Chapter 2 A Glimpse of Surprise (2)

  Su Nianqing looked at the young man who stretched out a helping hand to her with gratitude, choked and bowed to thank him, his gratitude was beyond words.

  Xu Heng was thanked by her and felt a bit embarrassed, "No need to thank me, serving the people is all I'm doing!"

  She looked down and saw that he was holding a red "NPC Representative Certificate" in his hand, and she was slightly stunned. "You are an NPC representative?"

  Following her gaze, Xu Heng lowered his head to glance at the representative certificate that had just been handed over, and smiled slightly. "No, I'm just a secretary. The one who gave you the vote is our representative." As he spoke, he pointed towards the tall figure pulling a business suitcase walking out, with a hint of unconcealed pride in his voice: "That's our representative."

  Xu Heng didn't explicitly say who the helpful People's Congress representative was, she just followed his pointing direction and looked over, in the airport hall with many travelers coming and going, among whom were also many representatives of the People's Congress wearing suits and red badges on their chests, but she saw that slender and elegant figure in the crowd at a glance.

  She couldn't help but take a few more glances, the casual light gray outfit on him, one hand casually inserted in his pants pocket, low-key and calm.

  Walking among a group of men in suits, the tall and elegant figure is particularly eye-catching. Even if it's just a casual outfit, it can't hide that innate otherworldly elegance.

  Looking at his back, she vaguely felt that this "NPC deputy" seemed younger than she had imagined. Being elected as an NPC deputy at such a young age, he was probably not a simple person.

  But more than that, she was sincerely grateful for the help given by this man, which made her have a better impression of the so-called "people's government" for the first time.

  Walking in the business world, she has seen many people of all shapes and sizes. Whether it's official socializing or business networking, she spent five years honing her skills to become proficient, smoothing out her edges, making herself smooth and worldly, with a mix of sweetness and sourness that only she knows.

  She had never been impressed with people in official circles, but this time she was conquered by the four words "People's Congress Representative".

  Xu Heng's voice brought her back to reality, and she turned around awkwardly to smile at him, "Your representative seems very young?"

  "Yes!" Came to the service desk, Xu Heng didn't explain too much to her, let her wait aside, and he himself contacted the airline to refund the ticket, and also made a call to the person in charge of the airline.

  Before long, the airport manager led several people in charge to hurry down from upstairs, hastily walking towards the service desk. Su Nianqing looked at a large group of business elites and was slightly stunned, subconsciously looking towards Xuheng.

  Xu Heng also noticed them, calmly putting away his phone and walking towards the group with a smile, shaking hands and greeting them humbly.

  Su Nianqing slightly narrowed her eyes, and with one glance, she saw the work cards hanging on their chests, which clearly had the logo of the most common airline in the entire airport printed on them. Even if she didn't understand human relationships, she wouldn't be unable to tell what those people's identities were.

  They were standing a bit far away, and with the airport hall being crowded and noisy, she couldn't hear what they were saying, only seeing that the leader-like person was speaking to Xu Heng with great respect, the scene looked like when a superior leader comes for an inspection, not daring to slack off on any details.

  For the manager's apology and flattery, Xu Heng was calm and collected, as if he had long been accustomed to such scenes. After a brief explanation with the manager, who looked at Su Nianqing with an expression of surprise.

  Out of politeness, Su Nianqing nodded and smiled at him, then lowered her head to check the boarding time. Although she was calm, her subtle movements still betrayed her nervousness.

  The airport manager turned around and instructed a few words to the person behind him, followed Xu Heng together towards Su Nianqing, took her ID card and instructed it to be passed down. After that, he also made some polite remarks, explaining the reason for the tight ticket and expressing the airline's flexibility in her special situation.

  Although it was all just a formality, she still showed her gratitude and thanked him repeatedly.

  The leader came forward, and the people below naturally worked more efficiently. Before long, the staff brought over the processed ticket and ID boarding pass. With not much time left before boarding, she thanked them and hastily bid farewell to head towards the gate.

  Before leaving, she thanked Xu Heng repeatedly for his help and asked him to leave a contact number so that she could transfer the ticket money to him later, but was refused by Xu Heng with the excuse "Serve the people".

  She didn't know what kind of identity the man or the "NPC delegate" behind him had, how could he let the airport staff go through once, and all she could do was thank and be grateful.

  She had just walked a few steps when she hurriedly took out an amulet from her bag and ran back to give it to Xu Heng. Before Xu Heng could react, she threw in the sentence "Thank you on my behalf!" and rushed into the crowd.

  Looking at the exquisite embroidered sachet in his hand, Xu Heng smiled with narrowed eyes, turned around and said a few polite words to the airport manager before taking his leave. The manager and others saw him off with great respect until they reached the airport gate.

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  He got on the car, Xu Heng slightly let out a breath of relief, after sitting down, he turned his head to look at the figure reading the newspaper in the back seat, and moved his lips: "It's already been taken care of."

  The person on the back seat flipped through the newspaper, and a faint "hmm" seemed to be heard in the slightly cool breath, which was considered a response. The gentle and elegant temperament made Xu Heng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, not dare to speak too loudly.

  "Less than twenty-five hours before tomorrow's meeting, it is estimated that tickets cannot be booked now. Do you think we should inform the airline..."

  "No need to make it complicated, just book a flight to Tianjin for the afternoon and then take the high-speed rail from there." The slightly cool tone was gentle yet carried an air of unapproachable official authority, seeming careless but still conveying dignity and solemnity.

  The more calm and composed a man is, the more he can give people a sense of security. Even with the "Two Sessions" about to open, he still calmly gave up his plane ticket to someone else and took the high-speed rail himself. Xu Heng couldn't help but admire him for that.

  Xu Heng responded with a sound, and then said: "This was just given by the young lady who just left. She asked me to thank you on her behalf!" As he spoke, he handed over the brocade pouch in his hand. The wide newspaper blocked his line of sight, and for a moment, he couldn't see the expression on the face of the person sitting in the back seat.

  After all, never accepting bribes from the masses has always been their motto at work.

  This gift is a bit special and belongs to the category of people's kindness, which should have little to do with bribery.

  After a while, the man on the back seat slowly lowered the newspaper, raised his eyes to look at the green sachet handed over to him, and a faint surprise flashed across the bottom of his deep and clear eyes. The corners of his narrow and long eyes slightly rose in a perfect arc, as if with a smile.

  In the quiet carriage, a faint medicinal scent wafted out of the sachet, mixed with the familiar fragrance of peppermint.

  He took the sachet, smelled it, and slowly put the delicate trinket into his dry palm. He closed the newspaper, turned his head to look out the window, and said softly: "Let's go back!"