The other team members tried to persuade Yang Tianwen and Li Dadan.
"Captain must have been too hungry during his solo patrol last night. Hurry up and finish eating, then get to work!"
Yang Tianwen had another doubt. "Just as the higher - ups told us to enforce martial law, the captain told us to go to sleep while he went on patrol alone.
"If we didn't sleep, he would get angry with us. Don't you think something's off?"
Those who heard him took it to heart. The other team members also thought there was something fishy about it, but they didn't want to meddle.
After all, Huang Zhongxiang was the captain. If they made wild speculations and offended him, they'd be in for a rough time.
"You're overthinking it!"
Yang Jiewen said anxiously. "And didn't you just see? The captain's stomach was so bloated!"
The flesh on Li Dadan's face scrunched up, making him look a bit sleazy. He suggested, "How about we follow the captain and see what he's up to?"
Li Dadan had long wanted to oust Huang Zhongxiang and take his place. Now that he'd finally caught Huang Zhongxiang's mistake, of course he wanted to make a fuss about it!
Hearing that they were going to cause trouble for Huang Zhongxiang, the others who had been looking up curiously quickly cleared their trays and left.
Yang Tianwen nodded in agreement. "Let's go and take a look."
After saying that, they each grabbed a bun and quietly followed. They trailed Huang Zhongxiang all the way up the back mountain.
The path became more and more remote, the forest denser. The ground was full of pebbles that hurt their feet, making it extremely difficult to walk.
Yang Tianwen used his hand to push aside the overgrown grass blocking the way. Li Dadan wondered, "Hey, they haven't even started work on this back mountain yet. What's Lao Huang doing here!"
They were becoming more and more certain that there was something fishy about Huang Zhongxiang.
"Mr. Lu, two people are about to discover Huang Zhongxiang's whereabouts. Should we stop them?"
Wang Bo, who was monitoring the surveillance cameras, came to report the situation to Lu Chuanbai.
Lu Chuanbai shook his head, swirling the iced Americano in his hand. The ice cubes in the cup clinked against the wall, making a clear tinkling sound.
"Let nature take its course. It would be even better if the workers find out."
Lu Chuanbai knew Lu Fenglin's character best. If he stepped in to interfere, Lu Fenglin would surely be dissatisfied and use underhanded tricks to get back at him.
But if it was the team members who found out, it would be different. He could just arrest the people and end the matter.
Even if Lu Fenglin wanted to cause trouble for him, he wouldn't have a reason, because he would be in the right.
Yang Tianwen and Li Dadan followed Huang Zhongxiang all the way to the entrance of the tomb on the back mountain. They hid behind a century - old tree.
Huang Zhongxiang struggled to pry open the blue stone slab, revealing a hole big enough for a person to crawl through.
"Where did such a big hole come from!" Yang Tianwen exclaimed in surprise, his eyes wide open.
Li Dadan motioned for Yang Tianwen to be quiet and continued watching.
Huang Zhongxiang unzipped his work uniform and took out a bag of buns.
Yang Tianwen instantly understood when he saw the uneaten buns.
Those buns weren't eaten by Huang Zhongxiang. Instead, he had secretly stuffed them under his clothes!
What on earth was Huang Zhongxiang up to!
"Time to eat!"
Huang Zhongxiang shouted into the hole, and his voice echoed inside.
The three tomb - robbers who had been digging underground all night were already starving. They had been waiting for Huang Zhongxiang to bring breakfast.
Smelling the aroma of the meat buns, they were like hungry ghosts. Greedily, they reached out their hands to grab the buns and inhaled the meaty fragrance in the air desperately.
Li Zhengyi was too tired to climb out of the pit. He just stretched out a hand and yanked the plastic bag with the buns down.
Seeing that hand, Yang Tianwen and Li Dadan were both startled. Li Dadan wanted to take out his phone to take evidence, but Li Zhengyi's hand had already retracted.
"You guys eat slowly. I'll come back to bring you lunch at noon."
Huang Zhongxiang watched the three men gobbling up the buns, clicked his tongue softly, and struggled to move the blue stone slab to cover the hole.
"Let's get out of here quickly."
Li Dadan and Yang Tianwen turned around and fled.
After going down the mountain, when the other team members saw them coming back, they quickly caught up and asked what they had seen.
Li Dadan and Yang Tianwen exaggerated their account as they described what they had witnessed.
The other team members were all shocked.
"The captain actually dared to secretly bring people in!"
"If he's discovered, he'll definitely be fired!"
"Let's quickly tell the boss above." Yang Tianwen became more and more panicked as he thought about it. People crawling underground must be up to no good!
"No!" Li Dadan stopped Yang Tianwen, shook his head at him, and said cautiously, "We only saw a hand. We have no evidence!"
"We need to get evidence at least before we can report him!"
"Lao Huang said he's going to bring lunch again today. Let's follow him one more time and get the evidence!"
This time, Li Dadan's suggestion was agreed upon by all the team members. The team members had long had complaints about Huang Zhongxiang.
The captains of other teams led by example and worked actively, but their captain, Huang Zhongxiang, was always lazy. He always looked down on them and oppressed them. They'd had enough!
Of course they wanted to fight back when they had the chance!
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After Xu Qingqing replied to Amy that Xu Yiyi would participate in the variety show, Amy signed a contract with the production company. The production company then released the list of participants in the variety show.
Among the five families, besides the celebrity families, the most eye - catching one was Xu Yiyi's family. It made it onto the trending list, receiving countless positive comments and expectations. Netizens were really looking forward to seeing this super - good - looking family!
When the step - mother saw this trending news, she let out a surprised shriek and then laughed mockingly.
Participate in a variety show?
For the president of the Lu Corporation to show up in public like that was so embarrassing!
The step - mother swayed her hips as she showed the top - news article to Mr. Lu. She was hoping to see Mr. Lu fly into a rage and scold Lu Chuanbai for being irresponsible and not focusing on his work. But unexpectedly, Mr. Lu just put on his glasses and read it again.
Mr. Lu said approvingly, "Finally, he knows he should build a family. This is a good thing."
The smug smile on the step - mother's face froze. She gritted her teeth and said, "But for Lu Chuanbai, a proper president, to participate in a show, it's so embarrassing for the Lu family!"
"You're wrong about this. The Lu Group takes a people - friendly approach. Who would want to buy things from a company that's too high - and - mighty?"
Mr. Lu frowned, took off his glasses, and stared sharply and unkindly at the step - mother. "Don't keep your eyes on Lu Chuanbai all day long."
"Lu Fenglin is not a young man anymore. Pay some attention to him!"
She'd been nagging about Lu Chuanbai non - stop!
"I know." The step - mother cursed Mr. Lu in her heart for being biased. When she mentioned her own son, there was a bit of pride and complacency in her tone. "Fenglin has many girls who like him. I don't need to worry about him at all."
"Last time when I had lunch with Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Sun hinted that she wanted her daughter to go on a blind date with Fenglin."
"A blind date with the Sun family is a good thing." Mr. Lu nodded in agreement.
The Sun family was in the building materials business. If the two families got married, their future cooperation would be even closer.
"Right." The step - mother massaged Mr. Lu's shoulders and said with a smile, "If Fenglin and the Sun family's girl really get together, you should let Fenglin work in the head office and promote him to be the general manager."
"After all, the Sun family is a well - known family. Fenglin is just the president of a small company now. At least his status should match, right?"