It was past ten in the evening when Lin Father received Lin Yan's letter.
Looking at the person who delivered the letter, Lin Father was very angry, but his daughter was in their hands, so he couldn't do anything. What if he angered them, would they be unfavorable to Yan Yan.
"Miss Lin also sent back a list, hoping Minister Lin can prepare these things. You don't want Miss Lin to be wronged, do you?"
The person who delivered the letter had an unrecognizable face, the kind that would be lost in a crowd.
He was very polite to Lin Father. Although they were independent of government departments, no one could be sure that they wouldn't need the help of Minister Lin one day.
Moreover, Miss Lin was so capable, perhaps they would have to rely on her in the future! So it was good to build a good relationship.
Lin Father took Lin Yan's letter and began to read. When he received the letter, he felt it was strange, but he didn't say anything, after all, the tone of the letter was still Lin Yan's.
The writing style and some vocabulary used in this letter were indeed Lin Yan's. The letter was also complete in its coherence, and it seemed they had not deleted any content.
Lin Yan's letter explained the situation and told him not to worry about her, and also asked him to prepare the things on the list for her.
There was no other content in the letter, nor did it state her whereabouts. Lin Father knew that even if Lin Yan had written these things, they would not have let the information reach him.
"It will take some time to prepare the things. It's too late today, please come back to pick them up tomorrow, sir."
"Minister Lin is also a government official, and he wouldn't do anything detrimental to the Party and the country, would he? After all, this incident has already made the higher-ups very unhappy. You wouldn't want to bear it..."
He didn't want to cause any more trouble. He just wanted to quickly complete the task the station chief had assigned and take Miss Lin back to Nanjing.
"It's already half past ten at night, and it's really impossible to prepare everything. After all, my daughter will be staying there for a long time, so we need to prepare all her belongings.
You can rest assured. Since I already know my daughter's whereabouts, I'm no longer worried. You can stay at my house for the night, and when we have everything ready tomorrow, you can take it directly."
Lin Father felt that this list should contain some information, but he couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he needed Zhang Ma to look at it.
"As long as you know what you're doing, I won't stay here. I'll come back tomorrow." With that, he left.
"Uncle, who took Sister away? Is she in danger? And why is this person so arrogant!" Lin Tong frowned tightly.
"It's the Special Affairs Office, a secret service department under the Ministry of Military Affairs."
"Then why did they take Sister?" Lin Tong didn't understand why they took Lin Yan. Wasn't his sister just a merchant?
"Tong Ge, it's better for you not to know some things," Lin Father sighed. He had already lost one daughter, and he didn't want Lin Tong to get involved.
"What about Sister? Can't Mr. Du save her?"
"Uncle is also very worried about Sister. Now that Uncle is so calm, it means he has confirmed that they will not harm Sister, right?"
An Ran saw that Lin Father was no longer so worried and understood that he should be able to confirm Lin Yan's safety.
"Yes, they have to rely on your sister's ability, so they won't be unfavorable to your sister," Lin Father comforted them, then looked at Zhang Ma, who was standing aside.
"Zhang Ma, look at this list. I always feel there's something wrong with this list. Yan Yan is being watched, so she can't pass on messages. She should be trying to tell us something through this list."
Zhang Ma took the list. The list contained things that Lin Yan often used, but none of them were necessities. Especially some things that Lin Yan didn't like very much.
"Master, many of these things are not liked by the young lady, and they are not commonly used. Especially this pressed powder, the young lady is allergic to it. If the young lady really wanted to take her common items, she wouldn't choose these."
Lin Yan's everything was handled by Zhang Ma, so she knew very well what Lin Yan used.
"Then prepare the things according to Yan Yan's habits," Lin Father pondered why Lin Yan chose to write such a list.
"Master, if the young lady never comes back, do I need to go with them to take care of the young lady?" Zhang Ma was very worried about the young lady she had taken care of since she was a child.
"No need. Just prepare the things for her. I think Yan Yan won't stay there for too long," Lin Father said.
"Then I'll go and pack things for the young lady now." Zhang Ma didn't take the list, but went upstairs directly to Lin Yan's room to pack things for her.
Lin Father looked at the list again. As Zhang Ma said, since she wouldn't use many of these things, she shouldn't be staying there for a long time.
Then why did she write such a list? If she really needed to pack things, she could have just said so, and Zhang Ma would have packed them for her.
But Yan Yan's intention was that she could escape soon, and what she was worried about was probably his family.
Then did he really have to leave? Just as he and Lin Yan had discussed before, but this would mean giving up everything here, as well as Lin Tong and the others.
Now it was time for him to make a decision!
The next morning, the person came to the door. They had been monitoring the Lin mansion all night and found that they had not contacted Mr. Du, so they came with peace of mind.
They were very satisfied with Minister Lin's sensible behavior, so their attitude became even better.
"Minister Lin, I wonder if Miss Lin's things have been prepared?"
"Everything has been prepared. It's just that there are quite a lot of things. I don't know how you came here. Do you need me to arrange for a car to take you?" Lin Father still wanted to know more about Lin Yan.
"No need, we drove here. We can take more things. So there's no need to trouble Minister Lin." Although he was smiling, he would never reveal any information.
"May I ask, sir, is my sister alright?" Lin Tong was still very worried about Lin Yan.
"Young Master Lin, please rest assured. Miss Lin is our honored guest. We can only show her respect. How could we let her be harmed!"
"Who treats honored guests like this!" Lin Tong complained softly, and An Ran quickly pulled him.
The man heard it but his expression didn't change at all. He continued to smile and wait for Lin Father to have Lin Yan's requested items brought over.
Soon, Zhang Ma had people bring down the items. Several wicker boxes were arranged in the living room.
Although he complained inwardly that Miss Lin was indeed troublesome, he still loaded these things into the car one by one and then bid farewell to Lin Father and the others.