256 True Thoughts

Ma Xudong merely smiled, withholding his true thoughts.

He only said, "It's just a pity that the environment you grew up in was so harsh. The situation with you and Zhang Hongyang is really annoying and complicated. As someone who has been through the officialdom, my advice is for you to move as soon as possible, to leave Yangzhou and develop in the Provincial City."

"Oh, ha~~~ Secretary Ma, thank you for your concern. I will try my best to do so. Indeed, staying in Yangzhou, the Zhang Family is a problematic matter."

"Yes, the Zhang Family is a problematic issue. Local powerful people have a very special existence in officialdom. One could say..."

"..."

Unknowingly, the topic had opened up.

Ma Xudong, an experienced official, had a heartfelt conversation with Liu Zhizhong about many things.