Upon hearing my reply, Peng Deng lowered his head again. As he looks at his phone, he feeds himself and casually asks, "What else is there after work?
"Don't you work overtime if something's up?"
Good question… I lean the umbrella and seriously think of an excuse.
Peng Deng is a typical smartphone zombie who doesn't even focus on eating. Most of his attention is on his cell phone, but he's actually a very sharp person. He's good at capturing details and can always easily see through my lies.
Of course, most of those lies were a product of not putting enough thought into it. They're more like jokes.
I can't tell him that I'm trying to jump off a building, right? After some thought, I rap the table.
"My boss wants me to pick up a foreign guest at the airport tomorrow.
