Chapter 1439: Chapter 892: Phone Call (3)
After another half an hour, Zhou Mingxiao and his group came back, all four of them, and they brought back a sumptuous box lunch for everyone.
After all, it was already past noon, and everyone was hungry. Yang Xiao had only eaten a sausage for breakfast and was now starving.
"The client said they would send me the contact information of their friend once they got back, so we just have to wait," Zhou Mingxiao said as he tore open a plastic bag, handed out chopsticks, and invited everyone to eat.
This was a moment to see the qualities of an old player. They had just moved corpses not long ago. Since the morning, they had handled two bodies.
One was burned beyond recognition, while the other had all its bones broken, curled into a ball, bleeding from all orifices, both with horrific forms of death. But Yang Xiao, among these old players, didn’t care at all, especially Yang Xiao, who didn’t even bother to wash his hands and ate roasted meat wrapped in duck’s blood, one bite after another, oil dripping from his mouth.
In contrast, the newcomers, like Yang Yan and Zhou Hai, had completely lost their appetite.
Seeing how Yang Xiao ate, Yang Yan, already scared by the corpses, turned pale and almost vomited.
There wasn’t much roasted meat, just one box, and it was quite far from Yang Xiao, so Jiang Qingluan reached out with her chopsticks and placed pieces of it onto his white rice, "Eat slowly, no one’s going to take it from you," she urged softly.
This scene was observed by everyone, and although no one said anything openly, they were all secretly speculating, thinking that the two of them must have had an unforgettable night last night; otherwise, there was no reason for them to be so close today.
Jiang Qingluan’s care for Yang Xiao was written on her face, her voice soft as if she owed him.
"Sister Qingluan, don’t be partial, I love meat too, but I can’t reach it," Munan, drawing close, swayed her body, and pleaded in a coquettish manner.
"Alright, alright, you can have some too." Jiang Qingluan seemed taken aback by her antics but still picked up some meat for her.
By this point, Munan’s box lunch was already packed with several rolls, all wrapped in perilla leaves with roasted meat inside. Her habit was to wrap them up first, then eat them all at once.
Noticing someone staring at her bowl, Munan saw that it was Yang Yan, and decided to tease her by picking up a roasted meat roll with her chopsticks and unexpectedly bringing it to Yang Yan’s lips, smiling and saying, "Ah, open your mouth, this is for you... it smells so good..."
"Ugh~~"
The next second, before Munan could react, Yang Yan, looking dismayed, instantly turned into a vomiting warrior, tilting her head back and vomiting it all onto the roasted meat rolls in front of Munan.
"For the love of... " Munan’s face turned green at that moment; all the roasted meat rolls were gone, and she was splattered with quite a bit of disgusting mess, nearly driving her to breakdown.
"I’m sorry, ugh~~" Yang Yan cried out apologetically while vomiting, the scene becoming unbearably chaotic.
After this episode, no one was in the mood to eat anymore. Everyone had to clean up the mess, mop the floor, wipe the tables, open the windows for ventilation, and such was the consequence of offending newcomers.
By around 2 PM, the office phone rang. Zhou Mingxiao dashed to it in a flash; it was the client calling. He held the phone between his shoulder and ear, grabbed a notebook, and jotted down a number.
This number belonged to the client’s friend. After hanging up, Zhou Mingxiao directly called it from the landline and turned on the speakerphone.
Not long after, the call was connected, and a slightly hoarse voice came from the other end, "Who is this?"
"Hello, is this President Chen? I am a friend of President Zhang from Mingde Etiquette Company and got your contact from him as well."
Zhou Mingxiao’s tone was polite yet made you feel no flattery, very natural and comfortable, "You can call me Old Zhou. There’s something I’d like to consult with you about. Are you available now?"
Upon hearing Zhou Mingxiao introduce himself, the other party seemed to recall who he was, and the tone relaxed as well, "Oh, a friend of President Zhang. What do you want to ask?"
"Did you work at the Rongjin Building some years back?" Zhou Mingxiao got to the point.
"Yes."
Zhou Mingxiao felt a surge of happiness, "Have you heard of Chen’s Strange Film Industry?"
At this, the other side suddenly fell silent, even the faint sound of breathing disappeared, and after a while, the voice coldly asked, "Why are you asking about this?"
The tone was very off, turning from relaxed to wary, letting Yang Xiao and others know that they had asked the right person, this person must know something.
And Zhou Mingxiao, being a seasoned player, deftly smoothed over the awkwardness with a few polite remarks, but the topic remained unchanged—still about Chen’s Strange Film Industry.
"I know that company. At the time, our company was on the 21st floor, and they were on the 18th. But later, a fire destroyed their company, and the people... were gone." The voice of President Chen on the other end was filled with regret and a faint trace of fear.
"Were there no survivors from the fire in their company?" Zhou Mingxiao asked.
"No, everyone in the company was burned to death. This caused quite a stir at the time and was very bizarre. Do you... do you understand what I mean?" The man seemed apprehensive.
"I don’t quite understand what you’re saying." Zhou Mingxiao feigned ignorance, trying to get more information.
"This wasn’t an ordinary fire. They offended something while filming, and that thing sought them out."
The man’s speaking speed increased, and his voice began to tremble, "No matter what your intention is, I advise you to forget about this name and stay away from that damned place. It’s only because you’re a friend of President Zhang that I’m telling you this much; otherwise, I’d never want to recall that place for the rest of my life."
"President Chen, to be frank, we might be in some trouble ourselves. Our current company is at Rongjin Building, on the 17th floor, right below where the fire happened." Zhou Mingxiao delivered the heavy news directly.
