Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Xue Meng lay helplessly on his desk, while Jiang Lan curiously searched for news on his mobile phone.
After reading: “…”
To be honest, this news editor was very good at making up stories. It was really not easy to fix so many flaws.
It was true that corpses were bought and sold in Sanshui Village, but Jiang Lan guessed that they mainly wanted to save their own lives. There were only a few dozen households in Sanshui Village. There were more men than women, and the fertility rate was low. At first, they might be able to use the lives of villagers to fill the gap, such as the dozen or so households that had no one left but had not died and had their households closed. But as time went on, the appetites of the Gu Diaos and Dilongs must have grown larger and larger, while the number of villagers became fewer and fewer. They probably started thinking of ways to get corpses from outside to feed them.
Making money from buying and selling corpses was probably just incidental. But this kind of thing was basically a huge profit. If you meet a buyer who offers a high price, you may make a lot of money.
He thought of the four extraordinarily sumptuous banquets in Sanshui Village, and at that time he wondered where the villagers got their money. That was how it must have all come about.
Nowadays, all the topics on the Internet were discussing Sanshui Village. Sanshui Village had too many shortcomings. Baby towers, living graves, buying and selling of corpses, and ghost marriages. There were also the abduction and trafficking of women and the sharing of wives…not to mention the locals in Jiangcheng who swore that those who died in vain had turned into ghosts and come back to take revenge, adding a supernatural color to the case.
The various elements of this case were too dense, the discussion was very high, and the number of comments in the news had reached a terrifying number.
Jiang Lan scrolled down the comments and saw that someone had posted an animated picture of a dragon in the front row of hot comments, praying to the Dragon God to sentence the villagers of Sanshui Village to death and make them die soon.
He didn’t pay much attention to it at first, but when he passed by, he suddenly noticed that the dragon in the animated picture looked a little different. He clicked on the big picture to look at it, and then fell silent.
It turned out to be Ying Long.
He said it seemed like it had two extra wings.
In the comments, the floor leader was still educating passers-by about Ying Long’s deeds.
It was said that in the early morning of the 9th, dark clouds suddenly gathered over Jiangcheng, with lightning and thunder. Many Jiangcheng netizens claimed to have seen a golden dragon flying in the clouds, and some people recorded high-definition videos with cameras and posted them online. The original video went viral at the time, and netizens near Sanshui Village came forward to confirm that there was a heavy rain suddenly in the early morning of the 9th. Thunder and lightning roared in Sanshui Village, and many houses and trees were damaged. Now even though they had been repaired, you could still see the traces left behind.
Netizens unanimously believed that Sanshui Village had done something bad and angered the Dragon God, so he issued a divine punishment and retribution.
The accidentally captured video of Ying Long was forwarded by countless netizens to make wishes. Although it wasn’t long before the videos began to be deleted on a large scale but the more censorships were made, the more netizens felt that the dragon was real and the government was just controlling public opinion. They cherished the precious videos they had saved more and more. Some netizens specially intercepted the video and made animated emoticons.
However, the opinions on the Internet were never one-sided. Some people swore that it was the appearance of the dragon god, and naturally there were also people who ridiculed the p-picture and the people for engaging in feudal superstition. Their argument was that all dragons with wings were Western dragons, and Chinese dragons did not look like this.
This statement had gained many supporters, so now the Internet was divided into half believers and half unbelievers.
Netizens didn’t know the truth, but Jiang Lan knew that there was indeed a thunderstorm in Sanshui Village that day, and the unlucky Tao Wu was struck twice. At that time, he only thought it was a thunderstorm caused by the weather or too much resentment in the cemetery, but he did not expect it to be Ying Long.
He sent a screenshot of the Weibo comments to Ying Qiao.
[Ying Long is on fire]
[Ying Long actually went to Sanshui Village that day, and we didn’t even meet him.]
Ying Qiao, who was organizing the bookshelf: ???
He looked at the comments in the screenshot, and his face suddenly darkened.
[Ying Long is not that ugly.]
Jiang Lan: ???
Was that the point?
Ying Qiao was indeed a die-hard fan of Ying Long.
He wisely did not entangle this topic with Ying Qiao: [Hmm, do you know why Ying Long went to Sanshui Village?]
Ying Qiao had already thought of this and typed quickly: [I think he happened to be passing by.]
Jiang Lan suddenly realized that it would make sense if he was just passing by and helping. After all, the small Sanshui Village could not let Ying Long take action.
If you say that, wasn’t Ying Long still a little enthusiastic?
He thought of Tao Wu who had been struck twice by lightning, and his favorable impression of Ying Long increased a little.
Favorability +1
Ying Qiao looked at Jiang Lan’s reply, “Ying Long is quite enthusiastic,” and couldn’t hide the smile on his lips:
If you don’t brush up your favorability points at this time, when will you? Ying Qiao tried selling Amway again very enthusiastically: [If you pay more attention, you will find that Ying Long has always been very helpful.]
Jiang Lan was confused: Really?
He couldn’t tell for a moment whether it was a fan filter or whether it was a big contrast between Ying Long in reality and the rumors, so he simply stopped worrying about the issue, smiled back and continued to work.
Ying Qiao pondered over this smiling face for a long time.
What did the smiley mean?
Was the little monster willing to understand Ying Long?
After writing the weekly summary in the morning, the department held another meeting in the afternoon.
Because the entire Sanshui Village was involved in the corpse trading case, the poverty alleviation work they were assigned would definitely not be able to continue. So the above assigned them additional tasks. The meeting was mainly about this matter.
Director Cheng was still cheerful. He first praised Jiang Lan and Xue Meng, and then talked about their new tasks.
Going to the countryside to alleviate poverty was a Dragon Boat Festival activity, and the new tasks naturally revolved around the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival.
The district was planning to hold the first “Auspicious Dragon Boat Festival” in Qingyang Lake this year and was encouraging the district to form a dragon boat team to participate in the competition. The winning team would also represent Hanyang District in the city to compete with other dragon boat teams.
Since it was held for the first time this year, it was naturally going to be grand and lively. However, there was currently a shortage of manpower, so Jiang Lan and the others were being transferred there.
Director Cheng said: “In the past, you only had to cooperate with the preparation work. It should be easier than going to the countryside.”
Xue Meng immediately became energetic when he heard this: “When will we go there?”
“We’ll go next Monday, and we’ll go two by two.”
Director Cheng briefly explained some precautions before adjourning the meeting.
Jiang Lan had never seen a dragon boat race before and asked curiously: “Is the dragon boat race fun?”
“It’s so exciting.” The rejuvenated Xue Meng said: “If the dragon boat team is good, maybe someone will open a handicap, and it’s not much different from horse racing. It’s even more exciting to watch the scene. This is what people in the world do.”
Xiao Xiaoyu said: “But don’t have high expectations. There was no tradition of dragon boat racing in our district before. If we really want to form a dragon boat team, I don’t know what will happen.”
They used to watch the city’s dragon boat races every year. Hanyang District also sent a dragon boat team to compete, but they always finished last.
Xue Meng also enthusiastically found a video of the dragon boat race in the city last year and showed it to Jiang Lan. Jiang Lan leaned over and saw a section. His eyes said that he was already looking forward to it.
Just as Jiang Lan was about to get off work, Ying Qiao sent a message to Jiang Lan, saying that he would go to the street office immediately to give Xue Meng a new mobile phone and invite him to dinner by the way.
Of course, giving the mobile phone was just an excuse, the main purpose was to date.
As a dragon that had been single for a long time, Ying Qiao’s mobility was still very strong. Although the reference books that he had ordered had not yet arrived, it was always right to find ways to create opportunities to meet more.
As expected, Jiang Lan did not refuse.
Ying Qiao sat in the car and carefully checked his appearance in the mirror, making sure that every strand of hair was where it should be, that his shirt was smooth and wrinkle-free, and that the smell of perfume was not too strong, then he picked up the gift bag and got off the car.
He usually attached great importance to his image, but now that he had determined his feelings, he was no worse than a peacock with its wings spread.
He stood in front of the street office for less than ten minutes, and several groups of people passing by had already given him several looks.
It was just that Ying Qiao’s eyes were lowered, and he had a “stay away from me” aura, and passers-by came and went several times, but no one had the courage to approach him and ask for his number.
Ying Qiao raised his hand to look at the time. It was exactly time to get off work at half past five.
He walked to Jiang Lan’s office by a familiar route.
Uncle Zhou was the first to see him. His eyes were surprised for a moment. He subconsciously wanted to get up but sat back again under his eyes.
Xiao Xiaoyu was arguing with Xue Meng. When she saw Ying Qiao come in, her eyes widened. She used her elbow to elbow Xue Meng and screamed in a low voice: “Damn it, did you see it? What a tyrant! Brother Jiang Lan, isn’t he even more handsome than last time?”
Xue Meng took a look unconvinced, but it was true.
Comparing people to each other was very irritating.
Jiang Lan was a little surprised when he saw Ying Qiao. He looked Ying Qiao up and down several times before saying, “You’re very handsome today.”
Ying Qiao pursed his lips in satisfaction and gave the gift to him: “It’s for you and Jiao Tu and Ni Ni.”
Suan Ni, who was lying on Zhang Tianxing’s table, straightened up immediately when he heard his name, jumped up to Jiang Lan’s table nimbly, and looked into the bag with wide eyes, as if trying to guess what delicious food was in the bag.
Jiang Lan flicked his forehead: “More and more greedy.”
Ying Qiao smiled and rubbed Suan Ni’s head: “It’s the wine-filled chocolate given by the boss. He said it was brought back from abroad.”
Suan Ni’s big golden eyes were filled with desire to eat.
Jiang Lan had no choice but to unpack and hand one to him, and then stuffed one of the pepper pictures in the bag into the shell.
He squinted at Suan Ni and muttered: “If the two of you spoil him like this, he will become a big fat man in a while.”
Suan Ni’s ears twitched, pretending not to hear, and concentrated on unwrapping the wrapping paper.
When Ying Qiao saw this scene, the corners of his lips curled up, and he couldn’t help but rub the top of his hair. Soft and fluffy, the fine strands of hair tickled the palms of his hands.
Ying Qiao narrowed his eyes in enjoyment, and finally remembered Xue Meng by the way, and handed him the new mobile phone.
Xue Meng waved his hand repeatedly, too embarrassed to take it, but Ying Qiao put the phone directly on his table and turned to talk to Jiang Lan. Xue Meng’s polite words were all blocked back.
Okay, Xiao Xiaoyu was right, Ying Qiao was indeed very handsome today.
The author has something to say:
Longlong: Is the little monster finally willing to eat my Amway?
Bi Xi (sneering): What are you thinking? I still have a lot of dirty information here.
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