Although Edward and Charlie already knew that their boss was a mysterious person who could not be looked at with a normal person's eyes, they were still disturbed by Zhang Lisheng's words that sounded like a clumsy joke, but when they thought about it carefully, they realized that it had a lot of meaning.
"Boss, y-you're saying that you're regarded as a god by the foreign world's natives on the Shrimp B1 Island? Or are you really their god who reincarnated on Earth?" Charlie, who had seen the native midgets worshipping Zhang Lisheng on the human gathering place on the foreign world's island, blurted out.
"Are you kidding, Charlie?" Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a while in the face of his subordinate's bold assumption.
Under the calm gaze of the young man in front, Charlie, who had said the wrong thing, seemed to feel endless pressure as he became incoherent, not knowing how to answer. "I-I … No, Boss, I'm not kidding.
Before I met you, I was just a clown doing part-time work on Wall Street. It's you who gave me a real stage to show my talent. What I mean is, if you're really a god, then I-I'll also be your devout believer … "
"Don't be nervous, Charlie. Whether you're joking or not, what I said just now was just a joke." Zhang Lisheng said with a smile as though he was saying a tongue twister. Reaching out, he made a zipping action on his mouth.
"I understand! I understand, Boss! You're joking! Everything is just a joke!" Charlie breathed a sigh of relief and nodded hard.
"It's good that you understand, Charlie." Zhang Lisheng, who felt that time had become pressing due to the change of his plan, shrugged at his manager and turned to look at the LS legal officer. "However, Edward, even though everything is just a joke, you still have to do the preparation that I told you to do."
"I-I know, Boss!"
"Very good!" Zhang Lisheng smiled in satisfaction. Only the afterglow of the setting sun could be seen outside the window. "Charlie, Edward, I really want to talk to you for a while more, but since I've decided to go to the Shrimp B1 Island tomorrow, my time tonight …"
Charlie and Edward stood up from the chairs in front of the desk almost at the same time. "Oh, of course, boss. If you don't have any other orders, we'll take our leave now." After saying goodbye to Zhang Lisheng, they walked out of the office.
Watching the two disappearing silhouettes, the young man pondered for a while and commanded Ghostface to turn invisible with his mind. Crawling to him from the sea of blood under the factory, he dialed Tina's number.
The phone was picked up after ringing for four to five times. Zhang Lisheng turned the giant spider that was over four meters tall with black hair all over its body and a horrifying grimacing face on its back into a doll that was less than ten centimeters long and held it in his palm. He asked, "Tina, where are you now?"
"I've already gone home, baby. Have you come out of the hospital? I have some bad news to tell you. My mom's oil painting called The Tree of Dusk has won the French National Art Prize. Our family is going to Paris tomorrow …"
"What a coincidence! It just so happens that because of a small accident, I'm also going back to Shrimp B1 Island tomorrow!"
"What's wrong? What accident has made you need to leave so suddenly, baby?"
"Oh, the accident that I encountered is not good news at all …" Zhang Lisheng briefly told Tina about Emerson's questioning and Charlie's countermeasures. "I think Charlie's idea is not bad, so I've made a last-minute decision to leave New York tomorrow and go to the supernatural realm's island to avoid the limelight."
There was a moment of silence on the phone. Without warning, Tina said gently, "I'm proud of you, baby. A man who knows how to give in is a real rational and mature man.
It's even rarer for a man like you who has great power to know how to give in at the right time.
Even though I'll definitely stand on your side no matter what happens, from a fair point of view, Mr. Emerson is not wrong. He's a good man with a sense of justice and public morality … "
"There's an old saying in China that goes' good people don't live long '. Tina, it's not that I'm giving in, it's just that reality doesn't allow me to overreact …" Zhang Lisheng curled his lips and interrupted what the girl was about to say next.
However, when the young man's words left his mouth, Tina continued to praise him. "That's not easy, Lisheng. If you really want to do something, I believe that there's no 'reality' that can stop your footsteps."
"Whatever you think," Zhang Lisheng said helplessly. "Can you come out tonight? If you can't, then we may have to meet again a few months later."
"Oh, baby, we definitely won't meet again so far away.
I'm afraid I can't go out tonight, but you can come to my house to attend the celebration dinner. There will be a fireworks show and my dad has also invited Beyonce, Amma and … "
"Tina, if Mr. Dolby has invited Darwin or Leeuwenhoek, perhaps I'll be interested in coming. It's fine if it's the others."
"Are you really not coming, baby? You must know that the dinner is very long and my house is very big. Perhaps we can secretly find a remote small room in the middle and do some 'love things'," Tina said in a seductive voice.
"Tina, I'm a Chinese, so even though I'm very bold and can be said to be unscrupulous in doing things, I'll never secretly do 'love things' with you when your parents are present. This is because I respect you, and … and …"
"What else? Other than respect, what else is there, Lisheng?" Tina, who was infatuated with Zhang Lisheng could not help but ask after waiting for a long time for Zhang Lisheng to continue his sentence.
After a moment of silence to prepare his emotions, Zhang Lisheng took a deep breath and whispered, "And I love you …"
"Oh baby, you've made my heart melt! I love you too! I'll always love you …" Tina replied in an extremely gentle manner.
Just like that, the call between the two of them became affectionate. However, unfortunately, the happy time was always short-lived. Soon, the girl was taken away by her mother to try on the new dress for the dinner. In the office of the new LS Slaughterhouse, Zhang Lisheng put his phone into his pocket and could not help but shudder when he recalled the words of love that he had just said.
Commanding the black-haired spider that was crawling blindly on his arm to crawl into his clothes, he muttered to himself, "I've really gone crazy just now …" Then, he stood up from the office chair and walked downstairs to drive back to New York City.
After parking his car in the parking lot, he walked through Brooklyn's community avenue in the dark and returned home. As soon as the young man opened the door, he was surprised to see the entire family sitting on the sofa in the living room, except for the male owner, Sullo.
"Hey, good evening, everyone.
Randy, you didn't go to the party? What's wrong? Have your friends returned to Los Angeles so soon? "
"Of course they won't go back so soon. To a college student, it's a big sin to waste a plane ticket.
Oh, Lisheng, these things are not important. What's important is the harm that my friend has caused to you … "
"Harm? You mean Emerson?
Randy, don't tell me that you think such an idiot will cause harm to me? That's just ridiculous.
Don't tell me that everyone has been waiting here to comfort me because of this reason? "Zhang Lisheng's eyes widened in surprise as he said with a laugh. However, when he saw his mother's complicated gaze when she turned her head to stare at him, his heart jolted and his expression became solemn." Of course, I'd be lying if I said that I don't have any feelings in my heart.
Those who know me know that I spend far more time on scientific experiments than running a business. My dream has always been to become an outstanding scientist, not an industrialist.
My purpose of running a business is not to enjoy life but to serve scientific research. However, in other people's mouth, I've become a 'butcher' -type capitalist. I think this is very unfair to me … "As he spoke, he began to imitate Charlie's manner and gradually got into character, causing his voice to become sorrowful.
"Oh baby, mom knows that this is not your fault. It's not fair for that young man named Emerson to blame you when he doesn't know you at all." Upon hearing her son's words, Lili stood up and ran to Zhang Lisheng before hugging him and comforting him. "No one could have predicted that an accident would happen to that poor protester this morning …"
"But even so, I still feel very guilty, mom," Zhang Lisheng said in frustration as though he no longer suppressed his emotions. "Right now, I just want to go back to Shrimp B1 Island and adjust my mood with my research work. Of course, I'm just saying …"
"No, baby, it's normal for you to want to escape from New York." Lili became silent for a while before sighing. "Just do what you want. Right now, the most important thing for you is to relax. Remember, don't suppress yourself too much."
"But didn't you say that you want to bring me to see grandpa?"
"I've already told you, baby. Right now, relaxing is the most important thing for you. Compared to that, everything else is not important."
"Oh, mom, thank you!" In the face of his mother's love, Zhang Lisheng said sincerely.
After obtaining Lili's approval, the young man's trip to the supernatural realm the next day could be considered settled. After comforting her son, his mother went to the kitchen to make pancakes when she found out that he had not eaten his dinner yet.
Looking at Lili's busy figure in the living room, Michelle suddenly walked up to Zhang Lisheng and whispered, "Your performance is really wonderful. If one day, you feel that being a scientist is not a big deal anymore, you can always go to Hollywood to develop your career."
"Michelle, I really don't feel guilty about the protester's death or Mr. Emerson's accusation at all.
Besides, if that Mr. Emerson really puts his threat into practice, I'll definitely let him know how terrible it is for an antelope to offend a lion … "
"What do you want to do? Kill him?" Upon hearing Zhang Lisheng's undisguised words, Michelle suddenly asked.
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