Rebirth in the 90s: Her Counterattack and Redemption

Chapter 1406: Chapter 831: Hidden Motives (2)

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Including the Secretary and Mayor, Qin Mountain Town has a total of twenty-one people. Except for the Secretary, Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Police Station personnel who have separate offices, everyone else works in a large office.

Usually, it’s common for three or two of the dozen people in the big office to come together and chat, but today, each one seemed to have nails on their butts, pinned to their chairs.

However, though they all sat upright, writing with pens on paper, their eyes couldn’t help but glance out into the courtyard from time to time.

Seeing Secretary Jiao and Mayor Liang being chased back to their dens, everyone’s gossiping minds couldn’t hold back.

Clerk Liu Yunji, Li ZhaoCai, and Jia Na jun exchanged glances and one by one left the office, heading to the toilet at the corner of the courtyard.

Once in the toilet, Liu Yunji began: "Hey, do you think the Oldest and Second will swap places with Third?"

Li ZhaoCai shook his head: "I wouldn’t say so."

Jia Na jun thought for a moment: "I think it’s possible. Look at today’s warm attitude of the Secretary towards Third. Besides, he didn’t go to the Oldest or Second’s rooms, but only to Third’s. Doesn’t that explain something?"

Li ZhaoCai disagreed: "This matter is uncertain. We haven’t received news from the county about a change in head, which suggests that the Secretary hasn’t been here long, and it’s still unknown if he can stabilize in this position."

Liu Yunji curled his mouth: "To reach this position at such a young age means his family must have real influence. Do you think he can’t hold steady?"

Li ZhaoCai thought for a moment and said: "That’s true. The Secretary looks only about twenty-five or twenty-six. For an average family’s child, at twenty-five or twenty-six, they might have just graduated college a couple years ago. It’s basically impossible to become a full-rank cadre."

Jia Na jun quickly added: "It seems one of the Oldest or Second will have to give way to Third. The actions of the young Secretary clearly suggest this."

Li ZhaoCai then said: "The Oldest should be fine, the Oldest has someone above him."

Liu Yunji curled his mouth again: "Can the Oldest’s connections be greater than the Secretary’s? I see it as uncertain."

Jia Na jun, unwilling to give up, looked at the two: "So what should we do? If we don’t strive for such an opportunity, we’ll feel oppressed."

The most steady of the three, Li ZhaoCai, shook his head and said: "Caution is the parent of safety. At this time, since nothing is clear yet, it’s better for us not to stand out."

After a moment of silence, Liu Yunji sighed lightly: "Alright, then let’s observe some more."

"Right now, I’m actually envious of that fool Li Zejun. It truly seems like fools have foolish luck. No matter the outcome, he benefits from it."

Li ZhaoCai lightly patted Jia Na jun’s shoulder: "Na jun, at the time, the opportunity was in front of us, but we didn’t take it. Now we can’t blame anyone."

A frustrated Jia Na jun cast him a sidelong glance: "Old Li, whose side are you on? Why are you always opposing me?"

Li ZhaoCai looked at Liu Yunji: "What do you say?"

Liu Yunji stepped forward and pressed Jia Na jun’s shoulder: "Na jun, didn’t we say when we pledged brotherhood that ZhaoCai is the strategist, and the two of us push forward? What he’s saying is just fulfilling his duty. What do you think?"

After a moment of silence, guilt appeared on Jia Na jun’s face: "Second Brother, I’m sorry."

The three ranked by age, Liu Yunji the oldest, Li ZhaoCai the second, and Jia Na jun the third, but they usually addressed each other by name. This call of ’Second Brother’ made Li ZhaoCai’s eyes slightly redden: "We’re brothers. Why say such things? Let’s go. It’s not good to be out for too long during such critical times."

"Se... Secretary." Liu Yunji, the first to exit the toilet door, saw Jiao Zuoting standing to the right of the toilet with a dark face, and his face immediately changed.

"Secretary!"

"Secretary!"

Li ZhaoCai and Jia Na jun also lowered their heads. They had been watching all along from the small flowering wall of the toilet, how did they not see him? When did the Secretary arrive?

"Surprised I’m here?" Jiao Zuoting spoke.

Liu Yunji shook his head in bewilderment: "N... no."

"Why lie? Weren’t you talking vigorously just now?" Jiao Zuoting’s lips curled into a mocking smile, "Show some guts. Being accountable is being a real man. You three, are you women?"

"..."

"Why are you all silent? Mute together now? Still call yourselves sworn brothers, do you think you’re the oath brothers of Peach Garden? Liu, Guan, Zhang?"

"Not even bothering to see what you really are, daring to insult our ancestors. Aren’t you afraid if they know, they’ll strike you down with lightning!"