"The bad news is, I've been appointed to go to Jiang City Ministry of Politics to serve as the head of administration," said Ye Jinghuai.
An Nuan was stunned.
That meant.
Ye Jinghuai was being sent away.
Though it was said to be a promotion, the result was that he was transferred to an even more distant place.
It felt somewhat like.
Being exiled by the emperor to the borderlands.
It was simply deliberately making things difficult for someone!
She had said Gu Yan Sheng must have some huge conspiracy.
He could not have so readily allowed Ye Jinghuai to attain his wish.
Although this man's abilities were ordinary, he was frighteningly insidious.
"Angry?" the other side asked.
With an ingratiating tone.
"I knew you would be angry, so before the announcement was made public I told you first, afraid you would have an apoplectic fit and your period would come even slower," Ye Jinghuai was still joking.
Even being plotted against like this, he could still joke.
This Ye Jinghuai really was!
An Nuan didn't even know what to say.
But she also felt that at this moment, getting angry at Ye Jinghuai would be somewhat unjustified.
After all, it wasn't his fault either.
On the contrary, he was the victim.
She made an effort to calm herself down, and said, "Don't blame yourself, Gu Yan Sheng is just too crafty."
"Indeed, too insidious," Ye Jinghuai readily agreed.
Yet in his tone there was neither anger nor annoyance.
He was simply stating a fact matter-of-factly.
An Nuan also truly admired Ye Jinghuai's state of mind.
If it were her.
She would also freak out.
"When are you leaving?" An Nuan asked.
She didn't want to fight with Ye Jinghuai over this matter.
So she was also making herself relax her state of mind.
"Leaving after applying for one week of vacation," Ye Jinghuai laughed, "After all, I did promise to enjoy the benefits before leaving."
An Nuan didn't even know.
Whether she should feel grateful that she could still give Ye Jinghuai some comfort.
After all, in her opinion.
Relative to his career, Ye Jinghuai looked forward even more to consummating their marriage with her.
She even suspected, wasn't she becoming that femme fatale who brought calamity to the country, the Ye Jinghuai from the previous lifetime was clearly very ambitious later on, but this lifetime he was infatuated with romance between men and women.
"Won't disturb your work anymore, see you tonight," Ye Jinghuai's tone clearly still held laughter.
An Nuan didn't even know if he was forcing himself to put on an act.
She said, "See you tonight."
After hanging up the phone, An Nuan could no longer pretend, she was so angry she nearly exploded.
In her heart she cursed that despicable villain Gu Yan Sheng.
She was even more incensed than when Gu Yan Sheng targeted her!
She always felt Ye Jinghuai had used his life to exchange for this position, yet he was plotted against by Gu Yan Sheng like this, no matter what she could not swallow this anger.
Her eyes flickered faintly.
She recalled the reconstruction of South Bay New City.
She would definitely make Gu Yan Sheng and even the entire Gu family look good!
...
Half an hour later.
The news that Ye Jinghuai had been appointed head of administration quickly made headlines and shot up to most searched.
Everyone expressed approval of Ye Jinghuai's promotion, and even more so said he was long overdue, North Wen Country needed talents like Ye Jinghuai who had ability and cherished a patriotic heart.
In that moment.
The entire internet was filled with congratulations for Ye Jinghuai.
No one noticed.
The official letter of appointment released by the Ministry of Politics had written on it, at the part for location of appointment, it was not Qing City, but Jiang City.
A relatively impoverished city.
It was 5 hours by plane from Qing City, and 4 hours by plane from Capital City.
In short.
Very far.
To An Nuan, it was very far.
In fact in all of An Nuan's years growing up, plus the additional ten years she lived in her previous life, she had never gone to Jiang City before.
She didn't even know what kind of place it was.
She didn't know if the food customs there were the same as Qing City.
She didn't know if Ye Jinghuai could adapt there alone...
An Nuan looked at the news, truly so angry she nearly exploded.
At a time when everyone on the internet was congratulating Ye Jinghuai, she only wanted to kill Gu Yan Sheng.
Just thinking about Ye Jinghuai's "forced smile" caused her an indescribable feeling.
An Nuan watched the news for quite a while.
Just as she was about to put down her phone and continue working.
A news item suddenly popped up.
It said "Was Ye Jinghuai really promoted, or exiled to the borderlands."
An Nuan was stunned for a moment.
For one second, she felt she was angered into confusion.
She had completely forgotten that while Ye Jinghuai's momentum was surging high right now, she could resist this on his behalf.
She fiercely knocked her own head.
She really was, angered into losing her rationality!
She hurriedly clicked to open the news.
Looking at the content inside, the general meaning was that while on the surface Ye Jinghuai was promoted to head of administration, even skipping two levels in promotion, yet he did not obtain any benefit of a promotion at all. On the contrary, because of it he lost the opportunity to develop in Qing City. What kind of promotion was this? It was just a disguised demotion.
Very quickly, it sparked heated debate on the internet.
From originally questioning the Ministry of Politics, to later some people escalating it to deliberately targeting Ye Jinghuai, to accusing that person of being the insidious and shameless Gu Yan Sheng.
Saying he pretended to step aside and be the good guy, yet was still secretly sabotaging Ye Jinghuai.
And even saying Gu Yan Sheng had very strong connections backing him in the Ministry of Politics, which was why he had exceptionally good treatment and status there despite not even placing first in the Ministry of Politics entrance exams.
A signature campaign started on the internet for Gu Yan Sheng to give an explanation about this matter.
He had to give Ye Jinghuai an account.
The original simple appointment news sparked an online war.
No one was willing to accept this outcome for Ye Jinghuai.
It was unacceptable.
Could not be accepted.
There must be an explanation.
Otherwise, they would make a huge clamor against the Ministry of Politics.
The Ministry of Politics only endured it for 4 hours before immediately doing emergency PR.
The number one person in charge of the Ministry of Politics gave an in-person explanation to the media, "Our arrangements for Ye Jinghuai were indeed carefully considered by all of us in the Ministry of Politics. We did not, as the netizens said, exile Ye Jinghuai to the borderlands. A talent like him could not be exiled to the borderlands, we would only treasure talent like him even more. As for why we sent Ye Jinghuai to the frontier, it was indeed as some netizens speculated, as a trial for him to temper himself in a farther place, only then would it be more helpful for his future development after he returns. Of course, because the letter of appointment did not explain this much, it led the public to misunderstand and we deeply apologize for this. Here, I make a promise before the entire nation that sending Ye Jinghuai to take office in Jiang City will in principle not exceed six months. Within six months, we will decide whether to transfer Ye Jinghuai back to Qing City again based on his performance and results."
