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Li Jingtian never thought that he would see Lin Chen again in this way.

The moment he pushed the door, he almost thought his eyes were glazed.

The ambient light in the attic was dim to the extreme, and the small chandelier on the ceiling swayed gently as he pushed the door. Li Jingtian looked at the person sitting under the chandelier, and did not immediately react to the sinister situation.

The reason for this is probably because Lin Chen's reclining chair looks too peaceful in the back chair, or maybe because Lin Chen rarely wears a pair of glasses, and the slender black frame is really suitable for him, with the warm yellow light and his action of gently lowering his head and gently flipping through the information, Li Jingtian was a little impulsive for a moment.

Of course, he was always impulsive, but he was also very good at resisting impulsiveness, so when he entered the door, he didn't immediately slam the door and leave, or say something rude to put himself in a passive situation.

He looked around and quickly noticed that there were four professional 4K HD cameras at the top of the four corners of the room, and this attic was originally windowed, but the windows were covered with professional studio black veil, creating a subtle atmosphere of day and night.

Li Jingtian was very glad that he still maintained the good words and deeds of the son of the family and the famous singer just now.

"Consultant Lin, I didn't expect us to meet again in this way, I thought you wouldn't come just now." He stood by the door, but he didn't close it.

"Oh, that's just what you didn't think about." Lin Chen was still staring at the paper in his hand, and he didn't even raise his head

"Advisor Lin, you're always so aggressive towards me." Li Jingtian said with emotion. He looked at the slender neck that was exposed when he lowered his head to read, although Lin Chen looked very much like a tempting prey, he knew very well that the other party was completely a seasoned hunter disguised as a prey, he realized that his best choice now was to leave immediately, and not to set foot here no matter what, but when he thought so, Lin Chen raised his head.

"Please close the door, Mr. Li Jingtian."

Li Jingtian smiled and said, "Are you restricting my personal freedom?" ”

Lin Chen shook his head, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the four corners of the room, and said: "As you can see, there are four high-definition cameras hanging in the four corners of this attic, these four cameras belong to Yongchuan Satellite TV, Central News, CATV and the world's largest online video website Metube, of course, I have no way of knowing whether these media share the video source with other radio stations." Now, it's mainly up to these four media outlets to broadcast the whole conversation between me and you, so you can safely estimate how many people are watching you right now, so say hello to them. ”

Lin Chen's voice was gentle, but Li Jingtian had a chill down his spine, he followed Lin Chen's words and looked up, and the four cameras suddenly turned into countless empty eyes, staring at him at the moment.

Although he knew very well that Lin Chen was intimidating him to increase his psychological pressure, but he couldn't move his feet at all because of these words, he thought about it, and then said, "Conversation? Its practical interrogation is more appropriate, then I can also refuse, right? ”

"Of course you can say no, but first of all, it's hard for someone like you to find a better chance in the limelight in this life than now...... Secondly, may I remind you, if you turn away now, will this behavior be very suspicious in the eyes of the audience? Lin Chen said.

Li Jingtian looked at the four corners of the room again, he understood that in fact, when he walked in here, there was no chance to escape, he let out a long sigh, walked in front of Lin Chen very helplessly, and sat down on the square bench opposite.

"Consultant Lin, you can ask anything, but I'll wait to catch the plane, so I hope you can finish the interrogation as much as possible."

"I understand." Lin Chen nodded, and then fell silent.

Li Jingtian felt that the silence was a little difficult for the first time, and then he found that the reason why he felt uncomfortable was because he was sitting on a very uncomfortable small square stool, while Lin Chen was very comfortable with his legs folded and leaning on the back of the chair, and the distance between him and Lin Chen was also very awkward, they were about two meters apart, this distance was not too close and not very far, and there was no shelter in between, which made people extremely uncomfortable.

"That half an hour was hard, wasn't it?" Lin Chen suddenly asked him.

"Actually, no, because I was packing my bags just now, so I think time flies."

"You're trying to remind me that your flight is almost there, so let me not delay you too much, right?" Lin Chen asked.

Li Jingtian had never met such a straightforward person as Lin Chen, he adjusted his thoughts, bowed slightly, and said: "It's a little embarrassing to be guessed by you, but if you can understand my eagerness to go home, it would be really good." ”

"I understand." Lin Chen nodded, and then to Li Jingtian's surprise, Lin Chen actually clapped his hands.

Crisp high-fives echoed in the attic.

After a while, the wooden door of the attic opened, and two people walked into the room carrying a long table, one of them was Shen Chenggong, the military attache of the embassy who was responsible for protecting his safety, Shen Chenggong's eyes were very cold when he looked at him, and he was full of anger, Li Jingtian didn't know what tricks Lin Chen had used to make the embassy obey, but even so, it didn't matter, because no matter what, the initiative was in his hands, and after sitting face-to-face with Lin Chen for a while, he gradually calmed down, Lin Chen was right, The thought of millions of eyes staring at him gave him a creepy thrill.

I have to say that the person who knows you best will always be your opponent.

He felt that he was about to fall in love with Lin Chen.

……

The elderly who live in the Li Mansion in the capital of Xinni also find it very exciting.

But this kind of stimulation is not due to excitement, but because of nervousness, looking at the picture of his grandson sitting opposite the Hongjing policeman, Mr. Li felt that the veins in his body were about to burst.

He dialed Ambassador Luo Qiusheng's phone for the third time, and this time, the call was finally connected.

The moment he connected, Mr. Li yelled at the phone with all his strength: "Luo Qiusheng, are you crazy, why am I in that room every day, you let him come out, I don't care, you have to let him come out immediately!" ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I can't do it." Luo Qiusheng replied very calmly.

"You are betraying the country for glory, this is trampling on the country" Mr. Li, who was far away in the capital of Xinni, threw his crutches on the living room clock, the clock rang, the glass shattered and made people dizzy, Mr. Li restrained the love of dropping the mobile phone, and said coldly: "Don't forget who has been carrying you to bring you to this position, you dare to tell me that you can't do it?" ”

"It's you." Ambassador Luo said very humbly, "You have always been kind to me. ”

"The grace of knowing it? Is this how you repay me for my kindness, that is the only grandson of my Li family, why don't you stab me to death with a knife? ”

Ambassador Luo stood by the window, with a rare look of mockery on his face, and he said calmly: "I'm really sorry for Mr. Li, but because the 'door' is open, I can't refuse." ”

After Luo Qiusheng finished saying that, there was a long pause in the phone, and Mr. Li even stopped breathing, and after a while, the old man asked in a tone of "what are you kidding": "If you want to prevaricate my old man, you don't have to find such a reason, don't say that my grandson was framed and raped that Chinese person, Sedum really killed her, and the door system can't respond because of this kind of sesame mung bean big thing." ”

"But the door really opened." Ambassador Luo Qiusheng recounted very calmly.

There was silence again inside and outside the phone, and Mr. Li thought for a while, and finally seemed to have made up his mind: "I want to talk to the 'knocker'." ”

On the other end of the phone, Ambassador Luo Qiusheng looked at the man standing in front of him, and did not agree to Li Lao's request immediately.

But the other party completely guessed what he was thinking, not only looked away from the screen, but also stretched out his hand to him.

Hearing the breathing sound on the other end of the phone becoming more quiet, Mr. Li used honorifics for the first time in the countless phone calls he made today, and he said, "Hello." ”

But the person on the other end of the phone did not respond, not even the rhythm of breathing did not change, sensing that the other party might hang up the phone in the next moment, Mr. Li made up his mind and hurriedly said: "I don't care who you are, but please believe that Sedum is really wronged, as long as you let him go, you can discuss it!" ”

The person on the other end of the phone finally responded: "Mr. Li, what did I just say?" ”

"You...... You didn't say anything. The old man said humbly.

"Since I didn't say anything, why do you think there's room for negotiation between us?"

"Whatever you want, whatever you want, you can make an offer!"

There was no sadness or joy on his face, no contempt or ridicule, and no emotion.

He said: "First of all, there are really not many people in this world who are qualified to bargain with me, and you obviously don't belong to that category. Looking at the people sitting on both sides of the long table on the screen, Xing Conglian's eyes finally fell on the long table in the middle of the room, and he said to the old man on the other end of the phone, "And you should also know very well, in fact, if I want to deal with Li Jingtian, there are many ways to make him worse than death, but I have chosen the most upright means now, you should be very happy." ”

After saying this, Xing Conglian removed the mobile phone from his ear and hung up the phone.

……

There was something on that long table in the dimly lit attic.

From left to right, there is a clock, a deck of poker, and a square wooden box.

The wooden door closed again, Lin Chen put his hand on the wooden table, picked up the deck of playing cards, and pushed it face up and horizontally.

He said to Li Jingtian: "I have always liked Xinni's poker cards, although in fact, it is not much different from the black and red plum square poker used all over the world, but I always find the suits of Xinni poker very interesting, and people can't help but delve into the meaning." ”

Lin Chen drew five cards very casually and continued: "I once read the books of Xinni poker research, it is said that Xinni poker is to commemorate the battle of the red sun, in which the 'house' symbolizes the home, the 'people' symbolizes the warrior, the 'bird' symbolizes freedom, the 'sunshine' symbolizes victory, and the 'flower' symbolizes the heroic spirit, this symbolic meaning is something I have never seen in the gambling system of other countries. ”

"Consultant Lin, do you want to make a bet with me?"

Lin Chen put the five cards of different suits back into the deck and began to shuffle the cards.

"I've heard that there's a very interesting way to play poker at the speakeasy in Sinny, which was born out of the most primitive gambling games and evolved into what it is now."

Lin Chen said as he knocked on the table and asked Li Jingtian: "What color do you like the most, pick any one?" ”

Li Jingtian was stunned, as if he suspected that there was something buried in his question, and after careful consideration, he finally replied: "Sunshine." ”

Lin Chen pushed the poker sideways again, he pushed out the deck with a golden Sunshine A, and continued: "This game is very simple, mainly compared to luck, the two sides of the game will draw one of the 10 upside-down cards from 1-10, the higher number wins, of course, the game is slightly stupid purely than the size of the game, and the interesting thing about this game is its bets. The winner of each round can ask any question to the loser, and the game stipulates that the loser must answer truthfully, and if he really doesn't want to answer, he can only cut a knife on himself to show his determination. ”

Lin Chen opened the wooden box on the table with his other hand.

A short dagger lay quietly in a wooden box, the blade of which shimmered with dazzling silver against the black velvet.

Li Jingtian laughed, he could barely restrain the corners of his mouth from rising, but he had to maintain an innocent and innocent attitude: "This game is too dangerous, we can compare the size, but can we not bet?" ”

"As long as you answer the questions truthfully, the game is not dangerous at all."

Li Jingtian shook his head, as if he felt that Lin Chen's mention was a bit excessive: "But how can we judge that the other party answered truthfully?" ”

"It's very simple, all the viewers in front of the TV and the computer can help us check this qiē."

Li Jingtian smiled dumbly, he pushed away the wooden chair and stood up: "Although I think this game is quite interesting, but I do have to catch a plane, I can't accompany you to continue, if possible, welcome Advisor Lin to Xinni one day, I will definitely welcome you." ”

"Oh, I know you're going to catch a flight, your flight will depart at 15:30, assuming you need to go through security forty minutes early, plus the travel time from the Xinni Embassy to Yongchuan Airport, if you depart from the embassy at 14:00, you should still be able to catch the plane."

"But it's almost time now." Li Jingtian tapped his watch, looking helpless.

"Well, there's still a quarter of an hour, enough for five games and a best-of-five game." When Lin Chen said this, he picked up the clock on the table, twisted the clockwork, and adjusted the timer for fifteen minutes.

The ticking of an old-fashioned alarm clock immediately began to echo throughout the room.

Li Jingtian slowly turned his head and stared at the clock on the table, his face turned a little pale for a moment.

Lin Chen said: "Come back, the door is locked, it won't open until fifteen minutes later, of course you can choose not to play this game, but the audience in front of the TV will definitely be very sorry." ”