Chapter 608: Ministry of Civil Affairs Deputy Minister Xia (1/2)

Office lobby.

Dong Xuebing’s greeting, ‘First Aunt,’ had shocked everyone.

Zhou Yanru was also stunned and wondered what was going on.

Chief Lin’s eyes almost popped out of his sockets. He took a deep breath and swallowed everything he wanted to say.

The jaws of the staff dropped as they looked at them. They were wondering what was going on.

First Aunt is different from the generic way of addressing others as ‘Auntie, Mdm, Uncle, etc.’ Not anyone can call another middle-aged woman ‘First Aunt.’

Dong Xuebing is also surprised. This middle-aged woman is Senior Xie’s second daughter-in-law, and she is Xie Ran and Xie Jing’s mother. He is still angry with Chief Lin and could not understand what was going on. “Why are you here?”

Xia Yanzhen laughed. “I am working here. Didn’t I tell you about it?”

Dong Xuebing exclaimed. “Ah… you are transferred to the Ministry of Civil Affairs?!”

“Oh…. I didn’t tell you about this.” Xia Huizhen suddenly remembers that they had chatted for a while but did not mention her new position.

Dong Xuebing felt this was a coincidence. Minister Xia is the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Deputy Minister.

“Xuebing, the Official business you told me is this?” Xia Yanzhen asked.

“Yes.” Dong Xuebing smiled wearily. “I am here to submit the Role Model Unit application and materials.”

The crowd heard the way Minister Xia addressed Dong Xuebing and knew they were related.

Damn!

Chief Lin is panicking.

WTF is going on?! Why don’t you tell me that you are related to Minister Xia?! You had gotten me into trouble!

The look in everyone’s eyes changed as they looked at Dong Xuebing. No wonder he dares to create a scene at the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Xia Yanzhen looked around the lobby. “What happened here?”

Xia Yanzhen had asked earlier, and Chief Lin had answered. She is asking again as she wants to hear it from Dong Xuebing.

“Oh, First Aunt. If I knew you were here, I would have looked for you. I came here in the morning, and I was informed Chief Lin was in-charged of this matter. But I ended up waiting two hours to meet him, and he told us this was not under him. He pushed us to the National Respect and Care for the elderly’s model unit Office. The National Respect and Care for the elderly’s model unit office told us this was under the Ministry of Civil Affairs when we reached there and got to come back. In the end, Chief Lin tried to brush us away and claimed we had used the wrong format and wanted us to re-do the application again. The selection had started, and we needed to return to the District to get a new application stamped. We will not have enough time. Moreover, the format is according to the guidelines set by the higher-ups.” Dong Xuebing started complaining. He points to the floor. “Look at these. There is a serious problem with Chief Lin’s working attitude. We had prepared these materials, but he threw it all over the place without looking at it.”

Chief Lin’s face turns pale. He wanted to kill Dong Xuebing on the spot, and he quickly explained. “Minister Xia, it’s not like this. These documents are….”

Xia Yanzhen looked at Chief Lin and interrupted him. “Come to my office later.”

“Minister Xia, I…. Please listen to me….” Chief Lin tried to explain.

Xia Yanzhen did not look at him and patted Dong Xuebing’s shoulder with a smile. “I need to attend to some matters first. Come to my office later. I will get someone to enter the application and materials into the database.”

“Ok. Please carry on with your work.” Dong Xuebing replied politely.

“Alright. Wait for my call. Haha…” Xia Yanzhen said and left the office building.

Dong Xuebing pulled Zhou Yanru aside. “Sister Zhou, let’s sit here and wait.”

“Ok.” Zhou Yanru is looking better, and she looks at Dong Xuebing. After that, she turns to Chief Lin with a smile. She was still surprised to know Director Dong knows a Sub-Provincial (Ministerial) level Leader, and they might even be relatives.

The lobby is quiet, and no one dares to make a sound.

At this moment, a few security guards rushed in.

“Who is it? Where is the person that is causing trouble?”