Chapter 65: A promise
"Hello, Uncle Chen."
Clearly not expecting Su Can to greet him like that, Chen Lingshan's father nodded, feeling a little better. "Su Can, your dad is still working on Xinghai Square, right? How are things going over there?"
The question came out without any particular intention on her father's part, but to everyone else, it carried a different implication. They all looked at Su Can. Municipal Party Secretary Wang Bu was currently being investigated by the provincial task force handling the Zhang Zhimao case. It was said that a highway project Wang Bu had been involved in during his tenure as secretary-general of the provincial government had ties to Zhang Zhimao, and the investigation was now proceeding at full speed. There were also reports that he had seduced two female university students, with intimate photographs even having been taken. Problems with both his finances and his private life had surfaced, making this a particularly sensitive subject.
All sorts of rumors had begun taking shape in Xiahai. Everyone was speculating that Wang Bu might not escape this time. Those who knew something about the situation understood that Zhang Zhimao also belonged to the Wang faction and was a protégé of one of its senior figures. He had been closely associated with Wang Bu while serving in the province, so it would hardly be surprising if the Zhang Zhimao case exposed problems involving Wang Bu.
The evidence of intimate photographs with the two university students, however, seemed rather like an attempt to manufacture charges, appearing at this particular moment. Especially with the two women now volunteering to report and expose their intimate relationships with Wang Bu, something about it did not quite make sense. Perceptive people could smell something behind it. It seemed someone was moving against Wang