"Oh, Comrade Paper Kite, hello hello."
"And Mr. Chris, long ti no see."
Watching Paper Kite and Chris erge from the shadows, Lin Yu smiled as he stepped forward to shake hands with Paper Kite, while also nodding in greeting to Chris.
Lin Yu, of course, knew the purpose of their visit. After all, Li Hua had told him that a mber of Order, transferred from the East China Region to the Central China Region, would be arranged to deliver Radish's belongings to him.
Now it seed that person should be Paper Kite—after all, he was carrying a standard briefcase sealed with a strip.
Although Chris was an unexpected addition, Lin Yu vaguely rembered that this guy seed to have so connection with Paper Kite... so he might be here to help.
Paper Kite also nodded. "Hello, Comrade May May. I've been entrusted by Comrade Gambler to deliver the items you need."
"In the future, I will also be transferred to the Central China Region. Currently, it's tentatively arranged for to hold a nominal position in Jiangcheng first. I heard you've been promoted to Assistant Team Leader of Jiangcheng Team One. I'll have to trouble you, Assistant Team Leader, to look out for regarding work matters from now on."
"Not at all," Lin Yu said with a smile, shaking his head as he took the briefcase from Paper Kite. He looked at the faint, wiped bloodstains still visible on it. "It seems Comrade Paper Kite's journey escorting this was quite arduous... Did you encounter so kind of battle?"
Paper Kite's expression turned slightly awkward. Chris beside him cleared his throat softly. "Ahem, that was accidentally sared on."
Seeing their reactions, Lin Yu was curious but didn't press for further details.
"Furbollo, co give a hand."
Lin Yu called out, and Fu Luo, who had been silently standing behind Lin Yu, imdiately stepped forward.
Under Lin Yu's direction, Fu Luo held the briefcase.
Lin Yu tore off the seal and opened the case.
Several items lay inside.
Two sealed bags, containing silvery-white hair and so skin tissue samples respectively.
An old cloth pouch, nded many tis.
And a showerhead, a leftover item from Radish.
Lin Yu nodded, then closed the briefcase.
"No issues. Thank you again for delivering this to my door, Comrade Paper Kite."
Then, Lin Yu pointed towards the stairs.
"Since you're both already at the foot of my building, why not co up for a bit?"
"I might need so help with protection while I'm investigating matters related to Grandpa Radish."
As Lin Yu spoke, Paper Kite shook his head.
"No need to go upstairs. We can just wait in the car."
Chris also nodded. "Yeah, just send Paper Kite a ssage when you're about done... Do you two have each other's contact info?"
As Chris spoke, both Lin Yu and Paper Kite shook their heads simultaneously.
"Then let's exchange one."
Paper Kite said, and exchanged contact information with Lin Yu.
After that, Lin Yu led Fu Luo towards his ho.
Watching Paper Kite and Chris return to their car out of the corner of his eye, Fu Luo also let out a sigh of relief.
"Whew, scared to death... When they stepped out, I thought they were here to kill us!"
Clearly, his silence earlier wasn't just out of respect for Lin Yu; a large part of it was because Fu Luo was too tense and scared!
The two walked up the stairs one after the other. Lin Yu, walking ahead, said helplessly, "They're both decent people. No reason to kill us, right?"
"One's a bounty hunter, the other is an Order mber who was almost expelled for killing against the rules. They don't need a special reason to kill," Fu Luo said seriously. "We ssed up their arrangent with Radish before. That reason alone is enough!"
Lin Yu grew even more exasperated. "You ntioned Radish yourself... Even if you don't trust them, Grandpa Radish is soone we can trust, right?"
"That's true... Let's not talk about them for now. Old Lin, do you live alone?"
Ever since Lin Yu and Fu Luo had their mutual "showdown," Fu Luo had naturally started calling him Old Lin.
"No, I live with my older sister. She's my only family."
Lin Yu very naturally introduced his family situation.
When generally talking about his family with others, Lin Yu never deliberately hid his family circumstances. This was also to prevent the other person from accidentally bringing up topics like "your parents."
Lin Yu didn't want the other person to feel guilty for saying the wrong thing after learning about his family situation.
Hearing Lin Yu's words, Fu Luo was also taken aback for a mont.
"Oh, you should have said so earlier! I ca empty-handed without bringing any fruit or anything for our sister. How inappropriate to show up with nothing!"
As Fu Luo spoke, Lin Yu smiled, then stopped walking.
"We're here."
Saying this, Lin Yu took out his keys, opened the door, and called out at the sa ti.
"Sis, I'm back—I brought a guest."
A response quickly ca from inside.
"A guest? Why didn't you say so earlier!"
After a mont, the door to Lin Zhao's bedroom opened. Then, Lin Zhao, who looked like she had hurriedly changed her clothes—even with a section of her pajama hem peeking out from under her T-shirt—walked out of her room in slippers.
"This is..."
"Hello, Sister," Fu Luo said with a brilliant smile, taking off his hat and giving a slight bow. "I'm Fu Luo, Old Lin's online friend. We t through a ga. I happened to co to Jiangcheng to visit, and Old Lin said I could stay over. I'm really sorry for the disturbance!"
"I ca in a hurry and didn't bring any gifts. When I get back ho, I'll mail you so local specialties from our area."
Fu Luo spoke with impeccable courtesy.
Lin Yu couldn't help but look at Fu Luo in a new light—this was probably the most polite, most human-like mont he had ever seen from Fu Luo!
Even...
This was the first ti Lin Yu had heard Fu Luo speak standard Mandarin.
Sure enough, even Lin Zhao was surprised. "A foreign friend?! Your Chinese is surprisingly good!"
Lin Yu cleared his throat. "He's from Henan Province."
Fu Luo nodded and imdiately said a phrase in the Henan dialect. "Sister, I'm from Zheng City!"
Lin Zhao was even more shocked. "What?"
But she quickly recovered.
"Wherever you're from, you're a guest. Please, have a seat. Let make you so tea. Would you like so fruit?"
"You're actually the first friend Xiao Yu has brought ho in years."
As Lin Zhao spoke, she turned and headed towards the kitchen.
"Please don't trouble yourself, Sister," Fu Luo switched back to Mandarin. "Old Lin and I still have things to do. We ate quite a lot for dinner. You should go rest!"
As Fu Luo spoke, Lin Yu nodded in agreent.
"Yeah, Sis, you go rest. I'll get him water and whatever he needs."
Lin Zhao shook her head. "That won't do... Xiao Fu, right? How many days are you staying in Jiangcheng?"
"Xiao Yu, you're on sumr break right now. Take him to see the sights, show him around properly, and keep him company."
Lin Yu quickly interrupted his overly enthusiastic sister again. "Alright, Sis, we have our own pace!"
Saying this, he hurriedly led Fu Luo into his own room.
Fu Luo chuckled. "Our sister is quite enthusiastic, huh..."
"Probably because she hasn't seen many of my friends," Lin Yu sighed. "But honestly, I've never really had many friends since I was little."
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