County Chief Dong and Yao Cui Were Old Classmates?

Under the night sky.

Outside the Yao family's small courtyard.

Ma Bin looked exceptionally uneasy as he walked down the street. Though it was only spring and not particularly hot yet, he kept wiping sweat from his forehead without saying a word.

"Director Ma." Section Chief Cai truly could not make sense of it. "What is this about?"

Section Chief Cai was considered one of Ma Bin's confidants, so he said, "Didn't you see?"

Section Chief Cai blinked. "Huh? See? See what? I don't know."

Her rank was not high enough, and she had not seen Dong Xuebin's face today, so naturally she knew nothing.

Ma Bin let out a deep sigh. "The one sitting in Little Yao's courtyard eating with her family just now was County Chief Dong, who only recently took office!"

"What?" Section Chief Cai cried in shock. "No way?"

"I saw him clearly," Ma Bin said. "There's no mistake!"

Only then did Section Chief Cai recall that Dong Xuebin had slammed his cup down on the table earlier. If he had been an ordinary person, how would he have dared to slam a cup and pull a face at them? Besides, she had thought that silhouette looked vaguely familiar. Though she had not seen his face and had never had the chance to eat with County Chief Dong or shake his hand, she had seen Dong Xuebin's back when he arrived that morning. Putting all that together, Section Chief Cai knew it was almost certainly him. Her face instantly turned green, and after gasping for breath for quite a while, she was completely at a loss!

"Little Yao knows County Chief Dong?" Section Chief Cai hurriedly asked.

Ma Bin forced himself to calm down. "Looks like it."

"But County Chief Dong has only been here for