Late morning.
Jing Suburbs.
Family Compound for Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee Members.
At Villa Number One, Dong Xuebin sat with Han Jing in the living room for a while after returning. His craving for a cigarette kicked in, but with his mother-in-law nearby, he couldn't exactly smoke inside. After telling Han Jing, he left the villa, sat down on a lounge chair in the front yard, and lit a cigarette. Today's incident had been quite a big deal, but with Han Jing stepping in, it probably wouldn't leave much of an impact. Madam Han still had some clout, after all. Besides, he had beaten Wang Sen and vented Xu Yan's anger for her, which made Dong Xuebin feel pretty good.
Ring, ring, ring.
His phone vibrated in his pocket.
Dong Xuebin saw that Tan Limei was calling and answered.
"Hello, Tanzi."
"Xuebin, are you back?"
"Yeah, I'm at my mom's place."
"You're really something. You kept something this huge buried deep. I was wondering why Secretary Xie had you sit beside him when you were still with Chengxi Branch Bureau. So that was why... Forget it, I won't ask. But you really made a name for yourself this time. Everyone in the bureau is talking about you now. Quite a few people from other branch bureaus came to the meeting too. After today, everyone in the Capital City State Security system will probably know the name Dong Xuebin. You stormed Municipal State Security Bureau, beat people up, then swaggered off. Even Director Jiang could only stare helplessly. Damn, you're incredible." Tan Limei knew Dong Xuebin had connections, but she had never imagined they ran this deep.
Secretary Xie's son-in-law?
What kind of status was that!?
"Eh, I just happened to run into it today."
"Oh, right. Wang Sen's examination