Nominal: The Handong Game, the Energy System's Counterattack

Lin Xiaofeng had followed Zhou Chuyi for many years and knew a little about Zhou Chuyi's family situation.

As Zhou Chuyi's secretary, I had the privilege of dining at Zhou Chuyi's home a few times.

I still remember the first time I went to my boss's house. When it was time to eat, my boss's wife, Director Sun, warmly invited him, Xiao Lin, to stay for dinner.

At that moment, Zhou Chuyi seemed hesitant to speak, but kept giving him meaningful glances.

Lin Xiaofeng misunderstood, thinking that the leader was telling him to agree quickly.

He agreed without much thought at the time.

However, after he agreed, he couldn't understand the way his superior, Zhou Chuyi, looked at him.

After just one meal, he fully understood.

Zhou Chuyi gave him a wink, signaling him to run away quickly.

The leader's eyes showed pity after he agreed.

The leader was Silverwing, but unfortunately, he lacked the ability at the time and failed to understand the leader's meaning.

Especially at the dinner table, he said against his will that Director Sun's cooking was delicious.

As a result, Secretary Lin was frequently invited by Director Sun to the leader's home for meals, and he couldn't escape it no matter what.

Fortunately, Director Sun is not a diligent person and doesn't have much time to cook for himself.

It was because Xiao Lin said that Director Sun's cooking was delicious that he decided to stop calling her Director Sun and start calling her Sister Hua Yu.

However, when she was in Yanjing, whenever she cooked, she would always ask her superiors to invite her to their home for a meal.

Even someone as capable as Zhou Chuyi, the leader, couldn't refuse him, so what could a mere secretary like him do?

So at this time of year, the two of them would always find a place to eat something before going home after work.

Otherwise, eating Sister Hua Yu's cooking on an empty stomach might cause some unusual reactions in the body, which would be very impolite.

......

In a small alley not far from the provincial party committee compound, Zhou Chuyi and Xiao Lin each held a jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe) and squatted on the curb.

After finishing their meal, the two lit cigarettes in unison.

The smell of smoke is easier to explain than the taste of pancakes in your mouth.

"Boss, Hua Yu didn't call me this time, did she?" Xiao Lin asked nervously, having overheard their conversation.

What I fear most is that Zhou Chuyi will call me along.

"You've escaped unscathed today. Don't worry, I've eaten enough, I can manage."

"However, she'll definitely remember you next time."

"You're the first to offer such undisguised and genuine praise for her cooking."

"What you're suffering now is all your own doing."

Zhou Chuyi patted Lin Xiaofeng on the shoulder, "When you handed over your work to Xiao Meng, didn't he tell you not to invite me to eat at his house?"

"I only brought this up with Director Meng later," Xiao Lin said, feeling somewhat melancholy.

"He said that he grew up following you around, so he naturally knows Hua Yu's cooking skills."

"When he was your secretary, he would run away from home at mealtimes."

"He told me that being a leader can be tough sometimes, and that I'm young and physically resilient, so he wanted me to share the burden with him."

Zhou Chuyi took a deep drag on his cigarette. "Hurry up and get the research arranged. We'll leave first thing the day after tomorrow."

"Her current workplace is the Women's Federation, and she seems to have more free time than before."

When Lin Xiaofeng heard Hua Yu say that she had a lot of free time, he suddenly felt that the sky had darkened a bit.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to Secretary Luo in a bit, and things will be sorted out by tomorrow."

......

When he got home, his wife, Sun Yuhua, had already set out the meal.

"Hurry up, why are you working overtime so soon after arriving in Handong, and you even smell of smoke?"

"Go wash your face first, then eat." The beautiful Sun saw Zhou Chuyi enter the door, immediately went to greet him, and then pushed him away.

After Zhou Chuyi washed his face and returned to the living room, Sun Huayu pecked him on the cheek. "Come on, try my cooking today."

"How's your work at the Women's Federation?" Zhou Chuyi started the conversation as soon as he sat down at the table, trying to eat less food.

"I heard that's the gossip hub of the entire Handong organization. Did you feel right at home there?"

"That's right, the work is relatively easy, and everyone is having a great time chatting." Sun Huayu perked up when she talked about this.

She sat down directly next to Zhou Chuyi. "Let me tell you something."

Blah blah blah blah, once Miss Sun started talking, she couldn't stop.

"Let me tell you, the biggest gossip we've been talking about today is about Qi Tongwei from the Provincial Public Security Bureau."

Sun Huayu looked at Zhou Chuyi with a serious expression, "It's also related to you."

"Hmm? Qi Tongwei, how come his gossip involves me?" Zhou Chuyi was quite curious.

"Hmph, at noon today, a lady said that her son went to report to the newly arrived Governor Zhou. I wonder what Governor Zhou's personality is like."

"Just then, a few people mentioned that someone from her family had also gone, and as we were chatting, someone brought the news."

"They said Qi Tongwei from the Provincial Public Security Bureau didn't go; everyone else went, except him."

"Some people are saying that the Han University gang is going to give the newly arrived Governor Zhou a hard time."

"Oh, someone's trying to intimidate your man, and you're actually happy about it?" Seeing his wife gesturing wildly, Zhou Chuyi simply tapped her head lightly.

"Oh, you still care about that?" Sun Huayu brushed Zhou Chuyi's hand away, interrupting her gossip.

"Later, as everyone was chatting, they all started laughing at Qi Tongwei."

"Huh? Wasn't he trying to intimidate me? Shouldn't he be laughing at me? Why am I laughing at him?" Zhou Chuyi was confused.

"Oh dear, you're a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, who would dare to laugh at you?"

"Besides, these women don't know that you consider me your wife; they're very well-informed."

"With me around, of course they can only laugh at Qi Tongwei." Sun Huayu seemed quite proud. "Hey, don't interrupt me."

"Let me tell you, they all say that Qi Tongwei doesn't know the rules, and they want you to make things difficult for him so he'll learn his lesson."

"As we were chatting, someone told me about Qi Tongwei's experience."

"Let me tell you, he was originally the student council president at Handong University, back when he was in school..."

After another long and detailed explanation, Sun Huayu recounted the biography of Qi Tongwei that she had heard from a group of women.

Taking this opportunity, Zhou Chuyi finished his bowl of rice.

Hmm, the rice is a bit soft. If it were any softer, it would be porridge.

Fortunately, it wasn't the kind of hard thing you couldn't bite into; it was barely edible.

As for the food?

Zhou Chuyi secretly picked some meat bones out of the plate and put them into the bone plate in front of him.

This proves I've eaten quite a bit of food; I've passed this test today.

"Do you think Qi Tongwei is a bit clueless?"

"I heard he keeps saying he wants to be promoted to deputy provincial level."

"That's why he went to see Deputy Secretary Gao Yuliang every day, and he would help out whenever other members of the Standing Committee had something to do."

"Especially that Li Dakang, the secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, I heard he doesn't get along with Gao Yuliang, but he still manages to get close to him."

"This shows absolutely no sense of principle."

"Hmph, a lot of people in the Women's Federation are laughing at him behind his back."

Sun Huayu was still a little unhappy that Qi Tongwei was showing Zhou Chuyi so little respect, and she started arguing with a group of women's federation members about Qi Tongwei.