Shanglian Pei asked, "I ask you, who holds the greatest power in Guyang City now?"
Chen Fang was stunned and said, "There is no one faction, haven't they all been dispersed?"
Shanglian Pei shook his head and said, "Wrong, it is your Chen Fang's faction that is the strongest!"
Just as Chen Fang was about to object that he had not formed any cliques, Shanglian Pei cut him off and said, "I know you didn't intend to form cliques, but the leaders don't think so. The mayor, Ren Yiweng, the deputy secretary of the City Organization Department, Ling Li, and I, the often-visiting chief of the public security bureau, make it hard for people not to suspect that Guyang City has already formed a faction dominated by you."
Chen Fang was at a loss for words.