Chapter 173: Shattered
The people Tian Tian had gathered today were all close friends she could count on to stand by her: Zhang Qian, Chen Yining, who had been hailed as the campus belle throughout junior high, high school, and even university-her entire school life-and her friends Yang Jiaqian and Guo Shuran. Because of what had happened to Xu Dong, even Guo Shuran's husband, a junior civil servant normally content to stay home playing games, had gotten fired up. He had driven everyone over himself today, wanting to meet this outsider, Su Can, who could shake up the highest levels of Huangcheng's political ecosystem.
Everyone present was relatively close to Tian Tian. Compared with Xu Dong's friends, who now had little liking for Su Can, these people could talk more easily with him and discuss how to resolve the problem together.
Their original plan had simply been to go to Tian Tian's home first, then call Su Can over to mediate. Although Su Licheng had come to Huangcheng as deputy mayor, Xu Dong still had his father, Xu Changcheng, behind him. A clash between the two sides was not something any of them wanted to see, and presumably he would not want it either.
Of course, they would not all start condemning Su Can once they met him. Who were they kidding? Everyone now knew how formidable Mayor Su's son, Young Master Su, was. Wasn't beating Xu Changcheng's son until tears and snot streamed down his face impressive enough? People would probably be talking about it all over Huangcheng for another two or three years. A classic like that was bound to endure.
Still, calling Su Can over to mediate also carried a hint of tense negotiation. They naively believed that Su Can and Xu Dong simply disliked each other.