It Fell Through!

Monday.

After the turmoil of the weekend, Dong Xuebin still came to work in high spirits. For no other reason than that he was about to go down to the grassroots level as a deputy director.

Although Xie Huilan was still working on it for him and nothing had been finalized yet, it was pretty much a done deal. He would probably get definite news within the next couple of days. So what Dong Xuebin needed to do at work lately was keep a low profile, then keep an even lower profile—smoothly get through this transition period and absolutely not make any mistakes before the transfer.

"Morning, Director Dong."

"Good morning, Director Dong."

"Director Dong, I heard you're getting promoted?" a clerk from the Finance Department, who got along reasonably well with Dong Xuebin, asked quietly.

Right after that, someone from the Discipline Inspection Commission came over as well. "Director Dong, are you being transferred?"

Dong Xuebin broke into a cold sweat. "I'm not sure either. Uh, where did you hear that?"

"Come on, everyone's saying it. They say you're transferring into the Public Security System. Is that true?"

Dong Xuebin thought that nothing could ever be kept secret in a government office. Xie Huilan's efforts on his behalf had probably alerted quite a few people, and that was likely how the news had spread. Still, he had never intended to hide it from everyone in the first place, so he gave them a few vague answers and said he did not know much himself.

If it had been anyone else transferring out, even a deputy director of the General Affairs Department, it probably would not have caused such a stir. But the person leaving was Little Director Dong, and he was jumping directly from National Security into the popular