The rain stopped.
A gust of wind blew past, and the dark clouds gradually drifted apart.
Dong Xuebin folded up his umbrella and handed it to his secretary, Su Yan. He looked at the gradually clearing sky, then at the city rescue personnel he had just berated into obedience. He took off his soaking-wet coat and wrung it out hard. Water streamed from it. Among everyone present, including the Jiaolin County Rescue Team members who had been searching and rescuing on the front lines, no one was more drenched than Dong Xuebin. He was practically the most bedraggled person there, because he alone had given all his rain gear to the children to save them, leaving himself soaked to the bone.
Su Yan was about to take off his coat. "Secretary, wear mine."
Dong Xuebin waved him off. "Forget it. It's cold. Keep yours on."
"That's exactly why you need to wear it." Su Yan refused to back down. He was genuinely worried about Dong Xuebin. Dong Xuebin had braved such heavy rain to save people, and even the rescue workers had not done as much as Secretary Dong. Secretary Dong had directed the operation, searched for the students, personally rescued people, and escorted the students down the mountain. Dong Xuebin had done the work of six or seven people all by himself, and he was still soaked through. How could that be alright?
Dong Xuebin pressed a hand against the coat on Su Yan's shoulder, stopping him from taking it off. "Come on. What kind of body do you have, and what kind of body do I have?"
Su Yan was visibly broader than Dong Xuebin, but when it came to physical fitness, even Su Yan knew he could never compare with Secretary Dong. Still, he anxiously said, "Then