Afternoon.
The Standing Committee meeting adjourned.
Outside the Small Conference Room, everyone filed out one after another.
Pu An stopped him. "County Chief Dong, aren't you heading back to rest yet?"
Dong Xuebin checked the time. "Heh, it's not time yet."
Pu An walked down the corridor with him. "Soon. You looked exhausted today too."
Dong Xuebin smiled. "It's fine. I still have a few things to handle."
Pu An nodded. "All right, get to it, then. Take care of yourself."
"Got it. I'll leave once I'm done." Dong Xuebin parted ways with Pu An at the end of the corridor.
After Pu An left, Jian Xiangrong, who passed Dong Xuebin without changing expression, quietly gave him a thumbs-up and smiled. Dong Xuebin smiled and nodded back. Neither of them said anything, but some things needed no words. That thumbs-up clearly was not for Dong Xuebin's performance when rescuing people at the Public Security Bureau Family Compound. It was for the proposal that had turned the tables at the Standing Committee meeting. The Jiang faction had won a sweeping victory today, and everyone was in high spirits. Jian Xiangrong, who had only just reluctantly aligned himself with the Jiang faction, seemed to hold his head a little higher as he walked. This was the first time Secretary Meng had lost to County Chief Jiang at a Standing Committee meeting!
"County Chief Dong."
"County Chief Jiang?"
"Come to my office."
"Sure. I was just looking for you."
Jiang Fangfang called out to him from behind. The two did not say much and headed straight toward the County Chief's Office. Clearly, there was much they needed to discuss.
Elsewhere.
County Party Secretary's Office.
Meng Rui sat behind his desk with a dark expression, saying nothing. Deputy Party Secretary Zhang Wanshui and