Because he had to supervise Guo Shunjie's corrections to the typos, Dong Xuebin got off work a little late today.
Dong Xuebin, enjoying the thrill of power for the first time, walked steadily back to his apartment building. Just as he was about to enter the door to Unit One, the sound of a window opening suddenly came from above. Then, without warning, a plastic bag full of garbage flew down from the fourth floor. It hit the ground beside the two sorting bins at the entrance with a heavy thud, bursting apart and splattering leftover soup all over Dong Xuebin's leather shoes. The soup quickly soaked through his socks, and his feet were immediately covered in a sticky, disgusting sensation.
It had come from Section Chief Xu's home.
Dong Xuebin froze for a moment, then looked down at his filthy shoes. His anger flared.
"Xu Dong, are you fucking blind? Did you do that on purpose?" Section Chief Xu's family had been in the habit of tossing things from upstairs into the garbage bins for a long time. Once, they had nearly hit Mom and him. Back then, the Dong family had neither power nor influence and did not dare offend Section Chief Xu, an official. But now Dong Xuebin was an official too, and he knew the customs office's authority was quite limited. His confidence surged as he raised his voice and cursed toward the fourth-floor window. "Count how many times you've done this! Huh? Who the hell throws things like that? Let the neighbors see what kind of manners your family has! What the hell is wrong with you?"
Dong Xuebin did not know whether it had been Xiao Dong or Section Chief Xu and his wife who had thrown it, so he cursed the whole family