My game, Orange Flavor, is great!

Startled, she quickly lay down, clutching the jade pendant to her heart.

The door opened gently the next second, and Xia Zhifei peeked inside. After confirming that Lu Zhao was asleep, she left with peace of mind.

It was really... as exciting as being checked out of my room by my mom when I was a kid.

He secretly compared the young lady to her mother, and a slight smile appeared on Lu Zhao's lips as he reached out and placed the jade pendant beside his pillow.

Anyway, this jade pendant has nothing to do with Si Ling, and that woman probably won't have any further contact with me in the future.

After some self-hypnosis, Lu Zhao finally drifted off to sleep.

Just as her breathing became steady, a large, fiery red hand suddenly emerged from her chest and then gently touched the jade pendant on the bedside table.

It was like treating an old friend.

……

Mid-month and end-of-month are the days for assessing task completion rates. Under Lu Zhao's diligent leadership, Team One finally received the long-awaited "Excellent Assessment" rating.

As for the second team... well, their completion rate has consistently remained above 85% for years, making them practically the top students in a class.

Lu Zhao had never quite understood why, given the original owner's personality, she would have so easily allowed her team to be on the verge of disbanding. However, according to Xia Zhifei, the original Lu Zhao was too protective of the other members of the team and rarely let them take on missions on their own initiative, which is why the completion rate was always low.

This reason is really... quite frustrating.

Because no matter how delicate the team members are, since they have chosen to enter the Bureau of Spirit Management, they have to learn to do many things instead of being held back by the original owner's protection.

As it turned out, during the month that he had been in the team, the other members of the team were also able to complete the task very well, and were even more efficient than some of the guys in the second team.

Stepping out of the top-floor planning office and looking at the assessment sheet in his hand, Lu Zhao finally relaxed, his tense state of mind that had been there since morning.

This month's completion rate has reached over 65%, so Team One will definitely be rated excellent in the next assessment. Two excellent ratings would be considered as meeting the target ahead of schedule.

That's great! This team you consider your partners doesn't need to be disbanded.

She said it silently in her heart, even though she knew the original owner could no longer hear it, she still couldn't help but want to tell that person.

The original Lu Zhao took on this heavy responsibility because she loved this team and everyone in it. If she knew this good news, she would definitely be very happy.

“You seem to be getting serious lately.” Li Manqiu also came over with a group of people from the second team. Her tone was cold and indifferent. If Lu Zhao hadn’t been used to her like this, he probably would have thought that she was provoking him.

She smiled brightly at the other person, "Yes, we've been idle for so long, it's time to get serious."

Li Manqiu's eyebrows lifted, and she nodded slightly, saying, "Very good, I look forward to your performance next."

"We'll see." Lu Zhao winked at her, then turned and left.

She could faintly hear a few angry voices behind her, and she knew it was the second team making some complaints about her again, but she couldn't be bothered to pay them any attention.

The original owner of the body was the one who beat them up back then, it had nothing to do with her. To her, everyone in the second team except Li Manqiu was just a stranger and a colleague.

As for Li Manqiu...

She was also a little unsure about her relationship with this person; perhaps it was... a rivalry where they admired each other?

Well, that's just wishful thinking on her part. Maybe she just thinks of herself as a reckless fool.

Once a person is in a good mood, they feel like they're floating on air. This was especially true after Lu Zhao had resolved the issue of disbanding the team; his face was visibly beaming with joy.

Even when she accidentally ran into Chi Ying while taking the elevator downstairs, it didn't affect her mood at all.

I found it a little funny to see the bespectacled girl following behind Chi Ying.

This little girl is so afraid of being in the same space as Chi Ying that she has been shaking ever since she got on the elevator.

If I remember correctly, I've met this little girl many times before, her name seems to be... Zhou Yuhan?

Chapter Fifteen: Preparing to Scam People

"Zhou Yuhan?" she subconsciously uttered her little sister's name.

Immediately afterwards, two pairs of eyes turned to look at her. However, the difference was that Zhou Yuhan's eyes were filled with surprise and doubt, while Chi Ying... sorry, she only saw a murderous aura.

Lu Zhao froze, startled by her gaze, and hurriedly waved his hands to explain, "Sorry, I was just saying it offhand!"

Zhou Yuhan nodded frantically: "That's right, I'm not actually that familiar with Captain Lu!"

Why does this scene inexplicably give off a sense of a chaotic scene where a cheating husband and his mistress are caught by his wife?

But she clearly wasn't familiar with this little girl at all!

Actually, I'm not very familiar with Chi Ying...

Lu Zhao's lips twitched as he met Chi Ying's gaze again, only to find that her usually cold eyes now held an added hint of disdain.

Immediately afterwards, Chi Ying walked between the two of them, naturally separating her from Zhou Yuhan, and said coldly, "In that case, Captain Lu would be better off keeping some distance from my members."

Waaah, I guess I was rejected after all.

She took a big step to the side in grief and indignation, shrinking herself into the corner of the elevator.

This low-pressure atmosphere only ended when the elevator stopped on the third floor, and Chi Ying and Zhou Yuhan stepped out of the elevator one after the other.

"Phew...that was terrifying." Lu Zhao huddled in a corner, his legs trembling as he watched Zhou Yuhan leave. He wondered how Chi Ying would scold her next.

Finally, the elevator stopped on the second floor again. Lu Zhao paused for a moment, adjusted his expression, and walked out with a smile.

She hadn't forgotten that everyone on the team was still waiting for her good news.

In the conference room, everyone had been holding their breath for a long time, waiting for the steady footsteps to grow closer and closer—

As soon as Lu Zhao pushed open the door, three pairs of eyes stared at her. Her head spun, and she inexplicably recalled a similar scene she had encountered in the elevator before. She couldn't help but swallow.

"Captain, how is it!" Messiah rushed forward and grabbed her arm to ask.

She looked around at everyone and noticed that even Song Lingge and Xia Zhifei had an eager thirst for knowledge in their eyes. Only then did she raise the assessment form in her hand and say, "The General Strategy Office has approved it. Our team will not be disbanded!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Zhifei rushed over with Messiah and hugged her tightly.

Amidst cheers filling the air, Lu Zhao smiled, reached out and hugged the two, then looked at Song Lingge, the only one who remained calm...

Oh, she's not calm anymore either.

Seeing that the other person had bent the pen in their hand due to their earlier nervousness, Lu Zhao couldn't help but laugh.

Well, it's not good to over-control your emotions at this point.

After letting the two of them hug and play around with him for a while, Lu Zhao finally let go and then instructed, "However, we still can't relax too much now. From now on, we must complete at least one daily task every day to maintain the completion rate, otherwise we will be sitting around and running out of money again."

Messiah made a face at her, "You were the laziest one recently, Captain."

"Ah Zhao is injured and hospitalized!" Xia Zhifei punched her hand in dissatisfaction, looking protective of her own, which made Lu Zhao laugh.

Song Lingge sat in a chair, looking at them with a helpless smile: "Alright, we've already celebrated. We have other things to discuss now. Come and sit down."

As is customary for the team, a discussion meeting is held after the assessment to discuss important matters going forward.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Song Lingge glanced at Lu Zhao and, after receiving her consent, spoke slowly, "Besides the daily tasks the captain just mentioned, there are three important matters to attend to next."

First, with Christmas and New Year's Day approaching, based on past experience, the probability of this event occurring will increase significantly, so please be extra careful.

Messiah nodded quickly, "I've already added Zhou Yuhan from the monitoring department on WeChat, so she can be of use anytime."

Lu Zhao: ...Don't mention that little girl, she's a bit heartbroken.

"Secondly, there's Duan Yue's matter," Song Lingge paused, then looked at Lu Zhao again, "Captain, I know you're anxious, but Duan Yue has S-level potential, and it's been less than a week since the four-department meeting. The General Strategy Office still needs time to discuss the plan."

Lu Zhao blinked, "Then Xiaoyue, she..."

"I heard she's being kept in a safe place, with no more than three people knowing about it, so for the time being, she should be out of danger."

Oh, including her, Li Manqiu, and Xin Xia, there are indeed only three people. It seems that Captain Li has not revealed Xiaoyue's whereabouts to the General Planning Office.

She nodded. "I understand. I'll wait a little longer this month."

Song Lingge nodded. "As for the third matter, that is the departmental competition next month."

"That's easy. The captain and any one of us can go." Messiah leaned back in her chair with a relaxed expression, as if they had already won the competition.

However, Xia Zhifei snorted and said, "A Zhao is not participating this year, so let's choose the candidates from among us."

Before he could finish speaking, Messiah jumped to his feet, his face instantly turning pale. "What? Why isn't the captain participating? What are the three of us supposed to do then...?"

Before she could finish speaking, she swallowed her words back under Xia Zhifei's murderous gaze.

"I...I didn't mean that," she swallowed hard, waving her hands hastily to explain, "It used to be the captain who participated alone..."

“The past is the past, the present is the present.” Xia Zhifei interrupted her coldly, then looked at Lu Zhao again, “Ah Zhao, if it really doesn’t work, then Sister Song and I will go. Messiah’s physical skills have never been good, so we’ll just get beaten up.”

Messiah stood up again, unconvinced, and said, "My physical skills have improved a lot now!"

"Oh?" Xia Zhifei raised an eyebrow and looked at her with interest. "Then how about we go outside and have a little sparring match?"

"Sorry, boss, I was wrong!" Messiah sat down again, his speed comparable to the repeated jumping of a certain arrogant king.

Did you kneel down too quickly?

Lu Zhao watched the two of them talking at once, feeling like he was about to go crazy.

So it seems that the young lady's martial arts skills are actually not bad?

But where did she learn it from? Would a pampered young lady practice martial arts?

Or is it... that her psychic abilities are very strong?

She thought about it carefully, and apart from knowing that Xia Zhifei's ability came at the cost of losing his sense of music, she really didn't know what his ability was.

She hadn't seen Xia Zhifei use his abilities in the past month, and she had been busy, so she had overlooked the matter.

Chapter Sixteen: Mother Lu

"Everyone," Song Lingge said, tapping the table to bring the topic back on track, "I already had some thoughts on this issue when Xiao Fei called me last night."

As she spoke, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, "Since the captain can't play, the three of us, no matter how we combine, are probably no match for the second team's rounds of attrition warfare. In that case, let's just go and lose it all."

As Lu Zhao listened, he began to feel that something was amiss.

Sure enough, the next second, Song Lingge said, "Our team has two recruitment slots this year, so let's send four people up, and each of us will bring a newcomer on the field."

Goodness, I knew it!

Lu Zhao instantly understood Song Lingge's meaning, and for a moment, looking at the still graceful beauty in front of him, he felt a little scared.

Even in defeat, one should lose with dignity, and perhaps even embarrass the opponent.