Chapter 16 (1/2)
Chapter 16
Ruthless Criminal
As the two finished preparing themselves for work after having breakfast, Pang Jing Dong said to Zhou Tong, ”Head to work first. I'll be there later!”
”Why?”
”It's not good to go together!”
”Just say we met on the way to work!”
”Don't give people the chance to spread rumors. It doesn't bother me, but I'm more concerned with your reputation.”
Zhou Tong thought for a moment, and finally agreed, ”Ok!”
As the two separated, Zhou Tong arrived at the workplace just in time, while Pang Jing Dong proceeded to his destination after lurking on the street for a while. He was already ten minutes late when he almost arrived at the company when Shen Jia Yao called the 'King of Being Late-To-Work', ”Mr. Pang, still on the way to work?”
”Heh-heh!” Pang Jing Dong let out two hollow laughs and said, ”You understand me so well!”
”The one I understood was the past you, not the present you. The present you are like an empty sack which can't stand up still. Did you actually do something illegal last night?”
”What do you think?”
”I was doubtful at first, but now I am convinced!”
”Give me one more chance!”
”I can give you a chance, but after I emphasized about discipline to my employees, and here you are late again to work. How am I able to give a satisfactory explanation to the other workers? How are they going to listen to my orders?”
”I admit, if I continue to act against the rules, people will start doing the same thing!”
”Good that you know!” After pausing for a while, she calmed her tone down, ”Try not to b.u.mp into anyone when you arrive at the company. Go straight to the parking lot and look for a white Volkswagen Jetta.”
”The one belonging to the company?”
”Correct. The keys and the vehicle's license are on it. You are allowed to drive it straight away. Go and check the reconstruction of the shanty town area, and write me a report, so I can tell the other employees that I arranged a special task for you, which was why you didn't need to check-in at the workplace in the morning.”
”Got it! Thank you so much!”
”You're welcome!” Upon saying this, Shen Jia Yao hung up the call.
Shen Jia Yao stared blankly at her phone, and said to herself after a brief silence, ”Why have you become like this after ten years?”
On the other hand, Pang Jing Dong who had found the car was now driving toward the construction site.
The place which Shen Jia Yao mentioned, was the largest shanty town area in the city, located in between two aging areas of the city. It had a dense population, with a bad living condition and it also lacked basic living facilities.
This year, the city council was determined and invested a large sum of funds aiming to reconstruct the area. Zheng Dong Real Estate Corporation was given a chance to be in charge of the project.
The evacuation of the people living there had already been done; there was no one living in the area anymore. Once the bank processed the loan, the construction would then take place. Therefore, there was not much work that Pang Jing Dong could do. Shen Jia Yao was only trying to find Pang Jing Dong an excuse to be late to work.
Pang Jing Dong was driving around in the shanty town, pa.s.sing the run-down houses on the two sides of the car with fast speed. There was no sign of a single person. The place felt like a ghost town even under the bright sunlight.
Pang Jing Dong was thinking about the dream he had last night and did not realize his car was accelerating. Normally, it was impossible for a traffic accident to occur here, but that was not the case for today.