Social Engagements

Chapter 951

Five in the afternoon.

Family Compound, Old Yang Family.

Dong Xuebin was holding the child and playing with her in the room when his phone rang. It was a number he had not saved. "Hello, Dong Xuebin speaking."

"Xuebin, it's Hou Qing." A woman's voice came from the other end.

Dong Xuebin smiled. "Sister Hou, is this your phone number?"

"It is. Haha, I had to ask around for quite a while before I got someone to find your number."

Dong Xuebin said, "Ah, I forgot to leave it for you. Oh, right, I still haven't thanked you for what happened at noon."

Hou Qing chuckled. "I didn't really help much. I wouldn't dare accept your thanks."

Dong Xuebin said, "Not letting those police arrest anyone was helping me. Otherwise, I'd already made my stance clear. If things had really escalated, I wouldn't have known how to handle it."

"I just didn't want them to run into a wall. How could the officers from our bureau possibly be your match? Even if they sent a whole squad, trying to arrest you would just be asking for trouble, wouldn't it?"

"Come on, I'm not that formidable."

"You, stop being modest. I've seen your fighting ability with my own eyes."

"By the way, did you call because you needed something?"

"It's nothing much. Are you free later? Want to have dinner together?"

"Well..." Dong Xuebin glanced to the side. "I was planning to eat with my family..."

Hou Qing said, "You're heading back to work tomorrow, aren't you? You hardly ever come here, so I can't let this chance slip away. You won't even give me that much face?"

Dong Xuebin smiled bitterly. "Then... all right. Where?"

Hou Qing gave him an address. "Six o'clock. See you then?"

"Sure. I'll