The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 240 Gunshots!

Chapter 240: Chapter 240 Gunshots!

Upon seeing the message sent by Ge Pingping, Xu Qianli was truly flustered.

Such blatant flirting with Zhao Mei; no wonder she might be furious, and probably ready to explode.

Xu Qianli hastily thought about retracting the message, but who knew Ge Pingping wouldn’t allow it and snatched the phone away, giggling, "No way, I won’t let you retract the message!"

"Pingping, I never offended you before. Do you really need to treat me this way?"

"Do you know the consequences of offending the Director of the Zhongzhou City Organizational Department as a town-level cadre under Zhongzhou City?"

"You must retract the message quickly, or it’ll be too late."

While Xu Qianli was speaking, he tried to snatch the phone back, but the traffic light had already turned green, and the horns behind were blaring.

Ge Pingping hurriedly said, "Stop trying to grab it. She must have already seen it by now. Just drive!"

Having no choice, Xu Qianli could only continue driving.

Ge Pingping started speaking cheerily.

"Alright, don’t be mad. If Zhao Mei had no interest in you, would she have sent you that kind of selfie just now?"

"You don’t know, but Zhao Mei, such a beautiful woman, has had quite a disappointing few years, practically living like a widow."

"If she sent you a sexy selfie, she must have gathered a lot of courage. If you, as a man, don’t boldly respond, are you even a man?"

Xu Qianli was speechless and thought, how am I not a man?

Besides, you are not Zhao Mei; how do you know what she’s thinking? Maybe she just sent the picture by mistake.

At that moment, Xu Qianli’s phone rang again.

Ge Pingping perked up, "Haha, it must be Zhao Mei sending a topless picture, let me see."

Looking forward with great anticipation, Ge Pingping was stunned. It wasn’t a picture from Zhao Mei but a message from carrier services urging Xu Qianli to pay his phone bill.

Disappointed, Ge Pingping pouted, "Humph, boring."

Xu Qianli said, "I told you so. How could a woman like Zhao Mei do what you said? Alright, let’s hurry back to Jiang City. I haven’t been back in days, and there’s a lot to do."

Ge Pingping said, "Maybe we should wait a bit longer; she might still be outside and would need to get home before she can send a pretty picture over. Just wait a bit more, just a little longer."

After waiting for quite a while, they reached the boundary of Jiang City, and Ge Pingping hadn’t received any pretty pictures from Zhao Mei, so she had to give up and gave the phone back to Xu Qianli.

Upon returning to Jiang City, Xu Qianli first dropped Ge Pingping off at her home before heading to the County Committee Organizational Department.

The organization had already decided to assign him to Qingshan Town, so he had to make a trip to the County Committee Organizational Department anyway.

When Xu Qianli stepped out of the County Committee Organizational Department, his phone rang again. He casually took it out and immediately his eyes lit up.

He saw a picture Zhao Mei had sent, exactly the one Ge Pingping had asked for, with all the buttons undone and the bra torn off.

In the picture, Zhao Mei’s shirt buttons were completely undone, and her bra was torn off; a pair of "treasures" was only covered by a thin layer of blouse that strained under their impressive size, barely hiding and highly tempting, almost making Xu Qianli’s nose bleed.

Oh, this was too tempting; Zhao Mei was way too bold!

Although nothing explicit was shown, the sight was far more eye-catching than if everything were exposed. It was sexy to the bone.

Initially unsure of Zhao Mei’s feelings, now Xu Qianli was completely certain; she was boldly expressing her love.

Unexpectedly, the serious and stern Zhao Mei had such a fiery side in private.

Staring and staring, Xu Qianli couldn’t help but swallow and quickly typed, sending a message back.

"Why cover up? Is it too shy to show? Take off your clothes, I want to see the real face of Mount Lu!"

Xu Qianli thought he would have to wait a long time for a response, but within less than ten seconds, a photo arrived.

In the photo, Zhao Mei had actually taken off her clothes!

But... there were pasties!

Xu Qianli was speechless and wished he could rip off those pasties.

Before he could make any further requests, Zhao Mei messaged him again, "I’m at work now, let’s chat later."

Xu Qianli hurriedly sent messages, but all were in vain; Zhao Mei truly didn’t reply.

Looking at those photos, Xu Qianli felt as if his heart was scratched by a cat, the discomfort was unbearable.

At that moment, someone rushed out hastily from the County Committee. Not watching where they were going, they heavily bumped into Xu Qianli’s shoulder.

Xu Qianli’s phone fell to the ground from his hand. When he picked it up, he saw the screen had cracked at a corner.

"Who is it, so careless?"

Xu Qianli irritably looked towards the person who had bumped into him, and upon recognizing them, he was quite surprised, "Lan Jiao, is it you?"

Lan Jiao also recognized Xu Qianli.

"Ah, it’s Director Xu, oh, no, I should call you Secretary Xu now."

"County Magistrate Lan instructed me to come to the County Committee’s organization department to fetch some documents. She urged me to be quick. I was running too fast and accidentally bumped into you, I’m really sorry."

"Secretary Xu, I’m sorry for breaking your phone. I’ll compensate; I’ll pay you for it."

As Lan Jiao spoke, she almost cried, looking as if she had committed a grave error.

Xu Qianli waved a hand dismissively, "It’s just a broken phone, a minor issue, no need for compensation. You said you are here to fetch documents; whose documents are they? Don’t tell me they are mine?"

Lan Jiao replied, "Not yours, Secretary Xu. It’s the archives of all department-level and deputy department-level cadres from the towns, except for you."

All department-level and deputy cadres in the towns except for himself?

Xu Qianli’s ears perked up, and suspicion rose in his heart. Lan Qianrong, at this critical moment, why suddenly check nearly all the town cadres’ archives?

Could she be plotting something?

Lan Jiao said, "Secretary Xu, I know you and County Magistrate Lan don’t get along. Are you suspecting she’s planning some scheme against you? Shall I probe her intentions for you?"

"No, everyone knows I’ve saved you before and that we get along well. Even if she uses you, she would not trust you deeply, nor would she reveal any intentions to you."

"Even if she did reveal anything, I reckon it would just be a trap to lure me into."

"My issues with Lan Qianrong, you don’t need to get involved. Just focus on doing your job well."

"By the way, I’m no longer at the County Government. You’re a beautiful girl; you must protect yourself well in the future, and never let anyone bully you," Xu Qianli said.

Hearing this, Lan Jiao’s eyes blurred, touched, her grateful gaze fixed intently on Xu Qianli. "Don’t worry, Secretary Xu, I will definitely protect myself well and won’t let any man bully me."

Just as Xu Qianli was about to say something else, suddenly, a gunshot rang out.

A bullet came from afar, whizzing past Xu Qianli’s shoulder and hitting a tree beside him.

Realizing what had happened, Xu Qianli quickly reacted, grabbed Lan Jiao’s small hand, lifted her, and rushed desperately behind the tree.

Here, with only the large tree beside them for cover, they could only hope to make it past.

Before they made it to the shelter of the tree, another bullet flew their way, aimed straight at Xu Qianli’s head!