195: Did something happen to my Yangyang family?
At the same time, Zhang Fang's workplace welcomed several uninvited guests.
They were all dressed in official uniforms, exuding an indescribable sense of righteousness and imposing presence.
Leading them was a middle-aged man in a formal suit.
Although a faint smile always hung on the man's face, he possessed a demeanor of someone who had long held a high position, making the smile on his face appear quite authoritative.
Under the astonished gaze of the front desk receptionist, the man smiled slightly at her and said, "Hello, we are looking for Ms. Zhang Fang. Could you please notify her?"
The young lady at the front desk subconsciously blurted out, "What do you need Zhang Jie for?"
There was a hint of nervousness in her voice.
The man maintained his smile and said again, "Don't be nervous, we are not bad people. Could you please notify her, or take us to Ms. Zhang?"
"Ah?" The young lady at the front desk was stunned for a moment, then glanced at their uniforms, and nodded, "Please wait a moment, I'll go notify her."
"Okay, thank you."
"No... you're welcome!"
After saying that, the young lady at the front desk ran directly into the office where Zhang Fang was.
To the astonished gazes of everyone, she shouted at Zhang Fang, "Zhang Jie, someone is looking for you, come out quickly."
"Looking for me?"
Zhang Fang was about to get off work and eat, and seeing the young lady at the front desk so flustered, she couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Who is looking for me?"
"I don't know, they didn't say, but they are all wearing uniforms and look very authoritative. They said they have something to discuss with you. They look like officials, and their presence makes my heart a little scared."
The young lady at the front desk took two deep breaths, patted her chest, and then, for some unknown reason, blurted out, "Zhang Jie, do you want to see them? If not, I'll tell them you didn't come to work today."
"You little girl, have you watched too many TV dramas? Are you even thinking of covering for me to sneak away?"
Zhang Fang couldn't help but chuckle, and immediately stood up, "Since they are officials coming to my door, they must have serious business. I haven't broken any law, so why wouldn't I see them?"
"But, Zhang Jie, they all look so serious, it's quite scary." The young lady at the front desk patted her chest again.
"How scary?" Zhang Fang asked as she walked.
"It's not really 'scary,' but it feels much more serious than what you see on TV." The young lady tilted her head and said softly.
"You girl really have watched too many TV dramas. Watch less in the future. Did they say what they were looking for me about?" Zhang Fang asked again.
"They didn't say. I saw them all in uniforms, so serious, I didn't dare to ask more." The young lady stuck out her tongue.
"Officials? Serious? And they didn't say what they needed? Could something have happened to Lin Yang?" Zhang Fang repeated, quickening her pace.
She was upright and had nothing to fear, so she wasn't worried at all about officials suddenly coming to find her.
But when she thought of Lin Yang, Zhang Fang became a little nervous.
She knew her own child.
A few days ago, Lin Yang was inexplicably fought over by the principals of various universities in the Imperial Capital, which she found abnormal.
Now that officials had suddenly come to her door, Zhang Fang was afraid that something had happened to her son, so she ran all the way to the hall.
Behind her, in addition to the closely following young lady at the front desk, some other Classmates from the office also followed.
In their kind of workplace, they usually didn't have much contact with officials, unless someone had committed a crime.
So, after hearing what the young lady at the front desk said earlier, they all followed to watch the show.
They even whispered, speculating about what Zhang Fang had done to make officials come to her workplace.
Seeing Zhang Fang arrive in the hall and begin talking to the officials, everyone couldn't help but prick up their ears and eavesdrop.
Zhang Fang also noticed this, but at the moment, her mind was preoccupied with her precious son, so she ignored them and directly asked the middle-aged man, "Hello, I am Zhang Fang. I heard you were looking for me. Has something happened to my Lin Yang?"
"Ms. Zhang, hello. We are indeed here for Classmate Lin Yang," the man said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhang Fang's heart immediately sank.
Sure enough!
Her son being inexplicably fought over had always made her feel uneasy, and now something had indeed happened!
"What... what happened to my Lin Yang?"
Then, Zhang Fang took a deep breath, suppressing her worry, and asked.
At the same time, the whispering voices of the eavesdropping Classmates also grew louder.
"They actually came for that Lin Yang?"
"Heh, when that kid was inexplicably snatched by the principals of universities in the Imperial Capital, I felt something was fishy. Now it seems he might have faked it and been found out!"
"Old Wang, what are you saying? We're Classmates, isn't that a bit much?"
"Tsk, everyone knows Lin Yang's usual academic performance, right? He's always been at the bottom. Why would he be personally fought over by the principals of Imperial Capital universities? He must have used dishonest means!"
"Exactly, now he's definitely been found out. Heh heh, now let's see how Zhang Fang will show off in the future!"
"Tan Jie, Zhang Jie didn't really show off much, she hardly ever mentioned it at work."
"Not mentioning it doesn't mean it's not showing off, does it? Look at the smile she's had on her face every day these past few days. Isn't that just her wishing she could tell everyone that her precious son was snatched by an Imperial Capital university? Isn't that showing off obvious enough? Does she have to say it out loud for it to count as showing off?"
The woman called Tan Jie was a somewhat overweight middle-aged woman, her face now displaying a sharp and mean smile, even with a hint of smugness as she deliberately shouted.
As if afraid Zhang Fang wouldn't hear.
Zhang Fang naturally heard it, but she was in no mood to bother with it now, instead watching the middle-aged man nervously.
The middle-aged man also heard these words, frowned slightly, glanced over, and then suddenly cleared his throat, raising his voice a few octaves, and said to Zhang Fang with a smile:
"Ms. Zhang, you don't need to worry. Nothing has happened to Classmate Lin Yang. We are here to present you with the honorary medal Classmate Lin Yang has received!"
As he spoke, an assistant beside him, wearing white gloves and carrying a black briefcase, immediately opened the box in his hand, revealing a gleaming golden honorary medal inside.
The middle-aged man held the medal in his hand and solemnly said, "Ms. Zhang Fang, I am honored to convey to you that this is the highest national honorary merit medal Classmate Lin Yang has received. There are currently fewer than five such honorary merit medals in the entire country!"
"Ah? Honorary medal?"
Listening to the middle-aged man's words, and looking at the golden honorary medal he held out to her, Zhang Fang was completely stunned.
And equally stunned were the Classmates who had just been discussing.
Everyone's faces showed an expression of disbelief.
The officials came, not because Lin Yang had faked something or committed a crime, but to present a medal??
And, it was the highest national honorary medal?!
"You, you didn't say it wrong? This is Lin Yang's honorary medal?"
Zhang Fang was a bit bewildered.
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