Watching the black sedan slowly drive away from Rainbow Mountain, Tang Lingwu remarked:
"Were half an hour of conversation enough?"
Zheng Fa chuckled and turned to Tang Lingwu: "She's just a representative of some people, she doesn't call the shots. Our requests are pretty straightforward, what else is there to discuss?"
"Cooling things down works to our advantage—it puts them at ease as well."
Tang Lingwu didn't quite grasp what was meant.
But a few of the more experienced ones nodded in understanding.
Old Man Bai scratched his head and jokingly said, "Seems like I've come a long way… Back in the day, when such high-level officials visited Beijing University, I had to stand aside and clap like a fool."
...
Not two days after that Director Yang left, Zheng Fa sharply sensed a change at the base of the mountain—
A number of well-trained strangers arrived in the village below, moving the local villagers out as if taking over the entire village.
