The next morning.
A light breeze blew, and the air had turned a little chilly.
At the Guangming Subdistrict Office, Dong Xuebin ignored the district's arrangements. As soon as he woke up, he tidied up and went to work. Things at the office were holding up fairly well. Although aftershocks still occurred from time to time, they were no longer too severe. The subdistrict office staff had already moved back to work there. As soon as Dong Xuebin entered the courtyard, he saw that part of the cafeteria had collapsed and its roof had fallen in, but the other Office Buildings were largely undamaged.
"Ah, Director Dong."
"Director, why are you here?"
"Good morning, Director."
When they saw Dong Xuebin, the office staff all greeted him. None of them had expected Director Dong to come back to work immediately after being discharged from the hospital, without even taking time to rest.
Dong Xuebin nodded. "You've all worked hard. Notify the heads of every department to come to my office for a meeting."
"Okay, I'll contact them right away," a Party and Government Office clerk answered respectfully.
The others walked off while repeatedly looking back at him, their gazes constantly landing on Director Dong as though they wanted to see whether he was made of flesh or iron. They had long heard about Dong Xuebin's narrow escape from death. Even steel would have been battered out of shape after being crushed beneath the ruins of First Hospital, and even iron would have rusted after more than ten days of being buried alive. Yet he was completely fine. Not only had he casually saved someone right after emerging from the rubble, but he had returned to work just two days later? Everyone felt that Director Dong's tenacious vitality had already surpassed humanity!