After the robbery failed, she passed through the wealthy family and lay flat.

Du Xingli went on to say: "As far as I know, the Gao family has clearly intended to give up on her since what happened two months ago. Probably because of this, she wants to find a stronger backer than the Gao family."

"But how did she know about the Hidden Family and Luke?" Song Fei couldn't help asking.

These are all secrets in the Southeast region, and only a very small number of people know about the absolute power hidden outside the Southeast region.

Du Xingli didn't even need to think too much about who was pointing behind Gao Ziyuan: "Qian Keyan."

Song Fei frowned, showing a look of strong disgust: "Him?"

Du Xingli didn't respond, and felt extremely disgusted with Qian Keyan's behavior.

Seeing that he was silent, Song Fei suddenly remembered and asked him, "When will Luo Linger come back? Have you told her about it?"

Song Fei now knew about Luo Ling'er's life experience, and he heard a little from Dongfang Ming, so he was very concerned about Luo Ling'er.

Du Xingli shook his head, pondered for a moment: "I haven't told her yet, she's coming back today, let's talk about it after she has a rest."

Song Fei had no objection.

Du Xingli remembered something, raised his eyes and said to him with a smile: "I plan to hold a banquet for her tonight, how about it, are you free? Let's go together?"

Song Fei has always disliked participating in these private gatherings, but this time, he just thought about it, and readily agreed: "What time? I'll pack it up early in the afternoon."

Du Xingli told him the time, and said: "I haven't asked her if she has time tonight, I'll tell you when I'm sure."

Song Fei hummed, got up and prepared to go back to the laboratory.

Du Xingli watched him leave, his eyes fell on the tablet he had left aside, he sighed, picked up his phone and went to make a call.

Luo Ling'er went to the villa and went back to the room to put things away.

She emptied out everything in the backpack, and there were only two changes of clothes, a laptop, and some gadgets in it.

Luo Linger put the clothes on the bedside table, and then took the notebook to the desk and put it down. As for the odds and ends, she threw them all into the drawer.

Just at this time, Du Xingli called.

Luo Linger looked at the caller ID, walked over and bent down to pick up the phone, and said casually: "Hello?"

Du Xingli told her about the reception banquet at night.

Luo Ling'er frowned, looked at the laptop on the table, then turned back to the desk, just about to open the laptop and refused him by the way.

After thinking about it, I changed my mind again: "Where is it at night?"

Du Xingli reported the location.

Luo Linger checked the time and agreed.

She hung up the phone, turned around and leaned against the edge of the desk, lowered her head and opened WeChat again, looking for the message sent to her by Ling Ling.

Luo Ling'er stared at the news for a while, put the phone back in her pocket, and went down first.

Downstairs in the living room.

Zhou Fan and Lao Jiu were also sorting things out.

When Lao Jiu saw the girl coming down, he immediately stood up and said hello: "Sister-in-law, are you done?"

Luo Linger walked over.

Zhou Fan was moving a suitcase there, and seeing Luo Linger also greeted her: "Sister-in-law, have you finished packing?"

"No."

Luo Ling'er responded, walked to the sofa, picked up a bottle of water, turned sideways, and leaned on the sofa.Ask: "Do you want to have dinner together tonight?"

"Who are you eating with?" Lao Jiu was taken aback, got up, and said with high spirits, "Sister-in-law, are you friends?"

Luo Ling'er hummed, thought for a while, and explained: "You should know an elder."

"Who is it?" Lao Jiu said casually, his bewildered mind paused, and he subconsciously felt that he still didn't know.

After all, he has already met those 'friends' of Luo Linger.

One is better than the other.

Before he could say anything, he heard the girl say in a calm tone: "Well, Du Xingli, a member of the research institute."

Lao Jiu opened his mouth wide and looked at the girl with a complicated face, his jaw was about to drop.

Of course he knew that Du Xingli was from the research institute!

Who in the southeast region doesn't know that Du Xingli is the director of the institute.

Sister-in-law is going to have dinner with Du Xingli tonight?
Luo Ling'er was remembering what Du Xingli said to her on the phone, and added casually: "Besides him, there may be a few more people who are from the research institute. Song Fei, the head of the top laboratory, will also come. Do you want to go or not?" ?”

Lao Jiu didn't want to ask her who else was there, so he answered quickly: "Go!"

He got up from the sofa and said to the girl, "What time do we leave? I'll go back to my room and change."

Luo Ling'er took out her phone and looked down: "Six o'clock."

Lao Jiu also looked at the time, nodded and said: "It's too late, I'll go change clothes. Sister-in-law, please wait for me."

"En." Luo Ling'er walked over naturally, sat down on the sofa and took out her mobile phone to play.

Lao Jiu rushed back to his room to wash his face and change clothes.

Lu Ziyin happened to come down from the upstairs, and he could see that he had just taken a shower and had changed into a fresh dress, looking handsome and handsome.

He went downstairs to the girl, and saw the girl playing games there.

He went to the water dispenser and took a cup of warm water with a glass, then turned back and waited for the girl to finish playing the game.

Lu Ziyin handed over the water glass together with the health medicine: "You haven't taken the medicine today, the water has been connected for you, take the medicine first."

Luo Ling'er looked at the pills he poured out and the glass he handed over, her brows twitched, she stretched out her hand reluctantly, and said slowly: "I think I'm already cured, there's no need to take it like this. "

She has had it for a month.

"That won't work." Lu Ziyin was extraordinarily strong in this matter, no matter what she said, after giving her the medicine, he looked like he was going to stare at her to eat it:
"I've lost so much blood, I need to mend it for a few more days."

Luo Ling'er looked at the pill in her hand, her brows furrowed, and she was unhappy: "I'm also a doctor! I'm already cured."

"Do not heal yourself." Lu Ziyin gave her water, and said in a low voice, "Try the temperature of the water."

"." Luo Ling'er was stuffed into the cup in his hand, and she swallowed the medicine in one gulp with her head up helplessly, and took another sip of water to moisten her throat.

Seeing that she took the medicine obediently, Lu Ziyin conjured up an orange candy out of nowhere, peeled off the candy wrapper and stuffed it into her mouth, his eyes were deep and indelible tenderness: "Sweet."

Luo Ling'er didn't understand why he was carrying this orange-flavored hard candy on him recently, but it tasted pretty good.

The irritability in her heart was diluted by the sweet taste of orange candy in her mouth, she looked at Lu Ziyin, raised her head and said lazily, "Eat together tonight?"

Lu Ziyin put the water glass back, turned around and asked her, "With whom?"

Luo Ling'er told him again what she just told Lao Jiu: "Du Xingli, there are also my teacher and a few people from the research institute."

"It's fine if you don't have time, I'll go with Lao Jiu."

Lu Ziyin heard the words, looked down at her, and said lazily, "I'll go with you."

Luo Ling'er picked up the mobile phone that was thrown aside again, looked away, and hummed.

The box booked by Du Xingli.

Six p.m.

Luo Linger and his party showed up at the Interstellar Hotel on time, and were escorted by the waiter to the box that Du Xingli had reserved.

Du Xingli and Song Fei had already arrived.

In addition, Sheng Qiang and Mou Qiangsheng were also there, Song Fei should have brought them here.

As soon as they saw Luo Ling'er coming in, they became more and more excited. Ming Nuan was a woman, so they were more direct. Regardless of Lu Ziyin who was beside Luo Ling'er, they greeted the girl directly: "Ling'er, sit here."

She enthusiastically greeted the girl to sit next to her.

Luo Ling'er said to the people around her, "I'm going to sit there."

Lu Ziyin raised his eyebrows, looked around at Ming Nuan's face, very elegant and dignified, and hummed: "I'll sit with Mr. Du."

Song Fei sat on Du Xingli's right, and he walked over to open the empty seat on Du Xingli's left and sat down.

The waiters were quick to serve.

Du Xingli ordered a lot of dishes, and the table was filled in no time.

Ming Nuan talked a lot, so she asked where Luo Ling'er had been this month, and told her about the recent interesting things in the institute.

Like a chatterbox.

Mou Qiangsheng was more tactful, taking care of Du Xingli and Song Fei all the time, finding a topic to bring with him from time to time.

Ding Lei didn't talk much, and kept his head down throughout the meal. If it wasn't for his outstanding looks and cool demeanor, he probably wouldn't have had much presence on the table.

At first, Luo Ling'er thought that Du Xingli asked her to come out for dinner to talk to her, but she didn't expect that Du Xingli asked her to come out simply to hold a banquet for her.

After drinking for three rounds, the air conditioner in the private room was turned on too high, the air was not circulating well, and it was a bit hot.

Ming Nuan still whispered some gossip about the research institute in her ear.

Luo Ling'er picked up the phone, got up and said to her, "I'm going to the bathroom."

"Ah? Hmm." Ming Nuan came to her senses and immediately asked her, "Do you want me to go with you?"

Luo Ling'er was sitting directly facing the air conditioner, and she felt a headache from the blowing. Her temples throbbed, she pulled the chair away, and said to Ming Nuan: "No, I'll be back as soon as I go."

Lu Ziyin was talking to Du Xingli, when he turned his head and saw the girl walk out of the box with her mobile phone, and closed the door behind her.

He guessed that Luo Ling'er had gone to the bathroom, so he looked away and continued chatting with Du Xingli.

Toilet.

Luo Ling'er turned on the faucet, and cold water rushed down. She put her hands under the faucet, and the cold water washed over her palms, diluting the heat from the air conditioner all night, and made her feel a little more comfortable.

She was about to turn off the tap and go back.

Who knew that someone came out of it, seemed to see her, and asked in surprise, "Luo Ling'er?"

This voice is very familiar.

Luo Ling'er raised her head and saw the person standing behind her through the bathroom mirror.

I haven't seen her for a month, but Gao Ziyuan is obviously doing well. She is wearing a fancy dress, her complexion is better, her face is rosy and plump, and her eyes are also radiant.

"Really you?"

Gao Ziyuan was much more confident than the last time when she was in a mess. Holding a handbag, she walked towards the girl, turned on the faucet next to Luo Linger, washed her hands with water, turned off the faucet again, raised her eyes, and smiled slightly; "It's been a long time No see, how are you doing, how are you doing recently?"

Luo Ling'er turned off the faucet smoothly, took out a piece of tissue to wipe off the remaining water stains on her hands, turned around, glanced at her, and said, "You have amnesia?"

Gao Ziyuan was slightly taken aback, and her smile gradually faded.

She didn't answer, but she knew that Luo Ling'er's next sentence would definitely not be a good word, so she didn't rush to stretch her face over for someone to hit her.

"I'm just saying hello to you. We've known each other for so long, even if we're not friends, at least we're not strangers. When I see someone I know, it's not too much to say hello, right?"

"Not too much." Luo Linger let out a chuckle, and said, "I just wonder if your memory is only seven seconds."

"I forgot how I cried last time in a month!"

Gao Ziyuan suddenly remembered the embarrassment and humiliation she had been kicked out of the research institute, and the expression on her face froze instantly.But now she is becoming more and more calm, and instead of being led by the nose, she smiled slightly and said inexplicably, "Luo Linger, I heard that you went back to the capital? How about you, have a good time in the capital ?"

The girl threw the paper towels into the wastebasket, walked over to her, and took a deep look at her.

Gao Ziyuan took two steps back reflexively from her black and white eyes, and realized that she had lost momentum, her eyes darkened.

"Gao Ziyuan, I thought you learned to be good after suffering a few times, but it seems that you still haven't learned to be good." Luo Ling'er said casually: "I have warned you many times, stay away from me! If you don't understand , I don’t mind teaching you again.”

Gao Ziyuan raised her head abruptly, her expression changed dramatically.

Luo Ling'er didn't care about her expression, and just said: "I'll give you a day to wipe your butt clean. If you let me find someone staring at me again, I will send all your people back to Gao's house. I said do it."

Gao Ziyuan felt as if her throat was being choked under the strong oppression of the girl, and she couldn't make any sound, but just kept looking ugly.

Luo Ling'er only warned her, but ignored her, and didn't even ask why she was in Lanting, she turned around and left.

Gao Ziyuan looked at the back of the girl leaving. After a long time, the hard shoulder was finally able to move. She flipped over the hand sanitizer on the washstand in a panic, and her chest heaved violently.

It took several minutes before she managed to calm down, took out a lipstick from her bag, reapplied her makeup, took a deep breath, and returned to her private room.

Today is an important time for Qian Keyan to match her up to meet Mr. Luke. She doesn't care about Luo Ling'er like that!
When she catches up with Luke and the hidden family behind Luke, whether it's Luo Ling'er or Du Xingli, they won't be worth mentioning in her eyes!
A meal didn't end until 08:30 in the evening.

Song Fei always had a regular schedule, so he and Sheng Qiang went back first.

Ming Nuan was sent back by Mou Qiangsheng.

Ding Lei refused to let anyone see him off, saying that he could go back by himself, so he also took a taxi and left.

In a blink of an eye, only Luo Ling'er and his party, plus Du Xingli, were left.

Du Xingli and the others left in a hurry, stood at the door of the hotel, stood side by side with the girl through the light inside, and whispered:
"Who did you meet at night? I think you went out halfway and didn't come back for more than 20 minutes. You won't meet someone you know?"

Luo Ling'er was still wearing a hoodie, which looked extra casual.

She didn't expect Du Xingli to notice that she had gone out. Hearing this, she didn't hide it from him, and said flatly, "I met Gao Ziyuan."

"she?!"

Du Xingli reacted a bit, and immediately took a deep breath and suppressed it, frowned and said, "She didn't say anything to you, did she?"

Seeing his reaction, Luo Ling'er said, "She didn't say anything, she just greeted me and asked me if I went back to Kyoto."

Du Xingli breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

Seeing him like this, Luo Ling'er became more suspicious, so she simply asked him: "You Ling sent me a message before that something happened in the institute. So, the 'something happened' she said has something to do with Gao Ziyuan?"

She had just returned to the southeast region, and she hadn't had time to rest. She didn't even pack the backpack she brought from Kyoto, let alone understand what happened in the southeast region recently...

The water in the southeast region has always been deep, and if something really happens, there will be no waves on the surface, and only those who know it will know.

Of course you can check.

It's just a waste of effort and time.

So Luo Ling'er simply asked Du Xingli directly.

Du Xingli didn't intend to say it at first, but he dodged his eyes, seeing that Luo Ling'er was unmoved, obviously he wasn't someone he could pass by.

Finally, he sighed deeply, and told Luo Linger about Gao Ziyuan's publicity in the southeast region during this period.

At the end, he said angrily:
"The Gao family originally planned to abandon her and train new people. Now the Gao family has begun to turn against each other, and many people put their treasure on her to support her to inherit the family in the future. In addition, people from the Chamber of Commerce Alliance have recently begun to contact Gao Ziyuan frequently. It's a sign of burying the suspicion...Gao Ziyuan fought a beautiful turnaround this time!"

But Du Xingli knew very well what Gao Ziyuan relied on to fight this turnaround!

Gao Ziyuan didn't rely on herself at all!

Instead, it relied on Gao Liuwan's notebook, which he got from no one knows where!

Using the contents of the notebook to constantly create momentum for herself, making the outside world think that she is really capable, and even want to use this opportunity to cling to the hermit family...

Du Xingli didn't tell the girls about Gao Ziyuan's taking Gao Liuwan's notebook for the time being, but he frowned and said, "This matter is very important, I will find a way to solve it, so don't worry too much."

"En." Luo Ling'er quickly agreed.

Du Xingli saw her worried look and knew that she didn't listen at all, just as Lu Ziyin's car drove over.

He kept silent and stopped raising the matter about Ziyuan, watched the girl get into the car, and then watched the car drive away.

Du Xingli watched the car leave his sight all the time, then put away the smile on his face, took a deep breath, took out the cell phone in his coat with a solemn expression, pulled out a contact number and called.

"beep…"

The phone rang several times.

Someone connected at the other end: "Hello?"

Du Xingli adjusted his mood, and said in a gentle manner: "Hello, I am Du Xingli from the research institute. Is Mr. Luke free today?"

"Ah, Dean Du, hello, hello." The person who answered the phone was Luke's personal assistant. He had met Du Xingli several times, and they were considered acquaintances.

He didn't keep Du Xingli waiting for long, he went to check and replied to Du Xingli: "Sorry, Dean Du, sir has an appointment today."

Du Xingli's heart sank when he heard the word 'have an appointment', but he still maintained his demeanor and asked, "May I ask where Mr. Luke has gone?"

This question is actually a bit impolite.

But Du Xingli's identity was there, and the assistant didn't think much about it, and said plainly: "Sir, I was going to have an appointment at the Interstellar Hotel tonight, but an important guest asked him out temporarily, and my husband pushed back the invitation to the Interstellar Hotel. As for where it is now? I don’t really know.”

In the past few days, Du Xingli has been watching the movements of Gao Ziyuan and Qian Keyan. This afternoon, he received a report from his subordinates, saying that Qian Keyan and Gao Ziyuan were both at the Interstellar Hotel.

He had a bad guess at the time...

As a result, Luke didn't come to Interstellar?

Du Xingli was slightly distracted.

Where did Luke go?
And who is the important guest that the assistant said?
Du Xingli was full of questions, but he still hadn't figured it out.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, the assistant said politely: "Dean Du, what do you want to do with Mr.? Do you need me to call Mr. and tell him that you are looking for him?"

Du Xingli pulled himself out of the confusion at this moment, and said with a smile: "No, I'm fine, I just thought that Mr. Luke was in the southeast region, and I wanted to ask him out for a chat."

"Uh, that's it."

Du Xingli said: "Forget it if he's busy, I'll call him another day when I'm free."

The assistant didn't ask any more questions, and said very politely, "Okay. Then, Dean Du, do you have anything else to do?"

"No more. Hang up."

Du Xingli waited for the other end to hang up the phone, he went to the gate of Xingji and called Song Fei again, telling him that Luke didn't see Gao Ziyuan today.

After making this phone call, after thinking about it, he still sent a message to the people under him, asking them to check.

Luke has always been trustworthy and rarely releases pigeons.

Qian Keyan must have made an appointment to bring Gao Ziyuan to Interstellar to wait, but Luke released Qian Keyan's pigeon.

Du Xingli also wanted to know who the 'important guest' the personal assistant said was.

Star World Hotel, inside the box.

Gao Ziyuan was still anxiously waiting for Luke's arrival.

On the way, Qian Keyan went to answer the phone.

Spent 5 minutes on the phone.

He just re-entered from the outside.

Gao Ziyuan looked at the time, raised her head and said respectfully to the people who came in: "Teacher, did something happen to Mr. Luke on the way, why haven't you come here yet?"

She waited from seven o'clock in the evening until now at 08:30 close to nine o'clock, a full hour and a half, a little longer, no wonder Gao Ziyuan was impatient.

Qian Keyan had been sitting calmly waiting for someone tonight, but at the moment his serious face was not looking good, so he walked straight over, dragged his chair away and said, "We don't have to wait, he won't come."

"what?!"

Surprised, Gao Ziyuan got up subconsciously and knocked the chair away, making a screeching sound.

Qian Keyan glanced at her, really not in the mood to talk to her.

Gao Ziyuan managed to control the expression on her face, but it was difficult to smile when she wanted to laugh. It took a long time to move the corners of her mouth and asked, "Teacher, didn't we make an appointment with Mr. Luke. He, why didn't he come all of a sudden? He didn't You have to give a reason when you come. Didn’t Mr. Luke say why he didn’t come?”

Qian Keyan poured himself a glass of water, raised his head and drank it in one gulp, finally extinguishing the anger and unwillingness in his stomach.

Hearing Gao Ziyuan's eager questioning, as if hearing something funny, he raised the corners of his mouth, showing a contemptuous and self-deprecating arc:
"What do you think the hidden family represents? I told you that the hidden family is stronger than you imagined. If they don't come, they won't come. Do you have to explain it to you? If you have to give an explanation, then It's just that we are not qualified enough in the eyes of others. You want to hear this explanation?"

"After all, if the person who made an appointment with him today is the dean, he may not miss the appointment. It's just that we don't have enough weight."

Qian Keyan took a deep breath, he was quite calm, he knew the difference between himself and Du Xingli, faced this relapse calmly, and said to Gao Ziyuan:

"You don't have to think too much. Although Mr. Luke didn't come this time, he also said that he will find time to come out to see you. Let's wait for his arrangement with peace of mind!"

"I see, teacher."

Gao Ziyuan clasped her hands tightly, with a very uncomfortable expression on her face.

Before, she was full of confidence and felt that as long as she saw Mr. Luke from the Hermit Family, she would be able to seize this opportunity and leave the research institute, Luo Ling'er and others behind!
But now it was as if she had been slapped in the face by someone, the reality suddenly hit her with stars, and she couldn't recover for a long time.

"Teacher." Fortunately, Gao Ziyuan has experienced ups and downs recently, and she is more calm than before. After a while, she calmed down and asked Qian Keyan in a gentle voice: "Do you know why Mr. Luke didn't come? He told you the specific reason Is it?"

Qian Keyan frowned, thinking that Gao Ziyuan hadn't understood what he just said.

Looking up, he saw the beautiful and bright woman's eyes were clear, she didn't seem to be confused, so he pondered for a moment, then said slowly:
"Mr. Luke didn't go into details. He only said that an important guest suddenly asked him to meet. The other party will leave here after a while, so he can only go there to meet the appointment first, and find time to have dinner with us another day."

In fact, Luke didn't even explain too much why he missed the appointment. It was purely polite to tell Qian Keyan.

Qian Keyan knew very well that he was just a small character like an ant in the eyes of the other party, and he didn't want to make an excuse.

After listening to him, Gao Ziyuan drooped her thick eyelashes, as if lost in thought.

She vaguely had an idea.

But as soon as this idea popped up, she directly vetoed it.

It should be impossible.

Luo Ling'er also had dinner at Interstellar tonight, and they met before.

If Luo Linger wanted to see Luke, it would be impossible for Luke to wait until she finished eating.

When Gao Ziyuan thought about it, her almond-shaped eyes flickered, she let out a breath and calmed down a little.

She can accept anything now, as long as it's not Luo Ling'er!

When the car drove to the city center.

Luo Ling'er half rolled down the car window to look outside, and said to Zhou Fan, "Stop."

Zhou Fan parked the car on the side of the road without knowing it.

Luo Ling'er waited for the car to stop, unfastened her seat belt, and got off the car with her mobile phone.

Seeing that she was about to get out of the car, Lao Jiu stretched out his head to look at the sky outside, and said worriedly, "Sister-in-law, won't you go back with us?"

Luo Ling'er had already got out of the car, closed the door smoothly, and said, "Go back first, a friend invited me to meet nearby."

Lu Ziyin watched the girl close the car door, and asked her, "How long are you going to chat? I'll wait for you here."

Luo Ling'er looked back at the appointment with Jiang Hongfeng, then turned her head, looking at him with black and white eyes: "Not necessarily."

"Don't wait for me, go back first, I will go back by myself."

Lao Jiu and Zhou Fan were not at ease, and looked at the young man in the car: "Young Master Lu, let's wait for Miss Luo. Anyway, we have nothing to do when we go back, so don't rush back..."

Lu Ziyin didn't insist on following, and said very generously: "Dong Lin and the others happen to be working nearby. You can send him a message after you're done and ask him to take you back."

Luo Ling'er was going to see Jiang Hongfeng, and it was inconvenient to take them with her. Seeing that Lu Ziyin didn't want to follow, she breathed a sigh of relief, and gave him an 'OK' sign.

Looking at Lao Jiu and the others, they said hello and said, "Let's go."

After the girl greeted the people in the car, she turned around and walked on the sidewalk.

Lao Jiu looked at the back of the girl going away, and then glanced at the tall and motionless man, and couldn't help but say a few words, "Young Master Lu, sister-in-law is still going to see friends at this point, don't you worry? "

However, before he could finish his words, Lu Ziyin slashed his eyes sideways, and Lao Jiu immediately closed his mouth.

Lu Ziyin rolled down the car window and put his arms half on the car window. Under the light, his facial features were particularly outstanding, with a high nose bridge and attractive lips.

The young man still had a lazy expression, he didn't seem to be worried, and told Zhou Fan: "Let's go, drive back."

Zhou Fan looked at the girl who was gradually disappearing at the other end of the sidewalk. He didn't dare to say anything more. He responded, stepped on the accelerator, and drove away from the city center.

……

In a restaurant in the city center, the sound of the piano is melodious.

The waiters in the light and luxurious restaurant are all wearing uniform suits, and their postures are straight, which shows that the style here is extraordinary.

It's just strange that in such a restaurant, there are not many customers when it opens at nine o'clock in the evening.

Looking at the entire restaurant, there are only two guests sitting by the window, and they seem to be having a happy conversation.

"The taste of this private kitchen is still as impressive as ever. When I came to the southeast region this time, I thought that I must come here to eat once. I didn't expect you to ask me out."

The person who spoke was a foreign man in his thirties and less than forties.

The man has a typical Nordic appearance, with three-dimensional facial features, thicker hair, and a thick beard that he has neatly groomed. It is very clean and does not look sloppy, but has the uninhibited look of a Nordic gentleman.

What he is eating is a southeastern special dish, the light seasoning is more suitable for the taste of the Nordic people, and it looks very exquisite.

While eating, he talked to the person opposite in a happy mood: "By the way, you said you wanted to introduce me to a friend. Has your friend come yet?"

Out of the corner of his eye, the person sitting opposite him saw the figure of the girl walking from outside, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he said in a gentle voice, "She's here."

……

As soon as Luo Ling'er entered, she heard Jiang Hongfeng's voice calling her: "Here."

She raised her eyebrows and saw the only customer at the table in the restaurant.

"No need, I'm here to look for someone, and I've already seen them." Luo Ling'er said something to the waiter, and then walked towards the window.

Jiang Hongfeng's appearance was conspicuous enough.

Even people who didn't notice his outstanding appearance at the first sight would notice the wheelchair he was sitting in, and it was hard to ignore him anyway.

Luo Linger saw a person sitting opposite him, a foreigner, looking curiously in his direction.

Her eyes darkened, she pursed her lips, and walked over.

Jiang Hongfeng waited for her to come over, smiled slightly, and introduced to the other party: "Mr. Luke, this is the friend I want to introduce to you today, Luo Linger."

luke...

Luo Linger's eyes narrowed, not forgetting that Du Xingli had mentioned this name to her half an hour ago.

She looked at the foreign man in front of her, paused, and extended her hand politely: "Hello, I'm Luo Linger."

Luke watched her for a long time without looking away, and didn't even reach out to say hello.Instead, a pair of eyes stared closely at the girl's eyes, as if seeing others through these beautiful eyes.

"Mr. Luke." Jiang Hongfeng was slightly displeased, but he was not a person who showed his emotions, so he just called out lightly.

Luke suddenly came back to his senses, and stared at Luo Ling'er's face with a strange gaze. After a long time, he stretched out his hand, shook it politely, and then said:

"Sorry, I recognized the wrong person. Your eyes are so special that I thought I was seeing an old friend. I'm very sorry, Miss Luo, please don't mind."

He was willing to explain his status to a strange girl and apologize, purely for Jiang Hongfeng's face.

Luo Ling'er also understood this and didn't hold on to it. She responded and said she didn't mind, then found a seat to sit down and ordered a glass of warm water from the waiter.

Seeing her sitting beside him, Jiang Hongfeng felt a little better, and asked her in a low voice: "Do you want to eat something more? The spicy chicken here is pretty good."

"I ate something when I came here, and I couldn't eat any more." Luo Ling'er declined him politely.

Jiang Hongfeng didn't insist on ordering, so he called the waiter and ordered her a cup of hot cocoa. The waiter moved quickly, and the juice and hot cocoa were basically brought over at the same time.

Luo Ling'er could not refute his kindness, so she picked up the cup of hot cocoa, bowed her head and took a sip.

Hot cocoa is not bad.

Especially the drinks in this kind of shop must be carefully prepared.

Luo Ling'er had no appetite.

She had just finished eating, and if she drank this kind of sweet and greasy drink, she wouldn't feel so delicious, it would only make her stomach feel uncomfortable.

Luo Ling'er only took a sip, then put down the cup, and suddenly looked at Luke, with bright eyes, and asked a question:
"Mr. Luke, you just said that you recognized the wrong person, and you saw an old friend through me. It is convenient to ask, who is that old friend?"

Luke seemed to be lost in memory and didn't answer her question directly:
"She's long gone."

Luo Ling'er almost guessed who the 'old friend' he mentioned was!

Luke didn't notice the slight change in the expression of the girl he just met in front of him. He smiled, concealing the loss in his eyes and said:

"If she was still there, neither the institute nor the southeastern region would be what they are now."

Luo Ling'er clenched her hands under the table, but her face remained calm, her long eyelashes covered the blue-black eyes, and she said in a casual tone: "Oh, that's quite a pity."

Luke didn't realize that her tone was wrong, sighed, and said, "Yes, it's a pity, I heard that she passed away some time ago."

"It's a pity that the Sri Lankan has passed away, and we people can't do anything for her except miss her."

"kindness."

Luo Linger responded.

Luke didn't seem to want to continue this topic. He changed the topic and asked Luo Linger a few questions. He knew that Luo Linger was currently registered in a top laboratory and was Song Fei's closed disciple.

He became a little interested, and asked Luo Linger a few things about the institute, and everyone continued to chat.

During the period, Jiang Hongfeng made occasional conversations, but generally he didn't talk much.

Mostly Luke was asking.

Luo Ling'er answered one by one, but she also answered the questions concisely, neither humble nor overbearing.

When Luke talked to people on weekdays, most of them were sincere and respectful, wishing to show more in front of him.

Luo Linger's casual attitude of treating him as an ordinary acquaintance made his eyes shine. Luke had a good initial impression of Luo Linger, so he was willing to say a few more words to her.

But Luke himself was pretty busy.

Luo Ling'er noticed that during the hour he was sitting here chatting, his cell phone rang seven or eight times, and there were always various calls coming in. It could be seen that there were many things going on.

Luke was very personable and didn't answer these calls.

Until another call came in.

Luke stopped talking, looked at the time, stood up apologetically and said to Jiang Hongfeng and Luo Linger: "It's getting late, I should go back."

Jiang Hongfeng had a fair face, clear eyebrows and eyes, and said very politely: "I'll have someone send you back."

Luke waved his hand and smiled: "No, I have a driver, and my driver is outside. I can just go back by myself, so there is no trouble."

After he finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Luo Linger's direction, with a rare kindness on his face, and said: "Miss Luo, I had a great chat with you tonight, and I look forward to our next meeting."

The reason why Luke said this was through the previous conversation, he learned that Luo Ling'er was a newcomer to the research this time.

He has a good relationship with Du Xingli, and he still understands Du Xingli's character.

So Luke guessed that Du Xingli would introduce Luo Ling'er to him in private. In this way, wouldn't it be a second meeting?
When Luo Linger was about to leave, he suddenly stopped someone: "Mr. Luke."

Luke stopped involuntarily, turned his head, and looked at the girl who stopped him in confusion, showing a puzzled expression: "Is there anything else?"

Luo Ling'er paused, took out the phone from his pocket, and looked at him with unrestrained eyes: "If it's convenient, can I exchange contact information?"

Luke frowned, subconsciously trying to refuse.

After all, there are many people who want his contact information, but he doesn't give it to everyone.

He also doesn't like to be bothered.

But when his eyes touched the girl's extremely cold eyes, Luke paused, hesitated, and quickly agreed.

"of course can."

Luo Ling'er walked over and exchanged phone numbers with him.

Luke saved her phone number, spoke to her, and left first.

……

"What do you want his phone number for?" Jiang Hongfeng asked slowly after Luke left.

Luo Ling'er raised her eyes to look at him, and said, "You asked me to come here to introduce us to each other. It's normal for me to leave the other party's phone number."

It is indeed normal!
But this is not Luo Linger's usual style.

No matter how deep Luke's background was, Luo Linger was not the kind of person who would cling to power.

On the contrary, she would classify people like Luke as 'trouble', and Luo Linger never liked trouble!

That's why she ended up asking Luke for his contact information, which seemed a little unusual.

Jiang Hongfeng didn't say anything.

Luo Ling'er packed her things, walked up to him, looked at him again, and asked, "Why did you think of letting me see Luke?"

Jiang Hongfeng came back to his senses, and returned to his usual smile, harmless to humans and animals: "There is no special reason."

He turned the wheelchair, put the wheelchair down, left the dining table, and said slowly: "I just want you to know more people and have more connections."

Luo Ling'er gave him a deep look: "Thank you."

Jiang Hongfeng asked with a smile: "When will you leave?"

Luo Ling'er turned her body sideways, knowing when he was asking about leaving the southeast region.

She lowered her eyes, thought about it seriously, and said, "I'll think about it after I finish what I'm doing." (End of this chapter)