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?!