1198 I Want to Make You Stay 76 (1/2)
The other female crewmembers began shifting their gazes onto him as well.
”If you keep looking at me, I'm going to gouge your eyes out. You know I hate it when people keep staring at me,” he warned Xiao Yue.
”Fine, fine, I'll stop staring at you,” said Xiao Yue, who then cocked her head sideways. However, she could not help but turn back around to look at him before looking away again.
Fang Erlan snapped out of her character when Director Gao cued for them to stop.
”Look who's there,” said Yu Caiwei, who discovered that Xiao Chenyang had shown up.
Fang Erlan looked in the direction that Yu Caiwei was staring at and caught sight of him.
She immediately scurried toward him while Yu Caiwei squinted with her arms folded.
Fang Erlan ran toward Xiao Chenyang and said while panting heavily, ”You're here.”
Xiao Yue was dumbfounded.
That was because Fang Erlan's voice was tender and gentle when she spoke to Xiao Chenyang, a stark contrast from the way she used to speak to him.
Xiao Chenyang stood up and placed his mobile phone inside his pocket. ”What would you like to eat?”
”I'll eat anything…”
”I know of a specialty restaurant that serves delicious food. I'll take you guys there.”
”Okay…” Fang Erlan answered softly, not daring to look at him.
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The zombie outbreak resulted in the loss of a massive number of innocent lives. Wang Jinsheng was initially supposed to be stripped of his position. However, the higher authorities decided not to punish him on account that he had worked hard in the archeological team for over three decades.
Meanwhile, Pan Zhenghui was reprimanded and castigated for his mistakes. He was told to kill the corpse right away before reporting, should such an incident arise again.
Such measures were implemented so as to prevent history from repeating itself.
Pan Zhenghui nodded profusely and adhered to every instruction given by his superiors, as if he was fresh blood going through training.
Pan Zhenghui had broken out into a cold sweat after being berated.
He whipped out his handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his forehead. He then said to Team Leader Zhang sternly, ”This time, we really had a close shave with death. We almost lost our jobs. Let's go.”
”Bureau Chief, do we head back to the police station straight?”
”What for? Let's return to the archeological research center,” Pan Zhenghui snapped before storming off to get inside the car.
Noticing how gloomy he looked, Team Leader Zhang dared not utter another word and, instead, got inside the car as well.
Wang Jinsheng happened to be in the midst of a meeting with the archeologists from his team when they arrived at the archeological research center.
At the sight of Pan Zhenghui, Wang Jinsheng thought to himself that the former must have come to give him a lecture. He handed Pan Zhenghui a carton of cigarettes that were meant for entertaining guests and said while smiling, ”You're here, Bureau Chief.”
Pan Zhenghui stared at the premium cigarettes, which cost 100 dollars per pack. Given how many packs there were in a carton, he knew that the carton must have cost a bomb.
He pretended to decline and said courteously, ”Captain Wang, you may keep them for yourself. I have my own cigarettes.”
Wang Jinsheng insisted, ”Take it, Bureau Chief. I still have these cigarettes at home. I bought them with my own money. Rest assured and take them for him, Team Leader Zhang.”
Team Leader Zhang had no choice but to hold it for Pan Zhenghui. Just as Pan Zhenghui was about to speak, a red Ferrari sped through the entrance. He could recognize that it was An Xiaoning's car. He then shoved the carton of cigarettes back to Wang Jinsheng and said, ”How can I accept your cigarettes? Take it back.”