Rebirth in the 90s: Her Counterattack and Redemption

Chapter 1477: Chapter 863

Miao Lihua’s aggressive questioning made Li Zejun let out a heavy sigh. ”Li Hua, some things, everybody knows perfectly well in their hearts. Don’t keep tangling this up, okay?”

”You... what kind of crap is that?” Miao Lihua glared at Li Zejun. ”Saying something so irresponsible, are you still a man?”

”Say whatever you want.” Li Zejun turned to look at Luo Feng. ”Mayor, let’s go.”

”No!” Miao Lihua yanked his sleeve. ”You have to make things clear to me. You’ve held me up for so long, and now you just say you’re leaving, is that appropriate?”

”Miao Lihua, I don’t want to say more.” Li Zejun sighed heavily. ”Why things turned out like this today—you should be very clear. My not saying it doesn’t mean I don’t know; my knowing it doesn’t mean I won’t save you some face.”

”You...”

Miao Lihua’s expression shifted between dark and light, the strength in her hand eased, and Li Zejun took the chance to pull his sleeve free. ”Mayor, let’s go.”

Driving from Granny’s House to the town government compound was just a matter of two or three minutes; all the way until they got out of the car, Li Zejun didn’t say a word.

Luo Feng didn’t press him either, and went straight back to his office, leaving Li Zejun sitting dazed in the car. The car was facing the window of Liang Jiahe’s office, so in less than two minutes he came out with a puzzled look: ”Kunzi, this car is...?”

It was the first time the car had been driven into the compound, so it was normal for Liang Jiahe to be curious. When he asked a second time, Li Zejun finally came back to himself. ”Oh, the car is borrowed by Mayor Luo from a friend.”

The story had been prepped in advance, so it wasn’t hard for Li Zejun to answer.

”This is a good car, even the county doesn’t have something this nice.” Liang Jiahe walked around the car several times, but his mind was full of doubts.

If a friend can lend Mayor Luo such a good car, looks like this young mayor really has some connections. From now on, he’d better keep closely in step with the young mayor!

Look at Li Zejun: in just a few short months he’d risen to a position that takes others years to climb to. How had he never noticed before that this kid’s eyes were so sharp?

There’s no way he believed that Li Zejun was totally clueless about Luo Feng’s background. Otherwise, in the situation back then, how could Li Zejun have thrown everything aside and gone with Mayor Luo?

Thinking along these lines, the smile on Liang Jiahe’s face deepened a few degrees. ”Kunzi, take me along when you go down to the countryside. I’ve got relatives in almost all the nearby villages. Doing the work is important, but the body’s just as important, right?”

”You’ll have to ask the mayor about that.” With so much on his mind, Li Zejun didn’t catch what exactly Liang Jiahe was trying to say.

Liang Jiahe looked a bit embarrassed. ”What I mean is I want you, Kunzi, to help and talk to the mayor. We can have lunch at my relatives’ place, and nobody else will have anything to say about it, don’t you think?”

”Oh, oh.” Now Li Zejun understood that Liang Jiahe was bowing his head to him, and at the same time expressing his determination to stick with Mayor Luo. He immediately curled his lips into a smile. ”Okay, I’ll discuss it with the mayor.”

”Thanks, Kunzi!” Liang Jiahe happily slung an arm around his shoulder and gave him a shake. ”Kunzi, I’ve long seen that you’re no ordinary pond fish. In the future, this older brother will be counting on you.”

”Secretary Liang, don’t say that. I still need a lot of support from you in my work.” Li Zejun got goosebumps all over; since when were he and Liang Jiahe this close?

”What ’Secretary’—we’re not that formal with each other.” Liang Jiahe waved his hand. ”In the past it was just me being short-sighted. From now on, I’ll work together with you, Kunzi, and be the mayor’s left and right arm. We’ll get Qin Mountain Town’s economy up there, so that by the time I step down I can see the people’s lives improving. Then it’ll all have been worth it.”

”Secretary Liang, is this a new car our town bought?”

”This car is really nice. Look at those big tires—no road can stump it.”

”With this car, going down to the countryside will be much more comfortable.”

”Yeah, yeah.”

”...”

A few staff members watched from a distance for a while, then finally couldn’t resist and thick-skinnedly came over.

”You think the county has the means to allocate us a car this good?” Liang Jiahe waved the crowd away. ”Go back to work, don’t stand around here speculating.”

As soon as they heard the car wasn’t for the town, everyone drooped and shuffled back to their own corners. Li Zejun gave Liang Jiahe a polite smile. ”I’m going back to my office.”

”Alright, alright, I’m counting on you for what we talked about.” Liang Jiahe patted him hard again. ”This older brother definitely won’t be like before anymore, only staring at the little plot of land right in front of me and working myself to death there.”

Li Zejun nodded slightly and turned back to his office, but after sitting for not even two minutes, he couldn’t sit still anymore. He closed his eyes and let out a long breath, then went to Luo Feng’s office.