During the time when the mecha was being upgraded, Lin Fan successfully defeated Li Chunhua and was just about to fight Song Ren head-on.
After hearing the news, many people who followed Lin Fan were secretly making bets, guessing whether Lin Fan could defeat Song Ren.
Some even went so far as to directly bet on how long it would take for Lin Fan to defeat Song Ren. Some bet on a week, half a month, even a month.
"I bet for half a month." Li Chunhua was carefree and didn't care about being knocked down by Lin Fan. He even excitedly shared his bets.
"You're gambling at 800 miles?" Lin Fan was truly enlightened. "How daring!"
"It doesn't count, we didn't gamble." Li Chunhua waved his hand. "Didn't you guys bet?"
"I've been holding it for a week." Ji Yu explained to Lin Fan, "Many people in the Security Department have also held it. It doesn't matter if there's no money involved..."
"Then what are you betting on?" Lin Fan was curious.
"It's a rating in the competency assessment, kind of like a test of your vision." Gao Fei was surprised at first, but after learning more about it, he thought it was pretty good. "There are five basic points, which are added if you win and subtracted if you lose. It's counted towards your year-end performance."
"There's such a performance?" Lin Fan wasn't from the 800 team, so she didn't know about this. But since they weren't breaking the rules, she didn't worry too much. She asked Gao Fei, "Did you bet on it?"
"I bet on it. I feel like a week is a bit short, and half a month is a bit long. I think ten days should be about right. But since I didn't have that option, I just bet on it for a week." Gao Fei curled his lips, "Sis, you have to work hard and strive to win in a week."
As he was speaking, Song Ren appeared.
Li Chunhua and Gao Fei instantly became well-behaved and looked around as if nothing had happened.
"Hey, Song Ren, I heard a lot of people are betting on us to see how long it will take me to beat you." Lin Fan chuckled and asked, "Do you know?"
"I know." Song Ren's indifferent answer surprised Li Chunhua and the others.
"It's normal for Captain Song to know about this. After all, this matter has been spread to almost everyone. Even Lin Fan, who doesn't care about the matter, knows about it. I guess even the cleaning lady might be involved." Ji Yu had an expression as if he had expected this.
"I heard that your performance is being used for betting. Have you placed your bet?" Lin Fan felt that what Ji Yu said made sense and continued to ask Song Ren.
Li Chunhua and Gao Fei did not dare to show any interest. They turned their backs to Song Ren, touching things everywhere with their hands, but their ears were perked up.
"I held it for a month." Song Ren had nothing to be embarrassed about and spoke directly, "I've seen that the most people hold it for half a month. It seems that everyone has high hopes for you. Well... I have to work hard."
"Haha, I didn't expect you guys would play like this." Lin Fan laughed, "I always thought 800 was a serious scientific research institution."
"Maybe it's because everyone is too serious in normal times. It's rare to encounter something fun, so everyone can't wait." Ji Yu's analysis makes some sense.
"Many people have told me before that they want me to take you down as soon as possible. At that time, I was thinking, aren't you usually quite popular? Why do you look like you have offended a lot of people, and everyone wants me to take you down?" Lin Fan asked puzzled.
"Not really. The boss is popular, but in fact, many people want to take him down." Li Chunhua turned around instantly when he heard what he wanted to hear.
"But he's always been too strong, like Optimus Prime, and we can't bring him down." He glanced at Song Ren, who showed no reaction, and continued. "Well, Lin Fan, don't you have hope? We just want to... hehehe."
The reserve team had a simple idea. After all, Lin Fan was one of them. If they couldn't take down Song Ren, it wouldn't matter if Lin Fan did.
Especially those who saw the two fighting in the cafeteria that day had high hopes for Lin Fan.
Later, as the matter developed, almost half of the 800 employees participated in this activity.
Those who knew Lin Fan and Song Ren placed their own bets. Many others, who didn't know them, simply joined in the fun and placed random bets.
Suddenly, this bet became the most popular game at the end of the 800s. Everyone wanted to participate and have fun.
As Lin Fan's abilities grew stronger, Song Ren gradually stopped holding back and began to practice with Lin Fan at his true level.
While Lin Fan was lamenting Song Ren's hidden talent, Song Ren was also shocked by Lin Fan's progress.
Despite the unnatural factors involved, who would have thought that this person would still be breathing heavily when he first met him? Only a year and a half had passed.
A week passed, and Lin Fan still hadn't defeated Song Ren. Everyone was disappointed, but they began to look forward to the next two weeks.
Lin Fan lived up to everyone's expectations. He became more and more powerful as the fight went on, and gradually ended up in a draw with Song Ren.
Just when everyone's expectations reached their highest point, Song Ren was called to Cui Yan's office.
"What? Lin Fan is leaving?!" Song Ren shouted, unable to control his emotions for a moment.
Cui Yan ignored his loss of composure and continued coldly, "Didn't you ask someone to teach her how to use cold weapons?"
Song Ren nodded blankly.
After Xingchen's weapon was confirmed and everyone discussed it, they decided to give Lin Fan weapons training.
Song Ren naturally took on this task, but after in-depth research, he found it difficult for him to be a cold weapon teacher.
Song Ren's abilities lie in high-intensity physical training, mechanical control, and the use of thermal weapons, which are relatively high-tech fields.
He had no problem with combat skills, and he could handle simple sticks, swords, and guns. However, if he followed orthodox weapon training, whether it was a spear, a two-handed axe, or even a short dagger, these were not his strongest areas.
After Song Ren pondered for a while, and with the idea that he could not delay Lin Fan, he explained the situation to Cui Yan and applied for a special martial arts teacher to teach Lin Fan.
More than half a month passed in a flash, and Song Ren still thought that Cui Yan called him over this time to talk about the martial arts teacher, but who knew that he actually said that Lin Fan was leaving.
Although all good things must come to an end, Song Ren had always known that Lin Fan did not belong to 800, but the news came so suddenly that he was not prepared at all and was very upset for a while.
"Who's better at using cold weapons than those guys at the agency?" Cui Yan leaned back in his chair, fingertips touching, and said calmly, "I thought you should have thought of it earlier."
“…” Song Ren had never thought about it at all.
"I've contacted Zhu Cunjun. He has people ready, but it's impossible for him to send them over to teach. So, the final conclusion is to let Lin Fan go back and learn on his own." Cui Yan had tried to argue for it before, but this time Zhu Cunjun had reasons and evidence, and he couldn't win at all.
For Lin Fan's sake, and for Xingchen's sake, sending him back was inevitable. After all, Lin Fan was from the Special Affairs Office.
She had only been at the Special Affairs Office for ten days when she received 800 yuan, and she had been there for a year and a half. In theory, 800 yuan was a great bargain.
Cui Yan kept making excuses to delay the project until the bionic armor improvement plan was complete and construction began. Song Ren was also at his wit's end, having already tied with Lin Fan.
Keeping Lin Fan at 800 wouldn't make much sense for Xingchen. It would be better for her to go back and learn weapons sooner rather than later. Putting Xingchen's weapons to good use was the right path.
Therefore, telling Song Ren now is Cui Yan's maximum delay.
Lin Fan, you have to leave.
Who was it that suggested that Lin Fan return to the Special Affairs Office? Well, I guess we've finally gotten to that point, haha.