Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1026 - 499: Rebirth: My Life as an Accountant in a Cotton Mill_3

Shi Dadan was very calm, still eating snacks.

Cheng Gong looked at Luo Jun with a comforting gaze, full of reassurance, that people make mistakes, even Bi Fang would, and we understand.

Zhao Cheng'an couldn't hide anything, frantically giving Qin Huai looks, wanting to write "Bi Fang messed up" all over his face.

Qin Huai reciprocated with a look that communicated: if you want to walk out of here alive, stop showing any expression starting now.

Luo Jun: ...

Luo Jun was furious, but he still had to act, embodying the self-discipline of an actor, honed by watching decades of TV dramas.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

"It must be Jingjing, finally here, how congested the roads must be." Chen Huihong jumped up and ran to open the door, and sure enough, it was Qu Jing outside.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't expect such a long delay compared to the scheduled time. I wanted to message everyone but was on calls the entire way, then my phone ran out of battery and shut down. The ride-share driver didn't have my phone model's cable connector, sorry, sorry."

As soon as Qu Jing entered, she apologized frantically, her head never raised.

"It's okay, Jingjing, traffic, you know, it's understandable." Luo Jun said calmly.

Qu Jing raised her head in shock, face full of disbelief, and asked bluntly: "Mr. Luo, did you take the wrong medicine? Why are you calling me Jingjing?"

"Why does your tone sound so strange?"

"Are you feeling unwell? Maybe you should go see a doctor, I can take you now, the roads are clear."

Luo Jun: ...

Everyone: ...

That's it.

This was everyone's first reaction, Zhao Cheng'an was the most dramatic, instantly putting on a mask of agony.

Lately, Qu Jing had been extremely busy at work, staying out of the loop, even missing the group chats, causing people to forget when Gong Liang visited last time, Qu Jing wasn't there, she might really not know the background.

The constant interaction between the little bird and Chen Huihong recently led to her being influenced, adopting the habit of speaking her mind bluntly, and her social skills weren't great to begin with, not very skilled at interactions.

With Qu Jing's one sentence, Luo Jun's hours of acting went down the drain.

Qu Jing was oblivious, still concernedly asking: "Mr. Luo, is your throat unwell or somewhere else? Your voice really sounded weird just now, why don't you say a couple more words and let me listen?"

Luo Jun: ...

Luo Jun was exhausted.

Luo Jun took a deep breath, and shouted with more vigor and abandon than ever: "Qu Jing, are you sick too? I'm trying to talk to you nicely, yet you can't understand, you insist I talk like this, huh!"

"I pretend to be gentle and kind, what's wrong with that, can't I?"

"You said my voice sounds strange, you're the strange one, I think you're brainwashed by traffic, your IQ and phone battery both died together, huh? Didn't you see I was acting? Didn't you see I was putting on a show in front of others? You're the smart one, you figured I'm unwell when everyone else is blind."

Qu Jing: ...?

Everyone: ...

Gong Liang was very composed, even showing an enlightened expression.

Gong Liang looked at Luo Jun and said with a smile: "I thought this was the case, because Mr. Luo's attitude towards me was different from what I've heard lately. I heard from other residents that Mr. Luo has a bad temper, a peculiar personality, and loves giving negative reviews to delivery merchants, but in reality, it wasn't like that. I've always felt something was off but didn't dare to say." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Mr. Luo, don't pretend in front of me, just be yourself. I know you are enthusiastic, kind-hearted, quirky, and somewhat reclusive. Rest assured, even if you are like this, I am willing to come over every day to chat, and everything I said just now counts."

Simultaneously, the game notification sounded in Qin Huai's mind.

"Ding, congratulations to the player for completing the side quest 'Our Strange Gathering', reward: [A Fragment of Gong Liang's Memory], popularity boost +1000."

Qin Huai: ? Eh, is that possible?

Luo Jun acted pretentiously for hours, exhausted, didn't complete the quest, yet with two minutes of frustrated release it was finished.

In this light, isn't Luo Jun trying too hard and screwing up?

Better not to think about it, better not to think about...