Li Chonglou thought for a moment and replied softly, "What do you want me for? I'm a bit busy right now."
"Come to the Yi'an Branch to see me within three hours! Otherwise, I'll come to your company to wait for you!"
Li Chonglou coughed twice. "I really don't have time right now, I have some things to deal with. Why don't you go to my company and wait for me? I'll be back as soon as I finish here."
"Fine, since my subordinates are also bored, they can come to your company for a chat and some tea. It's not many people, just about a hundred. You can ask your staff to buy some tea."
Li Chonglou shivered instantly. What a joke! A hundred people in uniform sitting in his company would make headlines about his company the next day!
"You wait for me, I'll be right there!"
Li Chonglou quickly stood up. Fan Jian's matter wouldn't be resolved quickly. Given Xiao Hong's personality, she would likely cause a scene at the police station.
If Fan Jian wanted to leave, it would really test his ability to handle things.
This place was only a twenty-minute drive from Yi'an. If Lin Qianqian could handle things quickly, Chen Pao might not have even brought the person back by the time he returned.
Half an hour later.
After spending some time hailing a taxi, Li Chonglou met Lin Qianqian at the Yi'an Branch.
Lin Qianqian was very different from before. The most obvious change was the dark circles under her eyes; it would take at least a day and a night to get like that.
Moreover, she looked much more haggard. Li Chonglou suspected she hadn't slept since that day.
The incident was caused by him. Li Chonglou asked with apology, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
Lin Qianqian sat behind the long table, leaned back in her chair, and first gestured for Li Chonglou to sit down.
"Please, sit."
Then she picked up the kettle beside her and poured a cup of hot tea.
"Tieguanyin. I don't know if you're used to drinking it, but this is all I can get now. Make do with it."
Li Chonglou froze, not daring to move.
"What's wrong? Do you have hemorrhoids?"
Li Chonglou snapped back to attention, staring at Lin Qianqian with surprise. This last sentence was more like her usual self, but not by much!
Such unusual behavior, who wouldn't be scared! As the saying goes, unusual events must have a hidden cause. Li Chonglou even wondered if he should lie low for a while...
Seeing Li Chonglou still standing there motionless, Lin Qianqian finally couldn't help it. "If I tell you to sit, then sit!"
Li Chonglou quickly sat down, sat up straight, and assumed a proper posture.
Lin Qianqian suddenly regained her composure and showed a faint smile. "Drink your tea, it's freshly brewed. It won't be good once it cools."
After saying that, she pushed a hot cup of tea over with tongs. The reason she used tongs was that the water temperature was visibly steaming.
Li Chonglou touched it slightly with his hand. It was at least seventy-five degrees Celsius, if not eighty.
"What, you don't like drinking Tieguanyin?"
"Cough, I really don't like drinking it much..."
"If I want you to drink it, then drink it!"
Li Chonglou quickly picked up the cup and downed it without a word. As a martial artist, he had this much tolerance, especially if his power wasn't sealed.
Li Chonglou's teeth chattered from the heat, and he gasped for air. Before he could react, there was a loud bang. Lin Qianqian slammed the table with one hand, rising like a tigress.
"Li Chonglou! Where have I, Lin Qianqian, offended you to make you do this to me!"
What was coming had indeed come. Li Chonglou wore a wry smile. "I apologize, I didn't expect it to blow up this big. I just thought I couldn't let him leave Shangjing."
Lin Qianqian gritted her teeth, her eyes seeming to spew fire.
"Then where is he now! Hand him over, I need to report to my superiors!"
For the sake of a mere international fugitive, Green Bull, such a huge incident had occurred. The death toll alone was nearly two hundred. If the headquarters hadn't reacted quickly and deployed all their forces to suppress it, it would have already exploded across all of China!
What do you call a loss that outweighs the gain? This is it!
Li Chonglou said in a low voice, "He's dead..."
Lin Qianqian's eyes widened. If looks could kill, Li Chonglou would have been reincarnated several times by now.
"You said he's dead?"
These words were squeezed out from between her teeth. Li Chonglou knew that if this conversation continued, he wouldn't be able to leave here. He decided to get straight to the point.
"Well, what did the higher-ups tell you? What kind of compensation is needed? I'll do anything!"
To show his determination, Li Chonglou even stated directly, "Even that international case you told me about last time, I promise to help you complete it!"
Lin Qianqian smiled, a smile filled with coldness.
"An international case? Do you think a mere international case can compensate for this now?"
Li Chonglou's eyes lit up. In this situation, he wasn't afraid of her sarcasm or refusal, but he was afraid she wouldn't follow up on the topic.
Now that Lin Qianqian was engaging, it meant this matter could be resolved. He could compensate by completing tasks! However, the bargaining chip seemed insufficient at the moment.
So Li Chonglou directly asked, "You called me here, so the higher-ups must have set a quota, right? Tell me."
"Hmph!"
Lin Qianqian snorted coldly, but before getting to the main point, she added a jab: "Now you seem to be smart. Why didn't you use your brain when you asked me to seal the airport back then?"
Li Chonglou was speechless. He thought to himself, if he had known such a thing would happen, he wouldn't have dared to do it. Even a fool would understand!
However, these thoughts were only in his mind. At this moment, Lin Qianqian was like an unsealed gas tank, igniting with a single spark! So in this situation, silence was golden.
Seeing Li Chonglou acting so obediently, Lin Qianqian's anger finally subsided by more than half. She then revealed what the higher-ups had instructed.
"Headquarters wants to see you."
Li Chonglou's expression froze. "Who?"
"Headquarters!"
"No, I mean who in headquarters?"
Lin Qianqian was becoming impatient. "If I knew, I would have told you already! In short, you're on your own. I can't help you take the blame."
Lin Qianqian spoke with some irritation, while Li Chonglou's brows furrowed slightly.
It seemed the situation had exceeded expectations, and even Lin Qianqian herself couldn't control it. This meant he might face many unknowns.
However, he was the one who caused it. Li Chonglou had never intended for Lin Qianqian to take the blame. He simply said, "When and where."
Lin Qianqian's eyebrows shot up, and she said sternly, "Don't think that just meeting with people from headquarters will make this matter go away. This is far more serious than you imagine!"
"I can feel it, but you should at least tell me first."