Married to the army by mistake, abstinent boss becomes addicted to pampering his wife

Chapter 214 I'm willing to die, but none of you will live.

After the car stopped outside the cultural troupe's gate, Jiang Moli turned to Lu Cheng and said, "Be careful on the road, and let me know when you arrive safely."

"Ah."

Lu Cheng squeezed her hand, his deep eyes filled with reluctance. "Just do your best at work. If anyone makes things difficult for you, just ask your dad."

Jiang Moli nodded, opened the car door, and got out.

She had only taken a few steps after closing the car door when she heard Lu Cheng calling her.

She turned around and saw Lu Cheng leaning out of the car window, holding the back of her head with one hand, and giving her a heavy kiss on the lips.

"Remember to think of me, okay?"

Only after she agreed did Lu Cheng sit back in the car, satisfied, and wave goodbye.

After watching the jeep drive away, Jiang Moli turned to enter the cultural troupe, only to see Qian Ling standing a few steps away, looking at her with a mischievous expression.

Jiang Moli grinned and said, "Good morning."

Qian Ling nodded quickly, her eyes filled with envy. "You and your husband have such a good relationship. But isn't your husband a battalion commander? Does someone of his rank get a car?"

Qian Ling didn't ask, but Jiang Moli noticed the strange looks from her colleagues.

As a newcomer to the performing arts troupe, it was indeed a bit too ostentatious for her to be picked up and dropped off by car every day.

I'll stick to cycling to get off work from now on.

Thinking to himself, he explained to Qian Ling, "The car belongs to my father-in-law. My husband is going back to his unit today, and my father-in-law asked someone to take him to the station. I just hitched a ride."

Qian Ling suddenly realized.

……

Lu Dezhao arrived at the commander's office. "Sir, did you need something from me?"

Wu Lifeng gestured for him to close the door, then took a letter from the drawer and threw it in front of him.

"See for yourself."

Lu Dezhao opened the letter and his expression changed from confusion to anger: "What utter bullshit!"

Wu Lifeng looked at him and asked, "Who are you yelling at?"

Lu Dezhao slammed the letter on the table and shouted, "The letter says my daughter-in-law got into the performing arts troupe through connections and back channels. That's utter nonsense, a complete fabrication! Leader, outsiders may not know the inside story, but you do. Jasmine got into the troupe through organizational recommendation, and the troupe leaders unanimously approved her application. Otherwise, call the people from the troupe over here right now, and we'll confront them face to face."

Wu Lifeng leaned back in his chair and looked at him meaningfully: "Putting everything else aside, I'm sure I haven't wronged you about using the official vehicle for personal purposes. More than one person has come to me about this. Lao Lu, you're a veteran cadre, don't do anything against the rules and give people something to talk about."

……

After getting off work, Jiang Moli walked out of the cultural troupe's gate and didn't see Lu Dezhao's jeep. She didn't think much of it and went to take the bus with Qian Ling.

Lu Dezhao is a high-ranking official, busy with countless affairs every day. He can't possibly be running around doing everything for his daughter-in-law.

Back home, Anhui was planting garlic.

Jiang Moli returned to her room, where all the furnishings were still there, but it felt empty because the man had left.

She changed her clothes and went to the yard to help Anhui plant garlic.

Not long after, Lu Dezhao came home from get off work and saw his mother and daughter-in-law planting garlic, so he rolled up his sleeves to help.

Although he didn't show his emotions, Jiang Moli could still sense the low mood emanating from him.

"Hey, Dad, do you know?"

"What do you know?" Lu Dezhao stopped hoeing and looked at her.

"Whether you're happy or unhappy, it's still just one day. Put your worries aside for tomorrow. If you're lucky, you'll be free of trouble tomorrow."

Lu Dezhao: “…”

That was good advice; don't try to persuade me again next time.

After decades of marriage, An Hui had naturally noticed her husband's bad mood. However, she didn't ask any questions because of her daughter-in-law, Jiang Moli.

She looked at her husband and asked, "Did you get into an argument with someone at work?"

Lu Dezhao continued to dig furrows in the vegetable patch with his hoe, "No noise."

"Oh, right, Dad, I made an appointment with a colleague to ride my bicycle to work from now on. Her family lives in the railway bureau's residential compound on the street in front."

Hearing Jiang Moli say that, Lu Dezhao also said, "I'll ride my bike to work with you too."

Jiang Moli had actually noticed earlier that Lu Dezhao hadn't driven back.

"Dad, were you bullied at work?"

Lu Dezhao sneered: "Who dares to bully me? Do I look that easy to bully?"

Jiang Moli: "Then where's your car?"

Lu Dezhao said awkwardly, "I returned the car to my workplace..."

I decided to tell them about the report I was given.

The misuse of official vehicles is not a major issue, nor is it a minor one, and it's not just Lu Dezhao who did it.

Even Wu Lifeng himself would occasionally let his family members use his car.

But once this matter is brought to the forefront, it becomes a mistake.

Lu Dezhao simply returned the car to his workplace and walked back.

The old man was still quite stubborn.

"Dad, I have a terrible idea, do you want to hear it?"

Lu Dezhao looked at her, intrigued. "Tell me about it."

……

The next day, upon arriving at his workplace, Lu Dezhao took the initiative to go to Wu Lifeng's office.

"You said you're going to do an internal review?"

Wu Lifeng looked at him as if he were an idiot. "It's just a small matter. Just be more careful in the future. Why make such a big deal out of it?"

Lu Dezhao said solemnly, "Discipline is no small matter. I reflected on my mistakes all night and deeply realized them. As a veteran cadre, I should set an example and resolutely eliminate unhealthy practices. If you make a mistake, you must admit it and stand up straight when you are punished..."

"Okay, okay..."

Wu Lifeng was impatient with his rambling. "If you want to do it, then do it. I'll give you ten minutes after the morning meeting, that should be enough."

"That's enough, thank you, boss."

After the morning meeting ended, Wu Lifeng briefly explained the misuse of official vehicles, saying, "Old Lu has decided to set an example and make a self-criticism in front of everyone. Let's all listen."

As Lu Dezhao held an important position, he naturally made many enemies.

When they heard that he was going to write a self-criticism, they all looked on with expressions of anticipation.

Lu Dezhao stepped to the front of the stage, his expression as solemn as if he were going to his execution: "As a cadre, due to my laxity, I committed some disciplinary violations, and I am very ashamed of this..."

After his self-criticism, Lu Dezhao changed the subject, saying, "I hope everyone will take my experience as a warning and resolutely refrain from indulging in pleasure, treating official vehicles as personal privileges, wasting public resources, and having a negative impact on the masses. I propose that, starting today, all cadres, except for official business, should take public transportation or ride bicycles for daily travel. I personally suggest that everyone ride bicycles; it's a good way to get some exercise, and good health is the foundation of everything, right?!"

The entire conference room was completely silent.

Who dares to object? Anyone who dares to object is just indulging in pleasure.

I thought I was going to see Lu Dezhao make a fool of himself, but instead I ended up catching them all in one fell swoop.

My motto is: I'm willing to die, but none of you will live.

(End of this chapter)