Shen's father wasn't stupid; he could naturally understand the other party's subtext.
But he couldn't get angry, so he could only bite the bullet and add a sentence for his son.
“He went to the construction site every day during this period and didn’t get much rest.”
"But President Hu, you're right. Don't worry, it won't happen again next time."
President Hu is a shrewd person. Since they've already said that, it would be pointless for him to keep pressing the issue.
After exchanging a few more polite words, the two sides hung up the phone.
"What happened? What did President Hu say?" Seeing that Mr. Shen's face was ashen and sweat was beading on his forehead, Mrs. Shen was startled.
Seeing this, Shen Dong looked over anxiously, "Dad, say something, what's wrong?"
"What else? You've completely humiliated me today!"
Father Shen slapped his right cheek in anger, “You good-for-nothing! At this critical juncture…”
"Okay, let's talk this out."
Shen's mother was clearly worried about her son, and she started protecting him even before anything had really happened.
"The child is grown up, so please give him some face."
"Give him any face whatsoever! Look at the mess he's made!"
Mr. Shen was furious. "Are you just bored and have nothing better to do?"
"Why stage such a charade? Now look what's happened, you've offended everyone!"
"Dad, he's just a junior editor at a newspaper. What's wrong with talking about him?"
Shen Dong was inexplicably scolded and felt somewhat resentful.
"You have no idea how awful they were at the newspaper office just now. The questions they asked were all so tricky, they were clearly trying to make things difficult for me!"
"Shut up!"
Mr. Shen interrupted him angrily, "What did I tell you? I told you not to go out socializing these days, but to stay home and review your materials, prepare for the interview questions you might be asked. Did you listen?"
"You wouldn't listen! Now look what happened, Director Hu practically called you an incompetent fool. Are you satisfied now?"
Seeing her husband's devastated expression, Chen's mother was quite puzzled.
Before she could speak, Mr. Shen slumped back into his chair with a dejected expression.
"It's not a big deal if you offend a newspaper editor, but do you even know who he is?"
At this moment, the people present were still unaware of the seriousness of the situation.
Until Shen's father said, "He's Chairman Huo's nephew! His father is the director of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau... no..."
As if realizing something, Shen's father's face visibly turned ashen.
"I'm afraid he won't be able to be called Director Huo anymore soon. I heard that after the New Year, he might be transferred to the Ministry of Public Security as a vice minister."
He originally wanted to find an opportunity to ease the tension between the two families, but what happened...?
The more Shen's father thought about it, the more desperate he became. "Not only did we fail to get on the good side of the Huo family, but now you've offended them both!"
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