City's Investigation into Dong Xuebin!

The next day.

Tuesday morning.

Dong Xuebin arrived at work right on time. There had been a lot going on yesterday, so he had gone to bed late.

He had bought breakfast on the way and brought it to the office. This temporary workplace was not in the county seat and was rather far from the central district. Lunch could be delivered by meal truck in boxed lunches, but there was no solution for breakfast. They could only bring it from home or buy it in the central district before coming over, otherwise there were no breakfast stalls nearby.

In the unit courtyard.

Everyone was heatedly discussing what had happened the previous night. Nearly everyone was speaking in hushed voices.

"Ah!"

"It's the Party Secretary!"

"Shh, keep it down!"

"Stop talking, stop talking! The Party Secretary is here!"

Only then did the discussion stop. Some wore complicated expressions, some looked admiring, some were excited, and others looked worried.

Seeing the gazes directed at him from every direction, Dong Xuebin showed no reaction. He had heard some of what people were saying just now.

Things about hundreds of thousands of yuan, booking hotels, and driving off the foreign guests and the City Government Office staff. He knew what everyone was talking about and was not surprised. On the contrary, if no one said anything and everyone simply went about their work, that would have surprised him. That was how government offices worked—nothing could truly be kept secret. Any exaggerated incident could spread through every level by the same day.

The temporary office.

Dong Xuebin walked in as though nothing had happened, acting as if yesterday's events had never occurred, and began eating breakfast alone.

Soymilk.

Fried dough sticks.

He ate with great relish.

The soymilk here did not taste like the