Chapter 329: Chapter 329: No Good Banquet Without Good Company
Night, the lights flickered.
Lin Fan arrived at Tianpin Pavilion as promised, taking in the ornately carved and painted decor. It was here that Guo Baoming had toyed with Xu Jiaojiao last time, and today, it was anyone’s guess what kind of trickery might unfold at the dinner table.
Guided by the waitstaff to the private room’s entrance, Lin Fan, stripped of his phone once again, pushed open the heavy door.
Inside the private room, there weren’t as many people as last time, yet there was Xu Jiaojiao, wearing a black cocktail dress, smiling warmly at Lin Fan as he entered. Besides her, two other women of about the same age flanked Guo Baoming, still clothed for now, though that wasn’t guaranteed to last.
"Deputy County Magistrate Lin, you’ve been quite busy lately!"
Guo Baoming smiled at Lin Fan as he walked in. The place setting beside Xu Jiaojiao, who was sitting opposite him, indicated the seat was reserved for Lin Fan.
"It’s nothing really; we’re just low-level employees doing trivial tasks, far less taxing than the leaders’ work."
Lin Fan sat down obediently next to Xu Jiaojiao, whose suggestive glances spoke volumes.
for an informal chat. There’s
in each arm, Guo Baoming said, "Originally, I thought it’d be just us two dining, but a seat is incomplete without a lady, so I invited Ms. Xu to keep you company. At least you won’t be lonely. Plus, I’ve heard you’ve got Ms. Xu wrapped
Mayor Guo
of coyness, and of course took the
compare. Talent is God’s way of feeding you; how much or how little you
to follow suit. This was the protocol. Lin Fan, unable to retort, could only
working in the town must be quite comfortable, right? All the
a few bites, Guo Baoming steered the conversation back
government, and everyone’s cooperation with my work, including the promotion of the Chinese Herbal Medicine Cultivation, wouldn’t have been possible
repeatedly, but Guo Baoming smiled knowingly. "Do you know why they’ve been so good to
must be because of the leadership’s regard for
flattery; Lin Fan knew how to play the
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