Chapter 49: An exchange of fire
The general manager of the Bayi Hotel wiped away his sweat. The atmosphere had relaxed, and he was adept at reading the room. He knew better than to miss this opportunity, quickly resumed his speech, and brought it to an early close.
When he handed the microphone to the Municipal Party Committee secretary, the man gave him an approving smile. The hotel manager then stood beside the woman from the finance office, leaving her thoroughly unsettled. As for Su Can, who stood with Lin Luoran, she could only glare helplessly.
"Is Third Wang not coming over?" a middle-aged man in the crowd asked quietly beside Lin Chu. Lin Chu glanced at Wang Weiwei in the crowd. "He's taking some time off to fish. We'll hold our meeting without disturbing him."
Lin Luoran stepping forward to get Su Can out of trouble had caused quite a stir. The Lin family's young lady was genuinely difficult to approach. Many officials knew that when their children went up to her, she barely acknowledged them. Wang Weiwei's circle really was hard to enter, and some of the city officials had no intention of overstepping any boundaries.
They thought that the upbringing her parents had given her over all these years kept her in line. It would certainly be good if their children could get to know Miss Lin's circle, but if they could not, there was nothing to blame except their own standing being beneath her notice.
Who could have known that this Su Can would manage to slip in and make the usually expressionless Miss Lin speak to him so warmly? That made the situation rather delicate.
When many of them looked again at Wang Weiwei and Lin Zouwen, both were watching Su Can with delighted surprise,