Afternoon.
Three o'clock.
Inside the restaurant restroom.
Ring, ring, ring. Ring, ring, ring. Fang Wenping's number flashed on Dong Xuebin's phone. He pulled up his pants, glanced at it, and answered.
"Hello?" Fang Wenping said.
"What is it?" Dong Xuebin asked.
Fang Wenping said coolly, "Are you done?"
"More or less, but it'll still take a while. What is it, Director Fang?" Dong Xuebin replied without much warmth. "Got an assignment for us? Then have Comrade Luo Haiting handle it first. I still have some things to take care of here, and I probably won't make it back to work this afternoon. Let Director Luo take charge of the Second Office for now."
Fang Wenping said stiffly, "You're not taking care of Qian Qian either?"
Dong Xuebin hesitated. "I almost forgot. Damn, is Qian Qian okay?"
Just then, Xiao Qianqian's childish cries came from the other end. "Daddy! Daddy!"
Dong Xuebin hurriedly said, "Oh, my precious baby, do you miss Daddy? Heh heh, Daddy's dealing with a little situation here and can't get back for now. A friend of Daddy's wants to enter the entertainment industry, but her company bullied her, so Daddy's handling it. Be good, okay? Listen to Aunt Fang. Daddy will definitely pick you up from Aunt Fang's place before seven or eight tonight. Go home with Aunt Fang first, understand?"
Fang Wenping answered from the other end, "You're just dumping her on me now, huh?"
Dong Xuebin said sheepishly, "It's an emergency. Help me look after Qian Qian."
"You think I'm that free?" Fang Wenping said. "You're my subordinate, yet you're ordering me around?"
Dong Xuebin coughed. "Just this once, just this once. Thanks, all right? I really have something to deal with. Well, if you really don't want to watch her, have Comrade Luo Haiting