Li Qingyan laughed: "Dumfrey said that you suspect that someone from the Secret Service has defected to the enemy. Wouldn't it be a bit risky to use me as a Secret Service agent? ”

Lin Xiaoman looked at him seriously: "It won't be you." Because I know you're not interested in that kind of thing. A job at the Secret Service is just a job for you – it happens to be more exciting, and you like it. But to ask you to become a three-sided agent again, you will feel that you have wasted too much time and too much fun on such boring things. ”

Li Qingyan thought for a while: "You're right. ”

"And it won't be Yuan Xiu. His background determined that he couldn't do that kind of thing - the Pei family had always been the sect leader of the Lianhua Sect, and his stay in the Special Intelligence Bureau was originally just to prepare for taking over as the sect master in the future. More than a hundred years later, his grandfather and father are gone, and he is the government's trusted successor to the suzerain, what can America tell him to give up these?"

"And he's your upline. My father and he are the only ones in the Secret Service who know who you are, so what risk do I have to worry about?"

"Hmm......" Li Qingyan smiled, "like worrying about me?"

Lin Xiaoman stroked the fine hair beside his ears, lowered his eyes and made tea for him: "Your strength, Yuan Xiu and I can't figure it out." Now that I've got Dumfrey's ability, I don't have to worry about you. ”

Dumfrey said the same about it. Li Qingyan's heart skipped a slight beat. He glanced at Lin Xiaoman's snow-white neck and straight collarbones, and slowly looked away.

"It's always been a problem to get that ability, and maybe you can help us in the future. But now that there is more important things to do, I didn't report it, just a little secret between the two of us. Lin Xiaoman glanced at him and smiled, "What are you doing." I'm not threatening you. Who can threaten you?"

"When Dumfrey said you took away his abilities, he said to him, 'Your abilities are good, but now it's mine.'" I remember you saying that in the last year of the course, I confessed to you again, and you refused. But the next day, I ran to Zhou Lihuang and said, 'Your goddess is very good, but now it's mine' - I ignored you for a month. ”

"Are you jealous when you said that kind of thing again that night?"

Li Qingyan smiled and said, "I was still young at that time. ”

But he knew it was some kind of "threat...... Or "blackmail". Lin Xiaoman knew him and knew that he wouldn't want to make a noise after getting Dunfrey's ability. And now she uses this to "remind" herself.

Actually, it's not necessary.

However, Li Qingyan did not feel disgusted with her thoughts. Because he knows her well, too.

Among the new generation of cultivators in the Republic, Lin Xiaoman is an outlier. Her feelings are hot and intense, and she doesn't care about any worldly eyes. Just now she said, "If you want, you can get out of here and register your marriage now...... This is no joke. If he had been tempted and nodded just now, probably the two of them would have been in the Civil Affairs Bureau by now - even if he was a demon clan.

But on the other hand, she also has too strong a desire for things that Li Qingyan is not interested in. She is eager to succeed and to get what she wants, and she can do whatever it takes to sacrifice a lot.

Dumfrey's "fiancé" may be such a chess piece used by Lin Xiaoman. From this point of view, her strong feelings for herself can also be explained—she wants to get it but never gets it, and in the end it is difficult to tell whether it is pure affection or has been mixed with "possessiveness".

Thinking of this, he fell silent again. Then he took a cup of cooled tea and drank it, saying, "I promise you." It's something I'm investigating, and it's not better to sell you a favor. But...... You have to be careful, too. Maybe Dumfrey is taking advantage of you too. ”

Because Dumfrey was supposed to be the "lucky cat" of the World Tree—it wasn't surprising that he got his name from his old abilities.

Lin Xiaoman may or may not know. I don't need to say it myself, if I don't know, I don't know - Dumfrey actually stayed in Beishan and didn't leave, maybe there was another purpose. is even waiting for himself to come to talk to him. Li Qingyan wanted to figure out this matter by himself.

Lin Xiaoman stood up and approached him. Bent down and pecked him lightly on the forehead, touched his face, and said emotionally, "Thank you, Qingyan." ”

Li Qingyan removed the gaze that fell into her neckline: "You're welcome." Old friends. ”

"Then I'll go first. Lin Xiaoman straightened up, "The briefing of the Sect Dao Bureau has been postponed by me all morning, and now I have to go to a meeting when I see you." ”

She walked to the door of the box and stopped, and smiled: "I have been staying at the Jiahe Hotel for the past few days." Dumfrey didn't touch me. You can come anytime. ”

Then she walked out, and the footsteps faded away.

Li Qingyan breathed a long sigh of relief, leaned back in the chair and sat for a while, turning his face to look at the koi in the shallow stream outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the box.

As he was about to get up and leave, a waiter knocked on the door with a tray and walked in, a white shirt and black pants in the tray.

"Miss Lin has prepared these for Mr. Li. He put down the tray and left.

Li Qingyan thought about it and replaced them with.

......

......

After leaving Tiger Regency, find a taxi and return to Hongyang Road.

When I walked to the front of the courtyard, it was still ten o'clock in the morning, and there was no one else in the courtyard. He stood at the gate of the courtyard for a while, and saw Director Fang recuperating on the recliner as before.

Gotta get out of here for a while. But he felt a little happy in his heart—he had been here for too long, and his ordinary life was boring. Now he has a new goal and wants to get out of it quickly.

He tried to see luck.

In the past, we could only see the fortune of people, and we could only see the short ones that emanated from people. But now those tentacles are getting longer.

When he was on the street, he tried to observe—as far as the eye could see, he could see the movement of people connected to each other. Everyone's luck is like a living creature, constantly reaching out thick and long tentacles to touch the people and things around them. That means they're looking, they're watching, they're thinking. In a sense, now he sees people's "outer thoughts".

They are not yet able to understand their inner thoughts, and they may be able to figure out what their attention is in a short period of time.

Right now, for example, one of the old man's "tentacles" is attached to him - he knows he's coming.

So Li Qingyan pushed the door and walked in and walked to Lao Fang's side: "Director Fang......"

The old man opened his eyes and looked at him: "Is this leaving?"

"Hmm. ”

"A couple of people came two days ago. Director Fang closed his eyes and said, "I guess you're leaving." Xiao Li, what bad things have you done?"

"You should have guessed who I am. It's a matter of work. ”

"That's good. Lao Fang's fingers tapped on the armrest of the chaise longue and said, "I have something for you." ”

He thought for a moment: "Why did I come here in the first place, because I heard that there is an extra coordinator of the demon clan here, and I don't feel at ease, so I want to come and keep an eye on you." But after getting along for a year, I think you're a good boy. More like a human than a demon...... I've never seen you like this in so many years. ”

Li Qingyan found a bench and sat down beside him, and smiled: "It turns out that you regarded me as a social enemy at the beginning." ”

But today Lao Fang didn't seem to want to joke with him, and said: "I have lived for almost a hundred years." In the past, I was an official in the old dynasty, and then I was an official in the new society, and I saw a lot more things than you as a child. You can also roughly guess what you're going to do this time. ”

"But there is an old saying that the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden—and this is a good end. There are even worse ones, called the cunning rabbit to die and the lackeys to cook. You're in this business, and the risk is high. The closest people, even parents, wives and children, have to be careful. You have to know how to leave a way out for yourself...... Don't give your life to others. Otherwise, if I use you and throw you away, who can you go to?"

Li Qingyan began to listen carefully. Originally, I only thought that Lao Fang would briefly tell himself a few words, but now I realize that what he said is very informative and specific.

Lao Fang's full name is Fang Dezhao, and he was the chief of staff of the Beishan City Defense District before he retired. The Beishan City Defense District does not only include Beishan City, but is actually one of the five major urban defense military regions in the Republic, occupying nearly one-sixth of the local area, and Lao Fang used to be a major general.

There are six major branches of the republic. In addition to the land, sea, air and space, there are also public security forces and city defense forces. The security forces do not enforce the law and order within the territory, but assist the local armed forces in the territory of the allies.

The main body of the city defense army was actually the overseer troops who surrendered or revolted at the end of the old dynasty. After the end of World War II and the establishment of a new society, most of the high-ranking generals in this system have retreated to the second line - belonging to the old saying "all the birds are flying, and the good bow is hidden".

Lao Fang is a good mixer, and he has been working for another thirty years. But most of the generals of the rebel army at the same time became lieutenant generals and generals, but now he is retiring in Hongyang Street in Beishan, and it is not surprising that he has such feelings in his heart.

The strange thing is that I say it to myself.

People like him are not ordinary old men who drink tea and play chess on the street, and they should speak in a very measured manner. At least in the year they got along, he rarely mentioned his former work in the military region.

Before, Lin Xiaoman reminded himself that there were defectors in the Special Intelligence Bureau, but now Lao Fang said to him again, "I used you and threw you away, who can you find......

Li Qingyan realized that the direction of this sentence was extremely clear. Although he was a spy of the Special Intelligence Agency, he actually didn't even enter the building of the Kitayama Branch of the Special Intelligence Bureau. Since returning to his homeland from the training camp in Northern Siberia, he has become an underwriter, and the upline is Pei Yuanxiu. In addition to Pei Yuanxiu, the only person who knows his identity is the director of the Beishan Special Intelligence Bureau and Lin Xiaoman's father, Lin Qiyun.

If one day these two people destroy their files or testify that he has already defected to the enemy, he really does not know "who to turn to".

Pei Yuanxiu wouldn't do that...... What about Lin Qiyun.

The old party is hinting at him?!

Although Lin Qiyun did not show an extremely strong hatred towards the demon clan like Pei Yuanxiu's father, Pei Bolu, the chief of the Beishan Public Security, as a member of the previous generation, it was difficult to have a good impression.

And it is rumored that he has always been extremely dissatisfied with Lin Xiaoman's love for a demon clan. But Xiaoman is not Zhou Lihuang. Her ability is too strong, and she has gradually escaped her father's control, so Lin Qiyun has nothing to do.

Li Qingyan wanted to ask Director Fang bluntly at this time, where did he get this information, and could he be more detailed. But he knows that most of the time, you have to be measured. Lao Fang must have said this because he had a good impression of himself. He didn't have to get involved in any of these things—it was the best of all kinds.

He is now enjoying his old age in Hongyang Street...... He shouldn't be caught up in the maelstrom again.

So Li Qingyan stood up and bowed to Lao Fang: "Thank you, Director Fang." I'll think about it. ”

Lao Fang frowned and waved his hand: "What are you bowing? I'm not dead yet." ”

Li Qingyan laughed: "Then I have one more thing to ask you - don't frown - that's the case, I sponsored twelve children who don't have parents." I don't know how long I'm going to have to go this time, so they'll have to ask you. I still have a few pieces in my room, and you can sell them for me. And also...... I lost my wallet and bank card. Now the situation is special and I don't want to show up to ......"

Lao Fang got up from the recliner with his eyes open and walked straight into the office on the first floor. Li Qingyan followed.

Seeing him open the drawer, he took out a thick envelope and handed it to him: "Here are 30,000." I'll pick and choose your few words, and keep one for myself. ”

Li Qingyan was stunned, but still reached out to take it. He was a little moved in his heart, knowing that Lao Fang rarely used money, and these should have been taken out by him in advance.

He looked around the office and said, "Director Fang, next year's transformation index may come down in these two months." I learned about the situation with the security guard Lao Wen in the Foch community, and his family was in a difficult situation. So if I want to have only one indicator, I'll give it to him first. There is also a cat demon in that community - the one with the surname of the head of the household - and give him more than that. ”

Lao Fang thought for a while: "Oh, that little Wen." I came to you yesterday. That Xiaomi also came the day before yesterday, and it is estimated that it was all for this matter. Okay, I remember. ”

Li Qingyan looked at his desk again and said, "Then I'll go upstairs and clean up." ”

In fact, there was nothing to clean up in his room. He is accustomed to recording things into his head, and he is also used to adding as few unnecessary objects as possible. What I want to take away is some materials and documents related to the work of the Secret Service. It only took a minute to pick these out, and they were going to be handed over to Pei Yuanxiu for safekeeping at night.

There were also six notes, which he put in his pocket. Then bring underwear, two sets of pants, and two handkerchiefs...... There are no personal belongings.

In the end, he put on a black baseball cap, a pair of sunglasses, a pair of black thin leather gloves, and a black backpack, jumped out of the back window, and did not say goodbye to the old party.

He spent an hour at No. 16 Taiqing Garden, Pei Yuanxiu's residence. Open the door with your fingerprints and pupils and put things down. Pei Yuanxiu should have known that he would come, leaving a mobile phone with the next plan of action stored in it, and Li Qingyan put away the phone. He hadn't eaten for a month, so he got himself a pot to eat and watched the TV news in the living room.

For the time being, there is no news about him and Zhou Yunting that night. When Huang Huajing's car was attacked on the Qingjiang Bridge, it was not bombed. But it was also hit...... Maybe the footage from that night was lost.

Beishan City seemed to be doing as usual, and the only thing that caught his attention slightly was that the few violent young men on motorcycles he had met on the road seemed to have changed to horseback riding. Several people roared through the streets, almost knocking the reporters who were present.

At five o'clock, the sky began to darken. Li Qingyan went out and found a taxi, planning to go to see star fruit and visit Dumfrey.

I can finally start doing what I'm interested in.