Don't follow the rules

Chapter 499: Haojiu Home Furnishing City (Part )
Inside the Rubik's Cube control room.

Yi Dan threw the mouse away angrily: "Check it out, this is simply a task that cannot be completed by human power, get off work."

The planner rubbed his brows, walked up to pick up the mouse that Yi Dan threw away without saying a word, and then sat back in front of the main console silently, operating the two screens at the same time.

"This is totally useless!" Yi Dan crossed his arms and shouted in a state of frustration, "If you just want to rely on manpower to correct some obvious mistakes, I think it can be done with some effort, but trying to find omissions in a huge amount of data with the naked eye is simply a fantasy."

The planner paused, then continued.

Yi Dan was so angry that he almost laughed: "If you insist on investigating like this, at least call a few more people to help? It's just the two of us. Uh, I'm on strike now. It's impossible for you to find it by yourself."

The planner finally spoke up: "The cutting plan is top secret. I have no right to share this matter with people outside the plan."

He lowered his head. "In the final analysis, it was my mistake that the cutting progress was stuck at the last critical position and could not be advanced. If I could find out the omissions before the implementation of the plan, I would not have caused so much trouble to Mr. Du and affected the progress of the entire plan."

Yi Dan seemed to realize something, curled up the corners of his mouth and moved closer to the planner's face.

"Are you blaming yourself?"

The planner leaned back slightly. "I just want to try my best to make up for the mistakes in my work and minimize the losses. If we can find the omissions, the cutting plan will not be considered a failure."

Yi Dan raised an eyebrow: "Didn't you hear what Du Jingxiu said? Even if we mess up, it doesn't matter. He will have a follow-up plan, which proves that 'we mess up' is an event he foresaw and wrote into the plan. It can be said that he knew that we would mess up a long time ago, and 'messing up' is an inevitable event."

She patted the planner on the shoulder: "Maybe 'we messed up the plan' is also part of Du Jingxiu's plan?"

The planner stared at her blankly. "'Messing up the plan' is also... part of the plan?"

"That's right!" Yi Dan nodded vigorously. "So we don't need to carry too much psychological burden. Just do our best."

"Then...then why are you investigating with me? Wouldn't it be enough to just announce that you have given up the cutting plan?"

"At best, I can only be considered a team leader or supervisor. I don't have the power to abandon the plan, and I can't make decisions on behalf of the boss." Yi Dan knocked on the planner's head.

"Although 'screwing up' was within Lao Du's expectations, as employees, we still have to try our best even in the face of failure. We can't let the boss see us throwing everything at the wall. Otherwise, when the matter is settled later, the boss will have something to say."

The planner digested the workplace thick black theory that Yi Dan instilled in him, and at the same time stared at Yi Dan with surprise.

"What's that look?" Yi Dan snorted.

The planner shook his head. “Nothing. I just thought you weren’t good at this, sir.”

"I am not good at the workplace," Yi Dan admitted frankly, "but I will remember the lessons. These are the lessons I have learned."

“Even if you have guessed what your boss means, don’t make decisions without consulting him. Remember – as subordinates, we only need to execute [orders] and not interfere in matters that are not within our jurisdiction. Do you understand?”

The planner thought for a while, "So Mr. Du had already prepared for the failure of the cutting plan... As the person in charge of the project, we will still be reprimanded to a certain extent in the end, but this 'extent' depends on the attitude we show to Mr. Du now?"

Yi Dan's eyes lit up: "You are very intelligent!"

The planner smiled in his typical way and swiped his mouse lightly: "That's just trying to fill the hole. I'm afraid it's hard to satisfy Mr. Du."

"You seem to have some interesting ideas?" Yi Dan said with a smile, "Tell me about it." The surveillance camera reappeared on the display screen full of scrolling text. In the high-definition surveillance camera, Ning Yao and Gao Yang stood opposite each other, maintaining a funny posture of flipping in the air rope.

The planner slowly brought up several new interfaces on another display screen: "I will continue to search for the data files related to the cutting **, and I will need to trouble Master Yi Dan to take care of the difficult task of disrupting Ning Yao's rescue operation and causing trouble for the Rules Supervision Association."

"What is this?" Yi Dan took a brand new game controller.

Planner: "The control handle of the humanoid body storage."
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"Ah~~~" Gao Yang yawned, and a few physiological tears squeezed out of the corners of his eyes, but he couldn't wipe them away with his hands. He could only tilt his head and use the clothes on his shoulders to wipe them off.

"Boss, how long do we have to hold our hands up like this?" Gao Yang asked. "My hands are really sore."

Ning Yao sincerely gave useful advice: "Eat some alkaline noodles and it won't be sour."

"Oh, right, right... eh?" Gao Yang was almost spared. "Can the acid and alkali neutralization of hand soreness also be achieved?!"

"Oh? You can still react, which proves that you are healthy and your mind is clear. You can at least hold it horizontally for two hours." Ning Yao diagnosed.

Gao Yang made a bitter face: "What we mean is, we don't have to rely on ourselves to maintain this posture, right? We can... for example, find something to lean on?"

"For example? Think about it." Ning Yao did not intend to think for himself, but just urged with his mouth.

Gao Yang looked around.

This is the area in front of the cold storage gate. It needs to be able to allow trucks to enter and exit smoothly, and goods are usually unloaded here, so it is very flat and open. There are no obvious tables, chairs or benches for people to lean on, and there are no floor-standing street lamps that would hinder the movement of vehicles. The only lighting is fixed to the distant ceiling, just like the underground garage.

In other words, there is not even a pillar here.

Ning Yao was still looking at Gao Yang eagerly, so Gao Yang had no choice but to continue.

He begged Ning Yao to move with him, saying nice things as he moved closer to the cold storage door. Although there were no tables, chairs or benches there, at least there was a wall. If the size was right, he might be able to put his arm on the door handle of the cold storage door.

Ning Yao followed lazily. Although he made a few sarcastic remarks out of habit, he did not specifically object to anything. Perhaps he also felt that standing there with his hands raised did not look very smart, so he also slipped down the stairs led by his younger brother.

"Alright, alright, it's almost done. This iron door bolt is quite thick. It should be fine to put my arms on it." Gao Yang finally relieved the force on his raised arms and relaxed completely.

"Come to think of it, if we lie down, as long as we keep the posture well, it would be ok even if we just put our hands flat on the ground, right?" Gao Yang pressed on.

Ning Yao looked at him calmly: "You mean, we should lie on the ground facing each other, holding hands?"

Gao Yang got goosebumps on the back of his neck instantly: "No, no, I was just kidding, this is fine, just leaning like this..."

He spoke awkwardly, and his entire body weight unknowingly leaned on the iron door bolt. Ning Yao had only hung the bolt back perfunctorily, and it was not as firmly stuck as before when it was not disassembled. As Gao Yang twisted his body, it actually slid down under the force.

boom! ! !
The iron door bolt fell to the ground with a loud bang again, making a louder noise than when Ning Yao forcibly demolished it before.

Gao Yang was almost frightened to his knees by the loud noise. He squatted on the ground, looking like he had caused a terrible disaster.

Ning Yao frowned and stepped forward to check his fingers: "Fortunately, the connection between us is not broken. Stop struggling and just stand still."

But before Gao Yang could respond, a faint rustling sound was heard behind the originally quiet iron door of the cold storage.