Chapter 505 The Chief Doesn’t Drink Green Tea

"Commander, I am here to apologize to you. I have failed your trust and failed to protect the Qinghe gathering place for you. I am ashamed!"

After saying that, Zhao Lei lowered his head in shame.

"What's the crime?"

Gu Chengyuan sat on the sofa, took the tea that Pu Guangqiang brought him, and started to brew it himself.

goo goo~

As boiling water was poured into the teapot, the flat, straight tea leaves without bent tips tumbled and turned in the pot. Warm steam with the fragrance of orchids rose from the teapot, filling the entire office with a faint tea aroma.

"Due to my negligence, evil forces have proliferated in the Qinghe gathering area, affecting the overall balance and stability."

While Zhao Lei was reflecting on himself, Gu Chengyuan skillfully scraped off the foam with the lid of the teapot and then poured boiling water over the teapot, cleaning the surface while maintaining the temperature inside the pot and stimulating the tea aroma.

"So have you figured out why you were so negligent?" Gu Chengyuan said calmly, fiddling with his tea set attentively.

Seeing the leader's nonchalant demeanor, Zhao Lei did not relax, but became even more nervous.

This feeling is like when you made a big mistake as a child, but your parents acted very calmly.

"Reporting to the commander, I have concluded that I did not have a global perspective and was not high enough to focus on external threats, but was not alert to internal threats!"

Wow~

As Zhao Lei spoke, a stream of boiling water with white smoke poured down from two crystal white porcelain teacups and flowed through the gaps in the tea tray into the water tray below.

"Just right!"

Gu Chengyuan picked up the teapot and poured the brewed tea evenly into two hot teacups, his tone sounding suggestive.

“Come and taste it!”

"Thank you, Chief!" Zhao Lei paused for a moment, then gritted his teeth and raised the cup facing him.

"Guangqiang, have a drink too!" Gu Chengyuan called out to Pu Guangqiang, who was standing in the corner with his eyes wide open, ready to go.

"Captain, I..."

Hearing this, Pu Guangqiang couldn't help but reveal hesitation on his charcoal-black face, and his eyes couldn't help but glance towards his waist.

Gu Chengyuan saw Pu Guangqiang looking at the gun and immediately understood his hesitation, then smiled and said:

"Come! I don't need your protection at this time. You stayed up all night with me last night. Have a cup of tea to refresh yourself!"

"If it were any other time, I wouldn't dare let you relax, but now Captain Zhao Lei is here, so it's a good opportunity to relieve your guard. You can take a rest!"

"Guarding security is the specialty of the internal security. Aren't they more professional than you?"

The voice fell

Zhao Lei, who was standing by, suddenly felt a surge of heat rushing straight to his brain, making his eyes hot and his nose sore!

The trust shown in Gu Chengyuan's words was hotter than the tea he had just poured into his mouth, and it went all the way along his lips and teeth to warm his heart, liver, spleen and lungs.

The feeling of a gentleman dying for his confidant has never been so strong!

In Zhao Lei's understanding, the inner guard has always been lonely.

First, he fought against the end of the world alone in Wanfu, where tens of thousands of people gathered. Later, he went to Yeda, where people gathered, and he was always on the edge.

They are like a drop of oil falling into the water, out of place anywhere, floating on the surface, and have never truly integrated into either the survivors or the gathering place.

This is the real reason why the internal security forces are now lifeless and the mood from top to bottom is becoming increasingly withdrawn.

But Gu Chengyuan's words just now made Zhao Lei feel the acceptance that the inner guards most desired...

It's not a simple merger, but truly treating them as our own...

...

Hearing Gu Chengyuan's scolding, Pu Guangqiang walked over with an awkward smile, and couldn't help but complain in his heart:

"Commander, there are only three of us in the room. Don't you know who I'm on guard for?"

Pu Guangqiang usually looks lazy and sloppy, that's because there is no one around and the leader has no security needs.

But like now, with outsiders present, his eyes were as big as bells and his ears were as erect as antennas!

"That's right, combine work and rest!"

Seeing Pu Guangqiang raising his cup, Gu Chengyuan also showed a satisfied smile.

goo goo~

Pu Guangqiang lifted up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. Then he gently put the cup down and quickly stepped back, still staring with his eyes as wide as bells.

Seeing Pu Guangqiang's alert look, Gu Chengyuan didn't say anything else. Some words in some situations are just a means of expressing attitude. If Pu Guangqiang really listens to him, Gu Chengyuan will definitely give him a good lesson later.

"How is it? Is this tea to your taste?"

As the tea smoke spread, Zhao Lei's nervous mood was slowly being relieved.

"It tastes very good, Chief. Compared with the cup of tea in your hand, I feel that the tea I drank before was made from tree leaves." Zhao Lei sighed with a wry smile.

"I didn't expect the chief to have such a deep knowledge of green tea. This sip is really eye-opening!"

hehehe~

Gu Chengyuan smiled but did not respond. Instead, he poured another glass for Zhao Lei and said slowly:

"It is crucial to make good tea, and it is also very important to control the heat. Brewing tea is like doing something. If you do it too quickly, the tea will be too weak and lack fragrance; if you do it too strong, it will be too hard to swallow."

"Only when the heat is right will the taste be good..."

Hearing this, Zhao Lei thought about it carefully and soon thought of the problem of evil forces in Qinghe gathering place.

Too weak means that if the evil forces are just emerging and the scale is too small, even if they are eliminated, they will not form any subsequent deterrent effect?

Too dense means that if the evil forces become too rampant and too large in scale, even if they are eliminated, all that will be left is a rotten gathering place?

So when the leader said "just right" just now, he meant that the timing is just right?

Thinking of this, Zhao Lei suddenly understood, as if he had suddenly been enlightened!

No wonder the leader was not angry with me at all. It turned out that this was the right opportunity the leader had been waiting for?

"Of course, the temperature of brewing tea is important, but the person who tastes the tea is equally important. Otherwise, even the best tea will be wasted." Gu Chengyuan added with a smile in his eyes.

At this point, if Zhao Lei couldn’t react in time, it would be all in vain.

"Commander, I will never waste this pot of tea you carefully brewed!"

After saying this, Zhao Lei lifted the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, regardless of the scalding heat. Afterwards, he looked towards Gu Chengyuan with an extremely determined look.

This is a direct military order!

"Hahaha, good good!"

"Pu Guangqiang, a very rare player who chews peony like a cow!"

? ?

"Here!" Pu Guangqiang in the corner looked confused.

"Pack up this can of green tea and have Captain Zhao take it back!"

“Good tea should be in the hands of people who understand tea!”

Hearing this, Zhao Lei's face instantly turned red with excitement.

"Don't worry, Commander. We will accomplish our mission!"

"Okay, then I won't keep you here, go!" Seeing Zhao Lei's attitude, Gu Chengyuan smiled more and more satisfied.

"Guang Qiang, please send Captain Zhao off for me!"

"Yes!"

...

After leaving the office, Pu Guangqiang walked side by side with Zhao Lei, holding a cup of green tea. Since the two were not familiar with each other, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Hey~

Elevator Arrival

"Comrade Pu Guangqiang, please drop me off here. I'll take the elevator directly down to the parking lot. The driver and the car are waiting for me downstairs."

Zhao Lei stood in the elevator in a military uniform, and thanked him politely: "The safety of the commander is the most important thing, please go back soon! Thank you very much for sending me off!"

"Okay, then please be careful on the road!" Upon hearing this, Pu Guangqiang readily agreed.

"Okay, come to Qinghe Gathering Place when you have time, and I'll treat you well then!"

"sure!"

hum~

The two said goodbye again, and just as the elevator door was about to close completely, Pu Guangqiang suddenly seemed to remember something and said:

"Captain Zhao, the commander doesn't drink green tea!"

thump~

The elevator doors closed and the elevator began to descend rapidly.

In the elevator, Zhao Lei stared blankly at the completely closed elevator door, and Pu Guangqiang's reminder before the door closed kept echoing in his ears.

The leader doesn't drink green tea...