Her mother-in-law had said so.
Old Master Xie had said so too.
This was basically a lost cause.
After helping Old Master Xie out of the bathroom and settling him on the sofa, Dong Xuebin saw that they had gone back to watching the Spring Festival Gala. He sighed inwardly, his mood sinking. Since Han Jing and Grandpa Xie had spoken, there was no longer any chance of using the Xie Family's connections. Dong Xuebin knew it was not that Old Master Xie and his mother-in-law were unwilling to look out for him. Rather... there was simply no way to make an exception for something that broke rules established over many years. His request to be promoted to deputy department level really was asking too much, far beyond what anyone could manage.
Yet Dong Xuebin was not someone who could sit still. He was unwilling to let things go on like this. Stay at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and work dutifully for another three or four years? He felt he would be bored to death. Although the agency held immense power, it had too many departments and too much overlapping authority. The organization was simply too massive. Here, Dong Xuebin could only act like a puppet. Most matters were decided in meetings above him, meaning the outcome was practically settled the moment those meetings ended. Even as a department's Top Leader, all he had to do was carry out orders. He had no opportunity to truly participate, no sense of accomplishment. Of course he found it boring. Every day, he received assignments, delegated assignments, then sat in his office watching movies and listening to music. His abilities had no chance to be used or displayed. He could barely feel his own social value. That was also one reason