Chapter 12: The Temple's Little Demon, Great Wind (For Xiao Man's Imperial Crown, Add More)

  Wei Quan was full of confidence, his eyes slowly sweeping across our faces. Sun Zhe didn't back down either, saying he would take the shot and taking the paper and pen handed over by Security Guard Little Wang.

  Everyone quietly wrote their names on the paper, then crumpled them up and threw them into a large plate. Finally, they were presented to Wei Quan. Wei Quan himself also wrote a note, and we could all guess that he had written his own name.

  Wei Quangan wanted to tear up the ballot, but Sun Zhe said, "It's not professional for one person to sing the votes. Moreover, Director Wei considers himself an object of election, and it's even more inappropriate for you to sing the votes. Why don't we let Xing Ze and Fu Ran, those two little girls, sing the votes instead?"

  Then, Xing Ze and Fu Ran, one holding a tray and the other unwrapping paper slips, began to sing and draw lots.

  "Liu Jinchu." The first note actually had Liu's sister's name on it. We stole a glance at Liu Jinchu and found that she was not surprised at all, her expression was natural, could it be that she wrote this herself?

  "Sun Zhe." The second note, this name appears more reasonable.

  "Sun Zhe." Sun Zhe has already received two votes and is showing a pleased expression.

  "Wei Quan."

  "Wei Quan."

  Nie Xiong.

  Sun Zhe.

  "Wei Quan."

  "Wei Quan."

  Sun Zhe.

  Sun Zhe.

  "Wei Quan."

  "Pan Feng."

  "Xīng zé." When I heard this name, I found that Xīng zé's mouth was slightly twitching, as if she was holding back a smile. Who chose this little scamp? The most likely possibility is that she played a trick on herself, how mischievous!

  But what a beautiful job! I couldn't help but smile secretly.

  "Luō Liáng Chén." Huh? Who dares to look down on me?

  "Pan Feng." Pan Feng got two votes, it should be Pan Feng and Wen Yan this young couple voted together.

  "Lu Xiaonian." Ha, both of us sisters are still on the list!

  " Wei Quan." Wow, Wei Quan is already leading by six votes!

  "Sun Zhe." Sun Zhe is tied with Wei Quan by six votes!

  Nineteen votes, Hanhan also counted as one vote, cast by her mother on her behalf. The mother and daughter must have voted for the same person.

  Comically, Wei Quan and Sun Zhe each received six votes, and this vote was declared a failure.

  Wei Quan was very disappointed, extremely disappointed. In his mind, except for Sun Zhe and Malina, everyone else should have supported him. The result was clear: except for himself and the four security guards under him, everyone else either supported Sun Zhe or caused trouble. His ideological work had been done in vain.

  What Luo Liangchen and I wrote is of course Sun Zhe, Wei Quan's five votes are solid, those four security guards will choose their leader as long as they don't have a brain spasm, regardless of whether they are truly loyal or not.

  As for Sun Zhe's side, if my sister and I didn't help him gain some advantage, it would be easy for him to fall behind, and that was indeed the case.

  However, Sun Zhe's interpersonal relationship is also average. He and his wife plus my two sisters make up four votes, while others only have two people supporting him, but it's unknown who they are.

  I think Jin Man is one of them, that tall girl who doesn't like to talk much. She has a calm and cool personality. Since the proposal to form a team, she rarely says anything, or rather, never says a word of nonsense.

  But she is absolutely clever and dislikes being tied down, which is something she can't hide.

  After lunch, everyone dispersed reluctantly. In fact, Wei Quan took the security guard and left with a gloomy face, while we stayed in the Blue Ocean to drink tea.

  "Thanks everyone for your support! Thanks a lot!" Sun Zhe said to us after Wei Quan and the others had walked far away.

  "Director Wei always makes us eat leftovers, that's why he's so unpopular." Pan Feng said with a smile.

  Sun Zhe looked at him and smiled, "Brother, actually I also support you as the leader. If you had told me in advance, I would have really voted for you."

  He is expressing his dissatisfaction with Pan Feng's nomination by beating around the bush. Isn't it Pan Feng himself who nominated himself?

  But Pan Feng shook his head, "Sun Ge, I know what you mean, but I really didn't vote for myself. However, I also want to thank the two partners who voted for me, thanks for appreciating me."

  Everyone looks at me, I look at you, no one says who they voted for, voting in elections is an activity that offends people, only fools openly say who they support and who they oppose.

  "It seems that among our fellow sufferers, there is hope for Director Wei to become the leader. I don't know which fellow has this idea, but I just hope you can think it over carefully. Is being enslaved really a good thing?" Sun Zhe said slowly to us, referring to the vote we had cast for Wei Quan.

  Who is that person? My sister and I also want to know.

  Too hard to guess!

  Because no one stood up to acknowledge it, nor did anyone refute Sun Zhe, everyone looked like they were on Sun Zhe's side, but in fact, maybe not a single person was, except his wife.

  It's snowing outside, and the flakes are getting bigger and bigger. The sky is a vast expanse of white. I'm sitting in the zoo's café with Luo Xiaonian, Jin Man, Tang Xiao Zheng, Pan Feng, and Wen Yan - six people in total. I made some hot coffee and brought over a few plates of tiramisu from the fridge, but no one touched those small, brainless sweet treats that looked so high-class on the dessert counter.

  Wei Quan and Bao An were nowhere to be found, the two couples also disappeared, Wu Qiong found a quiet women's clothing store to coax the child to take an afternoon nap, as for Xing Ze and Fu Ran these two little girls, they would go to the girl's floor to try on clothes when they had nothing to do, indulging in their habit of changing three sets a day.

  Security guard Xiao Wang is no longer following everyone's ass to keep accounts, Wei Quan's mind has shifted from protecting the mall's property to how to become a doomsday leader.

  "Everyone's emotions are still quite stable, which is good." I sipped my coffee, it was very bitter, I made Italian espresso, no milk foam, no sugar syrup, a bit bitter is good, can remind us that although our current situation is not bad, in fact, it will become very miserable sooner or later, tasting the bitterness in advance can help us adapt.

  "They're not here, let's talk freely." Pan Feng said in a low voice. Although there was no one in the mall, due to the open skylight above and below, plus the fact that there were few people now, even a slightly louder voice would echo.

  "Who would have thought that we sisters are so popular and even got a vote?" I asked with a light smile, it's certain that the one who voted for us is among the few people in front of me.

  Tang Xiao Zheng chuckled and raised his hand, "I voted for Little Nian's sister, I think she is beautiful and fiery, quite impressive."

  I burst out laughing, "Wow, even Little Nian has fans now."

  Lu Xiaonian couldn't help but laugh, "Who voted for my sister? She has no merits except for loving to scold me."

  Pan Feng raised his hand, "Me! Me! I'm the one who has exchanged greetings with Wen Yan, no other meaning, just think that Liang Chen's sister is more mature and considers things more thoroughly, calm."

  This made us curious, "Didn't you get two votes? Weren't they from you and Wen Yan?"

  Pan Feng's face turned red, "Wen Yan indeed voted for me, but even if I had a thick skin, I wouldn't vote for myself. I also want to know who gave me that vote."

  "It's that little girl, Fu Ran," Jin Mao suddenly said. "I voted for Sun Zhe, Liu Jie and Nie Ge voted for themselves, Xing Ze voted for himself just to cause trouble, Liang Chen and Xiao Nian definitely voted for Sun Zhe, so the only one who could have voted for Pan Feng is Fu Ran."

  "What about Wu Qiong and Hanhan? Maybe it was Hanhan who voted for me, I let him ride on my neck!" Pan Feng said, suddenly his expression changed, "Then the one who voted for Wei Quan, wasn't that Wu Qiong?"

  Everyone fell silent for a moment, we couldn't say why Wu Qiong supported Wei Quan, nor could we say why she didn't support Wei Quan.

  "Don't make wild guesses. Wu Qiong and Xiao Huanhuan will only vote for one person, how can they possibly vote for two names? No way." I calmed down, but no matter how I thought about it, the possibility was not great.

  "Alright, alright, let's not make any more wild guesses. Is there a detective here? No, is Conan here? Nope, so let's just stop fabricating false cases." Luo Xiaonian waved her hand, breaking the gloomy atmosphere.

  "Let's talk about something else, voting is already a done deal, whoever you vote for has their own reasons, let's talk about something else!" I added.

  Although I've got a mess in my mind, I tell myself not to care about things that are too complicated and have nothing to do with me. But being trapped here together, does their business really have nothing to do with me?

  "By the way, we still don't know what each other used to do, hey, Jinmiao, what did you originally do?" Luo Xiaonian started creating a new topic, something she was very good at.

  Jin Man pursed her lips, "Children's expansion coach."

  "Wow! You must be great at rock climbing then?" Pan Feng asked with interest.

  "It's okay." Jin Manke was really unlike a girl, being stingy with words.

  "Two Miss Luos, what about you?" Pan Feng turned to us with a hint of boredom.

  "I started a small computer company, but apart from moving boxes, I'm good for nothing." I told the truth, but they probably didn't understand what I meant by "moving boxes".

  "Then you two are quite strong!" Tang Xiao understood it literally.

  "Huh, my sister was talking about moving boxes, referring to buying from manufacturers and selling to lower-level agents. In our industry, we commonly call this kind of business 'moving boxes', meaning it has no technical content, is a tough industry with thin profits." Luo Xiaonian patiently explained to Tang Xiao Zheng.

  "Don't be too bitter, after all, it's still better than us working class people. They call it a white-collar job, but in reality, the income and effort are never proportional." Pan Feng sighed, pointing to Wen Yan, "We're from the same company, even dating is done secretly, if the company finds out, one of us has to leave. Working for others, no freedom in love either."

  It turned out that this couple were also colleagues.

  Tang Xiao Zheng patted his chest, "You've all tasted my skills already, no need for me to introduce my profession again, right? Besides teppanyaki, I can also make several other types of dishes. From now on, you can count on me for meals."

  Luo Xiaonian grasped Tang Xiao's arm tightly, "Ahh my brother, from now on we're counting on you. I regret supporting Sun Zhe, everyone should have supported you instead, let you be the leader. You would definitely lead us to conquer all directions and devour all the food in every restaurant in the mall."

  Tang Xiao Zheng was suddenly hugged by Luo Xiao Nian, his face turned red, and he gently pulled his hand out.

  Lu Xiaonian saw that she had unintentionally touched Tang Xiao's bottom line, and felt a bit embarrassed. She patted Tang Xiao's shoulder and said, "Sister, don't take it to heart, consider me as your younger brother, there's nothing to be ashamed of."

  "Everyone says that this zombie virus is how it appeared?" I timely shifted everyone's attention, and relieved Luo Xiaonian and Tang Xiao Zheng.