Zhou Yaning's subordinates swarmed forward and surrounded Wen Meng.
It looked like they were about to fight, but they were in the same department. Why would they fight for no reason? Qian Xiaoling and the others simply did not want anyone else to know Lu Chengchuan's background.
"I was just asking. Why are you all so worked up?" Wen Meng said with an innocent expression.
He had only asked casually. Was such a huge reaction necessary?
Qian Xiaoling stood between the two of them, her small face turning cold and stern. "Cut the crap. Why are you asking so much? You're not even part of our squad."
"Stop arguing. We're all on the same side. Go do what you need to do. What's the point of arguing here?"
Very soon, Wen Meng's teammates came over to break things up. The other squads heard them arguing and sat nearby to watch, eager for the show.
A fight definitely would not break out. It was not that Qian Xiaoling and the others were afraid, nor was it that she looked down on her colleagues. If they really fought, no one present would be a match for Lu Chengchuan.
She did not want to fight because they were at headquarters. Fighting here would mean they thought their lives were going too well.
"Xiao Ling, he doesn't look like an Esper. Is he really part of your squad?" Wen Meng spoke especially softly.
"Don't concern yourself with that. He's met the director. If there were really a problem with him, would he have been allowed in here?" Left with no choice, Qian Xiaoling could only invoke the director.
It was true that Lu Chengchuan had met the director. She had even brought him upstairs herself at the time.
If the director had met him,