Chapter 49 Amusement Park (I)
On this day, the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau unexpectedly sent a package delivered by a human courier. The package was a document, and the recipient was written as Lu Ren. After Lu Ren received it and opened it, he found that it contained two tickets to the famous amusement park in the city.
The tickets were sent by Zong Chen, and Lu Ren knew that he was going to send the tickets. He received a message from Zong Chen two days ago, in which Zong Chen sincerely thanked Lu Ren and said that he would send Lu Ren a gift in two days, hoping that Lu Ren would like it.
After Lu Ren received the amusement park ticket, he sent a message to Zong Chen: [I received the ticket, thank you.]
Zong Chen replied quickly: [I should be the one to thank you. This amusement park is one of the Zong family's assets. The package I gave you includes one night's hotel money in the amusement park. I hope you and Lu Yang have fun.]
The time on the ticket showed that it was this weekend, and Lu Ren happened to be free on those two days. Lu Ren didn't like to fight an unprepared battle, so he took advantage of his free time at work that day to carefully check his phone to make a guide for the amusement park and made notes in his notebook.
Since the cleaning staff didn't have their own desk, Lu Ren took advantage of the afternoon when there were few people coming and going and found a step between the second and third floors to sit down, with the notebook on his knees. The afternoon sun was just right, shining on the snow-white paper. The paper slightly refracted the sunlight, and it seemed to be glowing slightly, causing Lu Ren to squint slightly.
The good news is the amusement park isn't too far away.
"I should be able to get there by electric bike, which will save me some transportation fees." Lu Ren thought happily while biting the end of his pen. Then he carefully wrote down on paper the time he planned to leave, the things he needed to bring, and some precautions.
Just as Lu Ren was still concentrating, a shadow suddenly fell on the paper in front of him.
Lu Ren raised his head and saw Master Yu staring at the strategy guide he had just made.
The Rain Master was standing on the step above Lu Ren. He was holding a large teacup like an old cadre, leaning on the railing of the stairs like a boneless person, with his head slightly lowered so that Lu Ren could see his long and thick eyelashes. The sun shone on the Rain Master's face, showing his delicate features and delicate skin, making him look as delicate as a doll.
If the Rain Master doesn’t speak.
When Master Yu saw Lu Ren looking up at him, he grinned, revealing his white teeth: "Ah Ren, are you so blatant in slacking off during work hours?"
Lu Ren didn't dare to reply and remained as quiet as a chicken.
Then Master Yu craned his neck to look at Lu Ren's notebook, and asked him, "What are you doing?"
Lu Ren felt that Yu Shi was asking questions knowing the answer. He had clearly seen him looking at guides for the amusement park, so he must be going to the amusement park. But he still honestly showed Yu Shi the tickets Zong Chen had given him: "My friend gave me two tickets to the amusement park this weekend, and I was looking up guides."
"Is that the famous amusement park?" Yu Shi pretended to be surprised and took Lu Ren's ticket and looked at it casually, then said in a surprised tone, "This seems to be a package that includes hotel fees. It's very expensive, right?"
Lu Ren told the truth: "It seems that this amusement park is owned by my friend's family, so it shouldn't be a problem."
After hearing this, Master Yu raised his eyebrows: "Oh?" But he did not continue the topic. Instead, he put on a serious expression and said to Lu Ren earnestly, "Ren, although you have been in the Investigation Bureau for a long time and we have a good relationship. But slacking off at work is still a serious behavior."
Lu Ren knew that it was wrong for him to slack off, so he stood up immediately after hearing this: "I'm sorry, because there is not much to do today, I..."
But before Lu Ren could finish his words, he was interrupted by Master Yu's resounding words: "But!" Master Yu added pretentiously, "The work at the Investigation Bureau has been really hard recently, which is why everyone is not paying attention at work! It would be great if there was a team-building activity that allows people to relax and have a rest."
Lu Ren wanted to say, "But don't the people in our logistics team just run around the offices with teacups and gossip every day? How can it be hard?"
But Lu Ren didn't dare to do that. After all, Yu Shi was his superior. As a social animal, he wasn't so ignorant as to argue with his superior. And Yu Shi obviously didn't want him to interrupt him: "Why don't we organize a consolation trip? Where should we go?"
If Yu Shi had not looked at Lu Ren with a cunning look when he asked this question, it might have seemed more sincere.
As the saying goes, don't show off your wealth.
Zong Chen, who showed off his wealth, received a call from Lu Ren, but the voice on the other end was not Lu Ren's, but a male voice he had never heard before, gentle but majestic. The first sentence he said was: "Is it the boy from the Zong family? Let Zong Xuanlang answer the phone."
Zong Xuanlang is the ancestor of the Zong family. He is now 98 years old and none of his peers have died. Because of his powerful position in the four Xuanmen families, no one has called him by his name for more than 20 years. Some young people don't even know the ancestor's name.
Zong Chen was a smart man. When he heard someone calling the ancestor's name directly, he did not make a fuss. Instead, he just said "wait a moment" and then handed the phone to the person next to the ancestor.
After the old ancestor's people took the phone, they knocked on the door respectfully and entered the old ancestor's room. The Zong family's door was very soundproof. Zong Chen listened carefully at the door for a long time, but he didn't hear what the old ancestor said to the person on the phone.
Soon, the door opened and the old ancestor called Zong Chen in.
When Zong Chen went in , he heard the old ancestor talking to the people around him one by one, "The amusement park is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Treat these distinguished guests well and remember not to neglect them..." It can be seen that the old ancestor was very serious. Not only did he give his subordinates a general explanation, he also personally mentioned several details that were worth noting, and asked his subordinates to write them down carefully one by one, not allowing any mistakes.
The old ancestor turned around and saw Zong Chen coming in. He called him forward and said, "Why didn't you tell me before that your friend was from Jiesi?"
Zong Chen was a little confused about this word: "Jie Si?"
Only a few core members of the four Xuanmen families knew about the existence of Jiesi . Although Zong Chen was excellent, he was still young, so he didn't have much contact with them. But now, Zong Chen made friends with Jiesi, and his position in Xuanmen in the future should be different.
Zong Xuanlang looked at his outstanding grandchild with loving eyes, full of satisfaction.
These are really the members of the clan who are happy to be cheated.
On the other hand, Lu Ren took his phone back from the smugly smiling Rain Master. This time, he really saw what it meant to beg for money. Rain Master actually tricked the monsters from the Foreign Household Survey Bureau into a free two-day and one-night team-building activity with just his mouth.
Master Yu urged Lu Ren: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and let Baihua notify the people in the bureau. There will be a two-day and one-night amusement park team building this weekend."
Time flies and it is Friday. Lu Ren packed a small backpack full of snacks for Lu Yang for the trip tomorrow. In order to prevent delays the next morning, he packed a full bag for him before going to bed at night.
However, Lu Ren could not fall asleep that night because Lu Yang was going to experience his first amusement park the next day, and he was so excited that he could not sleep and was parkouring at home late at night. His little hooves were tapping on the floor, which was very annoying. Lu Ren could not stand the noise, so he got up and reminded Lu Yang not to disturb others, which made him quiet for a while. But after a while, the sound of squeezing packaging bags came from the living room again. Lu Ren opened the door and saw that it was Lu Yang who took out the things in his small backpack one by one, and then stuffed them back one by one, changing the order and rearranging them, with an unconcealable look of anticipation on his face.
What right do adults have to criticize a child who is full of expectations? Lu Ren could only smile and shake his head, then went back to bed and started counting sheep.
It is worth mentioning that the Chaos Fragment on Lu Ren's head also seemed very excited. It was like an antenna, towering above Lu Ren's head all night. But because the Chaos Fragment made no sound and just looked strange, Lu Ren just let it go.
