Tao Guangming sighed: "You might not believe me if I tell you. Since I told you that yesterday, I haven't had the courage to see her. She said she wanted to come to my house to see me, but I refused and asked the art troupe to recall her. Go to work. She won’t have time to question me anymore.”
Li Wenjun laughed angrily: "How did you..." He didn't know what to say for a moment.
Think about it, Tao Guangming is definitely not willing to lie to Ji Rushi, after all, he likes Ji Rushi so much. If Tao Guangming goes to see Ji Rushi now, his secret will definitely be revealed, and then Ji Rushi will ask him all about his investigation into her.
So after much deliberation, Tao Guangming decided that it would be better for him to avoid seeing Ji Rushi.
Li Wenjun was silent for a moment and then asked: "Sister Hui, have you found out?"
Tao Guangming smiled bitterly: "If you tell me, you won't believe it. She must have found out, because she hasn't asked me about Ji Rushi recently, and she has stopped talking about it. The two siblings of us have a tacit understanding to pretend that we haven't found out. I don’t know about this. This is the first time in the more than 20 years since childhood that the two of us have acted stupid together like this."
Li Wenjun was silent again. After much deliberation, this is indeed the only way to avoid embarrassment.
Otherwise, knowing that the other party went to check on Ji Rushi would be equivalent to knowing the other party's intention.
Li Wenjun asked again: "Sister Hui never mentioned Captain Ji?"
Tao Guangming: "No. We don't have it, so let's just pretend it didn't happen."
Li Wenjun pondered for a moment and asked, "Will Leader Tao also go check on Captain Ji?"
Tao Guangming replied: "Probably not. Otherwise he would have talked to me or my sister about it."
This is really troublesome. Tell Tao Luyao about Ji Rushi's identity. Will Ji Rushi think that Tao Guangming has taken a fancy to this person and came to pursue her? If you don't tell Tao Luyao, do you have to keep it a secret until Ji Rushi is misunderstood and disappointed by Tao Guangming's neglect and then become disheartened?
Li Wenjun replied: "Brother, I will see Leader Tao tomorrow and act by ear. Don't be anxious."
Tao Guangming cheered up: "Yeah. Got it. Otherwise, I'll pick you up at 8:40 tomorrow. I'll honk the horn when I arrive and you can come out. I won't get out of the car and stay at your house."
Li Wenjun thought for a while and said, "Okay."
On this hot day, he rode his bicycle bumpily and was covered in sweat. It was inappropriate to see Tao Luyao again.
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Li Wenjun got up early in the morning, went to the closet after dinner, found a decent 80% new outfit, put it on, and paired it with black pants and black leather shoes.
This wardrobe was recently made by Li Changming based on the drawings given by Li Wenjun. This wardrobe has sliding doors, but Li Changming made the later metal rollers and grooves into wood, which makes it more refined and elegant.
Li Wenjun likes it very much.
Li Wenjun was buttoning his buttons while wondering whether he should bring some gifts to see Tao Luyao.
After much deliberation, I decided to forget it. Because no matter what he gives, Tao Luyao doesn't care about it, not to mention, it will cause unnecessary trouble.
Gu Zhanyan was secretly surprised when he saw him like this. This was the first time she saw Li Wenjun pay so much attention to his appearance.
To be honest, he was even more formally dressed than on his wedding day.
Li Wenjun seemed to have read through her thoughts, smiled and replied: "I want to see Tao Guangming's father."
Gu Zhanyan suddenly realized: "Okay."
Li Wenjun said: "I will come back after meeting him, so I will have lunch at home."
Ever since the fugitives ambush them that day, Li Wenjun would tell Gu Zhanyan about his itinerary every time he went out, so as not to worry Gu Zhanyan if he came back late.
Gu Zhanyan nodded: "Okay. We'll wait for you to come back for lunch."
Diandian ran over and tugged on Li Wenjun's clothes.
Li Wenjun leaned down and kissed his cheek: "Dad, come back soon."
Li Wenjun felt like he had a piece of candy in his heart, it was so sweet, but he said, "It would be great if my mother would do the same."
Diandian raised his head and looked at Gu Zhanyan.
Gu Zhanyan looked at Li Wenjun with a mixture of anger and laughter.
Li Wenjun looked back with a smile and pointed at his cheek.
Gu Zhanyan could only stand on tiptoes and quickly touched Li Wenjun's cheek with her lips.
Li Wenjun suddenly felt that half of his body was numb.
"Beep……"
A car horn sounded outside.
Tao Guangming is already here, reminding Li Wenjun to come out.
Li Wenjun hurriedly kissed Dian Dian and Gu Zhanyan on the cheeks, turned around and walked out quickly, and then jumped into the car under the envious or jealous eyes of his neighbors.
"I'd better bring a bicycle, otherwise I won't be able to come back later."
Tao Guangming stepped on the accelerator and the car drove off: "No need."
Li Wenjun didn't know why he said no. Thinking about it, he probably wanted to send him back, so he didn't ask in detail.
It is estimated that Tao Guangming is not in the mood to care about such trivial matters at this time.
Li Wenjun asked: "What does Leader Tao want to talk to me about? Can you reveal it?"
Tao Guangming glanced sideways at him: "What? You have done too many bad things, do you feel guilty?"
The corner of Li Wenjun's mouth twitched: "What's wrong with me? I'm afraid that I'll spill the beans later and expose the bad things you did."
Tao Guangming snorted: "I am a good and upright comrade. I can expose any bad things."
Li Wenjun touched his chin: "Let me rationalize it. It's a lot to think about. I might not be able to finish it in one day."
Tao Guangming muttered: "I shouldn't argue with you."
Li Wenjun smiled: "Don't be nervous. I just saw that you were too nervous, so I teased you. Let you relax a little."
Tao Guangming said: "I'm so nervous. The person my dad wants to interview is you. I'm a supporting role today."
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When Li Wenjun arrived at Tao Guangming's home, he found that Tao Guanghui was also there.
"Comrade Tao Guanghui." Li Wenjun specially greeted Tao Guanghui in the most formal and distant way. So as not to make Tao Luyao feel uncomfortable by shouting so affectionately as usual.
Tao Guanghui was also much more serious than usual and nodded: "Go up, the leader is waiting for you in the study."
Li Wenjun glanced at Tao Guangming, nodded and went up.
In fact, he was not afraid. Many of the leaders he met later had a much higher status than Tao Luyao.
He was just a little nervous because of his relationship with Tao Guangming.
To put it bluntly, he was also nervous for Tao Guangming.
The door to the study room was open, and Tao Luyao was looking at something behind the desk, very intently.
Li Wenjun knocked on the door lightly and bowed slightly, neither humble nor condescending: "Leader, I'm here."
Tao Luyao raised his head and waved hurriedly: "Oh, Wen Jun is here, come in, come in, close the door."
Tao Luyao seemed to be in a good mood. Moreover, when Tao Luyao greeted him with the affectionate name that an elder would use to call a junior, what Tao Luyao talked to him was most likely a good thing.
Li Wenjun thought so, went in and closed the door.
