Confusion and bewilderment intertwined in everyone's hearts, most of all Quan Liang's.
His gaze lingered on Ji Li and Hu Nuannuan, filled with deep suspicion.
Especially toward the latter.
Whether Ji Li counted as the seventh or the tenth was indeed ambiguous under the rules.
There could therefore be a visual discrepancy.
But Hu Nuannuan was different. She was a bona fide employee of Branch No. 10 and had always been one.
Why was what she saw different?
Quan Liang considered himself the vice branch manager of a branch as well. Ji Li was absent most of the time, making him the de facto branch manager.
What could there possibly be that even he was unable to glimpse?
The Hotel's Will had not appeared for a long time. Once again, he felt an unprecedented sense of confusion about the road ahead.
With those thoughts in mind, Quan Liang raised his head and looked toward the distant ceiling.
The hotel's golden light could not reach that place. There was only a stretch of murky darkness.
If Branch No. 10 was truly hated and rejected by heaven and earth, how was an ant trapped here supposed to survive?
"You may all disperse now. Hu Nuannuan, stay behind."
Ji Li watched the quiet second floor as he slowly descended the stairs, waving the others away at the same time.
More than a dozen employees, their faces bearing different expressions and unspeakable emotions, dispersed in twos and threes after some hesitation.
As for Cheng Ming, when he passed Ji Li, he quietly said one thing:
"Manager, I want to go on this Commission Mission."
Ji Li merely gave him a look. He neither made his stance clear nor showed any expression, walking straight toward Hu Nuannuan.
Quan Liang stood on the Third Floor