Chapter 41: Awareness of being a shield (2/2)

The final sentence had been directed towards Wang Chao, but there was a hint of hostility mixed in.

“Uncle, I’m fine. I’ve told you before, my dream has always been to be a war reporter. Yesterday it was only a small scale version, you don’t need to worry.” When Zhu Jia heard Zhu Tianlang’s critic, she had tried to explained herself.

Zhu Tianlang looked as if he had accepted this and revealed a helpless smile before turning towards Wang Chao.

“Youngster! I heard from chief Cao that you protected my niece Jia Jia yesterday and even shot down an important criminal! Not bad, not bad at all! It seems that the youngsters of today are becoming more and more outstanding.”

Zhu Tianlang’s tone had been soft, allowing people to feel as if they were being bathed in a gentle wind.

“Secretary Zhu praises me too much.” Wang Chao had been neither submissive or asertive and had only smiled politely.

“Good, what courage you have, your future seems bright!” Zhu Tianlang slapped Wang Chao on the shoulder before walking up to the main floor.

Although it had been a simple clap on the shoulders, the action did not escape anyone’s eye.

The next event to happen was the start of the convention with the feast following right after it. However, Zhu Tianlang hadn’t drunk much at all. Stepping onto the podium, he had only given a small toast before saying, “Everyone please continue to drink, I still have work to do, and so I shall be leaving.”

After the municipal head had left, the secretary had followed suit, leaving the party to go on strong.

Wang Chao had been pulled by Zhu Jia and was used as her shield while Zhao Jun remained on the other side of the feast. As he talked to the other officials, he and Wang Chao never talked to each other again.

“Just who is this Zhao Jun?” In between a time of rest, Wang Chao had managed to ask her quickly.

Zhu Jia’s nose wrinkled her nose before responding, “Governor Zhao’s second child. He just came back from studying abroad, He’s a heartbreaker.”

“Ah!” Wang Chao nodded his head and asked no more.

Then came Zhu Jia to become curious, “Are you not going to ask anything else? Like just why he’s so fixated on me or why I used you as a shield?

“If you didn’t say so earlier, then you must have your reasons. We’re friends, so helping each other should be a must.”

“You are really full of ideas!” Zhu Jia nodded her head before narrowing her eyes as she remembered something, “Zhao Jun is a rather narrow minded person. In the future you should take care of yourself, I’ve given you a headache to worry about.”

“It’ll be nothing much.” Wang Chao’s eyes flashed once before fading away.

After the feat, Wang Chao had remembered the problem at hand and immediately searched out for Yao Xiaoxue and the others only to find them talking to another official passionately.

“How is it?”

“There’s no problems. These three government projects are currently at 80,000. We’re currently bidding, but when we said you were our boss those men instantly folded.”

When Yao Xiaoxue was pulled aside, she had a bright red face intoxicated from wine, indicating that she had already many cups of it.

Wang Chao’s eyes narrowed before suddenly pinching at a specific place on her hand. Wa! A mouthful of wine was spat out of Yao Xiaoxue’s mouth, instantly shaking her from her alcoholic stupor, but she had given Wang Chao a grateful look anyways.

“Be careful.” Wang Chao spoke.

“I will.” Yao Xiaoxue looked more awake than before. “I heard some people say that next year they will be trying to connect all of the city, towns and villages to the internet. The nation will be funding well over several hundred million. This is a good business opportunity, if we can recruit some more people, we will be able to increase our business.

“Good, you have the experience so you can deal with that.” Wang Chao though, “I’ve pulled Zhao Xinglong along to be the security guard. With the business growing, he’ll prevent anyone from acting on the company harmfully.”

“En, a good thought. The company nearby us once tried to encroach on the business of another. As a result, the owners of the other place called on some gangsters to smash up the place.” Yao Xiaoxue spoke with a nod.

Wang Chao nodded as well before noticing that Zhao Jun had somehow managed to talk to Zhu Jia once more. Zhu Jia’s angry voice could be heard before she stormed towards Wang Chao,

“Take me home!”

With that, she pulled Wang Chao away from the room without any further explanation.