Xia Xue gave a sheepish smile. "Secretary Tian, Xiao Fan is usually thoughtless and has caused you trouble. Please don't take it to heart."
"Sister-in-law, I was helping her. Without me..."
Lin Fan's words were cut short by a stern look from his sister-in-law, so he changed his tune. "Without me, Secretary Tian would still do it, and perhaps even better."
Tian Mengyao rolled her eyes at him. "You know that, do you!"
Song Yue observed the two of them closely, thinking to herself, "Something is definitely going on between them!"
Xia Xue chatted with Tian Mengyao for a while, then left with Lin Fan and Song Yue.
"Secretary Tian is truly different from previous officials. Our village folks will have good days ahead."
"Sister-in-law, they're doing it for my sake."
"Shameless!"
Xia Xue laughed and scolded him, then praised, "Xiao Fan, your performance today was also very good."
"Sister-in-law, why didn't you help when I gave you the signal?"
"I..."
Xia Xue really wanted to say that as a woman, it was normal to be timid!
Song Yue interjected, "As long as I'm here, it's fine. Don't worry, no one will discover it was me who said it."
Lin Fan chuckled. "Good, that deserves a reward~"
He hadn't doted on this little lover of his for a long time and missed her dearly!
Song Yue snorted. "Do you really think of yourself as a big shot?"
The three of them walked and talked merrily to the entrance of the clinic.
At this moment, a white Hyundai sedan was parked in front of the clinic.
Seeing this, Xia Xue urged, "It must be someone from outside coming for treatment. Xiao Fan, hurry up and see them."
She continued walking forward, adding, "I'll go home and tidy up. It's almost New Year, and neither of you have time. I'll clean up by myself."
Lin Fan nodded and was about to open the clinic door when he heard a shout: "Xiao Fan~"
The car door suddenly opened.
Lin Fan turned his head and saw Zhang Liang and Tang Yu getting out of the car with smiles on their faces.
"Zhang Liang?"
Lin Fan was taken aback and asked, "Are you here for treatment?"
Zhang Liang walked up to Lin Fan and smiled. "We came to see you and brought some things along."
As he spoke, Tang Yu, carrying a case of baijiu, also walked up to Lin Fan.
Seeing that they were here to give gifts, Song Yue smiled and beckoned, "Xiao Fan, hurry and open the door to let them in!"
"Mm."
Lin Fan finally understood. This couple was here to cause trouble.
Soon, the four of them were seated in the room.
Zhang Liang looked around and then praised, "Xiao Fan, your clinic is good. It's even a combination of Chinese and Western medicine!"
"It's just to treat the villagers and earn a living."
Lin Fan slowly peeled an orange, pretending to be unaware of their purpose.
Song Yue, mistaking the situation to be due to her presence, smiled at them and said, "I need to go feed the baby."
As she spoke, Song Yue got up, holding her child, and headed upstairs.
Tang Yu then nudged Zhang Liang's arm.
Zhang Liang understood and said to Lin Fan with a smile, "Xiao Fan, to be honest, Xiao Yu and I had no other choice, so we came to you."
"Came to me?" Lin Fan pretended to be foolish. "What's the matter?"
Tang Yu stood up and looked at Lin Fan, saying softly, "It's almost New Year, and those with connections are all making their moves. I'm afraid that after the New Year, the candidates will all be decided, and then..."
Zhang Liang chimed in, "Xiao Fan, we were classmates, you can't refuse to help me!"
"Just say what you need, I can still afford two to three hundred thousand."
Zhang Liang had made up his mind. He'd rather not buy a house for now than fail to arrange for his girlfriend's future.
After all, with money, a house could be bought anytime. But one's future was like reincarnation; it was now or never.
Lin Fan spread his hands. "It's no use looking for me. Haven't you contacted President Su?"
When Zhang Liang and Tang Yu heard this, their smiles turned uglier than crying.
After that meal, Tang Yu called the number on the business card, but they didn't even answer; they blocked her directly!
Not a shred of respect was given to her!
However, no matter how angry and dissatisfied she was, for the sake of her future, she still came with Zhang Liang.
"How about I talk to President Su."
Lin Fan, being a bit shy, was embarrassed to refuse directly.
He wanted to play hot potato with Su Yurou, making Tang Yu and Zhang Liang retreat.
"How about you ask Chairman Zhou of Xinghe Group to say a few words?"
As soon as Tang Yu spoke, Lin Fan was stunned. "How do you know?"
Lin Fan was greatly surprised.
He believed that very few people knew about his relationship with Zhou Yi.
His sister-in-law and Song Yue wouldn't gossip around.
Su Yurou...
If she deliberately passed the buck, he would have to deal with her later!
"Xiao Fan, that day, Xiao Yu and I were shopping and happened to see..."
Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment, then continued, "We happened to see you get into Chairman Zhou's car at Xinghe Group."
"Oh~"
Lin Fan understood. So that's what it was.
What a coincidence!
Tang Yu's eyes sparkled with admiration.
She stared at Lin Fan without blinking.
That was a boss with billions in savings and tens of billions in assets!
Simply...
Amazing!
Thinking of this, Tang Yu subconsciously glanced at Zhang Liang, a flicker of disdain in her eyes.
What was the use of earning ten to twenty thousand a month?
They wouldn't be living in a big city in the future!
Who could afford a house in a big city?
Look at Lin Fan, that was true ability, a truly promising future!
"Brother Xiao Fan, Chairman Zhou is a prominent figure in Yunqing City. Not to mention the city, even the province must respect her words."
"So, could you please help contact her?"
"We don't want to take advantage of Chairman Zhou. We just want her to help us find a connection, see if we can invite a significant leader for a meal."
After Tang Yu said this in a gentle tone, Lin Fan directly refused, "I'm not actually familiar with Chairman Zhou. I only managed to contact Chairman Zhou last time by asking someone else for a favor."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang immediately got angry.
He came to their door with gifts worth three to four thousand yuan, waited at the door for a long time, but this was the result, and he simply couldn't accept it.
He stood up from his chair, pointed at Lin Fan, and said indignantly, "Just tell me clearly, are you going to help or not?"
Lin Fan was so angry he laughed.
Did I owe you something in my past life?
We weren't even that close in school. The meal cost over five thousand yuan, and Su Yurou paid for it. Today, you come asking for a favor so righteously?
"Zhang Liang, sit down!"
Tang Yu, seeing that the situation was deteriorating, quickly grabbed Zhang Liang's arm. "Sit down!"
After Zhang Liang sat down, Tang Yu looked at Lin Fan again and said softly, "Brother Xiao Fan, don't take it personally. He's brainless."
Hearing this, Zhang Liang puffed out his chest, about to get angry.
Tang Yu gave him a stern look, which finally suppressed him.