Realistically speaking, there's a good chance the affair probably happened first, and then the MSS got involved second.
Even the most powerful people can be really dumb.
Even the most powerful people can be really dumb.
"even"? Barring the fact that power makes you dumber, those in power at least for the last ~40 years or so had been actually selected to be dumber
mr. Huang case here is a shining example