The three people facing each other didn't know what to say for a moment, so they could only look at each other silently.

In their impression, Leader Zhang was always mature and steady, with a serious and stern look. He would never engage in something as playful as what just happened.

But now it appeared so clearly before their eyes, which surprised them greatly.

They suspected that Leader Zhang might have a problem with his ears, but considering his past style, they didn't dare to confront him directly.

Especially the two newbies, they didn't have the guts.

In the end, it was Wu Shengnan who took on the responsibility and whispered from behind, "Leader Zhang, are you alright?"

When Wu Shengnan spoke, she deliberately kept her voice soft, trying to test once again if Leader Zhang was deaf or had a decline in hearing.

However, after she finished speaking, Leader Zhang, without turning his head, said, "What could be wrong with me? Just keep tailing. Based on the interval between the previous cases, the perpetrator will strike again in the next few days. We must keep a close eye on him. As soon as he goes out, our opportunity will come."

As he spoke, he took out a cigarette but didn't put it in his mouth. Instead, he placed it under his nose and sniffed it repeatedly. "Alright, you all get some sleep. I'll call you when I get tired later."

Wu Shengnan blinked rapidly. Leader Zhang's quick and accurate response made her think that what had just happened might have been a hallucination caused by her drowsiness.

Seeing Leader Zhang sniffing the cigarette, Wu Shengnan whispered again, "Leader Zhang, if you're tired, go ahead and smoke. We're used to the smell of your cigarettes."

If she hadn't mentioned it, it would have been fine. As soon as she did, Leader Zhang put away the cigarette from under his nose and said in the same tone, "The car is too small, and we can't lower the windows, or it would be too easy to be exposed. Besides, it's so hot, and you two girls are already uncomfortable. Nevermind, I'll endure it. It'll be over soon."

Everyone listened to Leader Zhang's voice and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his previous actions were intentionally done to ease everyone's mood. It's just that he had never done anything like this before, so it seemed a bit stiff, losing the intended playful effect.

The three relaxed people quietly exhaled and continued with their tasks—tailing and sleeping as needed.

At seven in the morning, the sky was covered with dark clouds, finally bringing a touch of coolness to the hot summer weather.

However, Du Heng and the others frowned when they looked at the gloomy sky.

"Director Zheng, did you check yesterday's weather forecast?" Du Heng glanced at the thick clouds and turned to look at Director Zheng behind him.

Director Zheng also had a painful expression on his face as he gritted his teeth and looked at the sky. "Dean, I checked the weather forecast, and that's why I scheduled the unveiling ceremony in the courtyard. Not only did I watch the TV weather forecast, but I also checked the real-time weather conditions on my mobile phone several times, and I even used different apps to do so. They all said that this morning would be sunny, and that it would be cloudy in the afternoon."

Du Heng looked up again; the heavy clouds were almost pressing down on his face, with no sign of sunny weather.

He sighed, took out his mobile phone, found the built-in weather app, and glanced at it—cloudy.

Du Heng silently put away his mobile phone. There were indeed many clouds today, so it wasn't wrong to call it cloudy.

Possibly, their understanding of "cloudy" was different from that of the meteorological experts.

After checking the weather on his mobile phone, Du Heng didn't trust the forecast anymore and turned to ask Director Zheng, "Director Zheng, have we made any backup plans for this? Can we still make it if we move it indoors now?"

No one spoke; all eyes were on Director Zheng.

In such cool weather, however, Director Zheng was sweating slightly. He looked up at the sky again and answered evasively, "It probably won't rain, right?"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Secretary Huang, who was next to him, said, "But what if it does start raining? The leaders can stand on stage with umbrellas to cut ribbons and give speeches, but what about our other colleagues participating in the ceremony? Are they supposed to listen to the speeches in the rain? If that's the case, do you think the leaders should use umbrellas or not?"

Director Zheng swallowed hard, and his eyes couldn't help but tremble.

He had made all kinds of contingency plans except for one for holding the event indoors. Most importantly, he hadn't prepared a background suitable for an indoor setting like the one outdoors.

Du Heng glanced at the flustered Director Zheng and knew that the man hadn't taken his words from yesterday seriously. Instead, he had arranged this event with his own meticulous ideas.

But this wasn't the time to get angry. Du Heng took a deep breath. "Move the event to the conference room now. We can't rely on the Lord in Heaven not to rain. Contact all the Department Directors and get all the temporarily unoccupied staff over here. You can arrange it however you want."

"But..."

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

Before he could finish speaking, two cars drove into the yard. Then Li Jianwei and the Dean of Provincial First Hospital got out of their respective cars and walked towards Du Heng.

Du Heng saw Li Jianwei and turned to Director Zheng, saying, "Hurry up and make arrangements."

Then he, along with Secretary Huang and the others, went to greet the two men.

After some tactful talk, Du Heng led the two of them toward the conference room. But as soon as they got into the elevator, he remembered that the large conference room needed to be left for Director Zheng to set up the venue, so he turned and headed to the small conference room instead.