Repaying Kindness with Enmity!

District Committee.

Standing in the corridor of the Office Building, Dong Xuebin's entire face darkened. The person plotting against him from the shadows was actually him? Dong Xuebin found that utterly unacceptable!

Wang Anshi!

Wang Anshi!

How ridiculous. Dong Xuebin had always thought District Governor Yuehua had been sabotaging him behind the scenes, joining forces with Xue Qingrong to come after him—Xue Qingrong for revenge, District Governor Yuehua for her younger brother. Who would have thought that was not the case at all? The one who had initiated his transfer to Party School was District Party Secretary Wang Anshi, the person Dong Xuebin had considered the least likely! He had even fancied himself half a member of the Wang Faction, given Wang Anshi gifts, and treated Wang Anshi's illness. Yet this was the outcome! Dong Xuebin felt as if his chest were about to explode with rage! No! He had to get an answer!

Suppressing his fury, Dong Xuebin paced upstairs and headed straight for the District Party Secretary's office.

Outside, the secretary's office door was open. Secretary Zang was working inside when he suddenly heard furious footsteps. Frowning, he immediately stood and went out to meet them, only to see Dong Xuebin's hostile expression. He promptly blocked his path. "What are you doing?"

Dong Xuebin said coldly, "I'm looking for Secretary Wang."

Secretary Zang's tone was equally icy. "Secretary Anshi isn't here." Not here? How was that possible? District Governor Yuehua had clearly just gotten out of her car, meaning she had come to see Wang Anshi. If Wang Anshi were not in his office, how could District Governor Yuehua have come here? The secretary would have told Geng Yuehua during the call, so Wang Anshi had to be in his office right now.

Dong Xuebin looked at him. "Move."

"I said Secretary Anshi isn't here! Didn't you hear me?" Secretary Zang was getting angry too. This man really did not know his place. Did he think he could just barge through the District Party Secretary's door?

"I said move!"

"I said leave!"

The two glared at each other in confrontation. Finally, Dong Xuebin nodded heavily, pointed at Secretary Zang's head, then turned and went downstairs. Dong Xuebin had come to Wang Anshi merely to get an explanation, but Wang Anshi was clearly in his office and still refused to see him. That made everything clear. There was no need to ask any further—the Party School matter had been Wang Anshi's doing! Fuck! What an ungrateful bastard! Fine! Just fine!

Meanwhile.

Inside the District Party Secretary's office.

Wang Yuling looked furiously at Wang Anshi behind the desk. "Uncle, what are you doing? Director Dong was doing perfectly well. Why did you send him off to some Party School?"

Wang Anshi looked up at her. "Yuling, since when did you become so close to Dong Xuebin? I heard he publicly scolded you before."

"Director Dong said that for my own good!"

"Heh, sending him to Party School is also for his own good."

"How is that for his own good? Director Dong was the one who brought the Model Unit honor in, but now..."

Wang Anshi smiled. "Then why didn't he use his head and think things through before he hit someone at Yantai County Middle School? He brought this on himself."

Wang Yuling grew even angrier. She was young, and aside from getting along fairly well with Zhou Yanru at work, she usually acted aloof toward everyone else. Yet Wang Yuling was a sentimental person. Since Dong Xuebin had arrived at the Street Office, he had taken very good care of her. It had been even more so when they went to Beijing—when she wanted to drive the Cayenne, Dong Xuebin let her drive; when she wanted to tour Beijing, Dong Xuebin gave her time off. Now her own uncle was targeting Director Dong. Wang Yuling felt deeply ashamed and had not even dared to go to work today to face Dong Xuebin.

"Uncle! Who cured your appendicitis? Director Dong! If Director Dong hadn't treated you, you would have had to go to the hospital for surgery that day! And it would have been very dangerous! You..."

"That's one thing and this is another."

"How can you say they're separate matters? All I know is that kindness should be repaid!" Wang Yuling huffed angrily.

Wang Anshi seemed to dote on this niece of his. He did not get angry, merely smiling. "Yuling, you're still young. There are some things Uncle can't explain clearly to you."

"I don't understand, and I don't want to!" Dong Xuebin had already been placed on this Party School roster. Since things had come to this, Wang Yuling knew it was too late to say anything. She simply turned and walked out of the office, slamming the door behind her with a bang!

Inside.

Wang Anshi slowly shook his head. Naturally, he had his own considerations.

Repaying kindness? That depended on the circumstances. As the Top Leader of a district, Wang Anshi had far more to consider.

Dong Xuebin had indeed helped him. Under ordinary circumstances, Wang Anshi would not have minded returning the favor. But things were different now. Dong Xuebin had previously offended Xue Qingrong and had even dragged Wang Anshi into it. That incident had caused a huge uproar. At the time, Wang Anshi only knew that Xue Qingrong's son had been beaten and did not know the specifics. Later, Guo Mingfeng from the Guangming Street Office had made a wrong call and dialed Wang Anshi's cell phone. Guo Mingfeng kept saying that he had groped Wang Anshi's wife. In a fit of rage, Wang Anshi had the Discipline Inspection Commission take Guo Mingfeng away. But he had not known that more than that one matter was involved—Guo Mingfeng had also been implicated in the incident involving Xue Qingrong's son getting beaten. As a result, after Wang Anshi brought down Guo Mingfeng, the case involving Xue Qingrong's son took a turn. Not only was Xue Qingrong forced to receive an oral warning, but his son was also placed in administrative detention for fifteen days and had yet to be released.

To outsiders, it looked as though Wang Anshi had helped Dong Xuebin suppress Xue Qingrong.

This matter made Wang Anshi clearly sense that his relationship with Xue Qingrong had become somewhat distant. Though Xue Qingrong did not dare say anything aloud, there was certainly resentment in his heart. There was no doubt about that.

Wang Anshi had been considering this issue all along. Later, once the Nanqi Morning News report came out, Wang Anshi quickly made his decision. He would give Dong Xuebin a warning. That would count as giving Xue Qingrong and his son an explanation, venting some of their anger for them, and stabilizing Xue Qingrong's relationship with Wang Anshi again. Furthermore, sending Dong Xuebin to Party School would not only benefit Geng Xinke. His niece Wang Yuling had also previously been reassigned by Dong Xuebin to take charge of Respect-the-Elderly Work, so this political achievement would not all fall into someone else's hands. Wang Anshi had long since thought all of this through.

As for Dong Xuebin's attitude, Wang Anshi could not be bothered with it. Nor did he have any interest in worrying about a mere Street Office Director. Between the Minister of Organization Department and a Street Office Director, anyone with half a brain knew which carried more weight. Wang Anshi could not disregard the bigger picture over such a trivial favor.

In fact, Wang Anshi did not even consider it a favor.

Dong Xuebin was only a half-baked doctor who had learned a few things, yet he could treat Wang Anshi's illness. Any experienced, renowned doctor could have done the same. Spending some money to see another doctor would have accomplished the same thing. How great a favor was that? Or rather, Wang Anshi had never truly regarded Dong Xuebin as important in the first place.

It was after weighing all those factors that Wang Anshi had sent Dong Xuebin off to Party School!