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In order to save the last bit of face, Zhao Dong withdrew his fingers and forced himself to appear calm.

After he had calmed down considerably, he regained his serious demeanor and said to Gao Qilin:

"I think you should also understand that my position is higher than yours, and you have absolutely no right to speak to me like this."

Upon hearing Zhao Dong's words, Elder Zhong couldn't help but burst into laughter and retorted:

“I was well aware of this and always yielded to you, but someone was unaware of it and took advantage of my forbearance little by little, pushing me closer and closer. I only said this to you to protect myself. Think about it, if I hadn’t said this, I might have been exiled to the wilderness by you.”

After saying this, Mr. Zhong turned around and looked behind him, wanting the people behind him to judge for him.

But when they saw Old Zhong turn around, those people pretended that nothing had happened and were busy with what they were doing.

Seeing this, Old Zhong was not surprised. After all, Zhao Dong had the highest status here, and they did not have the courage to offend him.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to Elder Zhong, Zhao Dong regained some confidence, raised his voice, and spoke again:

"You saw what happened just now. Nobody wanted to talk to you, so you should stop saying things that disrupt the order. After all, there's a meeting coming up soon, and we can't postpone it because of you, can we?"

After Zhao Dong finished speaking, he looked at the people behind him and kept giving them meaningful glances.

Those people immediately understood Zhao Dong's intention, and they started to jeer as soon as he finished speaking.

"We have important national affairs to attend to over there, don't waste our time."

"Do you think you can afford to delay matters of national importance? If a message fails to reach its destination because of your actions, do you know how much loss that would be to the country?"

"Yes, let's get out of here quickly. We have a meeting soon, and if you keep staying here, how are we going to set up the meeting room?"

At this point, those people started talking one after another.

Although they said that, their faces showed that they were very unwilling.

"Okay, I'll go out now and not disturb the meeting."

But Old Zhong was a sensible man; after hearing their words, he immediately left. However, he had only taken a few steps when he turned back and said to Zhao Dong again:

"You'd better think carefully about what I just said. If you feel that you've lived long enough and have no attachment to the human world, you can continue to oppose me."

After saying that, Elder Zhong left directly, leaving Zhao Dong standing to the side looking completely bewildered.

Zhao Dong had worked hard to climb to this position and was nearing retirement age. With his hard times almost over, he naturally didn't want to cause any trouble for himself.

So after hearing what Elder Zhong said, he decided to behave himself for a while and stop causing trouble for Gao Qilin and the others, so that he could have some peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dong once again pretended that nothing had happened and began to hold a meeting with the people in front of him.

Chapter 400 Finally Made Contact

Gao Qilin, however, was unaware of the situation on Elder Zhong's side; at this moment, they still believed that Elder Zhong was being bullied by Zhao Dong.

They wanted to find out about Zhong Lao's situation, but no matter how many times they called, no one answered.

This made Zhong Xiaoai very anxious. After pacing around a few times, she couldn't contain her impatience and said to Gao Qilin:

"Why don't we call again and ask? Maybe we'll get through this time."

“We’ve made over twenty calls already. If he were capable of answering, he would have done so long ago. We know you’re very worried, and I feel the same way. But we need to be rational.”

Seeing Zhong Xiaoai like this, Gao Qilin sighed and began to comfort her.

"He might not have seen it last time, but maybe he will this time. Let's try calling again. If it doesn't work this time, we can think of other ways."

However, Zhong Xiaoai did not listen to those words at all, and even after Gao Qilin finished speaking, she still looked pleading.

Seeing Zhong Xiaoai like this, Gao Qilin didn't know what else to say, so he picked up his phone and started making a call.

But just as he was about to press the dial button, he put the phone down again and said to Zhong Xiaoai:

"You said it yourself, this is the last time. If we still can't get through this time, then we won't call anymore."

"Don't worry, this is absolutely the last time. There won't be a next time."

Seeing that Gao Qilin was still dawdling, Zhong Xiaoai became very impatient and immediately reached out to snatch the phone from Gao Qilin's hand.

But she was no match for Gao Qilin. As soon as her hand came out, Gao Qilin noticed and immediately put the phone to his ear, gesturing for Zhong Xiaoai to be quiet.

Although Zhong Xiaoai was very anxious, he was also a reasonable person. After seeing Gao Qilin do this, he immediately understood what he was going to do, so he stopped and waited anxiously on the side.

This time, Zhong happened to be back in his room. After hearing his phone ring, he hurriedly ran to his bedside and picked up the ringing phone.

After seeing the missed calls on his phone, Mr. Zhong looked quite surprised and complained:

"More than fifty missed calls? Who could possibly call me so many times?"

To avoid wasting time, after making that complaint, Mr. Zhong immediately answered the phone and asked:

"Who is this? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Although Zhong Lao didn't speak official jargon, Gao Qilin and the others could understand what he meant immediately.

Upon learning that it was Zhong Lao himself, Gao Qilin said nothing more and handed the phone to Zhong Xiaoai.

“Your dad’s phone is on now, come answer it quickly. Tell him what you want to say. You can’t drag this out for too long. The longer it drags on, the harder it will be to deal with.”

Upon hearing that the call had gone through, Zhong Xiaoai immediately perked up and quickly spoke into the phone:

"Where are you now? Tell me quickly so I can come and help you."

"You're going to help me? You're lucky if you don't cause me any trouble."

After hearing Zhong Xiaoai say something so unrealistic, Old Zhong couldn't help but tease her.

"Alright, I'm fine on my end, so don't worry. I've got Zhao Dong under control now, and he won't cause you any more trouble for a while."

"You've got Zhao Dong under your control?"

Zhong Xiaoai was very surprised to hear what Mr. Zhong said, because just yesterday she had heard him being harassed by Zhao Dong on the phone.

"Of course, you don't even know who I am. There's no one who can stand above me yet. Alright, I have some things to take care of over there, I don't have that much time to chat with you."

After saying that, Mr. Zhong hung up immediately, not giving Zhong Xiaoai a chance to speak.

"Since Elder Zhong said he's alright, then we shouldn't worry too much. Let's focus on ourselves; we still have a lot of things to take care of over there."

Because the call was made on speakerphone, Gao Qilin could hear everything that was being said.

“That’s right. Now that things have finally calmed down on Zhao Ruilong’s side, if we don’t take care of what we have now, we probably won’t have the time later.”

"This is a good time to work on poverty alleviation, which involves thousands of people. We can't just ignore it,"

"Do you have any good solutions on your end?"

Faced with Zhong Xiaoai's question, Gao Qilin fell into deep thought, as he had not yet come up with a suitable solution.

"I can go and see Zhao Hu; he might be able to offer me some help in this regard."

"Looking for Zhao Hu? Are you out of your mind? You can't trust someone like that?"

After hearing Gao Qilin's words, Zhong Xiaoai immediately began to remind him.

"Right now, I really can't think of any other way besides contacting him, so I'll try my luck there. If that doesn't work, we can try other options later."

Chapter 401 Visiting Zhao Hu

Seeing that Gao Qilin was so insistent on his own ideas, Zhong Xiaoai didn't know what else to say.

At this moment, Gao Qilin took out the business card that Zhao Hu had given him earlier from his pocket and dialed the number on it.

However, this was the first time the two of them had spoken on the phone. At this moment, Zhao Hu did not know that it was Gao Qilin calling, so he asked:

"Who are you?"

"I'm Gao Qilin, the one who talked to you about cooperation a few days ago. Have you forgotten me so quickly?"

"Oh, it's you! How could I forget you? It's just that I didn't have your number, so I didn't know it was you."

Upon hearing that it was Gao Qilin, Zhao Hu's attitude immediately became much friendlier.

"What brings you here today? Is there any new progress on your retirement plan?"

"There hasn't been any new progress on the retirement plan yet, but everything is going smoothly so you can rest assured. I'm calling to ask for a favor, is that alright, Tiger?"

To show his sincerity, Gao Qilin even added the words "Tiger Lord" after the title.

After hearing Gao Qilin say that, Zhao Hu looked very satisfied and continued:

"You're already my little brother, so just tell me what's wrong. Don't be so reserved. If it's something I, Tiger, can help you with, I definitely will. So just tell me what it is."

After seeing that Zhao Hu agreed, Gao Qilin spoke again:

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"It's a bit inconvenient to talk about that over the phone, so I'd like to meet with you to discuss it. I wonder if you have time right now?"

"Meet and talk in person? That's fine. I happen to have some time now, so just come over."

After saying that, Zhao Hu hung up the phone and sent an address to Gao Qilin.

"I have some things to take care of over there, so I'll leave the village of Changguan to you for the next few days."

After seeing Zhao Hu bring over the address, Gao Qilin immediately began preparations.

After explaining the situation in Changguan Village, he went directly into the shopping mall.

Since this was Gao Qilin's first time visiting Zhao Hu's home, and he needed something from him, he had to make sure everything was prepared.

Just in case, he specifically bought thousands of health products at the mall.