Zhao Han returned to her parental home's room, flicked on the light, and saw Liu Zhizhong standing there stark naked, seductively crooking his finger at her with a wicked grin on his face.

Zhao Han was both annoyed and amused, she quickly locked the door behind her, sat down on the bed, and lightly smacked Little Zhizhong, "You deadbeat, you mischief-maker, making me cover your ass and then you wait here ready for action?"

Liu Zhizhong didn't care, he smirked mischievously, pulled her over with a flip, got her on the bed, and pinned her down before saying, "Director Zhao can't smooth over such a small matter? Are you even Director Zhao? Wouldn't that mean I've wasted my efforts in loving and cherishing you?"

"Ugh, how can you still talk about loving and cherishing me? You just want to use me, you just want to sleep with me..."

"Mhm, right, let's get to it... Didn't your mom tell you to give birth to Zhang Hongyang's child? I'll help him out..."

"Ah, stop it, you..."

...

Zhao Han had already taken a shower and was wearing a loose house dress, which made things very convenient for carrying out the deed.

Of course, Liu Zhizhong knew Zhao Han had handled the situation; he was safe now. He had to properly thank Zhao Han, didn't he?

To thank her, he had to sleep with her, to make her happy!

Still, while they were at it, Zhao Han warned him not to think that just because he was handsome and capable, he could go seducing Ma Qingqing, or else she would castrate him!

Liu Zhizhong wasn't the least bit scared, claiming to be an honest man and that it was them who always assumed the worst of him.

After everything was over, Liu Zhizhong really went deep with Zhao Han.

Zhao Han was genuinely worried about getting pregnant and scolded him for being irresponsible.

Liu Zhizhong laughed it off, "What's there to be afraid of? It's even better if you're pregnant. I want Zhang Hongyang to raise my son!"

Zhao Han had no way to deal with him; she felt completely under his control. Thinking of her own child, if it looked like Zhang Hongyang, it would be ugly; but if it resembled Liu Zhizhong, wouldn't it be handsome and pretty?

Regarding Liu Zhizhong, she felt totally crazy about him!

However, Zhao Han also brought up the matter of going back home: should she stay at home? Going home meant sharing a bed with Zhang Hongyang, which she could no longer stand. But what her mother said made sense too; staying away from the Zhang Family home for long didn't seem right either. What was she supposed to do?

Liu Zhizhong pondered for a moment before saying, "You do need to go back home, but I'm not comfortable with the idea of my woman sleeping with Zhang Hong. However, that bastard will soon be attending the Provincial Party School. With all the back and forth and the trouble it involves, he'll probably lack the energy for such things."

"What, he's going to the Party School to study? What's the situation?"

Liu Zhizhong explained the situation to her and added, "That damn dog, taking advantage of my abilities to reap benefits for himself."

"Oh? How did he take advantage of your abilities?"

"Ha, you have no idea. That son of a bitch's Party newspaper article was written by me..."

...

Nevertheless, Liu Zhizhong came up with a solution for how Zhao Han could avoid sleeping with Zhang Hong, heh heh...

However, the two of them didn't know that Zhang Hongyang had recently developed a fascination with middle-aged women, especially those around the age of forty to under forty-six.

That damn dog had played around with younger ones before and now realized that middle-aged women were the real gems he wanted, rich in technique, in need of life and understanding of men.

Typically, such women have strong desires when their husbands' physical prowess has declined, conveniently for Zhang Hongyang, who was invigorated by his medication.

Zhang Hongyang was busy scouting for women of this type, especially those from the Party and administrative systems, particularly from the grassroots in the southern district.

These women, some were very loyal to their families but still couldn't withstand Young Master Zhang's advances; in no more than two days, they willingly stripped down for Young Master Zhang.

Some of these women even had lovers, within their units or from urban departments, and there were even two who were the mistresses of other deputy district chiefs, but they couldn't resist Young Master Zhang's power and eagerly accommodated him.

With all this play, Zhang Hongyang had almost forgotten he had a wife. In fact, after arranging his schedule for the Party School, he even set up a few of such women to accompany him for "studies." He would study while the women stayed and waited in hotels for his nightly needs, haha...

This feeling of women being at his beck and call was fucking amazing.

Of course, for these women, Zhang Hongyang was quite responsive to their requests. Whether it was their own promotions and raises, arranging development opportunities for their husbands, or even securing good schools and stable jobs within the system for their kids, Young Master Zhang's word carried weight.

The next morning, Zhao Han went off to work at the Education Bureau.

Once at the bureau, following Liu Zhizhong's advice, she gave an instruction, and immediately it was effective.

In the afternoon, during a meeting with several leaders, plus some bureau backbones, and a few key school principals from the city district, everyone teamed up successfully.

They would all go together to visit educational departments and schools in developed areas for observation and knowledge exchange. Such events were quite common, basically just a mix of dining, drinking, and pleasure, all rolled into one.

The expenses were covered publicly by one side and the hosting side had its own targets too, needing to have achievements in external exchanges every year. Officially it's assistance and guidance from developed areas for the education of less developed ones!

Especially cities that have paired up with Yangzhou City as friendly counterparts made sure to host them well.

Meanwhile, Liu Zhizhong, having slept in his own room and feeling fully revitalized, took his time getting ready and went downstairs. He ran into Lu Yumei who had already finished her breakfast and was getting ready to go shopping.

Lu Yumei gave him a cold glance and said, "Oh? The former leader has completely fallen from grace, and here you are dawdling to work. Aren't you afraid of Secretary Du scolding you?"

Liu Zhizhong cracked a slight smile, thinking to himself that today he was going to deal with Secretary Du.

Just as he was about to say something, Lu Yumei added, "Less hanging around with the former leader's daughter, behave like a man with a family. You may not be embarrassed, but I am! Don't think just because that issue has passed, you want to sleep with that little trollop!"

Unable to hold back, Liu Zhizhong retorted, "Mrs. Lu, do I look like a family man to you? Your daughter doesn't share a bed with me, I've been living in celibacy for half a year already, right? Put any other man in my shoes, he couldn't have held out this long, could he?"