497: Chapter 497 Wanshun County was in complete chaos

While eating, because she was happy, Xiao Chuyi's eyes turned into crescent moons, and her gaze almost seemed to melt.

Lin Jiang thought to himself, "Have I become a third wheel? Should I leave first..."

However...

They had only taken a few bites of food and a sip of their drinks when Xiao Chuyi's phone rang urgently.

Picking it up, she saw it was a call from Li Xingzhou, a member of the County Party Standing Committee and the Director of the County Committee Office. Although she had a premonition that it wouldn't be anything good, she still had to answer because Li Xingzhou was her direct superior.

Xiao Chuyi was a Deputy Director of the County Party Committee Office, a section-level position, but there were three deputy directors in total, and she was just one of them, ranked last.

"Director Li, what is it?"

Li Xingzhou's voice came through the phone, "Little Xiao, hurry to Wanshun Hotel. Secretary Xie Lizhi is hosting important guests and specifically requested you to come and toast them."

"Damn it, I am not a hostess."

Xiao Chuyi was very angry. If it were normal times, she would be angry but would still go.

Today was different. Her idol had returned to Wanshun County, so how could she go to toast guests? She immediately replied, "Director Li, I'm sorry, I'm eating with a friend and can't get away."

Li Xingzhou's tone became much heavier, even carrying a bit of authority, "Little Xiao, what is the matter with you? Can't you distinguish between what's important? Is your friend more important, or are Secretary Xie Lizhi's instructions more important? Get over here immediately."

Xiao Chuyi felt helpless.

After hesitating for a moment, she finally said, "Director Li, I really can't get away. Please help me tell Secretary Xie Lizhi that I really can't make it."

After speaking, she took the initiative to hang up the phone first.

Why did she dare to hang up on her superior? Did she not want to work in the system anymore?

It was mainly because Qin Chuan was right there, so she had confidence. Besides, she had been bullied and suppressed for so long and couldn't take it anymore; it was normal to resist a little.

Qin Chuan heard the voice on the phone clearly and couldn't help but say, "Xiao Chuyi, your county leaders have so many social engagements. Drinking in the middle of the day, really."

Xiao Chuyi looked bitter.

Qin Chuan comforted her, "It's fine. If they give you trouble, tell me."

"Mm." Xiao Chuyi nodded vigorously, feeling a wave of warmth in her heart.

The three of them ate together without drinking alcohol, having juice instead. After the meal, Lin Jiang made an excuse, "Brother Chuan, I still have class in the afternoon, so I won't accompany you."

This guy.

He had already said he had asked for leave in the afternoon, so why did he suddenly say he had class? Qin Chuan smiled, knowing this guy wanted to create an opportunity for Xiao Chuyi.

After watching Lin Jiang drive away, Xiao Chuyi felt a secret joy, happy like a little girl, and took the initiative to invite him, "Brother Chuan, then get in my car. I'll take you around to look at things."

Qin Chuan waved his hand, "There's no need to take a car. Let's walk, how about that?"

"Alright, that works."

Xiao Chuyi readily agreed. As long as she could be with Qin Chuan, she didn't care about walking around. She happily walked alongside Qin Chuan.

Walking along the street, the two walked unhurriedly.

It had been two or three years since he had returned to Wanshun County, and he felt the changes were quite significant, but he also discovered some problems. For example, the hygiene was relatively poor, and there were very few trash cans along the way; he couldn't find a trash can even if he wanted to throw away trash.

In addition, he saw that several public toilets were closed, with their doors locked tight.

These were built during Qin Chuan's tenure. Each public toilet was built to a high standard. Although they were small, the environment was very good, facilitating people on the street to use the restroom.

However...

Why were they all locked?

Seeing Qin Chuan's confusion, Xiao Chuyi explained, "After Secretary Xie Lizhi took office, he thought these were flashy things without substance and said several times that he wanted to tear them all down. If it weren't for County Magistrate Hu and others trying their best to stop it, they would have probably been torn down long ago."

"Although they weren't torn down, Secretary Xie Lizhi has stopped allocating funds to these toilets. Because there is no money, no cleaning, and no management, they were simply locked and closed."

After listening, Qin Chuan felt a little angry. "Damn it, there is money to spend two or three billion to build a so-called International Convention Center, but they say there is no money to allocate hundreds of thousands of yuan every year to maintain the normal operation of these public toilets."

After walking for a while, Qin Chuan discovered many more problems and finally couldn't help but take out his phone to call the citizen hotline, wanting to feed back the problems to the County Government.

But...

The hotline actually couldn't get through. He dialed again, and there was no answer, which was very puzzling.

Xiao Chuyi said, "Whether it is the County Magistrate's hotline or the convenience hotline, Secretary Xie Lizhi has contracted them all out for a ten-year term, paying the contracting company 170 million yuan."

Hearing this, Qin Chuan almost vomited blood.

This could also be contracted out, and for ten years at that, paying the other party a full 170 million yuan. No matter how rich Wanshun County was, it couldn't be wasted like this.

"Brother Chuan, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Since Secretary Xie Lizhi took office, he has done many things."

She was already extremely dissatisfied with Secretary Xie Lizhi. A fifty-two or fifty-three-year-old old man thinking so beautifully, actually wanting her to sleep with him. He had hinted several times, and she had ignored him, so he started giving her a hard time.

"Then I will cause trouble for you and tell Qin Chuan about all the dirty things you have done."

Thus, while accompanying Qin Chuan to walk on the street and look around, Xiao Chuyi told Qin Chuan about many things one by one.

"Secretary Qin, it really is you!"

After all, he had governed Wanshun County and achieved dazzling results, making this ordinary county seat leap into the top 100 counties in china. Many ordinary people deeply remembered Qin Chuan.

"Secretary Qin, you are back."

There were always people who greeted Qin Chuan enthusiastically and from the bottom of their hearts. Qin Chuan responded one by one, and sometimes, he would even chat with them for a few sentences.

Wanshun Hotel, inside a luxurious large private room.

A table full of delicacies, with a few bottles of moutai, Secretary Xie Lizhi and several other county leaders were accompanying a guest from the provincial capital.

He had originally wanted to call Xiao Chuyi to come and toast, but she actually dared not to come. Secretary Xie Lizhi was very dissatisfied, but he didn't show it; he was already thinking in his heart that it seemed he hadn't dealt with her enough and needed to deal with her even more severely.

Thinking that Xiao Chuyi had both beauty and a good figure, Secretary Xie Lizhi felt a bit hot in his heart again.

As for her being Qin Chuan's high school classmate and their good relationship, he did have some concerns at the beginning, but not many.

After such a long time, he hadn't seen Qin Chuan have any reaction, so he had even fewer concerns. He even thought that Qin Chuan had already gone to school and was not in the government department at all; they were completely in two different systems, so there was really no need to be afraid.

"Xiao Chuyi, wait and see how I deal with you. In the end, I will make you lie on the bed obediently."

A moment later, his secretary came in, leaned over, and whispered a few words in Secretary Xie Lizhi's ear. Secretary Xie Lizhi's face changed slightly, and then he nodded and said, "I know."