Being questioned in public, Minister Xue stammered and didn't answer right away, "Some of the personnel in our ...... department are still out on duty, so they haven't returned to the weekly magazine for the time being."

Minister Xue's reply like this once again caused the employees present to talk. In fact, even if he hadn't explicitly answered the question asked by Netsuke, others would have guessed what had basically happened.

Jingshu's eyes narrowed slightly as she turned her ...