Chapter 272: Chapter 78 The Heartbroken_4 Chapter 272: Chapter 78 The Heartbroken_4 Chu Anqing propped her chin, pondering…
“Senior Lin Xian, did you paint this picture at the last minute to extract Ji Lin’s testimony by playing on his emotions and persuading him?”
“Did you have this painting already finished early on, but you didn’t want to give it to Ji Lin at that time, so you falsely claimed you were too busy with work to finish it?”
Chu Anqing shook her head.
She preferred to believe…
The painting had been completed early on, hadn’t it?
Shanxi, Xi’an, on the outskirts of the city, a low house.
Liu Feng picked up the photo frame on the table.
Inside was the graduation photo of him and Li Qiqi, clad in their gowns; the two of them had taken it in front of the school library.
It was their last photo together.
He folded the stand behind the photo frame, packed it and the other items on the table into his backpack.
Liu Feng grabbed his suitcase beside him.
Looking at the room—neat and tidy, cleaned out…
His luggage for the trip was finally packed.
It had been a very long time since he had traveled far, and this time, it was evidently going to be for a very long time.
“I’m leaving, Qi Qi.”
He looked around the house, which would soon be empty for a long time.
Every nook and cranny was filled with memories of Qi Qi.
He pushed open the door and strode away.
On the street, he hailed a taxi.
The friendly driver, seeing Liu Feng’s many pieces of luggage, got out of the car, opened the trunk, and helped Liu Feng lift the heavy suitcase into it:
Where are you heading with all this stuff, young man?”
“Ah, the East Sea is fun, plenty of food, drink, and entertainment.
Are you traveling alone…on vacation?”
“No,” Liu Feng shook his head:
“I’m going there to meet a friend, to do some research in the East Sea.”
The driver glanced up, realizing something as he looked at Liu Feng:
What field of science do you work in?”
Liu Feng shook his head:
“Nothing like a scientist…
I’m just a student researching mathematics, I’m not worthy of such a title.
my research findings have been verified many times, always turning out incorrect, with no significant results.”
The driver was puzzled, wrinkling his brow, his mind not able to comprehend:
“So if it’s been wrong so many times, why bother researching it at all?
What’s the point in studying something that’s incorrect?”
“But my friend once said…” Liu Feng paused briefly before continuing:
“He said, in this world, in the universe, many things aren’t so absolute.
There are many things, even if they’re wrong a thousand times, ten thousand times, even a billion times, it doesn’t matter; many things only need to be right once at the most crucial moment, and that’s enough.”
The driver burst into snickers, dismissively:
“What’s the use of being right just once?
What could that one time possibly achieve?”
Looking at the rising sun:
“He said, perhaps it only takes being right that one time…”
“To save the whole world.”
An imposing, classical red building’s doors swung open.
Two guards came forward to salute, leading Miss Huang Que inside.
Her blue eyes stayed fixed straight ahead as she walked through the garden courtyard and into an inner room where several dignified figures sat in the reception hall.
Director Zhang, at the head of the group, smiled as he saw the arrival, clapped his hands:
“Welcome, Miss Huang Que, we have been waiting for you for a long time.”
He stretched out his hand, pointing to the people seated beside him:
“These are our comrades from various departments, the Security Department, the Defense Department, the Space Agency…
Miss Huang Que, we are all very grateful for the intelligence and information you have provided to the nation.”
“After verification by multiple departments, the secrets you’ve delivered are all correct, critically important for our national security and development, and of extraordinary significance!
today we have gathered here, all wanting to meet you, the selfless heroine.”
“You flatter me, seniors,”
Miss Huang Que said with a light smile, her pale blue eyes sweeping over everyone present, nodding politely, and then focused again on the central Director Zhang:
“Director Zhang, now that the information and intelligence I have provided are confirmed to be correct and meaningful…
has the nation considered my request?”
Director Zhang sighed lightly:
“Miss Huang, this is also why we invited you here today.
We acknowledge your accomplishments and contributions, but…
the matter of borrowing our nation’s yet-to-be-tested, still top-secret ‘Skyspace Aircraft’ is truly…
to be honest, Miss Huang, it is not permissible in principle.”
Upon hearing this, Miss Huang Que merely smiled faintly and looked at Director Zhang:
“Then, I’d like to thank Director Zhang in advance.”
It was a refusal, so why the thanks?
In the puzzled gaze of the crowd, Miss Huang Que blinked her pale blue eyes and continued with a smile:
“Based on my years of experience, and according to the art of speaking of us Chinese people…”
“If it’s ‘not permissible in principle,’ that actually means it’s possible; if it’s ‘possible in principle,’ that’s when it’s truly not.”
The surrounding leaders couldn’t help but laugh out loud, even Director Zhang couldn’t hold back, he laughed, shaking his head:
“Indeed, Miss Huang is always one step ahead, seeing through our thoughts.”
“Then let me be straightforward, Miss Huang, I intended to bargain with you, hoping you’d give us more valuable intelligence information.”