Zeng Mingye immediately picked up the phone in District Chief Liu's office and called out, contacting the person in charge of the Jiangnan Provincial Office to meet and discuss.
"Director Zhang has gone out to do business, and people from the office are contacting him." The result of Zeng Mingye's contact made Liu Xinyu frown.
District Chief Liu doesn't think there's anything wrong with this. Although it's just an office, it has a lot of things to deal with.
From the phone conversation between Zeng Mingye and the other party just now, we can also hear that the other party did not refuse intentionally.
Even if the other party deliberately refuses, the district has ways to restrain the other party.
The lease term in the rental agreement is very clear, that is, the lease will expire when the landlord returns. Of course, the agreement also gives the other party a half-month buffer period.
The office didn't keep everyone waiting. About a quarter of an hour later, the phone in District Chief Liu's office rang, and the office called back.
"Director Zhang is already on his way back to the office. Let's go directly to the office." The call was still answered by Zeng Mingye. After putting down the phone, he looked at District Chief Liu with some embarrassment.
According to Zeng Mingye's wish, the director of the office was asked to come to the district committee, but before he opened his mouth, the other party immediately decided on the meeting place.
District Chief Liu smiled nonchalantly. It was already time to get off work anyway, so what could he do if he accompanied Liu Xinyu to the office?
Although District Chief Liu has a special car to take him to and from get off work, the things he has to do today are both public and private, so it is not convenient to use this special car.
When the three of them walked out, Liu Xinyu was thinking about taking a taxi. Unfortunately, even in Beijing in this era, taxis are not readily available outside. It would be more convenient to take a bus directly.
There are direct buses from the district committee to the vicinity of the courtyard. It is the peak time for get off work at this time. Although there are more people, there are relatively more buses.
As soon as the three of them left the district committee compound, they saw a bus coming slowly, so the three of them got on the bus directly.
District Chief Liu and Zeng Mingye had to take the bus for their own sake. Liu Xinyu naturally took out the money to buy a ticket, but Zeng Mingye beat him to it. She could only show a somewhat embarrassed smile to Zeng Mingye.
Oh, if only I had a car!
Liu Xinyu can drive and has a British driver's license.
She got her driver's license in the first month after arriving in the UK and bought a second-hand car.
Although it is only a second-hand car, its performance is quite good. It has been overhauled once after four years of driving.
It’s just that I can’t bring the car back, so I can only resell it at a low price before returning home.
Liu Xinyu hasn't had time to ask how to convert her British driver's license to a domestic driver's license, and she doesn't know whether the procedure is cumbersome or not.
Otherwise, ask District Chief Liu and Zeng Mingye?
"What's wrong? What's the problem?" Feeling that Liu Xinyu looked at him with some incomprehensible doubts, District Chief Liu looked at Liu Xinyu and asked.
Liu Xinyu smiled sheepishly and said, "I wonder if District Chief Liu and Director Zeng know what the procedures are for exchanging a foreign driver's license for a domestic driver's license?"
District Chief Liu and Zeng Mingye were both confused. They had never encountered this question before, and of course they had no way of answering it.
This era is far from the era where driver's licenses are common. Neither District Chief Liu nor Zeng Mingye knows how to drive, and of course they have not thought about getting a driver's license.
"Let's do this. Wait until Monday and I'll find someone to ask you." Zeng Mingye said, pushing up the glasses on the bridge of his nose.
Liu Xinyu shook her head quickly: "No, no, I'm just asking. It's not urgent. Anyway, I don't have a car to drive even if I change my driver's license."
The three of them got off the bus and walked to the courtyard while chatting. Before they arrived at the courtyard, they were welcomed into the Changchun Hotel by Officer Chen from the office.
"Sorry, it will take a while for Director Zhang to arrive. Please wait a moment." Director Chen said apologetically while pouring tea for the three of them.
It was almost half past six, and it was getting dark.
Even if he went to take a look at the courtyard at this time, he wouldn't see anything. Liu Xinyu could only calm down and wait for the arrival of the office director.
"Oh, District Chief Liu is here, and I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. I'm really sorry. I'm sorry." After waiting for almost ten minutes, a loud bell-like voice was heard coming from outside the private room.
Liu Xinyu looked back and saw a tall and straight middle-aged man walking in with great momentum.
Looking at the person coming, Liu Xinyu frowned slightly.
Why does this person look so familiar?
"Director Zhang is very polite." District Chief Liu smiled lightly, pointed at Liu Xinyu and said: "Today I am just accompanying this little friend. Come on, let's get to know each other. This is Zhang Baogen, Zhang, the director of your Jiangnan Provincial Office in Beijing.
Director, this little friend is Dr. Liu Xinyu, the landlord of this courtyard."
Zhang Baogen?
Liu Xinyu suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at the director of the office who was about to sit down.
No wonder it looks so familiar, it turns out to be Zhang Hongliang’s brother-in-law Zhang Baogen!
Liu Xinyu?
Zhang Baogen, who was pulling open the chair next to District Chief Liu and preparing to sit down, stopped for an instant and looked directly at Liu Xinyu with a pair of tiger eyes.
When District Chief Liu introduced him just now, he directly pointed out that Liu Xinyu was from Jiangnan Province, and she also had a doctorate studying abroad. So the girl in front of him should be Liu Xinyu who was once engaged to his eldest nephew Zhang Hongliang!
Liu Xinyu calmly faced Zhang Baogen's appraising gaze. She had done nothing wrong.
The engagement between her and Zhang Hongliang was really the fault of the Zhang family.
"Do you know each other?" Although the movement between Liu Xinyu and Zhang Baogen was not big, the strangeness on their faces made District Chief Liu see clearly, and he couldn't help but ask curiously.
Liu Xinyu smiled lightly and said, "Does District Chief Liu still remember Zhang Hongliang?"
Of course, District Chief Liu remembered the boy who had been a model at Shenghua Garment Factory and was introduced to everyone personally by Liu Xinyu as his target.
"Director Zhang is Zhang Hongliang's uncle." Liu Xinyu said with a smile after confirming that District Chief Liu still remembered Zhang Hongliang.
District Chief Liu didn't know that it had been nearly five years since Liu Xinyu and Zhang Hongliang had broken off their engagement. When he learned that Zhang Baogen was Zhang Hongliang's uncle, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Isn't that a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple?"
Liu Xinyu was still smiling brightly, but Zhang Baogen's expression was a bit unsightly. He stared at Liu Xinyu for a full minute, and then he laughed and said: "It's true that the whole family doesn't know each other! I went to the army to serve as a soldier.
At that time, Xinyu probably wasn't in elementary school yet, but I didn't expect that she is already a doctor now!"
From District Chief Liu's expression and words, Zhang Baogen knew that District Chief Liu probably only knew that Zhang Hongliang and Liu Xinyu were engaged, but did not know that their engagement had been terminated long ago.
Since Liu Xinyu didn't mention it, he certainly wouldn't bring it up specifically to talk about it. After all, it was not such a glorious thing.
But Liu Xinyu really surprised him, this girl was so capable.
She got a Ph.D. at a young age and became a teacher at Beijing University. What made him even more unbelievable was that she actually owned such a large courtyard in Beijing.
