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  Expectations for "officials returning to their original positions" were not only unfulfilled, but were instead achieved a day ahead of schedule.

  On the afternoon of the seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Construction Bureau temporarily notified to work half a day in advance to ensure that the new leadership team could arrive smoothly on the first working day of the eighth day.

  With the usual fatigue of the holiday and curiosity about the new leader, everyone came one after another.

  Former Director Lao Chenggui is being treated at the provincial sanatorium and cannot come, but Deputy Director Gao Xing, who is about to leave, came. The meeting was presided over by him, and the other three deputy directors, Chen Wenyun, Sun Zhanluo, and Yu Feilong, also showed up without exception.

  Yu Jiming, the executive deputy director of the municipal party committee's organization department, arrived, accompanied by two young staff members from the organization department, a man and a woman.

  Delighted, it can be seen from afar, after all, he is the one who is going to get promoted. The other three are completely different, Chen Wen Yun is still the same as before, like a sky that has just snowed, gloomy and gray. As for Sun Zhanlu and Yu Feilong, their expressions can be imagined, especially Yu Feilong, who looks like he has just lost his mother.

  There are happy ones and unhappy ones, there are those who leave and those who arrive. Old people depart, new people take office. Iron machines flow like water, this is an irresistible objective fact.

  There is one person who is even happier than the soon-to-be-promoted Director of the Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, and that is Zhang Xing, the director of the Urban and Rural Planning Review Office.

  Zhang Xing was not only appointed as the deputy director of the Construction Bureau, but also served as the deputy secretary of the bureau's party group. In the documents of the municipal organization department, he ranked second among all members of the bureau leadership team, which means that he replaced Gao Xing's original position and surpassed Chen Wenyun, Sun Xingluo and Yu Feilong at once.

  Not only Zhang Xing is happy, Yao Jinxing, the deputy director of the Urban and Rural Planning Review Office, was promoted to director, Ye Nan, the deputy director of the Bureau's office, officially took over as director, and Li Yajuan was appointed as the deputy director of the Bureau's office.

  Of course, there is also Xiang Tianliang, who was "appointed for the second time" as deputy director of the bureau office, only ranked after Li Yajuan.

  The meeting had just been going on for over half an hour when everyone suddenly dispersed, but Gao Xing was stopped by Xiang Tianliang and Chen Dabao.

  "Xiao Xiang, you and Da Bao take Director Lao's car to the train station to pick up the newly arrived Director Wang."

  The imported Honda car left by the old director is the highest-end in the whole bureau, and it has been less than a year since it was bought.

  Chen Dabao asked: "Director Gao, what does Director Wang look like?"

  "Ha ha, I haven't seen him either, how would I know what he looks like? All I know is that he's also from Qinghe and was transferred to work elsewhere a long time ago. This time he must be returning home in glory."

  "Director Gao, Director Wang's train is at what time?" Xiang Tianliang was puzzled. The new director had been transferred from outside and should have been picked up by the municipal party committee organization department. After all, he hadn't officially taken office yet. People from the organization department were really lazy and took shortcuts.

  Gao Xing urged: "The 2 o'clock train this afternoon, you all go quickly, after picking up the person, first arrange to stay at the municipal party committee's guest house."

  Xiang Tianliang received a phone call from Gao Xing and brought Chen Dabao to the city train station.

  In the car, Xiang Tianliang held onto the steering wheel and tossed the phone records to Chen Dabao in the passenger seat, "Dabao, you read it out loud, we need to verify their identities so we don't pick up the wrong people."

  Chen Dabao's emotions were clearly not high, his face was tired, this kid, newly married, old ship ticket boarded the old passenger ship, must have overworked on Sun Qiaoxian.

  "Xiao Xiang, you're in charge, just don't mistake who it is."

  "What's wrong with you, how can you talk like that?"

  Chen Dabao laughed, "You're the young one, stop pretending in front of your brother. With just that one sentence, I can tell you're not much as a deputy director of this office."

  He flashed a sly smile at Tian Liang, "Haha, what's wrong? Are you unhappy that I got promoted or is my wife not satisfied with your thing?"

  Chen Dabao punched towards Tianliang and said, "Get out of here! Am I that kind of person? Don't you know me yet?"

  "Hmm... I'm guessing, Big Brother Da Bao now has a house and a son, and is missing one more son. He's thinking about how to plant seeds in the Cave of the Clever Fairy and produce another white and chubby little male demon, right?"

  "Haha, otherwise how can I call you my brother?" Chen Dabao said with a smile.

  "Alright, big brother, I'm rooting for you." Xiang Tianliang was secretly laughing to himself. With your less-than-100-pound body, having a chubby son would be quite something. Who knows, once the kid is born, the old man might just collapse from exhaustion.

  " Bah, can this thing give you energy?" Chen Dabao gave Xiang Tianliang another punch.

  "Hehe, just a slip of the tongue, purely a slip of the tongue. I was just cheering you on verbally and spiritually." Xiang Tianliang said with a sly smile, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Can't forget about the main issue, Da Bao, hurry up and read out the phone records."

  Chen Dabao opened the phone record, disappointedly saying: "What kind of thing is this? The organization department's guys are too sloppy at work... Listen, I'll read it to you."

  "Municipal Party Committee Organization Department Office Notice: On the seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar, at 2:00 pm sharp, at the passenger exit of the city train station, to pick up Comrade Wang Zigui."

  "Is it gone?"

  "It's gone."

  "What's going on here? Alright, we'd better hurry up and find a piece of cardboard to write 'Wang Zigui' in three big characters."

  The city train station square, the central flower bed still has the snow of two days ago, but more is the flow of people and vehicles, it is the peak period of passenger transport, at a glance, most of the people on the square are migrant workers with luggage.

  It was almost two o'clock, and towards dawn, Chen Dabao was asked to find cardboard, while he slowly drove the car to the exit.

  Luckily, there was a small sign with six red characters reading "Municipal Construction Planning Bureau" in the car. Xiang Tianliang quickly took it out and put it on top of the Honda.

  Chen Dabao brought over a piece of cardboard, but there was nothing written on it. Tian Liang cried and laughed at the same time, snatched the cardboard away and threw it to the ground. "What's wrong with you, picking up trash?" He took that small sign and forced Chen Dabao to hold it above his head, standing on the steps of the exit.

  "This kid, became a deputy director, and his temper has risen." Chen Dabao muttered to himself, but didn't dare to shout loudly, because his wife Sun Qiaoxian had set many rules for him, the first of which was to obey Sun Qiaoxian at home and follow Xiang Tianliang at work.

  A surge of people poured out at the exit, and it should be the 2 o'clock train arriving.

  Suddenly, towards Tian Liang saw a familiar figure, Shen Saner Zhang San.

  The slender Zhang San was squeezed in the crowd, completely unnoticeable, but couldn't escape the eyes of Xiang Tianliang.

  Zhang San was following closely behind an old lady, just one step away. It could be seen that this little guy was looking around, ready to make his move.

  An old peasant woman, with white hair and a bronze-colored face full of wrinkles, carrying a black leather bag on her shoulder and holding two bulging travel bags in each hand, walking unsteadily.

  Toward the bright direction, he walked two steps forward and suddenly inserted himself into the crowd. Soon, he appeared behind Zhang San.

  Zhang San was very cautious, first glancing around to his left and right, front and back, then quickly taking a step forward. Only then did he stretch out his left hand, with the index and middle fingers holding half of a razor blade, slowly extending it towards the old lady's black leather bag.

  He raised the collar of his windbreaker and took a few steps forward, then suddenly stretched out both hands. One hand grabbed Zhang San's collar from behind, while the other pinched Zhang San's left hand that was holding half of the knife blade.

  "Haha, Zhang San, ah Zhang San, isn't it a small world?"

  Zhang Hui turned around in a panic, saw that it was Xiang Tianliang, and sighed with a bitter face, "Tsk tsk tsk, this is the first day of the new year, and I've already had my first bad luck. Oh heavens, why am I so unlucky?"

  Facing upwards with a bright smile, he lifted his left knee and kicked Zhang San's abdomen.

  "Ah yo...... Spare my life, spare my life." Zhang San was good at acting, and with just a slight movement, he could turn into a bear-like appearance.

  "Who's your boss? Can you still speak?" Tian Liang was kicked again.

  This is the real deal, Zhang San didn't dare to shout anymore. "Sorry, sorry, comrade, you see, I haven't even made a move yet." He said, making a zipping motion with his mouth, hinting at looking towards the old lady's direction.

  "That's also true, haha, but Zhang San, we still have a lot of accounts to settle."

  "To brother, it's an old rule that we can't settle accounts before the eighth day of the first month. How will we do it later?"

  "It's better to seize the day than wait for a good day, let's do it today." With a burst of strength, Zhang San was lifted up by Tian Liang with one arm.

  "To brothers, today is the seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar. It's really not considered a good idea to settle old accounts on this day, it will bring bad luck for the whole year."

  "Hey Zhang San, now that we've reformed, your old almanac is useless!"

  At this time, the old lady suddenly turned around and said calmly: "Comrade policeman, he didn't succeed, so let him go."

  "Hey, old comrade, there's nothing for you here, hurry up and leave!"

  Zhang San's eyes rolled around, and with a mournful face, he shouted: 'Auntie, Big Sister, Aunt, Grandma, please save me! He's an fake police officer, my elder brother, he's taking revenge on me. Please be kind and compassionate, save me, I still have my seriously ill parents at home... Waaah...'

  This shout was quite loud and immediately attracted countless eyes, with some people gathering around.

  Toward the bright sky, angry and amused, seeing the situation was not good, dragging Zhang San to hurry back to the side of the Honda car, opening the door, and throwing Zhang San into the car.

  Chen Dabao walked over and took a look, then smiled, "Well, since the director didn't catch anything, catching a little thief isn't bad either."

  "Da Bao, this kid didn't brush his teeth today, his mouth stinks so much, give him a few slaps for me."

  "Got it." Chen Dabao threw the sign to Xiang Tianliang, got on the car and went away. He stretched out his hand and slapped Zhang San's thin face, left and right, starting a fight. Although he wasn't good at fighting, Chen Dabao was basically capable of beating a man who was already down.

  "Don't hit people." A loud shout, and the old lady actually walked over, threw her luggage to the ground, and opened the car door with one hand.

  "Old lady, mind your own business and be on your way." Chen Dabao didn't even turn his head, busy as can be.

  Unexpectedly, the old lady also got stubborn, "If you don't stop, I'll call the police."

  This remark was very effective, and Tian didn't dare to defy it. He was afraid of nothing in heaven or earth, but he couldn't afford not to fear the people's police. Chen Dabao finally backed down.

  Xiang Tianliang dragged Zhang San out of the car and kicked him hard in the buttocks, "Get lost, don't let me see you again."

  Zhang San was like a prisoner who had just been granted amnesty, he didn't dare to make a sound, and with his head bowed, he scurried away.

  Chen Dabao glared at the old lady, "Stinky old woman, mind your own business."

  But unexpectedly, the old lady not only didn't leave, but also sat down on the back seat of the car, smiling and saying:

  "Two of you, have you come to pick up Wang Zigui?"