Chapter 842 - The Rocky Boat of Love (1/2)
“You’re here for Xia Lei…?” shi+ Boren was nervous His heart raced “Is Xia Leiin some kind of deep trouble?”
Officer Zhou decided to not elaborate the situation to shi+ Boren, choosing to coht to stand in front of Xia Lei
Immediately, almost everyone stood up from their seat Xia Lei included
“You ht?” There was a smile on Officer Zhou’s face, his tone immediately softened from its prior state
Xia Lei nodded in a daze “Yes What can I help you with, Officer Zhou?”
Officer Zhou flashed hientle smile “I’m here to have a heart-to-heart talk with you”
“Heart-to-heart talk?”
“Yeah, that’s right” Officer Zhou then gestured “Please take a seat, there’s no need to stand up”
“Officer Zhou, pleasehurriedly went toYu Yuyan wasted no time to make tea for Officer Zhou and his men without assistance from the waiter
“Officer Zhou, please have so Yuyan carefully placed the cup in front of Officer Zhou
“Meht at Xia Lei “Xia Lei, I’m here not to talk about business but some very personal matters”
Courteously, Xia Lei replied, “Officer Zhou, please do tell”
Officer Zhou pulled Xia Lei’s hand over “No need to be so courteous withOfficer Zhou’s hand firlances at the entrance from the corner of his eyes
“Comrade Xia, we’re fully aware of your current condition Your contributions to the country have not gone unnoticed Your unconditional service and your patriotis but you’ve already become a role model to many of our comrades”
“Oh, Officer Zhou, you mentioned for me to not be so courteous but your words are all the more courteous” Xia Lei s the country what I can do withincourteous I’o ahead”
“Uh… Well…” Officer Zhou paused briefly before continuing “The thing is this, after a background check done by the organization, we’ve found that you were still single and at your prime You’re an important talent to the country and we understand that you’re always busy with research and anization with no ti those wordsto hold back, she interrupted Officer Zhou “Officer Zhou, to be frank, Xia Lei is actually engaged to our Yuyan”
Before Zhang Yumei could utter a complete sentence, Officer Zhou interrupted her “I’ to cut o on but was quickly halted by a look froazed at Xia Lei nervously and shook his head lightly, hinting for hi
Xia Lei pretended to not see it, letting Tang Tianlong panic for all he cared
Truthfully, Tang Yuyan was the most nervous and anxious out of everyone present This Officer Zhou was no stranger to her, his naanizational work The department he was positioned in was an extreh-profiled Now that Zhou Yunzheng was here to talk about personal anizationalwas an old practice No one would pull such an act unless special interests were involved with specific people Obviously, Xia Lei had fulfilled all criteria for that But here was the question, was Xia Lei the kind of man that was too focused on his work that he hadn’t had the chance to co fa continued, “Comrade Xia Lei, we’ve thankful that you’ve sacrificed all your time and effort to the country at the cost of your personal life We know all about it and we’re anxious about it That’s e selected a suitable candidate based on your personality after a round of careful research I’m here specifically to ask for your opinion on her”
“Uh…” Xia Lei looked terribly troubled
Al their heads desperately at him
“There’s no need to be so bashful, you’re an adult” Zhou Yunzheng smiled “You actually know that female comrade We’ve talked about this with her and she’s very happy to accept the offer”
Xia Lei see Yuyan and I have actually…”
Zhou Yunzheng stopped hihter of Fan Yi, the director of the Academy of Sciences”
“Huh?!” Xia Lei was shocked
“Corandfather was a scientist who had contributed a lot to China Her mental health is perfectly healthy and she’s beautiful and poised The union between you both is so we’d like to see It will be beneficial to all of us and even to the interest of the state” While he was saying that, Zhou Yunzheng’s tone suddenly tensed up
The Tang fa had effectively rendered them speechless