The next day.
Early in the morning.
Provincial capital, airport terminal.
Dong Xuebin drove the people from Fenzhou City there and parked in the lot. Then he carefully helped his wife with the check-in procedures. Even though Hui Lan was fine and could walk, Dong Xuebin stayed by her side the whole time, watching over her closely.
"County Chief Dong."
"Hmm? What is it?"
"Why are our tickets..."
"Oh, they're all first class."
"Uh, isn't that inappropriate? How could we accept that?"
"It's fine. Everyone worked hard on this trip. You should definitely be able to head back comfortably."
Dong Xuebin naturally did not mind spending money. He had someone arrange first-class tickets for them all. Fortunately, this was the provincial capital of a remote western region and there were not many people around; otherwise, there definitely would not have been any first-class seats available. The people from Fenzhou City and Liao Yimin only found out after arriving and exchanging their boarding passes. To be honest, even Director Liao, at his rank, had never flown first class before, much less the lower-ranking officials, so they all felt a little embarrassed.
Liao Yimin said politely, "We'll claim reimbursement when we get back. Then the money..."
Dong Xuebin waved it off. "Our city will only reimburse economy class. Do you think I don't know that? Don't bother with it. It's on me. It's no big deal."
Liao Yimin gave a wry smile. "Then thank you, County Chief Dong. You've made another expense because of us."
"This was my wife's business to begin with. Why talk about expenses?" Dong Xuebin supported Xie Huilan as they headed toward security. "Take care on the way."
"Alright." Liao Yimin said, "You should head back too. We've got this."
One of the female clerks, who had good