Chapter 661: Chapter 661: Finally Saw Someone
“You make your own decision,” Mayor Shi said unhurriedly as he picked up his coffee and leisurely took a sip, giving off the impression that he didn’t care in the slightest whether Shi Mufeng could enter a career in politics or not.
Shi Mufeng clenched his fists and then released them, doing this over and over again. His eyes were filled with struggle, and eventually, he succumbed to his inner desire and recounted to Shi Zhongnan what had transpired at the Lan Club.
In his description, Li Shengxiao was portrayed as arrogant and overbearing.
Mayor Shi’s gaze towards him grew colder and colder until, just as Shi Mufeng finished speaking, Gu Ming came to find them.
“Mayor Shi, Mr. Li has finished his meeting and invites you to his office,” Gu Ming said.
Mayor Shi glanced at Shi Mufeng, stood up, and with a polite smile at Gu Ming, replied, “Hmm, alright.”
Then he turned to summon his troublemaking son, “Aren’t you coming with me!”
In the Li Group’s expansive CEO office, the 360-degree panoramic glass windows were imposing, and the office’s black and white design exuded a cold, understated luxury.
The distinguished man was dressed in a silver-grey suit, paired with a custom-made white shirt. The simple ensemble accentuated his upright figure and his unmatched nobility.
He sat in a leather swivel chair, with his hands crossed on the rosewood desk, a glimpse of his strong wrist visible beneath the cuff of his suit. On his wrist, he wore a watch. Although it was a designer brand, its price seemed modest compared to the man’s status. However, Rong Yan would’ve recognized at a glance that the watch on Li Shengxiao’s wrist was the birthday gift she bought with the money she earned from working overtime and taking on an extra performance gig.
As Shi Mufeng entered from outside, he immediately felt the office’s oppressive atmosphere and inexplicably felt as if he was being suffocated by the pressure.
After leading the two men in, Gu Ming respectfully bowed and announced, “Mr. Li, Mayor Shi has arrived.”
“Mm,” Li Shengxiao put down the document he was reviewing and looked up.
“Mayor Shi, please make yourself at home,” Gu Ming finished, then quietly left the office, gently closing the door behind him…
With everyone gone, the office was suddenly left with only three people.
Li Beijue did not completely disregard Mayor Shi’s face, expressionless, he got up from his chair and walked over to the large, circular reception sofa in the office to sit down. He poured a cup of tea for Mayor Shi and began indifferently, “Does Mayor Shi have any matters to discuss?”
He silently pushed the tea towards Mayor Shi.
Mayor Shi, never one to take lightly the young man before him who was years his junior, accepted the tea. Changing from his composed demeanor in front of Gu Ming, but still maintaining his gravitas, he said, “I apologize for the audacity of troubling Mr. Li over my son’s matter.”
Li Shengxiao raised an eyebrow, his eagle eyes deep and calm, and set down his tea cup, “Oh? What about Mr. Shi?”
“I won’t beat around the bush with Mr. Li. I know that it was your intention to have my son detained at the police station and publicly reprimanded. I’ve brought him here to apologize, hoping to put this matter to rest,” said Mayor Shi as he turned his head to look at Shi Mufeng standing by his side, his tone dropping as he harshly reprimanded his son, “You useless fool, come over here!”
Shi Mufeng had always been at odds with Li Shengxiao, and he felt a strong dissatisfaction towards him in his heart. Being scolded by his father in front of Li Shengxiao, even though he knew it was meant to help him, filled him with humiliation. Grinding his teeth and with veins popping in his forehead, he walked over.