Su Changshun put down the newspaper, but his body remained still. A perfectly measured look of baffled politeness even hung on his face. "Oh, Director Wang is here? Sorry to trouble you so late. Is the old lady... all right now? What did the doctor say?" He deliberately steered the topic toward the old lady's physical condition—firstly out of politeness, and secondly to test the waters. Just how much slander had the old lady been spreading?
"All right? The woman was practically scared to death by you!" Director Wang barked suddenly, her voice exploding in the small room like a thunderclap. She strode to the center of the room, her finger nearly poking Su Changshun in the face, her voice charged with a controlled, white-hot fury.
"Su Changshun, you have some nerve! How dare you deceive superiors and subordinates alike, turn black into white, and fabricate utter nonsense?"
Chapter 55