"You really like reading novels? But don't read them so openly."
Ren Suo let out an "ah," hurriedly closed his phone, and smiled awkwardly at Chen Kun. "Sorry, Brother Kun."
"Although we have quite a bit of freedom when we're out on assignment, if something happens and you can't calm it down in time, it'll count against your record." Chen Kun was only reminding him and did not sound particularly angry. "My stomach hurts a little..."
Ren Suo immediately caught his meaning and patted his chest. "Go ahead! I'll keep watch."
"Alright, I'll leave it to you!"
After watching Chen Kun enter the teaching building, Ren Suo took out his phone again and leaned against the gymnasium wall. He glanced at the middle school students lining up for blood draws inside the gym, then continued reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Ren Suo had already been working for seven days—yes, without a single day off.
He had even had to take time off for his senior thesis defense...
It was not that the Countermeasures Bureau had no holidays. Officially, its working hours were quite humane: nine to five, with weekends off. However, as a state public institution, once things got busy, that schedule naturally became void.
Of course, the Countermeasures Bureau was not some exploitative workplace. As a special newly established state unit staffed entirely by cultivators, its pay and benefits might not have been exceptional, but they at least complied with the law. Overtime came with overtime pay, and weekends taken up by work could be exchanged directly for compensatory leave. According to Team Leader You Jilong, once they got through this busy period, they would basically be free.
Well, once they got through this busy period...
Over the past seven days, Ren Suo had spent less than three