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He is also tightly bound by the various rules and regulations of officialdom!

Thinking about all this gave Gao Qilin a headache.

That's why he said those things to Zhong Xiaoai!

Chapter 299 The Old Father

"What? You really don't want to be an official?"

Just as Gao Qilin had predicted, Zhong Xiaoai was indeed furious. However, Zhong Xiaoai was not the kind of pampered woman.

She would never lose her temper just because she was in a bad mood, although Zhong Xiaoai was angry at this moment.

However, she was still able to control her emotions with reason, seeing that Gao Qilin did not listen to her and did not want to become an official.

Zhong Xiaoai glared angrily at Gao Qilin, then asked in confusion.

"If you become an official, you can help more people."

"Look at you now, as a businessman, you even have to ask others for help when you meet a small business owner."

"But if you're an official, you can order them to do whatever you want!"

If someone else were to say something like that to Zhong Xiaoai, they would probably feel so ashamed that they would grit their teeth and become an official.

But Gao Qilin is different. He's not stupid; he knows exactly how much risk he has to take if he becomes an official!

He understood even more clearly that being an official had never been an easy job, from ancient times to the present.

Gao Qilin responded to Zhong Xiaoai with a mix of sarcasm and playful insults.

Seeing that Zhong Xiaoai was really anxious, Gao Qilin was not afraid at all. Instead, he smiled slightly at Zhong Xiaoai.

“Xiao Ai, I know all of this. I really do know it.”

"But the problem is that being an official has never been an easy thing, from ancient times to the present!"

"Have you ever thought that if I became an official, I wouldn't be as free as I am now?"

"Yes, I had power then, I could order others around, but if I could order others around, couldn't others order me around too?"

Halfway through his sentence, Gao Qilin abruptly changed the subject.

"Xiao Ai, I'm a businesswoman. For me, ordering others around has never been a pleasant experience."

"In my opinion, doing business is inherently about making a profit and a loss, a win and a loss."

"But being an official is different; there are many things you can't predict."

"Moreover, sometimes an official's promotion depends on their superior!"

There's a saying that goes, "If they say you can, you can, even if you can't; if they say you can't, you can't, even if you can!"

Gao Qilin is an excellent sophist. Although Zhong Xiaoai comes from a prestigious family, her parents would never teach their daughter sophistication skills.

In other words, Zhong Xiaoai was just a novice in front of Gao Qilin.

When facing such a novice, Gao Qilin won with almost no difficulty.

He didn't need to put in much effort to leave Zhong Xiaoai speechless.

However, Zhong Xiaoai was, after all, Gao Qilin's lover, and Gao Qilin knew that in front of his lover...

He still had to save face for the other party, and at this moment, Gao Qilin saw that Zhong Xiaoai was about to cry because of what he had said.

He smiled slightly at Zhong Xiaoai, then reached out and gently patted her shoulder, saying something to her.

"Oh, Xiao Ai, to be honest, it's all my fault!"

"I shouldn't have argued with you. How about this, you hit me?"

As Gao Qilin spoke, he stretched his neck out in front of Zhong Xiaoai, who was then confronted with his shameless behavior.

Then another man came to mind—her elderly father.

Don't be fooled by the way Zhong Xiaoai's father always acts like he's giving orders to other officials.

But he behaved very docilely in front of Zhong Xiaoai's mother, as docile as an obedient puppy.

At that moment, the way Gao Qilin stretched out his neck reminded Zhong Xiaoai of her father.

When he saw that Gao Qilin's manner of acting coquettishly in front of his mother was somewhat similar to that of his father, he was surprised.

Zhong Xiaoai was actually a little touched. At this moment, Zhong Xiaonian felt that he had chosen the right person.

In the past, every time Gao Qilin acted coquettishly in front of Zhong Xiaoai...

Zhong Xiaoai would gently tap Gao Qilin a few times with her little pink fist as a warning.

The reason for doing this was that Zhong Xiaoai felt that Gao Qilin was already a CEO of a group.

He should always be mindful of his image; he should maintain his masculinity.

If you act like a woman and act coquettishly, what kind of decorum is that?

But this time, when Gao Qilin brought his head close so he could hit him...

Zhong Xiaoai found herself unable to bring herself to do it; instead of doing so, she gently stroked Gao Qilin's head.

For Zhong Xiaoai, Gao Qilin was no longer her boyfriend at this point.

In Zhong Xiaoai's mind, Gao Qilin's image had actually grown taller; now, Gao Qilin had become someone like her father.

Although such a statement is indeed hard to accept, it is the truth.

However, Zhong Xiaoai herself probably didn't realize that her opinion of Gao Qilin had changed.

But Gao Qilin was overjoyed; he knew he had Zhong Xiaoai completely under his control!

Chapter 300 Going Home

"Xiao Ai, I didn't mean to hurt you, I just know I'm really not cut out to be an official!"

"I understand that if I were to become an official, you would definitely pave the way for me!"

"But the thousands of employees at Qiangsheng Group can't do without me. If I leave, who will take care of them?"

“These thousands of employees represent thousands of families. Have you ever thought about what would happen to these employees if I left Qiangsheng Group?”

Gao Qilin's words are indeed true. The thousands of employees of Qiangsheng Group are a real problem if Gao Qilin abandons them.

If he abandons the entire Qiangsheng Group, he can indeed walk away unscathed, but the thousands of employees will be in trouble. They will have to find a strong leader as capable as Gao Qilin to lead them.

That was pure fantasy. After Gao Qilin brought it up, Zhong Xiaoai felt that she had no way to refute it.

At this moment, Zhong Xiaoai nodded to Gao Qilin, which meant that she agreed to the matter.

However, what Zhong Xiaoai didn't expect was...

After she returned home, she told her father what Gao Qilin had said to her.

Her father not only didn't say Gao Qilin was a good-for-nothing, but actually admired him very much.

"Xiao Ai, you and Gao Qilin have been getting along well lately, haven't you?"

"So, can you tell Dad what you think of him?"

As Zhong Xiaoai's father spoke, he took off his gold-rimmed glasses, and you know what?

Every time Zhong Xiaoai's father put on his gold-rimmed glasses, he would make the atmosphere very serious, but every time he took them off...

The atmosphere became less serious, and Zhong Xiaoai even laughed out loud when she saw her father take off his gold-rimmed glasses.

This time, however, Zhong Xiaoai did not laugh out loud, because she understood that her father's next conversation with her was related to Gao Qilin's fate.

Zhong Xiaoai had this idea because her father was indeed very good at judging people.

Putting aside everything else, just look at the officials who served under Zhong Xiaoai's father in the past. Every single one of them was a seasoned veteran of the officialdom.

When they do bad things, they always try to hide them.

But no matter what these people did or how they did it, they couldn't escape the eyes of Zhong Xiaoai's father.

On several occasions, several uncles and aunts that Zhong Xiaoai particularly liked came to her home.

Zhong Xiaoai's father would talk to them privately, but what was called a talk was actually a reprimand.

Zhong Xiaoai was very young at that time, and she was very innocent.

She didn't understand why her father was so serious about those uncles and aunts who seemed nice.

But later Zhong Xiaoai realized that these people were not good people at all.

They were all punished by their superiors for serious violations of discipline, and some even went to prison!

From then on, whenever Zhong Xiaoai met someone she liked, she would discuss it with her father.

And each time, Zhong Xiaoai's father was able to give a fair and objective evaluation.

At first, Zhong Xiaoai would argue with her father, but facts speak louder than words.

After this happened many times, Zhong Xiaoai realized that she was no match for her father.

She no longer dared to argue with her father, understanding that no matter how much she disagreed with his opinions.

In the end, it was always his own father who won!

Now, Zhong Xiaoai naturally wants to hear her father's evaluation of Gao Qilin.