Chapter 159
Noon .
It was the start of Spring, and the temperature got warmer slightly .
Dong Xuebing knew he was about to get promoted, and he happily went to a shopping mall in the West of the bridge . He picked some branded cosmetics and paid . After leaving for the items, he left the mall . Dong Xuebing had saved Xie Huilan from drowning and helped her stop her engagement with Wei Nan . He does not need to thank her for these gifts . But Dong Xuebing wanted to build a closer relationship with her . Relationships had to be built up slowly .
Dong Xuebing took out his phone and called Xie Huilan . “Hello, Sister Xie?”
“Xiao Dong? Haha, are you looking for me?” Dong Xuebing could hear the sounds of writing in the background .
“Errr…… . Are you busy now?”
“Yes . I have a meeting at the Central Publicity Department tomorrow . I am preparing the materials . ” Xie Huilan was speaking to Dong Xuebing while writing something . “I had asked the people from the Central Department to help me get the materials and news articles on heating supply a few days ago . But they are too inefficient . A while they come back to me and tell me that they need approvals, and then they tell me that they are understaffed because of the holidays . It’s been 2 to 3 days, and they only got 5 to 6 articles . This efficiency is too…… Hah . Let’s stop talking about this . Why are you calling? You are unhappy with the transfer?”
Dong Xuebing quickly reply: “No…… I am very happy with your arrangement, and I would like to pay you a visit . ”
“Stop being so polite . We are now dating, what’s there to pay me a visit?”
Dong Xuebing replied . “Stop joking with me . Errr…… If I am not bothering you, I will drop by your place in a while?”
“Haha, I will be waiting at home . Don’t bring any gifts, ok?”
Dong Xuebing acknowledged and hang up . He flagged a taxi and went to Sister Xie’s unit quarters .
When Dong Xuebing reached Sister Xie’s block, a middle-aged man had just exited the building, and the electric gate was about to close . Dong Xuebing quickly step forward and stop the gate from closing . This way, he does not need to call Sister Xie and ask her to unlock the gate for him . He went upstairs and pressed Sister Xie’s doorbell .
The door opened . Xie Huilan was standing there . “Xiao Dong? How did you enter?”
“Someone just happened to exit from the building, and I entered . ” Xie Huilan opened the gates, and Dong Xuebing secretly look at her feet . She was wearing black suit pants with skin-colored stockings . Dong Xuebing swallowed his saliva and entered with his gifts . “Sister Xie, I bought some cosmetics for you . These are not expensive gifts . ” Dong Xuebing said as he placed the gifts on the small cabinet beside the door .
Xie Huilan smiled . “Why are you giving me gifts again? Didn’t I tell you not to bring any gifts? You just don’t listen . Our relationship is so close, and there is no need for all these . I do not want to say this, but I still have not used the perfume you gave me last time . There…… you open that cabinet and see for yourself . There are all sorts of cosmetics there . You can find all sorts of brands there . Haha, I have more variety of cosmetics than shopping malls . Just come over without gifts in the future . Save your money . Oh, bring some of those cosmetics back with you . You can give it to your mother . I can’t finish using all those . ”
Dong Xuebing thought to himself . I got the wrong gifts!
“Have a seat . What tea do you prefer?”
“Anything will do . ” Dong Xuebing looked at Xie Huilan . “Sister Xie, errr…… . What sort of gifts do you like?”
Xie Huilan smiled sweetly . “Actually, gifts are just a token . I do not care about what sort of gifts . Hehe…… let me tell you this . The best gifts I want is something that can help me with my work . You can also tell that my family is not very supportive of me working for the government . My grandfather, father, and mother do not support me . At my workplace, they address me as Chief Xie, but in their hearts, they are looking down on me . Everyone thinks that I got my position because of my family background . That’s why I need to show some results to prove myself to my family and colleagues . Tomorrow’s meeting is crucial for me . If someone can provide me with news articles on heating supply issues, it will be the best gift . Haha……”
Dong Xuebing thought for a while . News articles on heating supply issues as gifts?
BACK! BACK!
……
Everything flashed before Dong Xuebing’s eyes .
Although Dong Xuebing said BACK twice in his heart, he had used up all his BACK yesterday during the chess game . He only has 1 BACK left!
Dong Xuebing was standing outside of Xie Huilan’s gate, and his hand was about to press the doorbell . He quickly stopped his hand and walk downstairs silently . Dong Xuebing left the quarters . During the phone call, Sister Xie had mentioned something about news articles on heating supply issues . He thought nothing about it . She should be preparing a presentation and report on this issue . These few days, most of the government agencies were on holiday break . That’s why the relevant departments were not able to provide Sister Xie with the materials she wanted .
What’s the best gift?
Alright! I will give her this!
Dong Xuebing knew he must hurry before she got the materials herself .
Dong Xuebing took out his phone and called his unit’s Sixth Bureau’s Deputy Chief . “Hello, Chief Zheng? Are you at work?”
“Oh, Chief Dong? Haha, I am working overtime today . I am in the office now . Why?”
“Oh, I remember the last time I went over to your department, I saw someone checking through this year’s newspapers, and all the articles were scanned into the PC . ”
“That’s right . This is a task given by the higher-ups before Lunar New Year . Why are you asking?”
“I am looking for some articles on heating supply issues . Errr…… . This is my personal matter . Can you give me a copy of your records?”
“Oh, I am not sure if they keep a copy of those records . Chief Dong, let me check for you, and I will call you back . ” 5 minutes later, Sixth Bureau’s Deputy Chief called Dong Xuebing . “Chief Dong, we still have the records . I will get them to extract the articles you want . Heating supply issues, right? Ok . You can drop by later to collect them . ”
Dong Xuebing said: “Thank you . You can just pass me all the records . ”
“No . You had helped me during the wrongful arrest of Chief Jiang’s nephew . I am only returning you a favor . ”
“Thank you very much . ” Chief Zheng had owed Dong Xuebing a favor, and this was why Dong Xuebing called him . After all, this was Dong Xuebing’s personal matter . Although the materials were from public sources, it is against the State Security regulations to bring materials out of the branch . Dong Xuebing had to get someone close to help him .
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