In accordance with the agreement with An Chengye, Mai Xiaoshu came to the zoo in the afternoon and submitted his resignation application.
The zoo director was surprised and wanted to keep her, but seeing that Mai Xiaoshu was very determined and she was just a temporary worker, he had to give up.
Before leaving, in addition to a few close colleagues who came to see Mai Xiaoshu off, what she didn't expect was that elephants, monkeys, vultures, pythons... all the animals came when they heard the noise, and she was surrounded. Only then did Mai Xiaoshu realize that they really couldn't bear to part with her.
The always arrogant Qiao Na's eyes were filled with tears: "Is it because of what I did to you last time that you resigned?"
"No, I'm not that stingy." Mai Xiaoshu explained with a tearful voice, "Because I have something very important to do and I have to leave for a while... You have to be obedient in the future and don't bully other elephants."
"Hmm..." Jonah nodded dejectedly.
"Xiao Shu, we will miss you." The animals all had sad faces.
"I will come back to see you." Mai Xiaoshu burst into tears, wiped her tears with her hands, and said goodbye to everyone.
Jiaojiao, a colleague standing nearby, saw for the first time a group of animals bidding farewell to humans, and saw Mai Xiaoshu crying pitifully as she said goodbye to the animals. She couldn't help but lean over and say, "They can't understand what you're saying. Is it necessary?"
“Woo woo… Even if they can’t understand… But they can definitely feel it… You must take good care of them!”
Jiaojiao didn't understand the deep meaning of Mai Xiaoshu's words. She just nodded and comforted him gently: "Don't worry, I will take good care of them and wait for you to come back."
"Yeah!" Mai Xiaoshu nodded heavily.
She reluctantly left the zoo only when the sun set.
The next day, Mai Xiaoshu woke up at dawn. In fact, she was so stressed out by the new environment she would face the next day that she didn't sleep much that night.
Facing the morning light, she set out early on the road to the "Aura ZOO" special project laboratory. This laboratory happened to be located near Qingteng College, and the laboratory and the school were only a ten-minute walk away. Because An Chengye required her to work in the laboratory except for the compulsory courses during the day. There was no class this morning, so she decided to report to the laboratory.
According to An Chengye, he asked a Feng Shui master to calculate that there were many talented people and beautiful scenery near Qingteng College, so he moved here to absorb the spiritual energy of nature. The laboratory was only built temporarily, near the shore of Qingteng Lake.
Although it was a temporary place, when the legendary laboratory appeared in front of Mai Xiaoshu, she was still shocked by the laboratory that looked like a book opened vertically at a 60-degree angle.
The "front" and "back" of the "book " are two crystal doors, and the spine in the middle is a sightseeing elevator, which looks very delicate. The exterior wall of the building is made of marble, and there are some mahogany decorations on it, which adds a sense of heaviness to this special building. Several red flamingo sculptures stand in the middle of the two crystal doors, some bowing their heads to drink water, and some looking up at the sky, which complements the scenery of Qingteng Lake.
"These flamingos look real!" Mai Xiaoshu stared at the sculpture for a long time. She remembered seeing them when her parents took her to study in Africa.
"Flamingos symbolize freedom, which is very similar to the feeling that An Chengye gives people, right?"
A refreshing male voice sounded behind him. Mai Xiaoshu turned around in surprise and it turned out to be Jiang Xingye.
His hands were casually placed in his trouser pockets. Unlike his previous serious image, the grey pullover made him look very youthful. His black bangs were casually placed on his forehead, revealing his cool eyes.
"Why are you here?" Mai Xiaoshu asked curiously.
When the gray figure approached, her heart beat faster.
"I work here." Jiang Xingye blinked his narrow eyes and smiled, "Welcome, I heard that you have also joined the Reiki ZOO project team ."
Mai Xiaoshu was stunned for a moment. It turned out that he was also an employee of Shiku Technology. No wonder he appeared in An Chengye's ward.
Mai Xiaoshu shyly reached out and held Jiang Xingye's hand: "So... we are colleagues? Please give me your guidance in the future."
"Luckily you met me at the door, otherwise you would have been lost. Come with me."
Jiang Xingye hadn't walked far when he noticed Mai Xiaoshu standing there in a daze and not following him. He turned around, smiled at her, and waved, motioning her to follow him.
Jiang Xingye's smile made Mai Xiaoshu feel like a spring breeze. She recalled the first time she met him, he had a poker face and she thought he was the kind of person who was difficult to approach. Just like in school, although the classmates admired the student union president, they were self-aware and did not dare to approach him. However, the last two contacts completely changed Mai Xiaoshu's initial impression of him. It turned out that Jiang Xingye was not so high and mighty. He was not only handsome but also easy-going. The huge contrast made her feel inexplicably fond of Jiang Xingye.
"The laboratory looks very avant-garde and simple from the outside, but the inside is intricately designed by Cheng Ye. It is difficult for most people to find the correct direction when they come in for the first time." Jiang Xingye introduced the laboratory in detail as they walked. Mai Xiaoshu listened very carefully. He looked around along the way and found that there were many confined rooms in the corridor. The doors were made of metal like those in science fiction movies. There were no locks and people could only enter through facial recognition.
When Mai Xiaoshu asked Jiang Xingye in confusion what was in the room, Jiang Xingye, who had been talking so eloquently just now, kept her in suspense and told her that this was a secret that only authorized people could know and now was not the time.
Mai Xiaoshu became even more confused. She was very curious about how An Chengye wanted her to advance the project.
Before they knew it, the two of them stepped into the office area. Mai Xiaoshu saw An Chengye, dressed casually, coming out of an office, followed by Jian Jun and another figure - he had a head full of curly hair, dark circles under his eyes like a panda, and untidy beard around his lips, looking like he had not woken up yet.
Mai Xiaoshu scratched her head in confusion, thinking that the young man looked very familiar, until the man followed An Chengye and walked towards her. She could see the haggard face from a close distance. It turned out to be Miyamaru Tomo, the little neighbor who lived next door to her.
I didn't see him last time at the Shiku Technology downtown office. It turns out he's working in the lab. Mai Xiaoshu excitedly walked up to the two and greeted them.
"Good morning!"
“You… why are you here?” Gong Wanzhi stared at Mai Xiaoshu with wide eyes, stuttering a little. He turned around and saw An Chengye’s calm expression, and quickly guessed Mai Xiaoshu’s identity, “Are you the mysterious man who can communicate with animals?”
Mai Xiaoshu smiled and nodded. She was delighted to meet new friends on her first day at work. She would not be alone at work anymore.
But this happiness did not last for a few seconds and was broken by An Chengye.
An Chengye raised his hand in the air and snapped his fingers at the daydreaming Mai Xiaoshu, bringing her back to reality: "From now on, you are mine. Just do what I say. Do you understand?"
What he meant was, if you tell her to go east, she should go east; if you tell her to go west, she should go west.
Although An Chengye's cold face returned today and his overbearing demands made Mai Xiaoshu somewhat dissatisfied, who asked her to sign the "indenture"? She had no choice but to nod obediently.
"What should I do next?" An Chengye walked quickly. After Mai Xiaoshu politely bowed and said goodbye to Jiang Xingye and Gong Wanzhi, he followed An Chengye closely like a little follower.
"Follow me and you'll know." An Chengye walked away without looking back.
Suddenly, Mai Xiaoshu screamed "Ah" and scared An Chengye so much that he stopped.
There was no one around just now, but suddenly a head popped out from behind a computer in front of them. Mai Xiaoshu was frightened by this scene and jumped back. A girl with a pale face, hair tied into a bun, wearing a loose white lab coat stood up like a ghost and muttered, "Boss, it's coming..."
The girl's words seemed to float out from her stomach, and she reported her work to An Chengye in a voice as soft as a mosquito.
"Tang Xiaokui, please don't suddenly appear next time, okay?" Just now, not only Mai Xiaoshu was frightened and jumped back, but An Chengye was also frightened by the person who suddenly appeared and kept patting his chest to comfort himself.
"Got it, boss." The girl shook her hair and lowered her head as if admitting her mistake, and a foul smell wafted out.
"What's that smell?" An Chengye and Mai Xiaoshu pinched their noses.
"Boss, it's me." The girl raised her head. She had a pretty oval face and big eyes, but her eye sockets were dark and lifeless as she explained, "I haven't washed for a week because I've been working overtime for seven consecutive days...so I have a bad smell...but is it really that smelly?" Tang Xiaokui picked up a strand of hair and smelled it, then pretended to vomit.
"Go back and wash quickly." An Chengye covered his nose with one hand and waved the other hand in the air, but found that it was ineffective to sweep away the stench, so he had to give up.
"Thank you, boss." Tang Xiaokui left slowly.
Mai Xiaoshu looked at her, who looked neither human nor ghost. Then he thought of the two times he had seen Gong Wanzhi, who looked overworked. It seemed that he would be like them in the future, squeezed to the point of being completely exhausted by the big devil An Chengye, and finally have the same panda eyes...
Mai Xiaoshu held his forehead with his hand, wanting to cry but without tears.
"Your task today is to make friends with it!" At this time, An Chengye regained his composure and pointed his hand not far away.
Looking in the direction that An Chengye pointed, four colleagues in white coats pushed a giant cage with iron wheels towards the door. Trapped in the cage was a black bear that was twice as big as Mai Xiaoshu!