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Chapter 229 A Visitor
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"Hiss!" Zheng Yuhang suddenly jumped up from the bed, clutching his forehead and panting heavily, as if a faint smell of blood still lingered in his nostrils.

Thankfully... there was nothing on his forehead. For a moment, he really thought he had been killed.

"What's wrong, having a nightmare?" someone asked from the side. "You're just startling people like that."

He picked up his phone and checked the time; it was 4:30 PM. He was on night shift for the past two days, so he was catching up on sleep in the staff dormitory during the day.

"Sigh..." After realizing it was just a dream, Zheng Yuhang listlessly fell back onto the bed. "Sorry, Engineer Zhang, did I disturb you?"

"Thankfully, I woke up about half an hour ago." Mr. Zhang was making his bed. "What kind of dream was it?"

Thinking about his dream, Zheng Yuhang felt a little embarrassed. What on earth was that? A beautiful girl in gothic clothing wanted to sabotage the reactor, and he righteously stood up to stop her, only to have her blown to the head. Wouldn't that just make him a laughingstock? "It's nothing... I just dreamt... that something happened at the nuclear power plant."

"Something happened?" Zhang's tone suddenly turned serious. "What happened?"

"Uh... I don't remember."

“You’d better think about this carefully.” Zhang stopped what he was doing, turned to look at him, and said, “There’s a saying that goes, ‘What you think about during the day, you dream about at night.’ Have you overlooked something in your work? In our line of work, you can’t afford to make even the slightest mistake.”

Zheng Yuhang was speechless. He would never reveal the cause of the accident, but he couldn't refute the old master's words. "Yes, I will check all the items when I hand over my shift."

Engineer Zhang nodded in satisfaction.

"Holy crap, Hang, you also dreamed about a nuclear power plant going wrong?" came the exclamation from another colleague on the opposite bunk.

He was also a newly recruited graduate named Liu Hao, nicknamed "Mouse".

"What do you mean 'me too'?" Zheng Yuhang got up again. "What did you dream about this time?"

"Same as you! Our power plant has a huge problem. A giant spider has taken over the nuclear power plant and summoned a lot of white ghosts that kill anyone they see. It scared the crap out of us!" the other person muttered.

"Bullshit, who's like you?" he scoffed. "How could spiders possibly take over a nuclear power plant? We have armed security forces stationed here."

“I know, but dreams don’t reason with you,” Mouse said excitedly. “That spider was like an alien creature, bigger than our factory area. Then, somehow, the nuclear power plant was about to explode. I had just escaped outside when the dream ended.”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Engineer Zhang and asked, "Engineer Zhang, what do you think my dream means? Did some insects crawl into the cables?"

Engineer Zhang rolled his eyes. "That means you're naive!"

"Huh? Why isn't Hang-ge's dream childish?" Liu Hao protested.

"It seems that even among nightmares, there are still differences in quality," Zheng Yuhang thought to himself. A giant spider? He hadn't had a nightmare featuring mutated animals since graduating from elementary school.

However, to be fair, that girl was truly wicked. Despite possessing a breathtakingly beautiful face, she recklessly committed heinous crimes. Especially when the alarm lights in the control room were blaring wildly, their red glow reflecting on her upturned, blood-red lips, he felt as if his heart had stopped beating.

Even the way she killed herself seemed so smooth and graceful.

From the moment he woke up until now, his memories have begun to fade, but the other person's face and her figure that transformed her palm into a knife remain vividly imprinted in his mind like a photograph.

Zheng Yuhang smacked his lips, still wanting more.

Such nightmares... it seems like having them a few more times wouldn't be so bad?

“Now that we’re all awake, let’s head to the engine room early,” Engineer Zhang said. “And while we’re at it, let’s check the reactor to make sure everything is in perfect working order.”

"Yes, we understand," the two replied in unison.

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Two days later, Gu Zhaoning and Su Xingwan said goodbye to Chen Xuan at the entrance of the Swan Hotel.

"What a pity, I was hoping to stay a little longer," Gu Zhaoning said with a reluctant expression. "Thank you so much for your hospitality these past two days, I had a wonderful time!"

"Haha... It's not really hospitality, just have fun," Chen Xuan replied, a little embarrassed. For the past two days, no matter where they went or what they ate, all their expenses were paid by the other party first. It wasn't that he didn't want to treat them, but he simply couldn't compete with Gu Zhaoning. For example, when they ate together, the bodyguard would silently pay the bill as soon as the dishes were served. As a local of Yuecheng, it was more like the two of them dragged him around these past two days than him accompanying them.

“That’s just the kind of person she is; she’s easily satisfied, so it’s especially rewarding to hang out with her,” Su Xingwan said with a smile.

Compared to before, she was a completely different person; her complexion was fair and rosy, and her skin seemed to glow. Chen Xuan could only sigh at the advantages of youth; a whole year of insomnia and lack of sleep could be almost completely recovered in just two days. Of course, getting rid of the burden that had tormented her for so long was the most important thing for her.

"What's wrong? Aren't you happy?" Gu Zhaoning questioned. "Yesterday you were asking me when I was going to invite Dr. Chen to Shanghai!"

Su Xingwan blushed. "I...of course I also want to formally thank him again!"

"Did you hear that?" she said, covering her mouth.

"Okay, okay, if there's a chance after the New Year," Chen Xuan replied politely.

He certainly didn't take their words to heart. In his eyes, they wouldn't graduate high school until next year, so they were practically just kids.

After seeing the two chattering people off, he immediately felt much quieter around him.

Just as Chen Xuan was about to hail a taxi home, his phone rang.

The number displayed was actually Liu Shuyue's.

This was a phone that Chen Xuan specially bought for her after the incident at the Wuhuan Machinery Park. However, since the internet was only available in the store, she hardly ever used it.

This was the first time he had received a call from the other party who had taken the initiative to call him.

Chen Xuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hey, it's me."

"Are you free to go back to the shop now?" Liu Shuyue asked. "Your customer is looking for you."

A guest? Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow. "Who is it?"

"It's me, Mr. Manager!" came a familiar voice from the other end. "Elori!"

“I originally wanted to go to the store to clean, but I found her locked inside,” Liu Shuyue said. “She said she had something urgent to discuss with you, but didn’t know how to contact you.”

"Ah..." Chen Xuan immediately understood the problem. By temporarily closing the shop, he had cut off contact with the customers. When Elori couldn't reach him, she tried to find him through the back door of the guest room. However, she didn't have a room key, so it was easy to leave but difficult to go back. Plus, she wasn't a shop assistant, so she couldn't open the shop's roller shutter door, effectively trapping her on the first floor.

If Liu Shuyue hadn't happened to be back at the store, Elori would probably have been locked up for the entire Spring Festival.

"Okay, I'll be right there," Chen Xuan said.

The storefront he had rented earlier came in handy. He took a taxi to the rental location, activated it as a branch, went inside, closed the door, and could then directly access the main store via the elevator system.

As he stepped out of the elevator, he immediately saw a still-shaken Elori.

"Why do you look like you've seen a ghost?"

Elori saw that even the corners of his mouth were pouting, which showed how much resentment he was harboring. "How dare you say that? I almost thought you were quitting this line of work!"

Chen Xuan chuckled, then remembered that he had specifically turned off the water and electricity before leaving, so the entire store should be pitch black. Being trapped in such a place could easily cause panic. "How many days have you been locked up?"

"A day and a half!" she said, feeling wronged. "Luckily, Miss Liu came, otherwise everything would have been ruined!"

Liu Shuyue smiled and said, "I was startled when I came back. I heard squeaking noises downstairs and thought a mouse had gotten in."

return……

Chen Xuan felt a sudden surge of joy.

"Ahem... There's food and drink here, you won't starve. As an angel, you can't be afraid of the dark, can you?"

“I’m fine with anything, but my people back home can’t wait!” Elori said urgently. “Have you forgotten? The demons are about to attack the Hidden Temple!”

Oh right... he almost forgot about that.

However, since the other party was a VIP customer, Chen Xuan naturally couldn't reveal this oversight. "How could I forget? Actually, I was planning to do a customer follow-up. Even if you didn't come, I would have contacted you to ask about the situation. How about it? Sending a warning half a month in advance, the Angel Alliance should have already made preparations, right?"

At this, Elori immediately deflated, her tone filled with resentment and anger. "I tried my best, but few people were willing to believe me. The league's higher-ups didn't even approve my meeting request!"

(End of this chapter)