Shang Yechu was so hungry that her stomach was sticking to her back. Amidst the aroma of food, she took the carton of yogurt and angrily shoved the straw into it.
"Phew." Shang Yechu took a big gulp of yogurt to calm her burning hunger. "There's a problem with your scene from 17 to 30. Let's rehearse it again in a bit."
"Understood." Shi Shan then handed Shang Yechu a rather large red gift box. "A New Year's gift."
"What gift?" Shang Yechu raised an eyebrow. She hadn't prepared anything for Shi Shan. To be precise, she had completely forgotten that today was New Year's Day.
Shi Shan smiled and said, "It's a small portion of a normal person's meal. It wasn't ordered from a restaurant; my uncle made it."
Shang Yechu was taken aback.
Shi Shan lowered his voice: "My uncle is a very good cook."
Shang Yechu looked at the ribbon on the red gift box and chuckled, "Why didn't you just pack it in a lunchbox?"
"We still need to maintain a sense of ritual." Shi Shan raised an eyebrow slightly. "How about it, how about indulging a little splurge today?"
Shang Yechu silently accepted the red gift box that held a secret within. The box was sturdy and surprisingly heavy.
Finally, Shang Yechu looked up, half-jokingly and half-seriously saying, "It's a very nice New Year's gift. But isn't it a bit exploitative of me to watch you eat?"
Shi Shan, understanding the implied meaning, said, "Alright, alright, I'll eat with you. Thank you so much for giving me this good reason; I've been looking for it all day and couldn't find it."
Shang Yechu and Shi Shan sat down among the crew members with ease. Shang Yechu opened the gift box and took out an antique-style wooden lunchbox. The lunchbox was exquisitely designed, almost like a work of art.
The wooden lunchbox had excellent insulation; you couldn't tell anything from the outside, but when you opened it, the food inside was still steaming hot. A wonderful aroma wafted out, making Shang Ye Chu feel a little overwhelmed.
Uncle Shishan's cooking skills were indeed superb; the powerful aroma quickly filled half of the restaurant.
Sitting next to Shang Yechu, the lighting technician Xiao Niu saw the several exquisite stir-fries and small, round dumplings in the lunchbox and suddenly felt that the fried chicken and hamburger in his hand were tasteless and a pity to throw away.
Little Niu cried out jealously, "Oh no! Brother Li is giving Sister Li special treatment!"
Upon hearing the news, everyone immediately gathered around Shang Yechu and Shi Shan.
"Secretary Li, what's your rank? Why are you getting special treatment?" Li questioned.
"Comrade Li, this is corruption! Corruption, oh corruption!" Xiao Qian spat.
"Alas, the Director just left, and Sister Li has already taken on the title of Queen. The Party and the country are hopeless!" Xiao Niu lamented.
One dramatic person even complained to Xu Hanwen's subordinate: "Director Tian, is this outrageous? The corruption in the Ninth Bureau has reached a point of no return!"
Xu Hanwen made a cameo appearance in the drama as a corrupt official who, along with inspector Zheng Bohan, was shot by Lu Huaizhang. Both of them were killed off within ten minutes of their appearance.
Director Tian calmly munched on his pizza: "Secretary Li is Director Lu's favorite, I can't control her, you may leave."
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