In the blink of an eye, a week passed.
At eight in the morning, Ling Chen was called up by Yang Qingling, "You child, it’s already so late and you’re still in bed."
Seeing his mother standing at the door, Ling Chen hastily covered his body with the quilt, "Mom, I’m so grown up, how can you just enter my room?"
"No matter how grown up you get, you’re still my son." Yang Qingling put her hands on her hips and said irritably, "Hurry up and get up, there’s a guest outside."
"A guest?" Ling Chen quickly sat up and asked, "Mom, who’s here?"
"I don’t know him, your dad is hosting him right now."
"Okay, I’ll be right down." After Yang Qingling left, Ling Chen dressed quickly, rushed through his washing up, and then went to the first-floor living room.
In the spacious living room, he saw Ling Tao and Ling Kun there; naturally, in East Sea City, he would stay at ho. Besides them, there was a stranger — a middle-aged man. The man was dressed in a Zhongshan suit, had short hair, and sat with a standard posture, seeming to have a military background, with a capable appearance.
Seeing Ling Chen coming down the stairs, the man imdiately stood up from the sofa, proactively approached Ling Chen, and extended his hand, "Mr. Ling, hello."
"Hello." Ling Chen smiled politely and asked, "I haven’t had the pleasure of knowing your na yet?"
"My surna is Li, Li Bin, I am a special commissioner appointed by the military, specially coming to East Sea City to et Mr. Ling this ti."
A special commissioner from the military? Hearing the man’s title, Ling Chen was slightly stunned. Why was the army looking for him? Why hadn’t Tang Yuan ntioned it?
In a flash, Ling Chen smiled and asked, "I wonder what’s brought Mr. Li from Beijing to find ?"
"It’s like this. Recently, the governnt established a research institute in North County, which we are responsible for taking over. At that ti, Mr. Ling participated in various tasks in the ancient tomb excavation, correct?"
Ling Chen nodded, "Correct. If Mr. Li is here regarding the confidentiality agreent, rest assured, I was a soldier before too and understand confidentiality agreents thoroughly, I wouldn’t reveal a single piece of information about the ancient tomb to outsiders." After pausing, Ling Chen added, "Including my family."
"Mr. Ling, although you say that, according to the intelligence we obtained, you copied all the materials you found in the ancient tomb secretly to study on your own. Am I wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Chen’s expression changed slightly, looking at Li Bin with surprise, "Mr. Li, this is entirely slander, I haven’t done any of what you said. Moreover, there were troops with at the ti, how could I have had the chance to do such things?"
"The person you ntioned, is it Tang Yuan? He has been detained by us and is undergoing investigation. Mr. Ling, as a military man, I hope you cooperate with our work and co back to Beijing with to thoroughly investigate this matter."
Ling Chen frowned slightly, feeling puzzled. The things he did with Tang Yuan were only known to the two of them, how could the governnt know? Did soone tip them off? But besides Tang Yuan, who else could it be?
"Mr. Ling, the car is ready, please."
"Mr. Li, is there so misunderstanding about this matter?" Ling Kun and Ling Tao hurried over, "Ling Chen would never do anything illegal..."
"I know." Before Ling Kun could finish, Li Bin interrupted, "We’re just asking Mr. Ling to return for investigation, if he’s innocent, we’ll definitely clarify everything."
"Mr. Li, can I make a call?" Ling Chen asked.
"Of course, I have no problem with that. However, I hope after you make this call, you can cooperate with my work."
Ling Chen nodded, then walked into the kitchen, took out his phone, and dialed Pang Jiulin’s number. Soon, the call connected, and Pang Jiulin’s voice ca from the other side, "Ling Chen, are you okay?"
"Instructor, the military people are already at my house, they want to go to Beijing to assist with the investigation."
Pang Jiulin sighed and said, "As expected! They’re still targeting you."
"Instructor, what exactly is going on?"
"Sigh, I don’t know who tipped them off, saying you secretly hid valuable materials from the ancient tomb. You don’t know, ever since the discovery of that tomb, the governnt has paid extre attention, even having a battalion stationed near the research facility, layering protection around the ancient tomb. To prevent secrets from leaking, the governnt keeps a tight lid on confidentiality. Anyone and anything related to the tomb undergo thorough scrutiny to prevent any problems."
Ling Chen asked, "Instructor, do you know who reported ?"
"I don’t know. After Tang Yuan was taken away yesterday, I tried using many connections to get him out, but hit walls everywhere. Now, as soon as people hear it’s related to that tomb, everyone avoids it. Ling Chen, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but I’m truly powerless. You and Tang Yuan can only fend for yourselves now."
Hearing this, Ling Chen let out a bitter smile secretly and replied, "Instructor, I understand, thank you!"
"By the way! One more thing, don’t go looking for the old General. Because of you two, the old General is also suspected now. Luckily, he is a national hero, and the governnt hasn’t done anything excessive to him."
"I understand. Instructor, don’t worry, I’ll find a way to resolve this myself."
He hung up the phone and returned to the living room. Li Bin spoke, "Mr. Ling, should we go?"
"Let’s go."
"Son!" Ling Kun hurried forward, blocking in front of Li Bin and Ling Chen, "No, I can’t let you take him."
Li Bin frowned and said, "Mr. Ling, by doing this you’re opposing the governnt, I advise you to think clearly before deciding."
"Dad, don’t worry about , didn’t Mr. Li say? I’m just going to Beijing to cooperate with the investigation, not being convicted of anything."
Hearing this, Ling Kun hesitated for a mont, then stepped aside, say in a deep voice, "Son, don’t worry, no matter what happens, I will definitely save you."
As they walked out the door, they saw a jeep parked outside, with two soldiers standing beside it.
Getting in the car, under the watchful eyes of Ling Kun and others, the jeep slowly drove out of the neighborhood and disappeared from everyone’s sight.
"Ling Kun, will Ling Chen be okay?" Yang Qingling asked worriedly.
Ling Kun gently stroked his wife’s hair, reassuring her, "Don’t worry, our son is very capable, I believe he’ll be fine."
"Do you think...could this be the work of the Ling family from the south?" Ling Tao pondered for a while and then spoke.
"The Ling family from the south?"
Ling Tao nodded, "It’s very possible they set up Ling Chen. Initially, soone from the southern Ling family went to the tomb but was intercepted by Ling Chen, accomplishing nothing. This incident might be their revenge."
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