Morning.
At home.
"Mom, it's settled then."
"It's settled. Work hard."
"Just be ready. It could happen anytime."
"Show me some results first, haha."
"All right, I won't disturb your rest anymore. Just wait for my good news."
"Mm, but don't go making some Face Project out of it."
"Of course not. You know me—I was born to do practical things for ordinary people. How could I fool people with flashy political achievements?"
"That's good. Go get some rest."
"Sure. You and Dad take care of yourselves too."
After hanging up on his mother-in-law, Dong Xuebin finally felt a weight lift from his heart. At the very least, he had gotten Han Jing's promise, and that was enough. What status did his mother-in-law have? Her word carried absolute weight. All Dong Xuebin needed was that one sentence from Han Jing. If he could add another respectable achievement to his record, he could be transferred back. Dong Xuebin figured it should not be too difficult. If things went quickly, one month; if not, two months should do. As for exactly where he should start to produce those results... well, he had not figured that out yet.
After putting on some music, Dong Xuebin lay sprawled on the bed again. Leaning against the headboard, he hugged his laptop and logged into QQ to browse online.
Ahem.
Beep beep beep.
A whole bunch of unread messages popped up.
After closing them one by one, Dong Xuebin scanned his friends list. Huh? Jiang Fangfang was online too. It was Friday. Dong Xuebin was off work, but Jiang Fangfang was not. She was probably sitting at her office computer. Was she taking a break? Killing time online or looking up information?
Dong Xuebin affectionately typed, "Sister Jiang."
After quite a while, Jiang Fangfang's avatar finally