When the waiter had finished serving all the dishes, Qu Xiangru asked, "Is this news reliable?"
She didn't believe that Song Guanchao would say something just from hearsay; he wasn't the kind of person to speak without bounds. If there wasn't a definite source of information, he wouldn't have mentioned it.
Seeing her place such importance on the matter, Song Guanchao collected his nonchalant manner, nodded, and said, "Reliable."
He then asked, "If Secretary Gao were to be transferred, where would he typically go?"
Qu Xiangru answered without hesitation, "It's no more than a few paths—to enter into a higher decision-making layer, retire to the second line, have an inter-provincial exchange, or transfer to a central ministry."
Song Guanchao thought for a moment; Wu Qiangwei hadn't mentioned whether Secretary Gao was being promoted or was retiring to the second line.
