Jack made a very incomprehensible expression at my performance, shrugged his shoulders and pushed a swivel chair behind Xiao Ting, and lowered his head in a very gentlemanly manner, "Please take a seat, Miss Xiao Ting." ”

This kind of etiquette for Westerners is called "nothing to do" by the fat man. Xiao Ting accepted this hospitality very calmly, and said "thank you" softly after sitting down

It seems that it is impossible to send Jack away easily, and my attitude towards AOE inevitably leads to my attitude towards Jack, and my eyes on him are a little cold. I took a deep look at him before I opened the letter.

The letter is not long, judging from the handwriting, it should have been written by Lao Mai. I can't speak English well, and I can read and write well, which is probably a bad product of exam-oriented education. As if to show the front, Jack stood beside me as soon as he came in. I opened the letter, and the fat man also came over to see it, I endured it, and I was embarrassed to spray him in front of outsiders. The fat man never passed the English class when he was in school, and now that he has thrown away the books for so many years, can you still memorize the old 26 English letters?

The contents of the letter can be summarized as follows.

First, give me an additional amount of money for the next step of archaeological and rescue operations. It's a lot of money, and I can use it flexibly, without having to ask for it in writing but with Jack's approval.

Second, it is actually an extension of the first point. Jack will be joining me in the near future, and the letter also gives a brief introduction to Jack. Master's degree in archaeology, expert in desert archaeology, with special mention of his participation in an archaeological excavation of a famous pyramid in Egypt.

Third, I was asked to put down all the work at hand to search and rescue Xiao Guolin and others. Among them, Xiao Ting was specifically named as having to participate.

The tone of the letter was polite, but not negotiable, as if it were a matter that had been decided a long time ago, and this time only the details of the action were determined. In the past, we worked together like this, I proposed the archaeological project, budgeted the funds, sent them to the AOE headquarters for their review, and after they passed, the funds would be sent to my studio in batches. During this time, I have to report on the progress of the work and send the bills to them in stages. Sometimes I ask them to send someone to help, and sometimes they contact me to recommend a professional to help. But the most important point is that the initiative is always in my hands. This time they broke with the usual conventions, which I didn't expect.

I'm not a person who lets people lead me by the nose, especially now that I have doubts about AOE, and of course I won't let him decide on this matter. I even want to reconsider my work with AOE and confirm the true intentions of this organization. I turned my head to see that the fat man was blinking his eyes and looking thoughtful. Damn, another pretending to be a criminal, what are you pretending to be with me. When I thought about it, I was probably afraid that this product would fall in front of Jack and Xiao Ting.

I ignored the fat man, and when I looked up, I found that Jack had dragged a chair and sat next to Xiao Ting, and the two of them were whispering. I suddenly had a sense of foreboding, Jack knew the content of the letter, and from the old Mai letter, Xiao Ting seemed to be given a pivotal role, and judging from Jack's behavior of contacting Xiao Ting alone, they seemed to have the intention of bypassing me to act alone. And at present, Xiao Guolin's letter is in Xiao Ting's hands, and they have the conditions to act alone in terms of information, especially after Jack joined, the action power is also guaranteed, and my role seems to be getting smaller and smaller.

I can't let Xiao Ting get involved with this Yankee, I will make this decision immediately. "Mr. Jack, I'm going to talk to you alone. It's not convenient here, let's go out and talk. "I made a gesture to Jack please.

"Of course, no problem. I have explained the situation to Miss Xiao Ting clearly, and I have also contacted each other, and have reached a preliminary consensus. In fact, it depends on your attitude now, it doesn't matter where you talk about it, the key is to hurry up, Mr. Xiao Guolin may not be able to hold on for too long. Jack shrugged his shoulders and didn't mean to leave his chair. Turning his head to look at the fat man, he continued: "Mr. Song Gang, we have also learned about you, especially your experience in the last few years is very interesting. I want you to join the operation, and Mr. Mak promised to pay him six figures, in US dollars, of course. ”

Blatantly divided my strength in front of me, and I immediately became angry, and the letter in my hand was grabbed by me.

Before I could get mad, the fat man spoke, "Rich? Okay, I'll participate. But I want you to pay the deposit first, I don't care about your rules, my rules are to pay half first, I don't care whether the thing is successful or not, you have to pay my other half at the end of the action. And how much money, let's make it clear. ”

I almost vomited blood when I heard this. This dead fat man wants money and doesn't want to die, turning his face is faster than turning a book, and he will immediately defect in the blink of an eye and become a lackey of the Americans.

This is not the end, as if to give me a heavier blow, the fat man walked straight to Jack's side after saying that. Damn, three against one, six eyes looking at me at the same time.

"Mr. Zhang, I don't think there's any need to go out and talk now, I don't want my teammates to have a misunderstanding. There are no secrets between me and my teammates, not now, and not in the future. Trust is the guarantee of the success of our actions. Now what I want to know more is, are you going to join? ”

My head was about to explode, and from Xiao Ting's dodgy eyes, I could tell that my eyes must be full of anger.

There was no trace of guilt on the fat man's face, and I was more contemptuous than angry at this guy who stabbed him in the back. Seeing the dead fat man who forgot his righteousness, I cursed silently in my heart. It's heart-wrenching.

At this time, the fat man suddenly blew up at me and made an affirmative expression. You know that the expressions on the fat man's face can be very rich, but no matter how much he changes his expression, it is also based on the bad smile of the poor flat. I had the urge to rush up and beat him up. Fortunately, I passed the age of impulsiveness and anger, and even though I was already angry, I still suppressed my anger and stared at the three people in front of me. One-on-three, losing too much momentum.

From the bottom of my heart, I don't believe and can't stand that a fat man would betray me. The hint he gave me just now was obviously to ask me to say yes first, but then what? Am I really going to take this risk with them? Suddenly a question came to me, if I don't agree, will they abandon this operation? Apparently not. But this will put Xiao Ting in a desperate situation. It seems that I have no choice, and I have to act with them in order to protect Xiao Ting. It seems that the fat man has long seen the key, he understands me, knows the agreement between me and Xiao Guolin, and knows that this matter will be irreparable after Jack appears.

I made a compromise against my will: "I can agree, but the details and personnel of the operation are up to me." "I say this to protect Xiao Ting and not let her be in danger.

"No problem. I was meant to work with you, and here you are the boss. Jack said lightly. But I didn't see that he looked like he was the boss. "I suggest we take a look at what information Mr. Xiao Guolin has left us." After speaking, Jack made a gesture of invitation to Xiao Ting.

Xiao Ting sat down in front of the computer and reinserted the USB flash drive. I was powerless to object to this, so I could only watch her open Xiao Guolin's letter.

When I first opened this letter, I was anxious to transfer this document to another document, and I had to beware that Xiao Ting had no time to read the content by peeping eyes. This time the mouse is controlled in Xiao Ting's hands, and I can only read the letter honestly. With four heads crammed in front of the computer, I was left at the end, and I looked at the computer screen from between the gaps between the heads of the fat man and Jack. Without waiting for Xiao Ting to roll the mouse, the first sentence of the letter knocked me down.

"Song Guilong is still alive, I saw him."

PS: Thank you for your support, writing is finally normal these days.