Chapter 299: Fleeting
In front of Villa No. 47, Xiao Lin Zhengxin stood on the steps of the door, and when he saw Xiao Duran coming to the door, he went down the steps, stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Duran, and said with a smile: "Goodbye last time, I haven't seen you for a long time." β
"Yes, Chief Kobayashi, the last time we met was five years ago at the opening ceremony of the school, today I am here to congratulate Chief Kobayashi, ah, no, it is the representative of Kobayashi." Little Duran held Kobayashi's heart and hugged the same smile.
After the greetings, Xiao Lin Zhengxin turned sideways and asked, "I don't know who this young talent is?" β
"Ah, Sean is my classmate, and I happen to be free today, so I forcibly begged him to come over as a companion, hoping that Representative Kobayashi will not blame us for being abrupt."
"Where, our young talents in the fourth district, I am welcome and honored!"
Kobayashi said in his heart, stretching out his hand to lead the two of them in.
"Tell me to go down, and in ten minutes, the banquet will begin."
By the time Xiao Lin Zhengxin came out of the reception room with Xiao Duran with a smile, the banquet had already begun, and there were some people standing sparsely in the banquet hall.
"The hospitality is not good, I hope everyone will atone for their sins."
Kobayashi Masashi casually took a glass of wine from the waiter's tray, held it up and said, "Everyone feel free, just have fun tonight." β
After everyone raised their glasses, Xiao Lin Zhengxin casually put down the wine glass again, and said with a smile: "Jacques, you can also play at will, I will be out of company tonight." β
"Hehe, Representative Xiaolin doesn't have to be polite, I have already passed on everything Grandpa ordered, I'm just an ordinary guest now, don't care about me."
Xiao Lin Zhengxin nodded slightly, and said to Sean with a smile: "Originally, I was supposed to accompany our young talents in District 4 to have a drink tonight, but I will go to District Zero to report later, so it is really not suitable to drink, and I will have the opportunity to make a special trip to the two of you to make amends in the future." β
"Mr. Kobayashi, you're welcome." Little Duran smiled and raised his glass, and saw that Xiao Lin was about to turn around and go back to the reception room, so he said again as if he had just remembered: "By the way, Mr. Xiao Lin, I haven't congratulated you on your engagement yet!" Oh? Why don't you see your fiancΓ©e tonight? β
"FiancΓ©e?" Kobayashi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Oh, you mean Miss Tanaka, she has already gone back tonight, so-"
"Oh, that's a pity, I met Miss Hyakue Tanaka at a cafΓ© across the river bend this afternoon, and I thought it was ββ, haha, so I didn't dare to bother. It's a pity that I can always bless you in person tonight! β
Kobayashi Zhengxin raised his glass again, took a sip before he said: "Don't hide it from everyone, Lu An, the grandson of Commander-in-Chief Lu, came to visit in the afternoon, and I had something to do temporarily, so I had to let Miss Tanaka send off the guests on my behalf, after all, the two of them had some friendship before." I don't know, Jacques, did you run into him in the afternoon? β
"Lu An?" Little Duran raised his eyebrows and said, "It's been seven years since we last met, but I didn't expect him to come in the afternoon, it's really a pity." We've known each other since childhood, but we didn't expect to pass by him this time. I heard that he went to the moon for an army internship, and it seems that he came back not long ago, and this time it was really unfortunate! β
"Yes, if you have the chance, why don't I invite everyone to a party in Zone Zero, and I'll miss out first."
After speaking, Kobayashi put down his wine glass, left the banquet hall quickly, and went back to the reception room.
Taking the wine glass that Xiao Lin Zhengxin put down, Lu An lowered his head slightly, held the tray, bypassed the crowd in the banquet hall, quietly came to the door, and whispered to the leader of the activities at the door of the banquet hall: "I'll go to the bathroom." β
The team leader took the tray in his hand and replied angrily: "Go and come back quickly, don't make any more trouble." β
"I'm sorry." Lu An smiled slightly and turned to leave.
From now on, Lu An is going to race against time, and Kobayashi Zhengxin has already begun to doubt. Otherwise, he wouldn't pretend not to know about little Duran's temptation, and use a lie to pretend to explain and cover up, so as to get the information he wanted. He now knew that Tanaka Hyamoe had appeared nearby, and that Lu An had returned to Earth.
From now on, Lu An has lost the advantage of information asymmetry.
"Jacques?"
"Huh?" Little Duran put down the glass he had just raised to his lips and looked at Sean Leonard.
"I heard you mention just now, the commander-in-chief's grandson, called Lu An?" Sean hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Is he a student at the Third Military Academy?" β
"Well, yes, Lu Yingbang and Lu An, father and son, are both from the Third Military Academy. What's wrong? What did you find? β
"On Armistice Day last year, at the gate of the Honorary Military Cemetery, I met a student of the Third Military Academy, who also claimed to be Lu Anβ"
"Oh? Armistice Day, Cemetery of Honored Soldiers? Little Duran lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and suddenly smiled: "Ha, that should be him, he is going to pay tribute to Lu Yingbang." Isn't the armistice day of the coalition government established by the time of Lu Yingbang's death? Known as a hero who sacrificed at the last moment. β
"But, if I'm not mistaken, we've seen him down there just now......"
Little Duran almost choked, and he endured it for a moment before he asked in a low voice, "You mean that guy with his head pressed against the door?" β
"Yes."
Little Duran snorted heavily, and then he laughed and whispered, "Interesting, interesting." β
Seeing him like this, Sean pointed to the door of the banquet hall again, and said in a low voice: "Moreover, he seemed to be standing behind us just now, and when he saw Mr. Kobayashi leaving, he also left in a hurry." β
Little Duran smiled even more happily, and he said with a smile: "Let's not make a noise first, just watch the show, haha, I must tell my grandfather about such an interesting thing when I go back." Now there are a lot of people, and I'll tell you something interesting when I get out. β
Lu An clutched his stomach and hurried to the bathroom, at this time the banquet hall was busy, and the toilets used by the waiters were empty.
Lu An's eyes swept and he dodged into the third compartment.
After waiting for two minutes to make sure that there was really no one in the bathroom, Lu An leaned down and dug in the sewer pipe, and sure enough, he found a thin plastic rope around the corner, and the rope was firmly glued to the pipe.
Lu An held his breath, hooked the rope with two fingers, and gently pulled the rope out, then held back his breath and peeled off the package tied to the end of the rope, which was a small intelligent brain.
Quickly flushing off the rope and the unwrapped package with water, Lu An quickly came to the sink and washed his hands carefully, and then returned to the compartment and put the brain on his wrist.
Lin Yonghuan's last unease, but unexpectedly, it became Lu An's most important life-saving straw tonight, if it wasn't for her advice, maybe Lu An would be doomed to return in vain tonight.
And the opportunity is fleeting.
(End of chapter)