"Don't worry."
Qi Zixiao assured him, "I absolutely won't say a single extra word. I'll take the money and leave."
Wu Guodong: "...Big brother, don't screw me over here. How can you not say anything? Uh...fine. Although the leaders will say more, you still have to give a speech, and then cooperate with the photo session."
"Once the photos are taken, we can pretty much leave."
"A speech?"
"And weren't you going to have me figure out what was wrong with that skeleton? You don't need that anymore?" Qi Zixiao blinked.
"You definitely have to give a speech!"
Wu Guodong was torn between laughter and tears. "It's part of the procedure, an essential procedure! And when I said we could leave, I didn't mean actually leave. I meant that the Commendation Meeting would basically be over."
"What if I don't have a speech?"
"You have to give one..."
Qi Zixiao's eyes rolled. "Then you'll have to pay more!"
Wu Guodong: "o(╥﹏╥)o... You've really fallen into the money pit, haven't you?"
"Ah, I knew you were unreliable. Luckily, I prepared a backup speech for you. Take a look, then just read it aloud later."
"You should've said so earlier!"
Qi Zixiao took the speech and sat down in her seat with a beaming smile.
Before long, the reporters entered, followed by one leader after another.
The order in which the leaders entered clearly had its own rules and principles, but Qi Zixiao couldn't make heads or tails of them, so she paid no attention.
At nine in the morning, the Commendation Meeting officially began.
Wu Guodong took the stage first. "Respected leaders and friends from the media, good morning. I'm Wu Guodong, a witness to Mr. Lin Fan, the 'Crime Nemesis,' capturing Qiu Shufeng. I'm very pleased to give everyone this