Outside the Azure Cloud Grand Restaurant.
Director Zhou still looked thoroughly drunk, his face flushed, his eyes unfocused, and his body swaying. Forcing himself to stay upright, he cupped his hands toward Gong Li and the others. "My apologies, everyone. I made a fool of myself tonight!"
Deputy Secretary Gong waved magnanimously. "It's all right, it's all right. We're partly to blame, too. We shouldn't have let you drink so much, Zhou. Go home and get some rest. Deputy Director Kang, I have a task for you: make sure Director Zhou gets home safely."
Kang Jie immediately nodded. "Rest assured, everyone. I'll see it done."
Sun Yi exchanged a glance with Zuo Hongwei. Old Gong really is going all out. To drag Zhou into the mire, he's even playing his trump card, Kang Jie!
"No need to trouble Director Kang. My driver can take me." Director Zhou was still lucid enough to wave off the offer at once.
"Secretary Gong is looking out for you. Don't turn him down," Vice Mayor Sun said with a smile.
"Don't put me in a difficult position, Director Zhou. If I fail to carry out the leadership's instructions, I'll get a scolding when I return." Kang Jie played along with Sun Yi, taking the opportunity to step forward and hold Zhou Yi's arm.
"How about this? Director Zhou and I are headed the same way, so he can ride with me. That should put everyone's minds at ease, shouldn't it?"
No one had expected the Construction Commission Director to intervene just then, posing the question with a bright smile.
But scarcely had she finished speaking when Miss Li Ruoyun, who had barely said a word all evening, suddenly spoke up. "Director Zhou and I live in the same residential complex. I didn't drive tonight,