Throughout the entire meeting, He Wenjie did not say a single word, simply listening nonchalantly as Xu Damao droned on. Right now, he was pondering how to figure out who was pulling the strings behind this incident.
Xu Damao had only read out the neighborhood committee's initiative on the spot, without explicitly naming anyone to answer the call. However, He Wenjie noticed that while explaining, Xu Damao kept winking at a few young men in the Siheyuan. They must have agreed beforehand that those individuals would fan the flames and shout out Ran Qiuye's name. Yet, because He Wenjie's lingering authority in the Siheyuan still held sway, no one in the crowd dared to speak up.
At that moment, Xu Damao was cursing those fellows to high heaven. "You bastards just took my bribes, and not a single one of you dares to step forward now. Useless trash!" Despite his inner dissatisfaction, he did not dare directly name Ran Qiuye and order her to go to the countryside. He was genuinely afraid of what He Wenjie might do. In truth, by pulling this stunt, he was acting squarely on Director Li's instructions.
Chapter 149