Chapter 141: Tomatoes and eggs
"Didn't you two already know each other?" Lin Luoran came out of the kitchen wearing rubber gloves just as Su Can ushered Wei Yuanhu through the door. She smiled. "I only heard about what happened to you in Shanghai from him."
Wei Yuanhu shrugged and smiled at Lin Luoran. "It came up when Su Can and I had dinner that day. We were acquaintances, after all, and you happened to call and say you were in Beijing, so it naturally came up in conversation."
Wei Yuanhu and Li Pengyu hadn't known each other before, but once Lin Luoran introduced them, they more or less knew who the other was and exchanged pleasantries. After some small talk, Wei Yuanhu asked whether Li Pengyu was from the Nanjing Compound, then mentioned someone named Zhang Jingfan and asked if he knew him.
Li Pengyu nodded. "How could I not? His father is the Military Region's deputy chief of staff. During the floods in '98, he led a team into Jiangxi for disaster relief. In Wannian, Jiangxi, he led a thousand men in securing thirty-three tower foundations on the Leying Line's 500-kilovolt power grid and coordinating transport and emergency repairs. He's well known in the Nanjing Compound. A famously tough, unyielding man."
Wei Yuanhu smiled. "That guy was my university classmate. After graduation, we both went to the State Council's Development Research Center, just in different departments. That makes us all acquaintances, then."
From their very first meeting, Su Can had noticed how Wei Yuanhu naturally stood out in everything he did. Whether speaking or acting, he always knew exactly how to rein in his banter. His slightly thin lips gave him an eloquent, quick-witted look. Even Li Pengyu, who tended to be wary of people on first meeting,