The incident before was just a very ordinary fragment of the village chief elections that have taken place over several decades.
The most common occurrence is due to the unfavorable collection of votes, not being able to pull in enough votes, falling below expectations, what seemed almost certain would falter at the critical moment. To avoid the embarrassment of having too few votes during the counting, they would actively request to withdraw.
There was even a time when, during a meeting, a child suddenly ran out. The kid seemed to come out of nowhere, running up to the candidate pulling at his sleeve calling him dad, yet the child was clearly someone else's from the village. The candidate broke out in a cold sweat on the spot and had to admit the truth in the face of evidence.
However, the most bizarre incident is one that Zhao Yang remembers very clearly.
It happened nine years ago when Zhao Yang was in his teens.
