Chapter 249: She Likes Hearing Compliments Too
Qin Hengzhi took Lu Qiaoge to the second state-run restaurant, which was the closest one.
He had reception targets and reception coupons, so as long as it wasn’t after work hours, anyone he brought would have food to eat.
But today was a bit late, so Qin Hengzhi didn’t let the head chef go to much trouble.
Just boil two bowls of noodles for the two of them.
But now it was late summer, and there were really a lot of vegetables. The head chef was quick-handed and soon brought the noodles up.
Tomato egg noodles, a plate of sausage, a small dish of homemade spicy radish, a dish of cold dish, two bowls of noodle soup— it was very good.
Qin Hengzhi personally went to thank the head chef. Lu Qiaoge heard about enlistment and such, and also heard Qin Hengzhi say, your Huzi is cut out for being a soldier, as long as you’re willing…
When Qin Hengzhi came out, he was still pushing Lu Qiaoge’s bicycle, and he had a sense of eagerness to try.
Lu Qiaoge knew this meant he wanted to take her.
Mm-hmm, from the start of dating, it seemed like he’d only taken her twice.
The distance each time wasn’t long.
This time riding the bicycle, it would take about twenty minutes to get home.
Lu Qiaoge said, “I’ll ask you something first.”
Qin Hengzhi was concise: “Speak.”
“Do you know about Lin Junfeng’s family situation?”
Qin Hengzhi didn’t know why Lu Qiaoge was suddenly asking about Deputy Director Lin, but he still told her the information he knew that wasn’t secret or privacy.
“Deputy Director Lin’s ex-wife is a teacher at a school in Beidu. They have a daughter who’s probably twelve this year. His ex-wife has poor health. Originally Lin Junfeng worked at the aviation base in Beidu. Later he divorced his ex-wife and brought his second wife, who is now Deputy Director Wei at the cultural palace, to transfer to the military factory.”
She remembered now—the deputy director at the cultural palace was indeed surnamed Wei; her cousin had mentioned it.
Lu Qiaoge nodded: “I know this; they were all transferred last year.”
Qin Hengzhi nodded: “Lin Junfeng now has a five-year-old son. Old Lin was dissatisfied with his divorce and cut off relations with him for a while. Now the two elders refuse to live in his new home; they’re at the Swan Hotel. Of course, they also don’t acknowledge his new wife—it seems they haven’t even seen this little grandson.”
It was actually like this?
Actually, many people’s mindset is that the son is their own, but the daughter-in-law can be anyone.
Who the son marries doesn’t matter; whoever he brings in becomes the daughter-in-law. People nowadays still prefer boys, and with a little grandson, they’d surely love him just the same.
Being good to the granddaughter from the previous daughter-in-law was already pretty good.
Couples like Old Lin were really not that many.
Lu Qiaoge frowned: “Old Lin isn’t an unreasonable person; is there some reason behind it?”
Qin Hengzhi rarely paid attention to this, but because of his superhuman memory, he remembered it casually.
He furrowed his brows in thought: “I don’t know much, but it’s nothing more than emotions.”
Lu Qiaoge smiled ambiguously: “Maybe it’s because a third party came between them, so upright Old Lin couldn’t stand it.”
Qin Hengzhi glanced at Lu Qiaoge and said seriously: “There might be that reason.”
“Old Lin didn’t go see that child this time either?”
“As far as I know, no.”
Seeing Lu Qiaoge wasn’t asking anymore, Qin Hengzhi finally asked her back: “Why are you inquiring about him?”
Did this person have some problem?
The little girl actually rarely targeted people.
Lu Qiaoge told Qin Hengzhi what she had seen and heard today.
“…He actually evaluated me as barely someone who single-mindedly does the work?”
Lu Qiaoge stood opposite Qin Hengzhi and asked very unconvinced: “Representative Qin, give me a fair evaluation as a leader—what kind of worker is your Lu Qiaoge?”
Qin Hengzhi was first displeased in his heart. Deputy Director Lin had always been arrogant; this person’s reputation was very poor except for his solid technology skills.
Who did he think he was? What qualification did he have to evaluate Qiao Ge?
But immediately after, a hint of amusement flashed in Qin Hengzhi’s eyes.
This was the first time he had seen Lu Qiaoge acting so innocently spoiled.
Her cheeks were slightly puffed up, and her pair of peach blossom eyes, even when glaring round, were soft like a pool of spring water.
If they weren’t on the road, he really wanted to pull his little partner into his arms.
Qin Hengzhi concealed the heat and unusual color in his eyes, coughed lightly, and said seriously: “Do you know that Director Hu is cultivating you to be his successor?”
Lu Qiaoge blinked her eyes; she vaguely sensed it.
Director Hu had always been a leader and elder she respected.
But she hadn’t taken it much to heart.
It wasn’t that she looked down on it; it was because the path she wanted to take wasn’t this one.
In the future, the neighborhood committee would undergo restructuring, and many functional units would be handed over to local places. Of course, full handover to local places would be after the layoff wave in the 1990s.
Old Hu seemed to have four or five years until retirement. In Old Hu and Huang Juan’s view, being able to serve as neighborhood committee director a few years later would be an exceptional promotion.
It was just that they couldn’t imagine the college entrance examination would restart in two years.
Qin Hengzhi paused, then asked again: “Do you want to know Director Hao and Secretary He’s evaluation of you?”
Lu Qiaoge nodded vigorously: “I want to know.”
As a subordinate, of course she really wanted to know how such big leaders talked about her behind her back.
Qin Hengzhi lowered his gaze to look at Lu Qiaoge, who was looking at him eagerly, and said word by word: “They say you are vigorous and resolute yet meticulous, daring and ambitious yet down-to-earth, bold in innovation yet more focused on results…”
He paused, his Adam’s apple moving slightly: “Most importantly—you always carry a heart of sincerity!”
Wow, this evaluation was both literary and shining with golden light.
Suddenly, Lu Qiaoge looked at Qin Hengzhi suspiciously: “Is this the original wording?”
Qin Hengzhi smiled: “I embellished it a bit, but that’s the meaning.”
Lu Qiaoge’s eyes immediately curved into crescents; hee-hee, she was happy—she was vain too.
“Then let’s go.”
Didn’t Qin Hengzhi like taking her on the bicycle the most?
Qin Hengzhi had long legs and a big advantage. He sat directly on the seat, propping up both legs—handsome as could be.
With this posture, Lu Qiaoge could sit on the bicycle’s back seat first.
But actually, when Qin Hengzhi rode, Lu Qiaoge could still sit steadily on it.
The place they were at was the main road, naturally with people coming and going.
There was a pair of young man and woman, about the same as them, walking and talking.
Qin Hengzhi and the others were strolling slowly, but these two were walking pretty fast.
Not far ahead, the young man got on the bicycle.
Then the young woman held the bicycle’s back seat and prepared to hop on.
Accurately speaking, it was a hop and she’d land on the back seat.
But who would have thought the young man pedaled a couple extra times.
Then the young woman thudded down onto the ground.
The people around were all stunned.
Then many people burst out laughing.
The young woman stood up awkwardly, hands on hips.
The young man still didn’t know; he kept pedaling forward.
At this time, Qin Hengzhi overtook the young man with Lu Qiaoge.
Qin Hengzhi turned his head and said flatly: “There’s no one on your bike’s back seat.”
The young man hadn’t reacted yet.
How could there be no one?
He was preparing to take his new wife to see a movie.
Then he looked back.
Sure enough, there was no one behind the seat— no wonder he felt so light today.
Looking further back, oh no, his young wife’s face was red, standing roadside clearly quite angry.
