Monday.
Mother Qu had to go to the hospital every year for an IV drip to clear her blood vessels due to her Cerebral Thrombosis. Qu Yunxuan was worried, so she had gone home to stay with Mother Qu. It seemed she would not return to the North Entrance of Heping Street until next week. Dong Xuebin had used up all his back on Sunday during Stone Gambling, and today was only the first day of accumulating it again, so he could not go gambling on stones either. Thus, Dong Xuebin put those thoughts aside and prepared to focus on his work, trying not to make any more low-level mistakes so he could save up his daily back for when he needed it most.
Inside the General Office, Tan Limei, Chang Juan, and the others were chatting.
"Did you hear? The bureau leadership is being reshuffled," Tan Limei said quietly.
Chang Juan gave an acknowledging hum. "Sounds like Director Yan is getting promoted and transferred to a State Security Department in another province?"
Guo Panwei cut in, "He's being promoted to Deputy Department Director of the State Security Department in a southern province."
"Oh, really?" Chang Juan put her eyebrow pencil away in a drawer. "I thought it was the Provincial Department in a northern province."
Dong Xuebin had just stepped through the office door and happened to hear their conversation. Director Yan was being transferred? Rumors about it had been circulating since last week, but Dong Xuebin had assumed they were false and paid them no mind. Now that so many people were discussing it, there was probably no smoke without fire. If it was true, who would become the new director? Would someone be transferred in from elsewhere, or would Political Commissar Zhou Guoan smoothly take over?
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