"Notifications were sent out, but the people in the gardening department acted as if it didn’t matter."

A bit displeased, Mo Jingchun shook his head and said, "Give the person in charge a verbal warning."

Standing next to him, Zero, who was wearing a similar down jacket as Candy, nodded in full agreement, "A verbal warning is necessary. Fortunately, my sweet osmanthus tree is bare; otherwise, it would’ve been in trouble too."

Mo Jingchun quietly looked at Zero, realizing that Zero’s concerns were completely unrelated to his own.

Who cares if that sweet osmanthus tree is going to survive or not?

"Boss, why are you looking at me like that?"

Mo Jingchun turned his head, "Nothing, just thinking you look cute."

All bundled up, Candy stomped her feet, laughing, "Brother is obviously teasing you.

"I know that look he gave you better than anyone else."

Not entirely convinced, Mo Jingchun glanced at Candy, who was still not boarding the school bus, and said, "Why are you still standing here? It’s much warmer on the bus."

"Xiang’Er hasn’t arrived yet, no rush."

Upon hearing this, Mo Jingchun and Zhou Yaling exchanged a glance and walked away without a word.

Leaving Candy standing there, dumbfounded.

After a long while, Candy, coming back to her senses, was so angry that she stomped her feet.

"Stupid brother."

Glaring at Little Grey who was still nuzzling against her leg, Candy sighed, "Little Grey, you still understand my feelings."

Just then, Little Grey saw White swagger by and dashed after him.

"Woof woof woof~"

"Oh, honestly, this is driving me crazy."

"What’s driving you crazy?"

Holding a thermos cup, Xiang’Er was full of curiosity just as she was about to greet Candy.

For the sake of her brother’s image, Candy turned back and grinned, "Of course, it’s the school. On such a cold day, the school didn’t even declare a holiday."

Xiang’Er, with eyebrows like crescent moons, gently raised one, "It’s not too bad, at least the classroom has air conditioning. Just don’t leave the classroom too often."

"Come on, get on the bus, I’ll give you something good later that will keep you warm."

Still puzzled, Candy followed Xiang’Er onto the school bus.

The warm air inside the bus immediately brought the temperature up.

Watching Xiang’Er open her backpack, Candy craned her neck and kept her eyes glued.

"What is it?"

Feeling the warming pads, Xiang’Er’s face lit up with joy as she took them out of the backpack.

"Tadaa~ of course, it’s warming pads."

"Here, use them as insoles, they’ll keep you warm."

Looking at the warming pads that Xiang’Er mentioned, Candy blinked and said, "These are clearly insoles, there’s no mistake about the shape."

"Yes, they’re insoles, but they’re also warming pads. My mom bought them for me."

Seeing that Candy was still somewhat skeptical, Xiang’Er gritted her teeth and simply took off her right shoe.

"See, I wasn’t lying."

"Ew, your foot is smoking."

Xiang’Er, clearly defeated by Candy, said with an exasperated expression, "That’s steam, not smoke."

"Smoke is black...ah, whatever. It’s steam."

After putting her shoe back on, Xiang’Er continued to explain, "I used to say it was smoke too, but my grandma called me silly for not being able to tell steam from smoke."

"Huh?" Candy said, looking at Xiang’Er in amazement, "I’ll have Zero teach me how to differentiate between smoke and steam later."

In the office, Mo Jingchun and Zhou Yaling listened to Zero’s live report.

The two little ones are discussing physics now, impressive.

While boiling water, Zhou Yaling casually brought up a topic.

"Hey bro, how’s that spaceship of yours coming along?"

Such a high-tech item being called junk by Zhou Yaling—Mo Jingchun couldn’t help but roll his eyes and said irritably, "Do you even understand technology? Those four years in college were wasted."

"Tch, I was only in college for three years. I only stayed a few days in the last year."

"Can count those days on my hands, okay."

"Fine, my bad."

"To clarify, our company builds rockets, not spaceships. Spaceships typically refer to manned or cargo-carrying craft."

Indifferent, Zhou Yaling waved her hand, "It’s all the same to me, I just wanted to know if it’s ready and when it will be launched."

After sitting down, Mo Jingchun leisurely smiled and said, "The assembly was completed three days ago, and we have been conducting pre-launch checks to ensure no safety hazards in any components."

"As long as it doesn’t snow by the end of this month, we’ll launch on the 31st."

"Hopefully, if everything goes smoothly, it’ll be our way to welcome the new year."

Right then, the kettle started to boil, and Zhou Yaling, feeling a bit thirsty, poured herself a cup of hot water.

"What if it fails?"

"The distant sound of bagpipes will play."

Rolling her eyes, Zhou Yaling said angrily, "Can’t we just have a normal conversation?"

Spreading his hands, Mo Jingchun said, "You’ve already killed the mood, how can we chat normally now?"

"Most others would say pleasant things, but when it comes to you and Zero, failure seems to be the topic of choice."

Zero, who was playing on his phone nearby, raised his head helplessly, "Boss, I just casually mentioned it back then, why do you still remember it?"

"Petty, aren’t I?"

Instantly, Zero decided to keep his head down and his mouth shut. Such words were better left unsaid.

As expected, the hot water Zhou Yaling just poured hadn’t even touched her lips before she was ushered out of the office by Mo Jingchun.

Blocking Zhou Yaling at the office door, Mo Jingchun cheerfully said, "Don’t look at me, I’m just a legend. You’ve already called me petty, how can I stand there without reacting, it wouldn’t do your words justice."

Hearing this, Zhou Yaling’s face involuntarily twitched twice.

Mo Jingchun casually poured himself a cup of the boiled water that Zhou Yaling had made.

"Keep a close eye on the Anyang Base. The first rocket launch failing isn’t disgraceful, but if it does fail, it’ll be hard on my pride."

"Boss, don’t worry, rest assured. Drones are conducting 24-hour checks on all the rocket’s connection points. Even the launch track and platform are under scrutiny."

Mo Jingchun nodded and said, "That’s good, better safe than sorry."

"You wouldn’t want to see your photo in the news with ’failure’ written next to it, right?"

"Boss, I think..."

"Hmm?" Mo Jingchun glared, and Zero quietly swallowed his words.

"I don’t want that."

"That’s the spirit, neither do I."

Meanwhile, the head of the gardening department, eating breakfast in the cafeteria, opened the internal software and found a new email in his inbox.

Especially upon seeing that the sender was Zero, there was absolutely no reaction in his heart because, unsurprisingly, it was another announcement from Zero.

But when he clicked in to read it, he choked and sprayed his soy milk everywhere.

"Cough cough cough, sorry."

"I really didn’t mean it."

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