Moved for No More Than Three Seconds
"Ouch! You shouldn't hit someone in the face!"
"This is the face of a section chief representing 749 Bureau; if I'm Chief Section Level, it'll be considered a work-related injury!"
In the night wind, Sing Sing covered his left eye and squatted on the curb, drawing in the cold air.
Before the "Sunscreen Assassin" promise could be fully realized, Polaris's fist made intimate contact with his eye socket.
This girl is really ruthless.
"If you dare to lay a finger on Amy again, I'll skewer you like a barbecue skewer." Polaris sneered, tossing her long green hair as she got into the driver's seat.
Soft Serve vendor handed over a scoop of mineral water-flavored ice cream. "Brother Zhou, apply this; it'll help reduce the swelling..."
Sing Sing gritted his teeth, took the ice cream, stuck it to his eyes, and grumbled as he climbed into the back seat.
"What a waste! This is a commercial miracle that's killing China's future! You spendthrift sister with no business sense!"
"Do you even know what a blue ocean market is? How many young men and women across the country are afraid of getting tanned? Eating ice cream while using physical sunscreen—once this concept is hyped up, won't investors be waving their money around begging us to take it?"
"Shut up!"
Just as Sing Sing was about to close his eyes and rest after sticking an ice hockey puck over his eye socket, he realized something.
He straightened up and gripped the car door handle tightly.
"No! Wait a minute!"
Sing Sing's eyes widened as he pointed at the green-haired guy in the front row. "You just downed several bottles of Da Wusu beer! Are you driving under the influence here?"
"Public officials who knowingly break the law are guilty of an even more serious crime! Even if you get caught, I can't protect you!"
"You've only had your job for a few days, and you dare to defy traffic regulations? The traffic police brigade isn't under Director Wang's jurisdiction!"
Polaris glanced back at him, chuckled, and leaned back in her chair with her arms crossed.
Which eye of yours saw my hands on the steering wheel?
Sing Sing leaned his head closer.
Good heavens!
You won't believe it until you see it, and what you find will shock you.
This lady not only didn't touch the steering wheel, she even comfortably crossed her legs in the driver's seat!
"The car is running on its own, what does that have to do with my drunk driving?"
The four wheels were still five centimeters off the ground, and the whole vehicle glided along the ground, even turning on its right turn signal at the intersection.
Soft Serve covered her mouth in the passenger seat, her shoulders twitching as she tried to suppress a laugh.
Sing Sing's head was buzzing.
Not a buddy!
You call this not driving?
You've practically welded Newton's coffin lid shut with magnets!
"That's just sophistry!" Sing Sing slapped his thigh. "If the traffic police pull you over, how are you going to explain it? Are you going to tell them that the car came to life and started running on its own?"
What I feared most came to pass; sure enough, there were red and blue police lights flashing at the intersection ahead.
Several traffic police officers were using breathalyzers to check each vehicle.
"Holy crap! They're checking for drunk driving! I'm doomed!"
"Your Da Wusu smell can be smelled from three blocks away! Quick! Amy, get her some mint ice cream to get rid of the smell!"
Polaris snorted coldly and completely ignored him.
The jeep simply slid straight up to the traffic police, and the window rolled down.
The traffic policeman saluted and handed over the testing device.
"Comrade, please blow air... uh?"
Sing Sing covered his face in despair in the back seat.
Oh no, 749 Bureau is going to be on the front page of Jiuquan's social news tomorrow.
However, the officer didn't say anything. His expression changed from blank to realizing, and finally settled on a helpless look of "It's you again."
"It's Engineer Luo!" He tucked the testing equipment into his waistband and sighed.
"This is the third time, isn't it? Last time your car practically flew close to the ground, scaring the new guy, Xiao Wang, so much that he called the police saying aliens had stolen a Jeep..."
Sing Sing's mouth opened into an "O" shape.
What do you mean by the third time?!
The traffic policeman, unfazed, reached out and patted the hood of the car. "Please slow down."
After saying that, the traffic policeman turned around and shouted to his colleagues behind him.
"Let her go! Same old rule, she can fly, we can't stop her!"
The young traffic policeman behind looked bewildered, holding the breathalyzer in his hand, watching the jeep drift away close to the ground.
"Master... what's her background?"
The veteran traffic policeman gazed at the departing taillights, his tone carrying a clarity honed by life's trials.
"She can lift a three-ton car with her bare hands and make it fly at 200 miles per hour. You want to chase her?"
"Besides, traffic laws only govern engines, but this car runs on magnetic fields, which isn't mentioned in the law!"
The young traffic policeman opened his mouth, but swallowed back the outrageous remark that was about to come out.
The veteran traffic cop added one last thing, "Remember that face, the green-haired one. If you see a hovering jeep at night, just let it go."
The car drove smoothly through the night.
Looking out the window at the night view of the Gobi Desert rushing by, Sing Sing asked, "Where are we going? Don't tell me you're planning to leave me in the middle of nowhere to feed the wolves?"
The Soft Serve in the front row turned around and said, "Back to the Space City residential compound, huh?"
"The family compound?" Sing Sing was taken aback. "Lao Gao allocated you houses?"
Soft Serve nodded. "Grandpa Gao originally approved a two-bedroom, one-living-room luxury apartment for Sister Lorna."
"My sister absolutely refuses; she insists on moving to a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment."
Soft Serve glanced at Polaris and continued, "My sister argued with Grandpa Gao about this for a while. She said we had to reserve a south-facing guest room for Director Zhou from our import office to stay in during his inspection."
Sing Sing stared in surprise at the beautiful green-haired woman in the front row.
Lorna crossed her arms and looked ahead, blowing bubbles from her chewing gum, which then popped with a "pop."
"Lorna... I really didn't spoil you for nothing, thank you so much..."
The atmosphere was incredibly warm and cozy at that moment.
Just as the Soft Serve felt a lump in her throat, thinking that Director Zhou was finally showing his tender side.
Sing Sing immediately followed with a loud scream.
"Thank you for saving me the cost of tonight's guesthouse stay!!"
"I can just issue an invoice for this money myself and get it out of Director Wang!"
The air grew quiet.
The warm filter shattered, the smile on Soft Serve's face vanished, and she turned back to look at Sing Sing in shock.
Polaris's lip line was straightened, and a dangerous aura enveloped the entire back seat.
Stephen Chow!
"Bang!"
"Ouch! Holy crap! My right eye! My right eye!"
"Blind! Blind!"
Half an hour later.
Jiuquan Space City, staff and family compound.
With two symmetrical dark circles under his eyes, Sing Sing pushed open the wooden door to the guest room, looking utterly hopeless.
The room was spacious and spotless.
The bed sheet has a pink floral pattern with two grinning Pikachu printed on it.
Is this Xiao Ruan's aesthetic sense?
"Brother Zhou, you should get some rest!"
The sound of Soft Serve coming from outside the door was followed by Polaris's cold snort and the sound of the door closing.
Sing Sing stood still.
He walked to the mirror and looked at his perfectly symmetrical face.
There's a bruise on the left and a bruise on the right.
Perfectly symmetrical.
"This woman..." Sing Sing lay sprawled on the soft bed, touching his eye sockets.
"That was a really ruthless move..."
He shifted his weight on the pillow a couple of times.
"But this bed is so nice to sleep in, it's free!"