"How much are Pan Youde and Qi Hui's lives worth?"
Chen Fang asked.
Xiao Xiao laughed and said, "Chen Fang, don't try to test me with such words. Do you think I'd be foolish enough to answer your question? I'm here now only to take the person from you; everything else, I can pretend never happened."
Chen Fang continued making tea.
Seeing that Xiao Xiao did not drink,
he emptied her teacup and refilled it.
He said, "Vice Mayor Xiao, this tea should only be savored hot to taste its essence. Once it cools, it doesn't taste good anymore."
"Are you determined to oppose me?"
Xiao Xiao asked.
Chen Fang gave a cold laugh and said, "Vice Mayor Xiao jests, you being a Deputy Bureau-level Vice Mayor and me merely a Division-chief-level Director of the Education Bureau—our ranks are leagues apart. Most importantly, you have a big shot backing you, the kind who could squash me with just a flick of a finger. Even if I had a hundred times the courage, I wouldn't dare oppose you."
