blueteamnovel Chapter 10 Questioning
Chapter 10 Questioning
The office door was ajar.
Lin Shuyao was about to knock on the door when she suddenly heard Cheng Zheng's voice from inside: "Is there a church near South Street in Yuncheng? What nationality is the priest? Help me find out..."
Lin Shuyao quickly withdrew her raised hand and instinctively dodged to the side.
He was actually trying to get someone to verify what she had said that morning.
He didn't believe her.
Although she was originally an imposter, the feeling of being constantly questioned was quite unpleasant.
Moreover, it was Cheng Zheng, that fearsome god, who was the one in charge.
Working under his nose from now on, it's inevitable to make mistakes. What if my identity gets exposed?
No, we need to think of a solution.
"Comrade Shen? Are you here to see a representative? Why don't you go in?"
Just as she was pondering this, the assistant she had met before happened to return to the office. Lin Shuyao waved the money and meal vouchers in her hand, "Oh right, I'm here to return the meal vouchers to the boss. Why don't you pass them on for me? I won't go in and disturb the boss's work."
She should avoid hanging around that person too much, lest she attract attention.
"Then give it to me," the assistant said with a smile and a nod. "Comrade Shen Qing, let me introduce myself. My surname is Zheng, Zheng Bin."
"Thank you for your help, Assistant Zheng." Lin Shuyao handed over the money and smiled.
Zheng Bin was dazzled by her smile and awkwardly pushed up his glasses: "You're welcome."
Lin Shuyao left, and Zheng Bin pushed open the door and went in.
Cheng Zheng had just hung up the phone.
Zheng Bin placed the money notes Lin Shuyao had given him on his desk: "Representative, Comrade Shen just asked me to pass this on to you."
Cheng Zheng casually asked, "Where is she?"
"She just left." Zheng Bin glanced outside. "You seemed to be on the phone when she arrived."
Thinking about the content of his call just now, Cheng Zheng's eyes darkened.
……
Lin Shuyao returned to her dormitory that evening.
She was worried that she wouldn't have time to get up for military training the next day, so she took out the green uniform and rubber shoes issued by the factory and put them at the foot of her bed so she could put them on as soon as the alarm rang in the morning.
This military training was only for new employees from each department, so there was no unified wake-up call; everyone had to get up and assemble on their own according to the designated time.
She's being watched by Cheng Zheng now, so she has to be careful and absolutely cannot be late.
Otherwise, he would definitely have dealt with me.
Before going to bed, Lin Shuyao checked the alarm clock again to make sure it was set properly before lying down.
Ouch. So hard.
She had only been lying down for five minutes when she started gasping for breath in a coquettish manner.
This life is so miserable. I don't even have a mattress. Back in the countryside, at least I had straw to put on the floor, which was soft. Now that I'm working in a factory, I have to sleep on hard wooden planks. What's the difference between me and a homeless person? Waaah...
Hurry up and pay salaries.
Once she gets her salary, she wants to… Lin Shuyao silently counted the things she wanted to buy, like the little match girl's dying fantasy, finally drifting off to sleep with the self-comforting thought that everything was possible in her dream.
the next morning.
Lin Shuyao opened her eyes, habitually stretching her arms out on the bed, pointing her toes, stretching her sore body from sleeping, and her consciousness gradually returned.
She reached out and grabbed the alarm clock, bringing it to her eyes. After seeing the time on it, she was stunned for a few seconds. The alarm clock showed 3:50.
But the sun was already out outside, it was clearly morning!
Oh no, military training!
Lin Shuyao jumped up from the bed and quickly put on her clothes.
That damn secondhand alarm clock made her late on the first day of military training. That bastard will definitely not let her off the hook later.
Lin Shuyao quickly tidied herself up and ran to the playground without even having a sip of water.
When she arrived at the assembly point, the other comrades participating in the military training were already running laps around the playground.
Cheng Zheng stood to the side with his hands at his sides, his gaze fixed on the running group.
The morning light outlined his tall and straight figure, with dark eyebrows, cold eyes, and a slightly raised chin. His military uniform was without a single wrinkle, and the belt accentuated his lean waistline. The metal buckle gleamed coldly, and he looked like an unsheathed military knife, exuding a cold and dignified aura.
Lin Shuyao's eyes met his, and she was so frightened that she stopped in her tracks and dared not move.
There was only one voice in my heart—
Ruined.
They're definitely going to get a scolding.
"What are you standing there for! Come here!"
As expected. Lin Shuyao smiled wryly and reluctantly took her first step.
"Do you even know what time it is?! You're almost an hour late! On the battlefield, that's enough to kill you a hundred times over! Enough to wipe out an entire company because of you!"
Lin Shuyao stopped in front of him, her chest heaving and her cheeks flushed. She looked up to meet his gaze, her almond-shaped eyes shimmering with tears. "I'm sorry, Representative, I... my alarm clock broke..."
"Being late is being late, don't make excuses!"
Cheng Zheng interrupted sharply, his piercing gaze sweeping over her from head to toe, his eyebrows twitching impatiently: "You plan to go to training dressed like this?! Haven't you studied the military dress code? Don't you understand basic dress requirements?"
Lin Shuyao looked down at herself and muttered aggrievedly, "I wore it as instructed."
Cheng Zheng's gaze lingered on her loose belt, and his eyes sharpened.
Lin Shuyao realized: "This belt is too big, I've already tied it all the way to the last loop... You can check it yourself if you don't believe me..."
She unbuckled her belt and showed it to him. As she had said, the buckle was indeed stuck in the last hole, but even so, it still couldn't hold her waist in place, leaving a noticeable gap. It didn't look as neat and orderly as a soldier's.
Cheng Zheng's gaze lingered on her slender waist for a moment, his jawline tightening slightly.
"Keep up."
He suddenly turned and walked out of the playground.
"Where are we going?" Lin Shuyao followed closely behind him.
He didn't reply to her. He turned around a few times and ended up in some workshop. He took out a punch and hammer from his toolbox and gestured with his chin towards her: "Take it off."
Seeing the tools he was holding, Lin Shuyao understood. Her slender white fingers gently rested on the belt buckle, slowly and methodically unbuckling it.
"What are you dawdling for!"
"hurry up!"
Lin Shuyao's shoulders trembled at his stern tone. She pouted, looking aggrieved, and muttered softly, "Why are you being so fierce..."
He didn't dare to delay, so he quickly unbuckled his belt and handed it over.
Cheng Zheng took it and precisely tapped out two new holes a finger's distance from the original holes in the belt.
"Put them on."
After drilling the hole, he returned the belt to her.
Lin Shuyao fastened the belt around her waist again, aligning the metal buckle with the new hole and tucking it in, neither too loose nor too tight, just right to properly bind her waist.
"The size is perfect! Your eyes are like a ruler, so accurate!"
She looked up in surprise, her eyes sparkling as she gazed at him, her red lips curving into a smile, revealing her two dimples.
Meeting her radiant smile, Cheng Zheng's eyes flickered slightly, as if he had been burned by something. He then glanced at her waist, which was only as wide as his palm, accentuated by the belt, before looking away and saying in a solemn voice, "You must maintain a neat military appearance during military training. Pay attention to that in the future."
"Yes!" Lin Shuyao obediently promised.
She admitted that she had raised her voice a bit too much to him earlier, and although he was a bit harsh, he had actually solved her problem.
From this perspective, he's actually a pretty good person.
The moment Lin Shuyao had this thought, Cheng Zheng glanced at his watch and said sternly, "Go out and run laps now. If you're an hour late, you'll get an extra ten laps as punishment. You're not allowed to eat until you finish."
What?!
Lin Shuyao was completely dumbfounded.
Do we need to run ten more laps?