first floor opened, and Ah Guang carried a bag of breakfast with his head down and walked in. Zhang Shidong smiled and said: "Ah Guang, good brother, you know I haven't had breakfast, and you specially came to deliver breakfast for me? How did you know I was going to work today?"

  Diao Chun's teasing made Ah Guang's face turn bright red, and he stuttered a few times before blurting out: "Big Brother Dong, stop teasing me! Xiao Mei has stomach problems and doesn't eat breakfast because it hurts her stomach... I..."

  Jiang Xueyu chimed in: "Dating during work hours, doesn't she want her job anymore?"

  Ah Guang also had some childishness when facing Zhang Shidong, outside, he was Guang Ge Guang Ye, with a frown, his killing intent squeezed from his eyes to his eyebrows: "Huh?"

  Jiang Xueyu was taken aback.

  "Go, scram! These are your future sisters-in-law." Zhang Shidong raised his hand and knocked on Ah Guang's head, causing him to switch modes again, with a sincere smile plastered on his face: "Future sister-in-laws, hello."

  As soon as Jiang Xueyu got into Zhang Shidong's car, she unleashed the full range of a woman's most powerful teasing weapons - pinching and twisting: "You dare to bully me, you dare to bully me..." First, it was a tantrum with a hint of anger, then it turned into grievance, and finally evolved into some kind of venting. As she pinched him, tears streamed down her face.

  They say a woman's first time is very important, Jiang Xue had shown her vulnerable side to Zhang Shidong before, and now she would unconsciously release the suppressed emotions when facing him.

  "You dare to bully me, you dare to bully me..."

  Zhang Shidong's smiling expression retracted, and he wrapped his arms around Jiang Xueyu, stroking her back. A hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes: "What's wrong? What happened?"

  Jiang Xueyu struggled for another minute before raising her head in Zhang Shidong's arms: "Why are you so good to me, do you know who you're offending?"

  A sentence made Zhang Shidong somewhat stunned, what's going on here? The beauty throws herself into his arms and thanks him with a pout, this is the kind of romantic encounter that only happens to those invincible male leads in TV dramas, how did it end up happening to me?

  "The branch company's matter has been settled, Deng Jiutian personally came to my office, put down a pile of harsh words, it's clear that this time he chose to quit. But what is Deng Jiutian? He's the son of the vice governor, you, you, why are you being so good to me?" Jiang Xueyu said, and then snuggled back into his arms.

  "Actually, I'm killing two birds with one stone, and it's not just for you that I'm doing this."

  Jiang Xueyu lifted her head, the grievances on her face disappeared, and there were no more tears of grievance in those lovely tearful eyes. With clarity and wisdom, she raised her head and kissed Zhang Shidong's cheek: "This is a reward for honest children."

  Damn it!

  All women are demons, and top-notch women are demonesses!

  Zhang Shidong lowered his head, and it would be foolish not to take advantage of the opportunity. He looked down through the collar of the professional woman's dress, and her cleavage was deep and white.

  "Does it look good? Want to touch it? The texture is even better."

  Women in the new era are open-minded, Zhang Shidong of the new era specializes in treating all kinds of demons, and even if they spit blood, they must take advantage of it first.

  Lower head, kiss.

  Hand, probe, tentative touch.

  "Is it comfortable?" Jiang Xueyu breathed out slightly, holding a portable fruit knife in her hand, gently placing it on Zhang Shidong's crotch, the queen's emotional expression asked.

  "It's okay." Zhang Shidong was of course not afraid of that small knife, but in the ambiguous struggle between men and women, both sides would be happy to sink into it.

  "I have a fiancé..." Jiang Xueyu adjusted her clothes, completely unaffected by the previous intimate contact, patted her stomach to signal Zhang Shidong to drive and find a place to eat.

  "It's either he comes to kill me, or I go to kill him." Zhang Shidong transformed into a furious emperor, slapping the steering wheel: "For Xiaojian's sake, brother is enraged."

  Jiang Xueyu pulled out a lady's cigarette from her bag, lit it up, and calmly said amidst the smoke: "He's a man who made me not know how to refuse him. How can I put it? In short, he's the ultimate grassroots phoenix man of today's society - extremely good-tempered, highly intelligent, and incredibly capable. Everyone who knows him or has met him will say that I'm ungrateful, faithless, and disobedient for not following through with the engagement our elders arranged when we were young. They'll all take his side and speak up for him. If you don't want to become an object of public scorn, it's best if you just avoid seeing him altogether."

  "Do you love him?"

  "I don't love."

  "Do you love me?"

  "I don't love him. But I may become your woman, absolutely impossible to be his woman."

  "Come on, let's go eat, do you know what brother's greatest wish in this life is?"

  "Huh?"

  "The big villain in the TV movie story who is awesome all the way to the last scene, bullies and oppresses the common people, takes advantage of women, does evil deeds, and finally wants to trample to death the poor male lead who has managed to climb up with great difficulty."

  Jiang Xueyu chuckled: "Having money and power doesn't necessarily mean being the main antagonist, it can also be a co-lead male character. There's this very popular TV show 'Yan Jing Ai Qing Gu Shi', where that rich second-generation heir stole the girlfriend of the struggling male lead, and then loudly proclaimed that was love, and it was super popular. Now, on the surface, everyone is against the wealthy and powerful, but in private, who isn't drawn in by the strong sense of substitution in this TV show?"

  ……………

  The entire training base was officially announced to be completed when the second heavy snow came in winter.

  Ranshigou Mountain was transformed into a training ground for rock climbing, urban peripheral pursuit warfare and outdoor shooting.

  An abandoned fish pond was converted into a water combat survival training and physical fitness training ground.

  The office building was converted into a training ground for offensive and defensive combat operations.

  The office building's factory was connected together to form a huge indoor training ground.

  In an area close to agricultural land internally is a obstacle course and a standard military training ground.

  The entire area was designated as a military zone under the support of a certain big shot in the department, and was placed under martial law, with a guard company on standby.

  The entire training base, only the parking lot that enters from the main gate has become a public area, isolated near the office building ten meters away, along the highway edge fence, built guard company barracks, cafeteria and a small reception room, the remaining area is a parking lot.

  The vast space finally gives people a feeling of being crowded, but after Lin Ziqiang came to inspect it in person, he immediately applied to the superior for approval and appropriately expanded the training scale from 50 people to 200 people. After obtaining approval, the Pingjiang Municipal Public Security Bureau set up several police stations around the perimeter of the entire training base through a regular meeting and reported to the municipal party committee and government, ensuring a certain degree of confidentiality of the base.

  At this moment, Lin Ziqiang was standing on the parking lot that had just been swept away by the snow, with a bitter face, lighting a cigarette for Zhang Shidong: "Officer, this is really not what I said, I couldn't stop it either. The deputy chief of staff of the Northeast Military Region came in person and will get off the highway soon."

  Zhang Shidong shrugged indifferently: "A flock of sheep is also driven, anyway this is voluntary labor for me, at worst I'll just go home and sleep a big sleep."

  Lin Ziqiang, as a reserve cadre, completely lost his high and mighty dignity in front of Zhang Shidong: "Officer, don't play with me anymore. I haven't thanked you for the Tang brothers' matter yet. Several major cases were solved, and many tumors were dug out. The Tang family's forces withdrew from Beihai, and I heard that neighboring provinces also withdrew their capital. The two brothers ran to Lao Maozi's side and caused a big commotion. This is all your credit. There's no way, I don't have anything to thank you for. As for Director Zhang's side, you can rest assured, I guarantee..."

  Two off-road vehicles with provincial military license plates drove into the yard. Zhang Shidong took a puff of his cigarette: "Alright, Old Lin, keep what I'm about to say for later. When you have time, take some good photos of me. I love it when people praise me and feel grateful towards me. The more flattering they are, the more I like it."

  "Cough, cough, cough..." A mouthful of smoke, Lin Ziqiang was stunned and didn't immediately go to greet the person who had just gotten out of the off-road vehicle.