Shen Lang did not actually accept Zhen Mi's apprenticeship fee. He was no longer short of money. However, Shen Lang was very clever and saw something from Wolong's reaction, which was that Wolong liked Zhen Mi.
Therefore, Shen Lang strengthening his relationship with Zhen Mi was actually a good thing for Wolong.
After discussing medical skills with Zhen Mi for half an hour, Shen Lang left the Wangbei Teahouse and drove back to the Wuwei Department.
Now that Shen Lang had a work permit, he could enter unimpeded and quickly arrived at Gu Qinghan's office.
When Shen Lang entered, dozens of people in the office were all busy, doing things with their hands. Shen Lang was treated as if he were invisible.
Half a day later, a middle-aged man saw Shen Lang and was overjoyed. "Divine Doctor Shen, you're here. I haven't properly thanked you for saving my life last time. Today, no matter what, I must treat you to a meal to express my gratitude."
The speaker was none other than Old Luo, who had been saved by Shen Lang from acute myocardial infarction last time. Old Luo was always grateful to Shen Lang, his savior, but Shen Lang was elusive, and Old Luo had no chance to express his gratitude.
"Old Luo, we are going to have a meal, but it's not your thank-you banquet, it's Squad Leader Shen's induction banquet."
Yu Youwei, wearing a black leather jacket and pants, black high boots, and with her long hair styled into a bun, exuding an heroic aura, walked up to Old Luo with a pile of case files and said, "You don't know yet, do you? Our Mr. Shen is now a member of the Wuwei Department. His rank is the same as Squad Leader Qin and Squad Leader Gu. As for his position, he's half a step below Squad Leader Qin. He's now the Deputy Squad Leader of the Special Operations Team of the Wuwei Department."
Yu Youwei looked at Shen Lang mischievously and said, "Squad Leader Shen, to celebrate your joining the team, we're going out for lunch. You don't have any objections, do you?"
"Can I have objections?"
Shen Lang asked with a smile.
"It doesn't matter if you have objections, but we're worried that others might have objections."
Yu Youwei pointed to Gu Qinghan, who was staring intently at the case files, and said, "See? Your wife is usually like this when she's working, completely unaware of what's happening around her, as if she's in a trance."
"Anyway, we're definitely treating you to lunch today. But you need to handle your wife. If she doesn't agree, we wouldn't dare to leave."
"Sister, let's have lunch together, okay?"
Shen Lang said with a smile. Then he walked to Gu Qinghan's side, closed the case file in Gu Qinghan's hand, and said.
Gu Qinghan disliked being disturbed when she was reading case files. If it were anyone else, Gu Qinghan would have already lost her temper. But seeing that it was Shen Lang, Gu Qinghan not only didn't get angry, but instead smiled.
"Whatever you say goes, you decide. I'll listen to you."
Gu Qinghan looked at Shen Lang with affection and said, "I've never been good at managing life. From now on, you can decide these things for me."
"Okay—"
Shen Lang said. Then he looked at Yu Youwei and said, "Today, I'll treat everyone in your office and the Special Operations Team to lunch. However, given the large number of people, if we all go out together, it might affect our tasks. So, some of us will eat at a restaurant, and some will order takeout. Feel free to spend, I'll pay for everything."
"Thank you, Squad Leader Shen."
Shen Lang's words immediately made all the working Wuwei members excited, and they cheered repeatedly.
"Little brother, did you go out for tea just now?"
While Yu Youwei and others were cheering, Gu Qinghan looked at Shen Lang and smiled. "If I'm not mistaken, the tea you drank was Biluochun, and it was the special Biluochun from Wangbei Teahouse."
"Indeed, sometimes marrying a wife who is too sharp is not good, especially if she's a Wuwei. If you have any secrets, they're not secrets in front of her."
Shen Lang said to Gu Qinghan with a smile, "I thought I had hidden it well, but I didn't expect you to see through it. It was a miscalculation."
"You..."
Gu Qinghan looked at Shen Lang and smiled. "I know your personality. If you were to sit in the office for eight hours, you'd probably go crazy. I told Shen Lang this early on, and he and Qin Long agreed. If there's no work, you don't have to stay at the Wuwei Department all the time."
"By the way, how does that saying go? It's called 'listening to orders but not to summons.' Yes, that's the meaning."
Hearing Gu Qinghan's words, Shen Lang smiled and said, "I can put aside work matters, but I can't stop worrying about you. Look at how hard you're working, and it's almost twelve o'clock and you still show no signs of stopping. If I don't take good care of you, let alone my mother disagreeing, even the baby in your belly will disagree."
"Your mother seems to like me quite a lot, doesn't she?"
Gu Qinghan smiled when Shen Lang mentioned Song Qingyi.
"Before meeting, she might not have liked you much, but after meeting, I can say with certainty that she really likes you as her daughter-in-law. After all, you share a life-saving connection."
At this point, Shen Lang looked at Gu Qinghan with gratitude in his eyes and said, "Sister, I should actually thank you. If you hadn't saved me back then, I probably wouldn't have been reunited with her."
"It's fate, it's all fate from heaven."
Gu Qinghan smiled and said, "This seems like a coincidence, but it's actually all arranged by heaven."
After Gu Qinghan finished speaking, Shen Lang was about to say something else when Song Shaodao angrily pushed open the door. Upon seeing Shen Lang, he exclaimed, "Shen Lang, you and Qin Long will lead the team to participate in the grand martial arts competition three days from now. This time, I want to take first place."
"Grand martial arts competition?"
Hearing Song Shaodao's words, Shen Lang looked at Gu Qinghan with confusion and asked, "What is that?"
"It's the annual competition among all the Wuwei forces in the province. It includes theoretical knowledge, firearm usage, team combat simulations, and various other challenges. However, in the past two years, our performance has been very poor, almost always finishing last."
Gu Qinghan said with some confusion, "Old Song never paid attention to this aspect before, because even though we were last in the grand martial arts competition, our case-solving and arrest performance was better than all the other provincial Wuwei combined."
After speaking, Gu Qinghan looked at Song Shaodao, the highest-ranking officer, and asked, "Old Song, what happened?"
"Of course it's those bastards upstairs. I called to register just now, and the other party told me not to bother registering. Since we're always last, it'll be no different this year. Registering will only bring shame."
Song Shaodao was furious. "We were last before because my nephew wasn't here. Now that he's here, can I still be last?"
With that, Song Shaodao pointed at Shen Lang and said, "Kid, don't bring shame to your uncle, don't bring shame to the Nanling Wuwei Department. You must win first place this time."