Chapter 48 – Chief Zhou was retiring! (2/2)

Guo Shunjie glanced at Dong Xuebing and Guo Panwei before walking away. Tan Limei, Changjuan, and Zhuang Zhi also walked out of the ward. All of them knew that Guo Panwei and Dong Xuebing held a higher status in Chief Zhou’s heart. Dong Xuebing had helped Zhou Changchun rescued the important documents. Guo Panwei had been loyal to Zhou Changchun for years and had been his right-hand man.

In the ward, Guo Panwei and Dong Xuebing looked at each other. They were standing there waiting for Zhou Changchun to speak.

But Zhou Changchun kept quiet for a while before he sighed. “The both of you are my most trusted subordinates. In the future……” He paused for a while before continuing. “In the future……. Work hard.” Dong Xuebing and Guo Panwei were wondering what Zhou Changchun was trying to say. Zhou Changchun waved his hand. “Go back. My wife will send you out.”

Zhou Changchun walked them out to the corridor.

Dong Xuebing turned to her and said: “Auntie, there’s no need to walk us out.”

Zhou Changchun’s wife seems like she had lots of things to say to them. But in the end, she only said: “Please take care of the General Affairs Office in the future.”

Guo Panwei immediately replied: “Don’t worry. We will do our work well.”

Dong Xuebing felt something was off. It seems that the husband and wife were implying something.

Back at the office, Dong Xuebing carried on with his work as usual.

At about 1pm, Guo Shunjie suddenly received a phone call and started to do his work seriously. He did his own photocopying and offered to deliver documents. After a while, Guo Panwei who returned from outside behaved the same way as Guo Shunjie. They started to do their work eagerly with a smile on their faces.Guo Panwei even threw all his stock market graphs and charts away.

Dong Xuebing was confused. He asked Zhuang Zhi: “What happened?”

Zhuang Zhi looked at both of them: “I don’t know. Maybe it’s time for our increments?”

Changjuan and Old Yan were also confused.

Just before they finished work, Tan Limei who returned from the Political Section Office told them a piece of shocking news. “Hey, hey, have you all heard the news?”

Dong Xuebing asked: “What news?”

Zhuang Zhi scratched his head: “Are we getting a raise?”

“You wish!” Tan Limei rolled her eyes at him. “It’s about Chief Zhou. Chief Zhou will be retiring due to his illness.” Tan Limei’ words attracted the attention of Dong Xuebing and Zhuang Zhi. “I heard this news from the Political Section, and they told me that the next Chief will be selected from one of us in the office.”

Dong Xuebing was shocked: “Is this real?”

“Ah?” Changjuan exclaimed: “Chief Zhou has not reached the retirement age yet. Is his illness so serious?”

Tan Limei lowered her voice: “I heard two versions. One was the leaders were unhappy with Chief Zhou for taking so many days of medical leave. The other rumor is about Chief Zhou’s finances. I heard that there were some issues with his finances and he was “offered” to retire. It was not voluntary. If it were, Chief Zhou would have told us just now at the hospital.”

Finance issues?

Corruption?

This was a piece of alarming news. Old Yan heard this and paused for a while before continuing reading his papers.

The two Guos should have received this news earlier. No wonder they suddenly became so hardworking.

No matter Chief Zhou was forced to retire or retired voluntary, the position of Deputy Chief was up for grabs.