Through the dialogue between Robert and Zhong Caini, I learned that the reason why Robert did not come to the appointment as scheduled was because there was a little change in the bidding meeting of the provincial gymnasium he participated in. The original planning plan has been changed, so the bidders have to temporarily modify the bids, so it will be ten days late.

Intentionally or unintentionally, when talking about Yang Yuting, both of them avoided the reason for his arrest, and talked more about the interaction between the three of them when they were in Oxford. However, Robert's explanation of why he knew Zhen Jiali made Wu Ming more interested. According to Robert, as a businessman, Zhen Jiali's father, who has a multinational company under his name, and is headquartered in Europe, has a business relationship with Robert's company. And Zhen Jiali once followed her father to Robert's company, and the two young people felt that they could talk more after occasionally met, so they have always been in touch.

It is not surprising that a young man and woman born in Australia and raised in Europe, and a young man and woman who were born in the United States and studied in England, can talk to each other, but strangely enough, Wu Ming always feels that Robert's excuse for the acquaintance of the two is a bit far-fetched.

However, I didn't bother thinking about it. Wu Ming knew in his heart that the National Security Bureau must have done a very detailed investigation of the people around Zhong Caini. In other words, Robert's situation must be under the control of the National Security Bureau, and Lin Jia went to this Jiayu Hotel to dine one after another, which shows that she has paid attention to Tian Xiaoyu's mixed-race beautiful cousin who suddenly appeared.

Sending Zhong Caini to the door of the villa, Wu Ming, who was slowly walking all the way, thought about it, and decided to return to Jiayu Hotel again to see if Lin Jia had left. I plan that it is best to get the information of the new identity tonight, so that I can rush to the capital as soon as possible.

Since her sister Wu Xin wanted to return to Jiangjun City and return to herself, if she was told at first glance that she could only stay in the capital to study, it would be difficult to accept it for a while. So Wu Ming had to do Wu Xin's work in advance. Moreover, Jiang Gongqing said that he had already found a place to live and a school, and Wu Ming could only rest assured after seeing it with his own eyes.

There is also the fact that her cousin Cui Hong is about to return to her hometown, and she can't leave Jiangjun City, so she can't let her sister Wu Xin, who has just been discharged from the hospital, live alone, and still need to hire a nanny to take care of her. originally planned to go back to his hometown to find a suitable person, but Wu Ming thought about it and couldn't think of a suitable one.

"Are you home?"

When he was about to walk to the Jiayu Hotel, Wu Ming received a WeChat message from Zhong Caini.

"Come on, get some rest early. ”

"I can't sleep. ”

"Haven't you been trained?"

"Nope. I'm listening to your birthday song. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhong Caini quietly recorded the out-of-tune English version of the birthday song she sang, and even listened to it repeatedly while lying on the bed, which made it difficult for Wu Ming to find suitable words to describe his mood at this moment.

It took a long time to reply: "You don't have masochism, do you?"

When he saw Zhong Caini sending a shy expression, Wu Ming was completely speechless.

When I looked up, I saw that I had come to the door of Jiayu Hotel, and asked the waiter in front of the door to inquire, and I heard that Lin Jia and the others had left. After hesitating for a while, Wu Ming, who knew that today was also an important day for Lin Jia, thought about the Mid-Autumn Festival, after all, the brother and sister had been extremely warmly entertained in her home, and in terms of work relationship, the two could be regarded as colleagues. Therefore, I still dialed Lin Jia's phone.

"Now?"

"Is it convenient?"

"Of course. Where are you?"

"On the street. ”

"Then you can wait for me at Starbucks on the bright road. ”

"Okay. ”

Ten minutes later, when Wu Ming walked to Starbucks, Lin Jia had already arrived one step earlier.

As soon as he sat down opposite Lin Jia, the other party put a bag on the table, and gently pushed it over and said, "It's all inside." ”

At this time, the waiter came over at the right time and asked, "What do you two need?"

Wu Ming looked at Lin Jia, and didn't want Lin Jia to say directly to the waiter: "A pot of blue." ”

Hearing this, Wu Ming said in his heart that he didn't need to sleep tonight. Because he has a habit of drinking coffee at night, he will definitely lose sleep. However, since Lin Jia had already ordered, Wu Ming couldn't help but say nothing. At the same time, he guessed in his heart that Lin Jia asked for a pot of blue, and he should have something to say to himself.

"How's the wound healing?"

"Thank you. Almost. ”

"There's news that what happened last time has caught the attention of the other side over there. Therefore, this trip is very dangerous, and you must be more careful. ”

"I will. ”

Hearing it, Wu Ming's tone was disapproving. Lin Jia slowly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not just the local government, there may be other people. ”

"I knew it last time. ”

Soon, the waiter brought the coffee, and Lin Jia didn't let the waiter do it, but personally poured a cup for Wu Ming and poured another cup for himself. Picked up a piece of candy and asked Wu Ming, "Do you want it?"

Seeing that Wu Ming nodded, he put a piece in his cup, and Lin Jia also added a piece to himself, and while picking up the small spoon and stirring it slowly, he said to Wu Ming: "You can contact the embassy or me directly when you need it." ”

"Let's see what happens. Looking at Lin Jia, who was concentrating on stirring the coffee, Wu Ming suddenly said, "Happy birthday!"

Lin Jia was obviously stunned, then raised his head to look at Wu Ming and asked in disbelief, "How do you know?"

This couldn't help but surprise Lin Jia, because the date of birth on her ID card was not accurate. It's not that it was deliberately modified, but I don't know what happened, and when I applied for my ID card, the police station wrote September 20 as November 20. Later, Lin Jia was wrong, only she and her parents knew that the exact birthday was September 20 of the solar calendar, the lunar calendar, that is, today's August 23.

"I've learned Zhou Yi. ”

Lin Jia pursed her lips, half-jokingly stretched out her right hand to Wu Ming and said, "Take it." ”

"What?"

"Birthday presents?"

Looking at Wu Ming, who pretended to be calm, pretending to reach out and touch in the pocket of his clothes for a while, Lin Jia didn't break it, and also pretended to be very expectant, wanting to see how Wu Ming would end up next. When Wu Ming pulled his hand out of his trouser pocket, clenched it into a fist and stretched it out to himself, and shook it vigorously twice, and still recited the words "Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law", he couldn't help but laugh out loud. Because Lin Jia said nothing, he couldn't imagine that Wu Ming would use this kind of childlike trick to fool himself.

However, when Wu Ming spread out the palm stretched out in front of him and saw a sapphire the size of a shirt button shining under the light, Lin Jia couldn't believe it was real anyway. In particular, the last time he went home for the Mid-Autumn Festival, after Wu Ming and his sister Wu Xin left, Jiang Gongqing told Lin Jia and his parents a lot about Wu Ming. Among them, it was mentioned that Wu Ming loved money like life, so Lin Jia didn't believe that his palm was really a sapphire.

"What, is Old Man Jiang talking bad about me behind my back again?"

suddenly revealed a seven-point scoundrel, like a big boy Wu Ming, so that Lin Jia couldn't help it anymore. It's just that in the dead of night, it is not good to disturb the other customers in the store, so he hurriedly raised his right hand to cover his mouth, stretched out his left hand to pinch the so-called "sapphire" in Wu Ming's palm, and put it in front of his eyes to take a closer look at what it was. However, her two originally slender eyes had already laughed into two crooked slits, and her emaciated shoulders were gently shaking.

After looking at it again, the right hand covering his mouth was put down, and the smile in his heart disappeared without a trace unconsciously. Instead, the slightly open cherry mouth and the look of surprise on the pretty face.

"It's too precious. ”

Although she doesn't usually have much contact with these gems that any girl can't help but be obsessed with, Lin Jia can still judge that what she is holding in her hand is indeed a valuable sapphire. Therefore, I stretched out my hand and wanted to return it to Wu Ming.

"It's just a blue stone, what's valuable?" Wu Ming said with a grin, "Besides, it's useless for me to keep it." ”

"No, why didn't you ....... Lin Jia almost blurted out "Give it to Zhong Caini", but fortunately she stopped her mouth in time, but it still made her feel that her cheeks were slightly hot. "I received my heart, I really can't accept such an expensive birthday gift. If you don't want to, sing me a birthday song. ”

As soon as he heard it again, Wu Ming almost stood up and wanted to run. He looked at Lin Jia with almost pleading eyes and said, "If you don't like this blue stone, I'll change it for you when I come back." As for singing, you'd better spare me. ”