Hua Jing picked up her phone and saw an unfamiliar number. Puzzled, but out of politeness, she answered it anyway.
Before she could speak, a young man's voice came through the phone, proper and measured.
"Hello, may I ask if you are student Hua Jing?"
"I am! Who are you? How did you get my phone number?" Hua Jing asked suspiciously.
"Uh... sorry, I'm the Municipal Party Secretary's secretary. The Secretary wants to see your brother, Hua Qiang, but we don't have his contact information. I got this number from your school."
"Ah? The Municipal Party Secretary wants to see my brother?
"Please wait a moment. I'll have my brother answer the phone."
"Alright, thank you, student Hua Jing!" the young man said gratefully over the phone.
"Brother, it's for you. It's the Municipal Party Secretary's secretary!"
A strange expression appeared on Hua Qiang's face. At a time like this, shouldn't it have been someone from the police station or the Public Security Bureau calling him?
Why had it become the Municipal Party Secretary instead?
He took the phone and said flatly, "I'm Hua Qiang. What do you want?"
"Hello, Mr. Hua Qiang!" The voice over the phone immediately became respectful. "I am the Municipal Party Secretary's secretary, Luo Gensheng.
"The Secretary wishes to meet with you. May I ask whether Mr. Hua Qiang has the time?
Hua Qiang pondered for a while before replying, "Fine. You decide the time and place."
"That's wonderful. Half an hour from now, we will await your arrival at Tingyu Xiaozhu!"
"Brother, the Municipal Party Secretary wants to treat you to a meal? Did I hear that right?"
Seeing Hua Qiang hang up, Hua Jing hurriedly asked. Her eyes were wide with disbelief.
The Municipal Party Secretary of Magic City! What a high-ranking official—provincial-ministerial