Chapter Twenty-Eight: Knowing and Defending
The judges began to count: "Han Tianrui has already eaten five." Xiao Wenwen's fifth is about to be finished.
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The audience resounded one after another: "Come on, come on!" Zhu Xiaodong couldn't hold back his anxious mood anymore: "Gong Yuze! Gong Yuze, come on!!" Gong Yuze heard the shout from Zhu Xiaodong.
But he didn't dare to look up in the direction of Zhu Xiaodong.
He dimly remembered the scene when he saw Zhu Xiaodong for the first time,
I thought of that greasy face, and I remembered the delicious food on the pick-up table of Qiao Lun's Hotel, and I also remembered the beautiful face on Xiao Wenwen's profile photo for the first time......
He couldn't go on. Gong Yuze raised his head violently, picked up the hamburger and took a big bite.
As soon as this bite of burger arrived in his mouth, it seemed to freeze there, and before he could swallow the bite he had bite, he heard Han Tianrui shouting, "Another plate!"
The audience was discussing, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic: "Look! That Han Tianrui ate ten in five minutes!"
People's emotions were like hay, which was quickly ignited by Han Tianrui's match.
"The one on the left is called Gong Yuze, what's going on? ”
"That's right, let me eat more than him on stage!" Someone in the audience began to heckle: "Hey! If you can't eat it, just leave!"
Zhu Xiaodong was already sweating profusely, and he realized the seriousness of the situation.
Zhu Xiaodong tried his best to squeeze out the crowd and find a remote corner, he dialed Lin Suwen's phone: "The situation is not good, Gong Yuze is obviously lagging behind, and he hasn't even eaten a single one so far, and what's worse is that he keeps drinking water...... "Zhu Xiaodong wiped his sweat and continued, "And every time he swallows, he has a very painful expression." ”
On the other end of the line, there was silence for about a second or two. Lin Suwen said in a deep voice: "It is very likely that his throat or mouth is injured." ”
"Xiaodong, you judge as soon as possible whether Gong Yuze can continue. If you can't, let him go. Don't let him hold on any longer!"
Zhu Xiaodong squeezed into the crowd again. When he returned to the first row. Gong Yuze's condition is still not improving.
He was slowly swallowing one bite at a time, his brows were tightly knit, and his face was flushed, an expression that Zhu Xiaodong couldn't bear to look at.
Han Tianrui and Xiao Wenwen ate the same number of hamburgers. The rivalry between the two has entered a white-hot state.
One after another, they kept raising their hands and signaling to the staff.
The hamburger in front of them, a new plate was served, and after a while, the effort was eliminated, and another plate was served.
"Han Tianrui 17! Xiao Wenwen is in hot pursuit with 16!"
The cheers of the audience, cheering mixed with discussions, drowned out Zhu Xiaodong's shouts. Zhu Xiaodong almost shouted hoarsely: "Gong Yuze quit!"
Gong Yuze couldn't hear anything but noise.
He knew he was going to lose, but he kept his head down and still chewed and swallowed hard.
Zhu Xiaodong stopped shouting. He pulled out a piece of paper from his bag. I wrote two big words on it with a pen: Exit. Then he crumpled into a small paper ball and threw it towards Gong Yuze.
The paper ball was impartial and threw it on Gong Yuze's plate. Gong Yuze opened it, glanced at it and closed the paper ball, and as the last bite of the burger was swallowed, his tears flowed down his eyes.
After lowering his head and raising his hand to signal the judges, he walked out of the venue in full view of everyone.
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That night, at Tan Che's residence.
This is a villa on the outskirts of the city, the door of the study on the second floor is open, the cool air is filled with the smell of dampness, and a bird suddenly descends and skims low over the balcony. The gray body was like a flying newspaper.
Tan Che stood on the large balcony. Condescendingly overlooking the garden on the first floor of the house.
His arms were outstretched, and his hands were on either side of the railing. I haven't said a word for a long time. Behind him, stood Lin Suwen and Zhu Xiaodong.
Zhu Xiaodong spoke first: "Master Tan, it's all my fault." If I could have paid a little attention, it wouldn't have been this consequence. ”
Tan Che was full of silver hair, not messy at all, he turned his face and looked at Zhu Xiaodong, there was no anger or blame in his eyes. It's just a little bigger than usual. It's so focused. He didn't say anything, and turned away again, looking down at the garden below.
Lin Suwen turned his head sideways and said to Zhu Xiaodong: "It's not your responsibility. ”
The wind was blowing, and the leaves rustled.
Tan Che glanced up at the starry sky: "Soon, the news of the southern championship will appear in the major media...... That's what she wants. When Tan Che spoke, he accentuated the word she.
Every time Tan Che thinks of this Jin Wanting, she is in an indescribable mood, she is not only her opponent, but also Feng Xiao's widow.
But after the several shady tricks that Jin Wanting assigned his subordinates to do reached his ears, Tan Che understood that they had become a complete rival relationship. Fire and water are incompatible!
Lin Suwen responded: "Yes, Gong Yuze's throat was not lightly harmed. ”
Tan Che returned to the study and sat down: "What should I do next?"
Lin Suwen saw Tan Che's resolute eyes staring at him intently, and he pondered for a moment: "I want to absorb him as a northern member as soon as possible." There are really not many people like him who can fight against the south. ”
Tan Che nodded slightly, he could fully trust Lin Suwen's judgment.
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Gong Yuze stayed awake all night.
His mind was full of Chi Jian's face, and Gong Yuze seemed to have really felt that Chi Jian and his companions were tacitly satisfied.
The next morning, he came to the office early, turned on the computer, and crackled into the text.
It's as if this is what he has been thinking about a long time ago.
Yes, he thought about it all night. Gong Yuze took out the paper from the printer and put it on the desk.
Gong Yuze sat at the table, leaning back, as if he didn't dare to touch the table. He put his hands between two thousand, and clenched his fingers tightly with the back of one hand in the palm of the other.
Although there was nothing more than a piece of paper in front of him, he sat motionless and curled up in a ball. For it was as if the paper was some supernatural substance, like a radioactive substance, and if he moved or exposed his skin, the rays it emitted would burn him.
Gong Yuze walked to the window again. He stared out the window, motionless. He felt the morning sun beating in the shade of the trees, and they trembled gently at the edge of his vision.
He stared at the unfinished building opposite, which had never been built, and it seemed to give him a new revelation.
People are coming to work one after another.
Gong Yuze picked up the piece of paper on the table and walked to the department manager's office .......
He resigned.