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Yan Ji closed the map, folded three stacks and placed it beside him, crossed his hands on the table, sat upright with his back close to the back of the chair, and put on a serious expression of business negotiation.

Yan Deng took out a napkin and put it on the table, picked up the french fries box and picked out 5 french fries that were not round enough, and arranged them on the napkin one by one according to the length: "What I say, you just listen to it as a story."

Yan Ji remained expressionless: "Please tell me."

Yan Deng raised his eyelids to glance at Yan Ji, picked up the longest French fries on the far right and handed them to Yan Ji's mouth.Yan Ji and her looked at each other for two seconds, opened his mouth to bite the French fries without changing his expression, and chewed quickly.

Burger King's French fries are 3/8 thick, which is very different from KFC and McDonald's in taste.The short and thick French fries make the deep-fried crispy skin retain more of the floury texture of the potato itself.

"You can call it Cornwall." Yan Deng tapped the napkin with his fingertips, looked at Yan Ji's lips, and said kindly, "The villain is dead."

Yan Ji patted his cheeks, showing a toothache and helpless expression.She silently swallowed the French fries, and looked down at the remaining four French fries on the napkin, which were not much different in length.

"You can ask who the rest are. The information that can be obtained for one question, don't divide it into several."

Yan Ji's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help raising his eyes to observe Yan Deng's expression.Immediately, Yan Ji realized something was wrong, because the attitude he needed to show should be: what he was wary of was the faction named Cornwall behind Yan Deng, not Yan Deng himself.

Yan Ji's thoughts changed sharply, and he replied politely, "Did Yan always graduate from a normal school?"

Such a good teacher.

Yan Deng adjusted the distance between the French fries on the napkin, and was about to talk about "brothers and sisters at home", but Yan Ji's utterance was misleading, and he replied blankly: "Education for children."

Yan Ji praised his wit in his heart, and his face still had an expression of 7 points of displeasure and 3 points of thoughtless expression.She stretched her cheeks and froze for a few seconds, and said in a blunt and polite tone: "...I made a slip of the tongue, I'm sorry. Mr. Yan, please continue."

Yan Deng fiddled with French fries, with little interest: "Jing Xing, the big housekeeper of Cornwall, but has no inheritance rights. Number one, idiot. Number two, lunatic. Number three, pervert."

Yan Ji: "..."

Yan Ji asked politely: "Mr. Yan, can you be more specific? I am rather stupid, and I only heard two pieces of information. Jingxing is the most reliable, and you are not among them."

Yan Deng casually tapped the table: "Idiots are not stupid, lunatics are very rational, perverts can be anyone."

Yan Ji was confused when he heard this, and asked with a frown, "Then can you tell me the purpose of your trip back to China?"

After a pause, Yan Ji emphasized his tone: "Since he was not invited by the teacher, Mr. Yan must have come to this small place of ours without hesitation. He must have something very important."

"It's not important." Yan Deng pointed to the food in the lunch box, "If you don't eat it, it will be cold."

Yan Ji was not in the mood to enjoy delicious food at the moment, so he picked up the box of Bawang chicken strips in front of him and opened it, took out one and put it in his mouth.

Seeing this, Yan Deng continued: "Cornwall and the Ji family cooperated to find something, and it is said that it is in Zhang Gongyu's hands."

Yan Deng's understatement, but Yan Ji's heart skipped a beat when he heard it.She doesn't know Cornwall's strength, but Chairman Ji doesn't even bother to meet the leaders of the municipal party committee.

If the level of the prefecture-level municipal party committee is too low, secular power at this level is of little importance to the Ji family.However, the "Slattrug's Rhododendron" is a treasure that can turn decay into a magical treasure. Those forces in the underground laboratory of Dianjin Pharmaceutical Industry did not hesitate to kill and set fire to snatch it, and the chairman's attitude was just to seal it up for use.

So, what are they looking for?

"It is said" in the hands of the teacher?

It is said that even if there is no actual evidence, I am afraid that the ingredients are really high.Otherwise, why would Director Ji, Jing Xing, and Yan Deng get close to a little guy like me.

Yan Ji's heart felt cold, and the blood all over his body accelerated and he couldn't help shivering.

Yan Deng paused for a while while holding the chicken nugget, and looked at Yan Ji with interest.Meeting her eyes, Yan Ji tore open a box of sweet and sour sauce and put it in her hand: "Director Ji said he was providing better treatment for the teacher, but he had other plans. What are you looking for?"

Yan Deng dipped a little bit of sweet and sour sauce with tender chicken nuggets: "I don't need it, so you don't need to know."

Yan Ji choked.She expected that Yan Deng would not answer, or would not answer directly.But this reason... doesn't need it?This is obviously the purpose of Cornwall and Ji's cooperation.

"So." Yan Ji poked the cold French fries on the napkin, "You and Jing Xing, the idiot, the lunatic, and the pervert are not of the same mind? Then what is your purpose?"

Boss Yan lowered his head and took a sip of his drink, bit the straw and thought for a moment before letting go: "The bad guys have worked together to destroy the world long ago."

Mr. Yan's casual tone contained a hint of dislike. He didn't know whether it was "the bad guys didn't work together enough" or "the world wasn't destroyed sooner".

She looked at Yan Ji with a slightly weird tone: "Yan Ji, I will solve my problem. As for Zhang Gongyu's matter, I advise you not to act rashly. According to Cornwall's information, Ji Bao and Zhang Gongyu have old friends. Of course, The fact that Keppel would be talking to Cornwall about a partnership has broken certain boundaries."

What Yan Deng said was vague but clear.

Yan Ji could hear a sense of hesitation, uncertainty, and struggle.

Yan Deng did not avoid Yan Ji's scrutiny.

While staring at each other, Yan Deng slowly curled up his right middle finger, ring finger, little finger, and tapped the table with his index finger, slightly raising the corners of his lips: "Will you listen to my advice? No. All persuasion is useless, Man is born to be a moth to a flame. Heaven is a mirage where desires are fulfilled, hell is the shadow of a soul in torment, there is nothing to be afraid of, our freedom is only at the moment of making a choice, and we should cherish it.”

Yan Deng's voice was as clear as ever, but it was different from his usual indifferent tone.

At this moment, she is like a scholar stating her point of view, elegant, rational and contagious, bright lights flickering in her dark eyes... There is a faint hint of madness.

Yan Ji stared at the exquisite pale face in front of him, and suddenly realized that he had never really known this person "Yan Deng".

Lived with "bad guy", "stupid", "lunatic" and "pervert" for a long time; can see "laser confocal microscope" at a glance, but has never eaten KFC while living abroad; habitually learning at any time, but for the already The online vocabulary integrated into life is very unfamiliar, and it seems that even Bitcoin is not clear; no matter how dangerous the situation is, she calmly seems to be playing a game, no, it should be said that she is walking blindfolded on the edge of a cliff, and she is quite happy... …

Yan Ji dug his nails into the palm of his hand, restraining his surging emotions.It might be fear, or it might be excitement, Yan Ji's heart was beating violently, and his blood was boiling so that goose bumps appeared on his arms.

"Clatter clatter." - Yan Deng lifted the lid of the cup and stirred the ice cubes with a straw.

Yan Ji blinked his eyes.

As if it was just her hallucination.The person in front of him will still poke his head out of the blanket like a small animal, and likes to bite the straw when drinking drinks, except when he is sending the car to the villa, he is not at all like the domineering CEO Yan Zong.

Yan Deng glanced at the map at Yan Ji's hand, raised his jaw to signal her: "Tell me."

Well, this time is also very similar.

Yan Ji picked up the map, showed it and said, "I was chatting with the driver on the airport bus, and I found out that the teacher's destination that day was Guanqiao Village, and it was impossible to pick you up at the airport. I didn't expect this to happen, and I sat in a mess. Arrived at the terminal. However, I found a coffee shop nearby and wanted to calm down for a while."

Yan Ji's voice was calm, sometimes paused, as if recalling again.

But what is the real situation?

[Eleven was surprised when he received Yan Ji's call.

She is Ji's security elite, although she has not been able to join Xi Feilan's first team yet, she still has a clear stand.I thought that after the mission of tracking and monitoring Yan Ji failed, the two would not see each other for a while.

Eleven arrived ahead of schedule, first walked around, and then walked into the scheduled location.She chose a booth on the second floor, with her back against the wall, a window in front of her, and two doors upstairs and downstairs.

As time passed by, Eleven couldn't help but feel anxious. When he saw Yan Ji pushing the door in, he waved his hand quickly, and then withdrew his hand reservedly.

Yan Ji walked up to the second floor, greeted her with a slight nod, and put the paper bag in his hand beside him after he sat down.

Eleven glanced around, but Yan Deng was nowhere to be seen. Immediately feeling refreshed, he raised his legs and asked, "Why are you so slow?"

"Bought something." Yan Ji thanked the waiter for the menu, "Mocha cup with a pump of sugar, sea salt bread sticks, Margarita biscuits. Thank you."

On the eleventh day, I was curious because Yan Ji's file clearly stated that his family was poor and his life was simple and difficult.She hesitated for a while, and couldn't help asking: "I heard that you have been working in the food industry before. Well, in the catering industry, can you do it yourself?"

Yan Ji smiled: "I heard? Isn't it a file or something? I always thought that Ji's security was very strict."

Eleven showed embarrassment and touched the tip of his nose.

Yan Ji remembered the action of touching the tip of his nose, and thoughtfully changed the subject: "May I have a look at the materials of Jing Xing and Yan Deng now?"

Eleven took out a file bag from between the back and the chair, Yan Ji took it and pulled out only two pieces of paper.Jing Xing's information is half a page, and Yan Deng only has a few lines.

Yan Ji looked at Yan Deng's file first——

Numbering sequence: Four (4)

Suspected internal name: TFW

(unclear meaning)

Chinese name: Yandeng

(does not match the corresponding identity)

The name alone took up three lines, and below that was objective data such as height and weight. Other than that, there was no information on this page.

Yan Ji glanced at the page number at the bottom of the paper, obviously Eleven did not abide by the agreement, and only took the least important first page of information to perfuse himself.

No, not even perfunctory.

Yan Ji sneered in his heart, and asked calmly, "Have you seen the ones that were removed?"

"I'll..." Eleven rolled his eyes, "I won't be fooled. I've already taken a risk by doing so. You can agree to exchange information, don't just fail to show it."

Yan Ji looked at Jing Xing's profile again: "I have doubts about Yan Deng, this information is not enough?"

"I see that you guys are fighting fiercely... This is definitely not enough. I can't just tell the team members about this. What do you suspect, and when did you suspect it? Please tell me carefully." Eleven leaned forward slightly.

Yan Ji replied while reviewing the information: "Suspect means that there is no conclusive evidence, but just a subjective intuition. By the way, have you sent anyone to follow me?"

Eleven hurriedly said, "No, no... Hey, what do you mean by your regretful face?"

Yan Ji turned his eyes to the road outside the window again, and found that the white Ford car hadn't left yet.If it was before, she would definitely not have cared about these details: "It takes two hours to go to and from the Qiwushan Police Station, and it is difficult to follow without a car."

Eleven is inexplicable: "What are you talking about?"

“There is a parking lot in the shopping mall. There will be no parking spaces on weekdays. On-street parking is not cheap, and the fine for parking randomly is higher, so there are always people in the car. Now the outdoor temperature is 39 degrees, why don’t you park your car under the shadow of a tree a little ahead? ?”

Eleven's face darkened, realizing the meaning of Yan Ji's words.She didn't look back, but just picked up the phone to adjust the angle: "Although the tree shadow in front is good, but the bus platform is opposite, the view will be blocked. Have you seen this car? Hey, I'm talking to you, what kind of phone are you using. "

"Wait a minute." Yan Ji turned on the bluetooth to send the previously selected file, looked up to Eleven and said, "Can I trouble you to confirm it for me?"

Eleven held the file bag in his hand: "You don't want to run away, do you?"

Yan Ji smiled and said, "Why did I run away? Director Ji is my teacher's friend and he cares about my safety. This is a reasonable thing. But is it strange that other people follow me? Credit, right?"

Eleven thought for a while: "Okay, I'll go and have a look, don't move around here, I have something to ask you."

Yan Ji nodded, and handed the paper bag at his feet to Eleven.

The paper bag belonged to a certain jewelry store, and inside it was a folding parasol, a small TV ornament, and on the paper bag were the Q version of Disney princesses on a white background, and the young girl Eleven held it in her hand.

Eleven took the paper bag, put the file bag in, and left through the side door on the second floor, avoiding the window.

The weather was too hot, and I felt like I was going to be evaporated when I left the shopping mall.She came to the back of the bus platform first, waited for a bus to enter the station, and stepped out.

The bus left the station, and there were a few more passengers getting off on the platform.The little girl holding a sun umbrella is carrying a paper bag in her hand, looking left and right, crossing the sidewalk, and walking along the side with the crowd.

In the white Ford car on the side of the road, Lao Wu was listening to music boredly, and glanced at the coffee shop opposite from time to time.

He originally wanted to follow up with the coffee shop, but considering that there were very few people in the coffee shop at this time, and Yan Ji knew him well, he chose to wait in the car.

"Thief! Catch the thief!"

Old Wu was startled, opened the car door and rushed out.

On the second floor of the coffee shop, Yan Ji pointed his phone camera at the road.After recording a ten-second video and taking three more photos, Yan Ji returned to his seat, called up the number that should be taken, and sent the video. 】

"I sat in the coffee shop for a while to clear my mind." Yan Ji touched the tip of his nose, glanced at Yan Deng and continued, "I think it's better to explain something to you face to face."

Yan Deng pointed out expressionlessly: "It's a lie."