Chapter 85: Let's see how you behave
After Municipal Party Secretary Wang Bu left their table, many people were left with their mouths hanging open. Those seated with Su Can's family remained unsettled for a long time.
Chen Lingshan's parents were so astonished that they even put their business aside for the moment. Seeing how composed Su Can's family looked only deepened their surprise and uncertainty. That was Municipal Party Secretary Wang Bu, the top official in Xiahai City. Normally, he stayed within government offices, directing the city's development, and they could only see him on Municipal Government television news reports. Now he had appeared right before them and even toasted their entire table. Their excitement was beyond words.
Although the affair involving Municipal Party Secretary Wang Bu had caused quite a stir recently, with rumors that a provincial investigation team had come down and the provincial authorities had been alerted, hadn't he weathered it all? How powerful must his backing and influence have been?
Some people could spend their entire lives trying to elbow their way in and still never reach a banquet where they could drink at the same table as the municipal Party secretary. Before this, even during the Trading Company's heyday, Chen Lingshan's father had only been close to a deputy mayor. Unfortunately, after that deputy mayor left office, the Trading Company had gradually declined from its former glory.
Anyone perceptive could tell from Wang Bu's words that his acquaintance with Su Can went beyond one or two encounters. No one simply believed that a student who appeared to still be in high school could receive such attention from Wang Bu on his own merits. The only explanation they could imagine was that Su Can's family had a very close relationship with Wang Bu. There was