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The 2nd episode: The new director is really handsome and keeps his promise to treat everyone to a meal despite the pain.

  The second episode is really beautiful

  Hao Xiaofang tilted her little head and smiled mischievously: "I really don't want to hear, this isn't my personal secret, it's our unit's secret."

  "What's up? What secret?"

  Hao Xiaofang's face gleamed with a sly smile: "I'll tell you later how you can thank me."

  Xu Fan wasn't a petty person either, and generously said: "I'll get you a cup of coffee."

  Hao Xiaofang pouted: "Who wants your coffee? How about a Kaifeng dish?"

  Xu Fan was confused "What's Kaifeng dish? Is there a famous dish in Kaifeng?"

  "You're so stupid, KFC! KFC isn't Open-Funnel Dish, haha...". The little hen laid an egg again.

  Xu Fan's face was speechless, and he sighed in his heart that he really OUTed, and immediately nodded to say no problem.

  Hao Xiaofang then leaned in close to his ear and whispered: "Our department is going to change leaders!"

  "Ah! Who is it?" This was absolutely a secret, because this news was too sudden, and nobody had mentioned it before.

  "Really, the one who deceived you is a little dog, and you'll know soon. As for who the new boss is, I won't tell you yet, it's guaranteed to scare you, don't forget to have a Kaifeng dish, hehe...". The warm air like musk and orchid pierced Xu Fan's ears, making him feel itchy and comfortable at the same time.

  At this time, another colleague Ma Xiaoming heard Hao Xiaofang's laughter and saw the two people whispering to each other. A sour taste rose from the bottom of his heart, and he walked over intentionally shouting loudly: "Wow, what are you two doing? Are you having an office romance?"

  Hao Xiaofang didn't even turn around before she knew who it was, a surge of disgust on her face. She turned around and mercilessly said to Ma Xiaoming: "What office romance, do you think we're all like you? Hmph!" After that, she turned back to her seat.

  Ever since Hao Xiaofang arrived at this unit, Ma Xiaoming has been secretly in love with her. He often tries to curry favor with her, but Hao Xiaofang just doesn't care about him, leaving the poor guy helpless.

  Ma Xiaoming is actually not that bad, 25 years old, 1.75 meters tall, wearing a frameless glasses, slender and long figure, quite elegant; his father Ma Mingyuan is the deputy director of the finance bureau, a real power holder; he's just a bit introverted, likes to think deeply, likes to play smart, is a mind player, not very popular, but also because he has his father's background, in the unit is also mixed with ease, came in just 2 years and was promoted to deputy director of the office, facing someone like Xu Fan who is older than him, naturally bursting with pride.

  Ma Xiaoming also lost interest and walked away casually.

  There are 7 people in the office, Director Zhao Peng, 46 years old, usually with a serious face, rarely seen him smile; Deputy Directors Xie Kai and Ma Xiaoming, Xie Kai is 35 years old, a short and chubby man, always smiling and forming a sharp contrast with Zhao Peng; Clerks Xu Fan, Hao Xiaofang, Lu Qiang and Sun Qiuyue, Lu Qiang is 28 years old, slender and energetic, an active figure; Sun Qiuyue is 37 years old, not particularly beautiful but also pleasant to look at, plump and mature.

  When Zhao Peng walked into his office, everyone in the office was present. Xu Fan took a look at the time and it was exactly 8:15. This director always liked to be late by 15 minutes, which was probably an art of being a leader.

  Director Zhao just went in for less than two minutes and came out again, clapping his hands: "Everyone put down their work first, I'll notify you that at 11 o'clock all personnel will have a meeting in the conference room, don't be late. Oh right, Little Hao, immediately call the person in charge of each department to inform them." After finishing speaking, he went back to his office.

  As soon as Director Zhao's office door closed, the people outside started discussing. All staff members went to the conference room for a meeting, which was unprecedented unless there were special matters that needed to be announced to the whole bureau.

  "Was it a leader who was double-regulated?" Sun Qiuyue's first thought wasn't anything good, which isn't strange at all. The Land and Resources Bureau is a place where the "land emperor" resides, and in this era where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold, the bureau leaders receive many benefits, almost always having one or two unlucky ones being double-regulated every year. It's nothing out of the ordinary, so Sun Qiuyue asking this question was also very normal.

  When Xu Fan heard the news, his heart moved and he took a look at Hao Xiaofang: It seems that Xiaofang's words about changing leaders are true. At this moment, Hao Xiaofang also looked at Xu Fan with a smug expression, it was clear that this little girl was very happy, but it was unclear why.

  By 10:50, the conference hall was packed with people.

  This conference hall is different from small meeting rooms. In small meeting rooms, the conference table is placed in the middle and everyone sits around it during meetings. However, there is no conference table in the center of the conference hall, but rather a podium at the top of the room. The podium only has one row of seats and not many people can sit there - only deputy department-level cadres or above can sit there, while section-level cadres can only sit in the front row of the audience seats.

  However, all the chairs where leaders sit in the conference room are empty now, and no cadres above the department level can be seen.

  Everyone knows the reason, that is, big shots have arrived, and all the leaders have gone to welcome them at the gate.

  At 11 o'clock sharp, the door of the conference room suddenly opened, and everyone stood up voluntarily. Then, the leaders of the bureau accompanied two strangers in, with Party Committee Deputy Secretary Zhou Bo walking at the front, Bureau Chief Lai Hong was not seen, Zhou Bo smiled and said to the two strangers behind him, "Director Yuan, Director Liang, please come in."

  Everyone looked at the two people who walked in, with a puzzled expression on their faces. Only Xu Fan was shocked, staring at the woman walking in front of him, his body suddenly petrified, his mouth wide open, his eyes fixed on the woman, his face filled with incredulity.

  It turned out that this woman was none other than Yuan Yuan, the younger aunt of Hao Xiaofang, whom they had met in the square yesterday.

  At this time, Yuan Garden was wearing a black formal attire, with a white shirt inside, and her long hair was tied up at the back of her head. This outfit made Yuan Garden look like a different person. Yesterday she was gentle, beautiful and mature, but today she had an added air of nobility and a sense of majesty. The gentleness was gone, that beautiful bracelet was also gone, and of course, that LV bag was even more gone.

  Behind Yuan Garden walking in the back is the head of the second division of the municipal party committee organization department, Li Mingyang. Everyone saw these two people walk in and were whispering to each other.

  As the two sat down, the conference room suddenly fell silent. Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Zhou Bo stood up and looked around at everyone with a serious face before speaking in a slow tone: "Today's meeting has two things to announce. Next, we warmly welcome Director Li Mingyang from the Municipal Organization Department to give a speech." The conference room erupted into applause.

  Li Mingyang, the director, stood up and after the applause stopped, he said seriously: "Now I am entrusted by the municipal party committee and government to announce two things. First, Lai Hong, the former secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Land and Resources Bureau, has been placed under double designation by the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission due to economic problems!"

  As soon as Director Li finished speaking, the pot immediately exploded downstairs. This matter was too unexpected for everyone, and there was not a single message beforehand. Just over the weekend, Director Lai was double-regulated. Xu Fan glanced at Sun Qiuyue and thought to himself that this unlucky bird's mouth was really not ordinary!

  The news made some people happy and others worried, but most were gloating, the conference room was in an uproar with no intention of stopping.

  Zhou Bo saw this and immediately said loudly: "Everyone be quiet, listen to Director Li announce the second thing."

  Li Mingyang continued to announce: "The second thing is that from today on, Yuan Garden will serve as the Party Secretary and Director of the Land and Resources Bureau. Let's give a warm welcome!" As soon as Li finished speaking, he led the applause, and after a moment of stunned silence, everyone else followed suit with enthusiastic clapping.

  It was beyond everyone's expectation. Just now, when they saw such a beautiful woman and Director Li coming in, they thought she was Director Li's entourage. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the newly arrived bureau chief. Envy, surprise, suspicion, all sorts of gazes came pouring in.

  Yuan Garden stood up, smiled and swept his beautiful eyes, lingering on Xu Fan for 2 seconds before becoming serious again. He said: "Fellow colleagues, hello! I'm thrilled to be working with everyone at the Land Resources Bureau, and I hope we can share joys and sorrows together in the future, help each other, love each other, create brilliance, and take our bureau's performance to new heights!" After finishing his speech, he sat down again, followed by another round of warm applause.

  After the meeting, it was almost time for dinner. The leaders naturally wanted to go and entertain the newly arrived Director Yuan, while Deputy Director Li claimed he had something on and left without even having dinner. The bureau leaders' group headed straight for the Hoda Hotel.

  At noon, Xu Fan didn't want to go home. His wife Li Li wasn't coming back either. The child had been sent to his mother-in-law's house. It was boring to cook alone, so he decided to eat in the cafeteria instead.

  Just as they walked downstairs, Hao Xiaofang caught up with them and asked Xu Fan with a smile: "Fan Ge, you promised to treat us to dinner, but now you're not keeping your word? I was looking forward to eating Kaifeng dishes."

  "Gluttonous cat!" Xu Fan thought that after work, he had nowhere to go, so it was better to have dinner with this little girl. He could return the "favor" and also take the opportunity to ask Hao Xiaofang about Director Yuan.

  "Eating is no problem, but I don't like that junk food. How about we go eat Sichuan cuisine?"

  "Great, let's go quickly, where shall we eat?" Hao Xiaofang was overjoyed, after all Sichuan cuisine was her favorite.

  Xu Fan thought for a moment and said: "Let's go to Qianli Xiang, it's close to the unit and the taste is not bad."

  "Great, great, I've been there many times, the sour fish is delicious." Hao Xiaofang's face was filled with craving.

  They arrived at Qianli Xiang, and there weren't many people yet. Xu Fan led Hao Xiaofang to a window seat, and the waiter immediately came over to pour them tea and handed Xu Fan a menu. Xu Fan didn't look at it and gave it to Hao Xiaofang, saying: "You order, get what you like."

  "Then I won't be polite, hehe." Hao Xiaofang flipped through the menu and said to the waiter: "One sour fish, one cold-dressed leek, one boiled beef, and one bok choy tofu soup." Three dishes and a soup were ordered in one breath, neat and efficient.

  When the dishes were all served, Hao Xiaofang ate with gusto, without any regard for her image.

  Xu Fan frowned and scolded, "You little glutton, slow down! You're eating like you haven't eaten for three days. And no one's competing with you for food, yet you're still so reckless. Be careful not to get a fish bone stuck in your throat."

  Hao Xiaofang didn't think so: "Don't worry, I've gained experience eating this sour fish, I won't get stuck by the fish bones" After finishing speaking, she put another piece of fish into her mouth.

  Xu Fan took a sip: "Hmm, it really does taste good."

  Hao Xiaofang didn't miss the opportunity to show off: "Of course, you think I'm cheating you? I'm a famous foodie, and even my younger aunt listens to me when it comes to eating, hehe."

  Xu Fan's face was filled with disdain: "Whatever whatever, are you a foodie or the most beautiful and youngest foodie?"

  "This is just about right," said Hao Xiaofang with a glance at someone.

  Xu Fan changed the subject and asked: "By the way, Xiaofang, is Director Yuan really your aunt?"

  "Of course, guaranteed!" Hao Xiaofang took a bite of beef and continued: "She's excellent, highly educated, beautiful, and a workaholic, she's a career woman who likes government jobs, but..." Hao Xiaofang stopped herself from speaking further.

  "What's wrong, you're being so ambiguous."

  "It's just that she was too obsessed with her work, and as a result, she failed in love, and still hasn't found the right person until now, sigh" Hao Xiaofang sighed.

  Xu Fan touched his nose: "Oh, such an excellent woman can match up with a few men, hehe."

  Hao Xiaofang nodded in agreement, saying: "Yes, it's mainly because she hasn't met a man she likes. Sigh, let's not talk about this anymore. I'll tell you, Fan Ge, my aunt is very serious about her work, so don't make any mistakes in front of her, or else when she scolds you, I won't be able to save you! Haha", Hao Xiaofang seemed to imagine someone being scolded by her aunt and looked very pleased.

  Xu Fan still had some self-awareness: "Hey, she's a high-ranking official, and I'm just a small fry, not even worthy of being disciplined by her. You don't have to worry about me."

  Hao Xiaofang pouted and said: "I'm reminding you, don't be ungrateful. I've eaten my fill, have you?"

  Xu Fan nodded: "Full."

  "Let's go, time is almost up, thanks for treating me, hehe."

  "No need to thank me, just make sure to put in a good word for me in front of your little aunt from now on, hehe." Xu Fan winked slyly, making preparations for future scolding.

  Hao Xiaofang wasn't easily fooled: "Think again, I'm not that easy, wait till you've asked me out a few more times and then maybe this lady will consider it, hehe."

  Xu Fan wasn't afraid of this, and immediately responded: "Alright, no problem, as long as you little hamster isn't afraid of getting fat, Sichuan cuisine has plenty of oil and water, eating a few more meals is nothing to be afraid of, haha!"

  Xu Fan's words hit Hao Xiaofang's weak spot, as all women fear getting fat, and even though she has a slender figure, deep down she still hopes to lose a bit more weight.

  "Hmph, I'm not afraid at all. No matter how much I eat, I won't get fat." Although Hao Xiaofang sounded tough, her small hands had already secretly touched her belly, feeling that she might have actually gained a bit of weight. She thought to herself that she should eat less and run five kilometers on the treadmill when she got home tonight.

  Her little action naturally didn't escape Xu Fan's eyes, he found it both amusing and not daring to laugh, could only secretly hold back, that guy, the holding back was quite uncomfortable!

  Back at the unit, it's already time to start work. Those leaders haven't returned yet, so I'll have to entertain them when they do, probably with a few drinks.

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