Power and Wealth

by Stayrr

An accident let him have a special ability to turn back time up to 1 minute. When he said the wrong things in front of his leader, he was able to return back to 1 minute before to correct what he said. During jade stone gambling and there was no jade inside, he turns back time to pick another stone. When the woman he likes met an accident, he can return back to 1 minute before to s

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The floor of this crystal shop was covered with crystalstones dust.

Dong Xuebing walked to a stack of uncut natural crystalstones and squat there. He picked up a stone, about 2 to 2.5 kg. He examines itclosely. There was a small window cut at a corner. The crystal inside wascolorless and clear. The quality of this crystal seems to be of a higher grade.But Dong Xuebing knew the shopowners will cut the best part of the stone toshow the customers. It might show high-quality crystal from this small cut, butthe crystal might not be the same for the other parts of the stone. "Boss, howmuch is this piece?"

The shopowner was sweeping the dust, and he looked up. "Oh,that's 10,000 RMB."

Dong Xuebing pointed to another purple crystal stone. Thatstone does not have any cuts. "How about that piece?"

"35,000 EMB."

"That yellow crystal stone?"

"That is bigger. 40,000 RMB."

Dong Xuebing asked the prices of the bigger stones. Thisway, the chances of having bigger crystals were higher. After confirming theprices, Dong Xuebing reached inside his pocket and played a ringtone beforetaking out his iPhone 4 to pretend to answer a call. He pretended to bespeaking to someone and then hang up. "Boss, I would like to buy some crystals.But I need to rush off. If you can cut the stones faster, I will buy a fewpieces at once. If not, I will go off."

The shop owner would not give up any business. "Hurry up andpick the stones. I can cut the stones fast."

"Fine. These two purple crystals, that yellow crystal, thatcolorless crystal, and that pink crystal."

"Wait, let me calculate." The shop owner picked up hiscalculator and punched in the numbers. "The total is 162,000 RMB. I will roundit off to 160,000 RMB."

Dong Xuebing took out the stacks of money from his back and pressedthe countdown timer on his phone. 360 seconds.

The shop owner could tell Dong Xuebing was a novice. But henever expects Dong Xuebing to spend 160,000 RMB to gamble crystal stones. Theyoung men nowadays were so rich. He picked up the stacks of RMB and place itinto the money counting machine beside him. 10,000... 50,000... 100,000... Hecounted twice, and the amount was right."

There were 312 seconds left.

Dong Xuebing anxiously said. "Start cutting the stones.Don't need to grind it bit by bit. Cut it diagonally from an angle will do."

The shop owner was stunned. "Oh, you will damage some of thecrystals inside. Are you sure?"

"Yes. Please hurry."

There were 303 seconds left.

The shop owner had promised Dong Xuebing that he will cut thestones fast. His movements were swift as he rolled up his sleeves and kneeldown beside that colorless crystal stone. He held the cutter in his hand andpicked an angle before pressing the cutter against the stone!

Eeeeeee! Eeeeeee! Eeeeeee! The stonecutter cut through theouter layer of the stone!

There were 280 seconds left!

Dong Xuebing clenched his fist tightly. Please hurry up!

Eeeeeee! The screeching sounds of the cutter were loud!Suddenly the noise stopped!

The colorless crystal stone was cut open. The cut surfacewas smooth, but there were specks of black spots. The shop owner rubbed it withhis fingers and could not remove it. "There are not dirt. It's the impuritiesin the crystal. What a pity." Having impurities in the crystals will lower thevalue of the stone. This stone which cost 10,000 RMB was not worthless.

Dong Xuebing cursed under his breath and immediately said:"Forget about that and cut the next stone!"

"Sure." The shop owner turned and start to cut the yellowcrystal stone.

There were 241 seconds left!

Dong Xuebing was rubbing his palms together and praying.Please, let me get a good crystal stone without impurities!

Eeeeeee! Eeeeeee! The second stone was cut open, and therewere no impurities. But the yellow color was not very dark. There was only aslight tint of yellow in the crystal. It was almost like colorless crystals.This stone which cost 30,000 RMB was worth less than 10,000 RMB now!

Damn!

Dong Xuebing gritted his teeth and said: "Next one!"

There were 195 seconds left.

Eeeeeee! Eeeeeee! Eeeeeee! The third pink crystal stone wascut open!

This time, the shop owner might have chosen a wrong angle tocut. He did not cut it diagonally. He just cut out a small portion of thestone, but from that small window, they could see lots of tiny bubbles in thecrystal. This piece was another worthless piece!

Dong Xuebing slapped his thighs angrily. "Next!"

He only has 141 seconds left, and there were 2 purplecrystal stones left.

132 seconds...

112 seconds...

98 seconds...

Dong Xuebing had seen many people losing money from crystalstone gambling. He thought they were unlucky. But he never expects his luck tobe much worse than them. That 35,000 RMB smaller purple crystal stone was cutopened and the color... Lousy could not even be used to describe the crystal.There were a big crack and two black lines of impurities. It was totallyworthless!

There was only the bigger purple crystal stone left!

There were only 88 seconds left!

The shop owner looked at Dong Xuebing, and the frustratedDong Xuebing said: "Cut! Continue!" He was really unlucky today.

The fat shop owner was not surprised. He knew his stoneswell. This batch of crystal stones was bought from his friend in the southernprovince. It was from his friend's factory. There were all low-grade stoneswhich were unsold. It would be a surprise if there were any high-grade crystalsin there. Oh, there might still be a possibility of a high-grade crystal stonemixed among the stones. After all, the crystals in the stones could not begraded with any equipment. No one could tell for sure if the uncut stonescontain high-grade crystals.

76 seconds...

52 seconds...

47 seconds...

The last purple stone was cut. It contains colorlesscrystals. The crystals in the center were almost transparent. There were stillspecks of dirt in the crystal, and some parts were greyish. This was anotherworthless crystal!

Dong Xuebing was furious. 160,000 RMB! 160,000 RMB waswasted. He was speechless!

That's it? It's all over?

That's right! There was still time! 39 seconds wereremaining!

Dong Xuebing did not waste time choosing the stones. Hepointed to a bigger stone beside the shop owner and said: "Please cut thatone!"

The shop owner looked at the stone. "This cost 50,000 RMB."

Dong Xuebing immediately said: "Cut it first. I will pay youin a while!"

The shop owner did not move. "I am only running a smallbusiness..."

"I do not have so much cash with me now." Dong Xuebing tookout his identification card and place it on the table. "I will leave myidentification card with you and will go to the bank later to withdraw money.Is that fine?"

The shop owner saw the way Dong Xuebing bought the stonesand knew that he should not run away. He nodded.

There were 24 seconds left!

Dong Xuebing had only 60,000 RMB left in his bank. If thiscrystal is a low-grade crystal and his BACK cannot be used continuously, hewill lose everything!

Eeeeeee!

There were 13 seconds left!

Dong Xuebing looked at the time remaining on his phone."Please hurry up!"

The shop owner used more strength to cut the stone. 1 cm... 2cm... 3 cm...

8 seconds remain!

6 seconds remain!

5 seconds remain!

There was no more time!

Just when Dong Xuebing was about to say BACK at the final 3seconds, Crack! The outer layer of the stone was cut open and dropped onto thefloor!

It's cut!

Dong Xuebing quickly move forward to look at the crystal!

"This... This is acicular crystal?" The shop owner wasstunned.

"Ah?" Dong Xuebing was also surprised. "You mean the type ofcrystals that have acicular inside?!"

"Yes! This is worth a lot!" The color, size, and purity ofthis crystal were all top grade. The shop owner also did not expect to findsuch high-grade crystal among this batch of stones!

Dong Xuebing was stunned for a second and shouted in hisheart: BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK!

He said BACK six times!

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Power and WealthChapter 98 – Silver AcicularCrystal!

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Every time BACK was shouted, the scenes in front of DongXuebing flashed.

The first time, Dong Xuebing saw the fat shop owner lookingdown cutting the stone. This was 60 seconds ago.

The second time, Dong Xuebing saw the fat shop owner talkingto him. This was 120 seconds ago.

The third time, Dong Xuebing saw the fat shop owner touchingthe crystal stone, preparing to cut it. This was 180 seconds ago.

...

Dong Xuebing's body and eyes could not keep up with thefast-changing flashes and became giddy. When he came back to his senses, hissurroundings were no longer flashing. He felt he had just got off a rollercoaster. His legs were wobbly and immediately grabbed onto a corner of the table.Sweat was dripping off his forehead.

"Oh, are you ok?" The shop owner looked at Dong Xuebing andasked: "What's wrong?"

Dong Xuebing blinked and steadied himself. "I'm fine.Errr... Where did I stop just now?"

"Where did you stop?" The shop owner was looking at himweirdly and pointed to the few crystal stones on the floor. "You said you wantthese two purple crystal, that yellow crystal, that colorless crystal, and thatpick crystal." The shop owner answered Dong Xuebing and lift up his calculator."The total is 162,000 RMB. I will round it off to 160,000 RMB."

God damn! It succeeded!

Dong Xuebing was overjoyed and had forgotten that he wasstill gambling.

The shop owner saw Dong Xuebing laughing to himself and felta cold shiver up his spine. Was this person crazy? He sub-consciously took onestep back from Dong Xuebing and asked: "You are in a hurry? Do you want all 5pieces? I will cut those stones for you now?"

"No, no." Dong Xuebing returned back to his senses. "I willnot be on time even if I rush back now. You can take your time to cut thestones slowly." Dong Xuebing said and looked at the stones on the floor. Hiseyes immediately stopped on the last stone the shop owner cut before he usedBACK. "Those 5 pieces are too expensive. I do not want them anymore. Hmmm...That piece. Yes. That piece that is slightly smaller than a football. How muchis that?"

The shop owner looked at that stone and replied: "Thatpiece? 20,000 RMB."

"20,000 RMB!?" Dong Xuebing heard the price and cursed inhis heart. Before he uses BACK, the shop owner quoted him 50,000 RMB. The shopowner should have quoted Dong Xuebing a much higher price as he was in a hurryand do not have time to bargain. "There are no small cuts on this piece. 20,000RMB is too expensive."

The shop owner shook his head. "The weight and size areworth this much."

Dong Xuebing was in a hurry earlier and did not have time toexamine this stone. He moves closer and picks up the stone. He pointed to theleft side of the rock. "There is a crack here. It is a deep crack. The crystalson this side should be useless. The value of this crystal should be halved."

The shop owner also knows that this stone was not worthmuch. He thought for a while. "18,000 RMB. This is the final price."

Dong Xuebing immediately passed him the money. "Start fromthe side without the crack."

The shop owner nodded and carried the stone to a corner tostart cutting. He was facing the side of the crack, and he knew the crystalsinside should not be any high-grade crystals. He picked up the stone cuttingmachine, switched it on and slowly press it against the side without the crack.

1st cut... 2nd cut... 3rd cut... A smallopening was cut through the dusty surface of the stone.

5th cut... 6th cut... 7thcut... The opening was cut bigger, and it formed a finger width size window.They could see the crystals inside!

Dong Xuebing quickly walk over. He did not see the crystalsearlier and was nervous.

The shop owner wiped the dust off the surface and looked atthe crystals. He was stunned.

The crystals were colorless and very clear. The shop ownercould also see silver-colored needle-like crystals inside through the smallopening. Some of the needles were slightly curved, and some were straight. Itwas beautiful!

"This is..." The shop owner cried out in surprise: "Acicularcrystal! Silver acicular crystals!!!"

Dong Xuebing pumped his fist! It's really acicular crystal!

The shop owner took out a torchlight and shine into theopening. How could a silver acicular crystal appear in this batch of low-gradecrystal stones? This young man was too lucky. He had only picked one stone andwon the top prize? Damn! I should have open a small window first beforeselling!

Maybe it was because of the sounds from the shop, twopassers-by walked in.

"Silver acicular crystal? It is from stone gambling? Let metake a look!" One middle-aged man took the torchlight from the shop owner andexamine the crystal.

The other middle-aged man looked at Dong Xuebing and asked:"You are lucky. How much did you spend?"

Dong Xuebing smiled: "18,000 RMB."

"Hahaha, you should be able to make a large sum from this."

That middle-aged man finished examing the crystal and noddedto his friend. He turned to Dong Xuebing and asked. "Are you selling thiscrystal?"

Dong Xuebing replied. "It depends on how much you areoffering.."

"Hmmm... how about 80,000 RMB?"

Dong Xuebing shook his head.

"90,000 RMB?"

Dong Xuebing shook his head again.

That man smiled. "90,000 RMB is my highest offer. You shouldconsider my offer. This stone is not fully opened. There might be a risk. Look,there is a deep crack on the other side. If the crack extended into thecrystal, then part of it will be useless. It cannot be used to carve out bigornaments. It can only be made into a small Guanyin statue."

Dong Xuebing only smile at him and turn to the shop owner."Boss, continue to cut the stone open. This time, start from the cracked part."

The shop owner did not move. "Young man, I suggest you sellit. If this crack is too deep, then this stone will not be worth so high.90,000 RMB is really a good offer."

Dong Xuebing had seen the shop owner cut open this stonefrom the cracked part before he used BACK. Although he did not see whether ifthere were acicular crystals, but thee surface was clear, and there were noimpurities. This was why he had no hesitations. "Just cut it."

The shop owner did not persuade him anymore. He picked upthe stone cutting machine and start to cut the outer layer bit by bit.

Eeeeee! Eeeee!

It was only the first cut, and everyone in the shop wereshocked. Part of the crack was cut away!

The shop owner paused for a while and proceeded to makeanother cut. Another part of the 3 mm deep crack was cut away!

The shop owner made the 3rd cut! 4thcut!

The crack was gone entirely, and the colorless, clearcrystal inside was exposed!

The crack did not extend into the crystal! It was only onthe out layer of the stone!

The two middle-aged men looked at each other and took a deepbreath. Without the crack, the crystal in the stone will be huge. A smallGuanyin Statue? No. This crystal can be made into a 20 cm diameter crystalball!

The shop owner looked at Dong Xuebing and felt this youngman was lucky beyond words. "My shop will buy this piece from you. Name aprice!"

The middle-aged man immediately interrupts. "Young man, Iwill give you a reasonable price. Don't sell it to others. Come, let's go outand discuss the price."

An acicular crystal ball was rare even at auctions. The shopowner really wanted this crystal. "How about 200,000 RMB?"

Dong Xuebing's eyes brighten up but did not say anything.

The middle-aged man frowned and said: "210,000 RMB!"

The shop owner gritted his teeth. "220,000 RMB!"

The middle-aged man said without thinking. "230,000 RMB!"

This time, the shop owner kept quiet and shook his headdisappointedly.

"If this is not for my collection, I will also make surehigh offer." The middle-aged man said to Dong Xuebing. "Are you willing to sellfor 230,000 RMB?"

Dong Xuebing hesitated for a moment and then smiled andshook his hand. "Deal."

The middle-aged man laughed. "Ok. I do not have so much cashwith me. Can I pay you with a cheque?"

Dong Xuebing does not know how to use a cheque. Furthermore,he can't tell the difference between a real or fake cheque. He hesitated for awhile and said: "Let's go to the bank together."

The man could tell Dong Xuebing was worried and nodded. "Ok.You can give me the crystal after the cheque is banked in. Let's go."

There was an ICBC bank near Panjiayuan.

After the cheque was banked into Dong Xuebing's account and hechecked the balance, Dong Xuebing gave the crystal to that man. Those two menleft. But Dong Xuebing remained in the bank and banked in all his cash in hisbag into his account. After that, he checked his statement. His total savingswas 440,000 RMB! He took a deep breath. Words can't express his feelings!

The most important thing was the discovery of a new way touse BACK!

If he accumulates his power every day, and only use it incritical moments, he will be able to store a long time!

Promotions? Making money? Getting married?

All these dreams should not be too far.

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Power and WealthChapter 99 – Meeting the beautiful woman again!

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On the way home.

There were still a few more stops to North Heping Street.Dong Xuebing was waiting for his bus at a bus stop outside of a shopping centernear to West bridge. He had been waiting for the bus for a long time, but thatdid not dampen his mood. He was humming a tune as he took out the packet ofHongtashan Cigarettes from his pocket. He took out a cigarette and light it.This was the packet Dong Xuebing bought after Director Li Qing gave him acigarette. He had opened up the pack a long time ago, and the taste of thecigarette changed. Dong Xuebing choked on the smoke and was almost in tears.

The taste was awful!

Dong Xuebing threw the cigarette on the floor and stepped onit to extinguish it. He also threw away that packet of Hongtashan into a bin.

The bus had still not arrived. It was more than 20 minutes.

Just when Dong Xuebing was considering if he should take ataxi back, he saw a familiar figure walking towards his direction from thecorner of his eyes. That person was about 6 to 7 meters away. Her hair was tiedup into a bun, and her facial features were beautiful. She had a slim figureand long legs. This woman was that elegant woman which Dong Xuebing had helpedher to get her wallet back. She was wearing a black colored ladies suit and apair of black heels. She was stunning. Her beauty was totally different fromthe gentle Qu Yunxuan. She was more of the elegant type!

Dong Xuebing could not take his eyes off her. How couldsomeone be as pretty as her?

Oh, the last time we met was also not far from here. Doesshe stay around here? This place is quite close to my place.

"Chief Xie!" A middle-aged man appeared from anotherdirection and walked towards that woman.

That woman turned to look at him and smiled. "Old Li, youhave just come back?"

That man nodded and smiled. "I went to the parents-teachersmeeting at my kid's school. Are you going out?"

"Yes. I have some on."

That man looked at her. "Chief Xie, can I delay your timefor a while? I had asked someone to redo the thing I showed you the last time.We changed the core components to mechanical productions, and there are someother modifications..."

The woman smiled and waved her hand. "Can we not talk aboutwork on our off days?"

The middle-aged man paused for a while: "This is still notapproved by Minister Zhao's side. This..."

The woman was still smiling, but her eyes narrowed. "Bringthe proposal to my office tomorrow when we are at work. Can we not talk aboutwork now?"

Dong Xuebing was curious. That man was in his forties.Although he was not smiling, he was standing straight unlike that woman, whowas standing there casually. From their conversation, that man had addressedher politely and had used honorifics. This woman should not be more than 30years old and should be holding a much higher position than that man. ChiefXie? Chief? Could she be some divisional chief from a private company? If shewas working at a state-owned enterprise or government agency, she should beholding a similar position as Dong Xuebing in the General Affairs Office, basedon her age. Although the title was "Chief" but the actual rank was stillSection Chief.

Dong Xuebing saw the woman walking nearer towards him, andhe hesitated and wonder if she should speak to her.

This woman had said she will treat Dong Xuebing for dinnerwhen she has the time. But almost one month had passed, and she still has notcontacted Dong Xuebing. She must have forgotten about this. She might evenforget how Dong Xuebing looks like.

Dong Xuebing's mind was wandering when the woman suddenlystopped and looked at him.

"Huh? It's you?"

She still remembers me? Dong Xuebing replied. "Hi. We meetagain. You are living nearby?"

"Yes. My workplace quarters is nearby." The woman smiled. "Iwanted to thank you for that day and had said I will treat you to dinner. But Ihave been swamped. I don't even have time on weekends. I am on my way to meetclients over dinner. I'm afraid that I cant treat you today."

Dong Xuebing looked at her pretty face and replied. "It'sfine. You don't have to treat me."

"Haha, I must give you a treat. My wallet contains lots ofimportant cards. Identification card can be replaced if it is lost. But thename cards in my wallet cannot be replaced." The woman twirled her long hairwith one finger. "Oh, I still do not know your name. My name is Xie Huilan."

"Dong Xuebing."

"Hmm... nice name."

"Huh? It's a common name. Your name sounds nicer."

"Are you above 25 years old this year?"

"I am almost 24."

"Hehe, I am older than you. I will call you Xiao Dong ok?"

"Sure."

The other passengers, waiting at the bus stop, were staringat Xie Huilan. It was rare to see a woman as pretty as her.

Xie Huilan laughed and chatted with Dong Xuebing for awhile. After one minute of chatting, she looked at her watch and took out apiece of paper from her handbag. She wrote a string of numbers and passed it toDong Xuebing. "I got to go. This is my number. I owe you a favor. If you needany help, call me. Hmmm... I am working at the Research division of the NewsBureau under the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, Ok?"

Dong Xuebing took the paper from her and looked at thenumbers. Her handwriting was beautiful.

Eh? Wait! Where was she working at?

Damn! Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China?News Bureau? Research division?

This Publicity Department of the Communist Party of Chinawas different from other government departments. The research division underthe Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China was not a Sectionlevel department. It was a real Divisional level agency!!!

Dong Xuebing was stunned. "Sis Xie, I heard that man calledyou Chief Xie earlier. You... You are the Chief of the News Bureau's ResearchDivision?"

Xie Huilan laughed. "I'm only a Deputy."

Even if she was a Deputy, she was also a Deputy DivisionalChief!

She was promoted every two years, or did she enter thegovernment service earlier?

It might still be possible for Xie Huilan to reach hercurrent rank if she is in the Communist Youth League. But she is working for adepartment under the Central Government. She is a Deputy Divisional Chief underthe Publicity Department. She is a leader from the Central Government! Althoughher rank might be the same as Deputy Branch Bureau Chief Xu Yan, theirpositions are totally different. In terms of authority and career prospects,Deputy Divisional Chief of the News Bureau, Research Department is much bettercompared to State Security, Deputy Branch Bureau Chief! Her position is not aposition where anyone can reach with just capabilities alone!

Dong Xuebing was stunned and looked at Xie Huilan's departingback view.

A Deputy Divisional Chief under the age of 30? Whatbackground does she have?!

Xie Huilan was pretty, elegant, have a strong backing,capable, have good career...

Damn!

The woman was too perfect!

Dong Xuebing was shocked by Xie Huilan. He thought tohimself if he should also try harder? At least, he should get the rank of aDeputy Section Chief first.

Translator'snotes:

PublicityDepartment of the Communist Party of China

https/en./wiki/Publicity_Department_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China

CommunistYouth League of China

https/en./wiki/Communist_Youth_League_of_China

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Power and WealthChapter 100 – Got into Trouble!

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Monday.

Qu Yunxuan's mother needs to visit the hospital once a yearfor her Cerebrovascular disease treatment. Qu Yunxuan was worried about her andwent back with her mother. She will only return back to North Heping Streetnext week. Dong Xuebing had also used up his BACK on Sunday and today, he willstart to accumulate again. He could not go back to gamble stones. So, DongXuebing focuses on his work and try not to make any mistakes. This way, heneeds to save his power for emergencies.

The General Affairs Office. Tan Limei, Chang Juan, and therest were chatting.

"Have you heard the news? The Chief is going to be transferred."Tan Limei said softly.

Chang Juan nodded: "It seems that Chief Yan will be promotedand transferred to another province's State Security Bureau."

Guo Panwei interrupted. "He is going to be promoted toProvincial Deputy Director for a Southern Province."

"Oh, really?" Chang Juan kept her eyebrow pencil in herdrawer. "I thought he will be transferred to a northern province."

Dong Xuebing, who had just entered the office, heard whatthey were saying. Chief Yan will be transferred away? He had heard of thisrumor last week, but he ignored this. But there were so many people discussingthis now. This should be true. Who will be the new Chief of this branch bureau?Will he be transferred from other branches or Political Commissar Zhou Guoan taking overthis position?

"Eh, Chief Dong." Chang Juan was the first to notice DongXuebing entering the office, and she immediately smiles.

"Good morning, Chief Dong."

"Chief Dong."

Dong Xuebing likes the mood in the office, and he smiles toeveryone and acknowledges their greetings. He glanced at Guo Shunjie beforegoing into his office. Dong Xuebing still remembers how he was bullied by GuoShunjie and how he went to Director Li Qing to snitch on him. This Guo Shunjiewas too much. Dong Xuebing was already promoted to Deputy Chief of the GeneralAffairs Office, and this Guo Shunjie was still trying to backstab him. If DongXuebing did not have BACK, he would be in trouble with Li Qing.

After pouring himself a cup of tea, Dong Xuebing thoughtabout how he should deal with Guo Shunjie.

Knock, knock, knock. Tan Limei and Zhuang Zhi knocked on hisoffice and entered.

Dong Xuebing saw them: "Oh, Tan Zhi, Zhuang Zhi, why are youtwo looking so serious?"

Zhuang Zhi blushed. "Bing Zhi, it like this... Errrrrr...Errrr..."

"You are so stupid!" Tan Limei chided Zhuang Zhi and thensmiles sweetly at Dong Xuebing. "I will do the talking. Chief Bing Zhi, youshould also know that State Security has more rules than other governmentagencies. For instance, if we are dating, we must report to our directsupervisor. This morning, Zhuang Zhi and I met Director Li Qing on our way towork. The first thing he said when he saw us was whether if we are dating. Weknow that we could not hide it anymore and we admit. He told us to report toyou. I think we will be transferred to different units in a few days." Both ofthem could not work in the same office if they were dating.

Dong Xuebing was happy for his friends. "Hahaha,congratulations. When is your wedding?"

Zhuang Zhi embarrassedly replied. "We had met each other'sparents a few days ago. Wedding... it should be soon."

"Who says I will marry you?!" Tan Limei pinched him, but shewas smiling sweetly. "I still need to consider."

Dong Xuebing laughed. "Our Zhuang Zhi is an honest chap. TanZhi, you should not bully him like this. Even if he has thick skin, he willstill feel the pain from your pinches."

"Hehe, ok. I will listen to the Chief." After chatting for awhile, Tan Limei suddenly remembers something. "Oh, I heard something from thePolitical Section earlier. This year's Western District Party School YoungCadres training course will be starting soon. This time, there will be twoclasses. One will be for Section Chief level, and the other is for DivisionalChief level. The course duration is 2 weeks."

Dong Xuebing blinked. " Party school training course?"

Tan Limei knew Dong Xuebing had only entered the bureau forless than 3 months and does not know about all these. She patiently explainedto Dong Xuebing. "You should also know that our agency is different from othergovernment agencies. They are allocated with some spots regardless of whetherif it is District level or City level party school. But our agency isdifferent. We seldom get even one place. If it wasn't for the District's Industryand Commerce Branch having some internal issues and gave up one place, our branchwill not even get to participate. Even the Eastern and Northern branches do nothave any spots. This is a rare opportunity, and many leaders are eyeing it."

Dong Xuebing have also heard of the Party School. If someoneis going to be promoted, they will usually be arranged to join the trainingcourse organized by the Party School. This was to prepare someone to take on ahigher position. Participating in this course is a sign of someone getting apromotion soon.

Zhuang Zhi added: "Bing Zhi, you should try to get thisspot."

Dong Xuebing also wanted to participate. If he participatedin this course, it should not be a problem for him to be promoted to DeputySection Chief. But he was just promoted to Deputy Chief of the General AffairsOffice. Although his rank was not Deputy Section Chief, he is getting thebenefits of Deputy Section Chief ranks. There was no way for him to get thisspot.

Tan Limei could tell what Dong Xuebing was thinking andsmiles. "Getting the Deputy Section Chief's benefits and entering the partyschool has happened before. There have been instances when staff members whowere going to be promoted, joining this course. So, Chief Bing Zhi, I think youshould really fight for this spot. If you can get this spot, your rank might bepromoted to Deputy Section Chief when you return."

Dong Xuebing smiled and waved his hand. "It will be tooearly for me to get this rank." Dong Xuebing was tempted.

He had been thinking of getting the rank of Deputy SectionChief!

Ring, ring, ring...

The phone on Dong Xuebing rang. It was Li Qing who called.After hanging up the phone, Dong Xuebing said to Tan Limei and Zhuang Zhi."Let's talk about our work now. There will be a meeting in the afternoon inmeeting room 2. I will give you the list of documents required later. Tan Zhi,I will let you and Chang Juan handle this. Girls are more careful, and therewill be lesser mistakes with the documents. Hmmmm... Let Guo Shunjie go and setup the meeting room." Other than Branch Party Committee meetings, the GeneralAffairs Office was in charge of preparing meeting materials for ordinarymeetings.

"Yes, Sir!"

Tan Limei left and passed Dong Xuebing's instructions toothers.

When Guo Shunjie heard that he needs to set up the meetingvenue, he stood up angrily and stormed out of the office. Setting up themeeting room was easier than preparing the documents. But this was considered alowly task and Guo Shunjie was upset. He was cursing Dong Xuebing in his heartas he walked to Political Commissar ZhouGuoan's office. He wants to complain to Political Commissar Zhou.

Zhou Guoan was in a good mood these few days and did notinterrupt Guo Shunjie. He continued with his work while listening to GuoShunjie's complains.

In the end, Guo Shunjie still said: "Uncle Zhou, the wayDong Xuebing picks on me, clearly does not show any respect for you. He..."

"Enough." Zhou Guoan was getting frustrated from hiswhinings. He knocked on his desk and said: "I told to that there is no hurry. Iwill settle everything for you. Can you have some patience?"

Guo Shunjie was furious. When I gave you money, you justaccept it. Now, you are asking me to be patient? If this carries on, I will beordered around by Dong Xuebing until the day I die! How can I be patient? Afterleaving Political Commissar Zhou's office, Guo Shunjie clenched his fist andhave an evil look in his eyes!

Before noon, Tan Limei and Chang Juan organized thedocuments and prepared 13 sets. Only 12 people were attending the meeting, butthey prepared one more set as spare. Dong Xuebing took one random set and tooka look. All the required information were in, and he placed the documents onthe desk before leaving for lunch.

At 1pm, Dong Xuebing brought the 13 sets of documents tomeeting room 2 and placed all the documents neatly on the table according tothe names. Actually, Dong Xuebing can ask Guo Panwei or anyone else to do this.But he had won Zhou Guoan's nomination for his current position during the lastParty Committee meeting, and Chief Yan Liang will be transferring out soon. PoliticalCommissar Zhou might be taking over his position. Dong Xuebing needs to makesure he performs well in from of Political Commissar Zhou.

Suddenly, the door opened, and a few leaders entered themeeting room. Zhou Guoan was the last to arrive.

"Political Commissar Zhou, everything is ready." DongXuebing said.

Zhou Guoan nodded and walked over to his seat.

Dong Xuebing looked at Political Commissar Zhou and left themeeting room.

This was only an ordinary meeting for passing theinstructions from the central government. Zhou Guoan cleared his throat andopened the documents in front of him to start the meeting.

5 minutes...

10 minutes...

20 minutes...

Zhou Guoan suddenly stopped speaking when they reached page7 of the documents!

Everyone could not understand what happened and looked over.

They saw Zhou Guoan flipping the documents with a long face.Bang! He threw his documents on the table!

Huh? What's this?

Everyone was shocked and doesn't know why Zhou Guoansuddenly got angry. They looked at the document on the table...

Everyone was speechless.

The documents were wrong. A few pages among the documentswere not even words. It was pictures of cakes and desserts! The seniors at themeeting knew Zhou Guoan had diabetes and could not eat sweet food! Everyone waslooking at each other. Was this a genuine mistake or was someone trying toprovoke Zhou Guoan?

Who was so daring?!

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What happened in the meeting room was spread throughout thebranch.

Everyone was discussing this incident, and they knew theGeneral Affairs Office will be in deep trouble.

Dong Xuebing, who was playing Minesweeper in his office, wasstill unaware of this incident until Deputy Branch Bureau Chief Xu Yan calledhim. She had an unhappy tone, and Dong Xuebing could hear her tapping her deskwith her pen. "Are you the one who send the documents for Political CommissarZhou Guoan's meeting? I just don't understand! How can you make mistakes withphotocopying? Why is it that only Political Commissar Zhou's document hasmistakes? Why are there pictures of cakes and desserts in his document and notanyone else? Don't you know that Political Commissar Zhou has diabetes? XiaoDong, what happened?"

Dong Xuebing felt this was not possible. "Pictures ofdesserts? There are no pictures in the documents."

Xu Yan took a deep breath. "There will be an internalreorganization soon, and you still create problems... That's all I have to say.You take care of this problem yourself!"

Dong Xuebing put down the phone in a daze.

Ring, ring, ring. Li Qing called. "Political Commissar Zhoucalled me to his office for a scolding. Xiao Dong ah... You... Why didn't youcheck through all the documents before you send to the meeting room? How can therebe pictures of desserts in the documents? You... Sighed... You can't evencomplete such a simple task."

"Director, I don't know anything about this. I..."

"Don't need to explain it to me. You have to be responsiblefor this. Political Commissar Zhou asks you to bring all your staffs to see himin his office. You explain to him yourself!" Li Qing does not want to getinvolved.

After hanging up the phone, Dong Xuebing becomes pale. Inthe past, there were also instances when the pages of the documents were messedup or missing pages. But they always prepared a spare set. At most, they werereprimanded by the leaders for a while, and it was no big deal. But this timewas different. This was not an important meeting, but it was a crucial time forthe leaders because of the upcoming internal reorganization. Also, the dessertpictures were directed to Political Commissar Zhou.

This was life in the government service. Any minor thingscould blow up the next instant.

Dong Xuebing knew this would not end up well. He opened thedoor and entered the main office. "Who prepared the documents for PoliticalCommissar Zhou!?"

Tan Limei, Chang Juan, Zhuang Zhi, Guo Panwei, and the resthad been discussing this incident. They had also heard about what happenedduring the meeting.

Chang Juan immediately explained. "Chief Dong, it's not me.The documents were photocopied together. All 13 sets are the same, and it isimpossible for there to be dessert pictures mixed in it!"

Tan Limei added. "That's right. We still checked throughevery set!"

Dong Xuebing was reprimanded by Xu Yan and Li Qing. He wasfurious and raised his voice. "Then who can explain about the few pictures inthe documents? Ah? The pictures appeared in the document by themselves? Or didthe pictures dropped from the skies?" Dong Xuebing trust Tan Limei's workattitude. Chang Juan and Tan Limei should not make any mistakes when preparingthese documents. He also checked a random copy before bringing up thedocuments. How can there be mistakes?

Provoking Political Commissar Zhou? Dong Xuebing dare not totake on this responsibility!

After getting scolded, Tan Limei and Chang Juan feltwronged. "We really checked all the documents!"

"Enough. Follow me. Political Commissar Zhou wants to seeus!"

Political Commissar Zhou's office.

The furious Political Commissar Zhou was sitting behind hisdesk, looking at those pictures. He had already placed all responsibility onDong Xuebing. He was already unhappy with Dong Xuebing for his promotion to theDeputy Chief of the General Affairs Office. Guo Shunjie also kept talking badabout Dong Xuebing and told him how disrespectful Dong Xuebing was towards him.Zhou Guoan might not show it, but he was furious inside. He suspects someonewas behind this incident because he will be taking over as the position ofBranch Bureau Chief. Someone was trying to intimidate him? Who's themastermind? Xu Yan, who had been supporting Dong Xuebing? Song Shoujie? YangYizhong? Or... Liu Hua? Zhou Guoan was not sure, but he had to do something toprove he was not someone easily intimidated.

Not long later, Dong Xuebing entered Political CommissarZhou's office with the staffs from the General Affairs Office.

"Political Commissar Zhou, we..."

Zhou Guoan threw the pictures on his desk. "What's these?Tell me!"

Dong Xuebing felt wronged. But this was what had happened,and he could not explain for himself. "This might be our oversight..."

"Oversight?" Bang, bang, bang! Zhou Guoan banged on thetable. "Do you know what does State Security means? Do you know what thepurpose of the General Affairs Office is? Tell me! How did these pictures ofcakes appear in the General Affairs Office? Who is the one that printed these?Ah? Is this the way you all do things?! Not only you all print such pictures inthe office, you all still file it together with the documents? As the DeputyChief of the office, is this the way you supervise your staffs? Give me anexplanation!"

This was what Dong Xuebing did not want. Getting blamed forwhat happened. Zhou Guoan thought he had mixed those pictures among thedocuments on purposed. Dong Xuebing did not check through all the documents anddid not fulfill his responsibility as the supervisor. But Dong Xuebing did noteven know Zhou Guoan had diabetes before this incident. "Political CommissarZhou, these pictures should be mixed in accidentally when we are stacking thedocuments. I admit this is our oversight. But I can guarantee that this is nota provocation by anyone!"

"What provocation? Ah? I am talking about the workingattitude of the General Affairs Office!" Zhou Guoan had assumed that this wasall Dong Xuebing's work. He will not listen to his explanation and startedscolding him!

Seeing Political Commissar Zhou's attitude, Dong Xuebingbecame more depressed. He had really offended Political Commissar Zhou. Goddamn it! Why did this have to happen? Damn unlucky!

Tan Limei, Guo Panwei and the rest lowered their heads.

Guo Shunjie looked at Dong Xuebing gloatingly before helowered his head.

Zhou Guoan then asked a question which all of them do notwant to hear. "Who is the one who delivered these documents?"

All of them knew that Political Commissar was findingsomeone to take the blame.

Dong Xuebing gritted his teeth and replied. "I am the onewho sent it to the office."

Zhou Guoan looked at all of them in the eyes and asked: "Whoprinted all the documents?"

Guo Panwei and Old Yan looked at Chang Juan and Tan Limeisecretly. Tan Limei and Chang Juan turned pale immediately. Both of them do nothave any Deputy Branch Bureau backing them. If they offended PoliticalCommissar Zhou, god knows what sort of punishments they will have to face. Evenif Political Commissar Zhou let them off this time, what about the next time?If the leader wants to find trouble with you, they could use whatever reasons!Civil Servants were also not iron rice bowls now!

Tan Limei was at the stage where she was going to getmarried to Zhuang Zhi. If something happens in her work, then...

Chang Juan's son was still in school. This was the time whenshe needed money the most. Her salary played a big part in her family's monthlyexpenses. If she lost her job, then her family will...

"I'm the one who printed it."

"Ah?"

Not only Tan Limei and Chang Juan were shocked when theyheard this. Even Old Yan, Guo Panwei and Guo Shunjie were shocked. All of themturned and looked at Dong Xuebing!

It was Dong Xuebing who said that. "I am the one who printedthe documents."

Zhou Guoan looked at him and asked: "Who is the one thatsorted the documents?"

Dong Xuebing replied: "It was me who sorted the documents."

"Good! Good!" Zhou Guoan just said this.

Zhuang Zhi, Guo Shunjie, Chang Juan, Tan Limei, Old Yan didnot expect Xiao Dong to take on all the blame by himself. He did not even tryto push the responsibility to others. Everyone, except for Zhuang Zhi, was moresenior than Dong Xuebing. They had experienced all sorts of storms and seen toomany incidents of people pushing the blame to others. Whenever shit happens,the leaders will try all means to shift the blame to his subordinates. This wasvery normal in the Government Service.

But, the was the first time, even for Old Yan, seeing leadertaking on full responsibility and blames for their staffs!

Tan Limei and Chang Juan's eyes were red. "Chief Dong..."

Dong Xuebing did not let both of them continue. "PoliticalCommissar Zhou, I will write a report and self-reflection letter before the endof the day."

At this moment, Tan Limei and Chang Juan's tears rolled downtheir cheeks!

Old Yan and Guo Panwei looked at each other speechless!

Such leaders exist in government service?

Chief Dong's sense of responsibility was too strong!

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Back at the General Affairs Office.

Dong Xuebing entered his office without saying a word andthrew the documents he was holding on his desk. He sat down and cursed whilemassaging his temples. He had shouldered all the blame. To others, this mightnot be a wise decision and will feel that Dong Xuebing was too inexperienced atwork. But Dong Xuebing had his own thinking. As the supervisor, he had theresponsibility to check on his subordinates' work. This was his job, and it wasapparent Zhou Guoan wanted to pin all the blame on him. Even if he told ZhouGuoan that it was Chang Juan and Tan Limei who had prepared the documents, itwould be useless. They will only be implicated. What's the point of getting twomore people into trouble?

Knock, knock, knock. Someone was at the door.

"Come in."

It was Chang Juan and Tan Limei. After closing the officedoor, Tan Limei's tears start flowing. She stood there and cried. Chang Juan'seyes were also red, and she said: "Chief Dong, Xiao Tan and I had made such abig mistake and you helped us shouldered all the blame. We..."

Dong Xuebing forced a smile and said: "Sis Chang, it'salright. I know you both did not make this mistake on purpose. Everyone makesmistakes. Xiao Tan, stop crying."

Chang Juan wiped off the tears welling in her eyes: "But I...But..."

Tan Limei was still sobbing: "Wooo, wooo... I'm sorry..."

Dong Xuebing now speaks like a real leader. "Don't take itto heart. It's not a big deal. Go back to work."

Tan Limei cried for a while more and then left with ChangJuan.

Outside, in the main office. Old Yan said: "The both of youhad met a good leader. This is our Chief Xiao Dong. If it is other leaders..."He did not continue.

Zhuang Zhi quickly went over to comfort Tan Limei.

Chang Juan sighed. "I am feeling bad. It was not ChiefDong's fault, but because of us..."

Old Yan interrupted her: "Our Chief Dong's nickname isFirefighter. If he can help the leaders put out fires, he will have no problemsputting out the fire in his own backyard."

Chang Juan nodded. She really hopes everything will be finefor Dong Xuebing,

Guo Shunjie continued to type on his keyboard as if thesewere not of his concern. He raised his head and looked at everyone in the officewith a smirk secretly.

...

3 days later.

Thursday.

Dong Xuebing had been waiting for the punishment from PoliticalCommissar Zhou. But after so many days, nothing was heard from him. DongXuebing thought if Political Commissar Zhou had forgotten about this incidentor he realized that this was a genuine mistake and it was not meant to provokehim. Huh? This should not be possible. When it was almost time to go back, DongXuebing started to get ready to go home. He packed his stuff, and before heeven stepped out of his small office, he received a piece of shocking news!

Zhou Guoan will be taking over the Branch Bureau official,and this piece of news was confirmed.

The new Political Commissar was not the favored candidatesXu Yan or Pang Bin. It was Cheng Haimei, who was close to Zhou Guoan. It wasnot sure what connections she used to get this position!

The top officials in the branch were changed, and DongXuebing felt his position was in danger!

The more shocking news was the District Party Trainingcourse's spot, which was sought after by all the section chief staffs, wasgiven to an unexpected person. Guo Shunjie!

When Dong Xuebing heard this, he almost could not believehis ears. Why was the spot given to him?

Dong Xuebing sat down in his office and thought about whathappened. Suddenly, he could feel a chill down his spine. That's it. Zhou Guoanwanted to pursue that incident and then let Guo Shunjie get the spot to attendthe training course. This way, he could easily promote Guo Shunjie. Zhou Guoanwill be the head of the branch and the Branch Bureau Party Committee will beunder his control. This way, he can easily transfer Director Li Qing to otherpositions and let Guo Shunjie take over as the Chief of the General AffairsOffice. If that happens, Guo Shunjie will have direct control over the GeneralAffairs Office, and Dong Xuebing will be under him!

Damn!

This was the worst situation!

Dong Xuebing was lost. He does not know what to do. He couldfeel the danger approaching him.

Guo Shunjie was going to be the Chief of the General AffairsOffice and will be his direct supervisor.

When people are forced into a corner, their minds start tothink fast. Dong Xuebing was such people. He thought hard on what he should doand suddenly realized something. He immediately picked up the phone and calledthe outside office. "Xiao Tan! Call Chang Juan too. I want to see both of youin my office!"

10 seconds later, Chang Juan and Tan Limei entered the smalloffice. "Chief Dong." Both of them had heard that Guo Shunjie will be going forthe training course at the District Party School. They were worried and knewthat Chief Dong's career might come to an end soon. When Zhou Guoan becomes theBranch Bureau's Chief, he will push Guo Shunjie to become the Chief of theGeneral Affairs Office. Dong Xuebing, who had offended the Branch Bureau Chiefand the Chief of the General Affairs Office, will not have a good life!

"Xiao Tan, Chang Juan. I want you all to tell me the truth."Dong Xuebing asked seriously.

Chang Juan immediately replied: "You are the one who savedour jobs. We will not hide anything from you."

Dong Xuebing took in a deep breath and asked: "3 days ago,who made the mistake with the meeting documents for Political Commissar Zhou?"

Chang Juan and Tan Limei looked at each other, and it wasTan Limei who replied: "I might sound like I am shirking responsibility, but Iswear that we have checked all the documents before we pass it to you. We hadchecked every single page. Those pictures are not there!"

Chang Juan added: "That's right. We also don't know how didthose pictures get mixed into the documents!"

Dong Xuebing paused for a while. "We kept those 13 sets ofdocuments in my office, and we went to lunch. I came back later after you two.Which one of you arrived back at the office first?"

Chang Juan thought for a while and replied: "I came backearlier than Xiao Tan."

Dong Xuebing looked at her: "Who is in the office when youcame back?"

"Ah? Are you suspecting someone is trying to frame us?"Chang Juan was shocked. "I remembered... Guo Shunjie, Guo Panwei, and Old Yanare in the office."

"Ok. Call old Yan in."

Chang Juan went out to call him.

After Old Yan entered the small office, Dong Xuebingimmediately ask: "Old Yan, can you recall on the day of the incident where theerror in meeting documents happens, did someone enter my office when I am notaround?"

Old Yan frowned. "Monday? No. When I return from lunch, GuoShunjie was working on his computer."

Dong Xuebing asked: "He is alone?"

"Yes."

"Ok. I understand. All of you can go now."

Tan Limei asked furiously: "Are you suspecting... Guo Shunjiewas the one who switched the documents?!"

Chang Juan and Old Yan were shocked. If this was true, thatGuo Shunjie was really daring!

Dong Xuebing do suspect Guo Shunjie. No. It's not suspect.He was sure it was Guo Shunjie who framed him!

Guo Shunjie was the only one who benefited from thisincident!

This bastard! He was too scheming!

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Friday morning.

The furious Dong Xuebing had just entered the Branch Bureauand saw Guo Shunjie walking in front of him."

"Brother Guo, congratulations." A young man from PublicSecurity Sixth Bureau was congratulating Guo Shunjie.

Guo Shunjie smiles: "What's there to congratulate? I am onlygoing to attend a training course."

A few other people from the Political Section and theFinance department walked past and greeted Guo Shunjie. "Shunjie, not anyonecan attend the training course at the Party School. Hahaha. You will bepromoted soon. When are you giving us a treat?" The leaders in the Bureau willchange soon, and everyone knew Zhou Guoan favors Guo Shunjie. He even let GuoShunjie have the precious spot of the training course. Any smart people will understandthat Zhou Guoan wants to promote Guo Shunjie to be the Chief of the GeneralAffairs Department. That's why everyone changed their attitude towards him andstart to suck up to him.

Guo Shunjie enjoyed this feeling and even start to behavelike a leader. He smiled and chatted with them.

Dong Xuebing, on the other hand, was feeling what ZhouChangchun had gone through when he was retiring early. As Dong Xuebing hadoffended Zhou Guoan, everyone in the branch was avoiding him like the plague.The football players who were very close to Dong Xuebing stopped interactingwith him. They only nodded to Dong Xuebing as a form of greetings and quicklywalk away. They did not even address him as Chief Dong. No one wants to haveanything to do with Dong Xuebing.

Guo Shunjie turned and saw everyone was ignoring DongXuebing and gave a smirk. Serve you, right!

Dong Xuebing's anger had reached a boiling point. The momenthe arrived back in his office, he called Guo Shunjie into his room.

"What is it?" In the past, Guo Shunjie would still addressDong Xuebing as Chief unwillingly. But today, he did not even greet him. Helooked at Dong Xuebing straight into the eyes with his head held high. His tonewas like someone superior, like Dong Xuebing's leader!

"What's with this attitude? Do you know who you are speakingto?" Dong Xuebing frowned. "Guo Shunjie don't think I don't know what you aredoing. I have been closing one eye when you create some minor problems for me. Butyou are too daring. You even dare to switch the meeting documents and frameyour leader?"

Guo Shunjie stared at Dong Xuebing and replied coldly: "Don'taccuse me!"

"You know well what you had done!"

"You need evidence. Where is the proof? Show me!"

Dong Xuebing had tried to look for evidence yesterday aftereveryone had left. But the photocopier machine in the office does not have thefunction to keep records. Those few pictures might not be printed in theoffice, and Guo Shunjie might have brought them from home. He could not findany proof. That's why even when Dong Xuebing knew that it was Guo Shunjie whohad framed him, he could not do anything to him. Also, if he went to the topleaders, no one will believe him!

"Don't accuse me if you do not have evidence!" Guo Shunjiehad a mocking smile on his face. "You are making false accusations!" GuoShunjie had been waiting for this day. He was feeling terrific. He thought tohimself, Dong Xuebing... serve you right! Just wait and see how I will deal withyou after I have been promoted to the Chief! If I don't end your career, I willchange my name!

"It's too early for you to celebrate!" Dong Xuebing grittedhis teeth and said: "You will pay for what you did. Let's wait and see!"

Guo Shunjie smiles: "That's right. Let's wait and see. Ifthere is nothing else, I will go out. Oh, get someone else to type the documentyou for me. Political Commissar Zhou wants to see me. I am busy." After sayingthat, Guo Shunjie walked out of Dong Xuebing's room smiling. Pay for what Idid? Hahaha. Let's see who will pay!

Damn! Dong Xuebing banged his desk!

Not only Dong Xuebing was framed, the culprit stillbenefited from it. He was furious! No! Guo Shunjie must not enter the PartySchool! If he did not attend the training course, then it will be difficult forhim to be promoted from a staff member to a Section Chief. No matter what, hewill still have to be promoted to a Deputy Section Chief first. Dong Xuebing'sonly way of surviving was to stop Guo Shunjie from attending the training!

After making a call, Dong Xuebing found out that thetraining course will start tomorrow. It was impossible to ask PoliticalCommissar Zhou to withdraw Guo Shunjie from the course. Dong Xuebing could onlypin all his hopes on Branch Bureau Chief Yan Liang. But today was Yan Liang'slast day as the Chief. That means... He had only one day to stop Guo Shunjie!Dong Xuebing must remove Guo Shunjie's name from this course today! If not, itwill be the end of his career!

Dong Xuebing, who had no other choices, went straight to YanLiang's office.

Today, there's a leader from the National State Securitycoming to the Western District Branch Bureau for an inspection. The wholebranch bureau was busy cleaning up the compound.

Knock, knock knock. Dong Xuebing took in a deep breath andknocked on Yan Liang's office.

"Come in."

Yan Liang was going to be promoted, and he should be in agood mood. But his relationship with his wife was not very good. When he heardthat he will be transferred to a province in the southern region, and his wholefamily had to move with him, Yan Liang's wife starts to quarrel with him. Sheinsisted on staying in Beijing with their children and refusing to be relocated.This was why Yan Liang was in a bad mood these few days.

"Chief Yan, I want to report something to you." Dong Xuebingsaid directly.

Yan Liang raised his head and looked at Dong Xuebing. "Whatis it?"

Dong Xuebing said: "It is about that the incident of PoliticalCommissar Zhou's meeting documents. I..."

Yan Liang interrupted him: "Go and tell this to PoliticalCommissar Zhou."

"Chief Yan, there are some problems." Dong Xuebing did notcare and continued. "The mistake is not caused by printing and sorting. GuoShunjie was the one who purposely framed me. You should also know that he hadbeen unhappy with me all this while. On the day of the meeting, he sneaked intomy office and switched the documents for Political Commissar Zhou duringlunchtime."

Yan Liang frowned: "Do you have evidence?"

Dong Xuebing replied: "Someone can prove that Guo Shunjiewas alone in the office for a long time during lunch. As for other evidence... Iam still looking for it. Those few pictures of the cakes are still with me. Ifwe can check for fingerprints or..."

Yan Liang shook his head. "Come to me again when you haveconcrete evidence."

Dong Xuebing was not willing to give up. "The Party School'straining course spot was given to Guo Shunjie. How can someone of his characterbe allowed to go for this training? Chief Yan, I hope he will be withdrawn fromthe course until the investigation for this incident is over!"

This was Yan Liang's last day at Western District Branch. Hedoes not want to meddle with these matters. "I want evidence. Without evidence,everything will be useless. You can go and speak to Political Commissar Zhouabout this." Ring, ring, ring. The phone on Yan Liang's desk rang. Yan Lianganswered, and he immediately brightens up. After hanging up the call, he madeanother call. "Minister Lui is arriving. Is everything ready?"

Dong Xuebing could only leave Yan Liang's office dejected.

That's it?

Everything's over?

My career in government service had reached the end?!

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Power and WealthChapter 104 –Unexpected Incident!

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Yan Liang does have the authority to withdraw Guo Shunjiefrom the Party School's training. As long as he was still the Branch Bureau'sChief, he could still make the final decision on such matters. Yan Liang hadheard a lot about Dong Xuebing. But he did not think Dong Xuebing was capable.He had voted for Dong Xuebing during the Party Committee meeting was because hehad no choice. This was why he refused to help Dong Xuebing.

Furthermore, he also does not think that Guo Shunjie wouldbe so daring to frame his direct supervisor. Xu Yan did not become the next PoliticalCommissar. Now, the situation had changed for Song Shoujie, Yang Yizhong, andthe rest. They might not even be able to save themselves and will have no timeto help Dong Xuebing with this incident. Even if they wanted to help DongXuebing, they also could not do so.

That's why Dong Xuebing was alone to handle this crisis.

The front compound of the Western Branch Bureau.

Yan Liang, Zhou Guoan, Xu Yan and all the top leaders of thebranch were standing at attention in front. Dong Xuebing, Tan Limei, GuoShunjie, and the rest were standing at the back. All of them were there towelcome Minister Lui, from the National State Security. Minister Lui was veryold and had retired from the State Security many years back. Although he was nolonger holding any portfolio, he still has an influence over the StateSecurity. Many of the Bureau Directors were his former subordinates andstudents. Yan Liang was one of them.

The metal gates opened, and an ordinary old model Audientered the Branch's compound.

The car stopped, and there was an old man around his sixtiesor seventies sitting at the back. His hair was almost all white, but he stillappears to be in good health.

Yan Liang's promotion was actually because of his connectionwith Minister Lui. That's why Yan Liang was very respectful of him. Heimmediately walks forward to open the car's door for Minister Lui. Then, hehelped Minister Lui alight from the vehicle. "Minister Lui, I represent theBranch Bureau to welcome you. Thank you for coming over to inspect and guideus." Yan Liang knew that Minister Lui do not like grand welcomes. But he stillhas to show his respect for him.

Minister Lui looked at the people standing behind Yan Liangand laughed: "You... since when did you learn all these? Everyone get back towork. I am retired, and what's there for me to inspect? I was also from theWestern District Branch. I am just coming back for a visit today." Minister Luicasually passed his bag to his driver and guard.

Yan Liang immediately moved over and grabbed the bag. "Letme carry it."

Minister Lui laughed and did not say anything. Many yearsago, Yan Liang was the one who carried his bag for him.

Zhou Guoan, Xu Yan and the rest walked over and greeted MinisterLui politely. After everyone had greeted Minister Lui, Yan Liang asked everyoneto disperse. Only the members of the General Affairs Office and a few youngpersonnel from the other departments remained. Yan Liang accompanied MinisterLui for a stroll around the branch.

Minister Lui looked around and sighed. "That Chinese datetree is still there? Eh? The cafeteria is still the same? Nothing had changed.Xiao Yan, is the Political Section still in that corner on level 3?" MinisterLui asks when he walked around. Once in a while, he will speak to the youngstaffs. He did not have the air of a leader. Guo Shunjie, Guo Panwei and twomembers of the Public Security Sixth Bureau silently moved behind Minister Lui,hoping he would speak to them and leave an impression with him.

Dong Xuebing was not interested in this. He was the lastperson at the back and was staring at Guo Shunjie. He really wished he couldgive him a kick on his face.

Guo Shunjie could feel someone was staring at him frombehind. He turned and gave Dong Xuebing a cold smile.

Actually, when Dong Xuebing was promoted to become theDeputy Chief of the General Affairs Office, many younger staffs were unhappy.How can someone who had joined the bureau for less than 2 months bepromoted?They had been working therefor 2 to 3 years, and it was not their turn. This was why when Dong Xuebing'scareer was coming to an end, they were gloating.

Not long later, Minister Lui entered Yan Liang's office. Therest of them waited outside.

Guo Shunjie looked around and walked over to Dong Xuebing."Chief Xiao Dong, my training course at the Party is starting next week. I willbe applying for two weeks of leave from work." He purposely emphasis on thewords, Party School to spite Dong Xuebing. Even the leader could not get toattend the training, and his staff member will be participating. This was likea slap to Dong Xuebing's face.

Tan Limei, who was standing by the side, knew that it wasGuo Shunjie who switched the documents and could not stand it: "Guo Shunjie!You are despicable!"

Chang Juan and Zhuang Zhi were also furious. This personcould switch documents to frame his superior and colleagues! He was really ascum!

Guo Shunjie stared at Tan Limei in her eyes: "Who do youthink you are scolding? Ah?"

The other people who were not from the General AffairsDepartment were watching this free show.

Suddenly, Yan Liang office's door opens. Guo Shunjie justlet out a 'Hmph!' and looks away. Respect for Dong Xuebing? Guo Shunjie doesnot care about this anymore. He was not willing to show any respect to DongXuebing. He now has Zhou Guoan backing him. Once he attended the trainingcourse, he will be promoted to Dong Xuebing's supervisor!

Yan Liang walked out with Minister Lui.

Minister Lui laughed and said: "Let's go and visit thebureau's quarters. I had lived there for several years. I really miss thatplace."

Yan Liang smiled and replied: "Ok. Can I drive you there?"

"Let's take a walk. It is not far from here. We can alsoexercise."

After leaving the branch, they walked for about 100 metersand turned into a small alley.

Dong Xuebing followed behind with his fist clenched. He wasthinking about what else he could do to stop Guo Shunjie from entering theParty School and his promotion.

After walking for about 10 minutes, there was a commotion infront.

"Minister Lui, how are you feeling?"

"Minister Lui, are you ok?"

Dong Xuebing, who was walking with Tan Limei and Zhuang Zhiat the back of the group, looked over. They saw Minister Lui panting heavily,but he was still smiling to Yan Liang. "Asthma. I got this condition about 2years ago. It's ok. I have my inhaler with me. The inhaler is in my bag.

Everyone was relieved when they heard it was asthma.

But Yan Liang's following words shocked everyone. "Ah! Yourbag is left in my office!" Yan Liang was used to be the leader for years. Hehad forgotten the habit of carrying someone else's bag. He was also troubled byhis family problems recently and had forgotten about Minister Lui's bag.Although he had noticed that he had forgotten about Minister Lui's bag after leavingthe branch, he thought nothing about it, as he did not know that Minister Luihad asthma and his medication was in his bag.

Minister Lui's breathing became faster when he heard YanLiang. He grabs his chest and starts to gasp for air. His sweat was pouringdown his face.

Yan Liang panicked. "Damn! Medicine! Who has medicine forasthma? Heart attack medication is also fine! Who have it?"

All the people there were below 30 years old. All of themwere healthy, and who would bring these medicines around? The guard, who wasfollowing Minister Lui, was only his bodyguard. He did not bring any sparemedicine!

Guo Shunjie was in a rush to impress the leaders: "I willcall for an ambulance!" He shouted and immediately start dialing the number.

Yan Liang was holding on to Minister Lui with one hand, andthe other was holding his phone, calling the branch. "Go to my office and bringme that brown colored leather bag! The second Hutong! Drive! I need it now!Hurry up!"

Minister Lui was struggling to breathe, and he was spasming!

Goddamn! The branch bureau was too far from here, and theambulance will not be on time!

Yan Liang was panicking. "Sir! Hang in there! The medicinewill be here!" Yan Liang then turned to the others and shouted: "Go and buymedicine from the nearest pharmacy! Go now!"

Dong Xuebing was also panicking. Pharmacy? The nearestpharmacy is also a distance from here. It was obvious that Minister Lui couldnot even last a minute! There will not be enough time!

Eh?

Wait a minute!

Dong Xuebing stopped suddenly and could feel his whole bodygetting heated up!

Damn!

This is my chance to save myself!

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Power and WealthChapter 105 – Reversal!

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Dong Xuebing had not used his BACK from Monday to Friday.Without hesitations, he used up all 5 BACK at once!

...

...

"Hahaha, this estate is still the same as before." MinisterLui reminisces about the time when he was living around this area. He points toa part of the estate a distance away. "When I was not assigned with quarters, Ihad rented a place over there. Can you see that Chinese Mahogany tree? It wasnot so tall back then. Every year, Old Xu and I will climb up the roof to helpothers pluck the leaves. Sighed... so many years have passed. The estate and thetree are still around, but all of us are old."

Everyone from the branch bureau was following behindMinister Lui.

Yan Liang laughed and said: "You are not that old. I thinkyou are healthier than me."

Minister Lui laughed and waved his hand: "I am not thathealthy anymore."

Time had returned! Now it was precisely 5 minutes ago!

Dong Xuebing was also not sure if 5 minutes was enough. Buthe had no other choices. He looked around urgently and stopped in the southwestdirection. He remembers seeing a Golden Elephant Pharmacy at the end of thestreet. After confirming the direction, Dong Xuebing immediately ran withoutsaying a word. He did not care whether his image as a leader. He ran as fast ashe could.

Minister Lui and Yan Liang did not notice Dong Xuebingrunning off to another direction. But Tan Limei, Changjuan and the rest wereshocked.

Where is Chief Dong going? Why is he running off in a rush?Rushing to the toilet? Even if he needs the bathroom urgently, he also does notneed to run so fast.

Guo Shunjie sneered as he looked at Dong Xuebing's backview. This behavior was not what a leader should have.

Run! Faster! Run!

Dong Xuebing ran down the alley towards the street. How faris it? Still have not reached? Faster! Run faster! There is not enough time!

Dong Xuebing was one of the fastest sprinters in his classwhen he was still studying. He was weak in mid to long distance. He could onlyrun 100 to 200 meters at most. But today, he broke his personal records. Hesprinted more than 300 to 400 meters without signs of slowing down. He needs tosave his career. He must not let Guo Shunjie be promoted! This was his onlyhope!

1 minute passed...

2 minutes passed...

I see it! That's the pharmacy!

Dong Xuebing was exhausted. 30 meters more... 20 meters... 10meters...

Bang! Dong Xuebing pushes a young man, who was walking outof the Pharmacy, aside and dash into the Golden Elephant Pharmacy. He does notknow if asthma medication was a prescribed drug and was not sure if thepharmacist would sell the medicine to him. He does not have the time toexplain. He immediately took out his work pass and banged the counter. "StateSecurity! I need the medication for asthma and heart attack! Now!"

The cashier behind the counter was shocked, and she lookedat Dong Xuebing's identification.

Dong Xuebing shouted at her: "Hurry up! It is a matter oflife and death!"

The staffs in the pharmacy were stunned for a while, and onestaff in white coat quickly ran to the back to get the medicines.

That staff was quite fast, and she returns with a small boxof medicine and a bottle of Nitroglycerin tablets and Instant-effect JiuxinPills. Dong Xuebing grabbed the medicines and threw 300 RMB on the counterbefore running out. "Thank you!"

"Hey, the medicines do not cost so much. Your change!"

Dong Xuebing did not turn back and ran back the same wayinto the alleyways!

He had no more stamina and was much slower on his way back!

Dong Xuebing gritted his teeth and ran with all his might.Run faster!

It's been 5 minutes since he used BACK and Minister Luishould be having his asthma attack now! Is there enough time?

5 seconds passed...

10 seconds passed...

After turning at a Hutong, Dong Xuebing could see the peoplefrom the Bureau panicking in the distance!

I reached! I had finally reached!

Yan Liang, who was panicking, was looking at Minister Lui,gasping for air. He had to bear full responsibility. If he knew that MinisterLui had Asthma and had kept his medication in his bag, Yan Liang would neverforget to bring that bag along. It was because he did not know about MinisterLui's condition and forgot about it and created this mess! Everything was toolate now. If anything happens to Minister Lui, then... Yan Liang doesn't evendare to think what would happen! It will definitely not a matter from gettingfired from his job!

Minister Lui's eyes were rolled up, and only the whites wereshowing. He could not make it!

"Sir! Hang in there! Just hang on for a bit more!" Yan Liangshouted: "Where is the ambulance? Why is the ambulance not here yet?!"

They were inside a Hutong and the road conditions there werepoor with many turns. It will take at least 20 minutes for the ambulance toarrive at the scene. There was also not enough time for anyone to come overfrom the branch bureau with the medicine. There were too many turns and narrowroads. Even if anyone were to fly from the branch..., they could not reach herein 10 minutes! The pharmacy was the only hope. But all the pharmacies werelocated along the streets outside of the Hutong. It will take at least 6 to 7minutes. Minister Lui now... might not even last more than a minute!

Tan Limei, Zhuang Zhi and others from the variousdepartments were panicking! There was nothing they could do!

That's it! Yan Liang's mind was blank! He is finished!

"Chief Dong! Chief Dong is back!" Chang Juan saw DongXuebing running back and she shouted. She immediately explained what happenedto Dong Xuebing: "Minister Lui is having an asthma attack! Chief Dong, whatshall we do?"

Guo Shunjie heard this and shouted: "What can he do? Hurryup and call the ambulance to chase them!"

The other two young staffs from the 6th Bureaushook their heads when they heard what Chang Juan said. They thought tothemselves. Even if your Chief's nickname was Firefighter, and dares to runinto a burning room and save penalty kicks, but what can he do in thisemergency? This is an asthma attack. What can this Chief Dong do?

Yan Liang looked at Dong Xuebing's direction and thoughtnothing about him. He shouted to Guo Shunjie and the others: "Medicine! Go andget medicine!"

Guo Shunjie wiped the sweat on his forehead: "They had justleft to get the medicine. They need at least 5 to 6 minutes!:

Yan Liang looked at the dying Minister Lui. "There is nomore time!"

"Minister Lui!"

Everyone there had given up!

Dong Xuebing, who was panting hard, reached in front of everyone:"Haa... Med... Haaa... I have the med... Haa... medicine!"

You have?!

Everyone was shocked when they heard what Dong Xuebingsaid!!!

"Where is it? Where is medicine?" Yan Liang immediatelystand up!

Everyone turns to look at Dong Xuebing!

On his way back, Dong Xuebing had torn open the packaging.He reached into his pocket and took out an inhaler with medicine.

Oh god! This is really the medicine for asthma?!

Yan Liang paused for a sec, snatched the bottle of medicinefrom Dong Xuebing and gave it to Minister Lui: "Hurry, take the medicine!Quick!"

The weak Minister Lui place the plastic mouthpiece in hismouth and inhale deeply. He stopped for a few seconds before inhaling again.Slowly, Minister Lui's breathing slowed down and was back to normal. But hisexpression was still in pain. He was sweating, and his hand was gripping hischest.

Yan Liang and the rest, who had just relaxed, panickedagain. "Oh, no! He has a heart attack!"

One thing after another!

Heart attacks were also fatal!

Tan Limei, Chang Juan and other female staffs were mumblingto themselves: "Oh no... That's it!"

Yan Liang was cursing in his heart! "Hurry and call thosebuying medicine to get heart attack medication too! Quick!"

"Haaaa... It's ok..." Dong Xuebing reached out to stopsomeone who was about to make the phone call. He was still panting, and hereached into his pocket: "I have the medicine... Quick-Acting Heart Reliever pills."

"Ah?!" Everyone was stunned again.

Yan Liang was also shocked. But he did not have time to waitany longer. He quickly grabbed the Quick-Acting Heart Reliever pills and fed itto Minister Lui.

But Minister Lui slowly shook his head and said withdifficulty: "Quick-Acting... Heart Reliever pills... is not effective for me... Ineed... Muxiang... Baoxin Pills... or Nitroglycerin tablets..."

Damn!

Everyone panicked again!

Yan Liang was about to go crazy

But Dong Xuebing reached into his pocket again: "... I alsohave Nitroglycerin tablets. Here... here..."

Guo Oanwei, Tan Limei, Chang Juan and the other staffs fromvarious departments nearly fainted on the spot!

Asthma medicine, Quick-Acting Heart Reliever pills, Nitroglycerintablets... How come this Chief Dong has everything in his pockets?!

Yan Liang was also speechless!

Guo Shunjie nearly cursed out loud. You are not sufferingfrom asthma or heart attacks! Why are you carrying these medications around?Are you a fucking Doraemon?!

Translator'snotes:

Nitroglycerin(medication)

https/en./wiki/Nitroglycerin_(medication)

JiuxinPills or Quick-Acting Heart Reliever pills is one of the blood-quickeningstasis-transforming medicinals to relieve angina. It is a type of Chinesetraditional medicine.

MuxiangBaoxin Pills is another type of Chinese medicine for heart attacks.

Hutong

https/en./wiki/Hutong

TraditionalChinese Medicine/Usage Of Prescriptions

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After taking the two medicines, Minister Lui's face slowlyregains normal color.

Yan Liang was still holding on to Minister Lui: "How are youfeeling?"

"Much better." Minister Lui looked towards Dong Xuebing'sdirection and smiles.

Yan Liang, who had narrowly escaped, guiltily said: "It'sall because of me. I nearly... I..."

"Haha, it's ok." Minister Lui was joyful. "It's normal forpeople to go when the time is up. Furthermore, I am fine now."

After this incident, no one had the mood to go visit thebureau's quarters. When Yan Liang's driver and Minister Lui's driver arrives intheir cars, Minister Lui left with his guard. Yan Liang looked at Dong Xuebing.He felt grateful, lucky, and a bit shocked. He had only seen Dong Xuebing runninginto a burning room to retrieve some documents and had heard of what DongXuebing had done by others. He did not think much of it. Firefighter? A lifesaverfor any situation? Bullshit. But today, he experienced Xiao Dong's miraclesfirst hand. Yan Liang really believed Dong Xuebing could help the leaders inany situation. If it weren't for taking out the asthma medicine out of nowhere,Yan Liang's future would be gone...

Everyone at the scene was staring at Dong Xuebing. It was asif he was a god.

Yan Liang waved to Dong Xuebing, asking him to go over."Good job. You got all the credit for saving Minister Lui's life. How come youcarry so many medicines with you?"

Dong Xuebing made up a story: "Oh, my neighbor also has thisillness, and these medicines are for him."

Was this really a coincidence? Yan Liang suspects that DongXuebing had noticed he had forgotten Minister Lui's bag and purposely went tobuy these medications to perform in front of the leaders. But he thought aboutit and felt it was not possible. Even himself, Minister Lui's student, did notknow that Minister Lui had gotten asthma recently. How would Xiao Dong know?Yan Liang could not understand why and decided to just stop thinking aboutthis. He nodded at Dong Xuebing and said: "Come, ride the car with me back tothe branch."

Dong Xuebing was flattered and boarded the car with YanLiang. The rest had to walk back to the branch.

In the car, Dong Xuebing, who was sitting in the frontpassenger seat, felt it was the right time. He turned and said: "Chief Yan,tomorrow is the registration for the District Party School Training Course. Istill feel that Guo Shunjie is not qualified to participate. The incident aboutthe meeting notes must be done by him..."

Yan Liang interrupted him: "Ok. Go back and wait for thenews."

Dong Xuebing's heart was beating rapidly. Chief Yan...agrees??

The car arrived at the Branch Bureau compound.

Back at the office, Yan Liang picked up the phone and calledPolitical Commissar Zhou. "Political Commissar Zhou? The Party School Trainingcourse spot is given to the General Affairs Office's Guo Shunjie? I don't thinkit is suitable. He is still not a Section level officer. How can he attend thetraining course meant for Section level officers? The other staffs will beunhappy."

Zhou Guoan was stunned and could not react.

Yan Liang did not give him any chance to retort. "I thinkChief Dong from the General Affairs Office is a good candidate. This type ofpeople should be groomed. Let him attend the course."

Zhou Guoan's face changed: "Chief Yan, didn't we agree aboutthis?"

"This is my decision, and it's final." Yan Liang did notcare what Zhou Guoan thinks. He owes Xiao Dong favor. If he did not help DongXuebing settle this Party School training course and transferred away, whatwould others think of him?

Zhou Guoan turns pale when he heard the line was cutabruptly. He threw the phone on the table and then grabbed the teacup and threwit against the wall.

Dong Xuebing, someone who entered the branch for less than 3months, had disrupted his plans twice! Zhou Guoan had already spread the newsabout Guo Shunjie attending the training at the Party School, and now he had towithdraw his name? He even had to put up Dong Xuebing's name for the course? Hewas someone who had purposely provoke him by putting dessert pictures in hismeeting notes! What was Yan Liang thinking? He decided to fall out on his lastday? This was like a slap to Zhou Guoan's face!

After thinking for a while, Zhou Guoan picked up the phone:"Hello? Chief Yan is supposed to accompany Minister Lui to the branch bureauquarters. Why is he back suddenly? Help me find out what happened." Zhou Guoanknew there must be a reason why Yan Liang changed his mind last mind.

At the same time, news of Dong Xuebing replacing Guo Shunjieto attend the training course at the district party school spreads throughoutthe branch. Everyone was shocked when they heard of this.

Was this real? In the morning, everyone was still discussingthe end of Dong Xuebing's career. But in the afternoon, everything had changed.Furthermore, even if Dong Xuebing did not offend Political Commissar Zhou, DongXuebing was just promoted to Deputy Chief, and it should not be his turn. Howcome Dong Xuebing had all the luck?

Xu Yan and Song Shoujie were having a discussion in theoffice when they heard about this piece of news. They were also shocked. Whathappened? The reactions of Yang Yizhong, Pang Bin, Liu Hua, and the rest werethe same as Xu Yan and Song Shoujie. They immediately picked up the phone tocall the staff members who had accompanied Chief Yan and Minister Lui to thequarters. Something must have happened there.

When everyone heard of what happened on the way to thequarters, they understood why... and they were stunned.

On the way to the quarters, Minister Lui had an asthmaattack and a heart attack. But Chief Yan had forgotten to bring Minister Lui'sbag, which contains all the medicines. When Minister Lui was in grave danger,Dong Xuebing just happens to have asthma medicine with him. He also justhappens to have Nitroglycerin tablets with him. And he just happens to saveMinister Lui's life.

Everyone was looking at each other speechless.

"..."

There were too many coincidences until they want to curse!

No one would ever expect Dong Xuebing to help Chief Yan to putout his fire. He also helped himself to put out his own fire.

When Chief Xiao Dong had rushed into a burning room toretrieve documents, he had shocked many people.

When Chief Xiao Dong dived to save the penalty, he had alsoshocked many people.

When Chief Xiao Dong scored that goal in the final secondsof the soccer match, he had shocked many people.

When Chief Xiao Dong was promoted to the Deputy Chief of theGeneral Affairs Office, many people were shocked.

But this time, the word "shocked" could no longer beexpressed how they feel about Dong Xuebing.

Dong Xuebing could save a penalty, scored a winning goal,and run into a burning office and jump out through the windows on the secondfloor.

Chief Xiao Dong couldn't be suffering from asthma and heartattacks. When Minister Lui needed these medicines, Chief Xiao Dong could takeit our from his pockets like magic.

Which leader does not like this type of godlike staff?

It would be weird if the branch did not put up the name ofthis godlike staff for the training course.

Firefighter? How can he be called a firefighter?

Slowly, Dong Xuebing had a new nickname. The OmnipotentChief Xiao Dong!

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Chapter 107 – Got the spot for the Party School Training course!

In the General Affairs Office, Chang Juan, Tan Limei, Old Yan and the rest were happy for Dong Xuebing. When Zhou Guoan tries to find trouble with them, it was Chief Xiao Dong who had stood in front of them to protect them. If not, Zhou Guoan would have unleashed his anger on Chang Juan and Tan Limei. He will not target Chief Xiao Dong so fast. Everyone in the office knew that Zhou Guoan was trying to suppress Dong Xuebing by letting Guo Shunjie go for the training at the District Party School. This was the result of Dong Xuebing covering up for them. Although they did not say anything, they were very grateful to him.

Where can you find a leader who takes cares of his men like this?

"Chief Dong, congratulations. The training is starting tomorrow?" Chang Juan smiles, seductively at Dong Xuebing. Dong Xuebing was still trying to digest the latest news. "Yes. Tomorrow is the day to report, and the course will start on Sunday."

Tan Limei cheerfully said: "Chief Dong, you have a new nickname. I went to the ladies earlier and heard many people calling you the Omnipotent Chief Xiao Dong!"

"Omnipotent?" Dong Xuebing laughed. "Who is the one that spread this?"

"I also don't know. Hahaha, everyone is calling you this name." Actually, Tan Limei was the one who gave this nickname and spread it throughout the branch. Guo Panwei also tried to curry favor: "Chief Dong, you are fortunate. When Minister Lui did not bring his medications, you just happen to have the medicines with you. Even heaven is helping you. This opening for the training course is supposed to be yours from the start. How can Guo Shunjie qualify for it?" Guo Panwei should have started to bootlick Guo Shunjie because he was someone who always sits on the fence. But he was moved by Dong Xuebing when he covered up for his subordinates. Also, when they were fighting for the position of Deputy Chief, Guo Panwei had fallen out with Guo Shunjie. He knows that even if he went over to Guo Shunjie's camp, Guo Shunjie would also not accept him. He might as well take a gamble and place his bets with Dong Xuebing. After all, Chief Xiao Dong always stages a comeback at the last minute. He just hopes that Dong Xuebing would be able to survive this crisis.

Dong Xuebing laughed and shook his head. He looks around the office: "Where is Guo Shunjie?"

Zhuang Zhi replied: "When he learned about his name was withdrawn from the training, he ran out."

Tan Limei, a busybody, added: "He must be at Political Commissar's office making some reports."

"This type of despicable person... Sighed..." Old Yan was not afraid of offending anyone.

At that moment, there were sounds of heavy footsteps, and a furious Guo Shunjie stormed into the office. He had gone to Zhou Guoan's office after he heard that he was being replaced by Dong Xuebing for the training course. But Zhou Guoan was fuming, and when he heard Guo Shunjie questioning him, he chased him out of his office.

Guo Shunjie was about to enter the Party School and will be promoted to Deputy Section Chief after the training. But suddenly he was being replaced. He was furious, and was cursing Zhou Guoan and Dong Xuebing's ancestors in his heart!

Dong Xuebing looked at him and said: "Guo Shunjie, your leave application is not approved. Come back to work on Monday as usual."

Guo Shunjie stared at Dong Xuebing. I will not let you off!

Actually, even Dong Xuebing had not expected to get the spot for the training course. His intent was only to stop Guo Shunjie from attending the training. He does not want to let Guo Shunjie have the opportunity to overtake him. As an ordinary staff member, it will be hard for him to be the Chief of the General Affairs Office. But unexpectedly, Guo Shunjie was replaced by him for the training. With the experience of attending this training, Dong Xuebing will be in line to be promoted to the Deputy Section Chief rank. Only one word from the higher-ups, he will be promoted from just getting Deputy Section Chief's benefits to become a real Deputy Section Chief rank!

Back at his own office, Dong Xuebing called Director Li Qing to take 2 weeks off. A few days ago, Li Qing was considering to give up his position of the Chief of the General Affairs Office to Guo Shunjie, and only keep his position as the Deputy Director of the General Affairs Department. He was also unhappy with Dong Xuebing who had got into trouble. But when he heard of what happened earlier, he banged his table and praised Dong Xuebing for doing a good job! Li Qing praises Dong Xuebing over the phone and granted his leave application. After hanging up, Xu Yan called Dong Xuebing. She did not say much but reminded Dong Xuebing to keep a low profile.

Dong Xuebing felt comforted. Seems like Deputy Branch Bureau Chief Xu was still concern about him.

It was the end of the day.

Dong Xuebing slowly walked out of the branch bureau with a smile on his face.

On his way out, Dong Xuebing, who had made a significant contribution to the branch, did not get the treatment he deserved. All the staff members and leaders hide away from him. Chief Xiao Dong was in the limelight again for saving Chief Yan's career and Old Minister Lui's life. He also got to enter the District Party School. But this was not a matter of the credit he got. Chief Xiao Dong had slapped Zhou Guoan's face by snatching away the training course's spot. This grudge will never be resolved. Chief Yan Liang will be transferred away on Monday. After that, will Zhou Guoan let Chief Xiao Dong off? Impossible!

Dong Xuebing also knew Zhou Guoan will take revenge soon. But he couldn't care less.

Oh, your trusted aide Guo Shunjie had purposely switched the meeting materials and provoked you. But you vent your anger on me? You find trouble with me and still stupidly try to help Guo Shunjie get his promotion? Are you dumb? Both of you are in cahoots, and I got implicated in it? Getting accused for something not done by me? Damn! Why should I be blamed for all these? Since you, Zhou Guoan started this, then it's okay for me to snatch the training course opening from you! Who ask you to be so unreasonable? Who ask you to force me to take responsibility before you even investigate the incident thoroughly? Who can you blame? Dong Xuebing was someone who hates being accused. He was really pissed by Guo Shunjie and Zhou Gouan. He doesn't care about what others think. He just wants to get the experience of attending the training first. As for the rest... He will only take appropriate measures as the situation calls for in the future!

A staff member ranked with Deputy Section Chief treatment going against a Divisional Chief?

This was a joke!

But... it was not that funny!

During the selection of the Deputy Section Chief position in the Party Committee Meeting, it was Dong Xuebing going against Zhou Guoan alone. He pulled Xu Yan, Yang Yizhong and Liu Hua over to his side, and won in the end. This time, it was also Dong Xuebing going against Zhou Guoan for the District Party School training course opening. Dong Xuebing had saved Chief Yan's career, and Chief Yan had to help him. In the end, Dong Xuebing won against Zhou Guoan again.

Dong Xuebing, this small Deputy Chief had already won against a Divisional Chief level official twice!

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Saturday morning, Dong Xuebing went to the Western District Party School to report.

The training course will only start the next day, and after registration, Dong Xuebing returned home before 10 am.

As Dong Xuebing entered his building, he met a neighbor in winter clothes. They greeted each other and then Dong Xuebing went up the stairs. But before he took the first step, a man in his 30s walked down with a bouquet of roses. He saw Dong Xuebign and asked: "Excuse me, is Qu Yunxuan staying in unit 302?"

Dong Xuebing immediately frowned and asked: "You are?"

That man answered: "I am her friend. She is not at home. Do you know where she is?"

Dong Xuebing shook his head. He will not tell this person that Qu Yunxuan had gone over to her mother's place. "I don't know."

That man acknowledged and then left.

When Dong Xuebing reached the 3rd floor and was about to open his door, he saw a note on Aunt Xuan's door. There was a message about how much water she had used, and Dong Xuebing remembered that someone would be coming today to check their water meter. He remembers there were no notes outside her door this morning. He hesitated for a moment and went over to press Aunt Xuan's doorbell. He waited for a while, and no one opened the door. He then knocked on the door and shouted: "Aunt Xuan, it's me!"

A few seconds later, the door opens, and Qu Yunxuan appeared: "Xiao Bing? Come in."

Dong Xuebing asked: "I thought you are still not back yet."

Qu Yunxuan laughed. "I just returned home. I need to bring some documents back to the newspaper agency. I will go back to my mother's place next Monday. She is still on the drip." Aunt Xuan was in her casual wear at home. Her top was a white woolen sweater, and she was not wearing pants. She only wore a pair of pink long johns over her sexy legs and a pair of woolen slippers on her feet. This was what she wore when she was at home. Dong Xuebing could feel himself getting warmer as he looked at the curves on her thighs and legs.

Qu Yunxuan looks down and then stared at him: "What's wrong?"

"Errr... nothing."

Dong Xuebing quickly stopped looking at her legs and entered her house. He took off his coat: "Oh, I met a man downstairs, and he said you are not at home?

Qu Yunxuan took Dong Xuebing's coat from him and hang it behind the door. She smiles: "I know. He pressed the doorbell, but I did not open the door. Oh, did I tell you about him? He is our the Deputy Chief Editor's younger brother. My Deputy Chief Editor insists on bringing us together. But I felt that we are not suitable. I had told them about how I feel, but... his brother still wait for me every day after work. He just refuses to give up. Look, he even comes and looks for me at my place. It must be Deputy Chief Gong who told his brother my address."

Dong Xuebing had heard from Aunt Xuan before. "Why is he so irritating. I will speak to him when I see him next time."

Qu Yunxuan turns to him and playfully pinched his nose: "I will settle this myself. Have you eaten?"

"Not yet."

"Then you go and surf the net while I prepare some food."

Dong Xuebing misses Qu Yunxuan badly. They had not seen each other for several days. It was also because they had not met each other for several days, he dare not to hold her hands casually like before. It will be too awkward. The mood was not right.

Dong Xuebing looked at Qu Yunxuan's butt as she walks to the kitchen. He then entered her bedroom and warm himself up near the heater. He noticed Qu Yunxuan's computer was on and only the monitor was off. He moved over and switched on the monitor. Qu Yunxuan's desktop was like her home. It was clean and tidy. Other than My Computer and Recycle Bin, there were no other icons.

What should he do now? Watch a movie?

On the top right corner, there was a Xunlei icon that was loading. It seems to be downloading something. Dong Xuebing clicked on that icon and wants to see what movies or music were available. But after looking at the list of downloaded movies, he was stunned. Other than some films and songs, there were some files titled Asia, Domestics, Hotels, After School, E-508, Hunter, etc. All the suffix behind the titles were VB.

VB video format?

Could this be the legendary... Adult Videos?

The last time, when Dong Xuebing saw Aunt Xuan in her room alone playing with herself, he did not notice what was playing on the computer. Now he thinks back, it was those type of videos. Errr... Aunt Xuan was too... Even Dong Xuebing also seldom watch such videos, and Aunt Xuan, a gentle and virtuous woman, had downloaded so many videos?

Dong Xuebing's heart was racing. He hesitated for a moment. He really wanted to see what sort of genre Aunt Xuan watches.

Tap, tap, tap... It was the sound of footsteps nearing. "Xiao Bing, I suddenly remember that I am downloading something on my computer. You better watch TV first." Qu Yunxuan was at the door of her room and saw Dong Xuebing had opened Xunlei. She was stunned and immediately blushes. She quickly walks over: "Don't touch, don't touch. Don't open those files."

Qu Yunxuan quickly reached over and grabbed the mouse to close Xunlei window. "Those videos on the downloaded list are mostly not movies. It's... it's the videos on some research I needed for work. The movies are all in the E drive. If you want to watch... Never mind. I can't cope in the kitchen. Come and help me prepare lunch." Qu Yunxuan immediately switched off her PC and pulled Dong Xuebing to the kitchen.

What a lousy liar. Even after lunch, Aunt Xuan was still behaving awkwardly.

Dong Xuebing felt the mood was weird and tried to start a conversation. "Aunt Xuan, there is something which I have not told you. Tomorrow I will be attending a training course at the District Party School. It is a 2 weeks training course for Section Chief level officers." Dong Xuebing was afraid that Aunt Xuan did not understand about what this course meant. "It is rare for the State Security to get a spot in this training course. I am only receiving Deputy Section Chief level benefits and not holding the rank. That's why this is a rare opportunity for me."

Qu Yunxuan looked up and asked: "Does this mean your bureau is going to groom you?"

"No... But it will look good on my resume."

"You have just been promoted, and they are sending you for this course? Seems like your leaders like you a lot." Qu Yunxuan brightens up. She smiled and pinched Dong Xuebing's cheeks. "How come you did not tell me earlier? We should go out and celebrate."

Dong Xuebing pushed her hand away and said: "I snatched this spot from others, and because of this, I had offended our Political Commissar."

Qu Yunxuan was shocked. "What happened?"

"Don't talk about it. I feel irritated when I think about this. Let's watch some TV."

Qu Yunxuan did not continue to ask him and passed the remote control to him. "Switch channels yourself."

Dong Xuebing picked a random channel, and it was a Korean drama. The actor and actress were facing the sea, holding hands.

In the living room, both were quietly watching TV.

Dong Xuebing looked at Qu Yunxuan who was sitting beside him on the couch. He reached over lightly and touched her fingers with his fingertips. Seeing Qu Yunxuan not avoiding his hand, Dong Xuebing moved his hand closer and held her hand.

Qu Yunxuan blushed and froze for a few seconds before she tightens her grip on his hand.

Although they had held hands several times, Dong Xuebing was still excited. "I miss you."

Qu Yunxuan: "..."

Dong Xuebing asked: "Do you miss me?"

Qu Yunxuan: "..."

"Aunt Xuan, let's be together, ok?"

Qu Yunxuan: "... Where are your dirty clothes and socks? Bring them out, and I will wash for you later."

Damn. This was a romantic mood, and you start talking about dirty socks? Dong Xuebing knew she was avoiding this topic and was upset. Sighed... Does Aunt Xuan really likes him or just have some affection for him. If it was the latter, then it will be dangerous. She has many suitors, and who knows if she would get into a relationship with someone else? No. Dong Xuebing decided to up his game and be more aggressive. He had held her hands, and his next move was to... kiss her on the lips? Huh? Isn't that a bit too early? Never mind. He had touched her legs accidentally the last time. It might be easier to feel her legs again compared to kissing her on the lips. But will Aunt Xuan let him touch? Yes? No?

Dong Xuebing released Qu Yunxuan's hand, mustered up his courage and moved his hand closer to her pink long johns. His fingertips touched Qu Yunxuan's thighs.

Qu Yunxuan jolted and smacked Dong Xuebing's hand: "What are you doing?"

Dong Xuebing did not pull back his hand and placed his hand on her thighs. He even squeezes her leg twice.

"Stop disturbing me, or I will get angry." Qu Yunxuan said angrily. "I will really be angry with you."

Dong Xuebing looked at her and knew she was pretending to be angry. He got bolder and start to move his hand higher up her thighs. He moved his hand up her legs until he reaches her butt.

"Hooligan!" Qu Yunxuan's face was flushed. She hit Dong Xuebing's hand a few times: "You only know how to bully me."

Dong Xuebing felt ticklish when she hit him. He squeezed the exterior of her thigh lightly.

"Idiot! You will be the death of me!" Qu Yunxuan stared at him and thought for a while. She closes her legs and used her left hand to pull her sweater down. Then she stared at Dong Xuebing again and then slowly covered her private part with her left hand. Her 5 fingers were tucked tightly in between her legs. She moved her gaze back to the TV and did not say anything. It was as if she was telling Dong Xuebing, other than this part, he can touch everywhere else.

Dong Xuebing almost had a nose bled, looking at Qu Yunxuan's posture.

She was really allowing me to touch her?

Dong Xuebing had never expected Aunt Xuan to let him touch her legs. He was very excited and started to feel all over her legs.

So soft.

That night, Dong Xuebing dreamt of all sorts of legs. There were slim legs, fair legs, meaty legs, long legs, etc. At least 20 to 30 pairs of legs appeared in his dream. At the end of this dream, Dong Xuebing was crushed by all the legs and woke up. He looked out of his windows. It was still dark, and he realized it was a dream. He rubbed his eyes and went to wash up before leaving home.

The West District Party School was located near Xin Kai Hu Tong, opposite Guanying Gardens.

When Dong Xuebing entered the compound of the Party School, he saw a banner asking all the participants to attend the opening ceremony at the hall. Dong Xuebing was excited as he walked towards the hall. Along the way, there were a few more banners. He realized that there were other training courses other than Section Chief training course. There was a Youth Officers training course, Divisional Chief Training course, Management, and Development course, etc. The hall was half-filled and everyone there was holding higher ranks than Dong Xuebing.

Dong Xuebing was nervous and pick a seat at the back. He kept quiet as he was afraid of saying the wrong things.

The opening ceremony started, and it was speeches after speeches. Among all the speakers, the District Deputy Party Secretary, cum Principal of the Party School could speak the most. He spoke about the importance of training and learning, mindset, motivation, etc.

Dong Xuebing almost fell asleep, but he saw all other trainees were sitting upright and listening attentively. He also tried his best to stay awake.

After the opening ceremony, Dong Xuebing followed his fellow course mates back to his classroom. There were about 40 people in his course, and the majority were men. All the participants were much older than Dong Xuebing. The oldest participant was about middle age and had white hair. The youngest was at least in his 30s. Dong Xuebing was feeling proud as he was the youngest in the course.

In the morning, there was someone from the district's General Administration of Sport of China to teach them on the analysis of a health report and teach them how to train their bodies.

In the afternoon, they learned about political economics and national economics. Dong Xuebing found it hard to understand, but he still took notes.

After the day's lessons were over, Dong Xuebing dragged his tired body back home. When he reaches back at his residential building, he started to think about Qu Yunxuan. Both had just met yesterday, and he was missing her badly. Dong Xuebing did not return home but went to Qu Yunxuan's unit instead. He pressed the doorbell and waited.

The door opens. "Xiao Bing, you are back?"

Dong Xuebing smiles and nodded. He entered her unit and immediately reach over to hold her hand.

Qu Yunxuan jumped and brushes his hand off. She whispered: "Stop fooling around. My mum is here."

Huh? Dong Xuebing froze and looked towards the kitchen. "Then... I will go back first?"

"My mum is cooking dinner." Qu Yunxuan whispered. "Have dinner first."

Dong Xuebing's heart was racing as they whispered to each other. At that moment, Qu Yunxuan's mother walked out of the kitchen, and Dong Xuebing immediately greeted her. "Hi, Auntie. Are you feeling better?"

Qu Yunxuan's mother laughed: "I am fine. The doctor asks me to exercise more. I got nothing to do in the afternoon and come over to Yunxuan's place. Tomorrow, we will be going back to my place."

Dong Xuebing was reluctant to see Qu Yunxuan leave. "You all are not coming back next week?"

Qu Yunxuan laughed and replied. "My mother misses me and insist I stay with her for a few days."

"Miss you for what? I just want a grandchild to keep me occupied." Qu Yunxuan's mother grumbled and stared at her daughter. "You are not worried and still don't let me help you look for a partner? I had to make arrangements with Old Wang. I think his son is not bad. He owns a boutique in the Western District and has good business. When you go over to my place, you must take time to meet him."

Qu Yunxuan glanced at Dong Xuebing and mumbled. "Mum, can you don't talk about these? Let's start at dinner."

Qu Yunxuan's mother let out a "Hmph!" and turned to Dong Xuebing: "Look at your Aunt Xuan. She is almost 30, and I still have to worry about getting a boyfriend for her."

Qu Yunxuan replied helplessly: "I said I will take care of this. You don't need to worry about me."

"Hmph! How many times have you told me this? But did you do it?"

During dinner, Qu Yunxuan's mother switched the subject to Dong Xuebing and started to praise him. "Xiao Bing, you are doing great now. You have become a civil servant, joined the party, and become deputy chief. Now, you are even training at the party school. Haha, your mother should be very proud of you..." Qu Yunxuan's mother carried on for a while before she suddenly popped a question. "Eh, Xiao Bing, is there any staff members under you that are still single and have a good family background? If there is any, introduce them to your Aunt."

Dong Xuebing, who was stuffing his face with food, replied weakly. "No. All of them are married."

Qu Yunxuan's mother asked: "What about other sections?"

Qu Yunxuan quickly picks up a chicken wing and put it into her mother's bowl. "Stop talking during meals."

Dong Xuebing really wish he could tell Qu Yunxuan's mother that he wants to be Qu Yunxuan's boyfriend. But this was not the right time. He still has not saved enough to set up a company for her, and he was not successful enough to impress her mother.

After dinner, Qu Yunxuan was sick of her mother's nagging and dragged Dong Xuebing to her bedroom.

Dong Xuebing immediately ask Qu Yunxuan the moment they stepped into the room: "Are you going to a matchmaking session tomorrow?"

"I am too busy with my work and have no time for all these nonsenses." Qu Yunxuan kneeled on her bed and brushed the dust off her covers with a small brush. "My mother is always like this. I had told her several times that I will only date after I have set up my own small trading company. I don't have the time now."

Dong Xuebing, who was sitting at the end of her bed, looking at her: "Then do you have anyone you like now?"

Qu Yunxuan did not look at him and replied. "Why are you so nosy?"

"Huh? Why do you think I want to know?" Dong Xuebing rolled his eyes and continue looking at Qu Yunxuan's butt swaying as she brushed her covers. He reached over slowly and touched her left butt. It was meaty and felt good. "Aunt Xuan, what do you think of me? Will you consider me after you save enough to set up a trading business?"

Qu Yunxuan froze for a few seconds and continued to brush her covers. "No."

Dong Xuebing squeezed her butt softly and asked: "Why?"

"I am older than you. Our age is not suitable for each other." Qu Yunxuan replied. She acted as if she did not feel Dong Xuebing's hand on her butt and continued folding the cover. "Also, civil servants, especially state security officers, have many restrictions. If I go into business, it will have a negative influence on you. You have become a deputy section chief at a young age. You will have a bright future. So, for your sake, I am not suitable for you."

"Ah... What has this got to do with doing business? What matter most is you like me."

Qu Yunxuan turned around and stared at him: "Who says I like you? Are you asking for a beating?"

Dong Xuebing squeezed her butt harder: "If you don't like me, why will you let me touch your butt?"

Qu Yunxuan blushed and raised her fist, pretending to hit him. "You hooligan! You are the one that touched me, and I did not allow you to touch. You... How can you say I am letting you touch?" Maybe it was because Qu Yunxuan felt she was too loud, and she suddenly lowered her voice. She pushes Dong Xuebing's hand away from her butt. "Don't touch me. Get away from me! If you dare to touch me again, I... I will use this brush to hit you! Try me!"

Dong Xuebing blinked and then reached over to touch her thighs.

Qu Yunxuan was pissed and used the small brush to hit Dong Xuebing's legs several times. "How dare you touch me? I will hit you! Hit you! Hit you!"

Dong Xuebing let her hit a few times and then suddenly hugged her.

Qu Yunxuan was shocked and quickly pushed Dong Xuebing: "What are you doing? I will hit you."

Dong Xuebing could not control himself and lowered his head and kissed Qu Yunxuan on her lips.

"Huh... Huh..." Qu Yunxuan pushes him with all her might. "... Don't..."

Dong Xuebing did not know how to kiss. He just sucked on her soft lips and refuses to let go.

"Don't... Huh... Let go..." Qu Yunxuan was hitting him.

It was unsure how long had passed, and Qu Yunxuan stopped hitting.

1 second...

2 seconds...

3 seconds...

Dong Xuebing nervously opened his eyes and looked at Qu Yunxuan.

Qu Yunxuan was looking at him with teary eyes.

"Huh? Sorry." Dong Xuebing dare not to continue kissing Qu Yunxuan after seeing her on the verge of crying. He knocked himself on his head. "I'm really sorry. It's all my fault... You can scold me or hit me all you want..."

Qu Yunxuan looked at him expressionlessly without saying a word.

I'm dead. Aunt Xuan is really pissed this time.

Dong Xuebing felt guilty and said. "Aunt Xuan... Don't be like this... You... I... Can you say something?"

Qu Yunxuan replied calmly: "That is my first kiss."

"Ah! First kiss?!" Dong Xuebing was stunned. He thought a woman as pretty as Aunt Xuan should have dated during her school days. She might have done more than kissing. But... first, kiss? Aunt Xuan does not need to lie to him. That means she had never kissed or slept with anyone before? Dong Xuebing was overjoyed, but he suddenly remembered the awkward situation he was in now. He cleared his throat: "Aunt Xuan. I do not know. No, no... I... It is also my first kiss. I... I don't know what to say... You... you should just give me a beating."

Dong Xuebing really hope Aunt Xuan would give him a slap and he might feel better.

10 seconds...

20 seconds...

30 seconds...

Suddenly, the moment Dong Xuebing had been waiting for had arrived.

Qu Yunxuan opened up her arms and pounced on him.

Dong Xuebing was prepared to sacrifice himself to appease her anger. He closes his eyes. Hit me. Just hit me as hard as you can, but don't kill me.

The next moment, Dong Xuebing could feel Qu Yunxuan grabbing his head with both her hands.

Dong Xuebing clenched his teeth and shut his eyes harder. What move is this? She wants to grab my head and bash it against the wall? She wanted to pull my head off? Does she need to be so ruthless? Never mind. I deserve it. I had hurt her and deserve this type of punishment.

But Dong Xuebing did not feel any pain or impact on his head. Instead, he felt many warm and ticklish sensations on his face, nose, cheeks, and chin. It felt like... Aunt Xuan's lips.

Ah? Dong Xuebing opened his eyes.

He could feel goosebumps and his heart racing from what he saw.

Qu Yunxuan did not hit nor scold him. She was holding on to his head, with her hands in his hair, kissing all over his face and neck. She was sucking on his lips aggressively.

"Aunt Xuan, you are..."

Qu Yunxuan kissed Dong Xuebing on his lips and did not let him speak. Her hands were still caressing his hair: "Huuu... You hooligan... you only know how to take advantage of me... only know how to bully me... Huuu... Now I will let you take advantage of me... Quick... Huuu... kiss me... faster..."

Dong Xuebing could not resist any longer. He immediately hugged her, and their lips touched.

She was kissing his lips.

He was sucking on her tongue.

Their tongues were entwined, and they were moaning...

5 minutes later, Qu Yunxuan's mother shouted from the living room: "Yunxuan, the stocks market report is starting. Come and watch it with me."

Qu Yunxuan quickly moved away from Dong Xuebing and replied: "Ok. I will come out now." After replying to her mother, she looked at Dong Xuebing. Her face was still flushed, and she whispered: "We did not say anything or do anything just now. Ok?" After that, she raised her hand and stared at Dong Xuebing. "If you dare to tell anyone, I will kill you."

Dong Xuebing was overjoyed, and he nodded: "Yes, yes."

"Hooligan." Qu Yunxuan slapped Dong Xuebing on his arm. She quickly tidied up her hair and wiped her face before walking out of the room.

"You two are using the computer?" Qu Yunxuan's mother asked.

"Yes. We played some games." Qu Yunxuan replied. "Turn up the volume. I want to see if the stocks I bought is featured in this report."

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Monday morning. Qu Yunxuan and her mother had returned to her mother's place and will be back after one week. After the incident with Qu Yunxuan, Dong Xuebing was in a good mood. He sent the mother and daughter to their taxi and watches them leave. He was still thinking about last evening as he makes his way to the Party School. He already has money and a good career. Now, he was in a relationship. Tsk, tsk... His life had become better... But when Dong Xuebing remembered that Zhou Guoan would be taking over as the Chief of the branch bureau officially today, he became nervous again. He wonders how Zhou Guoan would deal with him after his training.

1 day... 2 days... 3 days... Time flies, and it was Dong Xuebing's 10th day at the Party School. He had also accumulated 11 minutes of BACK. It was a Tuesday.

After the lecture on Sociology ended, Dong Xuebing kept his notes and left his class. He saw some Section Chief Officers gathering around chatting. Dong Xuebing smiled to himself and went to have lunch alone. It was not that he did not want to foster a better relationship with his classmates. He really wanted to blend in with them. But this group of Section Chiefs was all from the Organization Department or Ministry of Supervision. The lowest rank among them was a Deputy Chief from the District's Auditing Bureau. On the first day, they had a self-introduction session. When Dong Xuebing introduces his department, State Security, and he was only receiving the Deputy Section Chief benefits, the rest of his classmates were not interested in interacting with him. It was not because they looked down on him. They were jealous to see someone receiving the benefits of a Deputy Section Chief at his age. Furthermore, State Security was a standalone department and seldom have any dealings with other government agencies.

Dong Xuebing finishes his lunch and still have time before his next class.

He went to a small garden outside of the Party School for a walk. He sat on a bench and took out his phone to SMS Aunt Xuan. "What did you have for lunch?" A minute later. Beep, beep. Qu Yunxuan replied. "I'm to busy to have lunch." Dong Xuebing blinked and replied: "Have Auntie completed her treatment? When will you return to Beikou? I miss you." Qu Yunxuan's reply was "..."

"I am asking you when you will be back?" "Should be the day after tomorrow." "Ok. I will wait for you." After some thoughts, Dong Xuebing send two more words to Qu Yunxuan. "Love you." Beep, beep. "..." It was another reply of dots.

Dong Xuebing laughed and happily kept his phone. He took out his notes to prepare for the afternoon's lesson. He needs to upgrade himself for his promotion. These few days, Dong Xuebing had been listening attentively in class. But he did not have a strong foundation, and he would take notes on the parts he did not understand.

Ring ring ring... Ring ring ring... Dong Xuebing's phone rang.

Dong Xuebing took out his phone, and it was Chang Juan, who called. "Sis Chang, what is it?" Chang Juan's voice sounded quite urgent. "Chief Dong, where are you? I have been calling you the whole morning!" "I am at the Party School. We can't use our phones during lessons. I had just switched on my phone during lunch. What's wrong?" Dong Xuebing frowned as he could feel the urgency in Chang Juan's voice. He kept his notebook back into his bag.

"Something happened! You... You..."

"Just tell me what happened. Why are you stuttering?"

Chang Juan paused for 2 seconds and said quickly: "Chief Dong, I have a classmate in State Security City Bureau's Discipline Inspection Section. This morning, she gave me a call and asked if Dong Xuebing was my leader. I replied yes and asked why she was asking about you. Guess what she said? She told me that the City Bureau received an informant letter last night. It was to report about Political Commissar Zhou... no. It is to report about Branch Bureau Chief Zhou receiving bribes. But the letter did not include any evidence and only states how Zhou Guoan received the bribes."

Dong Xuebing was confused. "So, someone was reporting against Zhou Guoan. What has it got to do with me?"

Zhou Guoan was different from Yan Liang. He did not have a good reputation. There were rumors that when his son got married, all the departments and sections in the branch gave cash as gifts. Zhou Guoan just accepted it. A Deputy Director did not send any gifts and the following week, Zhou Guoan start to create trouble for that Deputy Director. He transferred him to the filing office. Of course, these were all rumors Tan Limei heard. Dong Xuebing was also not sure if these rumors were true. But from Zhou Guoan's attitude towards him in the last two weeks, Dong Xuebing also felt that he is clean. It should be normal for people to report against him. But without evidence, the City Bureau's Discipline Inspection Section will also not investigate the Chief of a Branch Bureau. They will only throw the letter aside. This report was useless.

"Chief Dong, you... you really do not know about this?"

"What should I know?"

Chang Juan replied: "I know it is not you. Seems like it is someone..."

Dong Xuebing interrupted: "Wait! What do you mean by it's not me?"

Chang Juan took a deep breath and said something alarming: "My classmate told me that the informant letter was printed, and it was signed off by you!"

"What?!" Dong Xuebing's mind was blank. "Me? Are you sure I am the one who sent the letter?!"

"Yes. By right, the Discipline Inspection Section should be keeping this confidential. But after I received the call in the morning, rumors had spread throughout the branch. Now, almost everyone in the branch bureau knows about his. Chief Zhou should also... Chief Dong, I also believe that you are not the one who sent the letter. But... But everyone else believes you are the one because you have some conflicts with Chief Zhou!"

Dong Xuebing cursed: "What the fuck is happening? I write that informant letter? It's bullshit!"

If the letter were anonymous, no one would know the identity of the informant. But now, a name was stated in the letter... And it was still a subordinate reporting against his superior. This was a taboo in all government agencies. Even if there were concrete evidence, very few subordinates would whistleblow their superiors.

This was too obvious. Someone was trying to frame Dong Xuebing.

Who the hell would be so evil? Did I offend you in any way? Why did you sign off the letter with my name?!

"Chief Dong, don't be rush." Chang Juan whispered into the phone. "Xiao Tan, Panwei and I had discussed this, and all of us felt it should be Guo Shunjie that sent the letter. He should be trying to create more grudges between you and Chief Zhou, and make use of Chief Zhou to... Errr... This is only our guess. But Guo Shunjie had been very quiet the whole morning. He just starts typing his documents the moment he stepped into the office and did not say a word. This was unusual." Dong Xuebing was furious.

Dong Xuebing had only offended two people in the branch bureau. Guo Shunjie and Zhou Guoan. Zhou Guoan would not report on himself. It was obvious who was trying to frame Dong Xuebing. It must be Guo Shunjie! Sending this letter will have no impact on Zhou Guoan's career. But it will increase Zhou Guoan's grudges against Dong Xuebing. This way, Zhou Guoan will take revenge, and the person who would benefit from all these was Guo Shunjie!

This bastard!

Are you addicted to framing me?!

Dong Xuebing took a few deep breaths to calm himself and asked: "Sis Chang, what are Chief Zhou and Chief Xu's reaction? They also believe it was me?" Chang Juan replied: "I am not sure. But today is the monthly Party Committee meeting. The meeting still has not ended." "Sis Chang, thank you for telling me all these." "Don't thank me. I will give you updates once I got any news." After hanging up, Dong Xuebing immediately call Xu Yan's mobile phone. If her phone was off, then it means she was still in the meeting. Dong Xuebing was furious. He held onto his phone and paced around the garden in circles. He was calling Xu Yan every 10 seconds. But her phone was off!!

What should I do? The impact of this matter is too big! If I don't get to explain myself, then... Dong Xuebing hated being accused of something he didn't do. To be framed twice in two weeks was too much for him to handle. He was furious!

Dong Xuebing returned to the bench and dialed Xu Yan's number again. Ring, ring... The line got through.

"Hello, Chief Xu? I am Dong Xuebing." Dong Xuebing quickly explained himself after he heard Xu Yan's voice. "I did not write that informant letter. If I want to report about Chief Zhou, I would not be so stupid to sign off my name in the letter. This letter must be written by Guo Shunjie. He is also the one who switched the meeting documents. He is trying to frame me." "Sighed... I also know it is not you. But this is not important anymore." "What do you mean?" Xu Yan replied: "During the Committee meeting just now, Chief Zhou proposed an internal transfer. Although Old Song and I had objected to it, but..." Dong Xuebing was stunned. "Internal transfer?" "He appointed Guo Shunjie to be the Deputy Chief of the General Affairs Office. You have been replaced by him." "What?" Dong Xuebing was shocked.

Xu Yan sounded dejected. "Xiao Dong. I am the one who groomed you, and I will not beat around the bush. Chief Zhou used the excuse of the heavy workload in the General Affairs Office, and you are attending the training. There must be someone leading the office. So, he appointed Guo Shunjie to take over you. You... He said that he will reassign you to a new department, but this will not happen. After you return from your course, you will continue to work in the General Affairs Office. You will still be receiving Deputy Section Chief's benefits, but you will no longer be a leader. You will be the same as other staff members." Dong Xuebing sat there listening and did not say a word.

A newly appointed leader will try to show their authorities. Xu Yan also never expect Zhou Guoan to start from Dong Xuebing. He was too overbearing. During the meeting, Xu Yan had tried to fight for Dong Xuebing. She was the one who helped Dong Xuebing get this position. Treating Dong Xuebing like this was equivalent to slapping her face. But Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary Song Shoujie and her had limited powers. They could only see this proposal getting approved.

Got replaced?

Become a staff member again?

From today onwards, I got to address Guo Shunjie as my leader?!

Dong Xuebing clenches his fist! He was overcome with his anger. Guo Shunjie! Zhou Guoan! I will kill both of you!

Want to replace me?!

It's not so easy!!!

Dong Xuebing did not care about his afternoon lessons at the Party School. He flagged a taxi and returned back to the West District Branch Bureau. At the compound of the branch, people saw Dong Xuebing and start to whisper and discussed him.

"Look, it's Chief Xiao Dong."

"He is in trouble now. He went for the training at the Party School, but he still lost his position."

"That's right. He had gone against Chief Zhou and still write a letter to report against him. This should be the end of his career."

"We still don't know what will happen. Chief Dong also performs miracles at the final minute. If not, why does he have the nickname Omnipotent Chief Xiao Dong? All of you should have seen how many times he saves the day. He had even saved Minister Lui's life two weeks ago. I think he will be able to pull this off again."

"This time is different. No matter how capable Chief Xiao Dong is, he also cannot change the Party Committee decision. He is already replaced, and this will not be the end of it. Chief Zhou will not let him off so easily."

"Huh... You are right."

"Hey, he is walking over. Let's go!"

After so many incidents, there was no one in the Western District Branch Bureau that did not know Dong Xuebing.

Dong Xuebing clenched his teeth harder as he saw everyone hiding away from him. Although he could not hear what they were talking about, he knows it should not be anything good. He looked around at all those people and then continued his way towards the grey building. He went straight to the General Affairs Office. In the office, Tan Limei, Chang Juan, Guo Panwei, and the rest were all worried. The office door suddenly opens, and Dong Xuebing stepped in.

Chang Juan stood up: "Chief Dong, you are back?" Guo Panwei also said: "Chief Dong, earlier at the Committee Party..." Guo Shunjie had become their leader out of a sudden, and all of them did not know what would happen to them. If this is true, then they will not have a good life in the future.

Dong Xuebing waved his hand: "I know. Where is Guo Shunjie? Where is he?"

"He..." Everyone in the office did not know what Chief Dong wanted to do. They were worried. After looking at each other for a moment, Tan Limei pointed to Dong Xuebing's small office. "He is inside there. After the Party Committee meeting ended, he brought all his stuff in."

Dong Xuebing turned and enter the small office, and he shut the door behind him.

Guo Shunjie had heard Dong Xuebing and the rest talking outside. He sneered and looked at Dong Xuebing. "Don't you know how to knock on the door before entering your leader's office? I will let you off this time. If you do this again, I will ask you to practice knocking the door at home. You can only return to work after you learned how to knock!" Guo Shunjie hates Dong Xuebing. If it was not because of Dong Xuebing, he would be attending the training now and will be promoted to a Section Chief when he returns. He will be able to replace Li Qing as the Chief of the General Affairs Office!

Dong Xuebing was furious, but he smiled. "Knock? This is my office!"

Guo Shunjie laughed. "I'm sorry to tell you that this office is mine now. Oh, you are here at the right time. Hand over your work pass. I will change it to a staff member work pass for you."

Guo Shunjie, who was sitting in the office chair, bends over and pushed some teacups, tea leaves, files, etc. on the desk, towards Dong Xuebing. "Carry your stuff away! I am not free to pack for you! Hurry up!" Dong Xuebing was staring at Guo Shunjie in his eyes. "Guo Shunjie, you are too much. I will not talk about you switching the meeting documents. This time you dare to use my name to send an informant letter to report against Chief Zhou? You think it is funny?" Dong Xuebing pointed to Guo Shunjie and shouted: "Don't think everyone are fools. Everyone can tell that you are the one playing tricks!" Guo Shunjie smiles with a smirk: "You should know if you have sent the letter! Why? Are you trying to accuse me? I think you are sick! You sent the letter, and you don't dare to admit it? Are you a man? You got the balls to send it, yet you don't dare to admit it?!" Dong Xuebing could feel his blood rushing to his head!

Guo Shunjie was feeling great to see Dong Xuebing's reaction. "I will say it once more. Hand over your work pass and bring your things out. The desk near the door is your new work desk. Hurry up! Don't let me repeat for the 3rd time! There is still a lot of work for me to do. I don't have time to entertain you!" "What if I refuse?" "Refuse?" Guo Shunjie looked at him and pushed Dong Xuebing's stuff off the desk. Some of the items fell into the bin, and some fell onto the floor. The teacups shattered as it landed onto the floor. The files and documents were all over the place. "You don't want all these? Fine. Since these are all rubbish, then I will treat them as rubbish!" Guo Shunjie smiles and picked up the phone to call outside. "Hello, ask Guo Panwei to bring the broom and dustpan into my office now!" "Fuck you!"

Dong Xuebing exploded. He raised his fist and punched Guo Shunjie on the right side of his face!

Bang! It was the sound of Dong Xuebing's fist hitting his face!

Guo Shunjie could not believe what had happened. He fell from his chair and covered his face: "Are you crazy?!" Hitting a superior was a more serious offense than getting reported to the Disciplinary Inspection department. Dong Xuebing might lose his job and even be arrested and charged in courts. This was why Guo Shunjie never expects Dong Xuebing to hit him.

Dong Xuebing looked at Guo Shunjie's swollen face, and he was still not satisfied. He raised his leg and stomped on Guo Shunjie's stomach!

"Ah!" Guo Shunjie shouted in pain. "Help! Help!" He was stunned from Dong Xuebing's punched and could not retaliate. He could only call for help!

Dong Xuebing had gone all out. He continued to stomp Guo Shunjie's stomach and gave a hard kick on his face!

This kick was hard. Guo Shunjie screamed in pain and then spit out a mouthful of blood and a few teeth!

Bang! The small office's door opened. Tan Limei, Zhuang Zhi and the rest came running in!

"Chief Dong! Stop! Stop hitting him!" "Bing Zhi. Stop!" Dong Xuebing ignored theirs pleads and continue kicking Guo Shunjie. "Accuse me? Frame me? Smash my cups? Pretending to be a leader in front of me?! Who do you think you are?!"

1 kick!

2 kicks!

3 kicks!

"Ah! This... This..." "Hurry, call an ambulance! Don't let him die!" Guo Shunjie's cries were getting softer... After Zhuang Zhi grabbed Dong Xuebing and stopped him, Dong Xuebing felt much better!

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The scenes flashed, and the small office became quiet again.

Guo Shunjie picked up the phone: "Hello, ask Guo Panwei to bring the broom and dustpan into my office now!"

Dong Xuebing points at him. "Guo Shunjie! I will remember this! This is not over yet!"

Guo Shunjie looked at him with a smirk. "Fine. I want to see what you can do to me. I will wait for you!"

After beating Guo Shunjie up, Dong Xuebing felt much better. However, he was still furious. He was being accused, and Zhou Guoan replaced him for no reason. Even if he beat both of them up 5 times or 10 times, it will not change the fact. This was why Dong Xuebing left the office after vending his frustrations. He waved his hand to stop Tan Limei, Chang Juan, and the rest from speaking and left. He went upstairs.

Along the way, people were avoiding Dong Xuebing.

Dong Xuebing arrived at Zhou Guoan's new office and knocked on the door.

Zhou Guoan's cold voice sounded: "Come in."

Zhou Guoan was now the Branch Bureau's Chief and was different from Guo Shunjie. Even though Dong Xuebing hated him for removing him from his position, but he still got to follow the rules. Dong Xuebing closes the door behind him after he entered the office and stood there looking at the stern-looking Zhou Guoan. "Chief Zhou, there is something I need to report!"

Zhou Guoan put down the file he was holding and looked at Dong Xuebing. "Get out!"

Dong Xuebing controlled his anger and said: "I will leave after I finish!"

"I am asking you to get out!" Zhou Guoan can't be bothered with Dong Xuebing. "Can't you hear me!?"

Damn! I am just not leaving!

Dong Xuebing could feel his blood boiling again and said: "If it is because about the informant letter, I think I need to give you an explanation. I will start with the meeting documents incident two weeks ago. You should have read the report I submitted. But on the third day after I submitted the report, I noticed something suspicious. On the day of the incident, all the meeting documents were checked by Chang Juan and Tan Limei. One person might make a mistake, but what about two people? I heard that Guo Shunjie was alone in the office during lunchtime that day. You should know he is unhappy with me and that very afternoon, the meeting documents incident happened. Is there still a need to ask who is playing tricks? I can swear that before that incident, I don't even know you are suffering from diabetes. How can I purposely print those pictures and put it among the documents? This is all done by Guo Shunjie!"

Zhou Guoan saw Dong Xuebing ignoring his orders, and his face turns black.

Dong Xuebing continued: "Do you really think I am the one who wrote the letter to whistleblow on you? If I dare to report you to the higher-ups, why didn't I just submit a handwritten letter? Do I still need to type and print out the letter? I am afraid of letting others recognize my handwriting? But the letter had included my name. Why should I be afraid of getting my handwriting recognized? Someone is trying to frame me! Who? Guo Shunjie is the biggest suspect! No! This must be done by him!"

Zhou Guoan does not know about all these? He knows.

Leaving the meeting incident aside. This informant letter was very suspicious like what Dong Xuebing had said. But Zhou Guoan doesn't think it was Guo Shunjie who had sent the letter. He felt Guo Shunjie did not have the guts to do that. He suspects that it had something to do with Xu Yan and Song Shoujie. He suspects that someone wants to let him start a war with Xu Yan and her fiction from this incident. Dong Xuebing was groomed by Xu Yan, and if he were to touch Dong Xuebing, that means he will be waging war on Xu Yan. Someone else will stand to benefit if this happens. His second suspect was Dong Xuebing. This young man dares to fight for the training course spot with him and dare to go against him. A young man like him... would dare to do stupid things. The letter might really be written by him!

But no matter who was behind this and who wrote the letter, the news had spread. Zhou Guoan cannot sit around and do nothing. If not, he will lose respect from others. So, he pinned all the responsibility on Dong Xuebing and removed Dong Xuebing from his position during the morning meeting. He could also establish his authority at the same time and suppress Xu Yan!

"Are you done?"

Dong Xuebing took a deep breath. "Yes!"

Zhou Guoan stared at Dong Xuebing: "Are you trying to say that I am purposely picking on you?"

Pretend! Carry on with your pretense! Dong Xuebing replied: "I did not say that. I only want to explain myself."

Zhou Guoan righteously said: "Everyone has the authority to whistle blow. I don't care who is it. As long as there is evidence, anyone can report to the Commission for Discipline Inspection. I, Zhou Guoan, is a righteous person. I am not afraid of anyone reporting against me and will not pick on anyone over this letter. Your internal transfer is the organization's decision, and it has been gone through a discussion and voting during the Party Committee meeting. It is not because I am picking on you. Do you understand?"

Dong Xuebing felt disgusted to hear Zhou Guoan's "Official replies." He asked: "Since I did not do anything wrong, why am I being replaced? Just because I am attending a training course at the Party School? Just because I can't take care of the office when I am at the course? My course is ending in 5 more days! Since 10 days have passed, why can't you wait for another 5 days? If the organization thinks that I can't cope with the course and managing the office, then I will quit the training course!"

Zhou Guoan banged on his desk. "Watch your attitude! What do you think the Party School is? It is a place to groom officers! You think you can just quit like this? You think that place is a market?!"

Dong Xuebing stared back at Zhou Guoan into his eyes. "You also say that the Party School is to groom officers. But I am now in the Party School course. Not only I am not groomed, I still lost my position! What's the reason? Is this how the organization groom me?"

Zhou Guoan was so furious until he turned pale. He never expects Dong Xuebing would dare to speak to him this way. "Get out of my office now!"

Dong Xuebing knew it was useless to argue with him. He looked at Zhou Guoan and left.

Zhou Guoan was furious with Dong Xuebing. Lose your position? I will make sure you can't even be a staff member!

Before Dong Xuebing opened the door and left, Zhou Guoan said: "Let me remind you. If you want to report against me, remember to provide evidence. If not, the Commission for Discipline Inspection will not act on it!"

Dong Xuebing felt his blood rushing to his head again after he heard what Zhou Guoan said!

I had explained to you for so long, and you still insist I am the one who wrote the letter!?

Damn! What a moron!

Fine!

You insist I am the one who reported against you? You want me to provide evidence?

I will get the evidence!!!!

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News of Dong Xuebing's clash with Branch Bureau Chief Zhou spread throughout the branch.

Everyone was surprised by this piece of news. They were speechless and felt Chief Xiao Dong was too daring!

Whistleblowing against his top superior? Is there anything else he does not dare to do?

Clashing with Zhou Guoan was Dong Xuebing's last straw. He had offended the Branch's no. 1 man and loses his position as the Deputy Chief of the General Affairs Office. His enemy, Guo Shunjie, had replaced him and become his direct supervisor. But the furious Dong Xuebing could see the whole picture now. It does not matter if Guo Shunjie was the person that had framed him. As long as Zhou Guoan was the Chief of the branch, it will be the end of his career. There was no way for him to survive at this place. If Dong Xuebing could drag Zhou Guoan down from his position as the Branch Bureau's Chief, all problems will be solved. He might even be reinstated as the Deputy Chief of the General Affairs Office.

Dong Xuebing had only one choice left!

Xu Yan's office.

Xu Yan and Song Shoujie were drinking tea in the office. Xu Yan received a phone call and knew about what Dong Xuebing did. After hanging up, she shook her head. "This Xiao Dong is too impulsive!"

Song Shoujie asked: "What's wrong?"

"He argued with Chief Zhou and was chased out of his office."

"He is not to blame. After Xiao Dong entered the General Affairs Office, he had made significant contributions and performed extremely well. But now, he caught in this situation, and anyone in his position will also be pissed!" Song Shoujie sighed. "Old Zhou is going to deal with Xiao Dong harshly. What should we do?" At the Committee Meeting, Song Shoujie and Xu Yan had lost to Zhou Guoan. The whole branch was looking at them.

"We cannot do anything!" Xu Yan sipped on her tea and frowned. "Can't you tell from the meeting? Pang Bin had already gone over to Zhou Guoan's side. The rest of the people are on Zhou Guoan's side too. They are all making eye signals with each other and even Cheng Haimei... Now, the power is thrown off-balance. Our days here will not be peaceful in the future!"

Sighed...

Xu Yan and Song Shoujie had thought of leaning over to Zhou Guoan's side. But this was impossible. It was because of an incident which happened a few years ago. Not many people knew about this incident. Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary Song Shoujie had received an anonymous letter from a whistleblower. The letter states that Zhou Guoan had accepted bribes and provided some shreds of evidence. At that time, Song Shoujie and Zhou Guoan had no grudges but were also not close. Because of his duties, Song Shoujie and Xu Yan had to conduct an investigation secretly. But in the end, they could not find concrete evidence. News of this investigation was leaked, and Zhou Guoan knew about it. Although Zhou Guoan did not show any unhappiness, Xu Yan and Song Shoujie could tell he still remembered this incident and was waiting for a chance to get back at them. After this incident, both sides could no longer work peacefully with each other.

Knock, knock, knock. Someone was at the door.

Xu Yan shouted: "Come in!"

Dong Xuebing entered the office with a furious expression. "Chief Xu, Secretary Song!"

Xu Yan looked at him. "Did you go and look for Chief Zhou just now? Didn't I tell you to stay low for the time being? Go back to the Party School now! Complete your training course first and don't come back to the branch before your course end!"

I had lost my position! Do I still have the mood to attend the course? Dong Xuebing controlled his anger and asked: "Chief Xu, I only want to ask something. I will leave after I get an answer!"

Xu Yan put down her teacup. "What is it?"

Dong Xuebing's following question stunned Xu Yan and Song Shoujie.

"If I can get evidence of Chief Zhou receiving bribes, can he be brought down?!" Dong Xuebing was too direct. But he did not have any other solution. "I am talking about concrete evidence!"

Xu Yan and Song Shoujie looked at each other without saying anything. Evidence? Xu Yan and Song Shoujie also wanted to get proof and bring Zhou Guoan down. This way, they would have a breather. But both had investigated Zhou Guoan for a long time and could not find anything. A junior staff member, who had joined the bureau for a few months, can find the evidences? This matter was very sensitive, and Xu Yan wanted to tell Dong Xuebing to handover any evidences he has on hand immediately. But both of them do not think that Dong Xuebing have any evidence on hand.

Dong Xuebing got the answer from Xu Yan's expression. "Can you tell me Chief Zhou address at the Branch quarters?!"

Xu Yan was stunned. You want his address? What are you trying to do? Go to his house and steal the evidence? How can this be possible?!

Song Shoujie was also shocked. "Xiao Dong. Don't be impulsive!"

Dong Xuebing replied: "I understand, but his address..."

Xu Yan kept quiet.

"Chief Xu...!"

Xu Yan stared into Dong Xuebing's eyes for a long time and then took a sip of tea. "Old Yan in your office is going to retire?"

Dong Xuebing was confused and did not understand what she meant. "I think so. What's wrong?"

Xu Yan replied: "Nothing. I am just asking. Oh, yes. Your rank is Deputy Section Chief benefits now?"

Dong Xuebing was still confused. Why was she asking the obvious? "Yes. I am still not promoted to Deputy Section Chief rank."

Xu Yan nodded and said: "That's all. Go back now."

What does she mean? What about the address? Without the address, how can I get the evidence? Deputy Section Chief benefits? Why was she asking about this now? Dong Xuebing left Xu Yan's office reluctantly. He thought about what Xu Yan said to him as he walked along the corridor towards the stairs. Suddenly his eyes brighten up and smacked his forehead!

Old Yan?

Deputy Section Chief benefits?

Deputy Branch Bureau Chief Xu was hinting to him that Old Yan knew Zhou Guoan's address and was implying that if he could get the evidence to bring Zhou Guoan down, then he will... be promoted to Deputy Section Chief rank! This was what Xu Yan wanted to tell him!

Dong Xuebing quickly walk back to the General Affairs Office.

"Old Yan!" Dong Xuebing went up to Old Yan after he entered the office.

Old Yan put down his newspaper and raise his head: "Oh, Chief Xiao Dong."

Dong Xuebing waved to Tan Limei and the rest to carry on with their work. He looked over to the small office door, and it was closed. He asked in a soft voice: "I need to find out something from you. Which block and is Zhou Guoan staying?!"

Old Yan was stunned: "I don't know!"

Dong Xuebing looked at him in the eyes: "Which unit and which floor?!"

Old Yan forced a smile. He knew where Zhou Guoan was staying. Many years ago, Old Yan also had backings and had visited all the leaders during Lunar New Year to give them gifts. He had gone to the Branch Bureau's quarters several times, and Zhou Guoan was staying near his former leader. Old Yan thought for a while and poured some water from his cup onto his desk. He wet his finger and wrote on his desk with his finger. 'Red bricked building 2nd floor, Unit 5.' He saw Dong Xuebing saw his writings and quickly wiped the water stains off.

"Thanks!" Dong Xuebing remembered the address and quickly left the Branch Bureau.

Actually, everyone knows that if someone were corrupted, there would surely be evidence like large amount of cash, expensive antiques, etc. in their homes. Dong Xuebing was not sure how many houses Zhou Guoan have. But he thought about it and the State Security Quarters was the best location to hide his spoils as it was heavily guarded. It was the best place to hide large amounts of cash and antiques. Without concrete evidence, the higher-ups will not issue any search permits and authorizations. No one would be able to enter his home to search for evidence, especially in the State Security branch quarters. It was the safest place in Beijing.

But that's what others think.

If there was someone in the world that could enter Zhou Guoan's house to search for evidence without anyone knowing, that someone would be Dong Xuebing!

He has BACK. He still has 10 minutes left. It was enough for him to do a lot of things!

Must get the evidence! Dong Xuebing was determined to get back at Zhou Guoan! Not only he can get his position again, but he can also still move up the ranks!!

Dong Xuebing walked along the path he had walked with Minister Lui and Chief Yan. He entered a Hutong and made many turns through the alleyways. Then Dong Xuebing saw a small estate not far away. Although there was only one building, it was still considered an estate. There was a guardhouse at the main gate, and there was a small side gate. There were no signs or guards at the side gate. From outside, the building looks like a typical state-owned enterprise's quarters. But Dong Xuebing had had that there was another guardroom at the foot of the building and the guards were patrolling 24 hours. It was impossible for anyone to sneak into the building.

Dong Xuebing pretended to be a passer-by and walked past the main gate. From the corner of his eyes, he could see the unit number of the building.

The unit nearest to him was unit 6. That means Zhou Guoan, who was staying in Unit 5, was next to that unit. The first floor of the red-bricked building had metal fences. It was not the newer type of fences where there were sharp pointed edges. The fences were installed when the building was built. Most of them were rusty. There were no fences from the second floor onwards. There were only glass windows. It should be easy and fast for anyone to climb up from the first floor using the fences. This will take lesser time than kicking down the door.

After confirming his way of entrance, Dong Xuebing bent over and picked up a rock and kept it into his pocket. He looked around the surroundings and saw there were no one. He walked back towards the branch quarters' gates.

One step...

Five steps...

Ten steps...

Dong Xuebing looked at his watch and then at the plainclothes security guards in the guardhouse. He suddenly started running, pretending to be anxious. He took out his work pass and knocked on the guardhouse windows. "I am from the Branch Bureau's General Affairs Office. Chief Zhou's wife is sick and had asked me to bring her to the hospital. You can check my identity! This is a matter of life and death! I will go first!" Dong Xuebing threw his work pass on the counter and started running towards the building.

The two guards in the guardhouse were stunned. "Eh! Wait! Stop there!"

Dong Xuebing ignored their cries and ran to the foot of unit 5.

There were 9 minutes 44 seconds left...

No intrusions or break-ins had ever happened at this quarters, and the guards did not felt anything was wrong. The taller guard looked at Dong Xuebing's work pass. He confirmed Dong Xuebing was really the Deputy Section Chief of the General Affairs Office and nodded to his partner. The shorter guard could tell Dong Xuebing was in a hurry, and he quickly found Zhou Guoan's home number and called. He wants to see if there were anything they could help, and also there was a regulation at the quarters. Even if the visitor was working in the State Security, they were also not allowed to enter the compounds unless permission was granted from the resident. The guards need to call the resident and let the resident come out to escort the visitor in. But it was an emergency now. If Chief Zhou's wife were really sick, she would not be able to come out to fetch Dong Xuebing.

No one answered.

"Hey! Hey! What are you doing?! Come down now! Come down at once!"

A guard who was patrolling the compounds shouted.

The two guards in the guardhouse did not know what happened and quickly ran out.

Crash! Dong Xuebing, who had climbed onto 2nd floor, Unit 5, had smashed the windows with a piece of rock and entered the house. After entering the unit through the windows, he still shouted at the 3 security guards: "Chief Zhou had forgotten to pass me his keys, and I can't open the door. So I can only enter the unit this way!" Dong Xuebing pretended to look into the unit and then shouted out of the windows: "Mrs. Zhou had fainted! You all hurry, get a car or ambulance! Quick! It is an emergency!"

There were many loopholes in Dong Xuebing's lies. But the guards never expected Dong Xuebing to be so daring to break into Chief Zhou's unit in broad daylight. So the guards looked at each other and then one of them started to call for an ambulance. An older guard felt something was off and ran up the stairs to Unit 5. He shouted to Dong Xuebing from outside the door: "Open the door from inside! I will carry her down!"

There was 8 minute 51 seconds left!

There was no one in the bedroom. From the items in the room, Dong Xuebing could conclude that it was Zhou Guoan son's room. He gave up searching this room and ran out to the living room. There were no antiques around, and the paintings on the walls were at most 20 to 30 RMB!

That's right. Would Zhou Guoan dare to display expensive paintings in his living room like this?

Knock! Knock! Knock! "Open the door! How is Mrs. Zhou?"

Dong Xuebing shouted: "I am pressing her acupuncture points now! I will open the door in a while! You all hurry up and call for an ambulance!"

After that, Dong Xuebing ignored the knockings and shouting. He started to ransack all the drawers and cabinets. He could not find anything. There were only some DVDs, teacups, etc. Dong Xuebing stood up and smashed the TV on the floor. There was nothing inside and behind the TV.

He only had 6 minutes and 27 seconds left!

Bang! Bang! Bang! "Open the door now! Hurry up!"

Dong Xuebing did not reply to him and entered the master bedroom. He locked the door behind him!

This place should be the easiest to get evidence again Zhou Guoan!

Please! There must be some evidence! I am betting my career and future on this!

The master bedroom was simple. There was no expensive furniture. There was an old white wardrobe, a queen-size bed, and a small bedside table. Other than this furniture, there was nothing else! But Dong Xuebing felt this was too suspicious. A Divisional Chief Rank officer can't even afford to change the wardrobe? He must be hiding something!

Dong Xuebing opened the wardrobe and started throwing all the clothes out. He also touched the pockets to see if there were anything inside.

After that, Dong Xuebing stood on a chair and searched the higher compartments of the wardrobe.

Nothing!

He could not find anything!

There were only 4 minutes left!

Dong Xuebing could hear some commotion outside the unit. A woman living on the second floor asked: "What are you all doing?"

That older security guard, who was still knocking on the door, turned and replied: "Mrs. Zhou had fainted at home. I think she is sick!"

The woman asked curiously: "No. Sis Liu had gone to her son's place this afternoon. She will be back later in the evenings. She is sick? How come?"

The older guard realized what was happening. He shouted towards downstairs: "Xiao Sun! Quick! Climb up through the fence and see what is happening!"

Dong Xuebing heard their shouting and knew that his lies were exposed. He did not have much time left. He must hurry!

Dong Xuebing kicked the bedside table hard and broke the drawers' lock. A few documents were scattered on the floor. These were unimportant documents. There was a bank book, and the amount in there was only 85,000 RMB!

There were only 3 minutes and 22 seconds left!

Crashed! It was the sounds of someone breaking the windows. Someone had climbed into the unit through the windows!

There's no more time! Dong Xuebing still have not searched under the bed and the balcony!

Dong Xuebing's heart was racing. He threw the pillows off the bed and pulled the covers off. There was nothing!

Bang! Someone was hit the bedroom's door. "Open up! Open the door now!"

Dong Xuebing cursed under his breath and pulled the queen-sized mattress off the bed with all his strength!

There were a red ICBC bank book and a small black colored notebook. Dong Xuebing's heart skipped a beat and dashed forward to open up the bank book. 1.75 million RMB! There was 1.75 million in this account! But this account was not under Zhou Guoan's name. It belongs to someone by the name of Li Yan!

Dong Xuebing was overjoyed with this finding. He quickly opened up the small notebook.

Bang! The people outside were trying to kick open the door! The door was almost kicked down!

"Shit!" Dong Xuebing knew the person outside will be giving the door a second kick. He rushed over and pushed against the door with his back!

Bang! It was the second kick!

The bedroom door shook from the impact. The door could not hold on any longer!

Dong Xuebing quickly opened up the notebook and saw a few familiar names. One of it was a Deputy Chief from the Political Section, Guo Shunjie, and a staff member from the Finance Department. There were numbers behind the names. The number behind the Political Section staff's name was 9. Guo Shunjie was 6, and that guy from the Finance Department was 2. Behind those numbers, there were more numbers which resemble date and year!

This was a ledger book?

A ledger book recording all the bribes he received?!

"Open up! If not, I will shoot!" The guard outside gave the door another hard kick!

Dong Xuebing had no time to be shocked or excited. He was focusing all his attention to memorize the contents of that ledger. His memory training for his civil servant exam came into good use now. He immediately memorizes the names and numbers written in the notebook!

3 seconds...

5 seconds...

Crash!

The door was kicked open! Dong Xuebing, who was leaning against the door, fell forward!

When Dong Xuebing turns around, a black gun barrel was pointing to his head. He immediately shouts: "BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK! BACK!..."

The surrounding flashes! It flashed 8 times!

The branch bureau quarters' entrance.

Dong Xuebing was standing outside the main gate and felt a cold breeze against his face.

It was peaceful and breezy. Birds were chirping, and the two guards in the guardhouse were chatting happily with each other.

Dong Xuebing let out a sigh of relieved and walked towards an alleyway. He took out his pen and notebook while walking, to jolt down the contents he memorized. There were too many dates, and he did not have enough time. He could only remember 6 to 7 names and dates. But it should be enough!

Arrrgggg...

I got the evidence!!!

3.30 pm.

Dong Xuebing had left for about 30 minutes.

Xu Yan and Song Shoujie were still in Xu Yan's office discussing how they should deal with Zhou Guoan.

"Cheng Haimei had been promoted to Political Commissar. She might be close to Zhou Guoan in the past. But now, she is the no. 2 figure in the branch. She will not be so close to Zhou Guoan anymore. I can go and speak to her and hope for her to come over to our side." Xu Yan said. "Old Song, what about Chief Yang Yizhong?"

"I will speak to him." Song Shoujie frowned. "Sighed... What Dong Xuebing said earlier is still the best way to deal with Zhou Guoan." Xu Yan interrupted him. "That is not practical. Zhou Guoan is very cunning. He will never let anyone get hold of evidence against him. He will surely hide any evidence in a secure place. No one can get a search warrant to search his house without any strong clues. That's why it is impossible to get any strong evidence." Song Shoujie smiled. "Then why did you promise Xiao Dong the rank of Deputy Chief just now?" Xu Yan also smiles. "You should know how miraculous Xiao Dong is." Knock, knock, knock... Someone knocks on the door.

Xu Yan said: "Come in." She frowned when she saw Dong Xuebing. "Why are you here again? Didn't I tell you to go back to the Party School?" Song Shoujie was also surprised to see Dong Xuebing coming back.

But what Dong Xuebing said almost made Song Shoujie spit out his tea.

Dong Xuebing looked around secretively and whispered. "Chief Xu, Secretary Song, I found the evidence." Huh? Song Shoujie's eyes nearly popped out. "What did you find?!"

Dong Xuebing firmly replied: "I found evidence against Chief Zhou."

Xu Yan looked at Dong Xuebing. She wanted to laugh, but when she saw the look in Dong Xuebing's eyes, she knew Dong Xuebing was not lying. Did he really get the evidence?

Ah? Song Shoujie could not believe what he heard. Dong Xuebing had only left the office for a short time.

Xu Yan frowned and thought for a while. She then turned to look at Song Shoujie, before walking over to lock the door to her office.

"Come in and speak." Xu Yan let Dong Xuebing into the office. Song Shoujie and Xu Yan were looking at Dong Xuebing. "Where is the evidence?"

Dong Xuebing took out a piece of paper from his pocket carefully. He had thought of a story on his way over. "This information is provided to me by someone. However, I cannot reveal the identity of this person. But the information is accurate. There is an ICBC bank passbook in Chief Zhou's house, and there are 1.75 million RMB in that account." Dong Xuebing could not explain how he got the evidence. So, he made up a story of getting the information from an informant.

When Song Shoujie heard the amount in the account, he was shocked.

Xu Yan took a deep breath. "More than 1 million? Are you sure?"

Dong Xuebing replied. "I am very sure. But the account is not under Zhou Guoan's name. It belongs to someone by the name of Li Yan. I don't know if this person is his relative or friend. Chief Zhou must be afraid that his account will be checked and that's why he used someone's bank account. The money inside should be the bribes he received. This paper is a list of names and numbers. Many of the names are from our branch. Look, what is written behind Guo Shunjie. It must mean 60,000 RMB followed by the date... The date is a few days before the Party Committee meeting, where the candidate of Deputy Chief is discussed. Also, this Deputy Chief Gao from the Political Section. He should have given Chief Zhou a sum of money on 2nd June last year." Song Shoujie slapped his lap lightly. "Deputy Chief Gao? He is promoted mid of last year. Xu Yan, can you still remember what happened during that Party Committee meeting?"

"I remembered he is nominated by Chief Zhou." Xu Yan took the piece of paper from Dong Xuebing. "Liu Fengjiang, Xu Chaoyang? Where are these two people? Xiao Dong, is this list accurate?" Dong Xuebing replied: "It is very accurate. But the person who provided me with this list could not remember all the names. There is a small black colored notebook that records all these transactions in Chief Zhou's house. The notebook and bank book are kept under Chief Zhou's mattress in the master bedroom. The names in the list are from the last two pages of the notebook? There are at least 5 to 6 pages more. I think there should be at least 20 names in the notebook." Dong Xuebing saw the frown on Xu Yan's face, and he continued. "Chief Xu, this list includes the dates of the transactions. If the Commission for Discipline Inspection really wants to investigate, they will surely be able to find something against Chief Zhou. They will surely find a way to let these people testify against Chief Zhou. Furthermore, the rest of the evidence is in Chief Zhou's house. I swear the evidence are still there, as long as the news is not leaked. You all can send people to search for his house." Xu Yan stares at the piece of paper.

Song Shoujie could also sense the seriousness of this matter. This amount was almost 2 million. Dong Xuebing quickly adds: "Chief Xu, is this evidence enough?" Dong Xuebing had wanted to run away with that notebook earlier. However, he will be arrested for trespassing.

Xu Yan was deep in thoughts. After a while, her eyes regained focuses and kept the paper. "This evidence is enough. Xiao Dong, you have done a good job. Leave this list with me. Don't let anyone else know about this."

Dong Xuebing brightens up. "Yes."

Xu Yan nodded. "You go back and wait for our news. Try to keep low for these few days."

After Dong Xuebing left, Song Shoujie rubbed his forehead. "Xu Yan, are you really going to submit this piece of evidence to the higher-ups? We will be in trouble if this evidence is not accurate."

Xu Yan shook her head and replied: "This evidence should be accurate. I believe in Xiao Dong. This is not a joking matter. Furthermore, this matter concerns Xiao Dong the most. He will not make up some fake evidence." Xu Yan took out the paper again and unfolds it. She stares at the list and sighs. "He is good..."

Song Shoujie said. "That's right. There are just 6 people listed here, and the total amount is almost 100,000 RMB. He is selling government positions like this. He is too daring."

"I am not talking about Chief Zhou. I am talking about Chief Xiao Dong." Xu Yan smiles. "Remember how hard we tried to get evidence of Chief Zhou receiving bribes? How long did we investigate?"

"We had tried our best, but, in the end, we could not get any clues, and we even let Chief Zhou knows about the investigation. Look at Dong Xuebing." Xue Yan sighed again. "He had just left my office for a while and returns with evidence. Old Song, why is Xiao Dong is so capable?" Song Shoujie replied: "If I know, I will not be so frustrated. He even knows the notebook and bankbook are kept under Chief Zhou's master bedroom mattress. Who is the person that provided the evidence? Chief Zhou's wife or relative? Is that even possible?" Xu Yan also could not understand how Dong Xuebing got this evidence. It was too weird. Both of them would never guess the reason, as no one would ever expect that there is someone who can control time.

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Next day.

Noon, 12 pm.

Dong Xuebing, who was having his lunch at the Party School, was waiting for Xu Yan's phone call. He had been waiting for the whole morning. When his phone rang, he immediately straightened his back and took out his phone. It was Li Qing.

Dong Xuebing excitedly answered the call: "Director, are you looking for me? Did something happen at the unit?"

Li Qing replied. "What can happen here? Everything is still the same. Li Qing can be considered Xu Yan's fraction. He was also anxious about his future recently. He did not know what Zhou Guoan would do and if he will be affected.

"Huh? Oh..." Dong Xuebing slapped his forehead disappointedly. He thought Li Qing had called to tell him that Zhou Guoan or Guo Shunjie were arrested.

"Xiao Dong, are you still at the Party School?"

"Yes. We have just finished our morning lesson."

Li Qing sounded helpless as he said: "It's like this. The Bureau wants you to come to handover your office to Guo Shunjie and also to return your Deputy Chief work pass. There is a meeting in the afternoon. It would be better if you can come back before the meeting."

This was not a piece of good news. It was the opposite!

How come the unit did not act against Zhou Guoan? I really have to step down?!

After hanging up, Dong Xuebing almost bang the table. Damn! Handover the office? I am already removed from my position, what's there to handover? Let that bastard Guo Shunjie humiliate me in front of everyone? Dong Xuebing's stubborn temper acted again. I will not go back!

Dong Xuebing does not care about this anymore. He continued with his lunch, and after lunch, he returned to his class and sat in the last row. Dong Xuebing might look tough, but he was in jitters. He was anxious and wonders what's the situation was back at the branch. Can Xu Yan bring down Zhou Guoan and Guo Shunjie with the evidence? Will the City Commission for Discipline Inspection conduct a formal investigation against Zhou Gouan with the evidence he found? If the City's Commission for Discipline Inspection felt the evidence was not sufficient for them to act, then all his efforts will be wasted. It was fine to waste the few minutes of BACK. But his position and career...

Dong Xuebing had thought of asking the retired State Security Minister Lui for help. But when he called Yan Liang and told him about what happened, Yan Liang agreed to help him speak to Minister Lui. But nothing was heard from him after that. Dong Xuebing thought about this. When Minister Lui almost died from his asthma attack, it was Yan Liang's fault. If Yan Liang were to ask Minister Lui to help Dong Xuebing, then it will remind Minister Lui of his failure. Why will Yan Liang do this?

Damn!

10 minutes passed...

20 minutes passed...

Ring, ring, ring... Dong Xuebing's phone rang, and this time, it was Xu Yan's office number!

It's here! Dong Xuebing immediately answered the call: 'Hello, Chief Xu? Is there any news?"

"Where are you?" Xu Yan did not answer Dong Xuebing, and she sounded calm.

"I am at the Party School. That matter..."

Before Dong Xuebing could ask anything, Xu Yan interrupted: "Didn't Li Qing tell you to come back? Why are you still at the Party School? The General Affairs Department's meeting will announce Guo Shunjue's appointment. Come back now."

Dong Xuebing replied unwillingly. "Chief Xu, why can't I return my work pass another day? I will also not run away with the work pass. Errr... can I take off today? I am not feeling well."

Xu Yan interrupted: "No!"

Dong Xuebing was in a daze. "Errr... I..." Dong Xuebing cannot ignore Xu Yan's orders. But he really does not want to go back and be humiliated. "I... Then I... I will be back in a while."

"Quick. Don't miss the good show." Duuuu, duuuu, duuuuu... The line was cut.

Huh? What did Chief Xu say? Good show? What good show is she talking about? Suddenly Dong Xuebing thought of a possibility and the hair on his back stands. He immediately grabbed his bag and ran out of the Party School. He got onto a Taxi and rushed to West Branch Bureau!

At the same time.

Zhou Guoan's office.

Guo Shunjie was standing in front of Zhou Guoan's desk angrily. "Uncle Zhou, who does Dong Xuebing thinks he is? How dare he talk back at you yesterday? He is too much. I think he is..."

Zhou Guoan knocked on his desk lightly: "What is it you want?!" Zhou Guoan was getting frustrated by Guo Shunjie.

Guo Shunjie looked at Zhou Guoan and cleared his throat. He said softly: "I think that after Dong Xuebing return from the Party School, transfer him to the filing department. That place should suit him." The filing department was like a dead-end for State Security officers. There were a lot of highly confidential documents there and restrictions. Usually, when officers were transferred into this department, they will remain there for the rest of their career. It was like a graveyard for the officers. Guo Shunjie had initially wanted Dong Xuebing to stay in the General Affairs Office. He wants to order and humiliate Dong Xuebing further. But almost everyone in the office was on Dong Xuebing's side. If Dong Xuebing remains in the office, no one will listen to Guo Shunjie.

Zhou Guoan glanced at him and said: "Go and prepare your speech. Don't come to my office so frequently."

"Yes!" Guo Shunjie left.

Zhou Guoan was also thinking of ways to deal with Dong Xuebing. A lowly staff member dares to report against him and still dare to talk back at him? He cannot tolerate such disrespect. Filing department? Zhou Guoan does not want to let Dong Xuebing off so quickly. He wants to find a reason to sack Dong Xuebing! But this is not the right time. He had just been promoted to be the Branch Bureau Chief. Forcefully replacing Dong Xuebing was already a big risk. If Yan Liang were not transferred to a southern province, Zhou Guoan would have no chance to touch Dong Xuebing. Furthermore, Dong Xuebing still have Minister Lui as his backing. This was why Zhou Guoan only replace Dong Xuebing's position and not demote him directly. This was only a test. Zhou Guoan could still do something if the higher-ups gave him pressure or any troubles.

For example, if Minister Lui really calls up and ask why his lifesaver, Dong Xuebing was being replaced, Zhou Guoan could still reply that he wants to transfer Dong Xuebing to another department. This was normal in Government agencies. Of course, Zhou Guoan did not think that Minister Lui would call up to help Dong Xuebing. Furthermore, it was Yan Liang who created that mess and not Minister Lui, who had forgotten to bring his medications. Minister Lui did not call up to question his decision. It was only Xu Yan trying to give him some troubles.

Zhou Guoan was deep in thoughts when his handphone rang.

Zhou Guoan looked at the number on the caller display and frowned. He answered the call.

He listened to the caller for a few seconds, and his face turns black. "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How can this happen?!" Zhou Guoan was breathing rapidly and banged on his desk twice. "Who is the one that issues the search warrant?! Who gives them the authority?"

One level below Zhou Guoan's office.

No. 3 meeting room.

This was a meeting to announce Guo Shunjie's appointment. Usually, appointments of Deputy Section Chief do not need to use No. 3 meeting room. There was no need to be so grand. Furthermore, it was only Deputy Section Chief benefits and not a promotion of his rank. When Dong Xuebing was appointed, there was only one Deputy Director from the General Affairs Department, two officers from the Political Section and the staff members of the General Affairs Office present at the meeting. It was only a formality. But today was different. Branch Bureau Chief Zhou will be attending this meeting. His reason for attending this meeting was to support the Central Government's directives of grooming younger officers. He also wants to say a few words. But actually, he wants to show his attitude and send out signals to all opposing fractions. With Zhou Guoan coming to this meeting, everything changes. Political Section Chief and other section chiefs had to attend this meeting.

The few members from the General Affairs Office were in the meeting room. Guo Shunjie, who had left Zhou Gouan's office, was feeling great. He ordered Tan Limei and Guo Panwei to set up the meeting room. "Xiao Tan, go and test the microphone."

Tan Limei bit her lower lips and replied: "I had tested it earlier. The microphone is fine."

Guo Shunjie stared at her and said: "I want you to test it again!"

Tan Limei's eyes turned red and walked over to the stand.

"Guo Panwei, the leaders will be arriving soon. Mop the floor again! Now!" Guo Shunjie was enjoying this feeling of ordering people around. "Chang Juan, bring the script for my speech over. It is on the left of my desk!" Chang Juan was arranging the chairs and replied slightly slower. Guo Shunjie got furious and shouted: "Go and get it now!"

"Behave yourself!" Dong Xuebing shouted from the meeting room's door. "Stop shouting!" Although Dong Xuebing was replaced, he still has the aura of an officer. His tone was the same as before when he was the Deputy Chief.

"Chief Dong."

"Chief Dong."

Chang Juan and the rest greeted Dong Xuebing. Tan Limei almost burst out in tears. She was bullied by Guo Shunjie the whole day.

Guo Shunjie saw the way Dong Xuebing spoke to him and was furious. "Dong Xuebing! Who do you think you are? What is that tone? What kind of attitude are you showing? Ah? Don't you know how to respect the leaders?" He points to a direction. "Chang Juan, you don't need to get my script. Dong Xuebing! You go and bring my scripts! Now! Don't let me wait!" Dong Xuebing was still a member of the General Affairs Office and after becoming a staff member again... Guo Shunjie had the authority to order him around.

Only the people from the General Affairs Office were in the meeting room, and Dong Xuebing did not hold back. "F*k you!"

Guo Shunjie was furious and wanted to start scolding. But some staff members from other departments entered the meeting room. Guo Shunjie looked around and controlled his temper. He did not want to be embarrassed in front of so many people. He stared at Dong Xuebing coldly and just said: "Fine, fine, fine..."

The people who had entered the meeting room were surprised to see Dong Xuebing. They don't understand why Dong Xuebing was there. All of them were avoiding Dong Xuebing and went to their respective seats. Some of them were close to Dong Xuebing in the past, but now, they treated Dong Xuebing as an invisible person. They don't even give a greeting nod. After so many things, who doesn't know Chief Xiao Dong was in deep trouble now? Going against Chief Zhou openly? Reporting against the top superior? Talkback at the Branch Bureau Chief? If anyone did one of the mentioned things, they would be in deep trouble. Let alone doing all three at the same time!

Seeing how the others treated Dong Xuebing, Guo Shunjie laughed. He felt that he does not need to be angry. He had already won when he replaced Dong Xuebing as the Deputy Chief of the General Affairs Office. He will have lots of opportunities to get back at Dong Xuebing in the future.

More people arrived at the meeting room and their reactions when they saw Dong Xuebing were the same as the people before them. Only Tan Limei, Chang Juan and the other staff members of the General Affairs Office dare to talk to Dong Xuebing.

After that, Li Qing arrives. Followed by Pang Bing, Xu Yan, and Song Shoujie.

It was time for the meeting to start. But everyone still has to wait for Zhou Guoan!

5 minutes passed...

10 minutes passed...

Zhou Guoan did not appear. The two staff members who had gone to call Chief Zhou also did not return!

What happened?

When everyone was still feeling confused, the doors of the meeting room opened suddenly. Zhou Guoan was there.

"Chief Zhou is here."

"Chief Zhou."

But to everyone's surprise, Zhou Guoan's face was red. He looks like he had just lost his temper. Two stern-looking men were standing behind Zhou Guoan. They were following Zhou Guoan on his left and right. They look like they were escorting a criminal.

"Ah?"

"What happened?"

Who dares to make Chief Zhou so angry? Guo Shunjie was stunned for a while and quickly walk over. "Chief Zhou, you..."

Guo Shunjie had shot himself in his own foot. One of the stern-looking men looked at him and asked: "You are Guo Shunjie?" Guo Shunjie nodded, and that man took out an identification card from his pocket. "City's Commission for Discipline Inspection. Follow us back."

Guo Shunjie was shocked. "What do you mean? What's happening? Chief Zhou?"

That man from the City Commission for Discipline Inspection can't be bothered to explain. "You will know what happened when you are back with us."

What? Commission for Discipline Inspection?

The whole meeting room was stunned!

Everyone was shocked except for Dong Xuebing, Xu Yan and Song Shoujie!

City Commission for Discipline Inspection? It was okay if they were bringing back Guo Shunjie for investigation. But Zhou Guoan was the Branch Bureau Chief! They look like they were going to bring Chief Zhou back with them! They were bringing Chief Zhou back so openly... That means they have enough evidence! If not, the City Commission for Discipline Inspection would not do it in public! Corruption? Receiving bribes? No one knows for sure what offenses Zhou Guoan had committed. But everyone knows that Zhou Guoan will not come back to West District Branch Bureau again!

The tides have changed! This was too sudden!

Zhou Guoan had only become the Branch Bureau Chief for a few days, and he got into trouble? There were no signs at all!

Who was the one that brought him down?

Guo Shunjie became pale. Did they found out that he had bribed Zhou Guoan? Who? Who was the one that exposed him?

"Chief Zhou, let's go." That man from the City Commission for Discipline Inspection said.

Zhou Guoan did not move. He found Dong Xuebing and Xu Yan in the crowd and stared at them. Zhou Guoan had received information and knew it was too late. But he could not understand how come the City Commission for Discipline Inspection will issue a search warrant for his house. Was it Xu Yan or Dong Xuebing? Where did they get the evidence against him? How come they were able to find the proof?

Zhou Guoan was furious. He had only got promoted!

Dong Xuebing sneered and thought to himself. 'You are the one who told me to get evidence before reporting against you. Ok. Now I got the evidence. Are you happy now? Goddamn! You think just because I just entered the Bureau and you can do whatever you want with me? You don't even investigate who was the one that reported you, and you want to replace me? You think I can be bullied easily?'

Zhou Guoan and Guo Shunjie had tried to suppressed Dong Xuebing for too long. They finally got their retribution. Dong Xuebing was overjoyed now. He finally got his revenge from all the accusations! Both of you want to get rid of me? Want to humiliate me? Come on! Why are you not doing anything to me now?

Feels terrific!!!

"Hurry up. The car is waiting." That man gave a push to Zhou Guoan and Guo Shunjie.

Before Guo Shunjie walked out of the meeting room, he turned and stared at Dong Xuebing. How come this is happening? Why does it have to end this way? I am going to be the Deputy Chief! My career is just starting to take off!

The rest of the people in the room saw this and turned to look at Dong Xuebing.

It was not known that they conclude this from Zhou Guoan and Guo Shunjie's reaction or it was because of that informant letter. Maybe some of them knew the truth behind. But rumors of Dong Xuebing bringing Zhou Guoan and Guo Shunjie down spread throughout the Bureau.

The Political Section people knows about this.

The Finance Department knows about this.

The Public Security Sixth Bureau knows about this.

Everyone's first reaction to this rumor was 'unbelievable!'

Dong Xuebing!

It's Dong Xuebing again!

When Dong Xuebing offended the Branch Bureau's No. 1, everyone thought Dong Xuebing's career was gone. But who would expect that after one day of being replaced, Dong Xuebing had his revenge and brought Zhou Guoan down! This was...

The Omnipotent Chief Xiao Dong?

This nickname might sound exaggerated and nonsensical. But when they list out all the things Dong Xuebing had done at the branch, they will find that this nickname really suits him!

When vital documents are left in a burning room, Dong Xuebing can run in to retrieve it!

When there is a penalty kick in a soccer match, Dong Xuebing can save the penalty!

When a soccer match only has 1 minute on the clock, Dong Xuebing can enter the game and score the winning goal!

When Senior Minister Lui was having an asthma attack, Dong Xuebing can take out medicines from his pocket!

Now, when Chief Zhou wants to replace Dong Xuebing from his position, Dong Xuebing can bring Chief Zhou down!

When everyone thought about all these, they were shocked!

Damn! This was too exaggerating. Is there anything Chief Xiao Dong cannot achieve?

Translator's notes: Another long chapter. I think this is the end of this arc. The 'bad guys' got arrested. It should be the start of a new arc after this.

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A few days later.

Dong Xuebing completed his course at the Party School. He had got this qualification under his belt.

On his way home, Dong Xuebing's handphone rang. It was a number from Beihe Province. It should be his mother calling from a public phone. "Hello? Mum?"

"Xuebing, I am quite busy with my work. My students will be having their exams soon, and I might not be back for the Lunar New Year!"

"Oh. Then you must take care of yourself."

"How's your work? Did you make any mistakes? How is the General Affairs Office Chief's impression of you?"

Dong Xuebing had wanted to give his mother a surprise when she returns during the Lunar New Year. He had wanted to tell her that he had become the Deputy Chief of his office. But now, Dong Xuebing was forced to stepdown, and he did not tell his mother. Dong Xuebing was the type where he would rather suffer alone than to let his loved ones worried for him. "It's fine. I am doing well at work and the leaders like me. Ha ha..."

"That's good then."

After his mother hangs up, Dong Xuebing sighed and went to the bank to transfer some money to his mother. He had money now and wanted to send his mother tens of thousand RMB for her to enjoy herself. But after some considerations, he did not transfer so much to her. He does not want his mother to think that he had received bribes and let her worry. So, he only transfers a few thousands RMB to her. It should be enough.

The time now was not even 5 pm.

Qu Yunxuan still has not returned from her mother's place, and Dong Xuebing was lazy to eat at home. He was about to go to a small restaurant near his house for dinner when he received a call from Xu Yan. He was excited when saw Xu Yan's number. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself before answering the call. "Hello, Chief Xu!" After Zhou Guoan and Guo Shunjie were brought back by the City Commission for Discipline Inspection officer, he still had not received the news he wished for. He had been thinking about it for the past few days at the Party School.

It's here?

Is it really the news I have been waiting for?

"Hahaha..." Xu Yan was in a good mood as she seldom laughs like this. "Xiao Dong, I represent the Branch Party Committee to inform you that because Zhou Guoan had received bribes, his order of replacing the Deputy Chief of the General Affairs Office will be void. The committee had decided that you will resume your duties as the Deputy Chief!"

Hahaha. It's really a piece of good news!!!

Dong Xuebing was overjoyed, and he thanked gratefully. "Thank you, Chief Xu!"

"Don't thank me. You are the one who had done a good job. You deserve it!" Xu Yan laughed. "Kid, you didn't disappoint me!" Xu Yan had thought for the past few days and still could not figure out how Dong Xuebing got the evidence. That afternoon, when the Commission for Discipline Inspection officers went to search Zhou Guoan's house, they found the bank book under the mattress. There were 1.75 million RMB in that account. The ledger book contents were exactly the same as what Dong Xuebing told them. Even the officers conducting the search were speechless. They had conducted investigations for years, and this was the first time they felt... it was Zhou Guoan who had reported himself! It was too weird!

"This case involves too many people, and the amount is huge. The higher-ups are still investigating. Those who are involved will be suspended from their duties. Zhou Guoan and Guo Shunjie will never be able to work in government agencies!"

Dong Xuebing was pleased with this ending. They deserve it!

Xu Yan continued: "Now, everyone at the branch bureau is discussing this incident. To prevent any negative impact, I will give you a few days off from work for you to rest at home. Stay away from the branch these few days." Xu Yan was trying to protect Dong Xuebing. After all, people at the branch were still talking about Dong Xuebing bringing down the Branch Bureau Chief. This rumor was not very good for him as all other leaders will be wary of him. Luckily the rumor was only spread among the lower rank staffs. The heads of departments like Political Section Chief Pang Bin, Political Commissar Cheng Haimei, etc. don't think it was Dong Xuebing who got the evidence against Zhou Guoan. They felt Dong Xuebing was not that capable. All of them also knew about the informant letter and knew it was not Dong Xuebing who wrote it. That's why they were not very wary of him. Xu Yan wanted to wait until the new Branch Bureau Chief was appointed and things to settle down, before letting Dong Xuebing return to work. "Oh... there is still one more thing."

Dong Xuebing replied: "What is it?"

"Haha... You have graduated from the Party School's training course. It will be weird if we don't promote you to Deputy Section Chief rank. When you come back, work hard, and I will fight for your promotion!" Dong Xuebing had only entered the branch for slightly more than 3 months. For him to become the Deputy Chief of the General Affairs Office was already an exceptional case. It was almost impossible for Dong Xuebing to be promoted to Deputy Section Chief rank now. But Xu Yan had promised him, and he really got the evidence to bring down Zhou Guoan. Xu Yan had to deliver her promise to help Dong Xuebing get promoted.

Ah? Promotion? Hahaha! I am going to be promoted?

Dong Xuebing was ecstatic. "Thank you! Thank you for giving me this opportunity!"

Dong Xuebing had joined the Party, then become the Deputy Chief of the General Affairs Office, and now, he is going to be promoted to Deputy Section Chief rank. Dong Xuebing progression was too fast!

After hanging up, Dong Xuebing stretched and could finally relax. He had got rid of Guo Shunjie, and the Chief who had been targeting him will be behind bars soon. He was also able to resume his duties and will be promoted soon. Now all his troubles were over. He could also take a rest. It was tiring for the past few weeks.

Ah... What should I do these few days?

The first-person Dong Xuebing thought of was Qu Yunxuan. He wanted to be with her during his break from work.

With a good mood, Dong Xuebing finished 4 donkey burgers. He wiped his mouth, called Qu Yunxuan. She answered, and Dong Xuebing asked: "When are you coming back? The last time I called you, you said tomorrow. How many tomorrows has it been?!" Dong Xuebing had be troubled with Zhou Guoan and Guo Shunjie issues for the past few days and did not contact Qu Yunxuan much. He also did not tell her about his troubles at work.

"I am busy with my work!"

"Even if you are busy, you can still come home." Dong Xuebing mustered up his courage and said: "Yunxuan, I miss you!"

Qu Yunxuan's replied: "Stop it! Is this the way you call me? You want me to give you a slap?!"

Dong Xuebing could sense Qu Yunxuan blushing. "When are you coming back? I will be taking a break from work for a few days. I am thinking of going to the movies with you!"

"3 days later. I am also not sure. I still have to go to Zhejiang Province for work."

"Eh? You are from the advertising department? Why do you have to go to Zhejiang? You have clients there?"

"Yes. I will return back to Beikou to see you after my work trip."

Dong Xuebing chatted with her for a while. Qu Yunxuan was very busy with her work, and Dong Xuebing had to hang up.

After returning home, Dong Xuebing laid down on his sofa and start to plan what he should do during this break. Suddenly, Dong Xuebing remembered something. He got up and went to his PC in his room. He used internet banking to check his account. He had 440,000 RMB in his account. He was still short from his target of 1 million RMB. He should take this opportunity to make money.

Dong Xuebing wanted to make enough money for Qu Yunxuan to set up her trading company. This was not only because he wished Qu Yunxuan's mother to accept him.

Dong Xuebing also want to have his own company. He wanted to be the boss behind the curtains!

He thought about all these and then quickly called his bank to fix an appointment for large amount withdrawals.

Zhou Guoan's incident reminded him. He was a civil servant now and should be careful with his money. If not, someone might report against him to the Commission for Discipline Inspection, or the officers from the Commission for Discipline Inspection did a random check on his bank account. Dong Xuebing was not afraid of getting investigated as he could explain where he got his money from. Selling antiques is not against the law. Finding treasures at antique shops is not against the law. Stone gambling is not against the law. Dong Xuebing was confident that he will not get into trouble!

Hmmm... How should he make money this time?

Stone gambling at Panjiayuan? Look for treasures at the old antique market? Shares trading?

Dong Xuebing was surfing the news on the internet. He could not decide how he should make money.

Suddenly, he noticed an article on the homepage of an antique website.

The article was about a recent auction. A natural pearl necklace of 30 Beikuo pearls, was auctioned off at 920,000 RMB. The article stated that these pearls were bought by a businessman at a pearl breeding farm in Zhejiang Province. The biggest pearl was from the mussel he purchased! He had only spent a few thousand RMB for the pearls.

Opening oysters? Pearls? Pearls can also be gambled?

Dong Xuebing became interested and start to read up on pearl gambling.

Pearl gambling is similar to stone gambling. To know the size and number of pearls in oysters, they need to open the mussel shells. Many businessmen saw this as a business opportunity and came up with this pearl gambling business!

Dong Xuebing laughed as he learned more about this pearl gambling. If he could collect enough pearls to form a necklace, then he would be able to reach his target of 1 million RMB!

Dong Xuebing banged his desk and made a decision in his mind! Book the train tickets! Pearl Gambling at Zhejiang Province!

Qu Yunxuan will also be going to Zhejiang for work. Dong Xuebing could make some money there and then go visit the places of interest with Aunt Xuan there.

Killing 2 birds with one stone!!

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Zhejiang Province, Zhuji City.

It was a rainy day and drizzling. But the rain seems to be stopping soon.

Dong Xuebing alighted from Zhuji train station with a big Merry Supermarket bag. He was walking fast and keep adjusting his clothes. He felt very uncomfortable. The humidity at Zhuji was very high and cold. Dong Xuebing was used to the cold and dry weather in the North. He was walking along the road and quickly found a small restaurant by the roadside.

"Boss, give me the menu." Dong Xuebing sat down at an empty table.

"Coming." A fat middle-aged woman walked over with the menu.

Dong Xuebing picked two dishes and said: "Give me a local soup too. It's too cold."

10 minutes later, all the dishes were served.

The soup was clam soup. Although Beijing people called these as clams, it was actually mussel. Pearl mussels. Other than a palm-size mussel, there was nothing else in the soup. Dong Xuebing was curious. He used his chopsticks to open the mussel. The mussel was full of peals. Dong Xuebing took a bite of the mussel flesh and then spit it out. It was too tough. How can anyone eat this shit?

The lady boss who was sitting at her counter saw him, and laughed. "That mussel is not for eating. You just drink the soup."

Dong Xuebing's face was red with embarrassment. "What about the pearls?"

"Are you here for a holiday? You can pay people to string the pearls for you and bring it back as a souvenir."

"Oh, then this soup is also considered a form of pearl gambling?"

"You can say that. If you are lucky, you might be able to find some good pearls. You want me to serve another bowl of soup?"

"No. This is enough for me." Dong Xuebing knew this person was talking nonsense. He was reading up on pearl gambling on his more than 10 hours train ride. He knows that these mussels are low-grade mussels. One would be considered damn lucky if pearls worth 20 RMB were found in it. These mussels produce worthless pears. "Boss, can I ask you something? Do you know any pearl gambling places near here? How much will it cost to gamble pearl?"

The female boss looked at him: "There should be a pushcart two streets away from here. The price is about 200 to 300."

Dong Xuebing replied: "Is there any places that sell better mussels? Like those 2,000 to 3,000 RMB types?"

"Oh, then you have to go to the Pearl breeding farms. But they don't do pearl gambling there. They will open up the mussels themselves and then sell the pearls according to grades. Pearl gambling here is mainly small roadside stalls. The grades are not high."

Dong Xuebing chatted with the female boss for a while and got a better understanding of Zhuji's pearl gambling.

The rain had stopped, and Dong Xuebing left the restaurant and got into a taxi.

The driver asked: "Where to?"

Dong Xuebing said: "Bring me to the nearest pearl breeding farm."

The driver sped up and asked: "You are from Beijing? Are you here for a holiday?"

"Yes. I am here to buy some pearl mussels to try my luck."

"Oh, you want to buy mussels ." The driver thought for a while. "Then we should go towards the west. The two pearl farms nearby are not in season yet. Their mussels are not ready for harvest. The breeding farm on the west side might be further away. I was staying nearby the farm and saw them preparing to harvest the pearls a few days ago."

Dong Xuebing replied: "Ok. Let's go to the west side then. Thank you."

About 20 minutes later, Dong Xuebing reached his destination. He paid the fare and quickly alight. He looked around and carried his bag tightly. His bag looks ordinary and old fashioned. But Dong Xuebing purpose picks this bag. There was a password box which contains 440,000 RMB, in the bag. Dong Xuebing was determined to raise 1 million on this trip. This was why he withdraws all his savings.

There were a few white-colored buildings in the distance. As Dong Xuebing got closer, he saw 5 to 6 breeding farms.

Dong Xuebing walked up to the metal gates. There was no one there, and he continued into the compound.

"Hey! What are you doing?" A man, covered in mud, stood up from the breeding farm. He shouted at Dong Xuebing: "Who allows you to enter?"

"I am here to buy pearls!" Dong Xuebing frowned as he looked at that man. "Where is the boss?"

"Buy pearls?" That man looked at Dong Xuebing from top to toe. "I am the boss here. What pearls do you want? Pearl powder?"

You are the boss of this farm? Dong Xuebing was surprised. He knew the owners of pearl farms were earning more than 1 million RMB annually. They should be either in suits and ties or at least look like a boss. But this person in front of Dong Xuebing looks like a hill billy. Even the roadside food seller in Beijing looks more like a boss than him.

At this time, 3 workers walked over from the northwest farm. "Boss, everything is ready. Are we opening the mussels now?"

Dong Xuebing finally believed this person is the boss of this farm. He asked: "Do you sell pearl mussels here? How much are you selling?"

The boss shakes the mud off his gloves. "We don't sell mussels. If you want to buy pearls, come back the day after tomorrow. We still have not open mussels ."

What I wanted are unopened mussels. Dong Xuebing followed the boss and asked: "What color is this batch of mussels?"

That boss replied impatiently. "I already said we don't sell the mussels. Get out of here!"

"If the color of this batch of the mussel is good, money is not a problem." Dong Xuebing does not like this boss's attitude. He knew that he looks too young and doesn't look like a wealthy person. That's why he was treated this way. If it were a middle-aged man with a bulging tummy, the boss attitude would be different. Dong Xuebing looked at the boss and opened his bag to show the boss his password box. "Even if you don't want to sell, there is no harm for me to take a look, right? As for the prices... We can discuss that later?"

That boss was surprised, and he frowned. "Come with me."

Dong Xuebing followed the boss. There were rows of buoys from the shore to the center of the lake. The buoys were close to each other and covered the whole area. Along the coast, there were two small boats. On the boats, there were nets of mussels. From the pile of mussels on the shore, those nets should be able to hold at least 100 mussels each. There were at least 1,000 mussels. These mussels were bigger than they one at the restaurant. He could tell that these freshwater pearl mussels were of better grades.

After they got closer, the boss told one of his worker: "Open up one and see."

That worker nodded and took out a smaller mussel from the net. He then picked up a kitchen chopper from the mud. He inserted the chopper into the small opening of the mussel and then twist it. Crack! The mussel was opened, and Dong Xuebing could see the mussel flesh and parts of a gold color pearl. The worker reached into the meat and dug out 9 pearls of different shapes and sizes. He placed the pearls in a plastic pail. Freshwater pearls are different from seawater pearls. Seawater mussels can only produce one or two pearls.

This was pearl gambling?! Dong Xuebing got excited. It was fascinating.

That boss walked over and took out the biggest pearl. He placed the pearl in a device to measure it. "Hmmm... Not bad." This device was designed to measure the diameter of the pearl. There was a handle for the user to grip, and with one button, it will secure and measure the pearl. "Half of these can be used to make jewelry, and the remaining can be made into pearl powder. Xiao Er. We will open the mussels, and Xiao Liu will do the sorting."

Fullness, roundness, brightness, and size will determine the grade of the pearl. Although golden pearls were considered top grade pearls, the small pearls or out of shape pearls were also worthless. Just like the mussel that was just opened. More than half of the pearls in it cannot be used to make jewelry.

"Oh." The boss turns and looks at Dong Xuebing. "How many mussels do you want?"

Dong Xuebing smiles. "Let me look around first." Although these pearls were valuable, Dong Xuebing was not tempted. He was calculating in his mind. He had used 8 BACK at Zhou Guoan's house that day and still have 2 times left. He had also saved up all his BACK these few days, and there were still 10 times left.

The boss and his worker start to open the mussels with choppers.

Crack! A palm-sized mussel was opened, and there were 11 white pearls in it. The value of an mussel was not based on the number of pearls. It depends on the size of the biggest pearl and whether if the pearl was round and bright. The biggest pearl will fetch the highest prices. That's why this mussel was not considered good as the biggest pearl was less than 10mm.

Crack! Another one...

Another one...

The fifth one...

The eighth one...

10 minutes had passed, and many mussels were opened. Not a single pearl was more than 10mm!

It was not because this batch of mussels was not good. It was because it was rare to find pearls above the size of 10mm. It was like finding acicular in crystals.

The ninth mussel ... The biggest pearl was close to 1.3 cm.

Tenth mussel ... These were all tiny pearls.

On the 11th pearl...

"Eh! Boss! This pearl is big!" The worker shouted.

Dong Xuebing and the boss looks over. They saw the worker digging out a big golden pearl. "This pearl is at least 1.5 cm. The quality is good." The pearl was measured using the device. It was flawless. It was a top-grade golden pearl!

That boss smiles. "Good... Good..."

That's it!

The prized pearl had finally appeared. Dong Xuebing immediately shouts BACK!

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Time returns back to a moment ago!

"Xiao Er, how are the pearls on your side?"

"Boss, the few mussels I opened do not have any pearls bigger than 1.4. The biggest is only 1.3 cm."

"Ok. 1.3 cm is good enough. Anything more than 1.4 cm is luck."

The boss and his worker were chatting while harvesting the pearls. That darker worker passed a mussel he opened to his colleague to do the sorting. He then picked up a thick pearl mussel. This should be the mussel he opened before Dong Xuebing used BACK. Dong Xuebing immediately walked forward and stop him. "Wait... Wait! Don't open that first! How much is that mussel? I want it!"

The boss looks at Dong Xuebing and then look at that mussel. "You want this mussel?"

Dong Xuebing nodded: "I want that mussel. I will pick the rest later."

The boss thought for a while and stopped working. He shook his head and said: "This mussel is quite fat. These types of mussels will produce good pearls. If you just want this mussel, I will not sell to you." 'Fat' was their jargon. It means the thickness of the mussel. The thicker the mussel was, the bigger the pearl. "Xiao Er, carry on working."

"Wait...!" Dong Xuebing stopped him. "I offer 5,000 RMB."

This was a reasonable price, but the boss still shook his head.

Dong Xuebing frowned and hesitated. "6,000. This is my highest offer!"

The darker worker looked at his boss. He felt this was a reasonable price. Even if one of the pearls inside was 1.1 cm, it could also not fetch 6,000 RMB. The value of 1.1cm pearls can never reach 6,000 RMB. But if they were fortunate and one of the pearls is bigger than 1.5 cm, than the value will multiply by almost 20 times. But the chances of pearls bigger than 1.4 cm were very low.

The boss was also thinking like this. He had breed pearl mussels for many years, and with his experience, he also could not tell the size of the pearls from the exterior. He knew that this young man was just guessing. He hesitated for a while and replied. "Fine. 6,000 RMB." He would be a fool to give up this deal. If this young man buys his mussels at 6,000 RMB per piece, then it will reduce his cost. This was a good thing for him.

Dong Xuebing said: "I will be picking a few more. I will pay you after I picked the ones I want. Ok?" The boss nodded. "Ok. Do you want me to open the mussel for you now?"

"No need. I will bring it back and open myself. You all carry on." Dong Xuebing will not let them see the pearls in the mussels. It will be too suspicious. He took the mussel from that darker worker and held it in his hands. Then, he happily asks for a net from the other worker for his mussel.

Dong Xuebing had gotten one of the pearls for his pearl necklace. But he still needs a few more pearls to form his necklace, and he only has 9 minutes left. Will his BACK be enough?

Just when Dong Xuebing was still thinking, he heard the farm boss shouted: "Ah. I got a big one!"

Dong Xuebing immediately moved over and saw the boss holding on to an opened greyish white colored mussel. The size of the pearl was about the same as the one he bought earlier. The boss took out his device and measured the pearl. 1.7 cm. This was a big pearl. A pearl of this size might not even appear in 100 mussels!

The boss laughed loudly. "I am damn lucky! This is a rare find!"

Dong Xuebing took a deep breath.

BACK!

There was a flash, and the surroundings changed slightly.

The boss of the farm smiles and looked at Dong Xuebing. "Ok. Do you want me to open the mussel for you now?"

It was the moment after Dong Xuebing bought the mussel. "No need. I will bring it back and open myself." Dong Xuebing quickly put the mussel in his net and before the boss, and the worker continues working, he said. "Wait. That one. The mussel beside your leg. I want that too. This is also 6,000 RMB right?" Dong Xuebing points to that greyish white colored mussel.

The boss bends over and picks it up. "This?"

Dong Xueing replied: "Yes." He took the mussel from him and put it into his net.

The boss was curious but did not say anything. He signaled to his worker, and they continue working.

20...

30...

The plastic pail was almost filled by pearls of various sizes.

Among these mussels, there were about four 1.4 and 1.5 cm pearls. But Dong Xuebing did not use BACK. Maybe it was because of some reasons, but three pearls were white in color. It was different from the golden pearls he bought. His target was to have a perfect pearl necklace. That's why he gave up on those pearls. The other pearl was gold in color, and the size was 1.4 cm. But the shape was not perfect. It was not very round.

40...

50...

Almost an hour had passed. The boss threw away the mussel shells he was holding and said: "We have opened quite a lot. The white pearls' quality is quite good. But how come 1.4 cm good quality golden pearl did not appear? Even if we are unlucky, at least one should appear by now."

That worker said: "There are still a lot of mussels left. It should appear soon."

The boss frowned and picked up a mussel and used his kitchen chopper to crack the shell open. He dug the flesh and then his eyes opened wide: "It's here! Hah! I was just talking about this, and it really appeared!" The golden pearl was about 1.5 cm in size.

Dong Xuebing saw it and immediately wanted to shout BACK.

But when Dong Xuebing was about to shout, he heard the boss shouting excitedly: "Ah! There is one more. There is one more big one inside!" Dong Xuebing immediately paused and looked over. It was rare to find a big pearl inside, let alone two. The probability was too low!

"Hahaha... This is also about 1.4 cm!"

Dong Xuebing saw the two flawless pearls and quickly shouts BACK!

The time was reversed.

"We have opened quite a lot. The white pearls' quality is quite good. But how come 1.4 cm good quality golden pearl did not appear? Even if we are unlucky, at least one should appear by now."

"There are still a lot of mussels left. It should appear soon."

Dong Xuebing cleared his throat and walked over. He bent over and picked up the mussel before the boss. "Boss, I want this too. This is also 6,000?"

The boss looked at Dong Xuebing and nodded. He grabbed another pearl mussel and breaks It open. The pearls inside were ordinary golden pearls. What was wrong today? How come all the pearls are so average? Was there something wrong with my methods? Cannot be... The previous batch also used the same method, and there were several high-grade pearls!

The following hour...

BACK!

"Boss, I want this one."

BACK!

"Give me this. Not that one. It's this one. Yes..."

BACK!

"This is also 6,000? Fine. I will pay you later."

Back!

"Ah! I want this too."

Dong Xuebing used up 9 BACKs, and he only has 1 more BACK left. His net had 9 mussels. All the golden pearls in his mussels were between 1.4 cm to 1.7 cm. There were a total of 11 pearls in the mussels he chose. Two of the mussels had two pearls above 1.4 cm each. He only has one BACK left, and he was in no hurry to use it. He wants to wait for a big pearl above 1.7 cm or two big pearls in one mussel.

He waited...

A 1.5 cm golden pearl appears. Dong Xuebing did not buy it.

A 1.6 cm golden pearl appears. Dong Xuebing still did not act.

A 1.3 cm and 1.5 cm pearls appeared in one mussel. Dong Xuebing hesitated for a moment but chose not to buy it.

This was also a good thing. He left some good pearls for the boss if not, the boss would get suspicious.

200 mussels...

The boss and his workers had filled 4 pails of pearls. The worker went out and brought two more containers back. Of course, the good pearls were not mixed with other pearls in those plastic pails. Those were kept in a small bag.

It was already 2.40 pm in the afternoon. Dong Xuebing thought if he should just buy the next 1.6 cm pearl and leave that place when he heard the working shouting with excitement.

That darker complexion worker was shouting excitedly: "Boss! This mussel has 3 big pearls!"

"3?!" Dong Xuebing and the boss were stunned. "How big is it?"

"One of them is 1.6 cm, and the other two are 1.5 cm!" That worker raised the pearls for them to see. "They are all round and flawless!"

It was already rare to find a pearl above 1.5 cm, let alone 3. The boss put down his knife and wanted to go over to take a closer look. But suddenly he felt something in the opened mussel he was holding. He stopped and dug into the flesh of the mussel. A 1.5 cm pearl pop up. "Hah! This mussel is good too."

Dong Xuebing saw this and got excited!

He immediately shouts BACK!

The scenes in front of him changed!

The next moment, Dong Xuebing was looking at the boss and worker holding their kitchen choppers, about to open the mussels.

Dong Xuebing face changes and quickly reach out: "Wait! Don't open it first! Wait a minute!"

The boss and worker were interrupted. Both looked up at Dong Xuebing. "What is it?"

Just in time. "Ah... This mussel and the one you are holding. Yes. I want these two." Before both of them could say anything, Dong Xuebing reached over and took the mussels from them!

Alright!

15 big pearls from 11 pearl mussels. This trip to Zhejiang was worth it.

At the lake, Dong Xuebing, who had no more BACK, was no longer looking at the boss and workers opening the mussels. He was arranging his pearl mussels in the small net. The net was too small, and he asked for a bigger one from the worker. He packed his mussels carefully in the net and then look at the boss and workers. He was in no hurry to leave the place. He was waiting patiently for them to finish opening all the mussels. His target was to collect enough pearls to make a pearl necklace and put it up for auction. This way, he could maximize his profits. If not, just the 15 pearls, he will not earn much and will not be able to hit his target of 1 million RMB.

After a while, the boss was tired and took a break.

Dong Xuebing noticed the small bag keeping the high-grade golden pearls was almost full.

"Young man." The boss took a sip of water from a bottle. "Shouldn't you pay up now?" The boss was not in a good mood as his golden pearl harvest was not up to his expectations. By right, there should be more 1.4 cm golden pearls. Could all those bigger golden pearls be hiding in those mussels this young man bought? But this should not be possible. Even all the locals in this trade could not tell the difference from the exterior of the mussels. How can an outsider like this young man know?

Dong Xuebing was also about to tell the boss that he wants to make payments. "I had counted the mussels. 11 mussels. 66,000 RMB. Oh, I still want some pearls from that bag." Dong Xuebing pointed at that small bag. "How much are you selling for 1.5 cm golden pearls?"

The boss put down his bottle. "Other than the size, we still need to look at the quality and roundness."

Dong Xuebing walked over and pick up a 1.5 cm pearl. "What about this?"

"This will fetch 40,000 RMB in the market. But we do not have middleman and rental fees here. I will sell it to you, at... 35,000 RMB."

"Ok. I will pick a few more."

Dong Xuebing only had 440,000 RMB in total, and he had brought all his money with him. Other than the 66,000 RMB mussels, he still has 370,000 RMB available. He picked the pearls and bargained with the boss. In the end, he picked 10 1.5cm pearls, and 5 1.4 cm pearls. With the pearls in his mussels, he had a total of 30 pearls. It was just enough to form a pearl necklace.

The boss calculated the total. "The total is 441,000 RMB."

Dong Xuebing said: "Round it off."

"No. 441,000 RMB!"

You don't even want to give me a discount of 1,000 RMB? Dong Xuebing glanced at him and then took out his money box from his bag. He also took out 1,000 from his wallet. "There is 440,000 RMB in this box, and this is 1,000." Dong Xuebing had used up all his money and had only 2,000 RMB left in his wallet. He had also used up his last month's salary and did not have much money in his account. This necklace was all his assets.

The boss brought Dong Xuebing back to his office to use the counting machine.

After the transaction was completed, Dong Xuebing took a taxi to a hotel with an empty money box and mussels.

Dong Xuebing did not look for a high-class hotel because he did not have much money left. He needs to spend his money wisely. Also, the net was still dripping muddy water, and the pearl mussels were full of mud. Those high-class hotels will not allow him to enter. So, Dong Xuebing picked a small 3 stories hotel. Even the paint on the hotel signage was peeling off. Despite this torn down hotel, the staffs inside were still rolling their eyes when Dong Xuebing step in.

Dong Xuebing got a room with bathroom, and immediately pour his mussels into the basin.

He did not waste time to buy a knife and used his hands to open the mussels. After trying for a while, Crack! He finally opened the first mussels. There was a 1.6 cm pearl, a 1.1 cm pearl, 2 x 1 cm pearls, and 5 x 0.7 pearls. Dong Xuebing kept the 1.6 cm pearl and place the rest inferior pearls aside.

He then starts to open the next mussel...

The third mussel...

The fifth mussel...

After a while, Dong Xuebing got all the 15 golden pearls out from the mussels. He happily walked out of the bathroom and placed all his high-grade pearls together to form a circle. If these were regular pearls, even 60 of them will not be enough to create a necklace. These pearls were all above 1.4 cm, and 30 of them were enough.

Dong Xuebing sat there looking at his pearls, but he felt something was off. He could not bring himself to use the word "beautiful" to describe his pearls.

These pearls... were not very pretty. There seems to be a thin layer of skin covering them.

Oh! That's it! Dong Xuebing slapped his forehead as he remembered something. These pearls were still not considered finished products. These pearls still need to undergo a polishing process to bring out the natural shine and color. That's right. After polishing, the pearls have to be string together to form a necklace, and it will be ready to be put on auction.

Dong Xuebing kept his pearls in his money box and went out of the hotel.

Zhuji was the hometown of freshwater pearls. There were a lot of pearl processing factories there. Dong Xuebing immediately found one after walking out of his hotel.

In a small 2 stories building, Dong Xuebing was brought by the receptionist to meet with the person-in-charge. He did not waste any time and opened up his money box. "I want to polish all these and make them into a necklace. How much do you charge and how long will it take?"

That person-in-charge was shocked. "Ahhh... these are all top-grade pearls. You should have spent at least 1 million RMB for these?"

Dong Xuebing replied: "Around that amount."

"Hahaha. I am in this business for so long, and this is the first time I saw so many 1.5 cm pearls. Hmmm... the polishing will be slightly expensive." The person-in-charge thought for a while and said. "You still want to make it into a necklace... The total will be 5,000, and it will take about 3 to 4 days."

Dong Xuebing did not have so much money or time. He thought for a while and took out a bag of pearls. "I still have 100 pearls. These pearls are not as good as those 30 pearls and should be worth about 15,000 RMB. I will pay the processing fees with these pearls. But I have a condition. I know to polish and stringing the pearls will not take 3 days. I need you to hurry up, and I want to see the necklace tonight."

After some bargainings, Dong Xuebing paid the person-in-charge and even topped up 1,000 RMB in cash.

Dong Xuebing waited and waited...

Evening.

A shiny golden necklace was placed in front of Dong Xueing.

Beautiful!

It was too beautiful!

Before coming to Zhuji, Dong Xuebing saw the pearl necklace sold for over 900,000 RMB in an auction. But that necklace was made from white pearls. It was one grade lower than his pearls. Also, his pearls were bigger than that necklace!

1 million!

This time, Dong Xuebing will surely make 1 million RMB!

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9 pm.

A hotel along Cheng Shun Road North/

Dong Xuebing locked the door of his room the moment he enters it. He also checked the windows and pulled the curtains. After that, he placed his precious pearl necklace at a spot where he could see it, before taking off his shoes and getting on his bed. He was smiling to himself while he stares at the ceiling. He was in a great mood. After he got back to Beijing, he will put his necklace up for auction, and he will have the money to set up a company. He will also put in his best performance at work for his promotion.

Oh, have Aunt Xuan finished her work?

Dong Xuebing wanted to share his happiness with someone and grabbed his phone to call Qu Yunxuan.

The phone rang for quite sometime before it was answered. "Hello..." It was not Aunt Xuan's voice.

Dong Xuebing was surprised. "Eh? Did I call the wrong number? Is this Qu Yunxuan's phone?"

The girl who answered laughed. "You are Dong Xuebing? Yunxuan is in the bathroom. I am her colleague. You can call me Sister Cao. You want me to pass her a message?"

"Oh... It's nothing important. Are you all still in Hangzhou? When are you all returning back to Beijing?"

"We are planning to return tomorrow afternoon. We are following an unlicensed tour, and there will be a car to fetch us after we submitted the picture of the illegal tour guides and report." Sister Cao was a chatty person. "This group of illegal tour guides is too much. They kept forcing their tourist to buy things and charge ridiculous fees. They charge 100 to 200 RMB more for a ticket to a tourist attraction..."

Dong Xuebing was confused by her. "Wait... What illegal tour guide? Isn't Aunt Xuan on her work trip?"

Sister Cao replied: "Yes. She is on a work trip, and this is her assignment..."

"Aunt Xuan is from the advertising department. Why is she conducting uncover operations? She is not even a reporter..."

The other party on the phone kept quiet for a while. "Errr... Aunt Xuan did not tell you what happened?"

"What is it?" Dong Xuebing asked anxiously. "Sister Cao, tell me what happened?"

"Ok. I am also not sure about the details and reason. But Yunxuan was transferred from the advertising department to our Reporter department as a backend staff. She was demoted from her position as Team leader. Now she is several ranks lower than before..."

"What? Demoted? How come?"

"Errr... you better ask her for the details. Ah, she came out of the bathroom. I will pass her the phone."

After a while, Aunt Xuan's voice sounded over the phone. "Xiao Bing, are you looking for me?"

Sister Cao's words let Dong Xuebing realized why Aunt Xuan had not to return back to Heping Street when she was supposed to be back a week ago. She was facing a big problem at work. She was also demoted and did not want to let Dong Xuebing worry about her. So, she hides at her mother's place. Dong Xuebing immediately says: "Aunt Xuan, I am in Zhejiang Province, Zhuji. I am not far from Hangzhou City."

"Huh? Why are you here?"

"I am here to look for you. Didn't I tell you that I am having a few days off from work? Nevermind. What happened to you at your job? Who demoted you..." Aunt Xuan kept quiet, and Dong Xuebing continued: "You have been working in the advertising department and why are you transferred to the Reporter Department? You are transferred there to be a backend staff? You are still being sent to Zhejiang for work? The Beijing Daily cannot even cover all the news in Beijing, and yet they want to meddle with Zhejiang illegal tour guides case? Do they think they are People's daily? Aunt Xuan, tell me honestly. Did you offend any leaders?"

It was strange for Qu Yunxuan to be transferred to the reporter department or being sent to Zhejiang for undercover investigations!

"Hahaha, Xiao Cao is lying to you. I am doing fine."

"Fine your head! Tell me the truth!"

"It's nothing really... I had only made a small mistake at work..."

"A small mistake? A small mistake and you are transferred to be a backend staff? You still even must conduct undercover investigations? Those illegal tour guides are all hooligans. It was reported in the news a few months ago! What happens if you meet danger? I will go and look for you now..."

"I will hit you. It's too late now. How are you going to come over? I am fine here..."

Qu Yunxuan was right. There were no buses or public transport so late at night. "Ok. I will go to Hangzhou tomorrow morning. I will call you when I reach."

"You just don't listen!"

"My phone is running out of battery. I will call you again tomorrow."

"Sigh... Ok then. Sleep early."

After hanging up, Dong Xuebing charges his phone and laid on the bed, thinking about Aunt Xuan before falling asleep.

The next day.

After packing his luggage, Dong Xuebing boarded a long-distance bus to Hangzhou City. He changed bus to get to the Hongdu Hotel. This place was not considered the heart of Hangzhou City. The Zhejiang province famous tourism spot Daming Mountain was just next to the hotel. There were lots of tourist walking around there. Dong Xuebing had messaged Qu Yunxuan in the morning. She had almost finished her investigation and one of the stops of the tour group in the afternoon was a Daming Mountains. Both Qu Yunxuan and Sister Cao planned to leave the tour group here and meet Dong Xuebing at Hongdu Hotel entrance. Also, there will be a van from the news agency coming here to pick them up. Aunt Xuan wants to see if there were empty space in the van and hope to let Dong Xuebing hitch a ride back to Beijing.

It was almost noon. Dong Xuebing looked around and did not see Qu Yunxuan.

Traffic jam? There was not much traffic on this road.

After 10 minutes, Dong Xuebing got impatient and dialed Aunt Xuan's number. "Hello? Where are you?"

"On the tour bus..." It was very noisy on Qu Yunxuan side. There was the sound of engine roaring. From the engine sounds, the tour bus does not seem to be a proper tour bus. "The tour guide and driver did not bring us to Daming Mountains. They stopped nearby and insisted us to climb a hill in front. All the tourists were unhappy, and we are arguing with them now. Wait for me. This place is not far from Daming Mountain. I think if we go along the road towards the northern direction, we will reach Daming Mountain. I will go and find you later..."

Shouting could be heard in the background.

"I have come to Hangzhou before. This is not Daming Mountain!"

"We have already paid. If you are not bringing us to Daming Mountain, then refund us!"

"That right! Refund! Refund! What type of tour agency is this?"

"Shut up! Shut up!" Stop shouting..." This loud voice should be that female tour guide. "Who says this is not Daming Mountain? Ah? Who says that? Our Hangzhou city's Daming Mountain is here! Hurry up and get off the bus! There are a restaurant and shop on the mountain! The minimum spending there is 500 RMB. All of you must spend at least 500!" This illegal tour guide must be getting kickbacks from the shop up in the mountain.

"Why is there a minimum spending again?" Qu Yunxuan shouted. "You all are forcing us to spend!"

"Hurry up and get off. We still have another attraction to go in the afternoon..." It was a threatening male voice. It should be the driver.

Dong Xuebing could hear everything on the phone, and he cursed in his heart. Damn it! These illegal tour guides! He then told Aunt Xuan: "If you are unable to come over, then wait for me. I will follow the road south to look for you all. I should be able to reach where you all are..."

Qu Yunxuan replied: "Ok."

Suddenly that tour guide shouted: "Why are you pointing your camera at me? Ah? Give me that camera! Now!"

"F*k! Who is taking pictures?" It was the driver. "You are asking for it!"

"What are you doing? I am not taking your pictures! I am taking the scenery..." It was Sister Cao's voice!

Qu Yunxuan was also shouting: "You all are snatching our stuff!"

That tour guide shouts: "What is written in that notebook? Give it to me!"

Dong Xuebing panicked. "Aunt Xuan! What happened?"

Qu Yunxuan did not reply. There were lots of shouting, and it seems the tour guide and driver were snatching Sister Cao's stuff. After a while, the tour guide shouted: "Old Zheng! They had recorded everything about us in this notebook! These two bitches are reporters..."

The driver scolded furiously: "F*K! Get them off the bus!"

"What are you doing?! Let go! Let go of us!" Qu Yunxuan shouted. There were lots of knocking sounds, and then the line was cut.

Dong Xuebing was furious! If anything happens to Aunt Xuan, I will kill you!

Dong Xuebing immediately ran over to a taxi in front of the hotel. He entered the front passenger seat before the two passengers at the back alighted. "Quick! Drive towards the south! Now!"

The taxi driver was shocked to see Dong Xuebing. "Sorry. It's my lunchtime and I am not taking passengers..."

Lunch your head! Dong Xuebing took out his work pass from his pocket "State Security! Drive now!"

The driver was stunned for a few seconds and then stepped on the accelerator. "Where to in the south?"

"Just drive along the main road towards the south! There is a place there where there are a restaurant and shop on a hill!" Dong Xuebing did not bother whether if the driver knew where to go. He picked up his phone and dialed Qu Yunxuan's number. But she did not answer. He cursed under his breath and then called the police. He did not mention anything about the tour group. He only told the operator that there was a robbery along the main road south of Daming Mountain! Dong Xuebing was worried that the illegal tour guides had connections with the local authorities. If the local police force had some links with those illegal tour groups, then they will not send their officers.

The taxi was speeding down the main road and was overtaking all the cars.

But Dong Xuebing felt it was too slow. "Can you drive faster?"

"It is already very fast..." The driver was sweating. He had heard Dong Xuebing's call to the police and knew this was about a robbery.

Dong Xuebing was restless, and he tried to call Qu Yunxuan again. But she still did not answer!

Aunt Xuan! Please be safe!

Wait for me! I am reaching you soon!

Wait for me!

The taxi was speeding down the road towards the south!

A minute passed...

2 minutes passed...

Dong Xuebing almost smashed his phone from his anger. Suddenly, he noticed a minibus parked in a secluded spot of the road in front. That minibus was not those proper tour coach. From Dong Xuebing's position, he could not see what was happening clearly. But he could see some people pushing and shoving beside the vehicle. Dong Xuebing sat upright and pointed to that direction: "There! Go over there now! Quick!"

50 meters...

40 meters...

30 meters...

The driver was nervous. He applied the brakes and stop his vehicle. He dares not to stop too near to those people. Dong Xuebing also did not ask the driver to get closer. He opened the door and jump out. The driver saw Dong Xuebing had alighted from his taxi and quickly reverse his taxi and drive off. He does not want to get involved. Robbers were dangerous.

20 meters...

10 meters...

The minibus was right in front of Dong Xuebing, and he could see the passengers in the vehicle looking at the other side. The shouting got louder as Dong Xuebing got nearer. He recognized the voice. It was Sister Cao. She was shouting: "Yunxuan! Run!" Dong Xuebing felt his blood rushing to his head and ran faster. He ran to the other side of the minibus from the back and what he saw made him furious!

A woman, about 26 years old, was kneeling on the floor hugging her tummy. She should be Sister Cao. There was a red mark on her face, and she seems to be slapped by someone. All her belongings were scattered on the floor in front of her. There were small cosmetic boxes, small mirror, wallets, etc. There was also a smashed digital camera and a torn-up notebook.

Dong Xuebing's precious Aunt Xuan was not far away. A man, about Zhuang Zhi's size, was grabbing Qu Yunxian by her hair. A dark complexion female tour guide was trying to snatch Qu Yunxian's handbag. Qu Yunxuan was in pain, and there were lots of bruises on her hands.

"Yunxuan! Give them the bag. Give it to them first!" Sister Cao was shouting.

Qu Yunxuan refuses to let go of her handbag: "Let me go! You are all criminal!"

That driver used more strength to yank Qu Yunxuan back. "F* you! Xiao Hong! Check if she has any other cameras in her bag! Check her phone too! We cannot let her report us in the papers!"

That tour guide scold: "F*king bitch! Let go! Give me your bag!"

"Aunt Xuan!" Dong Xuebing had lost all his cool at this moment. He felt he had gone crazy and could feel his blood boiling. "You are to touch her one more time! I will kill you!"

Sister Cao, who was still on the floor, was stunned: "Dong Xuebing?"

Qu Yunxuan panics, and quickly shouted: "Xiao Bing! Don't come over! Call the police quick! You are no match for them!"

Dong Xuebing could not hear a thing. He threw his locked money box aside and rushed forward towards that driver. He only had one thing in his mind. He must kill this mother f*ker!

The female tour guide saw Qu Yunxuan was districted and quickly snatched her handbag from her. She did not even look at Dong Xuebing.

The driver can't be bothered with this young man. He was 1.9 m tall and was very fit. Although he was not trained in martial arts, his size made up for that. He had never lost in a fight. Dong Xuebing? He was not as tall or heavy as the tour guide. He was also not fit at all and had seldom got into fights with others. Even if he had fought, he had never won once before.

The difference was too obvious! These two were not on the same level!

Dong Xuebing also know he will not beat that tour guide. But when he saw Qu Yunxuan being grabbed by the hair, he lost his senses!

2 meters...

1 meter...

Dong Xuebing ran like a mad man and clenches his fist. He swung his fist at that driver. "Let go of her!"

It was a straight punch towards the face! Dong Xuebing had used all his strength in this punch.

The driver was grabbing Qu Yunxuan's long hair with his hand and sneered. He did not try to dodge Dong Xuebing's punch. He waited as Dong Xuebing's fist become closer to him and raises his feet and kicked Dong Xuebing in his stomach. Dong Xuebing's arm was not as long as his leg. In the end, Dong Xuebing's punch did not even touch him!

Crash!

"Xiao Bing!" Qu Yunxuan's eyes were red!

Dong Xuebing flew back about 2 meters and lie flat on the floor and could not get up.

The driver laughed and yanked Qu Yunxuan's hair: "This is your nephew? He is too weak. He can't even take 1 kick from me!"

"Found it!" The tour guide threw Qu Yunxuan's handbag aside and torn a notebook into pieces. "They have recorded what we did in this notebook too! Stupid bitches! You all are from Beijing? Why are you all here for?"

There were a lot of people on board the minibus looking at them, but all of them kept quiet.

Dong Xuebing who was on the floor was screaming as he saw the driver still grabbing Qu Yunxuan by the hair. He wanted to save her, but his body could not move. He could feel the pain the moment when he moved and could not stand up!

"Xiao Bing! Are you ok?"

Anger! Regrets! Fury! Helplessness! These were all Dong Xuebing's thoughts at the moment!

Useless! So damn useless!

"Xiao Bing! Ah! Let go of me!"

Qu Yunxuan was shouting in pain. Dong Xuebing's eyes were bloodshot as he stares at the big sized driver. Suddenly he remembered that he still has not used his BACK today!

BACK!

The scenes changed, and time was reversed!

The pain in his stomach was gone. Dong Xuebing could feel his body leaning forward, and his arm raised up. His fist was in the air and in front of him was that driver. He was about to hit him, and that driver was not trying to dodge. He was still sneering at him and grabbing onto Qu Yunxuan's hair!

Dong Xuebing was still about 80 cm away from that driver's face!

This was what happened 1 minute ago!

The driver can't be bothered with Dong Xuebing. He was very confident of himself, and he could easily beat 4 of this skinny young man! It was like a child trying to fight an adult. The driver could tell Dong Xuebing had never fought before from this punch. He prepared himself to give Dong Xuebing a kick with his full strength!

Dong Xuebing, who had just regained control over his body, knew his punch would not connect. He quickly shifted his body weight to his left leg and did not pull back his punch. He knew it was too late to pull back his punch. He raised his right foot and kicked forward at the driver.

The driver also raised his leg at the same moment!

Everything happened too fast, and something unbelievable happened!

Everyone on board the minibus, Sister Cao and Qu Yunxuan were shocked. Dong Xuebing had kicked towards the air. There was nothing in front of him, and everyone was confused by his actions. But the next moment, the driver's kicked out towards the empty space in front of Dong Xuebing!

The angle of the driver's kick was very accurate. If his kick had moved slightly forward, it would hit Dong Xuebing's stomach.

But when everyone saw the angle and height of Dong Xuebing's kick, no one felt the driver's kick was accurate!

The driver's leg looks like it was rushing forward to receive Dong Xuebing's kick. Bang! Dong Xuebing's kick had hit the driver!

This kick landed on the driver's calf!

The driver fell backward. He could not believe his eyes! What happened? How come this young man knew where he was going to kick? Impossible! He was about to punch me! Why did he change to kick suddenly? Damn! This young man was a martial arts expert?!

The driver was not about to give up. The second before he fell, he swung his leg and tried to sweep Dong Xuebing's legs!

Dong Xuebing almost fell.

The driver tried to stand up immediately. But his injured leg gave way, and he almost kneeled down!

Dong Xuebing who had regained his balance, quickly look around him. He knew he would not win if he tried to fight the driver in close combat. Dong Xuebing saw a round stone about the size of a basketball 2 meters away from him. He moved forward and picked up that 5 Kg stone. He then turned towards the driver and cursed: "F*k you!" He raised the stone and threw it at the driver!

After injuring his leg, the driver could not dodge the stone!

The stone hit the driver's right waist and caused a deep cut!

"Ahhhh!!!!" The driver fell onto the ground again, and he was holding onto his waist screaming in pain. Blood was gushing out from the wound on his waist, and his orange jacket quickly became red!

Qu Yunxuan, Sister Cao, the female tour guide and all the tourists on the minibus were shocked.

The driver was so strong and fit. He looks like he could smash a big rock with his fist. He was muscular... but he was beaten up by a skinny Dong Xuebing? He could not even fight back!

Damn!

Those muscles were for scaring others?

You can't even fight back with all those muscles?!

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Dong Xuebing's fight with the driver only lasted less than 20 seconds.

Fast!

It was too fast!

Many people did not even see what happened clearly, and the driver was already on the floor. He was hit by a stone and can't get up anymore.

"Old Zheng!" The dark complexion female tour guide looked at the driver. She could not accept that her driver was beaten. As illegal tour guides, they had gotten into fights often. Old Zheng had never disappointed her in the past. He had fought 3 men in the past and won. What's wrong with him today? Old Zheng lost to a skinny young man?

When everyone got over their shock, Sister Cao was the first to shout: "Good! Beat him to death!"

Dong Xuebing dis not stop. He ran forward and gave a hard kick on the driver's injured leg.

The driver shouted out in pain on the ground and tried to kick Dong Xuebing back with his other leg.

Dong Xuebing stepped back and stomp on the driver's ankle. Crack! He almost broke the driver's ankle.

"Ah!!!!" The driver shouted at the top of his voice.

One kick!

Two kicks!

Three kicks!

Dong Xuebing was cursing and swearing as he kicked the driver: "You think you are great? You think you can grab Aunt Xuan by her hair?! You are asking for it! You dare to stare at me? F*k you! I will kill you!" Dong Xuebing unleashed all his anger, and most of his kicks were on his hand which had grabbed Qu Yunxuan earlier. After stomping for a few times, he stepped on the driver's left hand and remained there.

The driver's thumb and ring fingers were bent at a weird angle. His fingers were fractured.

Qu Yunxuan worrying said: "Xiao Bing. Just teach him a lesson will do. Don't kill him."

Dong Xuebing did not listen and continued to kick and stomp the driver with all his strength.

"Old Zheng!" The tour guide was panicking. She knew when she and the driver were hitting the two reporters, someone should have called the police. If they were delayed by this young man, then they will not be able to escape. This was why the tour guide ran up to Dong Xuebing and to hit him. She needs to rescue Old Zheng.

"Careful!" Qu Yunxuan shouted.

Dong Xuebing saw the tour guide from the corner of his eyes. This tour guide had also hit Qu Yunxuan and her colleague. He did not care whether if she was a woman. He turned and threw a backfist. It landed on the tour guide's face, and she flew one meter away.

The illegal tour guide fainted on the spot.

The driver shouted: "Xiao Hong!!!!!"

Sister Cao felt better after seeing Dong Xuebing beating up these two. She got up and ran over to Qu Yunxuan. "Yunxuan, are you ok? Are you hurt anyway?" She saw Qu Yunxuan was fine except for her messy hair and was relieved. "Your friend can really fight! Is he trained in martial arts? Even that big size driver is no match for him!"

Qu Yunxuan also did not know when did Xiao Bing become such a good fighter.

Suddenly there were sounds of police sirens approaching them.

Qu Yunxuan quickly ran over to stop Dong Xuebing. "Xiao Bing. Stop. The police are here."

Dong Xuebing looked back and cursed. He gave one more kick to the driver and stopped unwillingly. He still has not vented his anger. He had to be careful when he touched Qu Yunxuan's fingers. But this bastard dare to grab her by her hair! How can this bastard be let off so lightly?

About one minute later, two police cars stopped beside the minibus.

3 policemen alighted and saw the two people lying on the ground. They were shocked: "Who called the police?"

"I am the one who called." Dong Xuebing stepped forward and pointed to the two people lying on the ground: "These two are operating an illegal tour agency. Not only they force the tourist to buy stuff, they also broke my friend's camera. They also hit my friends. There! All those people on the minibus had seen the whole incident. If I arrive any later, my friends will be injured severely. I am only trying to defend ourselves." Dong Xuebing pushes all the blame to the illegal tour guide and driver.

The policeman looked at the driver on the floor and then looked at Dong Xuebing: "You are the one who beat him up?"

"Yes."

This was too ruthless. The policeman frowned and wanted to question Dong Xuebing more about the incident.

But the driver, who knew he can't escape, start scolding. "Bastard! Didn't you want to beat me to death? Come on! What are you waiting for? Come and hit me!" The driver knew that the young man could not do anything to him after the police arrived.

"F*k! You are asking for it!" Dong Xuebing was still furious, and after hearing what the driver said, he exploded.

"Wait! What are you trying to do?" A policeman in his 40s grabbed Dong Xuebing by his arm. "Follow us back for statements."

The driver wiped the blood off the corner of his lips and laughed: "Come on! I'm waiting for you to hit me!"

"You are the one asking for it." Dong Xuebing reached into his pocket and took out his work pass. He turned to the older policeman and said: "Give me 30 seconds."

The policeman took a glanced at Dong Xuebing work pass and was stunned.

Dong Xuebing looked at him and repeated himself. "Just half a minute will do."

The older policeman thought for a while and let go of Dong Xuebing's arm. He waved for the two younger officers over and gave them a cigarette each.

The driver was stunned. "Ah?" What's happening? Why were the policemen letting that young man go?

The two young officers were also shocked. "Sir, this..."

The older police officer whispered softly. "He is our comrade from the same ministry."

A young officer asked: "He is also from Public Security?"

"State Security." The older policeman paused for a while and added: "He is the Deputy Chief of an office under State Security."

The two young officers were surprised. They looked at Dong Xuebing's back. "How old is he? How come he can be an officer at such young age? Eh? I remembered the offices under State Security are all "administrative" staffs. They are not involved in criminal cases investigations. Even I and Xiao Zhao cannot beat that man on the ground. How can he beat him up? How is it possible that an administrative officer is so good at fighting?"

The older police officer was also puzzled. "Who knows? Xiao Zhao, go and wake that illegal tour guide. After our comrade from State Security settled his score, we will go back." Public Security and State Security were under the same system. They were considered under the same family, despite both departments seldom work together. But the top leaders from the Public Security and State Security had been transferred between both ministries. Compared to other government agencies, these two ministries were closer. Also, Dong Xuebing's work pass indicates that he was from the Beijing branch, and this was why the older officer decided to close one eye.

Dong Xuebing walked closer to the driver.

The driver panics. "Police! Stop him! He is going to hit me!"

The few police officers were standing there smoking and looking up at the skies. They pretended not to hear or see anything.

"You are the one who asked me to come over to hit you." Dong Xuebing walked up to the driver and squat down. He grabbed the driver by his hair like how he grabbed onto Qu Yunxuan earlier. Although the driver got short hair, Dong Xuebing was still able to catch and yank it!

Sssss...

Dong Xuebing forcefully grabbed and tugged hard. The driver could feel his hair was pulled out by Dong Xuebing. Dong Xuebing opened up his hand and blew the strands of hairs away.

"Ah!!!!!!"

...

Beijing people were used to calling Public Security Police Stations as "Ju Zhi."

Dong Xuebing, Qu Yunxuan, and Sister Cao spent two hours recording statements at the station. Luckily Dong Xuebing had his work pass with him, and the policemen there treated them well. They also closed one eye on the driver and the tour guide's injuries. If not, Dong Xuebing would not be able to leave the station. The driver was severely injured, and it can't be considered as self-defense.

Outside of the station.

"Aunt Xuan, let me see where you are hurt. Show me."

"I am fine. It's only some bruises, and it will recover in two days."

"Aiya... Show me now. We should go to the hospital for an X-ray." Dong Xuebing had no chance to speak to Aunt Xuan earlier, and he was holding her hands examining the bruises. Dong Xuebing could feel her pain and do not care about his image in front of Qu Yunxuan. He scolded: "Those two bastards. Don't let me see them again. Don't worry. The police officers told me that they had been tasked by their higher-ups to investigate these illegal tour guides. Those two bastards will not have a good ending."

Qu Yunxuan smiles, sweetly: "Yes. Serve them right."

Dong Xuebing nodded in agreement and touched her hands lightly. "Is it still painful?"

"No..."

"If you do not want to go to the hospital, then I will buy some medications for you."

"No need. These are only some bruises."

Sister Cao, who was looking at both of them, coughed loudly.

Qu Yunxuan blushed and quickly pull back her hands from Dong Xuebing.

Sister Cao laughed and looked at Qu Yunxuan. "Yunxuan, Sister Qu, Team Leader Qu, you two... have something going on."

Dong Xuebing thought to himself. Of course, we have something going on. We even kissed before.

Qu Yunxuan stared at Sister Cao. "Don't talk nonsense. Oh, I still have not introduced. This is Dong Xuebing. My... Neighbour. He is working for the government. This is my colleague, Cao Ping. She is a reporter.:

Dong Xuebing shook her hands: "Sister Cao, how are your injuries?"

"I am fine." Cao Ping grabbed his hand and thanked him. "Thank goodness you arrived just in time. If you arrive any later, we will be beaten up badly. This is the first time I encounter danger after working as a reporter for 2 years."

Qu Yunxuan sighed. "It's all my fault. If it wasn't for me, you also do not need to come to Zhejiang Province and will not..."

Cao Ping consoled her: "Don't talk about all these. We are good friends."

Dong Xuebing could tell something was off from their conversation: "Aunt Xuan, yesterday you refuse to tell me over the phone. Did you offend any leaders, and this is why you are assigned with this dangerous task?"

Qu Yunxuan did not reply.

"Tell me quickly."

Qu Yunxuan replied unwillingly: "I will tell you back in Beijing."

Cao Ping changed the subject. "Oh Xuebing, you are working for the government? No wonder those officers treated you friendlier in the station. You are a leader in your agency?"

Dong Xuebing stopped questioning Qu Yunxuan and replied casually: "I am only a Deputy Chief at a small office. I am not considered a leader."

Cao Ping had only wanted to say something beautiful and never expect Dong Xuebing to be a leader. She was surprised and asked: "You... You should not be older than me... Deputy Chief? Ahh... you are capable."

The 3 of them were chatting when a van suddenly stopped in front of them.

4 men alighted from the van: "The car broke down on the way here. Sorry, we are late. Team Leader Qu, Cao Ping, are you all hurt?" These people were also from the newspaper agency and had been to another province for work. They were supposed to fetch Qu Yunxuan and Cao Ping on their way back to Beijing. They received a call from Cao Ping two hours ago and knew what happened.

Cao Ping replied: "We are fine. Luckily Yunxuan's friend came to our rescue."

All of them chatted for a while, and Qu Yunxuan looked at Dong Xuebing before turning to a middle-aged man: "Old Qian, is there any space in the van? Can we give my friend a ride?"

Old Qian looked at the van: "Ah... I'm afraid there is no more space. We can only fetch the both of you." The back of the van was filled with equipment and space was tight even for two people.

"Then..."

Dong Xuebing was okay with this and said: "You all go back first. I can take the train."

Qu Yunxuan thought for a while: "Sigh... Then... be careful on your way back." Dong Xuebing nodded, and Qu Yunxuan looked at the locked money box he was holding. "I had wanted to ask you. What is in that box?"

Dong Xuebing did not answer her. "I will let you know some other days. This is a surprise." He had planned to tell Qu Yunxuan after he sold the pearl necklace. "Oh... after you are back in Beijing, return back to Heping Road. Don't hide at your mother's place. You still have to tell me what happened at your work."

Qu Yunxuan nodded: "Ok. I will tell you tomorrow."

Dong Xuebing stood there looking at Aunt Xuan, and her colleagues board the van. Before they close the doors, he could still hear Cao Ping telling the rest what happened excitedly.

"You all were not there. Yunxuan's friend can fight really well. That kick was right on target..."

Dong Xuebing laughed and shook his head. He thought to himself. I can fight well? Anyone on the streets can knock me out with a punch. If Dong Xuebing did not have BACK, he would have been beaten up. So, BACK could also be used this way? He had learned something new. In the future, he could predict where his opponents would hit and not afraid of getting into fights.

Translator's notes: 'Ju Zhi' is a Chinese short form for the police station. Some sort of local slang in Beijing.

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The next day.

Beijing.

Although Dong Xuebing had a lot to ask Qu Yunxuan about her transfer, he did not return back to Heping Road first. He wanted to auction off his pearl necklace first. He felt uncomfortable to carry it with him. He was afraid that someone might steal it. After alighting from the train and eat some lunch, he boarded a bus to Nan Xing Hua Road. He asked around for directions and then walked towards Liu Li Chang East Street.

Hanhai Auction.

This was not a big company, and there were a few people there chatting softly among themselves. One man was carrying a porcelain item, and another man was holding on to a bronze funnel. An expert was there appraising their items. These items had to be valued before it could be put up for auction. This place was not the location where the auction company auctions the things. The auctions would typically take place at a hotel ballroom or conference room. This place was only for collecting items.

Dong Xuebing walked to the counter and said to a female staff: "I want to put up something up for sales at the auction."

The female staff looked at him: "Hi sir, what item do you want to put up for auction?"

"Jewellery." Dong Xuebing said. "A pearl necklaces."

"Ok. Please wait here for a while." The staff made a call and said something. After she hangs up, she turned to Dong Xuebing and smiles. "Teacher Sun will be coming down. Please wait for a while."

"Ok."

The rest area has a water dispenser. Dong Xuebing helped himself to the water. He poured himself a cup of warm water and finishes in one gulp.

A man in his 30s walked downstairs after a while. The female staff pointed to Dong Xuebing, and Dong Xuebing walked over. Teacher Sun looked at the locked money case in Dong Xuebing's hands and smiled. "Can I take a look at the item?"

Dong Xuebing was worried others might see it: "Can I show you in private?"

Teacher Sun hesitated for a few seconds and nodded: "Ok. Come with me."

A small office on the second floor.

"Haha, there is no one to disturb us here." Teacher Sun sat down with Dong Xuebing on the leather sofa. "This is a pearl necklace? Where did you get it from? Have you apprised it before?"

"Not yet. I got it from Zhuji."

"Oh?"

Dong Xuebing enter the pin to unlock his money case. "Can you take a look for me?"

Actually, Dong Xuebing does not even need to ask. He had seen the pearls coming out from the pearl mussels with his own eyes. These pearls can't be fakes.

Teacher Sun was an expert in appraising jewelry. He had seen countless of jewelleries and more than 95% of them were not worth putting up for auctions. Most of these jewellery were bought from malls. There was no need to auction them. When Teacher Sun was called to appraise this pearl necklace, his first thought was a standard necklace with pearls smaller than 1 cm. But when he saw the shiny golden pearl necklace with pearls more than 1.5 cm, he was stunned. "Pearl Necklace? Such big pearls? Wow... This is a rare find."

"Are there any big auctions upcoming?"

"Let me take a look first." Teacher Sun looked at Dong Xuebing. He did not expect an ordinary-looking young man to own such a treasure. He took out the necklace carefully and examine it with a magnifying glass. He scrutinized every pearl for a while and sighed. "These are top tier pearls! But it's a pity that the chain stringing the pearls... does not match. The chain is slightly thick, but it's still fine. It will not affect the value much."

At Zhuji, Dong Xuebing was in a rush to process and string the pearls. The factory might have cut corners.

After making a phone call, Teacher Sun said: "Let's sign an agreement. You can leave this necklace with us, and if you agree, I would like to change the chain for you. This will make the necklace nicer and might fetch a higher price. What do you think?"

This person was an expert in this field. Dong Xuebing trusted him. "Ok. I will listen to your advice."

Teacher Sun continued. "When do you want to auction off your item? The Autumn auction had just ended. Spring Auction is still a few months away, and there are no big auctions coming up. My suggestion is to wait a while. The next big auction is in 1 to 2 months. If possible, wait for the spring auctions..."

Dong Xuebing interrupted: "I can't wait that long." He also knows that Spring and Autumn's auctions are the biggest auctions in China. Most items could fetch reasonable prices in these auctions. But Aunt Xuan had some problems at her workplace. She had offended her leaders and must be facing all sorts of difficulties. Maybe she might resign anytime. That's why Dong Xuebing must raise a sum of money as soon as possible. "Is there any way to auction off earlier? How about the next auction?"

Teacher Sun smiled. "I made this suggestion is because I think this necklace can fetch a good price. If you are in a hurry, fine. I will make the arrangements." Dong Xuebing nodded. Teacher Sun could tell Dong Xuebing needed money, and he added. "There will be a small auction two days later. Tomorrow we will exhibit the items, and the auction will start the next day. If the buyer payment is fast, you will get the money in 4 to 5 days."

That's fast. "Ok. This auction will do."

"You sure?"

Dong Xuebing paused and asked: "Errr... will this necklace fetch less than 1 million in a small auction?"

"Hahaha, no. This is a good necklace. It should fetch at least 1.2 million."

1.2 million RMB. After deducting the commission, taxes and all other charges, Dong Xuebing should get about 1 million RMB. This was his target. Hmmm... even it this necklace was auctioned at the Spring Auctions, the price should be about the same. There was no need to wait a few months for an extra 10 – 20 thousand. He does not have time. "Ok. Then I will put this up for the next auction. Errr... How much should I set as the starting bid?"

Teacher Sun thought for a while. "Set a lower starting bid. I think 500,000 RMB is a good price. The price will rise slowly, and more people will join in to bid. The final transacted price might be higher. Of course, this is my personal opinion. If you..."

Dong Xuebing replied without thinking: "I will listen to you. 500,000 RMB starting bid."

After finalizing some minor details, Dong Xuebing signed the agreement. He will leave the necklace with the auction house to change the chain and left for home with an empty money box.

2 to 3 more days...

I just have to wait for the auction to end and I will be able to get the money!

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Dong Xuebing reached Heping North Street at about 4.05 pm.

He went straight to Qu Yunxuan's unit and pressed the doorbell. Ding Dong, Ding Dong, Ding Dong... no one answered. Dong Xuebing was frustrated. He had SMS Aunt Xuan while he was on the train and she said she had arrived home. Why was she not in? Bathing? Went out to buy something? Or... she was doing what she did the last time? He got excited as he remembered what happened that day. He pressed the doorbell a few more times and then took out his keys for his own apartment to return home.

"You are back." A woman's voice sounded in Dong Xuebing's living room as he opens the door.

Dong Xuebing got a shock. "Ah... Aunt Xuan, you scared me. I thought you went back to work at the newspaper agency."

"I will start work tomorrow. You got shocked by this? How useless."

"I am not prepared. Eh? Why are you at my place?"

Qu Yunxuan was standing behind the couch. She was wearing a small yellow sweater and holding a pile of dirty socks and clothes in her left hand. "I am not back for 2 weeks, and your place is in a mess. I had come over to clean up for you. Have you just got off from the train? Hurry up and get changed. Pass me all your dirty socks and underwear. I will wash for you."

Dong Xuebing grumbled in his heart. "No... no need. I will wash my laundry myself."

"Hurry up and take it off."

"Ah... no need."

Qu Yunxuan had a stern look on her face and raised her hand: "I will hit you! Are you going to take those off?"

Dong Xuebing was used to having Aunt Xuan washing his dirty laundry for him. But to handover his underwear and socks he was wearing now made him embarrassed. It felt weird. But he remembered that they had even kissed before and why should he feel shy about this? So, Dong Xuebing went to his room to change. He took off his long john and briefs. But he still feels weird, and he wrapped his long johns around his briefs before leaving the room and passing it to Aunt Xuan.

"Where are your socks?"

"Ermmm... wrapped in the long johns."

Qu Yunxuan rolled her eyes and unfolded the long johns. She used the tips of her fingers to pick up Dong Xuebing's dirty socks and underwear. "It stinks. You are so dirty."

Dong Xuebing felt embarrassed. It was too damaging to his image.

"Ok. Go and watch TV. I will wash your clothes for you." Qu Yunxuan walked into the bathroom with a pile of dirty clothing.

Dong Xuebing looked at Qu Yunxuan's sexy back view. He had planned to give her a hug or kiss when he comes back to show how much he misses her. But his plans were disrupted. "Your hands are injured. Will your wounds get wet? Why not I wash the clothes myself?"

Aunt Xuan said from inside the bathroom. "There are no open wounds. So, it's fine."

Dong Xuebing was bored. He wanted to chat with Aunt Xuan. He noticed that Aunt Xuan had never mentioned anything about him touching her legs and kissing her. She acted as if nothing had happened before. Dong Xuebing does not want to wait any longer. He walked over to the bathroom and looked inside. "Aunt Xuan, I need to use the toilet."

"Oh... come in then." Qu Yunxuan withdrew her hands from a plastic pail full of dirty clothes soaked in detergent.

Dong Xuebing saw the washing basin. Other than his underwear, there was a skin-colored panties in there. His socks and Aunt Xuan's socks were soaking in the plastic pail. This discovery let Dong Xuebing felt relieved. When a woman was willing to mix her interior wear with another man's underwear in the laundry, it means a lot.

That's it.

Aunt Xuan must be embarrassed to mention what happened that day.

Dong Xuebing felt he should take some initiative and cannot just wait for Aunt Xuan to make the first move. He mustered up his courage and stepped forward to hug Aunt Xuan.

Qu Yunxuan immediately blushed: "What are you doing?! Are you asking for a beating? Let go of me. There are still bubbles on my hands."

Dong Xuebing ignored her and asked. "Yunxuan, did you miss me?"

"Gross." Qu Yunxuan stared at him angrily and raised her hands. "If you don't let me go, I will wipe all these bubbles on your face."

Dong Xuebing moved his face closer to her: "Then you... Kiss me, and I will let you go."

"Go to hell. Hooligan!" Qu Yunxuan scolded softly.

Dong Xuebing hugged tighter. "Then, I will not let you go." This was the first time Dong Xuebing hugged Qu Yunxuan from the front. He could feel her breasts pushing into his chest and got excited. His right hand on her back started to move downwards towards her butt.

Qu Yunxuan lifted her hands in the air, trying her best to not let the soapy water drip on Dong Xuebing's clothes. "Idiot! Stop fooling around! I am getting angry."

"Then, you kiss me first."

"No."

"We have kissed before. The last time, you are the one suddenly hugging my head kissing me..."

Qu Yunxuan's face turns redder. She used her elbow to push against Dong Xuebing: "Don't mention that! You are not allowed to talk about that!"

"I will stop if you kiss me."

"You are driving me nuts!" Qu Yunxuan stared at Dong Xuebing angrily and hesitated. She looked at his face and then kissed him on his right cheeks. "Is this ok? Go and use the toilet now! I still need to wash the laundry."

Dong Xuebing shook his head. "I am talking about kissing me on the lips and not the face."

Qu Yunxuan had an angry expression on her face.

Dong Xuebing understands Aunt Xuan well. This was not her real angry expression. He ignored her and continued touching her.

Both stood there for several minutes. Qu Yunxuan could not take it and scold. "Idiot! You just wait! I will make sure you get it from me!" Qu Yunxuan's head moved closer and gave Dong Xuebing a wet kiss on his lips.

Hahaha. It works. Dong Xuebing quickly opened his mouth slightly to try and kiss her back.

But Qu Yunxuan was not as passionate as that day. She quickly moves back after touching his lips and then she kissed him again, and again, and again. Her kisses were getting faster and faster. Dong Xuebing could not get her rhythm and misses some of her kisses. This continued for a 2 to 3 minutes before Dong Xuebing could match her kisses.

Suddenly, Qu Yunxuan gave Dong Xuebing a hard stare, and her left hand reached to her back and grabbed Dong Xuebing's hand. His hand had already entered under her pants, and his fingers were on her panties. "Where do you think you are touching?"

Dong Xuebing smiles and retracts his hand. "Errr... I am going to the toilet."

"You are asking for a beating! Where is your respect for your elders?"

After dinner.

Dong Xuebing and Qu Yunxuan held hands and stood at the window to admire the moon.

"I will say this one more time. You are not allowed to tell others. You hear me?" Qu Yunxuan had her "angry" look on as she said. "If not, I will tear your mouth open."

Dong Xuebing nodded.

"You hooligan. You only know how to bully me!" Qu Yunxuan reached over to pinch his face. "I need to go back to organize my notes on the illegal tour guide investigations. I need to submit them tomorrow morning." Qu Yunxuan let go of Dong Xuebing's hand and was about to walk off.

"Wait!" When Dong Xuebing heard what she said and looked at the bruises on her hands. He got furious. "At Hangzhou, you promised to tell me everything when we come back. You can tell me what happened now. How did you offend your leader? Who is this leader, and what is he in charge of?"

Qu Yunxuan sighed. "Let's talk about this tomorrow."

"No. Tell me everything now."

Qu Yunxuan sat down on the couch after hesitating for a while. "I have mentioned to you about this person before. He is our deputy editor. His surname is Gong. He is in charge of the Reporter Department."

Dong Xuebing frowned. "He is the one who tries to matchmake you with his younger brother?" Dong Xuebing had met that person's brother at the foot of their building. He was still dressed up and holding a bouquet of roses in his hands when they met.

"Yes. That's him. I feel very wronged when I think about this. I did not offend anyone at work. Sighed... about 10 days earlier, Deputy Editor Gong tried to ask me to dine with his brother and tried to matchmake us again. But I had dinner with his brother twice before and did not have any feelings for him. So, I rejected him. Furthermore, I still need to have lunch with a client that day. This was a big deal. But Deputy Editor Gong does not listen. He said his brother was waiting for me at the entrance and insisted me to have lunch with his brother. We argued for a while, and my client kept calling me to rush me. Deputy Editor Gong refused to let me go, and I got anxious and talked back to him."

Dong Xuebing asked: "Then he transferred you to the reporter department as a backend admin staff?"

"... Yes."

"There must be a reason. He can't remove you from your position just like this."

Qu Yunxuan sighed again. "I have a client who was introduced to me by Deputy Editor Gong. I clinched the deal with this client after that. But many it was because Deputy Editor Gong said something to the client and the client withdrew from the deal. He even complains to the newspaper agency about me. He claims that I am not serious in my work and had a bad attitude. How is this possible? I treat all my customers well. How is it possible that I mistreat him? This must be Deputy Editor Gong's doing, and he used this and an excused to demote me."

"Motherf*ker!" Dong Xuebing was furious and banged the table. Accusations again! It's accusations again!

Qu Yunxuan gave Dong Xuebing a light pinched on the back of his hand. "Stop swearing. Be more civilize."

"What's the reason for him to do that? Getting back at you?"

"Probably he was too worried about his younger brother's future. He seems determine to set us up. That's why he made used his authority to force me. He came to me once and told me that if I agree to be his younger brother's girlfriend, he will transfer me back to the advertising department. I rejected him on the spot. I told him it was impossible between his brother and me. Then... this undercover investigation at Hangzhou came in. Basically, our newspaper agency does not report all news outside of Beijing, unless it was a major case. We do not send people out to the fields to do undercover investigations. But this undercover investigation of illegal tour guide... seems to be targeting me."

Dong Xuebing furiously said: "He is abusing his powers! Threatening his subordinates! Who the hell does he think he is!"

"He had a bad reputation in our newspaper agency. He is known as a petty person here. But no one could do anything to him. He had connections with someone in the higher-ups."

"What are you going to do?"

"On my way back to Beijing, I thought of resigning if I can't take it anymore. It's fine if he was targeting me alone. I can bear with it. But you also know from the Hangzhou incident, Deputy Editor Gong had also put Cao Ping in danger with me. He sent us to such a faraway place. It was my fault that I dragged Cao Ping down with me. I felt really..."

Dong Xuebing shouted: "This is too much!"

"Sighed... Just take one step at a time. If he wants to send me to another province next time, I will just resign."

Dong Xuebing remembered the pain when he saw Aunt Xuan being dragged around by her hair. He was furious when he thought about it. Now, Dong Xuebing found the cause of all these. This bastard Deputy Editor Gong was the culprit! Motherf*er! You want my Xuan Xuan with that useless brother of yours? You get someone to accuse her of something she never did? You even send Aunt Xuan on such a dangerous mission? Damn! You think you can do whatever you want?

Ring, ring, ring! Aunt Xuan's phone rang.

Qu Yunxuan looked at her phone and frowned as she answered: "Hello, Editor Gong?"

Dong Xuebing immediately moved his head closer to her phone. He could hear a middle-aged man's voice: "My brother is outside your house. If you are outside, get home immediately."

Qu Yunxuan's face changed. "He is outside my place? Why is he coming over at this time?"

"You two should have a chat. If we are one family, everything at work can be arranged. XX Department has a vacancy for their deputy head."

It was almost 9 pm! What's there to talk about at night?

Before Qu Yunxuan said anything, Dong Xuebing snatched the phone: "Chat your head! You bastard! I will not let you off! You just wait!"

Dong Xuebing could not suppress his anger. Bastard! He must teach this bastard a lesson!

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The next morning.

Teacher Sun from Hanhai Auction called Dong Xuebing, telling him that the pearl necklace had been restrung. They will be exhibiting the necklace in the morning. He asked if Dong Xuebing wants to go to their venue to take a look. The next auction was not considered a small event. Those small events will not exhibit the items. Dong Xuebing does not want to go. He only asked Teacher Sun to help him get an entrance ticket for tomorrow's auction as he does not have any money to get the tickets.

7.30 am. Dong Xuebing washed up and went over to Qu Yunxuan's unit.

Qu Yunxuan carried her bag and was about to leave for work. "I thought you are still sleeping. Why are you up so early?"

Dong Xuebing replied: "Yesterday I told you. I will go to the newspaper agency with you! I want to see what that idiot is up to!" Qu Yunxuan put up a fierce expression and said: "Xiao Bing. I will settle this myself. You just stay at home."

"What can you settle? That fellow had already tormented you until like this. What does he want by asking his brother to come over to your place so late at night? Ah? What's the meaning of this? Come over here for a chat? Damn!" Dong Xuebing was furious. "If it weren't for you stopping me last night, I would have beat him up! Bastard! He thinks he is the deputy editor and can do whatever he wants? Who does he think he is?!"

Qu Yunxuan stared at him and said: "You are not allowed to go there. Listen to me and stay at home!" After arguing for a while, Qu Yunxuan forcefully pushes Dong Xuebing on the couch. "I will go to work now. At most, I will just resign from there. You don't follow me to work. Listen to me. Just stay at home and watch TV or play some games. You are on break from work. Stop running about and rest at home." She nagged at Dong Xuebing and left.

But Dong Xuebing did not listen to her. He left home 10 minutes later. Aunt Xuan was being accused, demoted, and got beaten up. That Gong fellow had bullied his precious Aunt Xuan, and she can only swallow her pride and resign? Damn! He remembered the scene of Qu Yunxuan being dragged about by her hair at Hangzhou and his anger rises again. He cannot just let this carry-on! He got to settle this score!

Beijing Times News Agency.

Employees of the news agency, reporters, were slowly walking through the main entrance.

Dong Xuebing, who had arrived at the entrance of the news agency, looked around. He was not stupid to just rush in and teach that Gong fellow a lesson. He knows Aunt Xuan was shy and does not want many people to know that Deputy Editor was forcing her to date his younger brother. Dong Xuebing was here to reason with the leaders at the news agency. He believes that there must be some reasonable leaders in the agency. As long as they investigate that canceled advertising deal, they would know Aunt Xuan was innocent and expose the true colors of that bastard. If this got that bastard demoted, it would be better.

Just when Dong Xuebing was about to enter the news agency, he saw a familiar face. This man had some resemblances with that person looking for Aunt Xuan with roses. But his man was slightly older and had some wrinkles on his forehead. This must be that Deputy Editor Gong!

"Editor Gong."

"Good morning, Editor Gong."

Deputy Editor Gong smiled and nodded to the ones who greeted him. He carried his briefcase and walked quickly into the news agency building.

Dong Xuebing controlled his anger and did not run up to bash him up. After the incident with Zhou Guoan, he knows the importance of controlling his temper. Beating others up was not the best solution. It might let him vent his anger, but he would also get into trouble. After all, Dong Xuebing was also a government servant. It's okay if this person was some hooligan on the streets. But this place was Beijing Times news agency, a newspaper under Beijing Daily Group. Beijing Daily Group was a unit under the Beijing Municipal Publicity Department. This was why Dong Xuebing cannot be impulsive.

After Deputy Editor Gong entered the building and disappeared from his sights, Dong Xuebing took a deep breath and walked into the building.

The security at the door saw Dong Xuebing but did not stop him.

Dong Xuebing thought the security officer was stunned by his "Government Official's Aura" and did not stop him. But actually, the security officer saw him walking in openly and felt he should be here for business. That's why he did not stop him.

"Eh, Chief Xiao Dong?" Someone called out from behind. "Why are you here?"

Dong Xuebing turned around, and it was Cao Ping. "Oh, I am here to look for someone."

"Looking for Yunxuan? No? Who are you looking for? I can show you the way." Cao Ping had a good impression of Dong Xuebing. After she knew Dong Xuebing was a leader from a government agency, she addressed him as Chief Xiao Dong.

Dong Xuebing was still wondering how to look for the leaders' offices. He replied: "Thank you. I am here because of Aunt Xuan. She told me everything yesterday." Dong Xuebing saw Cao Ping was surprised and he continued. "I am here to reason with your leaders. Can you tell me where is your Chief Editor or Division heads' office? Anyone will do."

Cao Ping said: "I will be honest with you. Yunxuan had already spoken to the higher-ups, but nothing had changed."

"Sister Cao, just tell me."

"Ok. There... you see that 6 stories white-colored building? Our reporter department is on the second floor. You go to the top floor, and the first office on your left after exiting from the lift is our Chief Editor's office. But it is useless even if you know where his office is. You do not have any appointments, and you are not an employee of the news agency. They will not let you enter."

Indeed. Dong Xuebing was stopped by the security guards at the lift lobby. He needs to register at the receptionist counter first.

At the receptionist counter, Dong Xuebing told the receptionist: "I am here to meet your Chief Editor."

"Do you have any appointments?"

"No."

"How do I address you?"

"Dong."

"May I ask what's the reason for you to meet our Chief Editor?"

"I need to reflect something to him."

"What are..."

After a series of questions, Dong Xuebing was still not allowed to go upstairs. The receptionist told him that the Chief Editor was in a meeting and does not have time to meet him. Who are you trying to fool? Dong Xuebing was about to explode, but he told himself to calm down. He took a few deep breaths and said that receptionist. "Then I want to meet Qu Yunxuan. She is from the Reporter Department."

The receptionist made a phone call and then nodded to the security officer standing by the lift.

Dong Xuebing entered the lift, and the elevator stopped on the second floor. Someone from the reporter department walked out. But Dong Xuebing remained in the lift and pressed the sixth floor. Ding! The elevator opened. There was a counter at the lift lobby, and there was a frosted glass partition separating the lift lobby and the offices. The Chief Editor's office was behind the frosted glass partition. Without the news agency employees' access card, no one could enter. Visitors could only register at the counter first.

"Sir, who are you looking for?"

"I want to meet your Chief Editor."

"Do you have any appointments?"

It was another series of questionings. In the end, the receptionist used the excuse of meeting to reject Dong Xuebing. Just when Dong Xuebing wants to ask what time will the meeting ends, there was a beep. A man in his fifties walked out from the glass door. The receptionist saw that man and greeted him as Chief Editor. She then pointed to Dong Xuebing. "Sir, someone is here looking for you. He said he wants to reflect something."

Dong Xuebing quickly walked forward. "Good morning. I just need a moment of your time. I want to..."

The Chief Editor pressed the lift and interrupted Dong Xuebing. "Can you wait here? I will come back to you after I finished my work."

Dong Xuebing frowned but still agreed.

This wait was two hours. It was almost lunchtime when the doors of the elevator opened and the Chief Editor appears.

Damn! Did you go and lay eggs? Dong Xuebing controlled his tempered and stood up from the rest area. He said: "I would like to feedback on your agency's Deputy Editor Gong's actions. Some time ago, he was in cahoots with a client and asked that client to complain about the Advertising Division's Qu Yunxuan on her attitude. Deputy Editor Gong used this as an excuse to demote her and transfer her to the reporter department. He even..." Dong Xuebing lowered his voice and continued. "force her to dare his younger brother. Qu Yunxuan refused, and she was sent on a dangerous undercover investigation at Hangzhou. Is your agency going to sit by and not do anything about this?"

The Chief Editor thought Dong Xuebing wanted to tell him something important. But when he heard it was about this, he got irritated: "I don't care about this. You go and look for the ones that are in charge of this."

"Which leader is in charge of this?"

The Chief Editor ignored Dong Xuebing and took a brown envelope from the receptionist, before entering the elevator again.

Dong Xuebing was furious. F*k! I waited two hours for you, and you just brush me off like this? Dong Xuebing took a deep breath to calm himself. He told himself: I am here to reason with them and not to create trouble! Bear with it!

Dong Xuebing calmed himself and entered the elevator with the Chief Editor. "Chief Editor, that Deputy Editor Gong used his authority to threaten his subordinates. Don't you think this is not right? Shouldn't you do something about these actions? You might not know. Because of Deputy Editor Gong, Qu Yunxuan and a female reporter were sent to Hangzhou, and they were beaten up by the illegal tour guides. If it wasn't for me saving them, who knows what would happen?"

The Chief Editor frowned and replied: "This is our agency's internal affairs. We will settle this ourselves. You don't need to interfere."

"But someone must conduct investigations."

Ding! The lift reached the second floor, and the Chief Editor walked out towards the Report Department.

Dong Xuebing tried his best to be patient and followed him. "Chief Editor, this incident..."

"What the hell are you all doing?! Ah?" A middle-aged man was shouting at the top of his voice. Dong Xuebing looked over and saw 3 people standing behind a row of desks. One of them was that Deputy Editor Gong and the other two were Qu Yunxuan and Cao Ping. Dong Xuebing saw Deputy Editor Gong pointing at Qu Yunxuan in her face, scolding: "Why did I send you to Hangzhou? You can even screw up such a simple undercover assignment?! You two are beaten up, and the camera is smashed? Useless!"

Deputy Editor Gong only has a younger brother, and they were very close. His brother was in his 30s and did not even have a girlfriend. He was worried about his brother's future and tried to introduce Qu Yunxuan to him. His brother was attracted to Qu Yunxuan after meeting her and refused to meet other women. Deputy Editor Gong was also happy for his brother and wanted both of them to be together. But Qu Yunxuan refused and even argued with him. After their argument, Qu Yunxuan did not answer any of his brother's calls. This action pissed Deputy Editor Gong and coupled with his younger brother's eagerness to date Qu Yunxuan, he got no choice but to use force. He demoted Qu Yunxuan and sent her out on an assignment. He just wanted to teach her a lesson. But last night phone call, he knew Qu Yunxuan still refuse to give in. There was also a man scolding him over the phone. His brother also came back to complain to him. Now, Deputy Editor Gong was really furious. Bitch! My brother's salary is several times of yours, and it's your fortune for him to like you. You still dare to reject him? Fine! I will make sure you will not be able to work peacefully here!

Qu Yunxuan pulled a long face. "Deputy Editor Gong, we also do not want to be beaten or let them snatch away our camera. But that is an accident. No one could expect that. This is the risk of being a reporter. Furthermore, I am from the advertising division. I had worked there for 4 years. How can you expect me to be a top reporter overnight? I think you have overestimated my abilities."

Deputy Editor Gong got even more furious after Qu Yunxuan talks back at him. "You can't do a proper job at the Advertising Division, and you also cannot do a reporter's job well. Fine! Since you are not good at anything... you know how to operate an elevator? Do you know how? Great. That lift operator had resigned last week. You will be her temporary replacement!" Deputy Editor Gong could only demote Qu Yunxuan to the lowest rank in the office. He could not transfer her to operate the lifts. But he could still use the excuse of temporary replacement to transfer her.

"Operate the elevators?" Qu Yunxuan's face changed!

The Chief Editor frowned and shouted: "Quiet down!"

Deputy Editor Gong turned and saw the Chief Editor. He explained: "Chief Editor, this Qu Yunxuan have a bad work attitude. She had just returned from an assignment from Zhejiang Province and did not even have a picture."

Bear with it! Dong Xuebing gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. He turned to the Chief Editor: "You have seen everything, right? He is trying to transfer someone who had worked for 4 years in the agency to operate the lift? Isn't this abusing his authority? How can such a person be a Deputy Editor?"

"Xiao Bing!" Qu Yunxuan panicked.

Deputy Editor Gong was stunned. He recognized this voice. It was that man who scolded him over the phone. His face turned black and shouted: "Who are you? Outsiders are not allowed to be here! Get out!"

Dong Xuebing looked at the Chef Editor: "Chief Editor! We must be reasonable. He kept abusing his authority..."

"Enough!" The Chief Editor turns to someone by his side: "Call the security to chase him out! Trouble maker! Tell the receptionist downstairs to stop letting this type of people in!"

Deputy Editor Gong glanced at Dong Xuebing coldly and thought to himself. Who do you think you are? Who are you to come and create trouble here?

Dong Xuebing had been tolerating all these until now. He could not take it anymore!

Watch out for the consequences?

F*k with the consequences!

Crash!

The furious Dong Xuebing kicked an empty desk in front of him over!

"F*k! You want to chase me away? If all of you don't give me an answer today, I will not leave!"

Everyone in the office were shocked. Everyone in the reporter department turned and looked at Dong Xuebing!

The Chief Editor did not expect this person to act this way and was stunned.

Dong Xuebing saw the Chief Editor looking at him, and he scolded: "What are you looking at?! You just keep asking me to wait. Do you know how long I waited? I have waited 2 hours for you on the sixth floor! I have tolerated you for 2 hours! I called you Chief Editor, and you think you are somebody? You refuse to get involved with everything and only know how to brush me aside?! How did you get to this position? Bullshit!"

The Chief Editor's face turned green and shouts: "Call the security!"

Dong Xuebing points at the main culprit, Deputy Editor Gong. "You! Old bastard! Ask your brother to look at himself in the mirror and see if he is good enough for my Aunt Xuan! You used your authority to suppress my Aunt Xuan? Because of your ridiculous undercover investigations, she was beaten up! F*k! You still ask a client to frame her? You are really daring!"

Everyone in the reporter section looked at each other. They did not know about all these.

Deputy Editor Gong turned pale: "Stop talking nonsenses here! Get out!"

Qu Yunxuan was worried things will get out of hand, and quickly went over to stop Dong Xuebing: "Xiao Bing!"

Dong Xuebing was too furious to listen to her. "Aunt Xuan, don't stop me. I must make things clear today. How can they just abuse their authority like this?"

The lift's door opened, and two security guards ran over!

Deputy Editor Gong points at Dong Xuebing: "It's him! Get him out of here! Yes! Call the police too!"

The two security guards rushed forward.

"I shall see who dares to touch me!" Dong Xuebing reached into his pocket and took out his work pass and threw it on the desk in front of him. His work pass did not state State Security. There were only a Police logo and the word Police on it. Dong Xuebing also knew what he did was not right. He also did not want to let others know which unit he was working at. With the police logo, everyone's first thought was Public Security Bureau.

The two security guards stopped when they saw Dong Xuebing's ID. They looked at Deputy Editor Gong. They do not want to be charged for assaulting a police officer.

Dong Xuebing furiously points at Deputy Editor Gong: "Don't think you are a Deputy Editor and you can do whatever you want. Don't think you are close to the leaders at the agency and no one can touch you!" Dong Xuebing also did not want things to turn out like this. But these people were too much. Qu Yunxuan did not make any mistakes at work. He must get an answer from them. Of course, Dong Xuebing did not let his anger cloud his mind. If this were a different place, he would not dare to blow up too. Because this was a newspaper agency and it's under China's Publicity Department. Xie Huilan, who owes him a favor, told him to call her if he needed help. She is a leader in the China Publicity Department. "Fine! No one in this agency wants to interfere with this or give me an answer? Ok. Then I will give all of you an answer!"

Dong Xuebing took out his phone and called Xie Huilan!

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You want to give us an answer? How are you going to do it? What answer are you giving us? What a joke! The Chief Editor and Deputy Editor Gong looked at Dong Xuebing. They want to see who he was calling. Public Security Bureau? The Public Security Bureau cannot do anything to them! Unless you are calling Beijing Daily Group. Those are their direct supervisors. Calling other departments are useless! All the reporters in the office were looking at Dong Xuebing as if he was a joke. They were enjoying this show. This was the first time someone came to their news agency to create trouble.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Dong Xuebing was waiting for the other party to answer his call.

Ring... ring... ring...

Qu Yuxuan was touched to see Dong Xuebing came to get justice for her. But she was also worried that he would get into trouble. She quickly said: "Xiao Bing, go back with me. I have already prepared my resignation letter. I will quit this job. What's the big deal? Come, let's go." Cao Ping was also making eye signals to Dong Xuebing. She was telling him to stop. Both of them felt Dong Xuebing does not have any connections that could influence Beijing Times news agency. They were afraid that he would get into trouble.

Dong Xuebing refused to listen. "Let me handle this. Don't interfere."

The call got through. "Hello? Xiao Dong?"

"It's me." Dong Xuebing quickly say: "I need your help here."

"Oh. Wait a while." Dong Xuebing could hear Xie Huilan talking to someone. "There is no need for that. Tell them to go to the meeting first. I will go later... Xiao Dong. Tell me what happened."

Dong Xuebing knew she was very busy with her work. He walked over to a quiet corner and said softly: "I have a friend working in a newspaper agency. A while ago, her leader wanted to matchmake her with his brother. But my friend refused, and that leader took revenge on her. That leader got a client to frame my friend and then demoted her from a team leader in the advertising division to a backend staff in the reporter department. He even sent her on a dangerous undercover investigation on illegal tour guides at Zhejiang. Because of this investigation, my friend was beaten up by that illegal tour guide. Now, that person still wants to send my friend to operate the lifts. How can he do this? I am now at the newspaper agency to reason with their leader, but that Chief Editor just ignores my complaints. He turned a blind eye to all these, and..."

"Which newspaper agency?"

"Beijing Times News Agency."

"What is that leader's name?"

Dong Xuebing covered the phone and asked Aunt Xuan. "What's that Gong fellow's full name?"

Qu Yunxuan hesitated and said: "Gong Wei." Dong Xuebing then walked away from the other, and no one could hear what he was saying and who he was talking to.

"His name is Gong Wei." Dong Xuebing also did not want to bother Xie Huilan. But he got no other choices. "Sister Xie, this matter..."

"Ok. I got the whole picture. Their Chief Editor is over there? Can you pass the phone to him?"

Dong Xuebing said yes and walked over to the Chief Editor to pass him the phone. "Answer it!"

The Head of the Newspaper agency knew about the commotion in the Reporter Department, and the Chief Editor was explaining to the head over the phone. He saw Dong Xuebing passing him his phone and replied without thinking: "I am not answering it!" He thought Dong Xuebing had gone to his Public Security Bureau leader. But Public Security had nothing to do with his newspaper agency. He does not need to give any face to the Public Security Bureau's leaders.

Gong Wei looked at Dong Xuebing with a smirk on his face.

Dong Xuebing shrugged his shoulders and said into the phone. "Sister Xie, he refuses to answer."

Xie Huilan, on the other line, paused for a few seconds before saying: "I know!" Tuuuuu... The line was cut.

Dong Xuebing was stunned. What does she mean by she knows? She still has not told me what she will be doing. Why did she hang up? This matter was too troublesome for her to handle? Shouldn't be. Even if she does not have any authority, she was also from the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China. The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China was the department that oversees the Beijing Daily Group. This should not be troublesome for her.

After thinking for a while, Dong Xuebing kept his phone.

Qu Yunxuan asked: "Xiao Bing, who did you called?"

"A friend."

The Chief Editor finished reporting to the Head of the agency, and Deputy Editor Gong shouted to the two security guards. "What are you waiting for? Chase him out!"

The Chief Editor also waved his hand: "Get him out of here! Don't let him create any more nuisance here!"

The two security guards heard the orders from their leaders. They hesitated for a while and looked at the police logo on Dong Xuebing's ID card. But they still move closer to Dong Xuebing slowly.

The rest of the reporters were slightly disappointed that the show was ending.

Deputy Editor Gong pointed at Qu Yunxuan. "You are the one who brought him here? Kicking the desk?! Destroying our agency's property?! Disrupting our work here?! Scolding the leaders?! Fine! Qu Yunxuan, you are very capable! I will not settle all these scores with that guy! I will settle all these with you! From today onwards, you will..."

Just when Gong Wei was scolding relentlessly and the two security guards trying to carry Dong Xuebing out, a young man ran out of the elevator. "Chief Editor! Chief Editor! We are in trouble!"

The Chief Editor frowned. "What's there to panic? Tell me what happened."

The young man panted and said: "There was a phone call to your office earlier. You are not around, so I answered for you. The higher-ups had issued an order. With immediate effect, our newspaper agency will stop publication for restructuring!"

"What?"

Everyone was dumbfounded!

The Chief Editor and Gong Wei were shocked. They did not care about Dong Xuebing and quickly took out their phones to make calls!

Soon, the whole newspaper agency knew about the order. Everyone who heard of the order were shocked. Stop publication? Why? Restructuring? They had restructured in the past. But stop publication for restructuring? This was the first time they heard of such order. Moreover, the order starts with "With immediate effect." That means they had to stop publication more than one day. It might be one week or even one month! How can this be happening? That means everyone at the agency will be out of jobs for a month?

The other departments of the agency might not know the reason, but the people at the reporter department turned to look at Dong Xuebing after they got over the shock!

Qu Yunxuan was also in a daze. She asked: "Xiao Bing, this... You are the one behind this?"

The Chief Editor and Gong Wei had not thought of Dong Xuebing. But when they heard Qu Yunxuan, they turned to look at Dong Xuebing.

Dong Xuebing was shocked too. Damn! Stop publication? Does she need to be so ruthless? He had only wanted to ask Xie Huilan to pressurize the leaders at the agency and settle his problem. But stopping publication was a bit too much. This... was Xie Huilan doings? Beijing Times might not be some major newspapers, but it was still a newspaper with the word "Beijing" in its name. This was a word with weight. She could just ask them to stop publication just like that? Ask for restructuring without any reason?

Dong Xuebing was shocked, but he did not show it on his face. He pretended he knew what was be happening.

The Chief Editor does not believe it was Dong Xuebing that caused this to happen. It was because everything happened too fast. It was only a few minutes after Dong Xuebing hang up. Even if Dong Xuebing had gone to the leaders at the City's Publicity Department, it was also impossible for the order to be issued so fast. Issuing an order like this without discussion or approvals? Who has the authority to order them to stop publication? No one! No one dares to give such an order! No one can take on this responsibility!

The Chief Editor immediately called a leader from another department. He also does not know what happened. He did not even know about the order of them stopping publication. That's it. The Chief Editor was relieved. It must be his secretary who had misheard, or someone was impersonating a leader from the Publicity Department. Stop publication? Hahaha. How is this possible?!

But a few seconds later, the Chief Editor's phone rang. It was a number from the City's Publicity Department.

The Chief Editor paused for a few seconds and answered: "Director Yan."

Director Yan, on the other end of the phone, started scolding: "What the hell is your Beijing Times doing? Ah? What did you all do?" Bang, bang, bang! It was the sounds of Director Yan banging on the table. "A leader from the Central Publicity Department called us to complain about your newspaper agency! The caller specifically named you and someone by the name of Gong Wei! You all really did us proud! Now, the whole department knows both of you!!!"

"Ah? Central Publicity Department?" The Chief Editor immediately turns pale. "Director Yan, this..."

Because Director Yan was shouting at the top of his voice, Gong Wei heard everything. He almost shits his pants. A leader from the Central Publicity Department specifically complained about him? Goddamn!

Director Yan shouts: "I don't care what happened! I don't want to know who did you all offended! I want you to solve this immediately! If the order is not retracted by noon, you and that Gong Wei will pack your bags and go!" Tuuuuu... He hanged up!

The Chief Editor and Gong Wei were looking at the phone in a daze. They did not expect this incident to blow up like this. Now, even if these two people were idiots, they also know that it was this young man who caused the newspaper agency to stop publications! The rest of the people in the office saw their Chief Editor and Gong Wei's facial expressions and then looked at Dong Xuebing. This young man only made a call, and the whole agency had to stop publications. How influential were his connections? They remembered what Dong Xuebing said before his phone call. "If you all don't give me an answer, then I will give you all an answer!" Everyone realized that Dong Xuebing was not boasting when he said this.

The Chief Editor immediately regretted. This incident had nothing to do with him. It was all caused by Gong Wei. Just because he chose to ignore this, he was dragged into this mess. What the hell was this? He was thinking how to pacify Dong Xuebing. But there were too many employees present. He was not willing to lose face in front of them. He did not say a word and stood there looking at Dong Xuebing.

Suddenly the elevator doors opened, and the Head of the news agency walked out. "What's happening? What is going on?"

The Chief Editor sighed and walked over to explain to the Head.

The Head of the agency's face became darker as he listened to the Chief Editor. He was furious and points at Gong Wei without saying a word.

Dong Xuebing took a glance at the few leaders of the agency and said coldly: "I also want to settle this amicably. But since I arrived in the morning, no one wants to listen to me. All of you only knows how to use your authority to brush me aside. Fine. Now, can you all settle this issue for me?" At first, Dong Xuebing felt it might be too overbearing to make this newspaper agency to stop publications. But after thinking for a while, they were the unreasonable ones first. Why should Dong Xuebing be reasonable with them? If this order did not come in, no one would bother to listen to him!

The Head of the agency looked at Dong Xuebing. He knew that the higher-ups did not really want to let the agency stop publications. They only wanted to warn the agency that if they don't settle this problem, the agency might have to stop publications. This was why the agency's head panicked. He forced a smile: "Hi, can we speak in private at my office? We will make sure we will investigate all your complaints and give you an answer."

Dong Xuebing also did not want to make Qu Yunxuan embarrass in front of so many people. He nodded and followed the Agency's Head.

Qu Yunxuan followed behind and asked softly: "Xiao Bing, is the newspaper really going to stop publishing? Who did you call?"

Dong Xuebing turned and replied: "A leader from the Central Publicity Department. She owes me a favor in the past."

Agency's Head office.

Gong Wei knew he was in deep trouble. At the same time, he felt wronged. He had only transferred that bitch to another department. What's the big deal? He could not understand why Dong Xuebing would get a leader from the Central Publicity Department to help him over such a small matter. This was not all. The leader even ordered a suspension on their agency? All these just to get back at him and want an answer? Gong Wei believed that Dong Xuebing wanted more. So, he tried to act smart and said: "I might have overlooked over Qu Yunxuan's work. Head, I suggest transferring Qu Yunxuan back to the advertising division. There is a vacancy for the deputy chief there."

The Agency Head looked at Dong Xuebing.

But Dong Xuebing immediately blow up: "F*k you! Overlook? You really know how to avoid taking responsibility! I am telling all of you now! I am here today is not to ask for a promotion for Aunt Xuan! I am here to reason with you all! You think leaders have rights and your subordinates do not have human rights? Let's settle our scores one by one. Collaborating with a client to accuse Aunt Xuan, transferring her to another department as support staff, picking on her at work, and forcing her to date with Gong Wei's brother! If none of you can give me a good explanation, fine. I am not in a hurry too. Aunt Xuan, let's go!" Dong Xuebing pulled Qu Yunxuan and was about to walk out.

The Chief Editor panicked. "Don't... wait a minute..."

The Agency Head banged the table angrily and points at Gong Wei: "Something like this had happened? Why am I not informed?!" It was not sure if he was pretending or was really not aware.

Gong Wei tried to explain himself: "Head, it's not..."

Dong Xuebing does not want to waste any more time. "I only have a few requests. Number 1. Gong Wei must apologize to Aunt Xuan. Number 2. He must be demoted from his position of Deputy Editor. Number 3. I don't what he will be doing in the future, but from today onwards, I want him to work as the lift attendant for a week! All three demands must be met!" Dong Xuebing had the upper hand now. Xie Huilan had helped him set up all these, and he can't just let them off so lightly.

Demote? Operate the lift? Gong Wei's face changed: "Head!" He wanted to kill Dong Xuebing on the spot. This was too humiliating!

The Head frowned. "Young man, I can understand your feelings now. But we still have not investigated this incident thoroughly, and I can't make the decisions now. How about this? If Deputy Editor really had something to do with Qu Yunxuan's transfer and forced her to date with his brother, I promise I will demote him."

"How long will it be for this investigation to be over? You want to drag this out? It's fine with me. We will go back first. Call me when you get the evidence."

The Agency Head did not expect Dong Xuebing's temper to be so foul. "Young man, we also have our difficulties. I can't just demote a Deputy Editor without evidence. I do not have this authority. I still need to report this to the higher-ups. Furthermore, to ask him to operate the lifts..."

"Now you are telling me about evidence? When Gong Wei accused Aunt Xuan, what are you all doing? When Aunt Xuan complained to you all, why didn't you all investigate and get the evidence? Stop bullshiting me!" Dong Xuebing showed 3 fingers. "I only have 3 demands, and there's no negotiation. Just say whether you all agree or not!"

Qu Yunxuan was moved. She did not say a word and let Dong Xuebing handle everything.

The Agency Head had a headache. Why does he have to face someone so unreasonable? He rubbed the bridge of his nose and glanced at the Chief Editor.

The Chief Editor was in a hurry to save himself and does not have the time to care about Gong Wei. He blinked and nodded.

Gong Wei panicked: "Head! Chief!"

The Agency head sighed and looked at his watch. He does not have much time from noon, the time when their papers are published. If he cant settle this as soon as possible and that leader in the Central Publicity Department got angry, he might also be dragged down and lose his position. The Agency Head thought about this and made his decision. "Ok! Qu Yunxuan will resume her former position and be transferred back to the Advertising Division. Deputy Editor Gong will be removed from his position. Before his next job arrangement is out, he will be operating the elevators!" The Head then turned to Gong Wei: "Apologize to Team Leader Qu now!"

"Head! I really did not abuse my authority..."

The Agency Head stared at him. "Hurry Up!" You are responsible for all this mess, and you are still not willing to take responsibility?

Gong Wei gave up. He knew it's over for him. He wanted to just throw his resignation letter and just leave. He had the experience of being the Deputy Editor at Beijing Times and should be able to get a job at other newspaper agencies. But he knew if he did not settle this today, that leader from the Central Publicity Department would not let him off. He will not be able to survive in any workplace. Gong Wei turned to Qu Yunxuan and looked at her for a long time. He gritted his teeth and said: "I'm sorry."

The Agency Head says: "Young man, we have given you an explanation now. Can you..."

Dong Xuebing looked at Qu Yunxuan, and she nodded. He turned to the Agency Head: "Fine. Everything will end here. But before I go, I must take the elevator operated by Gong Wei."

Gong Wei: You!"

News of Editor Gong operating the lifts spread throughout the agency. Many people did not believe it and ran to the elevators to see for themselves. The former almighty Editor Gong was standing there pressing the buttons of the elevators.

Dong Xuebing felt terrific. Back on the second floor, he remembered that he had left his work ID at the reporter department. He took his ID and kept it back in his pocket. Cao Ping and the rest were looking at him as he walked out of the News Agency. On the way out, he called Xie Huilan. "Sister Xie, everything is settled. Thank you very much."

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8 pm.

Qu Yunxuan's unit.

It was getting colder as winter approaches. The heating in this estate was not very powerful, and Dong Xuebing could only sit near the heater in the living room watching the news on TV. He knows after the mess he created at the newspaper agency, Qu Yunxuan, who had resumed her position, will have many works to do. She won't be able to return home at about 7pm. But Dong Xuebing waited until 8pm. Aunt Xuan was still not back yet. Dong Xuebing thought for a while and sent her an SMS asking where she was. Then he went to the bathroom to cut his nails.

Sounds of keys rattling could be heard outside the door, and after a while, the door opens.

"Mum, I have already submitted my resignation letter. Let's stop talking about this." Qu Yunxuan walked in with her phone. She hanged her bag on a hook and looked towards the bathroom. "I can just look for another job... Don't worry about me. I am fine. You don't need to come over... No need... Yes... I am really fine. Let's talk again, tomorrow... Ok. Bye."

Dong Xuebing heard the conversation, put down the nail clipper, and walked out of the bathroom. "What resignation letter?"

Qu Yunxuan kept her iPhone 4 and smiles: "I resigned this afternoon. Make a guess, what did I write in my resignation letter? I only wrote two words. I quit. Hahaha. I am back late is because of a farewell dinner with my colleagues."

Dong Xuebing thought for a while: "Is it because of the trouble I created?" He knew that the head of the news agency and the rest had agreed to reinstate Qu Yunxuan's position was due to the pressure from the Central Publicity Department. But there will definitely rumors, and gossip about Qu Yunxuan and the leaders will look at her differently. It was not easy to face these.

"What are you talking about?! If it wasn't for you, I would still be accused and got to resign with humiliation. But you have help me get back at them and that Gong Wei still had to operate the elevators. What's the big deal with resigning?" Qu Yunxuan laughed as she said this. "My colleagues at the agency are still talking about this. Some people who hated that Gong Wei did not do any work in the afternoon. They spent the whole afternoon taking the elevators up and down."

Dong Xuebing also felt this was a good thing for Qu Yunxuan. He rather Qu Yunxuan to resign with her head held high than to leave after being humiliated.

"Oh, your friend seems to be somebody. After you leave, the higher-ups withdraw the order to stop publications."

"Ah... I am also not sure about this. Her position should not be so influential." Dong Xuebing felt Xue Huilan must have asked someone to help her. The State Publicity Department's research division should not have the authority to give such orders. Sighed... I had only helped her get back her wallet from that thief, and she returned such a big favor. Now, I am the one owing her a favour. Hmmm... I must return her the favour in the future.

Qu Yunxuan took off her leather shoes and changed to slippers. She sat on the sofa and took a sip of hot tea. She looked at Dong Xuebing without blinking.

Dong Xuebing felt uncomfortable: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me this way?"

Qu Yunxuan replied in a serious tone: "Xiao Bing, do you still remember about the traffic accident near our estate? If you did not save me from that truck, I would have died. Also, I can't imagine how badly beaten up I will be if you arrived a few minutes late in Hangzhou. Plus, this time, you... you have helped me a lot... I can't..." Qu Yunxuan touched Dong Xuebing's face lightly. "Thank you. Thank you so much."

Dong Xuebing coughed embarrassedly: "What are you talking about? We are already in that sort of relationship and what's there to be thankful about?"

"Rubbish! Who is in a relationship with you?" Qu Yunxuan flicked his forehead and laughed. "I will go take a shower now. You rest early tonight."

"Errr... the heating system in our building is not warm. Can I sleep at your place tonight?"

"... What do you think?"

"I can sleep on the sofa."

"Even if you sleep on the floor is also not allowed."

"Ah... just for this one time... Please..."

"Go away! Or I will hit you!" Qu Yunxuan was feeling angry and funny at the same time. She slapped Dong Xuebing's hand, which was about to grope her butt. Then she stood up and went back to her room to get a set of long johns. She brought the long johns into the bathroom and slammed the door shut. "If you are not in a hurry to go back, then watch TV by yourself. I might need your help later."

"Ok!"

Although Aunt Xuan was acting the same as before, Dong Xuebing knew that they had gotten closer after everything that had happened. Dong Xuebing could not concentrate on the TV after he heard some movements in the bathroom. He looked towards the direction of the toilet for a long time. He mustered up his courage and carried a chair softly towards the bathroom door. He placed the chair outside the bathroom door and looked at the frosted glass door. Nothing can be seen through the frosted glass door. He could only see some shadows. But at least this was better than watching the TV.

Swish, tap – this sounds like Aunt Xuan taking off her clothes and placing them in the washing machine.

Flip flop, flip flops – It was the sound of rubber slippers.

Shhhh... The water for the shower head was turned on.

Splatter... Aunt Xuan should be washing her hair or cleaning her body with shower foam.

Dong Xuebing felt he could see what Aunt Xuan was doing behind the door.

The water sound stopped, and after a while, the bathroom door opened slightly. "Xiao Bing, help me... Huh? What are you doing here?" Qu Yunxuan saw Dong Xuebing through the small crack of the door and immediately slam the door shut. "Pervert! Why are you peeping? You want a beating by me?"

Dong Xuebing sweated. "I did not see anything. Really. This place is warmer, so I sat here for a while. Err... why did you call out to me?"

Qu Yunxuan paused for a while. "I forgot to bring my underwear. It is in the bottom drawer of my closet. Can you bring it to me?"

Dong Xuebing became excited when he heard this 'mission.' "Ok! Be right back!"

"Don't go through all my things!"

"I know." Dong Xuebing quickly entered Qu Yunxuan's room and opened the bottom drawer. He could smell a lovely fragrance as he opened the drawer. The drawer was full of woman's underwear and bra. There was a red-colored piece, some were lacy, and some were skinned colored. Dong Xuebing shouted: "What color do you want? Do you want those thicker type or the thin type? Also, what designs do you need? Lacy or non-lacy?"

"Do you believe that I will kill you when I come out?"

"Huh? I just want to get the right piece for you. You want me to choose for you?"

"Just hurry up and don't go through my stuff."

"Ok." Qu Yunxuan's underwear was big. It was bigger than his underwear. Dong Xuebing chose a matching set he likes. It was lacy and very sexy. But he thought for a while and felt it does not suit Aunt Xuan. So, he picked another set which was skinned colored. The material felt soft and smooth. This should suit her well. "Oh, do you need me to bring you a pair of stockings?"

Aunt Xuan paused for a while and replied: "Bring me a pair."

"You want the thin types or the thicker ones? White or red color?"

"Are you done with your questions? Just hurry up!"

Dong Xuebing swung her panties with his fingers and walked to the bathroom. He knocked on the door. "Here..."

The person outside the frosted glass door could not see clearly if the person inside stands away from the door. But if the person inside moved nearer to the door, the one outside will be able to see the inside clearer. Aunt Xuan was pressing against the door to avoid Dong Xuebing from getting a glimpse of her naked body when she opens the door slightly. She opened the door slightly and extended her hand out. "Where is it?"

Qu Yunxuan was leaning against the glass door, and Dong Xuebing could see her breast clearly!

"Pass it to me. What are you waiting for?"

Dong Xuebing's heart was racing. He had always wanted to see this part of Qu Yunxuan.

A few seconds later, Aunt Xuan realized what was happening and quickly step away from the frosted glass door. But the two round watermarks were still on the door.

Dong Xuebing swallowed his saliva: "Here... Take it."

That fair smooth hand snatched the underwear from Dong Xuebing, and her fingernails even scratched his arm. "Sooner or later, I will die from anger! Go and switch on the air conditioner! Go and warm up the house now!"

Dong Xuebing thought to himself. 'When did I piss you off?' He returned to the living and switch on the air conditioner. Warm air started to flow out after a while. At the same time, Qu Yunxuan also walks into the living room in her long johns and dripping hair. She looked beautiful as usual, and her body-hugging long johns showed her voluptuous figure.

Dong Xuebing could not take his eyes off her and extended his arms to hug her. "Xuan Xuan."

"Stop fooling around." Qu Yunxuan rolled her eyes. "Help me first. I have some scratches which I can't reach. These scratches should be from Hangzhou. Can you apply some anti-inflammation cream for me?" She picked up a tube of medicine and passed it to Dong Xuebing. "Let's go to the room."

Dong Xuebing heard that and felt his heart ached. "You should have told me earlier. Quick, show me the wound. If it is serious, you should go and see a doctor."

"I will be fine after applying some medicine." After entering the bedroom, Qu Yunxuan sat on the bed and hesitated. Her face was red as she turned away from Dong Xuebing. She slowly lifts her long johns to show her fair and smooth back. "Can you see it?"

Dong Xuebing controlled himself and replied. "I can't see it."

Qu Yunxuan lifted her top higher, and her bra and the whole lower back was showing. "How about now?"

"There are no wounds at all."

"You want me to hit you with a broom?"

Dong Xuebing replied innocently. "I am not lying. There are really no wounds. Errr... I can only see a little mole on your back."

Qu Yunxuan turned and stared at him. She hesitated and slowly removed her top. After removing her top, she quickly covers her chest with her clothes. "How about now?"

Dong Xuebing replied: "Aunt Xuan, do you want me to bring a mirror for you? There are no wounds on your back."

"Oh... my bra strap must be covering the scratches. You... Errrr..." Qu Yunxuan did not continue and only show him her exposed back.

Dong Xuebing immediately understood what she wants. "You want me to unhook your bra?" Seeing no reply from her, Dong Xuebing cleared his throat and rubbed his hands. He carefully reached over with his fingers and fumble with the hook. He finally manages to unhook her bra after a long time. Aunt Xuan's back was fully exposed to him.

"Don't look at other places. Can you see the scratches?"

Dong Xuebing saw some scratches in the center of her back and quickly applied some medication evenly on the wound. "The wound is not very big and should heal soon. Is it painful?"

"No. It just feels itchy."

"Then, it must be healing. Be careful when you wear your bra these few days. Avoid touching the wound." After applying the medicine, Dong Xuebing lowered his head and blew on her wound lightly.

Qu Yunxuan shivered. "It's ticklish. Stop fooling around." She looked at the time. "It's already 9 pm. Go back and sleep."

Dong Xuebing was unwilling to leave. "I really cannot sleep here with you?"

"Nonsense. How can we sleep together?" Qu Yunxuan turned around and looked at him. She lowered her head and give him a peck on his checks. "Go back. I still need to wear my clothes."

Dong Xuebing blinked and said: "One more kiss."

Qu Yunxuan used her legs and knees to prevent Dong Xuebing from moving closer to her and gave him a light kiss on his lips.

Although it was not enough, Dong Xuebing was satisfied. "Wear your clothes now and don't catch a cold. I will go..."

Clicked, clicked! Someone was opening the gates of Qu Yunxuan's unit. Before both of them could react, the main door opened, and someone shouted. "Yunxuan, why did you resign? Hurry up and tell me what happened." It was Qu Yunxuan's mother. "Even if they transfer you to another department, you also do not have to resign. Did something happen at work?"

Qu Yunxuan panicked and tried to wear back her bra and top. However, she could not find the opening of her top in her rush. Instead, she exposed her breast to Dong Xuebing.

But Dong Xuebing was not in the mood to enjoy the view. He quickly stood up and looked at Qu Yunxuan, asking her what he should do now.

"Yunxuan, are you sleeping?"

Qu Yunxuan had no time to wear back her clothes and grabbed Dong Xuebing. She pushes him down, asking him to hide under the bed first. If she were caught in her current state with Xiao Bing by her mother, her mother would surely misunderstand them were doing something in the room. "Mum... didn't I tell you not to go out so late at night? It is almost new year, and it is not safe outside!"

Dong Xuebing knew what Aunt Xuan meant and quickly lifted the sheets and hid under the bed.

"I am concern about you. You just keep everything to yourself!" Qu Yunxuan's mother had walked to the bedroom and entered!

Qu Yunxuan immediately moved forward to block her mother.

Dong Xuebing knew both his legs were still outside and quickly moved his legs under the bed.

"Eh, why are you not wearing anything? What are you doing?"

"I have some scratches on my back, and I am applying medicine. Let's go to the living room. I had switched on the air conditioner. Let's talk in the living room."

"Where is the wound? Let me see."

Dong Xuebing, who was under the bed, could hear the door of the bedroom closing, and the mother and daughter's voices getting softer. He looked around him and was speechless. How did such a ridiculous thing happen to him? He could faintly hear Qu Yunxuan telling her mother what happened at the newspaper agency. 5 minutes... 10 minutes... 15 minutes...

After a while. "Mum, you better go back now."

"Didn't you say it is dangerous outside? It is almost 9.30 pm. How can I go back now?"

"Then... you... Errr..."

"Ok. I am feeling more assured now. It's also good you resign from that place. Those people should be taught a lesson. That Dong Xuebing brat is really capable now. He even knows people in the Central Publicity Department?"

Dong Xuebing rolled his eyes when he heard it. In front of me, you call me Xiao Bing, when I am not around, you call me a brat?

"Ok. Let stop talking and sleep. Yunxuan, get me a blanket. We will sleep together tonight."

"Errr..."

"What is wrong with you today? What do you want to say?"

"Nothing. Why not you sleep on the sofa tonight?"

"Huh? I raise you up for almost 30 years, and you are telling me to sleep on the sofa?"

"That's not I meant. Look at my hands and here. These are the injuries I got from Hangzhou. If we slept on a bed together, you might touch my wounds. I also have some scratches on my back. It will be painful if you accidentally touch it and I won't be able to sleep well."

"You are so pampered?"

"..."

"Fine. Go and get me a blanket. I will sleep on the sofa tonight! Hmph!"

The bedroom door opened and Dong Xuebing could see Qu Yunxuan's feet. She took a blanket from her closet and passed to her mother. She then chatted with her mother for a while before returning to her room. She closes the door softly and locked it.

"Eh, come out." Qu Yunxuan kicked her bed and said softly.

Dong Xuebing slowly crawled out from under the bed. "What should we do now? Wait for Aunty to sleep first?"

Qu Yunxuan sat on the bed helplessly. "She will hear us opening the door even when she sleeps."

Dong Xuebing blinked: "Then..."

Qu Yunxuan sat there for a while and then walked over to the closet. She looked around in her closet and took out a thick blanket. She threw it on her bed. "You are not allowed to speak in your dreams, and you are not allowed to touch me, Do you understand?"

Damn!

Dong Xuebing brightens up. "I can sleep here? Both of us in one bed?"

Qu Yunxuan stares at him. "If you want, you can sleep on the floor! I will not care if you caught a cold!"

Hahaha. Being trap inside the room by Qu Yunxuan's mother was not a bad thing at all!

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"Eh, Yunxuan, why did you close your door? The warm air from the air conditioner will not enter your room."

"Mum, I'm not cold."

"Then I will switch the air conditioner off. Don't waste electricity. Sleep early."

"Ok. Goodnight."

After Qu Yunxuan finishes talking to her mother from her room, she switches off the lights. She sat down in her skinned-colored long johns and took off her socks. She turned to look at Dong Xuebing and then got under her pink blanket. She laid on her pillow and moved to the right side of her small double bed.

Dong Xuebing stood beside the bed and called out softly: "Aunt Xuan."

"..."

"Let's surf the net for a while. I'm not sleepy yet."

"..."

"How about playing some cards?"

"..."

Dong Xuebing was disappointed when he saw Qu Yunxuan was ignoring him. He could only take off his clothes and place his coat and pants neatly on the nightstand. Dong Xuebing thought for a while and then take off his long johns. Wearing only his underpants, he got under the new blanket. It was cold.

Qu Yunxuan, who was back facing him, stirred: "Why are you shivering?"

Dong Xuebing rubbed his hands under the blanket. "It's too cold. Your heater is even worse than my unit. Those heating companies are so stingy. How much more does it cost if they turn up the heat slightly? We are paying them for heating services."

Qu Yunxuan turned slowly and faced Dong Xuebing. "It is the same every year."

Faint moonlight was coming through the windows, and Dong Xuebing was looking at her. "Aunt Xuan, why are you so beautiful?"

"Shut up..." Qu Yunxuan was smiling. "You are just saying this to make me happy."

"Huh? Didn't you say I only know how to make you mad? When did this change?"

Qu Yunxuan got her hand out from her blanket and hit his thighs.

Dong Xuebing grumbled softly: "Aunt Xuan, I am also a small leader now. Can you stop hitting me like this? It's embarrassing."

Qu Yunxuan laughed, but she felt she was too loud and quickly covered her mouth with her hand. "Who ask you to keep touching me?"

"That's because I like you." Dong Xuebing blinked and asked: "Do you like me?

"Nonsense. I will tear your mouth." Qu Yunxuan stared at him.

"Why do you always stare at me like this when I mention this? Xuan Xuan, we have held hands and kissed. Now we are even sleeping on the same bed. Are we in a relationship?" Dong Xuebing's hand reached under Qu Yunxuan's blanket and held her hand. "Be my girlfriend. Don't let me wait any longer. My mum had called to ask me to look for a girlfriend."

Qu Yunxuan laughed: "Go and look for someone else."

Dong Xuebing replied unhappily: "If you say this, I will go and look for a girlfriend. I will really look for someone else."

"..." Qu Yunxuan did not say anything and slapped Dong Xuebing's hand away. She then hugged her blanket and turned away from him.

"Aunt Xuan, say something." Dong Xuebing pushes Qu Yunxuan's back lightly. "Give me an answer."

Qu Yunxuan seems to be deliberating about something. She tosses and turns for a while and then looked at Dong Xuebing. "Xiao Bing, give me some time to consider can? To me, getting into a relationship is not a joking matter. I need to consider this seriously. I will only get into a relationship for marriage. If I agree to be with you, do you think we will get married? Even if we got married, I am so much older than you. Your colleagues and leaders at your workplace will know and gossip behind your back."

Dong Xuebing opened his eyes wide: "I shall see who dares to talk behind my back."

"Look at yourself." Qu Yunxuan pinched Dong Xuebing's cheeks. "You think you can stop everyone from gossiping about you?"

"Let them gossip. I don't care. Errr... Will you be bothered by this?"

"... I... don't care."

"That's it. This will not be a problem. Be my girlfriend, ok?"

Qu Yunxuan blushed slightly and then cleared her throat. "Hmmm... Let me think about it."

"What's there to think? Although I have ordinary looks, height, character, family backgrounds and does not have high IQ or EQ, but... but I am still good in many areas, like... like... Damn. What am I talking about? No... What I want to say is that there are still some good points about me. Right? Right? You know, right?" Dong Xuebing said so much but could not come up with any good points about himself.

Qu Yunxuan laughed and poked his head with his fingers. "Stupid."

"See, you are doing this again. I'm stupid? I just can't articulate well and not smart enough. But my IQ should be around the national average, and definitely not below it. Stop calling me stupid. You make me feel like an idiot in front of you." This was something Dong Xuebing could not change. But he knew his EQ had increased a lot after he entered the workforce. He was much better than before.

Qu Yunxuan laughed. "You... I am praising you when I call you stupid. I don't like those people who are smooth-talking."

Dong Xuebing looked at her: "Then you like me?"

"I did not say that."

Dong Xuebing felt he stands a chance. He kicks his blanket away and quickly got under Qu Yunxuan's blanket. "Give me an answer now. Are you willing to be my girlfriend?"

"What are you doing? I told you not to touch me." Qu Yunxuan pushes him angrily. "Get out of my blanket, or I will hit you."

"You promise to be my girlfriend, and I will get out."

"Let me think about it. Why are you so anxious?"

"Ah? You ask me why I am anxious? I am already in my twenties and have never dated before. Now, I finally found someone I like, and this person I like still let me hold her hands, kiss her, and she even show some interest in me. Tell me, why shouldn't I be anxious? Let me have a feel of being in a relationship, ok?"

Qu Yunxuan heard what Dong Xuebing and stop pushing him out of her blanket. "I have also never dated anyone before. Why am I not anxious?"

"Balls! You are almost 30, and you are not anxious? Who would believe you?"

Slap. Qu Yunxuan hit his arms. "Stop swearing."

Both argued on the topic of being anxious for several minutes when Dong Xuebing felt this was a meaningless argument. He rolled his eyes and stopped. Then he hugged Aunt Xuan's curvy body from her back and pulled her back against his chest. His hand on her tummy pinched her fats lightly. "I don't care whether if you are anxious or not. I only know that I am anxious. If you refuse to give me an answer, then I... I will touch you."

Qu Yunxuan used her head to push back against Dong Xuebing, hitting him on his chin lightly. "What are you saying? I will kill you!"

Dong Xuebing replied: "You will also agree to be my girlfriend eventually. Just let me touch you in advance. Furthermore, I have also touched you before."

"Who will agree to you? Fat hope!" Qu Yunxuan pinched the hand on her tummy and kept quiet for a long time. She turned her head slightly towards Dong Xuebing and covered her chest area with her left hand and covered her bottom part with her right. "Don't be too much, or I will not allow you to touch me. Do you understand?"

Dong Xuebing got excited and nodded.

"Pervert!" Qu Yunxuan scolded and then closes her eyes.

Dong Xuebing could felt his throat feeling dry from the excitement. He moved his hand down to Qu Yunxuan's butt and squeezed outside her long johns. He lowered his head and kissed her ear lightly. He could feel her jumped slightly and he continued to kiss her ear lobes. Dong Xuebing had touched her thighs and legs before and thought he should try some other places. This time, he decided to try the upper body. He moved his hand around her waist and found the opening of her long john top. He immediately put his cold hand under it.

"It's cold! Take it out!"

"Hehe, it will warm up soon."

"... You can only touch me outside my clothes. Do you hear me?"

"Hah, it's the same inside and outside. My hands are cold. You can help me warm it."

"Then you are not allowed to move upwards! Stop! This is the furthest you can touch! Don't move upwards anymore, or I will hit you."

"Eh, this is only your tummy. I will just move upwards slightly. Hmmm... 5 cm ok?"

"At most 1 cm."

"How about 4 cm? 1 cm is too little." Dong Xuebing bargained.

"2 cm. If you move any higher, you will touch my... You can take your hand out if you think it's too little."

"Ok. 2 cm will do. Release my hand."

Dong Xuebing moved his hand higher and at the same time, pulled up her top slightly.

A few seconds later, Qu Yunxuan panicked. "Idiot! I told you not to be too much! Is this 2 cm? It is more than 6 cm! Stop fooling around! No! You cannot touch there!"

"Just for 1 minute. I will take my hands away after 1 minute."

"Eh... you are being..."

"Only 1 minute, ok? Please..."

"You think you are allowed to touch anywhere you like? You will be the death of me! You... At most 10 seconds. I will count for you. 1... 2... 3..." After counting 10 seconds, "Your 10 seconds is up. Move your hand away!"

"A while more. Give me a few more minutes."

"You don't want to listen to me, is it? I am getting mad! Are you going to move your hand away?"

"Aiya, just give me 1 more minute. Only 1 minute..." Dong Xuebing continued to bargain.

5 minutes passed...

10 minutes passed...

Qu Yunxuan's top was crumpled and pushed up all the way to her armpits. Her bottom was much better. Only the area around her butt was crumpled. Her long johns looked like it was just taken out from the washing machine.

At this moment, Dong Xuebing was supporting himself with his arms above Qu Yunxuan. He was sweating. "Aunt Xuan, can I?"

"What can?" Qu Yunxuan was blushing. Both her hands were covering the part between her legs. She opened her eyes wide and scolded: "I already let you touch all over my upper body. Now you want more? No! Absolutely no!"

Dong Xuebing knew this will end up in a debate again. He decided to save his breath and reach over to pull her pants.

"Do you believe that I will bite you to death?"

"... No."

"You... stop. How can you... Wait! Stop! Wait, wait, wait..."

"Huh? How long do I have to wait?"

"Let me consider about our relationship first. We cannot do this now!"

"Then you can consider now and tell me."

"Let's talk about this a few days later. How can I... Eh! I told you to stop! Why are you so anxious? You will tear my pants... You... no... how about I show you that part, but you are not allowed to touch. This is the furthest I will go. Ok?" Qu Yunxuan gave in slightly.

Seeing Qu Yunxuan giving in, Dong Xuebing took the chance. "We are already like this, what's the difference with me looking and doing it?" Actually, he did not expect Qu Yunxuan to give in to him. After all, they are still not considered lovers. He was only trying his luck.

"Of course. There is a big difference. You don't... Wait... Errr... I... will let you touch that part, but we cannot do it, ok? You... Why are you still pulling my pants down? Stop it..." Both of them wrestled under the blanket for a while, and Qu Yunxuan gave up. She hit him on his arm. "Ok! Fine! Let go! I will take it off myself!"

Dong Xuebing's heart was racing and let go of his hand.

Qu Yunxuan gave him a stare and pulled down her long john pants slowly. She was so slow that she took 1 minute to take it off.

Dong Xuebing swallowed his saliva and asked: "Can we do it now?"

"Let me think about it." Qu Yunxuan took in a deep breath and exhaled. "You really want to do it?"

"Yes!"

"But... that..."

"What's wrong?"

Qu Yunxuan looked at him and then relaxed. "... Nothing. Then you... you..."

She agreed? Dong Xuebing was excited and pressed down on her.

"Stop... wait a while. Let me think about it. Stop first. I need to consider this." Qu Yunxuan curled up and covered all her important areas.

"What's wrong?"

Qu Yunxuan tapped her face with both her hands to calm herself down. She looked at him and then looked at the door. Qu Yunxuan covered her chest and sat up, pushing Dong Xuebing away. "Move aside. I will go and hear if my Mum is asleep or not." She got off the bed, tip-toed to the door and pressed her ear against the door for a few minutes. She could hear faint snoring sounds in her living room and returned back under the blanket.

"Ok now?" Dong Xuebing asked eagerly.

Qu Yunxuan rubbed her face and asked: "Are we really going to do it? How did things end up like this? I am not prepared at all... Xiao Bing, can we do this tomorrow? Give me some time to prepare myself. My mother is still outside, and if we are too loud, she might hear us. Be a good boy and listen to me. Tomorrow. I promise to do that with you tomorrow. I will let you do whatever you want, ok?"

"Is there any difference between today and tomorrow?" Dong Xuebing had been waiting for this for a long time. "I can't even wait a single minute."

Qu Yunxuan hesitated and said: "Then... then..."

"Then what?" Dong Xuebing grabbed her hand, who was covering her lower body and lift it up above her pillow. He lowered himself and kissed her on her lips.

Qu Yunxuan looked at him and returned the kisses. "... let's do it then... you only know how to take advantage of me. You know that I can't bear to hit you for real."

Dong Xuebing was afraid that she will shout out "wait" at the final minute. "I am going to do that now."

"Ok..."

"You cannot ask me to stop now, ok?"

"Hmmm."

Hahaha. Success!

Dong Xuebing was looking forward to this day. He was more excited now than he got the results of the civil servant exams and his promotion. The woman lying on the bed beneath him was Aunt Xuan. A woman he secretly admired for years. She was his goddess, the perfect goddess!

Now, Aunt Xuan had agreed to let him do that with her? Dong Xuebing felt he was dreaming.

"What are you thinking?" Qu Yunxuan gave him a stare. "Are you going to do it? If you are not going to do it, I will sleep."

"No, no, no..."

Dong Xuebing was afraid that they would be too loud, he used the blanket to cover both of them. It was dark inside, but Dong Xuebing could feel and found the right places. The wriggled inside the blanket for a while, and then a corner of the blanket was lifted up, and long john pants were thrown out. After a while, a skinned-colored panty was thrown out.

About a minute later, Qu Yunxuan shouted out in pain.

Qu Yunxuan's mother asked: "Yunxuan, why are you shouting? What happened?"

Dong Xuebing froze in his tracks. He dares not move.

Qu Yunxuan was in pain and was covering her mouth. She heard her mother asking and quickly stick her head out of the blanket and took a deep breath, before saying: "I accidentally touched my wound when I turned. I'm fine."

"I thought something had happened. Go back to sleep." After saying that she yawned and outside became quiet again.

Qu Yunxuan whispered in pain. "Wait for my Mum to sleep first. Can we stop now?"

Dong Xuebing, who was overcome with lust, did not want to wait a single second more. He immediately starts to move again.

"I told you to wait a while... Ahhh..."

10 minutes...

15 minutes...

The blanket was moving up and down, and the bed was shaking with a steady rhythm. This was the first time Dong Xuebing touched a woman. He also did not know what to do. He just moved based on his feelings. Up, up, down, down, left, left, right, right... This feeling was terrific!!

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