The hotel where Shi Jin stayed was a bit far from the dining address that Lian Jun had reported. When Lian Jun was about to hang up the phone and said that they had arrived at the dining place, Shi Jin still had about 20 minutes to drive.
Shi Jin was very anxious and sat very unsteadily.
Xiang Aoting saw him looking out the window with a very anxious look, and finally couldn't help asking: "Is it important to have dinner with Lian Jun?"
Shi Jin came back to his senses, looked at him sideways, nodded seriously, and replied: "Yes, it is very important." This is a life-threatening matter. After saying that, he continued to look at the road conditions outside the window, praying that there would be no traffic jams and red lights for the rest of the journey, while paying close attention to the status of the progress bar in his mind.
As Lian Jun gradually approached the dining place, his progress bar kept rising. When Lian Jun hung up the phone, the progress bar had already broken through the 900 mark and was stuck at 910, which was not too dangerous, but definitely not safe enough.
Xiao Si was so nervous that his phone was about to freeze. Shi Jin was also panicking. He wanted to call Gua Er to ask him to pay more attention to Lian Jun's safety, but he was afraid that his call would distract Gua Er, so he could only grit his teeth and endure.
"Why did an old friend suddenly show up to invite Lian Jun to dinner? Do many people know about Lian Jun's incident in City B?" Shi Jin couldn't help but ask Xiao Si in his mind.
Xiao Si replied, "Not many people probably know about this. The baby came to City B this time because he changed his mind at the last minute. The decision to stay until after the New Year was made only after the official announcement that he needed mission assistance. Not many people know about this."
"That's strange. From what Lian Jun said just now, this dinner was not scheduled long in advance but was a temporary invitation. How could it be such a coincidence that an old friend sent the invitation when Lian Jun happened to be in City B." Shi Jin frowned, piecing together the news he had just heard from Lian Jun, hoping to use this to divert his attention and calm his overly anxious emotions.
Xiao Si could only comfort him, "Jinjin, don't panic. What you can think of, Bao Bao can definitely think of too. He knows what's going on."
"If he knew, he wouldn't have brought only Gua 2 to the appointment. He would have brought Gua 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9!" Shi Jin got angry when he said this. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Lian Jun was really careless when he went out this time. He couldn't help but raise his hand to pick up the car window, wishing he could fly to Lian Jun's side.
Xiang Aoting saw Shi Jin's series of performances after answering the questions, and he became more certain of his guess. He accelerated the car again with a gloomy face.
Two minutes later, Lian Jun's progress bar rose again, reaching 940. Shi Jin guessed that Lian Jun must have met that old friend. Fortunately, Lian Jun's progress bar did not rise again after that, which made Shi Jin feel a little relieved.
The car sped along, and more than ten minutes later, Xiang Aoting stopped the car at the door of a century-old restaurant. Shi Jin unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car without waiting for him to stop. He ran into the restaurant and completely ignored Xiang Aoting's call behind him.
The restaurant was not big. After Shi Jin rushed in, he grabbed a passing waiter and asked him which private room Lian Jun was in, which was on the third floor. He immediately turned to the stairs and rushed up two steps at a time.
Xiao Si was still comforting him: "Don't worry, Jinjin, the baby's progress bar is still 940, and it hasn't increased. Run slowly, don't fall."
"I won't fall." Shi Jin replied, and reached the third floor as quickly as possible. He turned his head to recognize the numbers on the private rooms at the staircase entrance, and walked decisively towards the corridor on the left.
As he walked along, Shi Jin finally stopped at the door of the second-to-last private room on the left corridor, number 308. He did not go in directly, but first looked at the two private rooms next door that seemed to be empty, recalled the lively situation in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, frowned slightly, and then raised his hand to knock on the door.
Gua Er came to open the door. He was not surprised to see Shi Jin, but his expression was a little strange, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Why do you look like that? Where's Master Jun?" Shi Jin asked as he squeezed into the room. When he saw no one at the round table, his heart skipped a beat. Then he heard Gua Er explain, "Master Jun is in the suite. Master Jun's friend Mr. Chen is also here. You..." Shi Jin
had already gone straight to the inner room when he finished his first sentence. He didn't care about being polite. He just stretched out his hand and pushed open the inner door. Then he froze when he saw Shi Weichong looking up from the inner seat.
Gua Er walked behind him and finished his words in a low voice, "...your big brother Shi Weichong is here too."
Shi Jin: "..."
So what was going on? Why was Shi Weichong here?
"Xiao Liu." Xiang Aoting's voice came from behind him. Xiang Aoting, who was left at the door of the restaurant by Shi Jin, also rushed over.
Lian Jun turned his head when he heard the door open. He scanned Shi Jin first, and after making sure that he was fine, he looked at Xiang Aoting who appeared behind Shi Jin, and nodded to him as a greeting.
The only thin man with a strange face in the box also looked towards the door. His eyes moved back and forth between Shi Jin and Xiang Aoting, and finally stopped at Xiang Aoting, whose temperament was obviously different. His thin fingers tightly grasped the teacup, and he frowned. His eyes were slightly uneasy, and he didn't say anything.
The atmosphere was inexplicably frozen. Shi Jin, Xiang Aoting and Gua Er were blocking the door, and Shi Weichong, Lian Jun and the thin man were sitting inside. The six of them stared at each other, and no one spoke for a while.
Xiao Si reminded in surprise: "The baby's progress bar has dropped! It dropped back to 900, just after Xiang Aoting came over." Shi Jin
was stunned, and turned his head to look at Xiang Aoting, his eyes swept over his black down jacket, which was ordinary in style but had military insignias printed on the sleeves and chest. Suddenly, he turned around and pressed Xiang Aoting's shoulders, and pulled down the zipper of his down jacket. While taking off his jacket, he deliberately said in a loud voice: "Fourth brother, isn't your custom-made down jacket specially used for flying fighter planes particularly warm? Lend it to me."
"What are you talking about? This is just an ordinary down jacket." Xiang Aoting frowned, but did not stop him. He took off the down jacket and scolded him, "I asked you to change clothes before going out, but you didn't want to. Now you know it's cold. Don't be so impatient in the future."
Xiaosi reminded again happily: "It's down again. Baby's progress bar has dropped to 890. Jinjin, you are really amazing!"
It really works!
Shi Jin was happy and relieved.
According to his observation, there must be bad guys ambushing in this restaurant. Lian Jun's progress bar has been stuck at 940 and has not risen. Now think about it, it should be that the ambushing people did not expect Shi Weichong to be here, and he knew Lian Jun and sat in a room. For a while, they dared not move. Now there is an official Xiang Aoting here, the ambushers are probably even more vulnerable!
For the first time, Shi Jin felt that the brothers of the Shi family were so cute. He didn't mind the heat, took off Xiang Aoting's down jacket and wrapped himself in it, ran to Lian Jun like a ball, sat down next to him, and moved his chair towards Lian Jun. He smiled at the thin man opposite with a mouthful of white teeth and greeted him warmly: "Hello, I am Shi Jin, Jun Shao's... uh, now I rely on Jun Shao for support. I heard that you are Jun Shao's friend? Hello, hello, it's the first time to meet you, I'm glad to know you."
As soon as this self-introduction came out, Shi Wei Chong put his water cup on the table with a gloomy face. Xiang Aoting also frowned, obviously very dissatisfied with this statement. Only Lian Jun had no expression and turned his head to look at Shi Jin who was very close to him.
The thin man was also stunned by Shi Jin's self-introduction. He was sharp and noticed that the atmosphere in the room was a little wrong. He looked at Lian Jun and saw that he did not refute Shi Jin's statement. He moved uncomfortably, squeezed a stiff smile towards Shi Jin, and replied: "Hello, I am Chen Qing, an old acquaintance of Lian Jun."
Old acquaintance? Lian Jun said that Chen Qing was an old friend, but Chen Qing chose the somewhat distant word "old acquaintance"... Shi Jin made up his mind, but he kept a friendly look on his face and introduced him to Chen Qing: "The one next to you is my elder brother, the new president of Ruixing, Shi Weichong. You know Ruixing, the super powerful Ruixing abroad. My elder brother is very powerful and very good at making money."
As soon as these words came out, Shi Weichong's storm stopped and he looked at Shi Jin with a look of emotion and emotion in his eyes.
Chen Qing was a little overwhelmed by Shi Jin's "enthusiasm" and responded vaguely, his expression becoming even more uneasy.
"And this one, this is my fourth brother, Xiang Aoting, hehe, he's also super awesome, he's in the army, he can fly a fighter plane hehe." Shi Jin reached out and grabbed Xiang Aoting, pulled him to his side, and introduced him with a proud look on his face.
Xiang Aoting's expression became better, and he sat down next to Shi Jin with Shi Jin's strength, and nodded to Chen Qing.
The atmosphere inexplicably eased again.
The people at the table were considered to be acquainted, and Gua Er was ready to close the door and leave - he was not like Shi Jin, who had his brother's support and could sit next to Lian Jun without caring about anything.
"Wait a minute, don't close the door yet." Seeing this, Xiang Aoting stopped him and said, "My third brother will be here soon, he will be here in a while." Shi Jin
was stunned, and then he almost laughed silly - Rong Zhouzhong is coming too? This is really, really a great time! As for the people in Rongzhou, no matter who ambushed in the restaurant today, they would have to think carefully before taking action.
"Very happy?" Lian Jun suddenly spoke, the first sentence he said since he came in.
"Happy." Shi Jin nodded honestly, then looked at Chen Qing cheerfully, and deliberately said in a particularly loud voice, "Mr. Chen, my third brother will be here soon. Do you know who my third brother is? You know Rong Zhouzhong, right? He's the one who's famous in film, television, and music, has won so many awards, is extremely handsome, and has so many fans! His movies are super good, have you seen them? You must have seen them, right?"
"Yes, I have. Your brothers... are amazing." Chen Qing's forehead was slightly sweaty. After two stiff laughs, he suddenly stood up, smiled apologetically at Lian Jun, and said, "Lian Jun, excuse me for a moment. I'm going to the bathroom."
Lian Jun nodded and let him go, as if he didn't notice anything wrong with him.
Shi Jin stared at him as he left, his eyes alert, not relaxing for a moment, and he didn't look away until he could no longer see him.
"Shi Jin." Lian Jun called Shi Jin.
Shi Jin came back to his senses, turned his head and looked at Lian Jun, with an expression that said, "Why are you calling me? I'm normal. I don't have any ulterior motives. I'm just more enthusiastic and like to show off my brother."
Lian Jun looked at him straight for a few seconds, without saying anything more. He retracted his eyes and poured him a cup of tea, and asked, "How was the mission? Did you encounter any danger?"
"Yes!" Shi Jin answered in a clear and loud voice, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room.
Shi Wei Chong frowned and asked, "What mission? Xiao Jin, you are on another mission?" As he asked, he moved his eyes to Xiang Aoting, with inquiring eyes.
Xiang Aoting nodded and explained, "Xiao Jin and I have been on a mission together these few days. It's an official, confidential mission, so I didn't tell you."
Shi Weichong's expression immediately sank. He glanced at Lian Jun coldly and asked, "Xiao Jin, what danger did you encounter?"
"I met a pervert!" Shi Jin's mind was not on the conversation at all. He picked up the teacup and drank the tea in one gulp. Suddenly he stood up and said, "You guys chat, I'll go pick up the third brother. His face is too attractive. There are paparazzi everywhere in City B. I'm going to cover him." After that, he ran away without giving anyone a chance to react.
Shi Wei Chong, who was waiting for the next words
, said: "..." Lian Jun signaled Gua Er to follow Shi Jin. After making sure that Shi Jin had left, he put down his teacup and asked, "You guys came here specially today. What do you want to say?"
He was not stupid. Coincidences such as meeting acquaintances when going out for a meal did not exist in his dictionary.
Shi Weichong retracted his gaze and looked at him, taking a close look at his appearance. He remembered what Xiang Aoting said on the phone and how Shi Jin was obviously very wary of Chen Qing and had just clung to Lian Jun to intimidate Chen Qing. He suppressed his emotions, considered his words, and said as gently as possible: "I hope you will take the initiative to let Xiao Jin leave. He is only eighteen years old and cannot neglect his studies."
"Impossible." Lian Jun refused flatly, without any room for negotiation. "Unless Shi Jin takes the initiative to ask to leave, I will not force him to do anything he doesn't want to do."
"You are misleading our young people." Shi Weichong condemned.
Lian Jun did not give in: "I think Shi Jin has become better and better since he stayed with me."
This was indeed the truth. Shi Weichong had no way to refute it, and his expression became ugly.
"Then do you know that Xiao Jin has different feelings for you?" Xiang Aoting suddenly spoke, looking at Lian Jun with a scrutinizing look.
Shi Weichong did not expect Xiang Aoting to directly raise their suspicions in front of the person involved. He frowned, hesitated for a moment, and still did not stop Xiang Aoting. He shut up and handed the right to speak to him.
Lian Jun was obviously stunned for a moment, but quickly suppressed his emotions and asked: "So what if he knows, and so what if he doesn't know? Let's not talk about whether this so-called 'different mind' is your misunderstanding. Let's just talk about the objective situation. Shi Jin is already an adult and he is an independent individual. You asked me to let him go, but I never forced him to stay with me."
"He is only eighteen years old and his thoughts are not mature yet. He is easily influenced by others and appearances." Xiang Aoting emphasized.
Lian Jun disagreed with his statement: "Shi Jin is already an adult, I think he knows what he is doing."
"Then do you understand what you are doing? Are you taking advantage of a young man's vague emotions and trying to tie him to you?" Shi Weichong couldn't help but question, and his words were very ruthless, without any calmness and decisiveness in the business world, and some of his concern was confused.
Lian Jun's attitude turned cold after hearing this, and he said: "Mr. Shi, I still say the same thing, as long as Shi Jin doesn't want to leave, then no one can make him leave me."
Both sides refused to give in, the atmosphere was frozen, no one spoke, and you could hear a pin drop in the room.
After a long while, Xiang Aoting spoke again, his tone serious: "Mr. Lian, Shi Jin has the opportunity to live a normal life. He can study, grow up, fall in love, and start a family in the sunshine, instead of crawling in the hail of bullets. I know you want to lead 'Mie' to the light, and you want to lead your people to live a normal life, but why do you want to drag a person who should be able to live in the sunshine into your world at the darkest moment before 'Mie' welcomes the light?"
"Shi Jin is only eighteen years old. During this mission, he was just taken advantage of by a pervert and his hand was cut by glass. But what about next time? I don't want my brother to die at a time and place I don't know. Lian Jun, Shi Jin cares about you a lot, can you care about him a little bit too?"
Lian Jun's fingers on the armrest of the wheelchair trembled, then slowly tightened, but his face did not react. His eyelids drooped slightly, blocking the emotions in his eyes, as well as all the pressure and emotions that surged from the outside world.
"'Extinction' is my world." He spoke, his voice completely cold, "Since Shi Jin has stepped in, no one except him can pull him out. He will be alive before the light comes, for sure."
...
Shi Jin stared at Chen Qing and entered the bathroom, then deliberately walked back and forth from the corridor to the stairs, pretending to be waiting for someone, while asking Xiao Si to scan the surrounding private rooms.
Xiao Si worked silently, and finally gave a conclusion - all the seemingly empty private rooms around 308 were full of people, and there were quite a few of them. Shi Jin
frowned, and quickly came up with a plan in his mind.
There were too many people lying in ambush around, and they would definitely not be able to overcome them by force. It would definitely be too late to call people from the club here, so they could only think of a way to scare these people so that they would not dare to act rashly.
Just as he was concentrating on thinking, a figure suddenly appeared at the corner of the stairs. Seeing Shi Jin blocking the entrance of the stairs, he stopped and looked over. His voice was muffled by the mask: "What are you doing standing here like an idiot? You're dressed like a bear. Aren't you stupid?"
Shi Jin stopped and turned to look at the person who came. He noticed from the corner of his eyes that Chen Qing had returned to the private room. He made up his mind and showed a brilliant and somewhat scary smile to the person who came. He rushed to the stairs in two or three steps and howled at the top of his voice: "Third brother, you're here! I heard that the movie you just released broke the box office record. Congratulations. On the way here, I heard someone praising you, saying that Rong Zhouzhong's acting skills had a big breakthrough this time. He played the role of Emperor Yan very well. " Mmmm!"
Rong Zhouzhong's expression changed drastically. He stepped forward and covered Shi Jin's mouth with his hands. He glanced at the lobby downstairs, which seemed to have heard some commotion. He hurriedly dragged Shi Jin upstairs in two or three steps, took off his mask and said unhappily, "You little bastard, are you doing this on purpose? What are you yelling about? If you yell, people will be attracted here. Don't even think about having a good meal today!" Shi
Jin struggled hard, pulled his hands off and continued to howl, "What are you afraid of? This century-old restaurant is not doing well today. The private rooms on the second and third floors are all empty. What's wrong with me howling? Can't I praise you for acting well in the movie? You just act well, act well. Rong Zhouzhong is the best actor. I love you, mmm!"
"You rascal... shut up!" Rong Zhouzhong looked around the private rooms vigilantly, and was slightly relieved when he saw that no one heard the noise and ran out. He felt complicated because of his praise, a little frivolous, and itchy to hit someone. He simply stretched out his arm to strangle him by the shoulders, and dragged him away with one hand strangling him and the other hand covering his mouth, cursing viciously, "Say less! Which private room are big brother and the others in? Show me!"
Shi Jin pointed to the private room where Lian Jun was, and the hand that was not restrained suddenly twisted, with a cunning Diamond took off Rong Zhouzhong's hat and scarf, exposing his face completely. He broke free from Rong Zhouzhong's grip while he was stunned, stuffed the scarf and hat into his clothes, and said seriously: "Third brother, do you know that your personal belongings are particularly valuable? Give these two to me. I promised to make some 'souvenirs' for your two illegitimate fans, and they paid me tens of thousands of yuan for them."
Rong Zhouzhong was furious when he heard this, and reached out to grab him, threatening: "If you dare to sell them, I will break your legs!"
"I won't!" Shi Jin ran to the private room, provoking him as he ran, "I'm going to sell it, anyway you can't beat me."
"You little bastard looking for death! Don't run, give my things back to me!" Rong Zhouzhong chased him angrily, his expression twisted, completely losing the perfect and cool image he created for the outside world.
Shi Jin didn't care about him, turned his head and rushed into the private room, asking Xiao Si: "Did the progress bar drop?"
"It dropped, it dropped directly to 600 after Rong Zhouzhong showed up, the baby should be safe now!" Xiao Si answered excitedly.
Rong Zhouzhong's killing power is really great!
Shi Jin clenched his fist and shouted "YES", then rushed past Gua Er who was guarding the outer room like a gust of wind, pushed open the inner door, and sat down next to Lian Jun. Then he turned around and pushed his scarf and hat into the chest of Rong Zhouzhong who was chasing him. After muttering "stingy", he grabbed Rong Zhouzhong's arm and looked at Chen Qing who had returned to the opposite side. He introduced him proudly: "Mr. Chen, this is my third brother Rong Zhouzhong. Do you think he is more handsome in real life than on TV? I tell you, his acting skills are superb, absolutely not Like those haters said, he is just a vase. Do you want his autograph? This is the autograph of the future internationally renowned Grand Slam winner. It will surely appreciate in value in the future. I'll let my brother sign one for you!"
Rong Zhouzhong, who was just about to release his 18-style scolding skills: "..."
Chen Qing obviously recognized Rong Zhouzhong. Thinking of Rong Zhouzhong's influence, he was like sitting on pins and needles. He forced a smile and nodded to Rong Zhouzhong as a greeting, saying, "Hello, I've heard of you for a long time. I really like your performance in "Siege." "
"Well, is that so." Rong Zhouzhong withdrew his hand in a second and adjusted his expression. He then threw the scarf and hat in his arms into Xiang Aoting's arms beside him, straightened his clothes that were messed up by Shi Jin, and stretched out his hand towards Chen Qing with a dignified look on his face. He said reservedly, "Thank you, my dear. If you really want an autograph, I can make an exception and sign a few more for you because of your brother."
Chen Qing: "..." No, I was just being polite.
Xiao Si exclaimed in surprise: "Jinjin, your progress bar has dropped to 790!" Shi
Jin was stunned, his mood became very complicated, he looked at Rong Zhouzhong who was so handsome when he was serious, thought for a while, and tentatively praised: "Third brother, please sign for me too, I think your handwriting is particularly beautiful."
Rong Zhouzhong took back the hand that he had shaken with Chen Qing, turned his head and looked at him grimly, with a fake smile: "Sign it and sell it for money? Don't think about it, I will never sign for you in my life." Shi Jin
: "..."
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