Many people might find it hard to understand how a member of the Standing Committee could be so blind to such a simple matter and act with such senseless foolishness.
Yet, if you look at it from another perspective, some people endure things their entire lives, only to be rebuffed even upon retirement. Isn't it human nature to indulge oneself just once... Besides, Old Jiang figured Zhao Lichun would at most curse him behind his back, surely without escalating the matter to a higher level.
Otherwise, wouldn't he earn a reputation for bullying a subordinate?
Chapter 602