Bao Lingxin was in no mood to keep up the pomp of an Eldest Miss on an outing. She hurried to the grand hotel where she planned to stay. In the car, she repeatedly asked her father how Uncle Zhu's efforts to smooth things over were going.
At last, she received a definite answer from her father. "Your Uncle Zhu said everything he could, and Zhou Yi agreed to let you apologize in person. Here's what you should do: first, call Zhou Yi's reporter friends, apologize over the phone, and formally invite them to dinner at Wangjiang Tower tonight. Then apologize again in person. That will show more sincerity."
"And remember this: since you're apologizing, stop putting on airs as the Eldest Miss. I've told you before to keep a low profile and follow the rules, but you never listened. Have you learned your lesson now?"
Bao Youcheng's tone was unusually harsh and grating. He hoped this incident would teach his daughter not to think so highly of herself all the time. There were plenty of people in this world their family could not afford to offend.
The thought that she had provoked a walking disaster like Zhou Yi sent a shudder of lingering fear through him. He might be the richest man in East Anhui, with no shortage of powerful connections in official circles, but who was Zhou Yi? He was the "Officialdom Killer," who could bring down high-ranking officials while smiling and chatting. Bao Youcheng's connections amounted to nothing in front of him.
Take his old army buddy Zhu Changlei, for instance. This time, he had been lucky enough that no major problems had turned up, allowing him to survive the scare unscathed. If Zhou Yi had really used the allegations against Zhu Changlei to make an issue