Achievements

Afternoon.

It was time to get off work.

Dong Xuebin had been working nonstop these past few days. When Lao Zhang had gone to the Capital City on business, he had needed to handle the county's affairs; after Lao Zhang returned, Dong Xuebin had to help several old friends arrange their transfers. He kept saying he needed to rest, but he had not managed to take even a single day off. It could not be helped—he was the county's Top Leader, and countless major and minor matters throughout the county depended on him. But now that Guo Panwei and Chang Juan had also arrived to take up their posts, many things here had come to an end. At last, Dong Xuebin could get off work on time for once.

He packed up his things and left.

Dong Xuebin tucked his bag under his arm and walked out of the office.

This was the renovated Old County Party Committee Compound, where both the County Party Committee and County Government worked in the same building. As Dong Xuebin went downstairs, he ran into Zhang Dongfang, who was also leaving work.

"Lao Zhang."

"Xuebin, you're leaving too?"

"Yeah, I'm getting off early today. There's nothing much going on."

"What do you say? Come have dinner at my place tonight? I'll have your sister-in-law make something nice."

"Hehe, another day. I've got an engagement tonight."

The two chatted as they headed downstairs, and the atmosphere between them was quite harmonious. Their relationship had not reached the point where they advanced and retreated together, but at least there was no longer any conflict between them. It was rare in the domestic system for the first- and second-ranking leaders at the county level to get along so well. Mainly, circumstances had pushed things along one after