Li Dagang’s words caught Liu Dafu completely off guard.
Originally, he had intended to tell Li Dagang that he had captured Lin Moyang, who had been attempting to escape. He had even planned to mock Li for his carelessness—how could he be so negligent as to let someone slip right through his fingers? After all, both men were deputy directors with the same singular goal: the director’s position currently held by Wang Shunyou.
Yet, here were Lin Moyang and Li Dagang acting like the best of friends. It was baffling. As an official, how could one be so intimate with a commoner? Moreover, Li Dagang was a former head of the Poor Peasants' Association; was he not worried about encouraging Lin Moyang’s feudal superstitions? Could it be that there was some unspeakable secret between them?
Chapter 49