The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 572: Honey, I Can’t Bear to Leave You!

Chapter 572: Chapter 572: Honey, I Can’t Bear to Leave You!

Lan Qianrong’s heart trembled, holding Xu Qianli tightly, raising her head to gaze into his eyes, and spoke quickly, "You are about to be transferred away, and you’re not the least bit worried, not the least bit hurt? Don’t you want to think of some way to stay? I don’t want you to go, not even a little!"

She had been a widow for ten years, and it had not been easy to finally meet Xu Qianli, this bad man, who stormed into her heart and brought light into her dark life. She couldn’t express how much she liked him.

Not just in her personal life, but in her professional as well, he had been her best support. Here in Jiang City, he had helped her solve countless difficult problems.

Lan Qianrong really didn’t want Xu Qianli to leave, not even one bit.

Xu Qianli was stroking Lan Qianrong’s hair and began to speak softly in her ear.

"Of course I don’t want to go. I can’t bear to be away from you, and I don’t want to be too far apart from you."

"But after all, the organization has made its decision, and there’s no way to change it. It has to be this way."

"Besides, going away to serve in another place is not entirely a bad thing."

"In terms of promotion for officials, if a person always serves in one place, it might affect their ability to rise to higher positions in the future. Having experience serving in various locations and achieving outstanding results in each can help a lot with future promotions."

"Take for instance, the number one and number two leaders in our Longhai Province; don’t they all have experience serving in various locations?"

"In the future, I also want to climb higher and do my best to reach a higher position, to become a man worthy of you."

"Qianrong, my dear wife, don’t be sad. At most we’ll be apart for a year, and after that I’ll be back in Jiang City. Plus, we can still meet from time to time during this period."

Xu Qianli continued to comfort Lan Qianrong with a soft voice.

The news of his transfer had come suddenly for him, but it wasn’t unacceptable.

When the old County Magistrate was still alive, he had mentioned that for an official to truly rise to a high position, they must have experience serving in multiple locations.

Now he was young, and moving around was a good thing.

If he could achieve good results in Cailin County, it would undoubtedly be a resplendent addition to his resume.

He and Bai Yanran had made a promise that he must become Secretary of the Jiang City County Party within three years, and almost three months had already passed. He didn’t have much time left.

If he continued to stay in Jiang City and followed the routine, at best he would only become County Magistrate.

Going out and spending some time in Cailin County might just be an opportunity.

Of course, whether he could make a breakthrough in Cailin County was another matter.

If it had been him three months earlier, he wouldn’t have been sure at all.

But now, he had changed completely. He couldn’t believe that he, a fierce tiger, wouldn’t be able to carve out his own domain.

Tears were welling up in Lan Qianrong’s eyes as she pounded harshly on Xu Qianli’s chest a few times.

"You smelly man, you’re really heartless!"

"You’re all talk, but what if you forget about me after being away too long, or if you don’t want me anymore?"

"All you men say one thing and do another, especially you, always tricking girls. Who knows how many women you’ve deceived? What if you deceive me too?"

Lan Qianrong was absolutely confident in herself, whether it was her figure, face, temperament or family background, she was filled with confidence.

But in front of Xu Qianli, she just couldn’t feel confident.

Not only because she was more than ten years older than Xu Qianli but also because Xu Qianli was way too cunning.

He was constantly surrounded by women, Ding Meixin, Bai Yanran, Zi Yumo—all exceptionally outstanding beauties who were in no way inferior to her.

What if they were apart for too long and he lost interest in her?

Upon hearing this, Xu Qianli suddenly smirked, teased Lan Qianrong’s lovely face, and found her incredibly adorable. As he gazed at her, he couldn’t help but swallow hard, then said with a mischievous grin,

"I really didn’t expect you to show this clingy, girlish side. I never noticed it before."

"Don’t worry, how could I bear to lose a stunning beauty like you?"

"You should know that you are the most influential person in my life!"

Influential person?

Lan Qianrong blinked her beautiful eyes, asking curiously, "What influential person? How come I don’t know about this?"

"It’s precisely since meeting you that my life has changed, aren’t you my influential person?"

Xu Qianli couldn’t have been clearer; his status and capabilities today were all thanks to meeting Lan Qianrong.

This gorgeous beauty, Lan Qianrong, was definitely his influential person, no question about it.

Amidst their conversation, Xu Qianli kissed Lan Qianrong, kissing her red lips with extreme tenderness.

Lan Qianrong pushed Xu Qianli away and after wiping the corner of her eye, she said irritably, "I’m already feeling miserable here, and now you decide to tease me. You seem to have no qualms about leaving; are all you men so heartless?"

Xu Qianli said, "Men can’t just wear everything on their faces; some things have to be kept in the heart. Talking about Jiang City, I’ve been here for so many years, gone through so much—both joys and sorrows—and this is also where the woman I love is. Do you really think I can leave this place without any regrets?"

"Then you can choose not to go," Lan Qianrong said. "Even if the organization has already decided, you could just use your connections, which should suffice to refuse an external job transfer. And don’t talk about going elsewhere being beneficial for your promotion. With your current achievements, climbing up the ranks ought to be straightforward."

Xu Qianli said, "You’re right, with my current achievements, getting promoted isn’t that hard, but if I want to continue moving up, aiming for a city or even provincial position, do you think I have enough qualifications?"

His words rendered Lan Qianrong speechless.

Indeed, it was easy enough for Xu Qianli to get promoted within the county, given his age, becoming County Magistrate wouldn’t be difficult, but moving up further seemed to need something more.

They were in the middle of their discussion when suddenly, a series of urgent knocks echoed at the door, followed by Sun Yan’s voice, "County Magistrate Lan, are you there? There’s important news, from Qingshan Town!"

Lan Qianrong quickly pushed Xu Qianli away and responded. Sun Yan soon pushed the door and entered.

As soon as Sun Yan walked in, she quickly reported, "We’ve just received news from Qingshan Town, there’s been an accident at a construction site. At the Five-Colored Cave work site, the ground suddenly collapsed, revealing a large cavern!"

A large cavern appeared near the Five-Colored Cave?

Xu Qianli’s ears perked up.

Could that cavern be the hidden treasure location that the Qingshan Association had been searching for?

Previously, the Qingshan Association had Sun Wei arrange a survey team to explore all areas of Qingshan Town in search of the hidden treasure, which seemed to have been traced near the Five-Colored Cave.

Now that a cavern appeared near the Five-Colored Cave due to collapse, it was very likely the one!

Xu Qianli immediately sprang into action, making calls to Ye Qing and Zi Yumo.