Before long, Lang Jin suddenly understood what Tang Li had really meant by "No need to rush."
Because rushing was useless. All of a sudden, Tang Li had vanished. He only said he had some personal matters to handle, then stopped coming to work. No one could find him. That alone would have been one thing—normally, when the head of an organization slacked off, no one could do much about it, especially in a vertically managed unit like this...
But he couldn't let the higher-ups catch him at it!
On Wednesday, October 16, because Dong Fan had triggered the Blood Moon Hook system's response twice and was suspected to be an "A-class subject," the Great District Center specifically dispatched Director Lu Yang of the Operations Division to lead a team down and handle the matter. Leaving aside the fact that he had come under orders and outranked them by half a grade, Tang Li had dealt with him when he previously came to East 824 District, and Lu Yang had treated him courteously. At a time like this, they should at least have returned the courtesy...
But missing was missing. Lang Jin, the office director, stepped straight into the pit and nearly got buried in it.
Fortunately, Mei Zhu had a good relationship with Director Lu Yang. He stepped in and barely smoothed things over. Still, Lang Jin could not escape this ordeal and was dragged off by Mei Zhu for a thorough scolding.
When his old superior genuinely lost his temper and chewed him out, Lang Jin could only take it. He roughly understood that Mei Zhu had been dissatisfied with the recent "atmosphere." Tang Li's willfulness, even his occasional madness, could be tolerated as part of his personality. But if he could not even be bothered to keep