Putting aside whether or not Shen Nian and Lu Cheng were intimidating, Director Li Zhe, on the other hand, was genuinely spooked.
After a long moment of silence, he snapped back to his senses at the sound of Lu Cheng's cough.
"And how may I address you two?"
Li Zhe steadied his nerves before sitting down across from Shen Nian and Lu Cheng. He felt a wave of shame. 'To think that I, the esteemed director of the county's Education Bureau, was just completely cowed by a single look!'
But for that very reason, Li Zhe felt all the more strongly that these people could not be treated lightly.
"My surname is Lu. This is my wife; she's from Shuanghe Town in L County."
"Mr. Lu, Mrs. Lu."
Li Zhe committed their names to memory. He'd been the director of the Education Bureau in L County for several years, yet he never knew such influential people existed in his jurisdiction. A fresh wave of shame washed over him.
