Seeing that Wang Pujun was getting increasingly agitated, as if he might punch him if he didn't say something soon, Wei Shengli rubbed his nose and chuckled awkwardly, "Alright, alright, I was wrong. I shouldn't have misunderstood you. You're a magnanimous person, just pretend I farted, okay?"
Unexpectedly, Wang Pujun stared at him without giving a response for a long time.
Wei Shengli, shamelessly, put his arm around the other man's shoulder and said, "Actually, I'm just worried that you might get too involved, brother. After all, Comrade Song is married. What if you really have any ideas..."
"You still dare to talk?"
Wang Pujun interrupted Wei Shengli, slapping away the hand that was around his shoulder, and said angrily, "I'm not stupid, how could I get so involved? Besides, it's Comrade Song Lan's first day on duty in our security department."
Sister Wang had mentioned that Song Lan was married, her purpose being nothing more than to warn us men in the department not to harbor any inappropriate thoughts about her. But one thing I can't deny is that I genuinely admire a woman as outstanding as Song Lan in every way.
Not wanting Wei Shengli to misunderstand further, he emphasized, "Did you hear me clearly? I have feelings for Comrade Song Lan, but that doesn't mean I'm morally corrupt and want to ruin someone else's marriage!"
"Oh my!"
Not wanting the atmosphere between them to become too tense, Wei Shengli deliberately yelled, "Why are you taking this so seriously?! I was just being a smart aleck, okay? Just you wait, I'll slap myself twice right now!"
He casually patted his mouth twice.
Wang Pujun sneered: "Pretending? If you're so capable, then fight for real!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Shengli looked embarrassed and asked, "You're my brother, do you really want to see me beat myself up until my lips are like sausages?"
Wang Pujun scoffed and said, "Can't bring yourself to do it?"
Wei Shengli did not respond.
"I can do it for you, how about it?"
Wang Pujun raised an eyebrow.
"Not good!"
Wei Shengli shook his head vigorously, while quickly widening the distance between himself and Wang Pujun, and said, "Brother, I was just being cheeky. Please forgive me this time. I promise I'll keep my mouth shut from now on, okay?"
He rolled his eyes at him and turned to walk away.
Wei Shengli caught up, and just as he was about to say something, Wang Pujun's voice rang out: "The way you talked about me before, in my opinion, is that you actually have ulterior motives towards Comrade Song Lan, but you are too embarrassed to say it out loud, so you use me as an example."
"I'm innocent!"
Wei Shengli said with a mournful face, "Comrade Song is like a cloud in the sky, while I'm just mud on the ground. How could I possibly have any thoughts about her?! Old Wang, we're good buddies, don't talk nonsense. Otherwise, if it gets to Comrade Song's ears, how am I supposed to face her in the future?!"
As you know, Comrade Song has been treating my family recently, and I really don't want to let a few idle words affect her mood.
"Gossip? You know that gossip will make it impossible for you to face Comrade Song Lan, so what about me? Don't I care?"
Wang Pujun rolled his eyes at Wei Shengli again and said, "Who doesn't get a headache or fever sometimes? And Comrade Song Lan is a good doctor, and she'll soon be working at the staff hospital. In the future, whenever my family and I go to the hospital for treatment..."
Before Wang Pujun could finish speaking, Wei Shengli interrupted him with a smile: "Hasn't everything been explained clearly? Besides, only the two of us know about this now. As long as you don't tell and I don't tell, no third person will know. You don't need to worry about any gossip, and you don't need to worry about Comrade Song knowing about our conversation."
"So, according to you, should I thank you?"
Glancing at Wei Shengli, Wang Pujun snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Thank you for not spreading our conversation—no, for not spreading the words that defamed my reputation—to everyone?"
"That's not necessary!"
Wei Shengli laughed out loud: "Brother, you don't need to be so polite with me, we're practically family!"
"Even the walls of our capital city aren't thick-skinned!"
Wang Pujun gave a sentence.
Wei Shengli wasn't angry at all. He smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I'm thick-skinned, unlike you, brother. Your skin is as thin as ice in early spring. It will break if you're not careful, which makes you so pitiful!"
"..."
Wang Pujun stopped, staring at Wei Shengli with a strange look in his eyes for a moment. Then, he raised his foot to kick Wei Shengli, but Wei Shengli reacted quickly and easily dodged.
"Brother, what's wrong with you...?"
Before he could finish speaking, Wang Pujun glared at him and cursed, "You little brat, you've got guts to mess with me like this?"
"I...I didn't."
Wei Shengli denied it.
"No? What kind of analogy is that, huh?" Wang Pujun's face flushed when he thought of Wei Shengli's analogy. Well, he was angry, not embarrassed. What was there for a grown man like him to be embarrassed about? Right now, he was so angry that he wanted to punch the other man!
"You think I'm as thin-skinned as ice in early spring? You think I'd be so tender and loving when the ice breaks? Wei Shengli, how come I didn't know you were so cultured?"
After hearing what Wang Pujun said, Wei Shengli almost burst out laughing. He coughed twice, trying hard to suppress his laughter, and said, "I'm not very well-educated, so just take it with a grain of salt. Besides, I was just making a casual analogy to amuse you!"
"Do I need you to make me laugh?"
Wang Pujun's eyes were very unfriendly: "Listen to me carefully, if you dare to use metaphors at me again, you can expect to be beaten to death!"
As he spoke, he brandished his iron fist in front of Wei Shengli.
"No, no, I'll never do it again!"
Wei Shengli grinned obsequiously, "Brother, I've suffered because of my lack of education. I'll read more books and newspapers in the future to improve my cultural literacy, and I promise I won't do it again..."
Upon receiving Wang Pujun's chilling gaze, Wei Shengli abruptly stopped talking, simultaneously making a zipping motion to indicate that he would no longer waste words.
"You're smart enough to let this go for now. If there's a next time, we'll settle all the old scores together!" With that, Wang Pujun walked towards his patrol area.
Behind him, Wei Shengli stood there for a moment, realizing he shouldn't have been so talkative. He turned and walked towards his patrol area, making a gesture as if to lightly slap himself as he went: "Serves you right for being so talkative!"
...
As the workday was drawing to a close, Song Lan went to Fang Jianmin's office to give him a reply, saying that she would go to the staff hospital to start her shift the next morning. As the leader of the security department, Fang Jianmin was both happy and regretful about her decision.
I'm happy, naturally because I'm happy for Song Lan; I'm happy that she made the right decision.
The regret is undoubtedly the loss of a highly capable subordinate.
Fang Jianmin was very rational. He knew what choice Song Lan should make that would be in her best interest. Besides, he had specifically advised her at noon. Therefore, after receiving Song Lan's reply, he showed no other unusual expression except for happiness.
Once all the comrades from the security department had gathered in the main office, Fang Jianmin led the way in holding a brief farewell party for Song Lan.
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