Luoshui County.
Patrol Office.
Braving the heavy snow, Jiang Ning stepped through the gates of the Patrol Office and walked straight toward the Council Hall.
Xie Xiaojiu followed close behind him.
"My Lord, this is the place!" Xie Xiaojiu looked at the Council Hall ahead, stopped some distance away, and spoke.
"Mm!" Jiang Ning nodded.
Then he stopped and glanced at Xie Xiaojiu before saying, "It's cold. No need to wait for me here. Go inside and warm yourself by the fire."
"Yes, My Lord!" Xie Xiaojiu answered, pursing her lips.
After that, she watched Jiang Ning brave the flurrying snow as he walked toward the Council Hall.
Council Hall.
Jiang Ning arrived beneath the front eaves of the building and shook his shoulders, sending the snowflakes and melted snowwater clinging to him flying off.
As for the top of his head, not a single snowflake had remained there.
Then he pushed open the half-closed door and lifted his leg over the threshold.
"Commander Jiang!!" When Ye Qiu saw Jiang Ning, he immediately rose with a smile.
Yuan Hua and Tang Miaomiao, who had arrived long ago, stopped their conversation at once and hurriedly stood.
"Greetings, Commander Jiang!!"
The two of them already knew by now that Jiang Ning had been promoted to Eighth Grade.
His official rank was above theirs.
Now, once the transfer order from above came down, Jiang Ning would no longer hold an empty post, but a real office with actual power in his hands.
Seeing Jiang Ning at this moment, complicated expressions immediately appeared on both their faces.
Although they knew that, with Jiang Ning's previous performance, it was only a matter of time before he surpassed them, they had never expected that day to come so soon.
The Patrol Office here had only