Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 149 The Awesome Director

With three people leading the way, everyone went straight up to the second floor. Old Chen, Mayor Liu, Xia Xiaolan, Director Li, Director Wang, and others went into the private room, while the rest politely took their seats at the casual tables. However, they were all very happy to be able to have a drink with the mayor and even offer him a toast, feeling that the trip had not been in vain.

Then the three brothers counted the guests downstairs and found that, apart from Mayor Liu and Director Li of the Public Security Bureau who came unexpectedly, almost all the major departments of Longcheng were present. Xiao Wei and Chen Hui said to Xia Maosheng together, "Your aunt is awesome. This is incredible."

Xia Maosheng smiled broadly, like a blooming chrysanthemum, and said modestly, "It's nothing special. Xiao Hui, your dad is really something else, having the mayor as your companion."

The kitchen started serving the dishes. Actually, not everyone had arrived yet, but with the mayor in charge, everything else was just a paper tiger, and there was basically no need to consider their feelings.

Li Bing, Li Wen, and Liu Hongliang served the dishes. Since there was no lift, they had to carry the dishes up and down the stairs, which was quite tiring. It wouldn't be a problem if the tables were scattered, but with several tables gathered together, Li Bing was sweating after running around a few times.

More than half of the dishes were served when the door opened, and Li Xing and Liu Huasheng walked in with several policemen.

Xiao Wei was facing the door when he called out, "Li Xing, Hua Sheng, you're here!" Xia Maosheng and Chen Hui followed behind him, greeting Li Guang and Liu Huasheng.

Li Xing smiled and nodded to Xiao Wei, then turned to introduce them: "This is Director Zhang, this is Director Li, this is Political Commissar Wei, this is Xiao Cao who is in charge of the area, this is Xiao Zhang, Director Zhang, Political Commissar Wei, Director Li, this is the owner of this shop, my buddy, this is Zhang Wei, this is Xia Maosheng." He pointed to Chen Hui, then paused, realizing he hadn't met the two of them yet.

Xia Maosheng went up and put his arm around Li Xing's shoulder, saying, "This is Chen Hui, you didn't see him the other day. Chief Zhang, Chief Li, Political Commissar Wei, please come in. I'll have to rely on you in the future." Xia Maosheng released Li Xing and guided the police officers from the police station into the lobby. There were no tables upstairs, so they could only entertain them downstairs.

Director Zhang, with his belly protruding and his face tilted back in an arrogant manner, glanced at the stairwell where Li Wen was carrying dishes upstairs. Director Zhang, clearly displeased, said, "They're eating upstairs already? Who are they inviting in such a hurry? I'm here to see who they are, to see if any of them are acquaintances."

As he walked towards the stairwell, Li Xing whispered, "Who's upstairs?"

Xia Maosheng said, "The upstairs is full, let's eat downstairs. Let him go up and look if he wants, it's fine. Li, Political Commissar Wei, I'm sorry about today, I didn't plan ahead, there are a lot of people coming, the upstairs is full, let's just have a drink downstairs, please don't complain."

Li Suo and Political Commissar Wei didn't show any expression or say anything. Following Xia Maosheng's guidance, the group sat down at a table further inside. Li Bing ran over to pour water, which was now jasmine tea.

Xiao Zhang, with his sharp eyes, pointed to the teacups the government officials had been drinking from and said, "What kind of tea is that? It looks pretty good."

Xia Maosheng said with a smile, "Yes, that's good tea. The leader brought it himself. We can't buy it even if we wanted to."

Xiao Zhang curled his lip and said, "What kind of leader is he? So arrogant, he even brings his own tea leaves just to freeload a meal."

Chen Hui frowned and said, "Watch your mouth."

Zhang Suo went upstairs with a cold laugh. He was angry when he heard the lively noise upstairs. In the past two years, his private businesses had been opening more and more, and they would invite him every three or five days. They treated him like an honored guest. This was the first time he had encountered such a fool who had arranged a meal for him before he even arrived.

In his mind, Chuanzhou was considered an outsider. What kind of big leaders could a Chuanzhou native like him invite to a restaurant in Longcheng? Although Liu Huasheng had told him that the restaurant owner was the nephew of the mayor of Chuanzhou, he didn't take it to heart. So what if he was the mayor of Chuanzhou? It sounded nice, but he was just a county-level city, a department-level city. How much influence could he have? Could he possibly have any influence over him?

He staggered to the landing, and as soon as he turned around, someone came down from upstairs. Zhang glanced at him sideways, and the moment he made eye contact, he jumped up, instinctively standing at attention, and his face instantly broke into the brightest smile: "Hello, Director Li."

It was Director Li from the Public Security Bureau who came downstairs. Hearing someone call his name, he looked over and saw a policeman. He nodded and went straight downstairs, glancing around at the bottom of the stairs. Xiao Wei and the others were greeting the policemen. Director Li waved and called out, "Xia, Zhang."

Hearing the call, Xiao Wei turned around and saw it was Director Li. He quickly went over to greet him, "Director Li, what's the matter?"

Director Li glanced at the police officers on the table and whispered to Xiao Wei, "Didn't you know the mayor was coming?"

Xiao Wei shook his head and said, "Uncle Chen just came and told me. What happened?"

Director Li nodded and said, "The mayor is Hui, so quickly have the kitchen prepare some Hui dishes. Don't bring any meat dishes."

Xiao Wei stood there stunned for a moment, then turned and ran into the kitchen, calling out, "Sister Zhang! Sister Zhang!" Sister Zhang was preparing vegetables when she turned to look at Xiao Wei and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Xiao Wei said, "Hurry up, stop all the meat and vegetable stuff, get some beef and mutton, Mayor Liu is a Hui Muslim."

Sister Zhang was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look around, and said, "My God, why didn't you say so earlier? This is really bad."

Master Zhai said, "Don't panic, it's alright. I'll make a stir-fry of yellow vegetables to tide me over, and then I'll make two more vegetarian dishes. Hurry up and start cutting. Xiao Shang, come and help me." The kitchen immediately erupted into chaos.

After Director Li finished speaking with Xiao Wei, he didn't go upstairs immediately. Instead, he walked over to the police officers. Chief Li and Political Commissar Wei knew their superiors and immediately stood up to salute. Li Xing and Liu Huasheng also knew each other, as they had been spoken to by Director Li during the training session. Only Xiao Zhang and Xiao Cao were new recruits and not very old, so they didn't know each other. However, seeing that their leaders had all stood up to salute, they also stood up.

Director Li nodded and asked, "Which institute?"

Political Commissar Wei: "Report, Huanghe Road Police Station, Shuangta Branch."

Director Li nodded and said, "My nephew runs a small shop here. Please keep an eye on it. If you need anything, feel free to contact me. I'm upstairs with the leaders, so I won't drink with you. Enjoy your meal." With that, he turned and went upstairs.

Political Commissar Wei wiped non-existent sweat from his brow and glanced at Director Li. Director Li's gaze, through the solid wood railing on the side of the stairs, landed on Director Zhang, who was standing in the corner of the landing. Director Zhang didn't come down until Director Li went upstairs and disappeared from sight, his legs trembling slightly.

Xiao Zhang asked Li, "Who is this?"

Li glanced at Chen Hui, who was still standing by the table, smiled, and asked, "Brother, which leader is Director Li with?"