Shen Lei hadn't expected Li Xiao Yue to have such an idea. He thought that the Civil Affairs Bureau was just a short distance ahead, so it was convenient, and he didn't think much of it.
Shen Lei then thought of Li Xiao Yue's work and said to her, "You should call that Wei Ge and ask him for a leave of absence."
Seeing that he was about to be late, he said, "This divorce procedure may take some time."
Li Xiao Yue then picked up her phone and called Na Wei, the vice president of the company and Shen Lei's brother-in-law, saying that she had drunk too much last night and wasn't feeling well, so she would be late.
Na Wei was very understanding and said with a smile, "It's alright, now that you've been promoted, they need your skills too."
He said, "If they ask, I'll say you've gone to meet clients."
Shen Lei also remembered that he needed to call his unit.
Although Shen Lei now had a daily income of over 10 million, he was still unwilling to give up his work within the system.
Having lived through two lifetimes, he saw very clearly that a true man couldn't live without power for even a day. No matter how much money you had outside the system, your social status and influence were still not as good as those within the system.
He still wanted to keep climbing the ranks within the system.
If he chose to lay flat, the Archives Section would naturally be the most suitable unit. But if he wanted to rise quickly, he had to break free from it as soon as possible.
Shen Lei felt that he could still seize some opportunities and jump out of the Archives Section, jumping onto a faster track for promotion, such as the public security, procuratorate, judiciary, or the Discipline Inspection Commission.
After all, he was currently in the Police Department. If he could transfer internally into the core business department, with his current abilities, he could completely have the chance to get a rocket-like promotion.
At that time, he could at least become a high-ranking official, and he might even be able to reach the central government, wielding power over the court.
So, Shen Lei picked up his phone and called the section chief: "Wu Ke Zhang, sorry, I want to take half a day off today. My wife... is leaving..."
He deliberately pretended to be choked with emotion.
Wu Ke Zhang thought that Shen Lei's wife had passed away. Although he felt a little bit gloating, he still comforted him, "Shen Lei, no wonder you've been out of sorts these past few days."
He said, "The dead cannot be brought back to life. Take comfort in what you have and be strong."
Shen Lei suddenly said angrily, "Wu Ke Zhang, what's wrong with you?"
He said, "You have something against me, just tell me! You can't curse my wife!"
He said, "My wife Xie Mei Lan is alive and well!"
He said, "She's just getting a divorce from me, she's not dead yet!"
Wu Ke Zhang was speechless. Shen Lei, the guy, was deliberately choking back sobs saying his wife was leaving, so wouldn't he naturally assume that his wife was dead?
Before Wu Ke Zhang could say anything, Shen Lei said again, "But I'll forgive you this time, for the sake of how you've treated me in the past."
He said, "Pay attention to what you say in the future, don't always make people misunderstand you."
Wu Ke Zhang was so depressed. Who was the one making people misunderstand? It was Shen Lei, that bastard.
"Ding dong! 888 resentment points from Wu Ke Zhang!"
"Ding dong! 999 resentment points from Wu Ke Zhang!"
"Ding dong! Congratulations, master, your resentment points have now exceeded 10,000 points, and you can now draw a prize."
He said, "Congratulations, master, you have won a chance to make merit!"
He said, "There is a batch of critical archives in the old archives, and repairing them successfully will make a significant contribution to the country, at least enough to earn a second-class personal merit."
He said, "If you get on good terms with the chief, master, you will have a chance to be promoted to the rank of section chief…"
Shen Lei was currently just a small deputy section-level cadre. Promotions had to be done step by step,
he couldn't just rocket up to the provincial or ministerial level, or even the national level. After all, that was something that only happened decades ago.
He had to take things one step at a time. The most important thing right now was to become a section-level cadre, or even replace Wu Ke Zhang, who was only good at deceiving his superiors and hiding information from his subordinates.
This was the reason why Shen Lei had always been disrespectful towards Wu Ke Zhang.
He could see that the chief was very appreciative of his work on repairing the archive bricks.
All he needed to do was to show his face in front of the chief, help the chief with something, such as helping him authenticate his antiques, and with the second-class merit, being promoted to section-level was no problem at all.
Although Wu Ke Zhang was very depressed, he had to grant Shen Lei half a day's leave to go through the divorce procedures.
When Shen Lei drove Li Xiao Yue to the Civil Affairs Bureau in his Mercedes-Benz SUV,
he saw Xie Mei Lan waiting at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, accompanied by her company boss, Lu Jie.
Shen Lei was a little worried at first, but seeing Xie Mei Lan actually openly bringing Lu Jie with her, he wasn't as worried anymore.
Shen Lei got out of the car and was about to walk towards the Civil Affairs Bureau, but he didn't expect Li Xiao Yue to also get out of the car, and she very naturally put her arm around his, looking very affectionate.
Shen Lei was stunned for a moment and asked Li Xiao Yue in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
Li Xiao Yue smiled sweetly, her voice both gentle and firm, "Lei Ge, look at them, that pair of adulterers, they're so arrogant, I won't allow them to bully you."
She said, "I'm here to support you, just introduce me to them as your girlfriend."
Shen Lei hadn't expected Li Xiao Yue to be so courageous and responsible, to come and support him.
His heart suddenly warmed. In this cold winter, with this warm little treasure by his side, he would no longer fear this so-called setback in life, divorce.
Shen Lei and Li Xiao Yue walked forward, arms linked in a loving embrace.
Xie Mei Lan was about to question Shen Lei why he was so late, but she suddenly saw Shen Lei and Li Xiao Yue walking towards her, their arms linked in a loving embrace.
At that moment, Xie Mei Lan was shocked and asked in surprise, "When did you two get together?"
Li Xiao Yue leaned her head on Shen Lei's shoulder and smiled sweetly, "We've been together for a long time!"
She said, "Before you got together with this boss of yours, we had a mutual liking for each other, and it was a two-way street."
This clever little witch, Li Xiao Yue, was deliberately trying to anger Xie Mei Lan by saying this.
Xie Mei Lan believed it to be true, her face turned ashen, she was incredibly upset.
She had thought that she was the one who had been unfaithful, feeling a little guilty towards Shen Lei, but she hadn't expected Shen Lei and Li Xiao Yue to be together for so long, it was possible that she had been cheated on long ago.
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