Evening, at the Yao Family home.
Dinner was served in the courtyard.
Yao Cui and Yao Li carried dish after dish outside, while Yao's Father and Yao's Mother warmly urged Dong Xuebin to take a seat, though they still looked somewhat restrained.
"Dinner's ready."
"County Chief Dong, please eat."
"Yes, try Cui'er's cooking."
"The tea's gone cold. Xiao Li, top up County Chief Dong's cup!"
"Don't top it up, Xiao Li. Make a fresh cup. The tea leaves are on the Coffee Table!"
Yao's Father and Yao's Mother spoke over each other, leaving Dong Xuebin no chance to get a word in.
Seeing this, Dong Xuebin could only smile wryly. He looked at Yao Cui and saw that she showed no reaction as she continued bringing out dishes. He had no choice but to say to Yao's Father and Yao's Mother, "Auntie, Uncle, please don't be so polite with me. I'm really not used to it. Yao Cui and I have been classmates for many years, and we got along very well in college. Please don't treat me like an outsider either. Wasn't yesterday pretty good?"
Yao's Mother smiled awkwardly. "Yesterday... yesterday, we didn't know you were a deputy county chief."
After bringing out the dishes, Yao Li also seemed somewhat nervous. He carefully sat down in his chair, looking very uncomfortable.
In their eyes, a deputy county chief was an enormous official. How many deputy county chiefs were there in the entire county? He was a Fuchu Level leader, not to mention that Dong Xuebin was the Executive Deputy County Chief, the one with the greatest authority among the deputy county chiefs. He was also a County Party Committee Standing Committee Member. Sometimes, even the other deputy county chiefs had to listen to him. Naturally, they could not relax.