Chapter 1282: 884 There were a lot of people outside just now…_2
“I shouldn’t be that naive, right?”
Cao Jinse faced him, calmly and leisurely, “Then tell , why do you want to see Uncle Sui?”
Jiang Chen remained silent.
“Could it be so national secret? Sothing you can’t disclose?”
“It’s not convenient to say right now.”
Jiang Chen replied simply.
Cao Jinse wasn’t soone narrow-minded. Everyone has their right to privacy. After all, they were rely business partners—though also friends. But even as friends, one could not demand the other to share everything without reservation.
“If you really want to et him, I can think of a way. But you’d better not waste his ti. Otherwise, if he gets upset and decides to punish you, I won’t be able to protect you.”
Cao Jinse’s gaze sparkled mischievously.
“Don’t worry.”
Jiang Chen nodded with grave sincerity.
“Wait for my news, then.”
Cao Jinse turned around and walked out of the eting room.
Jiang Chen watched her back leave and couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
Before coming to the Capital City this ti, he had carefully and thoroughly thought about it and ca up with an extrely bold, even crazy idea.
It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Cao Jinse, but revealing it at this mont—even given her broad-mindedness—she would definitely not accept it.
Since it couldn’t be accepted, might as well not say it.
The key was to act first and inform later.
Returning to his office, the Taoist nun sister sat on the sofa, her eyes closed as if she were napping.
Or perhaps ditating.
The world of the enlightened was sothing ordinary folks could not presu to guess.
But even the enlightened needed to fill their stomachs.
“Wake up, let’s go eat.”
Tanki Liuli opened her eyes.
It was Jiang Chen’s first ti at the Great Wall Group’s employee cafeteria. Instead of entering the executive dining hall, he got his al and took the Taoist nun sister to a seat.
Although he fled the Capital City imdiately after causing trouble, Lan Peizhi wasn’t an ordinary woman. From her performance during the earlier eting, it was evident that she had long put the misunderstanding behind her.
The Taoist nun sister sitting upright and eating in front of him was solid proof.
If Lan Peizhi were still holding a grudge, she wouldn’t have allowed her junior sister to follow him.
Such magnanimity truly garners respect.
Jiang Chen sighed inwardly. In return, he picked up a drumstick from his plate with his chopsticks and placed it in the Taoist nun sister’s plate.
“You’ve grown thinner since I last saw you.”
His observation was, indeed, keen.
Mostly because, during this period spent with Senior Sister Lan Peizhi, their als had likely diminished in quality—unlike at Apang Palace, where gourt food was available around the clock.
The Taoist nun sister remained as focused as ever. Eating ticulously was almost like a sacred ritual for her, unlike ordinary people who eat simply to satiate hunger.
Watching her face, Jiang Chen found himself losing his appetite, as though his gaze were under so mysterious control, unable to look away.
Logically speaking.
As Luo Peng would put it, every woman around Jiang Chen was undeniably stunning.
The enlightened truly stand apart.
Were anyone to stare at him this intently, Jiang Chen was sure he wouldn’t be able to eat. But she wasn’t bothered in the slightest—her moist, rose-colored lips softly opened, scooping in a small mound of rice, which disappeared instantly.
“Have you been following your senior sister throughout this period?”
Jiang Chen began probing.
“Yes.”
Tanki Liuli didn’t even look up, proving herself an exemplary “serious eater.”
“And what have you been doing?”
Smoothly, Jiang Chen pressed on.
While he trusted Lan Peizhi’s poise and had confird her openness during the eting, Jiang Chen just couldn’t completely ease his mind. After all, to mitigate risks, he hadn’t approached Lan Peizhi for a chat once the eting ended.
When others are present, Lan Peizhi might hold back to maintain decorum; when no one is, there’s no guarantee.
“Practicing swordsmanship.”
“What else?”
“Learning to drive.”
Jiang Chen winced. It was clear the Taoist nun sister was far from being the ideal spy.
Remaining patient, he continued to ask, “Has she ever spoken to you about ? For instance, did she ever ntion at all?”
Shaless.
Absolutely shaless!
While the Taoist nun sister wasn’t a capable spy, she had one rit: honesty. If asked, she would still answer truthfully.
“She ntioned you.”
“What did she say?”
Jiang Chen imdiately sought clarification.
Tanki Liuli finally put down her chopsticks and raised her head.
“Senior sister said that in the future, if you don’t end up being beaten to death, I shouldn’t ddle.”
“…”
…
Jiang Chen’s face froze; he tried to smile but couldn’t manage it.
“You’ve upset Senior Sister.”
This wasn’t a question.
It was a statent.
After that, she lowered her head again and resud eating.
This Taoist ntor, truly detached from worldly concerns, showed no intention to intervene even when she clearly saw the problem. She simply knew and acted like she didn’t.
After being in the outside world for so long and even learning how to drive, had she still not picked up the slightest clue about human interactions?
Jiang Chen’s lips twitched. “Your senior sister was kidding. You know we’re friends; if anything happened to , she’d definitely be upset.”
Shaless to the extre.
Unbelievably shaless!
At least he wasn’t worried about the Taoist nun sister leaking secrets.
Not that he could count on her keeping them, but knowing Lan Peizhi’s personality, it was unlikely she’d pry.
“Senior Sister wouldn’t be upset,” Tanki Liuli said without interrupting her al. With every bite, she continued, “I haven’t seen her upset.”
It didn’t seem personal.
The Taoist nun sister’s implication seed to be that Lan Peizhi didn’t experience emotions like “sorrow.”
Reflecting closely, Jiang Chen realized he felt similarly.
He had known her for quite so ti but hadn’t seen her reveal any overtly negative or lancholic feelings.
The one and only ti that could barely qualify might have been when she visited her childhood sweetheart in the Sichuan and Shu countryside where she was born.
Yet even then.
It didn’t truly appear sad—or at least not a straightforward emotion. It was indescribable.
Jiang Chen snapped out of his daze and chuckled. “She’s human too. How could it be possible for her never to feel sad?”
When these words were spoken.
Jiang Chen no longer probed, instead picking up his chopsticks and starting to eat.
A notification sound chid.
From.
——The smartwatch.
Already finished eating, Tanki Liuli glanced at it.
“Senior sister is looking for .”
Finished speaking, she stood up and left.
Jiang Chen stared at the spotless, empty tray she left behind and couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly.
Not even bothering to bus her tray, huh?
Nonetheless.
Jiang Chen wouldn’t regard her as a literal bodyguard. After finishing his al solo, he took both trays to the return station, cleverly packed a new al, went back upstairs, and stood before Lan Peizhi’s office door, inhaling deeply.
Calling Tanki Liuli away had an obvious ulterior motive.
Running away wouldn’t solve the issue.
Jiang Chen gathered himself and knocked on the door.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
No response.
So Jiang Chen pushed the door open and stepped inside.
The Taoist nun sister stood inside the office, turning her head to look at him.
Jiang Chen quickly glanced around, seeing Lan Peizhi sitting at her desk, her expression unreadable, eyes lowered to the docunts before her.
Jiang Chen cleared his throat lightly and forced a smile. “You haven’t eaten yet, right? I brought you lunch.”
He walked over and placed the al on her desk with care.
“Step outside for now.”
Jiang Chen’s heart sank.
He knew, of course, that this wasn’t directed at him.
Lan Peizhi’s words carried great authority for the Taoist nun sister, who obeyed without hesitation, seeming completely oblivious to the tense atmosphere. Ignoring Jiang Chen’s imploring look, she left without a word.
The office door opened and shut automatically.
Lan Peizhi raised her gaze, scanning briefly over the food on the desk before shifting to the face of soone who had taken advantage and then darted away.
“I thought you wouldn’t return to the Capital City.”
Jiang Chen felt his heart drop like a sinking stone.
Clearly, he was too optimistic.
Won everywhere were all the sa.
Even Blood Guanyin, as extraordinary as she was, remained a goddess, a Bodhisattva!
“Thud.”
Lan Peizhi set her docunt down.
Jiang Chen’s nerves were taut as a bowstring. Seeing her rise, he imdiately spoke with a solemn expression.
“There were too many people outside earlier—I already kneeled to you.”
Lan Peizhi’s eyes narrowed slightly, their curve captivating and perilous. She broke into a sudden, breathtaking smile—charming, yet dangerous.
“Good, then.”
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