At the Pinnacle of Power: The Female Leader and Her Chief Advisor

12:25.

Lu Ming returned to the municipal government.

Looking at the familiar gate, Lu Ming felt a surge of emotions.

Honestly, after Song Chuhe jumped off the building, he never dared to hope that he could continue working there.

Arriving at his familiar office, Lu Ming knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Lu Ming pushed open the door and entered, smiling slightly, "Mayor Yu, you wanted to see me?"

Yu Wei was eating when she heard Lu Ming's voice. Without even looking up, she said, "Come and sit down."

Lu Ming closed the door and walked to the other side of the desk.

Although he had already met Yu Wei, Lu Ming was still amazed by her beauty.

Unlike her casual clothes last time, she was wearing formal attire today.

The clothes fit her perfectly, outlining her curvaceous figure.

From Lu Ming's angle at this moment, he could see the glimpse of snow-white skin through the slightly open neckline.

Yu Wei didn't seem to intend to talk to Lu Ming and continued eating in small bites.

Lu Ming wasn't in a hurry, since the leaders' personalities were naturally different.

As a secretary, you must learn to understand your leader's personality and proactively adapt to it.

Seeing that the water in the teacup was too low, Lu Ming naturally picked up the kettle next to him and refilled it.

Then he went to the French windows and watered the two potted plants.

While watering the plants, Yu Wei glanced up at Lu Ming, her expression calm, lost in thought.

After Lu Ming finished watering the plants, he was about to change the trash bag in the trash can when Yu Wei put down her chopsticks, reached for a tissue to wipe her mouth, and said again, "Sit down and let's talk."

Lu Ming returned to the opposite side of the table, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Yu Wei extended her fair fingers and took a list from the side, placing it in front of Lu Ming.

"Find out more about Zhou Lin and write me a report!"

Lu Ming looked down and saw the words "Secretary Candidate List" written in large characters on the top of the form.

Among all the names, Zhou Lin was circled by Yu Wei in red pen.

Lu Ming immediately understood that Yu Wei must have taken a liking to Zhou Lin and wanted to choose her as her secretary.

As for him, he was probably just temporarily called over by Yu Wei for an assessment.

In the end, whoever stays to become the full-time secretary will be determined by their performance.

Lu Ming wasn't angry about this; on the contrary, he was quite understanding.

After all, a secretary is a leader's confidant, so you have to be extremely careful when choosing someone.

Regardless of the leader, without exception, there will be a probationary period before finalizing the selection of their secretary.

Only by passing the leader's evaluation and gaining the leader's approval can one truly secure their position as a secretary.

"Yes."

Lu Ming folded the list and put it in his pocket, then got up to clear the lunchboxes off the table.

After tidying up, Lu Ming said, "I'll be right outside. Mayor, please feel free to contact me if you need anything."

Yu Wei said calmly, "Come back after you throw away the trash. I have something to ask you."

"Yes."

Lu Ming went out to throw away the trash, but what he was thinking about was what Yu Wei would ask him.

Is it related to Mayor Song?

Or is it about other city leaders?

Back in his office, Lu Ming had barely sat down when Yu Wei asked, "Tell me about Mayor Song. What kind of person is he?"

Lu Ming directly stated the image of Song Chuhe in his mind.

"Mayor Song is an upright and straightforward person who cannot tolerate any wrongdoing. He is decisive and efficient in his work. I think he is one of the few good leaders in Songxi City who gets things done."

Yu Wei chuckled: "So you're saying that all the other leaders in Songxi are just incompetent fools, holding positions without doing their jobs?"

Lu Ming raised an eyebrow, not understanding what Yu Wei meant by that.

Why does it feel like I'm digging a hole for myself?

Lu didn't answer immediately, thinking about how to smooth things over.

Yu Wei seemed to see through his thoughts and said, "Don't have any reservations, just speak freely."

"The reason I chose you as my secretary is very simple: firstly, you have no vested interests with other leaders in Songxi, and secondly, you have a good understanding of the political landscape in Songxi."

"Stop with the empty rhetoric, I want to hear the truth, the real truth!"

Lu Ming glanced at Yu Wei and said directly, "If we take Mayor Song as the benchmark, then there are indeed no good officials in the entire Songxi."

Yu Wei was taken aback at first, then she actually laughed.

She thought Lu Ming might be more tactful, but she didn't expect him to be so direct.

If his words were to get out, he would offend the entire officialdom of Songxi.

At that time, I'm afraid he won't have a place to stand in the entire Songxi!

Yu Wei said calmly, "To blend in with the world is the way of an official."

"Mayor Song was too upright and incorruptible. As the saying goes, too much rigidity leads to breakage. His fate is not surprising."

Lu Ming listened without refuting.

Yu Wei is right. If Mayor Song had been more tactful and made some compromises, the outcome would certainly not have been like this.

Yu Wei raised her chin slightly and said, "Alright, you can leave now."

Lu Ming hummed in agreement, walked to the door, and then suddenly turned back to remind Mayor Yu, "There's a cubicle over there where you can take a nap at noon."

Yu Wei was unfamiliar with the office layout on her first day at work.

She followed the direction Lu Ming pointed and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, which was blocked by curtains.

She drew back the curtains and, sure enough, saw an inconspicuous door.

Yu Wei reached out to twist it, but couldn't get it to budge.

Lu Ming reminded him, "The key should still be in the drawer."

Yu Wei opened the drawer and, sure enough, saw a key.

Insert the key into the lock and turn it gently, and the door will open.

Yu Wei reached out and turned on the light, instantly revealing the situation inside the cubicle.

The space is not large, about fourteen or fifteen square meters.

There is a window, next to which is a bed, and in front of the bed is a small table.

As soon as Yu Wei entered, she was drawn to a book on the table.

She picked it up casually and glanced at it, her face instantly turning red.

This was actually a pornographic magazine, filled with scantily clad beauties, and the content was utterly depraved and obscene.

Yu Wei's voice trembled slightly as she angrily asked, "Whose is this?"

When Lu Ming walked over and saw it, he was also taken aback.

He only knew that there was a cubicle in the office, but he had never been inside.

Mayor Song always takes his lunch break in this cubicle, and this thing...

Who would have thought that Mayor Song had this hobby?

Lu Ming coughed twice: "Um...this...this is mine."

Mayor Song is dead, and Lu Ming doesn't want others to have any bad impressions of him anymore.

Yu Wei glanced at Lu Ming with some surprise, and after a moment of silence, said, "Mayor Song is an official, but he is also a man. As a person, he has emotions and desires, which is normal and there is nothing to hide."

Lu Ming was somewhat surprised by Yu Wei's words.

He just grunted in response and didn't say anything more.

Yu Wei put down the magazine and said, "Clean this place up and change all the bedding."

"it is good."

Lu Ming started making the bed. Just as he finished rolling it up and was about to leave, a square object suddenly fell out of the bedding.

The two looked down and instantly felt awkward.

Lu Ming's lips twitched. Wait, why are there small umbrellas in here?

Could it be that Mayor Song and Li Wen fought here together?

Lu Ming suddenly remembered.

Li Wen does sometimes come over during her lunch break, and every time she comes, Mayor Song gets up a little later.

Lu Ming hadn't thought much about it before, but now he understood what was going on.

Lu Ming turned his head slightly to look at Yu Wei and found that the latter's fair face had turned as red as an apple.

Just as Lu Ming was about to break the silence, there was a knock on the door.

"Mayor Yu, are you there?"

Someone pushed the door open and called out!

Lu Ming subconsciously looked at Yu Wei, and Yu Wei also almost instinctively looked at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming was already panicked, but he could also see a trace of panic in Yu Wei's eyes, even more so than he was!

Although they had only met briefly a few times, in Lu Ming's impression, Yu Wei, despite her young age, possessed a calmness and composure far beyond that of her peers.

But now, she was clearly panicked and lost her composure.

"Mayor Yu?"

The sound rang out again.

It's Wang Qiang's voice!

Yu Wei felt a little flustered. A man and a woman alone in a room, with a pornographic magazine on the table and an unopened umbrella on the floor...

If people see this, who knows what kind of scandalous news will spread.

Just then, Lu Ming suddenly grabbed Yu Wei's wrist...