"Excessive?"
Song Guanchao laughed heartily and said, "It seems I've been too easygoing, causing Mr. Xu to misunderstand me."
"Since you think I'm excessive, perhaps I should be just a bit more excessive?"
Xu Guofeng felt alarm bells ringing in his heart and quickly said, "Director Song, could we speak somewhere else?"
Song Guanchao glanced at him and smiled, "Sure, let's change the venue. I've had too much meat for lunch, feeling a bit greasy; let's go for tea."
"I'll arrange it," Mayor Qiu said.
Soon, they fixed a spot at the tea house, and Song Guanchao suddenly turned and looked at Hall Director Qi and Governor Qu: "Hall Director Qi, Governor Qu, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you both to make a trip, and when we return to Jiangzhou, I'll treat you to a meal."
Hall Director Qi was slightly stunned, discerning his implied message.
He doesn't want us to go?
Though unsure why, there must be a reason.
"Contact me if anything comes up," Hall Director Qi granted him a favor.
