Back at the General Office.
Without saying a word, Dong Xuebin opened the door and entered his small office. Angrily, he tossed the documents in his hand onto the desk, sat down, slapped his forehead, and cursed under his breath. Others might have found it unbelievable that he had taken all the responsibility on himself, saying he was politically immature, but Dong Xuebin had his own reasons. He was the supervising leader and had failed to fulfill his duty to review and verify the documents. There was no way he could evade that responsibility. Besides, judging from Zhou Guoan's attitude, he had clearly pinned the blame on him. Even if Dong Xuebin said the documents had been prepared by Chang Juan and Tan Limei, it would have been pointless and would only drag the two of them down. Why do that?
Knock, knock, knock. Someone knocked on the door.
Dong Xuebin said, "Come in."
Chang Juan and Tan Limei entered. After closing the door, Tan Limei's tears began dripping down as she stood there sobbing. Chang Juan's eyes were also misty as she said gratefully, "Director Dong, Little Tan and I caused you so much trouble, yet you still took responsibility for us. This... I..."
Dong Xuebin forced a smile. "Sister Chang, it's fine. Neither of you did it on purpose. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Little Tan, stop crying."
Chang Juan wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes. "But I... I just..."
Tan Limei sniffled. "I'm sorry..."
Dong Xuebin sounded quite like a leader now. "Don't burden yourselves over this. It's no big deal. Go back to work."
Tan Limei cried for a while longer before leaving with Chang Juan.
Outside, Lao Yan sighed emotionally. "You two really met a good leader. This is only because our Director