"Secretary Liu, please have a seat," Tang Yumeng said with a smile.

"Yes, yes!" Liu Dagu gritted his teeth and could only plomp himself down.

Thump...

After all, the plastic stool was fragile, and Liu Dagu, already weighing over 200 kilograms, crashed down on it, instantly bursting the red plastic stool on the spot. The stool shattered into pieces on the ground.

"Ouch..." After Liu Dagu fell, he struggled like an overturned turtle, flailing his arms and legs continuously. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get up.

Haha...

Suddenly, a piercing laughter entered Liu Dagu's ears. The voice belonged to none other than Lin Chuan.

At the scene, except for Lin Chuan, probably no one else dared to laugh out loud. Although some leaders from the county and district committees were amused by this comical scene, they turned their heads to laugh, and some wanted to laugh but didn't dare. They had to forcibly hold it in, but their grotesquely contorted faces gave them away.

At this moment, the two district committee members who had just helped Liu Dagu up came forward again to assist him.

"Secretary Liu, how could you be so careless."

"Be careful, don't bump into anything."

The two carefully helped Liu Dagu to his feet.

Liu Dagu was drenched in sweat with a pale face. The struggle just now had drained all his energy. Panting heavily, he cursed, "Dammit, what is this crap... this damned stool... I'm so pissed off!"

"Secretary Liu, you really should lose some weight," Tang Yumeng said with a smile.

"I..." Liu Dagu was extremely annoyed.

Especially seeing Lin Chuan laughing his head off nearby, he was so angry he could hardly contain himself. Lin Chuan then said, "Liu Dagu, how much weight can this plastic stool bear? It can actually handle over 300 kilograms, yet you just burst it with one flop. That just shows your weight must be over 300 kilograms."

"Nonsense!" Liu Dagu shouted sternly.

"Is it not?" Lin Chuan laughed, "This stool's weight capacity is indeed over 300 kilograms."

"You!" Liu Dagu was at a loss for words momentarily.

At that time, a nearby district committee director hurriedly said, "Secretary Liu, here, take my chair, I'll sit on the stool."

As soon as Liu Dagu saw a seat available, he immediately plopped down onto it. And gasping for breath, he said, "Oh my, I am so tired, truly about to die of exhaustion."

Seeing the table full of meat and dishes, Liu Dagu quickly grabbed his chopsticks and started devouring the food voraciously.

Lin Chuan took a bottle of mineral water from the table, opened the cap, and began gulping it down.

...

The afternoon's work was cancelled due to some incident.

Returned to the City Committee.

After getting off the car, Lin Chuan felt that the security guards' gazes were odd, occasionally sneaking glances over at him and Tang Yumeng. When they realized Lin Chuan was also looking at them, they immediately turned their heads, pretending nothing had happened.

The same happened inside the City Committee building, where several cleaning ladies were huddled together secretly discussing something. Lin Chuan, with sharp ears, faintly heard them seemingly talking about him and Tang Yumeng. Lin Chuan quickly greeted them, "Ladies, are you all free?"

"Ah... Secretary Tang is back," the cleaning ladies suddenly became flustered and more so fumbling.

One of them, out of fright, even threw the broom in her hand away.

"You... What are you doing?" Tang Yumeng looked at the few panicked individuals, a look of astonishment on her face.

"No no no, we weren't saying anything." The sweeping lady quickly shook her head and said, "We... we were just chatting."

Although Tang Yumeng knew these ladies were definitely talking about something, she had no interest in pursuing the matter further. She turned around and walked away.

Lin Chuan watched Tang Yumeng's leaving figure; he did not follow her but stayed back.

As soon as Tang Yumeng was gone, Lin Chuan laughed and asked, "You were discussing Secretary Tang and me?"

"No, nothing of that sort!" the cleaning lady vehemently shook her head, she would never admit it. Working at the City Committee was relaxing, with good salary and many benefits. Finally having such a stable job, no one would want to lose it.

"Tell me!" Lin Chuan frowned and said, "I promise I won't trouble you over this."

The ladies looked at each other, then shook their heads again.

"A hundred per person." Lin Chuan pulled out a wad of cash and said, "Speak quickly, or else, my patience is low."

One of them gritted her teeth and said, "This morning someone said you and Secretary Tang are in a relationship. We... we just heard it from others, it wasn't us who said it."

"What!" Lin Chuan exclaimed in shock, "Who is spreading these rumors behind my back?"

"We... we don't know!" The group shook their heads in panic.

Swish...

Lin Chuan threw down a few hundred bills, then dashed upstairs.

Lin Chuan stood at the door of the break room, from which bursts of roaring laughter could be heard.

"Damn, couldn't even face themselves in the mirror, yet daring to pursue Secretary Tang?"

"I agree, just a toad lusting after swan meat."

"Haha..."

In the break room, egged on by the Song brothers, everyone discussed the matter between Lin Chuan and Tang Yumeng. Although only men were present in the break room, they were extremely interested in gossip due to the daily monotony. Especially Lin Chuan pursuing Tang Yumeng—this disparity in status and position was what they found most entertaining to discuss.

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