The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 339: Drunk Mistake, My Beauty I Was Wrong!

Chapter 339: Chapter 339: Drunk Mistake, My Beauty I Was Wrong!

The situation at the extended meeting of the Jiang City County Committee soon reached Xu Qianli’s ears, and he couldn’t help but show a hint of a smile.

"It’s true what they say about having connections in high places making things easier."

No matter how capable Lan Qianrong might be, she was after all just the Jiang City Magistrate, the second in command.

Above her was Secretary Ge Changhong.

With Ge Changhong stifling her, Lan Qianrong temporarily couldn’t control the larger situation in Jiang City’s officialdom, and she couldn’t freely cause trouble for him.

Of course, these good days wouldn’t last forever. With the rotation next year, Ge Changhong would step down.

By then, Lan Qianrong had more than an eighty percent chance of becoming the new County Party Secretary and the top leader in Jiang City.

At that time, if Lan Qianrong were to control the County Government and grasp the power of both the party and the government, she would definitely go all out against him and suppress him fiercely.

Xu Qianli absolutely did not want to see that scenario; from the look of things now, he needed to think of a way to change the situation.

It might be tough to prevent Lan Qianrong from becoming the next County Party Secretary, but he thought it entirely possible to make some moves within the County Government.

After Zhang Kuisan was put under investigation so many days ago, his issues had been thoroughly explored, categorized definitively, and the decision to expel him was made and submitted to the judicial authorities for review, awaiting verdict.

With Zhang Kuisan expelled, the position of Deputy County Magistrate was now vacant. It would be great if he could help Sun Yan get that position.

However, who would ultimately get to be Deputy County Magistrate was up to the county to suggest and nominate, not to decide. The final decision was still up to the city authorities, ultimately determined by the City Committee’s standing committee meeting.

Earlier, Lin Feng had come to Qingshan Town high-profile, accompanied by Lu Xingtian and Lan Qianrong. The two of them might already have teamed up, seeing as he was their common enemy.

With Lu Xingtian as this obstacle, it wouldn’t be easy for him to get the city government and the City Committee to agree to appoint Sun Yan as the Deputy County Magistrate of Jiang City.

However, there was still a glimmer of hope because Zhao Mei, the City Organization Minister, was one of his own.

Regarding the personnel appointment and removal of county-level officials below Zhongzhou City, her word as the City Organization Minister carried considerable weight and could influence the entire City Committee.

After all, someone who could become the City Organization Minister was certainly a confidant of the City Secretary, with a necessarily intimate relationship.

Now that the official decision to expel Zhang Kuisan had been made, the position of the Jiang City Deputy County Magistrate would inevitably become a battleground; Xu Qianli was ready for it.

In the midst of Xu Qianli’s chaotic thoughts, an arm reached over and took his arm, and soon followed the sweet and charming voice of Gu Pan, "Secretary Xu, what are you thinking about, why are you so distracted?"

Xu Qianli answered, "Nothing much, just thinking about how I should report to the leadership about the road construction in Jinkou County when I go back to Jiang City."

Hearing this, Gu Pan gave him a flirtatiously sweet smile.

"Secretary Xu, with your abilities, you’ll surely handle such matters with ease. What’s there to worry about?"

"Come, stop thinking about those things. Try the fine wine of Jinkou County, I guarantee you’ll like it."

"Secretary Xu, I toast to you, to thank you for your contributions and aid to the economic development of Jinkou County and even more for saving the disaster-stricken people of Jinkou County."

"I’ll drink to that first!"

Gu Pan tipped her head back and quickly drank down a glass.

The beauty had drunk, and Xu Qianli, being a man, couldn’t refuse to drink, so he too had a cup.

The officials from Jinkou County saw him and each busily came over to toast him, drinking nonstop.

Xu Qianli wanted to refuse, but he couldn’t resist the enthusiasm of the Jinkou County officials, especially the County Magistrate Xu Li, who dragged Xu Qianli to drink incessantly, and frankly stated that if Xu Qianli was willing to transfer to Jinkou County, he could immediately become the Deputy County Magistrate and be promoted to Deputy Division Chief, with a very likely chance to becomes County Magistrate in the next ten years, strongly persuading him.

Xu Qianli tactfully declined Xu Li’s good intentions, but he still drank a lot and gradually became tipsy.

Even so, the officials from Jinkou County did not let him off, insisting on making him drink more.

He didn’t know how much he had drunk, Xu Qianli was so drunk that he could no longer bear it, and he collapsed onto a sofa, falling into a muddled sleep.

"Ah, be gentle, it’s my first time..."

Suddenly, a shy and timid voice from a woman startled Xu Qianli awake.

He opened his eyes and saw that he was no longer in the banquet hall, but in a bedroom.

There he was, lying naked on a soft bed, beneath him was a very sexy and curvaceous beauty, none other than Gu Pan, the star dancer of the Jinkou County Dance Troupe.

Looking around, he saw the beautiful ancient-style long dress she had been wearing, now torn to shreds scattered under the bed, her pale skin marred with bruises and spots of kiss marks, even a few bite marks on her delicate breasts, and her beautiful face full of fear and grievance, big pretty eyes continuously shedding tears, looking pitifully miserable.

Clearly, it was a sign of his rough treatment just a while ago.

Having just met her, and already treating a beautiful girl like this, almost raping her in drunkenness, Xu Qianli slapped himself in the face upon sobering up, "I’m really a beast!"

Gu Pan saw her chastity was about to be forcefully taken by Xu Qianli when suddenly she saw him slapping his own face and cursing himself as a beast, a slight clarity returning to her eyes, quickly realizing something, "Secretary Xu, have you sobered up?"

"I have sobered up, what I did to you just now?"

Xu Qianli, seeing the mess on Gu Pan’s body, the bruises and kiss marks, and especially the bite marks clearly left by him, couldn’t describe how guilty he felt.

"I’m sorry, I’m really a beast, to have taken advantage of my drunkenness to do this to you, I almost ruined you!"

"If you want to kill or skin me, I’ll endure it all. You can call the police and arrest me, I accept my fate."

"Whatever you ask of me to appease your anger, I’m willing to do!"

Knowing he had done wrong, Xu Qianli displayed an attitude of facing whatever consequences you choose.

No matter how it was said, it was his fault, and having made a mistake, he had to admit it and take responsibility, Gu Pan could ask him to do anything, even if it meant him going to jail and eating jail food.

"Really?" Gu Pan asked timidly, seemingly not believing what he said.

Xu Qianli said, "Of course it’s true, what do you want me to do?"

"Since you, Secretary Xu, are saying this, I won’t hold back, can you arrange for me to join the Jiang City Dance Troupe?"

"As long as you do this for me, I won’t pursue what you did to me, and I won’t blame you."

Gu Pan spoke in a quiet and gentle voice, expressing what she wanted.

What, arrange for her to join the Jiang City Dance Troupe?

Xu Qianli could hardly believe his ears.

"Just like that, you are willing to not pursue my responsibility?"

"To think I did something so outrageous to you, completely criminal, and you’re willing to let me off so easily?"