The second.
A little after ten in the morning.
There was some fog in the sky today, and the air quality was poor.
Dong Xuebin made a round through the various offices and departments of the Street Office. Seeing that everyone's work attitude was still fairly good and that no one was discussing anything unusual, he finally relaxed a little. The matter of Geng Xinke and Lin Pingping's videotape had not spread, which was for the best. Only the few people involved knew about it. Dong Xuebin had already given instructions to Discipline Inspection Work Committee Secretary Qu Yiqiang, and District Governor Yuehua's family, who also knew about it, would not go around talking nonsense. The videotape matter ended there without causing any stir. No one had even heard any rumors about it.
Nodding, Dong Xuebin headed up the stairs toward his office.
Suddenly, a set of footsteps sounded from the corridor above, and Geng Xinke appeared.
"Secretary Geng." Dong Xuebin smiled. "Keeping busy?"
Geng Xinke paused. "Mm. I'm about to inspect the communities downstairs and see how the earthquake awareness campaign is progressing."
"You've worked hard." Dong Xuebin looked at him. "Do you have time tonight? Let's have dinner together."
Geng Xinke replied coolly, "I have something to take care of at home tonight. Some other day."
Dong Xuebin smiled. "All right, then. Another time."
"...Director, I'll be going, then."
"Okay." Dong Xuebin patted his arm and passed by him.
Dong Xuebin was not at all surprised by Geng Xinke's attitude. He knew Geng Xinke had some misunderstandings about him. Well, some of them were not misunderstandings at all; their conflicts had existed for a long time, and they could not be completely resolved in a day or two. Dong Xuebin did not care what kind of face Geng