Morning.
Living room at home.
Dong Xuebin made breakfast, and he and Xie Huilan ate together.
Just after they finished eating, Xie Huilan got a call. "Hello? Mm, you've all arrived? What's the schedule? All right, I understand. Wait for me at the entrance."
Dong Xuebin asked, "You're leaving?"
Xie Huilan smiled. "Time to conduct inspections. The car's downstairs."
"What about tonight? Will you be back to sleep?" Dong Xuebin was reluctant to let her go.
Xie Huilan dabbed at the corner of her mouth with a napkin. "I'm inspecting your county this morning. This afternoon, I should be visiting schools in a neighboring county."
"Call me then."
"Okay. Hehe, Sister Xie is off, then."
"Wait, let's leave together. I'll change clothes."
"We're not even going the same way. Don't come out. This is official business today, and it wouldn't look good if people saw us being all lovey-dovey. Listen to Sister Xie, okay?"
"Fine, fine. All right, then watch the stairs. I won't come down. It's almost time, and I need to hurry up and sort out that Family Compound plan you mentioned."
"You're the Deputy Commander. Who's the Commander?"
"County Chief Jiang, Jiang Fangfang."
"You're one of her people."
"Mm. I picked a side as soon as I got here."
Xie Huilan reminded him, "As long as the general direction of the plan is right, that's enough. Don't make it too perfect. Leave some room for your County Chief to add to it."
"Why?"
"You want to take all the credit yourself?"
Dong Xuebin was dumbfounded. "I'm the actual person in charge. If I can do it well, why shouldn't I? I have to deliberately leave some mistakes in it? What kind of nonsense is that?"
"Even if your County Chief only holds the banner and doesn't handle