I changed the world.

"Taozi, this place is nice. How did you find it?" Led by the waiter, Zhang Jing sat down at a table against the wall. He looked around and smiled at his friend who had arrived a step earlier.

"Hehe, I heard it from a colleague." Wang Tao couldn't suppress his smugness as he smiled and pointed around: "I heard the reputation is pretty good, so I invited you to come and see for yourself today."

The two were in a semi-open architectural space, with huge floor-to-ceiling windows offering views of artificial hills and bamboo groves outside. It was a rather large buffet restaurant with an elegant decor. In the center of the restaurant was a stage where a singer was playing guitar and singing. Zhang Jing noticed that the singer was singing a nursery rhyme, which was quite pleasant to the ear.

"Let's go get the vegetables first, I want to eat meat..."

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The two quickly went to the food area and got sauces and a large amount of food, bringing them to their table. There was an electric grill on the table, and Zhang Jing first laid out some beef, lamb, and shellfish on it…

"What? Something good happened?" Seeing the undisguised joy on his friend's face, Zhang Jing asked while turning the food with tongs.

"Hehe, I got promoted!" Wang Tao picked up the Coke on the table, took a sip, and said in a low voice, pretending to be mysterious.

"Oh? Didn't you just get promoted? So fast?" Zhang Jing feigned surprise.

"Pretty impressive, buddy? I'm a Level 1 police officer now!"

"Didn't you just say you were assigned to assist in drug enforcement? What, did you do something good?" Zhang Jing asked knowingly.

"Hey, actually I'm still a bit confused myself. Maybe I just got lucky and somehow managed to do something useful." Wang Tao wasn't one to keep secrets, so he told everyone about receiving the tip-off text message from the stranger.

"I saw news about this on TV before, but I never expected you guys were involved..."

"I'm telling you this, but you mustn't tell anyone else. Although those drug dealers are in jail, they're supposedly gang members. If people find out, there's no guarantee they won't face retaliation."

"Don't worry, I know what's important."

"By the way, so your female boss really does have connections?"

"Her father is Wang Yanbin, the deputy director of the Linzhou City Police Bureau. He's said to have handled the case exceptionally well this time, and he's already caught the eye of higher-ups. There are rumors that he's going to be transferred to the provincial department..."

"Luckily, kid!" Zhang Jing patted his friend on the shoulder.

Wang Tao chuckled, picked up a slice of beef, dipped it in sauce, and popped it into his mouth. The two ate and chatted for a while, when Wang Tao suddenly remembered something, slapped his forehead, and said to Zhang Jing, "By the way, Jin, speaking of which, the people in our class said they're having a class reunion at the end of the year. Are you going?"

"Who are they?" Zhang Jing asked casually after thinking for a moment.

“Li Minghai will definitely be there. I heard he’s doing quite well now, he started his own company, and he was the one who suggested this class reunion. Also, Hu Ding, Yang Xiaotian, Qi Jing…” Wang Tao tilted his head and rattled off a few more names, finally winking as he added, “Oh, and I heard Lin Weiwei is going too. Didn’t you used to say she was pretty…”

Zhang Jing was taken aback. A youthful, fair-skinned figure flashed through his mind. The original owner of this body had indeed felt some affection for him, but it was mostly just youthful infatuation. Now, even that feeling seemed somewhat blurred to him…

“That’s from a bygone era…” Zhang Jing shook his head with a smile.

"Tch, don't talk like you're seventy or eighty years old. You're a bachelor, you should find someone..."

"When the time is right, it will happen naturally..." Zhang Jing took a sip of cola nonchalantly: "We'll see when the time comes. I've been quite busy lately, and I don't know if I'll have time then."