The strange color in Charlie's eyes was swept away, and he turned around in surprise to look at the black-haired young man who appeared behind him at some point, and said incoherently: "I, I didn't see anything, boss, you, you are here...

A major earthquake occurred on the farm this afternoon…”

Suddenly he realized that the young man's face was pale like a ghost. He choked up and was stunned for a long time. He asked in a hurry: "What's wrong with you, boss?"

"No, Charlie is just paying some price to gain some strategic power and become the 'overlord' on the board. Have you ever heard a proverb, 'If you want to wear a crown, you must bear the weight first'?" A hint of uncontrollable joy appeared on the face of the black-haired young man and said casually.

Then he walked to a sofa that was tilted to the ground and waved his hand casually, summoned a breeze to lift the single sofa up, sat down and asked, "Charlie, how is the loss of the farm?"

"I just contacted the rescue team. In terms of personnel, so far, one and sixty-four minor injuries, thirty-nine serious injuries, five people died, and about thirty missing people have been found.

The material loss has not been evaluated for the time being, but the preliminary estimate should be quite huge."

"It doesn't matter how much money is lost. The key issue is the reputation of LS Group. We must compensate as much as possible for injured farm employees and the families of the deceased, and minimize the impact of the earthquake at all costs. Do you understand?" Zhang Lisheng said seriously at his short and fat agent.

"It's the boss, please rest assured. I know what to do." Charlie quickly nodded seriously and replied.

"Very good, I feel most at ease when doing things.

Oh yes. Another thing is that Christmas is coming soon. I will return to Earth for a long time after Christmas. Maybe tonight will be the last meeting with you before I leave. The construction of the farm will be completely left to you and Edward in the next few months.

How to implement it step by step, let’s see Charlie again according to the plan we made before.” The young man stood up and suddenly thick fog appeared around his body, slowly drifting out of the simple house and blended into the thick night.

In the fog, the young man avoided the huge beam of light shot from the helicopter flying over his head, and the team of search and rescue personnel on the ground. He flew ten feet from the ground to the wind, crossed the grassland and sand, and sneaked for nearly two hundred kilometers, and finally rushed back to the "New Washington A" in the early morning.

Turning onto the avenue from a remote alley on the edge of the city, he stopped a taxi and rushed to the community where his mother lived.

On the way, the quarrel of the black-skinned driver talked to Zhang Lisheng enthusiastically about the earthquake that occurred during the day, asking and answering questions and having fun, while the young man in the back seat was in a daze and fell into deep thought without saying a word.

It was not until Zhang Lisheng's eyes accidentally glanced out the car window. Seeing that the fountain square that was supposed to be empty in the city center late at night, he came back to his senses and blurted out in surprise and asked, "Is there an all-night Christmas parade today? Mr. Driver, why are so many people crowded in the square?"

"Christmas all-night parade, now Christmas parade..." The taxi driver widened his eyes and looked at the black-haired young man sitting in the back seat in a hilarious way, "Oh man, it seems you have a 'big heart' that won't be nervous.

The whole "New Washington A" almost turned a few in the afternoon. Who knows if it will be here once in the evening?

I'm afraid that everyone in the "Xinhua Washington A" except you are afraid that the earthquake will happen again, and everyone is hiding in an open place to spend the night."

Only then did Zhang Lisheng realize that in order to conquer the earth's crust vibration caused by Taotie, the residents of the surrounding oasis cities were already scared, and he laughed and said casually: "Don't worry, man, there will be no next earthquake."

"How do you know, are you a seismologist? Oh, you look like a scientist, engineer or something, but even if you are a seismologist, you can't predict when the earthquake will happen.

I just heard the radio that earthquakes cannot be predicted and can only be detected with instruments after they occur.

But since the earthquake has already occurred, what's the use of detecting it..." The black man said verbally, turning the steering wheel and turning the car into a quiet community.

The surrounding streets have become much narrower, and the houses on both sides of the street have also changed from skyscrapers to traditional American home wooden houses.

Although from a rational point of view, high-rise buildings are much higher than wooden houses' earthquake resistance index, because the low wooden structures collapse will not cause too many casualties, and will give people more comfort from a psychological level. Therefore, the residents here did not go to find open spaces to hide, but turned off their own power supply and sat on the lawn in front of the house all night.

The taxi turned around in the community for a while and parked the car in front of a two-story wooden house painted in milky white, "Man, you're home."

Zhang Lisheng looked out the window and drew the candlelights of the entire street like a galaxy, said, "Thank you." He handed the driver a hundred-dollar bill, pushed the door and walked out of the car.

As soon as my shoes stepped on the ground, I heard a surprise, incoherent voice coming from far and near, "Oh, my God, my God, baby, you are fine, I know you are fine."

Praise the Lord, praise your kindness…”, and then he was hugged tightly by a warm arms.

"Of course I'm fine, mom, what's wrong with you? Why are you so excited?" Zhang Lisheng's mother twisted unnaturally and said,

"Don't you know that there was a big earthquake in the afternoon? Li Sheng, your mother started to contact you frantically, but she couldn't make a phone call. She was so anxious these few hours." Laven, wearing a police uniform and holding a candle, answered instead of her lover, and behind him was a beautiful black girl in casual leather outfit.

“It’s not supposed to be impossible to make a phone call.

Oh, mom, didn’t I say when I left that I want to collect biological research materials in the desert, and there is no communication signal there…” The young man glanced in the direction of the sound, frowned in a difficult sense, and then looked at his mother and said, but was choked by Lili’s extremely surprised gaze.

He could only wait silently until his mother calmed down before breaking out of her arms. Under the bright moonlight, Zhang Lisheng nodded to Laven on the side, "Uncle Laven."

Then he smiled at the black girl beside Officer Gao and said, "Major Alison, why are you here? Could it be that you are here to avoid aftershocks?"

"You know Li Sheng, I have no family in the 'New Washington A', and my friends are just a few reporters, Ruili and others. I had no place to go on Christmas holiday, so I made an appointment with Ruili to go shopping. I encountered an earthquake..." A former military intelligence officer who had been transferred to the Foreign Affairs News Center of the Ministry of National Defense for a few months had become very familiar with the daughter of the Raven's parents who was a media person, explained with a smile.

Lily, who has no racist thoughts in her heart, has a good impression of the black female officer who always talks about her eldest son, who usually talks about her eldest son for a few more words, then added: "When Miss Alison sent Ruili home, she happened to see me calling you. She also cared about your safety very much, and she left it to comfort me."

"Oh, thank you, Major Alison." Zhang Lisheng was full of suspicion, and in this case, he could only thank him.

"How many times did I tell you that Li Sheng? Can't I call me Alison directly like in the 'Shanghai Shrimp World'? Do you like others to respect yourself as 'Doctor'?" Alison said jokingly.

"It's just a title. Is it necessary to be so serious?" The young man looked at the delicate silk-like face of the black female officer under the candlelight. He didn't want to talk nonsense about boring little things, and shrugged and said, "But since you mind so much, OK, I will pay attention in the future."

Alison nodded with satisfaction after hearing the words, and then asked with concern: "Where were you when the earthquake occurred? Li Sheng, did you encounter any danger? Are you injured?"

"Alison, you haven't seen me in the 'Shangs No. 2 World'. How could an earthquake of this level hurt me?" Zhang Lisheng said with a lie that he had long thought of: "Actually, I didn't care when I suddenly felt the crust shaking.

Later, I saw cracks everywhere on the road back to the 'New Washington A'. I realized that the impact of the earthquake was so great. In the end, the car broke down in the sand and walked back to the city."

"Are you walking back to the city baby? You must be tired and hungry. I, I'll make you delicious sandwich.

Wait for a few minutes and it will be fine soon..." The mother next to her hurriedly ran back home from the street when she heard the lie made up by her son, without even leaving the opportunity to dissuade Zhang Lisheng.

Alison looked at Lily's disappearing back and sighed inexplicably, pursed his lips and showed a strange expression, and said softly with deep meaning: "Li Sheng, you have a mother who seems to be too doting to ordinary Americans. Although this is not worth showing off, it is really enviable.

I don't think you will make her sad in the future, right?"

Zhang Lisheng was silent for a moment without answering, but smiled at Laven and the female officer, walked up to the lawn, and sat down next to the brothers and sisters of Laven's family.

"Hey, brother, are you okay?" Radi on the grass immediately asked with the young man, attracting the caring gaze of Ruili, Michelle and others. It was obvious that the brother and sister did not follow their stepmother and father just now, not because they didn't care about the young man's life or death, but because they were afraid that Zhang Lisheng would be embarrassed.

"Thank you for your relationship, I'm fine, brother," replied the young man with a smile. "You guys look bad, an earthquake is not the end of the world."

"Although it is not the end of the world, it is terrible enough for Li Sheng, especially when the whole city is swinging around the eggs in the pan." Ruili said with lingering fear. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!