Monday morning.
Nanshan District, Guangming Street Office.
Thick dark clouds pressed down over the sky, blocking the light and casting the street office compound into shadow, swallowing the silhouettes of some employees who had just arrived for work.
Just then, a black Cayenne drove into the compound.
"Director."
"Director Dong."
"Good morning."
Everyone looked at Dong Xuebin with strange expressions and greeted him one after another.
Dong Xuebin frowned at them, nodded, and walked into the Office Building.
Because of the news Xu Yan had leaked to him, Dong Xuebin naturally could not sit still. He had rushed back overnight yesterday and made several calls to probe for information, but had learned nothing. It was as though no one had even heard that the district intended to send him off to the Party School. Yet that only made Dong Xuebin more wary. He knew what kind of work Xu Yan did; the information she gave him could not have come out of nowhere. Sure enough, when he arrived at work today, Dong Xuebin noticed that everyone's expressions were off. There was something strange in the way they looked at him, making his heart tighten as his face darkened slightly.
A few minutes later.
Just as Dong Xuebin entered his office, the phone on his desk rang.
"Hello."
Dong Xuebin picked it up. "This is Dong Xuebin."
A man's voice came from the other end. "Director Dong, hello. I'm from the District Committee Organization Department. Minister Xue asked me to notify you to come to the district committee."
So it's here?
Dong Xuebin's expression turned cold. "What is it about?"
"I don't know."
"Got it."
District committee.
Xue Qingrong's office.
Dong Xuebin knocked and entered. Xue Qingrong was sitting behind his desk with a teacup in hand, leisurely sipping tea with