Chapter 63: People living in the world are like carefree dogs.

  Since some unknown era, men cooking has become the ultimate tool for flirting and seducing women, whether it's a loli, a young woman, or an older sister. They are often shocked by the man's exquisite culinary skills, and then they become infatuated with his focus and gentleness while cooking, their heartstrings lightly trembling. As the saying goes, once you're smitten, can your pants still be tight?

  In his past life, Wen Qing was a useless person, but at midnight, he also had a kind of pilgrimage-like yearning for the physical characteristics of beautiful women. In his senior year, under the persuasion of Tan Yu, the two secretly signed up for a cooking class together. After studying online for a week, the master chef tearfully persuaded them to drop out and refunded their tuition fees in full, with a very convincing reason: there are many people who can't make good scrambled eggs, but it's really rare to find someone who breaks the egg whites and shells together every time, seven days in a row! Not, not too rare, two appeared at once!

  The two of them slunk away from the cooking class, blaming each other for dragging each other down and lowering their IQ. After hanging out together for six years, they still weren't as smart as that stray dog in front of the dormitory building. That dog could even crack open peanuts! What a genius!

  With this bloody lesson, Wen was scared straight back to being sixteen and never stepped into the kitchen again. So after bringing all sorts of ingredients into the kitchen, Old Man Wen patted his hands together and was about to head back to the sofa to wait for dinner. Zuo Yu Xi's eyes moved quickly as he grabbed onto his arm, saying: "Where are you going?"

  "Hmm, I just saw two ants fighting, and I'm going to be the referee!" Wen Ze was stern and confident.

  "Hey! Don't think of running away, I'm starving, hurry up and cook!"

  He looked at her with a surprised expression, pointing to his own nose and saying: "Me?"

  Zuo Yuxi blinked her big eyes and said in a daze: "Can't I do it? I haven't even turned on the gas stove before"

  Wen Cen didn't know what to say, so she shook her body vigorously three times to express her shock. "Sister, how could you suggest opening fire?"

  He smiled and said: "I can indeed open the gas, but the problem is... Alright, let's study it together. Don't worry, if we can bring down the mayor, we can certainly handle a meal."

  "Sister-in-law, you go pick vegetables, I'll cut the meat."

  "Uh, actually, celery is mainly about removing the leaves and keeping the stem." Zuo Yuji held a full basin of vegetable leaves, looking somewhat downcast. Wen Ze hurried to comfort her: "Of course, it's not that you can't eat just the leaves,"

  "Wash the dishes, you have to pick them up and scrub hard, putting them in the sink won't get them clean." Bang, the dish slipped out of his hand and shattered directly. "Ah? Director Zuo, now we know that picking up the dishes to wash is wrong, reform always requires paying tuition! Don't hit me, don't hit me!"

  It turns out that cooking is not much easier than overthrowing a mayor. From the start, it was one problem after another. As soon as the oil net heated up, Wen Xiang let Zuo Yu Xi retreat three steps back, then opened up a stance and threw the dishes into the pot with the accuracy of a basketball shot, causing two people to shriek in unison at the splashing oil; next, they started to get stuck on seasoning, adding too much salt and then adding water, making it too bland and then adding more salt again, repeating this process.

  They giggled and fooled around, finally finishing the first tomato scrambled eggs. The two of them looked at each other, almost wanting to cry in frustration. Next, they made stir-fried celery with shredded meat. As soon as the oil started smoking, Wen Qian was about to add the vegetables when Yu Xueqiu suddenly ran out of the kitchen and climbed onto the door frame, only exposing his head.

  Wen Tianxiang was furious: "Zuo Yu Xi".

  She walked in with a sullen face, her eyes cast downward. Standing beside Wen Qiang, she turned her head and closed her eyes tightly, her face filled with a martyr's indignation: "Let go!"

  "Zila. With a sound, Zuo Yu Xi didn't feel the oil splashing onto her body, she opened her eyes to see Wen Chen standing in front of her with his body tilted sideways, pursing his lips and smiling slightly."

  If Wen Da Shu knew her inner thoughts, he would definitely shamelessly praise himself: The so-called road to success is not just one way, although I don't know how to cook, but I can still make the beauty "heart lightly move"!

  With experience, it's easy to get things done. Ding ding dang, five dishes were ready in no time. Placing them on the dinner table, the aroma was decent, but let's not mention the presentation. The two of us cheerfully opened two cans of beer, and Zuo Yu Xi raised his glass high, shouting "Cheers!"

  "Cheers!"

  The wine glasses touched lightly, and a few pale yellow beer flowers jumped out in the air, leaving a trail of crystal clear arc lights that reflected the faces of the two people, from their hair to their nose tips and then to their lips, as if in a slow-motion movie shot, quietly touching together in the arc light.

  After drinking a cup of wine, Zuo Yu Xi played with his wine glass and suddenly asked: "Don't you ask who that person is?"

  Wen Qian smiled and said: "A dog face plus a pair of dog eyes, it's naturally a dog. I'm not interested in dogs."

  Zuo Yuxi burst out laughing and pointed at Wen Qian saying: "You, with this mouth of yours, you can literally talk someone to death, but I like it!"

  "I am deeply honored!"

  Zuo Yuxi seemed to want to discuss things before dinner and asked again: "What problems need to be solved with that matter now?"

  Wen Qian knew she was asking about Bai Huan, and after a moment of contemplation, said: "First question, after Yang Yihang stepped down, Hou Qiang's father Hou Chuanhai took over Huashan District. I reckon Bai Huan and the others, in order to ensure their safety, might go to some hotel in Huashan District. If we want to catch them off guard, we should make our move quickly."

  Huashan District, as the largest district in Qingzhou, is the most prosperous place in Qingzhou's economy. There are countless places with bright lights and wine, known as the "Golden Cave" and "Drunken City". With Hou Chuanhai now holding great power, as long as Hou Qiang finds a reliable hotel and has Bai Huan backing him up, not to mention putting knockout drops in drinks, even if something really happens, there are people who will come to help wipe his butt. Of course, the premise is that those girls are from ordinary families with no background. For families like Xu Yao and Ning Xiaoying, even cutting off their dog's head would be daring.

  Zuo Yuxi sneered: "A group of little brats, what's there to be reserved about? No big deal, directly going to Huashan District to catch people is also okay, catching and leaving, no one dares to stop!"

  Wen Qian shook his head: "Forcibly taking it is nothing, but what we want is conclusive evidence. We must make it an ironclad case overnight, so that even if Bai Changqian and Hou Chuanhai come forward together, they won't have anything to say. If we take action in Huashan District, the impact will be too great, and it's likely to cause a stir. Even if we force Bai Changqian to surrender, it will also arouse Zhou Yuanting's vigilance."

  Zuo Yuxi furrowed his brow and said: "I always feel that relying on this kidnapping of Bai Changqian to get on the boat is not very reliable."

  "Of course it's not just that! As long as Xu Fuyan and Zuo Secretary stir up the situation in the province, with a thunderous momentum to shock Qingzhou, Bai Changqian will naturally feel tremendous pressure. In the end, the matter of Bai Huan is just a stepping stone for us to surrender to Bai Changqian and a reasonable excuse. To thoroughly defeat Zhou Yuanting, I'm afraid the strength of Qinghua Factory is not enough. With Bai Changqian, we will undoubtedly add several more chances of winning."

  The struggle for power is like gambling, no one dares to confirm that the cards in their hand can defeat the opponent, so they can only seize every possible opportunity to add chips to their own hands and increase their chances of winning.

  Zuo Yuxi finally understood the true intention of Wen Qing, Qinghua Factory was in the light, Bai Changqian was in the dark, and the ultimate goal was to push Zhou Yuanting into a desperate situation, with no possibility of turning over.

  At such a young age, with such meticulous planning and consideration, wasn't it all for her?

  Zuo Yuxi's starry eyes were hazy, she reached out from the table and tightly grasped Wen Qian's hand, asking in a low voice: "What should we do?"

  "I'll think of a way! The second problem is the hands of the people who take action. Liu Zhihe didn't dare to disturb his old man, and just wanted to deceive a few police officers from the police station to catch someone, it's simply a joke."

  When the time comes, Bai Huan and Hou Qiang just need one of them to reveal their identity, and those police officers will be scared out of their wits and leave quietly. So when going to catch someone, they must have a solid backing, be bold enough, and know what's at stake.

  As they exchanged glances with Zuo Yu Xi, both of them burst out laughing and said in unison: "Liu Tian Lai."

  Doing dirty work is Liu's fate!

  "The third question, I once had doubts" A hint of unbearable flashed in Wen Ze's eyes, since hearing Liu Zhihe say this, the two completely different words that had been flashing in his mind were: Unfulfilled? Or Already Accomplished?

  Zuo Yuxi's hand trembled slightly, and Wen Liang felt her thoughts, with a bitter smile on his face: "You've thought of it too? From the perspective of winning, it would undoubtedly be better if it were already a done deal. But from another angle, after all, she is just a young girl in her flower season."

  Xiu Xi lowered her head, unable to see her expression or discern her inner thoughts.

  The path to the heavens has always been filled with thorns and bloodshed, without a shred of kindness or benevolence. Wen Jian is not a savior, his hands are empty, he borrows power to create momentum, threading through the needle in the midst of numerous forces, walking on steel wires to manage the situation to this point. There can't be even half a chance for failure.

  Zuo Yuxi is not a child, nor a weak woman. She is in the officialdom, her father holds a high position, and she herself almost lost her life in a conspiracy. How many so-called decisive decisions have been made for the greater good? She understands this point, so even if Wen Chen makes choices that she doesn't want to see, she can't say half a word of blame.

  "But I know you definitely don't want to see that happen. In that case, even if the chances of winning are reduced, we have to rescue that girl and not let her get hurt."

  "Huh?" Zuo Yu Xi raised her head, and the surprise in her eyes burst out, illuminating the entire room for a moment.

  Wen Chen suddenly felt a surge of excitement, as if reborn. If he still had to live in the gloomy forest according to its rules, he'd rather be the dog outside his dormitory door. In fact, when he saw Zuo Yu Xi, he had already made up his mind - to save him, not out of impulse or passion, nor for the benefit of the entire circle, but solely for Zuo Yu Xi's radiant and carefree smile!

  It was an unexpected gain outside of what I had expected, if I get it, I'm happy, if I lose it, I don't accept fate!

  Kill one man and frighten ten thousand!

  Heartlessness is not necessarily true manhood!

  Reward one person and make ten thousand people happy, then reward him!

  The passionate and heroic have always been so!

  I don't need the three armies to tremble, nor do I need tens of thousands of people to be delighted. As long as Zuo Yu Xi smiles with the same intention as before, my left eye still sees affection, and my right eye can temporarily forget about power!