10- I'm jealous!

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~Lizheng's office~

"What did you say?" A roar sounded from Lizheng's office. Assistant Liu stood at the desk and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Mr Li, please calm down. Now Mr. Luo works at the Brew-the-Vibe Cafe under the name of our company. You can do whatever you want, just don't hurt him..." Assistant Liu’s. voice gradually softened.

"Hmm..." After listening to Assistant Liu's words, Li Zheng fell into deep thought.  "Go and book a group tour. Arrange for all cafe staff to go to the beach for a two-week vacation. Make it compulsory for everyone. Push back the unimportant meetings in my schedule, and change to video conferencing for the urgent ones. Be quick.” Li Zheng ordered.

"Yes...Yes, Mr Li.  "Assistant Liu walked out of the office thanking whatever god or Buddha that was helping him not suffer from Li Zheng’s anger and followed Li Zheng's instructions.

At this time, Li Zheng thought of the information about Luo Jingli sent to him by Manager Hao, and stopped Assistant Liu.

"Come back, arrange a few people to take care of his mother in the days when Luo Jingli is away."

"Yes, Mr Li." After that, Assistant Liu ran out of the office.

"Hey, Manager Hao, this is Assistant Liu. Chairman Li has arranged for you guys to go to the beach for a vacation, and there will be a bus to fetch you to the hotel tomorrow. Oh, by the way, try to put Luo Jingli in a separate room as much as possible."

"Oh, okay, okay, I'll let everyone know."

"Oh right, it is compulsory for everyone to go."

~In the Brew-the-Vibe Cafe~

"Everyone, come here. I have a message to tell you guys. The head office has arranged for us to go to the beach with a tour group for a two-week holiday starting tomorrow." Manager Hao gathered all the employees in the kitchen and said to them. He paused for a bit then added another sentence: "It is mandatory."

"Wow, wow, that’s great!"

"Our Chairman is so kind!"

"I look forward to it, is the hotel by the sea?"

The employees were naturally excited to be able to enjoy a holiday, and Luo Jingli is no exception, but he immediately thought of his mother who was alone at home.  After returning home, Luo Jingli told his mother about the whole incident.

"Mom, the cafe arranged for us to go to the beach tomorrow. It is mandatory. Are you okay at home by yourself?"

"Of course I’ll be fine! Go ahead and enjoy tomorrow, and make more friends. If I have any problems, I will call you.” When Mrs Luo heard that Luo Jingli said that he was going to travel far, she was elated since it’s been a while since Luo Jingli last enjoyed himself and she wanted her son to have fun. 

Luo Jingli was still worried, and went to Mrs Wang’s house next door and handed her some money to request for her to help take care of his mother while he was away.

~The next day~

Luo Jingli carried his backpack to the train station in City A to meet with other staff in the cafe, tourists and the tour guides. At nine o'clock, everyone was there and got on the bus arranged by the tour group. Everyone took a long-distance ride for a day and finally arrived at the hotel by the sea.

"This is the hotel you are staying in these few days. There will be breakfast buffets everyday. You can freely move around, do not go beyond the floating line on the sea. There is a supermarket nearby and there are barbecue stations and restaurants, you can go there for lunch and dinner. On the day we are leaving, the bus will arrive at ten in the morning at the entrance of the hotel, and drive you back to the train station of city A." The tour guide said after everyone got off the bus, and then left.

Seeing it was going to be evening, Manager Hao took the cafe staff to dinner and arranged for everyone to move in. 

"Everyone, have a good rest tonight. Here, this is our itinerary for the next few days, don’t lose it. See you at the hotel lobby tomorrow morning."

After returning to the room, Manager Hao took out his phone and sent a text message. "Already moved in, the room number is 1207."

Knowing that Luo Jingli had reached the beach, Li Zheng completed all the work that could be done in advance that night, and quietly went to the hotel the next day, checking into the room opposite Luo Jingli.

Authors’ notes:

J: #privacy invasion

J: Continuing from last time: Li Zheng was inspired by 立正 (to stand at attention in Chinese), the names Luo Jingli and Fu Yandong came about when we were searching for unusual words, Gu Ke, if you guys still remember him, was inspired by 顾客 which is customer, Xu Yu An was inspired by 许愿 aka wishing, and Yu Mi was 玉米 meaning corn.

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