Li Yuanlang said hello to Chang Ming, took the elevator downstairs and walked to the coffee shop on the first floor of the hotel. The waiter led him to table nine. Strangely, the table for two was empty, and the person who called was still there.

Didn't arrive.

"Sir, what would you like to drink?" the waiter bowed and asked.

There was an order on the table, and Li Yuanlang said without even looking at it: "A cup of cappuccino and special snacks, thank you."

After ordering something, Li Yuanlang sat and walked around. There were not many customers in the coffee shop. There were only a few people here and there. Some were looking at their mobile phones and some were chatting quietly.

Li Yuanlang took out his cell phone and tried to call Shui Tingyue again, but he still couldn't get through. He really didn't understand why he couldn't contact Hao Duanduan.

When he was bored, Li Yuanlang left a message to Shui Tingyue via WeChat, asking about the meeting and waiting for her reply.

A few minutes later, coffee and snacks were served, but there was still no reply from Shui Tingyue, and the phone still couldn't be connected. Moreover, the person who wanted to meet him didn't come either.

Abnormal, everything is so abnormal. Li Yuanlang frowned slightly, found the number he just called and called back. It turned out to be a public phone. What do you mean, you are treating me like a Sunday, right?

Li Yuanlang wanted to get up and leave, but when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he suddenly felt that it was not that simple, so he immediately used his mobile phone as a cover to observe everything around him.

Unintentionally, he discovered a very special situation. There was a table very far away from him, and a man was reading a newspaper. The reason why he paid attention to the man was because the man was sitting in a position where he could be fully visible.

Inside, the man could clearly see every move he made.

The key point is that when the man saw Li Yuanlang looking at him, he quickly lifted the newspaper to cover his face.

Even so, Li Yuanlang instantly remembered the appearance of these people. They were gentle and gentle, in their thirties or forties, wearing glasses. Based on his years of experience in officialdom, Li Yuanlang felt that this person looked like a government employee.

Like business people.

He did not dare to look at him, and deliberately avoiding it meant that there was something wrong in his mind. Li Yuanlang squinted his eyes, picked up the coffee and took a sip. In fact, he was also carefully observing the person opposite him with cold eyes.

I saw that man holding a newspaper. Normally, no one would lift a newspaper that high. It would be very tiring. When people relax naturally, their body functions also relax. Who would do this stupidly? The only reasonable explanation is,

This person is using a newspaper as a cover. It is fake for him to read the newspaper, but it is real for him to secretly spy on someone.

Li Yuanlang was sitting like this, but he was analyzing quickly in his mind. He seemed to have an idea, hum, play this trick with me, okay, I will continue to play with you.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanlang was not in a hurry, and slowly sipped the fragrant cappuccino, tasted the exquisite snacks, turned on the mobile phone network, and browsed the domestic and international news events.

He likes to watch the news when he has nothing to do. From the above, he can discover the policy trends of the upper levels, which will be helpful for future governance.

It has been a few days since Mr. Ye passed away, and there has been no news in the news. Li Yuanlang calculated that when an old leader of Mr. Ye's level dies, several heavyweights will have to attend together, and everyone's time must be coordinated and discussed with the family members.

It seemed simple but was actually much more complicated. He calculated that in three or two days, the major media would have news.

The reason why he paid attention to this matter was mainly because he was concerned about his younger sister's current situation. In the past few days, Li Yuanlang only had one phone call with his younger sister Ye Qingrou, and it was Wang Song who answered the phone.

The younger sister was in a bad mood and had many things to do. Her voice was hoarse from crying when she spoke to him. She started sobbing even though she could barely speak a few words, and couldn't speak at all. He learned from Wang Song that his younger sister was in a very bad condition.

There is a deep relationship with my grandfather. Even if the old man passed away at the age of ninety, which is considered a long life, it is still difficult for him to accept the painful fact as a relative and he is too sad.

Li Yuanlang has been thinking about going to the capital to see his sister. No matter what, his mother is gone and his father is still like that. His little sister has become his ultimate spiritual sustenance and the source of motivation for him to own this family.

Li Yuanlang was thinking a lot. He was looking at his phone silently, but his mind was moving violently. He completely forgot about time. He sat like this for more than forty minutes. When he woke up, the chair opposite was still empty. It was probably that the person was not there.

Will come.

Looking to the opposite side again, I don't know when the man was gone. So, Li Yuanlang got up and left without waiting any longer.

But just as he was about to leave, a man strolled in from the door. He looked like a man in his fifties, with a medium build and a slightly plump figure. He had a ruddy complexion and was quite handsome. His hair was combed to a shiny finish, and his face was neither angry nor happy, but he was...

He has a very majestic aura.

The man looked around, walked over under the guidance of the waiter, stood directly in front of Li Yuanlang, and asked, "Are you Li Yuanlang?"

Li Yuanlang nodded: "I am, may I ask who you are..."

"Gu Zhenggang." The man did not shake hands with Li Yuanlang. Instead, he sat down on the chair opposite him and called the waiter to order a cup of black tea.

Gu Zhenggang? Li Yuanlang's mind was spinning rapidly, it was such a strange name. However, this person's surname was Gu, and seeing that his facial features were somewhat similar to Gu Hongyan's, he immediately understood this person's identity, and asked politely: "Are you Tingyue?"

His uncle, right?"

"I am her second uncle." Gu Zhenggang replied, looking Li Yuanlang up and down.

"Second uncle, what do you want to see me for?" Li Yuanlang judged from the tone and voice of the conversation with Gu Zhenggang that the person who called him just now was not Gu Zhenggang, but the appointment was also authorized by Gu Zhenggang.

Gu Zhenggang waved his hand and said: "Don't call me second uncle, just call me by my name. I have nothing to do, I just want to chat with you."

Gu Zhenggang did not explain why he came nearly an hour late, nor did he say a word of apology. Just like Gu Hongyan, he was full of arrogance and disdain.

Li Yuanlang didn't mind what Gu Zhenggang did. He leaned forward slightly and kept his body upright. This was a way of respecting the elders from the younger generation, and it had nothing to do with status.

Shui Tingyue mentioned before that she has two uncles. Her eldest uncle Gu Zhengchuan serves as deputy secretary in Shencheng City. Shencheng is a municipality directly under the central government, and the full-time deputy secretary of the municipal party committee is a deputy provincial and ministerial cadre, which is equivalent to the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee.

The second uncle Gu Zhengyang serves as the deputy governor of the special committee of the remote Anjiang Province in Southwest China, and his ranking is relatively low.

Since Gu Zhenggang didn't recognize Li Yuanlang's name, that is, he didn't recognize his identity, Li Yuanlang suddenly felt a little unhappy in his heart. But he didn't show it on his face. Gu Zhenggang didn't let him call him his second uncle, so naturally he couldn't call him by his first name.

, seemed rude, so Li Yuanlang said: "Governor Gu came all the way, not just to chat with me. If you have any instructions, just tell me, I am all ears."

At this time, the waiter brought black tea. After leaving, Gu Zhenggang picked up the tea cup and took a sip. His eyebrows wrinkled slightly. The black tea must not be to his taste, so he simply put it down and stopped drinking.

He then raised his head, leaned back on the chair, stared at Li Yuanlang and said: "Shui Qingzhang has always told me that you are smart, and today I saw that you are really smart. Yes, I came to you not only for you.

We, the Gu family, want to have in-depth communication with you."

Sure enough, as Li Yuanlang expected, he had already guessed that someone had deliberately made things difficult for him and hid from him, and even filmed the four-eyed man with glasses secretly monitoring his actions, which must have been a test of his patience.

If Li Yuanlang sat for a while and failed to contact Shui Tingyue, and the person he met didn't come for a while, and he patted his butt and turned around to leave, he would definitely leave an unstable impression on Gu Zhenggang.

It shows that Li Yuanlang is impatient and immature, so there is no need for him to see Li Yuanlang next time.

Now that Li Yuanlang saw through the little trick, he sat there for more than 40 minutes before deciding to leave. Gu Zhenggang had to show up, because this time he had a heavy responsibility, not only to investigate Li Yuanlang, but also under the entrustment of the old man and the request of his sister Gu Hongyan

, there is something that requires Li Yuanlang to answer.

"Governor Gu, please speak."

Gu Zhenggang looked at the surrounding environment and said, "Let's move to another place. It's noisy here and not suitable for talking."

Immediately, Gu Zhenggang stood up and left. Li Yuanlang paid the bill and followed him out of the coffee shop. The missing man with glasses appeared at the door like a ghost, and respectfully called Gu Zhenggang: "Boss."

"Well, have you found the room?" Gu Zhenggang asked with a straight face.

"It's been decided, you come with me."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Li Yuanlang realized that the man with glasses was the one who called him, and everything was as he imagined.

This person must be Gu Zhenggang's secretary. He did not introduce him, and Li Yuanlang was not in a position to inquire. He followed a master and a servant to the sixth floor in another special elevator and walked into a luxuriously decorated room.

The bespectacled man poured two cups of black tea and left knowingly.

It was only then that Gu Zhenggang spoke frankly: "Li Yuanlang, in addition to inspecting you this time, I have another matter that requires your mediation."

Should I intervene to mediate? Li Yuanlang was stunned for a moment. What virtue and ability could he have to make a deputy governor come all the way to ask him to do something?

"This matter concerns Shui Qingzhang, I believe you will definitely agree." Gu Zhenggang took a sip of tea and nodded: "Good tea, this tastes authentic."

Next, he continued: "Next summer, the Secretary of the Yunyang Municipal Party Committee will arrive. Shui Qingzhang wants to fight for this position. However, he is currently not connected with the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Wang Minghong. He needs you to match him."

Li Yuanlang was stunned for a moment. Are you kidding me? How could he know the secretary of the provincial party committee when he is the secretary of the party committee of a small town?

"Governor Gu, please stop joking, I don't have the ability." Li Yuanlang replied in confusion.
Chapter completed!