It was soon July.
The sun is like burning fire in the hot summer.
Ling Changfeng’s work started to get busy again, so he couldn’t return home every night.
And every time he couldn’t come back, he would send a message to Xu Xinghe in advance.
Xu Xinghe didn’t know how to react.
God knows that when he first received Ling Changfeng’s encrypted email, he thought it was an anonymous hacker who sent an unknown virus.
So instead of opening the email directly, it took more than two hours to decipher and track the source of the email, and it turned out that it was sent through the military servers.
The moment he opened the email, Xu Xinghe felt like he wanted to scold someone bloody.
F*ck! Why does he need to tell him this kind of thing?
And even doing it with such encryption?!
Isn’t it just wasting two hours of his time?
However, after receiving such messages one after another, Xu Xinghe was no longer shocked.
He was even a little happy—
When Ling Changfeng was away, his life was quite nourishing.
In the past week, he and his friends had two hot pot appointments, played a game of basketball, played a few games, and sang karaoke.
The scorching sun, cicadas, and heat waves in summer;
Hot pot and ice soda, plus a half-month-long marriage leave…
All of this made Xu Xinghe feel that he was on a summer vacation in a trance.
The only thing that was a little depressing was that there was actually an extracurricular class this “summer vacation” –
Qin Yuan really hired a super dance teacher to teach him how to dance.
Every Monday and Wednesday, they came to the Marshal’s mansion at seven o’clock in the evening, and left after two hours of instruction.
Xu Xinghe originally persuaded himself that if he learned dancing at the public’s expense1gov’t or military money is paying for ithad a good teacher, he should be able to pick up a new skill. Maybe it’ll be useful in the future?
But after two classes, he found that he might not be suitable for dancing.
Physical incoordination is probably innate.
Fortunately, Xu Xinghe still firmly believed that no one would invite him to dance.
“As long as I don’t dance, no one will find that I dance badly.” He comforted himself.
The rest of the summer flew by quickly.
In a blink of an eye, Team Leader Xu’s half-month marriage leave came to an end.
He had to return to Ark to work.
At noon on the day before resuming work, Xu Xinghe opened his team’s private group chat and sent a message.
Xu Xinghe: “Let’s go out for lunch tomorrow? I’ll treat you, so you can choose a place nearby”
Ryan: “Hey, team leader, you’re finally coming back! If you don’t come back, I’m going to resign! Without you, this job is really suffering. I can’t go on TVT”
Ajia: “Team leader! I’ve already arranged your seat for you~ Waiting for you to come back!”
Xu Xinghe: “…why do you reply in seconds during work hours?”
“Ryan withdrew a message”
“Ajia retracted a message”
Xu Xinghe: “(smile) (smile) (smile)”
Ryan: “Reporting to the team leader! It was Ethan who notified us that you messaged the group! In the end, he didn’t respond, but smiled and watched us respond!”
Xu Xinghe: “?@Ethan”
Ethan: “…”
Ethan: “Team leader, you are fishing to enforce the rules”
Xu Xinghe: “Have you solved the bug I had you work on before the summer? :)”
Xu Xinghe: “And how about the calculation rules of the X3 system?”
“Ethan retracted a message”
Ethan: “Team leader, the way you invite guests is really beautiful.”
Xu Xinghe: “…”
Team Leader Xu looked at the chat group that was suddenly active, and began to look forward to returning to work tomorrow.
Being on vacation is good, but it gets boring after a long time. People still need to have something they’re interested in to do.
The next morning, Xu Xinghe got up from the bed early to wash and clean up.
He also went to the kitchen to make a lobster benedict and coffee, and finished his first breakfast after returning to work with a sense of ceremony.
However, when he was full and wanted to go out, he encountered something unexpected.
“Uh…I don’t need a ride, okay? I’ll just drive to work by myself.” Xu Xinghe said to the guards at the Marshal’s mansion who were trying to send him to work.
The Marshal’s mansion originally did not allow foreign vehicles to enter, but after he told Ling Changfeng, Ling Changfeng made an exception and allowed him to park his Phantom S-86.
The guards looked at each other and said with embarrassment: “This… The marshal specifically asked us to send you to work this morning.”
The implication is that we are just following orders. If you have any questions, you should go and communicate with the marshal in person.
Xu Xinghe: “…”
He then remembered that when Ling Changfeng said last night that he would not return home that night, he seemed to have added the sentence, “Tomorrow morning, I will get someone to take you to work”.
He thought Ling Changfeng was just speaking casually, and didn’t care much. But the result was…?
Why? Didn’t he drive alone when he went to dinner with friends? Nothing happened then.
Xu Xinghe raised his hand and looked at the time. The road conditions are now not optimistic. If he leaves after calling Ling Changfeng to solve the problem, he will probably catch up with the morning rush hour and congestion.
“Okay, I’ll trouble you to send me this morning. I’ll tell the marshal about this when I get back.”
After speaking, he hurriedly left under the escort of the guards.
But what Xu Xinghe didn’t expect was that there were three cars instead of one!
One drove ahead, and one was behind.
Xu Xinghe’s face was full of question marks. “Why? Are you worried that I will be attacked on the road??”
The guards revealed that these cars were arranged by Major General Qin, and they were just following orders.
Xu Xinghe: “…”
Qin Yuan was even complaining to himself the day before that he’s extremely busy as of late; how could he still spend time on such an inexplicable matter??
The road to work in the morning is already very congested, so don’t add two more cars on the road to squeeze public resources please!
However, when the three military vehicles were on the road, Xu Xinghe realized that he was overthinking.
What morning rush hour, what traffic jam… Nothing!
The marshal’s military vehicles have a dedicated line, so there is no need to squeeze the public road with the large troops during the morning rush.
Xu Xinghe thought to himself, “I knew I should have slept half an hour longer.”
When the black military flying car landed in the Ark parking lot, it was just after 8:30, more than 20 minutes earlier than Xu Xinghe expected.
Generally speaking, the Ark also prohibits the entry of foreign flying objects, and only vehicles that have applied for a pass can pass the access control identification checkpoint.
The guards of the Marshal’s mansion probably knew this, so the two accompanying vehicles consciously stopped at the door.
The car that Xu Xinghe was riding in actually passed through the gate unimpeded and was not stopped by the system.
Xu Xinghe was a little surprised, so after getting out of the car, he took a special look at the speeding car he was just riding – this car must have a high level of clearance.
When he finally noticed the license plate S-000001, he instantly understood what was going on…
This is Ling Changfeng’s car?
Why did it send him??
Xu Xinghe wasn’t the only one who noticed the license plate. Other people coming to Ark to work also saw it.
Even in places like Ark, it is rare to see military license plates that start with an S.
What’s more, the license plate number of 000001 is blinding, almost blatantly declaring he was the “big guy on the block” on his forehead.
In an instant, people around him stopped to watch.
Xu Xinghe, who was in the center of focus: “…”
F*ck, so embarrassing!
——
Dong Yue parked the car and walked out with a cup of coffee bought from the convenience store downstairs. As soon as he looked up, he met a colleague from the logistics department and said hello casually, “Morning, Vera.”
“Morning.” Vera waved at him, and then suddenly came up mysteriously and said, “Do you know? Xu Xinghe came back to work today.”
“Otherwise, do you think Marshal Ling will support him for the rest of his life?” Dong Yue took a sip of coffee. “After a year, he will divorce for the second time. I don’t know if he will be able to find a third husband.”
Vera responded, “If it’s a consensual marriage, it’s still possible, but the mastermind won’t give him a match, right? Otherwise, I’d really believe what they say online—he did something to the mastermind.”
Dong Yue sneered. “Consensual marriage? Look at him, do you think there’s an alpha willing to marry him? He probably doesn’t have the ability to find one.”
Having said that, he took another look at Vera. “What do you think the mastermind is? Its data can’t be edited so easily.”
Vera couldn’t help frowning at the sarcasm and disdain in his tone.
Although Vera is quite happy to gossip with her colleagues, Dong Yue’s tone of superiority easily makes people uncomfortable.
Isn’t he just relying on his own knowledge of technology? If he has the ability to enter the technical department like Xu Xinghe, why is he here ‘teaching’ her?
So she replied without a smile: “Yes, yes, the mastermind’s algorithm doesn’t have a problem. Then, what about what you said before about swallowing a keyboard if he matches the marshal for his second marriage?”
Gritting his teeth, Dong Yue said stiffly, “I mean he doesn’t have the ability to manipulate the mastermind, but there is still a possibility for the mastermind to encounter a system bug. Otherwise, why would it match him so quickly…” Dong Yue harrumphed coldly and didn’t say any more.
Seeing this, Vera also changed the subject: “It’s been half a month in the blink of an eye. Don’t know how he and Marshal Ling are getting along. There’s been no news at all, unlike a year ago, when they captured Major General Mu having dinner with his old lover.”
Dong Yue said: “How can the media dare follow these military bosses? Aren’t they afraid of putting themselves in prison? It was because Major General Mu’s trip was too high profile that he was photographed by the reporters stationed all year round. Marshal Ling himself is not such a high-profile person. Even if he is not satisfied with this marriage, he will not be as obvious as General Mu… What happened in front? What are you looking at?”
Dong Yue, does slapping yourself in the face feel good? 🥴
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