PDLP Chapter 238 Using a borrowed knife to kill
Chapter 238 Using a borrowed knife to kill
Wu Maocai shook his head repeatedly: "I, I won't go..."
I need to learn from you and be more frugal too.
This thing, once you use it, you'll never have another chance to use it.
I need to save it for those who deserve it.
Zheng Zhiguo felt somewhat disappointed: "If you're not going, then I won't go either."
I've made mistakes in this area before.
I'm being extra careful these days.
David listened to this for the time being, naturally not believing it.
In the county town, a group of women from other places were active, and they were all young and beautiful.
You don't see them during the day, they don't go to work, but they come out at night on their motorcycles, shuttling between hotels and residential areas.
These people don't work in traditional massage parlors; their work is more discreet.
The prices are higher, but the quality is also better.
So, who is making the purchases?
It's not just some high-income groups, but also those who are reluctant to show their faces in public.
Life is tough, don't expose it.
See through, don’t say through.
David went along with their suggestion and opened another bottle of wine: "Okay, that stuff isn't anything good either. Come on, let's keep drinking."
The group then had two more drinks.
David doesn't really like drinking. He feels unwell after drinking and doesn't get any high-level pleasure from alcohol.
But in this kind of setting, you can't avoid drinking.
If you don't drink with them, others will have to.
Many things are better said after a drink.
"Hey, Cai-ge, have you talked to Qi Dahai?" Dawei suddenly asked.
David explained two things at the time.
First, Wu Maocai was asked to approach the colleagues at the Transportation Bureau to push forward the proposal regarding the expressway.
Secondly, we should try to contact Qi Dahai and see if we can have a conversation with him to try and persuade him to come over.
Wu Maocai slapped his forehead, then clasped his hands in apology: "Look at my memory."
I forgot to tell you.
I was supposed to report to you this afternoon.
I was so focused on the protective charm that I forgot about it.
I'll punish myself with a drink first.
Wu Maocai tilted his head back and downed a glass in one gulp.
"I've already contacted him..."
Director Wu is reliable; he never delays anything Dawei assigns him. However, his post-event reporting isn't always timely.
Last night.
He arrived at Qi Dahai's home.
Qi Dahai's wife opened the door.
As soon as you enter Qi Dahai's courtyard, you can smell a strong incense aroma.
Qi Dahai's wife has a habit of eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers, and she burns incense at home all day long.
However, Qi Dahai was a cadre, and in order to avoid any negative impact, his wife moved the Buddha statue to the attic and hid it there, so that ordinary people could not see it.
The smell of incense couldn't be concealed.
"I'd like to see Secretary Dahai."
"Dahai is upstairs getting physical therapy right now; he has a headache. Would you like to sit down for a while?"
Wu Maocai had no choice but to wait on the first floor.
He waited for more than 40 minutes, during which time no one came to greet him, and not even a glass of water was poured for him.
Director Wu was a little angry.
Xiangzhang was taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission this week, and Qi Dahai is still putting on airs?
I went straight up to the second floor and saw a young girl in a nurse's uniform coming out of a bedroom, carrying a medicine box on her back.
The nurse's clothes were all buttoned up incorrectly.
Which hospital are you from?
"From the county's Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital."
"Oh……"
Wu Maocai stepped aside to let the female nurse leave, then went to Qi Dahai's room and pushed the door open.
Qi Dahai was lying on his side on the bed, with his back to the door.
The door, long neglected, creaked open when opened a crack.
Wu Maocai was certain that Qi Dahai inside had heard it.
But Qi Dahai didn't turn around.
Wu Maocai remained silent, his hands clasped together at his sides, his back straight as he looked at Qi Dahai inside the room.
The two remained frozen in place.
Wu Maocai thought to himself, "I'm here representing County Chief Chen, so I can't be too low-key."
By taking the initiative to visit Qi Dahai, Qi Dahai had already shown him considerable respect.
If I were to speak up again, it would be too low-key and would damage the dignity of both myself and County Chief Chen.
Therefore, Director Wu resolutely refused to speak.
The stalemate lasted for about three minutes.
Wu Maocai sensed that Qi Dahai, the full-time deputy secretary, didn't want to talk to him.
In this situation, even if you call out to him yourself, it won't make a difference.
You can't wake someone who's pretending to be asleep.
Even if you wake them up, you won't be able to get anything out of them.
So he turned around and went downstairs.
No one saw me off when I went out.
"That old bastard, County Chief Chen gave him a chance, and he's still putting on airs?"
After drinking some, Zheng Zhiguo started speaking in a foul tone.
David offered them cigarettes, and the three of them lit them up and smoked.
Wu Maocai leaned closer to Dawei and whispered, "I think he's waiting for you."
Qi Dahai looked down on Wu Maocai, thinking he wasn't worthy of negotiating with him.
David smirked, took out his phone and said, "That's easy. I'll send you something, then you can go find him, and I guarantee he'll behave."
"Oh?" Wu Maocai's eyes lit up.
Dawei selected a photo and sent it to Wu Maocai via QQ.
The photo shows a line of Zhou Xiangzhang's handwriting, which records that Zhou Xiangzhang gave 15 yuan of the money that Lao Tan from Xiaotang Town sent to Qi Dahai's son.
It was a pre-cropped image, a long image that only recorded this one piece of information.
Wu Maocai looked at Dawei in surprise, and immediately thought of what Zheng Zhiguo had brought back. Presumably, this was the content of the official protection talisman.
"This is a good thing."
"Of course, if you show him this, he'll listen to you." David slowed down and lowered his voice as he spoke, "And he'll tell other people too."
At that time, those like Qi Dahai will all be hoping for Zhou Xiangzhang's death.
"The dead cannot testify."
David killed two birds with one stone.
This was both to force Qi Dahai to submit and to use someone else to do his dirty work.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zhiguo and Lao Wu's expressions turned tense.
Director Wu hesitated for a moment: "Okay, I'll go find him later."
"I'll see you out." Zheng Zhiguo followed Wu Maocai out.
Both men had been drinking, and the car was driven by one of Zheng Zhiguo's men.
On the way, Wu Maocai wanted to do Xiao Lili another favor, and also wanted Dawei to relax a bit, so he sent Xiao Lili a message.
"County Chief Chen has had a bit too much to drink."
He just said he was very agitated.
At this moment, Xiao Lili had just finished eating and returned from her walk. She took off her clothes and was preparing to take a hot shower to relax.
Upon seeing Wu Maocai's text message, Xiao Lili blushed instantly while standing in front of the bathroom mirror.
So irritable...
How restless are they...?
Of course she knew how agitated Dawei was after drinking.
Looking at the time on her phone, she realized it was still early and she had plenty of time to prepare.
Turn on the bathtub tap, pour in plenty of rose essential oil, and soak in it for a while first.
Marinate yourself.
Let every pore of your body exude the natural fragrance of roses.