Chapter 435 Catching the Caught in the Act
Zhao Shucheng returned to his dormitory grumbling and swearing, and immediately went to sleep.
These past few days, he's been on edge, constantly on edge, eager to get through the investment promotion conference. Plus, the training content is extensive and tedious, so he hasn't had a good night's sleep in days.
Now that I've been kicked out, I actually feel a sense of relief that everything has settled down, and I can finally get a good night's sleep.
He slept until it was almost dark, then stretched, put on his coat, strolled to a restaurant outside the school for dinner, and then found an inconspicuous pharmacy and asked the owner to sell him some croton powder.
The shopkeeper looked him up and down, then smiled and reminded him, "Comrade, croton powder is poisonous. Drinking too much at once can cause uncontrollable diarrhea. How about I pack you a smaller portion?"
"I'll pay you for the medicine, why all the nonsense?"
Zhao Shucheng glanced at his boss with disdain, his brows furrowing. "Hurry up, I need it urgently."
The boss clicked his tongue, looked at Zhao Shucheng's suddenly constipated face, and nodded.
"Okay, comrade, if you're severely constipated, you can use more. But I still have to give you a piece of advice: now that you've taken the croton powder, hurry up and run to the toilet. Once the effects kick in, it's easy to be too late, and you might embarrass yourself on the spot..."
As she finished speaking, Zhao Shucheng glared at her impatiently.
The boss then laughed and said, "Of course, comrade, if you're not afraid of losing face, then pretend I didn't say anything, pretend I didn't say anything."
"Mind your own business! What's it to you?"
Zhao Shucheng mumbled a couple of curses, slammed the money on the counter, and said, "Give me this much money."
The shopkeeper glanced at the two-yuan note, opened his mouth as if to say something, but was glared at by Zhao Shucheng, so he could only smile and turn to get the medicine.
He packed a package and handed it to Zhao Shucheng.
Zhao Shucheng frowned, "Two yuan and this is all?"
"Yes, grinding croton seeds into powder requires labor, right? The extra cost is labor fees." The boss lied without batting an eye.
Zhao Shucheng turned and left, cursing as he went, "You're obsessed with money. A little bit of croton oil, ground into powder, and you still have the nerve to ask me for labor costs? No wonder you have no business."
"Hey, I'm happy if there's no business. No business means everyone's in good health."
The boss watched the person walk away before spitting on the ground, "Looking at that sinister face, serves you right for being constipated."
Zhao Shucheng twirled the paper package twice before stuffing it into his coat pocket.
When he returned to the dormitory, Jin Nan had already come back.
Zhao Shucheng gave a sarcastic "Oh," and said, "Senior is back."
Jin Nan hummed in agreement.
Zhao Shucheng snorted, took out the paper package from behind Jin Nan and stuffed it into the drawer before taking off his coat and going to the toilet.
Jin Nan noticed his unusual behavior. After he left, she quickly walked over, opened the drawer, saw the medicine packet inside, picked it up, and sniffed it. After recognizing the croton, her expression changed, and she glanced at the direction of the toilet with a deep look before putting the medicine packet back.
When Zhao Shucheng returned, he took a basin to wash up, and after washing up, he went to bed.
"Hey, Jin Nan."
Zhao Shucheng kicked Jin Nan's bed, making the bed frame creak. Jin Nan frowned and could only reply, "What are you doing?"
Aren't you surprised that I got home earlier than you today?
"Why?"
Zhao Shucheng glanced at Jin Nan's bed and sneered, "Because I was discovered by that Cao woman, she didn't say a word, didn't even see me or listen to my explanation, and directly had the service team leader replace me! I've worked so hard on training for so many days, and it's all been replaced like a joke!"
Jin Nan was taken aback, then rolled over and got out of bed to look at Zhao Shucheng.
"You've been replaced? Why were you replaced...? Military, how were you discovered? Didn't I remind you to keep a low profile these past few days?"
Zhao Shucheng, "..."
Can he say that he kept a low profile for two weeks, and at the last minute, he suddenly had a crazy idea to get himself killed, first glaring at Sister-in-law Yao, before Sister-in-law Yao spotted him precisely in the crowd?
He couldn't say those words aloud, so he could only spit and mumble a curse, "Who knew that guy surnamed Cao had such sharp eyes? He inexplicably spotted so many people..."
Jin Nan saw his evasive eyes and immediately realized he was lying.
But he didn't intend to expose him, as long as he didn't cause trouble for him.
Jin Nan offered a few perfunctory words of comfort and asked him, "So what are you planning to do? Vice Minister Li hasn't inquired about it yet, so he probably doesn't care whether you freshmen attend the investment promotion conference or not. You don't need to feel too much pressure. Even if he asks later, you can say that you got the job but couldn't go for some reason..."
"Who said I'm not going to the scene?"
Zhao Shucheng proudly raised his chin, "I've already found someone. I'll use his pass to get in tomorrow. The venue is so big. As long as I'm careful not to run into that Cao guy, getting proof of being there will be a piece of cake..."
Jin Nan glanced at his smug expression, then glanced at the drawer out of the corner of her eye, pursed her lips, and didn't try to persuade him any further.
The investment promotion conference opened the following day.
Deputy Head of the delegation led his team to their positions first, opened the main gate, and after checking that there were no problems with the venue, began to let the waiters in.
The kitchen prepared supplies, the snack bar inside the venue was restocked, and the water dispensers were filled with water.
Once everything is ready, the next step is for manufacturer representatives to enter with their passes, followed by the translator.
At 8:30, foreign businessmen began to enter the venue.
A translator immediately stepped forward to guide the foreign businessmen around the manufacturer's exhibits and introduce them to the products. If the foreign businessmen were interested, a more in-depth introduction to the advantages would be given.
Everything is progressing steadily and methodically.
Nothing unexpected happened.
Zhao Shucheng, who wanted to get into the venue, had been sneaking around in a corner with Qin Ximin since early morning. He had just changed his clothes and stuffed the small bag of croton powder into his pocket when he was pushed down by Deputy Head of the Delegation.
"What are you doing? Why are you arresting me?"
"Behave yourself!"
Deputy Regiment Commander Luan held him down, pulled the croton powder out of his pocket, and asked Zhao Shucheng, "What is this?"
Qin Ximin turned pale with fright.
Zhao Shucheng stubbornly said, "The medicine I prepared is for my stomach to feel uncomfortable these past two days; I'm afraid it might cause diarrhea..."
"Yeah?"
Deputy Regiment Commander Luan strode over from a short distance away, looking at his subordinates, "What is that?"
His subordinate held the croton powder and whispered something in his ear.
Deputy Regiment Commander Luan took it, smelled it, and his face instantly darkened.
He stepped forward, stood in front of Zhao Shucheng, and looked down at him coldly. "Zhao Shucheng, I'll ask you one more time, what's in here?"
The moment Zhao Shucheng saw Deputy Regiment Commander Luan, his heart sank, and he knew it was all over.
But still wanting to take a gamble, he tilted his head back and said, "His stomach hurts, so I'll take his place. This...this powder is for treating diarrhea."
"Yeah?"
Deputy Regiment Commander Luan, exuding authority without anger, coldly looked at Qin Ximin and called to Zhao Shucheng, "Then ask him if he dares to eat it?"
Zhao Shucheng gestured to Qin Ximin.
Qin Ximin shook his head frantically.
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