"You mean Old Master Tie?"
Lin Qianqian's expression was clearly surprised. She knew absolutely nothing about the affairs between the two of them until now.
That made sense. Old Tie had only shown her extra consideration; they weren't master and disciple, so naturally, she wouldn't know these things.
Li Chonglou nodded. "It's him. Can you tell me something about him?"
Lin Qianqian hadn't recovered from her surprise and directly asked, "How do you know Old Master Tie? No, you know Old Master Tie?"
Li Chonglou's tone earlier was too much like inquiring about a friend's information, which made her momentarily unable to react. But Lin Qianqian didn't expect her first reaction to be the correct one.
"I know him. I'm afraid I can't say much about the details, but it was only recently."
Li Chonglou explained briefly and then continued to ask the main point. Lin Qianqian then looked at him with a look of astonishment and slowly began to speak.
Actually, she didn't know much, at most some daily information about his usual personality.
But for Li Chonglou, this was enough. When he heard Lin Qianqian mention Old Tie's eccentric personality, he immediately interrupted, "How eccentric is this eccentricity?"
Lin Qianqian thought for a moment, resting her chin, striking a pose like an intellectual lady.
She wasn't bad-looking herself. At this moment, even Li Chonglou was momentarily dazed by her appearance.
She possessed a refreshing, unconventional beauty, or perhaps a different kind of sexiness. Li Chonglou believed that any adult would find it hard to resist such allure.
Of course, it only remained at the first thought. Besides animal instincts, humans also had self-awareness, simply put, control.
"Hey, what are you looking at!"
However, Li Chonglou's control took a second longer to recover, and Lin Qianqian noticed the anomaly. Her face suddenly turned shy and red.
Li Chonglou calmly replied, his face unblushing, "Nothing, I just suddenly realized that your outfit and styling today match very well."
Saying this, the redness on Lin Qianqian's face became even more apparent. Just then, a police officer suddenly walked in from outside.
"Uh, Captain Lin, I..."
The person who just entered with his head down looked up, saw Lin Qianqian's face, and abruptly turned around in a smooth motion, then walked out, closing the door gently.
If it weren't for hearing the sound, one might not have even known this person had come in!
This series of actions was too seamless!
So seamless that Lin Qianqian didn't even have a chance to explain. She could only force a calm demeanor and continue, "I heard others say that he usually judges matters, not people. As long as he believes something is right, even if the director tries to stop him, it's useless."
Li Chonglou's brows immediately furrowed. Judging matters, not people? That didn't seem right. Why did it feel like he was completely an old man who judged people and not matters in my case?
For the sake of his brother, he wouldn't care what others thought and would just do it! How was that even remotely related!
Just as Li Chonglou was wondering, Lin Qianqian's next sentence pulled him back.
"However, this is what I heard from others. But in my experience, it's completely the opposite."
Lin Qianqian nodded seriously and cited the example of Old Tie suddenly helping her. Lin Qianqian speculated that the reason Old Tie intervened was entirely due to the good wine she had given him.
It was only upon hearing this version that Li Chonglou felt it was more realistic and couldn't help but nod in agreement.
That made sense. If this old man only focused on matters and not people, he wouldn't have secretly helped his old friend. After all, his old friend's granddaughter, who was the target person he was looking for, was an anti-establishment figure!
Lin Qianqian then concluded, "That's why I say he's an eccentric person, yes, very complex."
Li Chonglou thoughtfully stroked his chin. He didn't feel anything strange. In his opinion, Old Tie's unusual behavior was actually a manifestation of judging people and not matters.
For people he didn't know well, he simply wouldn't bother. Or if forced to get involved, he would strictly follow the rules, showing no personal favor.
But if it were acquaintances, it would be different. His old friend was a good example.
With this thought, Li Chonglou finally understood. No wonder Captain Long only told him to be careful when contacting Old Tie, without mentioning specifics. It seemed he was observing whether Li Chonglou could become friends with Old Tie.
Even if not friends, at least acquaintances. Only with such a relationship could one interact with Old Tie stably.
And he, it seemed, wasn't doing too badly.
Li Chonglou drank the tea in his cup and got up to bid farewell to Lin Qianqian.
The latter had long been eager for him to leave. She now felt an inexplicable reverence, or perhaps fear, towards Li Chonglou since they had parted ways for a period and he had returned.
Whenever she saw him, nothing good happened!
And each time it was more outrageous than the last!
So, she wished he would leave as soon as possible and didn't want to delay for a moment! Only when Li Chonglou's figure completely disappeared and nothing happened did Lin Qianqian deeply sigh in relief.
"It's okay now, it should be okay this time. Don't overthink it."
After some self-consolation, Lin Qianqian returned to her work.
After leaving, Li Chonglou, with nothing else to do, went to have a meal with Ya Lili and the other two. They visited Fourth Uncle at the hospital in the evening before parting ways.
Fourth Uncle, being advanced in age, had a saying that it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. His injury would take at least several months to recover, but fortunately, he had dedicated caregivers hired by Feng Zheng and the others, so his condition was quite stable.
Before Li Chonglou left, he secretly shared a drink with him.
"So Fourth Uncle is also a wine lover."
Li Chonglou exclaimed with emotion as he came out. Knowing he shouldn't drink with his injury, but when the atmosphere was right, Li Chonglou couldn't stop him. In the end, he could only indulge him, subtly helping him with his internal energy.
After eating and having fun, Li Chonglou prepared to visit Black Saber.
He was already nearby, and even walking would only take about half an hour, so he considered it a stroll.
However, halfway there, a swaying figure suddenly caught his attention.
This was under a flyover. Because the streetlights were a hundred meters away, the light was a bit dim.
The area under the flyover was bare with few coverings, and it was close to midnight. It was also sparsely populated. When the figure appeared, it immediately drew Li Chonglou's attention.
It was a woman, wearing only a black tank top on her upper body and jeans below. While this would be fine in the height of summer, it was still late spring, and the temperature in Shangjing was not high!