Noon.
On Qingluan Mountain.
Dong Xuebin had not reached his current position without reason. He was a persistent man, stubborn to the core, and once he set his mind on something, he would see it through. His current behavior showed it clearly: searching for an ancient tomb buried underground in an endless mountain range was practically impossible, yet Dong Xuebin had searched from morning until noon. For a full four or five hours, he had not stopped for a moment, digging wherever he went. Though he ended up drenched in foul sweat and covered in mud, he still enjoyed it.
Hungry?
Endure it!
Dong Xuebin kept searching.
Just then, Xie Huilan called.
Dong Xuebin looked at the screen, shook the mud off his hands, and answered, gripping the phone. "Hui Lan, what is it? Make it quick, I'm busy here."
Xie Huilan chuckled from the other end. "Is work more important than your Sister Xie?"
Dong Xuebin laughed. "All right, all right, you're important, you're important. How are you and the baby?"
"We're both doing fine, hehe. I'm just rather worried about you. How is it? You know now that being the Top Leader isn't easy, right?" Xie Huilan said.
Dong Xuebin snorted. "What's hard about it? Is there anything difficult for me? I'm not bragging, but count how many days I've been in office. I've already completely taken control of the county's situation. The County Chief, the deputy party secretary—they're not even in my league."
Xie Huilan laughed. "Keep bragging, kid. Listen to you panting. You've only been there a few days and you're already exhausted? It's not that your Sister Xie wants to criticize you, but you had a perfectly good position at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, yet you insisted on running off to a county,