"You really are... outrageous!"
Old Man Li slammed his hand down on the table.
In the corner of the dining hall, besides Ah Bang Ge, there were two other gardeners who did odd jobs at the Welfare Institute. At that moment, all three lowered their heads and dared not make a sound.
Because of the torrential rain, the two gardener-handymen had not gone home that evening either... But for men with such lively nightlife, being cooped up in the little room where they rested, only to run into a power outage, was unbearably dull.
So the two bored gardeners discussed it and decided to make a late-night snack—preferably free-range chicken hot pot!
But neither of them wanted to kill a chicken in the middle of the night. What were they supposed to do?
Wasn't there still the hard-working Ah Bang?
That settled it!
Thus, the two gardeners used the excuse that the Dean had fallen ill and that chicken soup would help her recover faster, sending Ah Bang Ge to catch a chicken at the coop in the middle of the night and slaughter it!
They had pulled some vegetables and pea shoots from the garden... The charcoal stove for the hot pot was already lit, and they were only waiting for Ah Bang to return with the chicken.
"Uncle Li, it's not that serious! One chicken isn't worth much... At worst, deduct it from our wages. It's not a big deal. The two of us were just bored and wanted a few drinks." Gardener A put on a fawning expression. "How about joining us? It took me ages to get the stove going!"
"Get lost!" Old Man Li said angrily. "I don't care what you do, but tricking Ah Bang and ordering him around was wrong. Have some conscience!"