The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

Director Xie picked up the phone, and it was quickly connected.

A cheerful voice immediately came from the other end of the phone: "Hey, Lao Xie, what made you think of calling me?"

"Old Li, I just missed you!" Director Xie greeted him with a smile.

"Stop with the formalities, just tell me what it is?"

"Old Li, I won't beat around the bush then." Director Xie's tone became serious. "Sun Yingjun, who came over last time on exchange..."

"Hey, Lao Xie," the person on the other end of the phone interrupted hurriedly, "We don't go back on our word! I'm not letting him go. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."

The voice on the phone was loud and clear, and everyone in the office could hear it clearly.

Li Kaixin, who was standing to the side, was slightly surprised. Judging from the tone of the voice on the other end of the phone, Yang Hua'an seemed to be doing quite well after he went there.

"Don't rush, Lao Li, I never said I wanted to switch Yang Hua'an back."

Director Xie hadn't expected Li Hong to react so strongly, and quickly explained, "I just want to switch Sun Yingjun. You can even give me a driver who is a deputy fifth-level officer."

"No way!" Li Hong on the other end of the phone refused outright.

Director Xie was visibly taken aback, then his tone turned serious: "Old Li, what do you mean by this? Trading a rank 5 for a rank 5 deputy, it seems like you're getting a better deal. You have to give me an explanation today."

"Don't get agitated! Don't get agitated!" Li Hong's voice sounded somewhat guilty. "Old Xie, how about this? I'll arrange another Level 5 driver for you. As for Sun Yingjun, don't send him back."

Director Xie realized what was happening and immediately laughed in exasperation: "Fine! Old Li, I knew you'd agreed so readily before; you were just trying to trick me!"

"Don't talk about being cheated or not, wasn't it all consensual at the time?" Li Hong laughed it off.

Director Xie gritted his teeth and emphasized his words:

"Old Li, we absolutely can't keep Sun Yingjun in our station. He almost caused a huge mess on a mission today, and even Old Wang in the station wanted to ask my old leader to speak up for him. You should think it over carefully."

"Is it...our former Instructor Liu?" Li Hong's tone immediately became cautious.

Director Xie grunted in agreement and continued, "You know Old Wang, right?"

After a long silence on the other end of the phone, Li Hong's slightly heavy voice finally came through:

"Alright! I'll give you and Lao Wang face this time. Sun Yingjun can be exchanged."

"But Lao Xie, this is a one-time thing, don't let it happen again."

Director Xie felt relieved when Li Hong finally relented: "Thanks, Lao Li. I'll send Sun Yingjun back to you as soon as possible."

After hanging up the phone, Director Xie breathed a long sigh of relief.

More than an hour later, around 5 p.m., Sun Yingjun was taken back to the transport station.

Hearing the commotion, Captain Wang, Li Kaixin, and Director Xie came out of the office together.

No one inside the station left; they all waited outside.

As soon as Sun Yingjun saw Director Xie emerge, he rushed to her side, his voice trembling with tears, and said, "Director Xie, you must do me a favor!"

He pointed to Captain Wang beside him and said, "It was him. Not only did he leave me alone in the middle of nowhere, but he also kicked me. Look at this injury on my head. To put it bluntly, this is attempted murder!"

The members of the transport team who overheard this were once again astonished by Sun Yingjun's ability to distort the truth.

"The injury on your forehead was clearly caused by you driving your car into a tree, yet you're blaming it on my master. You're shameless!" Wu Tian couldn't help but stand up and retort angrily.

Sun Yingjun turned his head and glared at him: "What do you know, you little apprentice! When he kicked me, I hit my head, which only worsened my injury!"

"Enough!" Director Xie shouted, his face grim. "Comrade Sun Yingjun, tell me first, why did you try to crash the car into the tree?"

Sun Yingjun was startled by the shout and stammered, "This...it's just that the car the station assigned me was too dilapidated; even the brakes were broken. If they had given me a decent new car, this wouldn't have happened!"

As he spoke, he suddenly became self-righteous again, pointing his finger at Li Kaixin: "And him! I don't know what dirty trick he used at noon to make me mute, so I didn't even get a proper meal!"

Li Kaixin, who was standing to the side, shook his head. It was really something that he could be dragged into this.

Director Xie's temples throbbed.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his surging anger, and said in a low, clear voice, "Comrade Sun Yingjun, I have a general understanding of the situation."

"Director Xie, it's good that you know!" Sun Yingjun immediately chimed in.

He thought Director Xie was going to back him up, so he straightened his back a bit. "Quickly punish both of them! They also have to apologize to me!"

Director Xie could no longer contain his anger and almost roared, "Sun Yingjun, are you really stupid or just pretending?!"

He paused, his voice turning icy: "Our transportation station can't keep someone like you. Pack your bags tomorrow and go back to your old unit. I've already spoken to your former employer."

"Why? It's just a beat-up car!" Sun Yingjun was dumbfounded, and his voice weakened.

"Why?" Director Xie laughed angrily. "You didn't follow orders! I told you to inspect the vehicles, and instead, you were chatting idly with the women, and now you're blaming others for everything!"

"Comrade Sun, do you want me to list all the good deeds you did today in front of everyone again?"

"I... I'm a Level 5 driver, and you were the ones who invited me here. Can't you give me another chance?"

Sun Yingjun panicked, then suddenly remembered something and asked urgently, "And... what about the house that was allocated to me?"

"Rank 5? That's nothing special in our station."

Director Xie said dismissively, "As for the allocated housing, the housing management department will naturally take it back. The organization gave you this housing to live in, that's the organization taking care of you, do you really think it's your own?"

Seeing that he was serious, Sun Yingjun stopped pretending and shouted, "Fine, I'll leave! I don't care anyway! You old bastard, do you think this transport station is some kind of savior?"

The people from the transport team nearby were stunned by this remark, and their understanding of Sun Yingjun's brainlessness was once again refreshed.

Director Xie was taken aback at first, then nodded repeatedly: "Good, very good! I will explain your performance to your original unit and see if they will still hire you."

The last few words were spoken almost one at a time.

I originally wanted to show some leniency and not push things too far, but now I realize I was just being presumptuous.

"Then why don't you give it a try?" Sun Yingjun scoffed and left the transport station without looking back.

He was convinced that even if this place didn't want him, so what? As a level 5 driver, he could still thrive back at his original unit.