Chapter 74
Although Luo Chunyan didn't really like Lei Tingjun, she thought he wasn't good enough for her friend.
However, even in front of Officer Li, Luo Chunyan knew she had to cover for Ji Wanmei.
When Officer Li asked this question, Luo Chunyan pretended not to know and said, "Who is that person? I don't know him."
Then it dawned on Director Li that Miss Ji's friend wasn't a factory worker, so she probably didn't know Lei Tingjun.
However, Lei Tingjun's name was very well-known in the Dongfang Factory. Almost everyone in the factory knew Lei Tingjun.
The key question now is, how did Lei Tingjun end up on the train, and why was he standing there talking with Miss Ji? Were they very familiar with each other?
As an official appointed by the factory director, Li felt it was necessary to go forward and find out the truth.
So Officer Li put down his book, got up and walked over, frowning as he looked at Lei Tingjun, who was having his wounds bandaged by a medic, and asked, "Lei Tingjun, what are you doing here? Or rather, I should ask you, why are you on this train when you should be working at the factory?"
Ji Wanmei frowned slightly when she saw Officer Li approaching.
Oh no, Officer Li found out after all.
When she gets back, Officer Li will surely report the truth to her father, right?
If it were someone else, being caught red-handed like this by the factory's cadres would have thrown them into a panic.
But Lei Jun is someone whose mental fortitude and on-the-spot reactions are extremely calm.
Lei Tingjun glanced lazily at Officer Li and asked, "Who are you?"
Although he knew that this Li cadre was sent by Ji Xingguo under the guise of an official business to escort Ji Wanmei and the others, Lei Tingjun actually didn't know this person at all before.
With thousands of people in the factory, how could he possibly know them all?
Officer Li was taken aback by the retort, and his face immediately darkened. "Hey Lei Tingjun, don't play dumb with me! I'm Officer Li from the Technical Section, on a business trip to Zhejiang. And you, what are you doing here? And why are you dressed like this?"
Lei Tingjun remained indifferent, even a little arrogant: "Can't I have some personal matters to handle? Do I have to report this to you? Is it any of your business?"
Officer Li: "You..."
No wonder Lei Tingjun used to give people a bad impression.
Because he always disdains pretentious people, he speaks his mind directly and doesn't bother with beating around the bush.
It's fortunate that this cadre Li is tasked with escorting Ji Wanmei; otherwise, if they were just on the road or on a train, Lei Tingjun wouldn't even bother to greet any of the factory's cadres.
Officer Li frowned and glanced at Lei Tingjun, then said to Ji Wanmei, "Miss Ji, let's go back to our seats first. Since he says he has his own private matters to attend to, we don't need to pay attention to him. We should just go our separate ways."
In front of Officer Li, Ji Wanmei couldn't say anything more.
She glanced at Lei Tingjun once, then turned and returned to her seat.
The medical staff over there had also treated Lei Tingjun's wound. His wound wasn't deep, but because it was right at the base of his thumb, it was easy for it to get infected when he picked up things or washed his hands.
The medical staff gave a few brief instructions and then left with their medicine kit.
Inside the carriage, people would occasionally glance at Lei Tingjun, feeling that what he did was quite different from the impression he gave off.
Lei Tingjun paid no attention to the furtive glances, but his legs started to ache from standing in the car for so long, so he simply found a spot to sit on the ground, not caring about the stares.
The train from Pingquan County to Zhejiang takes from 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. the next day.
Standing like this is indeed hard to bear.
Around five or six in the afternoon, it was time for the passengers on the train to have dinner.
The train passed through station after station, with passengers getting off in batches and getting on in batches. However, in the latter half of the journey, many passengers traveling short distances got off, so it wasn't as crowded as it was at the beginning.
Because Ji Wanmei's preserved vegetable and meat sauce was so popular, the steamed buns that came with it were also very popular.
Officer Li also ate two steamed buns and two eggs that evening.
He felt a little embarrassed, realizing that as the escort, he had been eating the food Miss Ji brought for both meals along the way, yet he hadn't even treated her to a meal.
Originally, Officer Li insisted on selling boxed lunches for dinner, but Ji Wanmei disagreed.
She planned to eat the dry food in her bag on the train to free up some weight and space so she could bring some goods back with her.
Unexpectedly, Luo Chunyan had the same idea, and everyone brought dry food.
So she had an extra portion, which she could share with Lei Tingjun, who had nothing.
Knowing that Lei Tingjun had a big appetite and that his hand was injured, Ji Wanmei added an extra spoonful of meat sauce to the middle of the steamed buns and gave him two meat sauce steamed buns and three eggs.
When Officer Li saw this, he seemed to want to say something but hesitated.
But since Ji Wanmei had brought the food herself, he couldn't say anything and had to swallow his words.
But still curious, Officer Li asked hesitantly, "Miss Ji, do you know this Lei Tingjun?"
Since Officer Li had seen her talking to Lei Tingjun, Ji Wanmei didn't deny it. She nodded calmly and said, "Yes, I know him. He's a worker at the factory. I've met him a few times."
"Since we're all from the factory, we should look out for each other when we're out and about."
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