[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-in-a-small-county-and-you-say-i-m-a-big-shot":3,"chapter-i-m-in-a-small-county-and-you-say-i-m-a-big-shot-i-m-in-a-small-county-and-you-say-i-m-a-big-shot-chapter-37":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm in a Small County, and You Say I'm a Big Shot?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2297448,4494,"Chapter 37","i-m-in-a-small-county-and-you-say-i-m-a-big-shot-chapter-37",37,"\u003Cp>On this side, Fang Qingye didn’t wait for a message from Xia He on QQ, but received her phone call instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Fang, come to my office right now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia He didn’t say why she wanted him on the phone, and Fang Qingye naturally didn’t ask—he simply agreed, turned, and went upstairs to knock on Xia He’s office door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Fang Qingye enter, Xia He left her desk, took out a small jar of tea from the bookshelf, and smiled: “I heard you like tea—this is Yuhua tea I brought from home. Try some.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Xia He pinched a small amount of tea leaves and brewed the tea for Fang Qingye herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior, what’s going on today? You’re being so polite?” They were familiar now, and when no one else was around, they spoke casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t politeness—it’s sincere gratitude!” Xia He said, placing the brewed tea on the coffee table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Qingye picked up the cup, examined it first, then took a sip before saying: “This is truly good tea—bright fresh green broth, fresh and smooth flavor. It’s top-grade Yuhua tea, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, exactly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Qingye drank two sips, then asked: “Senior, what were you thanking me for on QQ earlier? I don’t get it at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We guessed right—Sun Jiaming’s death isn’t simple.” Xia He then recounted the entire incident in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Qingye listened, equally surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after processing the employee fidelity insurance, the Nanxin branch had this happen—perfect timing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Fang, shouldn’t I thank you?” Xia He smiled brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s my duty,” Fang Qingye replied modestly, then added: “It also shows you’re lucky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, lucky,” Xia He sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without this employee fidelity insurance to cover the 400,000-yuan hole, would she have met the same fate as Xue Hanghang’s team from Pingdong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this luck came from the young man before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he her lucky star?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought felt too idealistic—she couldn’t say it aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Fang, there’s another favor I need to ask of you,” Xia He gathered her thoughts, her tone turning serious: “I’m going to the city branch tomorrow to report this matter to senior leadership. Write me a report.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh come on, you want me to write a report? Senior, is this how you thank me?” Fang Qingye asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m truly sorry—I’m swamped with work and have no time. I originally asked Wu Shengli to draft it, but he’s assisting the central bank and police with their investigation… as for others—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Xia He paused, then continued: “Until this matter is fully resolved, I don’t want more people to know. I’m afraid someone might exploit it for publicity—if the media gets involved, it’ll be worse. I trust you, so I’m counting on you again… you write it, I’ll revise it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright,” Fang Qingye agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writing reports was part of his job—he couldn’t just sit idle all day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll leave it to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Qingye returned to his office, opened a Word document, and began writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And writing a report posed no difficulty for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he had to clearly describe the sequence of events—no fabrications. That was the bare minimum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he could downplay the negatives and highlight the branch leadership’s role in handling the incident: arriving at the scene immediately, calming the family and stabilizing emotions, controlling public sentiment, and so on—all things superiors liked to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Make a big thing small, a small thing vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the branch’s management loopholes and existing problems also had to be clearly stated—no sugarcoating; these were public facts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who made it to branch leadership wasn’t stupid—they couldn’t be easily fooled. Recognizing one’s own flaws deeply was the best strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, he had to draw broader lessons and outline future measures: strengthening professional ethics training, enforcing strict operational procedures, following rules and regulations, and so on—this was the key, and should take up at least half the report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even more crucial: improving the employee fidelity insurance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Qingye thought as he typed, fingers clacking rapidly on the keyboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh… Xiao Fang, you know Wubi?” Liu Meili, passing by, sounded like she’d discovered a new continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know both Wubi and Pinyin,” Fang Qingye smiled. “This computer was originally set to Wubi, so I never bothered downloading another input method.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fewer people use Wubi these days,” Liu Meili said, then turned and walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly three thousand characters, written in under two hours. He checked again for sentence flow and typos, then finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Qingye had planned to send the file via QQ, but after thinking, he decided to follow proper procedure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he printed it out, went upstairs, knocked, and handed it to Xia He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You finished this fast?” Xia He was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked Fang Qingye to sit and drink tea, then picked up the document and read it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wow… much better than she’d expected!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia He nodded inwardly as she read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where details were needed, they were detailed; where brevity sufficed, it was brief—especially the final part on employee fidelity insurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could be improved?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was merely a subtle hint at her own achievements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Fang Qingye understood her intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good job, Xiao Fang,” Xia He looked up. “If I didn’t know you wrote it, I’d think it was from a seasoned office document specialist.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for the compliment. If there’s nothing else, I’ll head down,” Fang Qingye said, turning to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was after work—he didn’t want to stay in the office another second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, you’ve worked hard lately—go rest well,” Xia He said, then sighed softly: “I wonder if I’ll pass Zhang Hangzhang’s review.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xia He’s expression darken, Fang Qingye paused, then offered reassurance:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think it’ll be fine. No financial loss occurred, the response was timely, and there was minimal negative impact. Of course, some criticism is inevitable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll take your word for it,” Xia He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Xia He drove into the city to report to branch leadership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Qingye naturally didn’t know what happened during the report, but when he met her in the hallway that afternoon, she greeted him voluntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xia He’s expression was unchanged, Fang Qingye knew she had passed this hurdle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days later, the city branch issued an official red-headed document. It criticized the Nanxin branch leadership, ordered them to reflect deeply, draw broader lessons, and ensure such problems never recurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The document was also distributed to all branches within the system, requiring internal staff to study it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wording was stern, but anyone with eyes could see it was merely reprimand and education—no formal self-criticism was demanded, a world apart from how the Pingdong branch leadership had been handled earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, the branch issued another document, mandating the widespread promotion of employee fidelity insurance across all branches in the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crisis had once again passed safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the weekend. Xia He sat in her office, reading documents, softly humming a tune—when she was in good spirits and alone, she liked to do this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her desk phone rang. She picked it up, smiled, and answered. A man’s voice with a Wu accent soon came through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Xia, I envy you—you passed so easily.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Xue Tao, demoted to Zhongxiang County Branch after his subordinate embezzled 500,000 yuan from depositors for gambling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My subordinate’s involved amount wasn’t as high as yours—branch leadership gave me a break,” Xia He replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the difference between 400,000 and 500,000? You were clever enough to get employee fidelity insurance. If I’d done the same for my subordinate, I wouldn’t be where I am now,” Xue Tao sighed heavily over the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Xue, don’t lose heart. With your ability, you’ll return to Pingdong Branch eventually. Mencius said: When Heaven bestows a great responsibility on a person, it first tests his resolve…” Xia He comforted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, I hope so,” Xue Tao laughed on the other end. “Director Xia, when you’re promoted someday, don’t forget me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They chatted a few more minutes before hanging up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I grow rich, don’t forget you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia He thought of Xue Tao’s words, and a faint smile appeared on her pale face. She picked up her phone, opened QQ, and sent Fang Qingye a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Fang, free tonight? Let’s play ball.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Friday. Aren’t you going home?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going home tomorrow. But there’s nothing to do there—after we play, I’ll treat you to tea. 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