Chapter 138 The Meaning of Life

Tongcheng isn't a large city, although in terms of GDP, due to its location in the Yangtze River Delta, its GDP may be higher than some provincial capitals.

But its size and population aren't very large.

Hegang is also a small city, and recently its house prices falling to a few hundred yuan per square meter have even been a trending topic.

So,

It's basically impossible for two small cities to have direct flights. It seems that to go to Hegang, you have to fly to Jiamusi first, and then take a car from Jiamusi.

Yingying took care of booking the tickets and is calculating the most time-saving route.

After all,

Looking at the map,

Hegang is really close to the border,

It's really far away.

Attorney An sat on the sofa, leisurely drinking coffee, waiting for dinner.

Being away from home, he had been craving this for a long time. Yingying was right, next time he goes out, he doesn't need to bring anything else, but this coffee, he really needs to bring a jar of it.

Huh,

Why a jar?

Old Zhang, on the other hand, was sitting opposite Attorney An, clutching his chest, holding his phone, looking like he was engrossed in Douyin.

Attorney An put down his coffee cup,

And said:

"Old Zhang, what if I took a video of this and added a title, 'People's Police Concentrating on Douyin'? What kind of reaction do you think there would be?"

"Who doesn't have leisure time?"

Old Zhang retorted.

"But outsiders don't think that way. I think you'd definitely get scolded, and you'd be…"

"Once the scolding starts, my past medals and deeds, including my risking my life to go undercover in a drug trafficking group, will all be exposed.

The harsher the initial criticism, the more dramatic the reversal later. Maybe, with a little manipulation, I could even get promoted."

"Hey, I say, Old Zhang, you've improved. You wouldn't have said something like that before."

"I like doing frontline work; sitting in the office and attending meetings is boring.

Not everyone is single-mindedly trying to climb up the ladder. The destination is important, but the scenery along the way shouldn't be missed either."

"Alright, alright, I can't argue with you now. By the way, want a cup of coffee?"

Old Zhang heard this,

And clutched his chest where his gallbladder was,

Shaking his head, he said:

"I don't like drinking coffee."

"Ah, you just don't know how to enjoy it."

"I really can't enjoy this. Being too fond of enjoyment easily leads to mistakes."

"From what the boss said just now, this trip to the Northeast is to find something to save Old Dao, right?"

Old Zhang nodded.

A Douyin video that's been very popular recently played on his phone.

It's very inspirational and full of positive energy. People don't like things that are too cliché anymore; instead, they prefer content that is more pure and down-to-earth.

The protagonist is a delivery guy,

Filming a video on the side of the road wearing his delivery uniform:

"I ran twenty-six deliveries at noon today, earning over two hundred yuan. I'm only eating now because I've been so busy. When you're hungry, everything tastes good. I believe that through my own efforts, the more I work hard, the luckier I'll be. Keep it up!"

Attorney An put down his coffee cup,

And said with emotion:

"This is the meaning of life, Old Zhang. You must never learn from the boss.

People are different. Some are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, and some are simply born made of pure gold."

Old Zhang nodded,

Continuing to watch the Douyin video,

The sentence "The more you work hard, the luckier you'll be. Keep it up!"

Was repeatedly played on his phone.

Attorney An rolled his eyes, too lazy to bother with him.

Little Monkey was standing at the kitchen door with his little satchel, chirping "squeak, squeak, squeak."

Xu Qinglang came out of the kitchen, reached out and touched Little Monkey's head, saying:

"Old Dao hasn't woken up yet, so he can't eat anything. When he wakes up, I'll make soup for you to take over, okay?"

Little Monkey nodded,

Took out a small insulated container from his satchel,

And silently sat down at the bar.

With Old Dao unconscious, even the usually lively monkey lost its vitality.

Attorney An waved his hand and called out:

"Monkey, come here."

Little Monkey raised his head,

Jumped down from the bar, and came to Attorney An.

Attorney An hugged Little Monkey, saying:

"Don't panic, Old Dao is fine. We can't let anything happen to him. We might be leaving again tomorrow. When the time comes, the bookstore, don't worry about the bookstore, your little brother will take care of everything."

Little Monkey looked at Attorney An with some dissatisfaction.

When determining the number of people who would go,

Little Monkey was one of those who was going to stay behind.

Old Dao was still unconscious in the hospital bed, so it would be most appropriate for Little Monkey to take care of him.

But Attorney An insisted on taking Little Monkey with them, and Zhou Ze finally agreed.

From Little Monkey's perspective, it really didn't want to leave Old Dao, especially since Old Dao needed someone by his side right now.

Although Little Loli and the Little Boy were left behind to watch the store,

They had to take care of the store's affairs, keep an eye on the big turtle and the two Deadpools in the back,

And also to date,

How much attention could they pay to Old Dao?

"You have to go. Don't worry, Old Dao was just a little frightened this time, and there's nothing seriously wrong, but you also know that he has a terminal illness, and the problem he faces is not just a terminal illness.

This trip to the Northeast is to find a solution to his problem, so you need to do your best too, understand?"

Little Monkey nodded vigorously.

"Yeah, that's right, look on the bright side, we're all family."

Putting Little Monkey down,

Little Monkey darted out of the bookstore.

Probably knowing that they would be leaving tomorrow,

It was planning to spend more time with Old Dao tonight.

To be honest, sometimes you really can't help but sigh that raising a daughter or a son is sometimes not as good as raising an animal.

The reason why Attorney An insisted on taking Little Monkey to the Northeast was also to see if he could use the monkey's connections to get the old monkey in the old forest of Northeast China to come out and help.

If there was such a super demon taking action,

The trip to the Northeast

Should be fine.

Originally, he wanted to take Old Dao, but Old Dao in this state wasn't suitable to take out, so he could only take Little Monkey, hoping that the other party would show some consideration for the monkey's sake.

"The more you work hard, the luckier you'll be. Keep it up!"

Old Zhang was still watching this Douyin video.

Attorney An rubbed his ears,

Just in time to see Xu Qinglang coming out with the food and starting to set the table.

Attorney An immediately stood up,

Clapped his hands and said:

"Alright, Old Zhang, turn off your video, dinner's ready."

Who would have thought,

Old Zhang, who was usually so enthusiastic about freeloading meals,

Wasn't making a sound and was still watching the video.

"Hey, just drink a little chicken soup, don't really get obsessed."

Attorney An walked to Old Zhang's side and patted him on the shoulder.

He knew that Old Zhang was a workaholic, but there had been a lot of things happening recently. He had gone to Yangzhou before, and now he was going to the Northeast, which had caused Old Zhang to take leave from the police station all the time, and he might be really depressed.

But Old Zhang had no reason to object, let alone the right to say no, after all, this life of his, and the opportunity to continue being a policeman, was given to him by Zhou Ze, was bestowed by the bookstore.

If the bookstore needed him, he really had no reason to refuse.

"Or, if you really don't want to go, should I talk to the boss again?"

If they could get that old monkey to take action,

It really wouldn't make much difference whether Old Zhang went or not.

Old Zhang shook his head,

Continuing to watch the video,

"The more you work hard, the luckier you'll be!"

Although the delivery guy in the video was using beauty filters, he still gave people a very down-to-earth and simple feeling, filling them with hope and drive for life and work!

"Dinner's ready,"

Xu Qinglang called out.

Over there,

Zhou Ze and Yingying also came down together.

There were many dishes for dinner, very sumptuous.

Attorney An didn't stand on ceremony and sat down, taking the freshly distributed Shore Flower Oral Solution from Yingying, drinking it all in one gulp, then holding the portion prepared for Old Zhang, turned around and called out:

"Old Zhang, still working hard and getting lucky?

Come and eat!"

Old Zhang nodded,

Stood up,

Walked to the dining table, sat down,

But he was still holding his phone,

Drinking the Shore Flower Oral Solution while continuing to watch the video,

Still constantly giving it red hearts,

He was about to become a die-hard fan.

Zhou Ze took a bowl of rice from Yingying,

Looking at Attorney An with some curiosity,

"What's he watching that's so engrossing?"

"Watching chicken soup."

"This video has been very popular these past two days. I've seen it too, Boss."

Yingying said, taking out her phone,

Searching for it, she quickly found it, put it on the table and clicked play:

"I ran twenty-six deliveries at noon today, earning over two hundred yuan. I'm only eating now because I've been so busy. When you're hungry, everything tastes good. I believe that through my own efforts, the more I work hard, the luckier I'll be. Keep it up!"

"Hehe, watching this before dinner can enhance your appetite."

Zhou Ze smiled,

Reaching out and picking up some food, putting it in his mouth and slowly chewing.

"Heh, that's right, is Old Zhang thinking that he's been too hungry outside, so he's thinking of crazily boosting his appetite before eating?

Look at how into it he is, hey, Old Zhang, that's enough, eat, eat, be good, eat your food."

Attorney An gently bumped Old Zhang with his arm.

Old Zhang breathed a long sigh,

Finally turned off the video.

"That's more like it, watching it once or twice is enough, don't always watch it, you have to distinguish between reality and life, right?"

Attorney An picked up a chicken leg and put it in Old Zhang's rice bowl.

"Here, have a chicken leg."

After saying that,

Attorney An also put one in his own bowl,

He had been running around outside recently,

And he had to go out again tomorrow,

He had to eat a chicken leg to replenish himself.

Old Zhang nodded,

But didn't rush to eat,

Instead, he picked up his phone again and dialed a number,

"Hello, is this Little Zhao? Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, but I still need to take some time off, I won't be able to come back to work in a short time, can you help me take care of the things in the group?

Also, did you see the video I just sent you?

You saw it?

Then go arrest him.

The delivery guy in the video should be a fugitive suspect in a kidnapping case from eight years ago."

"............" Attorney An.

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This seems to be fake news, everyone please don't take it seriously.

Also, the fifth update will probably be released at 2:00 AM, it will not be counted into the two guaranteed updates for the next day.

Long has indeed taken a few more leaves recently, but Long will not owe any of the ones that need to be made up, don't panic!