Hearing what Li Jun had said, Village Chief Ge's expression changed instantly.
Ge Pingyan had been able to compete with Shen Zhian for the position of village chief and ultimately win because he possessed the ability to read people and assess situations. Merely hearing that snippet of conversation enabled him to quickly understand the implications.
Village Chief Ge immediately said, "Hmm, it seems there has been a complication. I'll go up and ask. Jia Yan, you and the other cadres wait here."
"Village Chief!" a village cadre said urgently, "Shall we also go?"
"There might be danger, you all stay here, I'm going!"
After that, Ge Pingyan quickly jogged over to the scene.
With just a few words, he had crafted the image of a good village chief who leads by example in the face of danger. And those few village cadres certainly weren't about to risk their lives for slight flattery, given that in this sealed-off village, there was no longer any official career to speak of.
