flstandardbreds Chapter 148 Lin Xingyun's Invitation: What is your relationship with Sirius?
Chapter 148 Lin Xingyun's Invitation: What is your relationship with Sirius?
Zhong Hai of China.
After the meeting on the US policy plan, Lin Xingyun did not turn around and leave like the others.
The Chinese Consul General looked at Lin Xingyun, who seemed hesitant to speak, and asked him a question.
"Xingyun? What's wrong? Something on your mind?"
Lin Xingyun hesitated for a moment after hearing the commander's question, but ultimately did not speak.
"No, it's just that something came up at home. You're busy, I'll go out now."
After saying this, Lin Xingyun nodded and turned to walk towards the door.
After seeing off the Consul General of Country E today, Lin Xingyun wondered why Jiang Chengcheng was there.
Not long after the farewell ceremony ended, Lin Xingyun received a call from Xiao Shan, the captain of the guard team.
At first, Xiao Shan was also hesitant to speak, just like him, but in the end he finally told him what he wanted to report.
Xiao Shan only needed to tell him about Jiang Chengcheng's movements over the past two days to understand what she was struggling with.
Normally, Xiao Shan is only responsible for protecting Jiang Chengcheng, and unless something major happens, he won't inquire about or report her whereabouts.
However, Jiang Chengcheng's recent itinerary was too strange, and Xiao Shan was afraid that if he concealed this information, it would jeopardize her safety.
After some hesitation, she finally called Lin Xingyun.
At first, Lin Xingyun was surprised and puzzled when he heard that Jiang Chengcheng had been with the E country's ambassador for the past two days. He wondered how two people with such a large age difference and vastly different nationalities could know each other.
of course.
Lin Xingyun could never have imagined the relationship between the two at this moment.
In his view, the two were at most acquaintances, or perhaps Sirius had approached Jiang Chengcheng with some ulterior motive.
Before the matter was clarified, he was also struggling with whether or not to report it.
But at the last moment, deep down Lin Xingyun felt that Jiang Chengcheng was a talent of their country, not a criminal who needed to be followed. Their responsibility was simply to protect her safety.
As for Sirius...
After pondering for a moment, Lin Xingyun finally dialed Jiang Chengcheng's number.
"Hello? Chengcheng? Do you have time? Can we meet? I have some things I'd like to ask you about," Lin Xingyun asked Jiang Chengcheng.
“Yes, Uncle Lin, but aren’t you in Beijing? Where should we meet?” Jiang Chengcheng was a little surprised to see that the caller ID showed Lin Xingyun, wondering why he would suddenly think of calling her at this time.
"Let's meet at Qingfeng Teahouse, around 3 PM. I'll send you the room number then." Upon hearing Jiang Chengcheng's agreement, Lin Xingyun quickly mentioned a teahouse his family ran in W City.
.........
Half past two in the afternoon.
Jiang Chengcheng found room 301 of Qingfeng Teahouse based on Lin Xingyun's address.
"Chengcheng, you're here! Please have a seat!" Lin Xingyun stood up to greet Jiang Chengcheng as soon as she entered.
"Is there something you need from me?" Jiang Chengcheng smiled politely and sat down opposite Lin Xingyun. The distance was just right for them to talk.
"Chengcheng, I shouldn't have asked you about this, since it's your private matter. But I thought about it and felt uneasy not asking, so I'm just being cheeky and asking you." Lin Xingyun said after pouring Jiang Chengcheng a cup of tea.
Jiang Chengcheng was flattered by the other party's actions and, out of politeness, quickly stood up and accepted the teacup with both hands.
"What are you saying? We've known each other for quite some time now, and I've seen and appreciated all the care you've given me."
"To put it bluntly, in my opinion, you're no different from my own uncles. You can just ask me anything, and I'll answer to the best of my knowledge." Jiang Chengcheng took the teacup, took a sip, and then placed it on the table.
"Alright, since you put it that way, this old man won't beat around the bush with you anymore." Seeing that Jiang Chengcheng was so straightforward, Lin Xingyun didn't dwell on it any longer and directly asked the question that had been on his mind.
"How did you meet Sirius, the leader of Country E?" Lin Xingyun came out with a powerful question right away, catching Jiang Chengcheng off guard.
“…Um…I met him when I was traveling in E country and checking in at the Kremlin. He was a super hidden NPC who randomly spawns, you know what I mean.” Although Jiang Chengcheng was a little surprised by Lin Xingyun’s question, she did not hide how the two knew each other.
"So that's how it is. You're quite lucky! Haha!" Knowing that Sirius hadn't deliberately approached Jiang Chengcheng, Lin Xingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did you two communicate afterward? How did you become friends?" Now that he was certain that Sirius hadn't deliberately approached Jiang Chengcheng, Lin Xingyun naturally categorized their relationship as friendship.
After all, the fact that he made a special trip to China to visit her during his itinerary shows that the two are very good friends.
Lin Xingyun had planned everything meticulously, but he never expected that the two were not friends at all!
of course!
Unless Lin Xingyun asks her directly, she's too lazy to bring it up herself!
It's not like she thinks her life isn't exciting enough!
"Oh, didn't we run into each other again later when Sirius visited China and when the Olympics started? We got along so well that we became friends." Jiang Chengcheng touched her nose and replied somewhat guiltily.
Forehead…
A boyfriend is a kind of friend, right?
"Oh! I see! I was just overthinking it." Hearing Jiang Chengcheng's words, Lin Xingyun didn't doubt it. After all, these things could be clarified simply by sending someone to investigate, and Jiang Chengcheng had no reason to lie.
Lin Xingyun never imagined that the most sophisticated lie in the world is to tell only half and hide the other half.
After Lin Xingyun figured out his concerns, he chatted with Jiang Chengcheng for a few more minutes before the two of them got up to say goodbye.
……
After leaving the teahouse, Jiang Chengcheng did not go home immediately. Instead, at the request of her mother, Cheng Juan, she bought some couplets, lanterns, paper-cuts, and the character "福" (fortune) for the New Year.
When Jiang Chengcheng had finished buying most of her things and was about to head home with her bags full of purchases, her phone suddenly rang.
Who is it? Why is the phone ringing at this hour?
Jiang Chengcheng put all the things she bought into the back of the electric scooter's front basket and answered the phone.
"Hello? Who is it?"
After Jiang Chengcheng asked the question, the other party remained silent for a long time.
“It’s me, Sirius.” Just as Jiang Chengcheng was about to lose her patience, a deep, magnetic male voice sounded from the other end.
"Sirius? You've arrived in E country? So fast?" Jiang Chengcheng glanced at her phone screen in surprise upon hearing the voice.
Sure enough, the caller ID showed Sirius!
"I just arrived, and I called to let you know I arrived safely as soon as I got off the plane." Sirius heard Jiang Chengcheng's voice, his tone filled with barely perceptible affection.
"Hehe! You're pretty quick on the uptake!" Jiang Chengcheng teased Sirius with a smile.