Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang talked all morning. In the afternoon, Lai Jiayi arrived at his office with a smile.
"Deputy Director Li, are you back at work ahead of schedule? Oh my, your child is still so little. You've been away on business for so long—you should have stayed home a few more days."
Seeing the document envelope in her hand, Li Ye smiled and asked, "Sister Lai, do you need something from me?"
Lai Jiayi smiled. "Yesterday, Director Lu told me to sort out the materials concerning housing allocation and give them to you for review once Deputy Director Li returned. So here I am, delivering them to you!"
"Old Lu said to give them to me for review?"
Li Ye found it strange. He had met with Lu Zhizhang that morning, yet Lu Zhizhang had not mentioned this. Besides, Lu Zhizhang was the top leader; these materials should have gone to him.
What was more, the word "review" was not appropriate when applied to Li Ye.
Lai Jiayi's actual rank was even half a grade higher than Li Ye's. She usually maintained a lofty posture before him, yet today she was asking him to review something. Something was clearly off.
Was she deliberately slighting me? Or was she trying to kill two warriors with one peach?
Within an organization, the division of power was extremely precise. If a deputy touched the authority of the principal, a spectacle of dragons battling tigers might erupt.
When that happened, the monkey sitting by and watching the show might just fish chestnuts from the fire.
So Lai Jiayi's actions carried the suspicion of driving a wedge between Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang.
But Li Ye still reached out and accepted the materials. "Then give them to me. Later, I'll talk it