Early the next morning.
Magpies chirped noisily outside the Luan Family courtyard. Dong Xuebin came out of the West Room, stretching lazily and looking refreshed. After yawning, brushing his teeth, and washing up at an unhurried pace, he went to the north room for breakfast. He planned to focus on the Police Station's work in the township over the next couple of days, so he had not returned to the county seat yesterday. After dinner with the officers and auxiliary police officers, he had gone back to his grandmother's house to sleep.
Over breakfast, his aunt said with a beaming smile, "Our Xiao Bin has done the township a huge favor this time."
His uncle added, "Exactly. Those well-connected bastards relied on knowing a few leaders to run wild. If they weren't arrested, who should be?"
His second aunt looked worriedly at Dong Xuebin. "Xiao Bin, you need to watch your safety. Those people are no good."
"I know." Dong Xuebin peeled an egg for Mom.
Luan Xiaoping had finally held her head high this time, and she wore a delighted smile. The school had gone on break yesterday afternoon, and after returning from the county seat, she had heard all the townspeople praising her son. They said he was fearless in the face of power and utterly impartial, that he had not only arrested and fined Wang Mingming for setting dogs on people, but had also reopened and resolved several old cases. Luan Xiaoping found this deeply gratifying. She was a fairly upright person and had always hoped her son would become a good official who served the people.
His uncle said to Dong Xuebin, "Section Chief Wu Jun from the County Public Security Bureau's Finance Section has a wife from our Huitian Township. I heard Wu Jun's brother-in-law