In officialdom: After she left, I rose rapidly through the ranks!

Linna is around fifty years old, but she dresses very fashionably and looks like she's only in her early forties.

After Li Sumei opened the door for Lin Na, she saw the bag of fruit Lin Na was carrying and quickly said, "Lin Na, you're here, what did you bring?"

Linna's face was full of smiles.

"There's no reason to visit someone's door without bringing anything, especially since you've helped me so much."

As they were talking, Lin Na had already entered the room. After greeting everyone, she sat down on the sofa and looked at Chen Jingcheng with a smile, saying, "Jingcheng, thank you so much. Auntie has always thought you would amount to something since you were little. Sure enough, you're only in your early twenties and you're already a government leader."

"Young and promising, he has a very bright future ahead of him."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jingcheng smiled and shook his head, saying, "Aunt Lin, I am the deputy director of the government office, not some government leader."

A government office is a government office. Although many people think that working in a government office means working in the government, which is not wrong, if you have to say it, then working in other administrative units can also be considered working in the government, because the government is made up of a series of specific units.

But you can say he's a leader in the Education Bureau or the Highway Bureau, but would you say he's a leader in the government?

Among the government leaders, only a few county leaders are somewhat accurate.

Lin Na didn't take these words seriously and said with a smile, "It's all the same, it's all the same. In the eyes of us ordinary people, the government office is still the government."

"In short, Jingcheng, you are truly remarkable."

Chen Jingcheng stopped explaining, because many explanations were unnecessary.

Whether you explain things clearly or not today will not affect how others judge and evaluate you. Anyway, the matter has already been handled. Let Lin Na interpret it however she wants. There is no need to force her to correct it.

"Jingcheng, I just heard from your mother that things went smoothly?"

Linna's face lit up with surprise; she was practically beaming with joy.

"Thank you so much. Your uncle and I are just ordinary people, and we don't know any officials. We were really worried at first, but now it's all right. You've been a great help."

We really need to thank you.

"How about this, Jingcheng, we'll treat your family to a meal. We won't go to anything fancy, just find a decent restaurant nearby and we can get together, okay?"

How about a get-together?

Chen Jingcheng smiled and shook his head.

Many people have a misconception here: they think that asking someone for help is enough, and that they can just treat them to a meal. But in fact, they haven't considered that the person who helped you didn't do it for the sake of the meal. Of course, it's possible that some people will go for the meal, but that's just for the food and drinks.

However, if the matter is significant, or if the other party holds a high-ranking position, what you perceive as simply inviting someone to dinner may actually be equivalent to them doing you another favor.

Just like right now, countless leaders and bosses want to invite Chen Jingcheng to dinner but can't get him to. You just open your mouth, and Chen Jingcheng helps you with something, and then he wants to have dinner with you? Is that appropriate?

"Aunt Lin, there's no need for a meal. We're quite strict with ourselves now. Don't worry about this. You and my mother have such a good relationship. I'll definitely help within my ability."

"Here's the thing, after you go back, have my uncle apologize to the person, and then prepare a fine of five thousand yuan to pay, and you can resume normal business."

"However, the things that were previously punished must be corrected, otherwise, I can't say anything about them."

Lin Na's smile froze somewhat when she heard Chen Jingcheng say that she would have to pay a fine of five thousand yuan.

In fact, before they found Chen Jingcheng, they even thought that they would accept it if they could just break the seal, since if the door was sealed, all their business would be gone.

The other party didn't accept money privately; instead, they issued receipts and tickets, which looked very legitimate and legal.

Thirty thousand yuan is a bit much, but it's still better than sealing the door.

But now, I don't know what Lin Na is thinking. After knowing that Chen Jingcheng could help, and actually did help, she suddenly felt that not only was the 30,000 yuan fine a bit too much, but even the 5,000 yuan fine was a bit too much.

Anyway, Chen Jingcheng is the leader, and since his words have an effect, why bother with fines?

"Jing Cheng, now that you've spoken, are you going to impose a fine?"

"Since we're giving you face by not putting up a seal, does that mean the fine can also be waived?"

"Jingcheng, you're working for the county magistrate. If you're willing to speak up, they certainly won't dare to refuse."

Linna's words showed extremely low emotional intelligence!

Chen Jingcheng has already done Lin Na such a big favor. Not only did he not put up the seal, but he also reduced the fine from 30,000 to 5,000. Anyone would be grateful and happy about this.

At this moment, Ke Linna made an even more outrageous request to Chen Jingcheng.

This request left Chen Jingcheng completely stunned.

At this moment, Chen Dachuan and Li Sumei also frowned, feeling that Lin Na had gone too far.

Li Sumei quickly pulled Lin Na aside.

"Lin Na, Jing Cheng has already helped you. Although he works for the county magistrate, that's precisely why he should be even more careful."

"Linna, five thousand yuan is not a small amount, but it's much less than thirty thousand. Wasn't your initial request to have the seal removed as soon as possible to minimize the fine?"

"That's enough, don't make things too difficult for Jingcheng."

Li Sumei felt somewhat helpless. Lin Na had clearly not said that before. Her pitiful appearance had softened Li Sumei's heart, which was why she wanted to speak up for Lin Na.

But to everyone's surprise, Lin Na became greedy after just helping them.

That was all she could remind Linna of.

However, at this moment, Lin Na seemed to be ignoring Li Sumei's words. Instead, she looked at Li Sumei with an air of superiority and shook her head, saying, "Sumei, you don't understand."

"Of course I'm very grateful to Jingcheng for his help, but there's something I've heard, Sumei, haven't you heard it before?"

"If you don't use your power, it will expire."

"While Jing Cheng currently holds power and is close to the county magistrate, shouldn't we make good use of our authority now? Are we going to wait until he's gone, when he's no longer in power, or when the county magistrate is transferred, before we can use it?"

"Forget it, you don't understand. Stop talking, I'll talk to Jing Cheng."

After saying that, Lin Na looked at Chen Jingcheng.

However, at this moment, Chen Jingcheng didn't want to say another word to Lin Na.

Is this how you treat your mother?

And yet, I helped her with this?

Putting aside how outrageous her words were, her attitude alone reminded Chen Jingcheng that while Lin Na and his mother were indeed best friends, whether they were true or false friends was another matter entirely.

From the time Chen Jingcheng could remember, Lin Na always seemed to be the dominant one. His mother, Li Sumei, was gentle and never complained even when she was taken advantage of. If their friendship was based on this, it was hard to say whether the other party truly considered his mother a friend.

However, this was a matter between his mother and Li Sumei, and Chen Jingcheng felt it inconvenient to say too much.

But now that this matter has come to his attention, he feels it is necessary to make Linna understand something.

Chen Jingcheng is neither Lin Na's son nor her pawn. He helped you, but instead of being grateful, he wanted to take advantage of you even more, and he treated his own mother like this.

Are you kidding me?!

He looks shrewd, yet he does the most foolish things and says the most stupid things, leaving people speechless.

"I'm sorry, I don't think we have much to talk about."

Chen Jingcheng looked at Lin Na and spoke indifferently.