Leng Xiao's tone gradually softened as he seemed to think of what happened when he was young.
"I understand President."
"Well, you can have a good chat with them first, and then bring them back with you tomorrow."
"yes."
After hanging up the phone, Leng Ling opened the study door and walked out.
When passing by Xiaolin's room, Leng Ling hesitated again and again, but was ready to go in and take a look.
Knocking lightly on the door, Leng Ling shouted, but there was no response.
Slowly opening the door, Xiaolin was still lying quietly on the bed, showing no sign of waking up.
Leng Ling walked over slowly, leaned against the bed and looked at his sister's sleeping face.
There were some tears on her pale face, her eyes and nose were red from crying, and her delicate forehead was slightly wrinkled. It was obvious that she slept very uneasily.
Moving her lips slightly, Xiaolin seemed to be talking in her sleep, but it was just fragmented murmurs. Leng Ling couldn't hear what she was saying.
Seeing Xiaolin tossing and turning in discomfort, Leng Ling wanted to figure out what happened to her, but he didn't dare to wake her up at all, for fear that her mood would change drastically when the other party woke up and saw him.
Although Jerry kept telling him that Xiaolin was fine, he knew that the other party must be hiding something from him. What on earth would make her mood change so much, and why would she suddenly distance herself from him?
There was a touch of loneliness and sadness in the deep lake-like eyes. The back of her white hand brushed aside the bangs covering Xiaolin's forehead. Leng Ling leaned down and left a light kiss on her smooth forehead, then stood up and left.
The moment the door closed, the eyelashes of the person lying on the bed trembled and slowly opened their eyes.
Looking at the white ceiling, a hint of coolness flashed across his black, moist eyes, which gradually turned into indifference.
Early the next morning, Leng Ling took Xiaolin and Xiaolie back to the Presidential Palace.
It had been two years since I came here, and everything seemed so strange. When the two half-year-old children got out of the car, Xiaolie was very excited, while Xiaolin seemed to be uninterested.
The three of them walked into the Presidential Palace. Xiaolie saw Xiaolin's slightly timid eyes and was very surprised. "Xiaolin, what's wrong with you? Come here quickly."
Xiaolin lowered her head and walked over. Leng Ling reached out and tried to pull the other person to her side, but the other person dodged him carelessly.
It seems that the grudge in my sister's heart has not been resolved yet, so I have to find a way to find out the reason.
Leng Ling lowered her eyelashes slightly, ordered Lance to arrange the two children into the guest room, and went directly to the President's Office.
Knocking on the door of the office, Leng Xiao was making final preparations for tomorrow's ceremony. When he saw Leng Ling coming in, his dark eyes quietly squinted.
"You came."
"Yes," Leng Ling bowed slightly and stood still, "I'm sorry for bothering you."
"Okay, don't mention this matter anymore," Leng Xiao waved his hand and handed the list he was looking at to Leng Ling, "Take a look, these are the lists of people attending the ceremony tomorrow."
After receiving the list, Leng Ling looked at it. Those attending the ceremony included Lansen's government officials, businessmen and chaebols, celebrities such as Shuyuan, and other high-ranking people, as well as some dignitaries from other countries.
These people are indispensable to Lansen and will naturally become the invitation targets. However, one person's name appeared in Leng Ling's sight, which immediately made him frown.
"President, isn't this Princess Sarah from the Rabbinic Kingdom? Why do you want to invite her here? Their rabbis have always been at loggerheads with us. If you invite her over, this is not..."
Wagging his finger, Leng Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Child, in the face of interests, there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. We did have a tense relationship with the rabbi in the past, but now the situation is different. In the past, we had a tense relationship with the rabbi.
It's all because of Valencia's obstruction. Now that their domestic situation is serious and they have too much time to take care of themselves, how can they interfere in our affairs again? Prime Minister Karl is seriously ill, Solo and White are in power, and the domestic opposition to them is getting louder and louder. Valencia
The future of West Asia is worrying.”
As he spoke, Leng Xiao's face showed an expression of gloating.
The handsome eyebrows were furrowed, and Leng Ling guessed, "Are you saying it's because of Valencia..."
"That's right," Leng Xiao nodded in agreement, "Princess Sarah has just turned eighteen this year. She is young and beautiful, and has a very gentle personality. I think you two are a perfect match."
Hearing that the other party had made it clear, Leng Ling's lowered hands clenched tightly into fists and said, "President, I'm afraid..."
"There's no need to reject me now. It won't be too late to wait until you meet in person tomorrow."
"Dong dong, President," the secretary knocked on the door and said, "You have a meeting later, and the time is coming soon."
"I understand," Leng Xiao said calmly after putting away the roster, "You can go back first and take the two children for a walk around the Presidential Palace. I will go over to see them when I'm done."
"yes."
Leng Ling bid farewell to Leng Xiao and returned to his residence.
Xiaolie was strolling around in the Presidential Palace, while Xiaolin stayed in the room. When she saw Leng Ling come in, she had no expression on her face.
Seeing Xiaolin's dazed look, Leng Ling walked over and sat down opposite her, "Xiaolin, are you feeling better?"
Xiaolin drooped her head and said nothing.
Leng Ling asked strangely, "What's wrong? Is it not good here and you don't like it?"
Xiaolin raised her little face and said dullly, "I want to go home, I don't want to stay here, I don't want to at all..."
Although Leng Ling felt sorry for her sister, but for the sake of the overall situation, she could only aggrieve her temporarily. She rubbed her hair and persuaded her, "Xiao Lin, stay here for one night today. My brother will send you back tomorrow. First,
Just hold on."
Her big black eyes flashed with water, and Xiaolin shrank her head, "This place is big and cold. I don't want to live there at all. I just want to go back..."
"Don't be afraid, brother Xiaolie and Li En will be with you," Leng Ling put his arms around Xiaolin's slender figure and comforted, "If you are still afraid, brother will be with you tonight.
Just like my mother was with us when we were little."
Perhaps because of the mention of her mother, Xiaolin did not refuse. She obediently leaned into Leng Ling's arms and nodded, "Okay."
"Xiao Lin, look, what did I find in the garden?"
Xiaolie opened the door with a loud voice, holding a small blue flower in his hand, and said excitedly, "Brother, Xiaolin, look, it's a blue flower."
Seeing the flower in Xiaolie's hand, Xiaolin's eyes flickered slightly, and her little face became radiant, "It's really a blue flower."
"Yes," Xiaolie walked up to Xiaolin, "It took so long for me to discover him. It's really amazing."
"Maybe it's a mutated flower. You may not be able to find one such flower among tens of thousands," Leng Ling was also amazed by this small blue flower.
It is obviously an inconspicuous flower, but because of its special color, it has become the focus of everyone's eyes.
He is just an ordinary person, but because he was born in the Leng family, he has to become the spiritual sustenance of everyone and shoulder the heavy responsibility of reviving the country and resisting foreigners.
If the marriage with the Rabi Kingdom can really help make the Lanson Kingdom more stable, then I must agree to it even if I don't want to.
It's just that, as for Lien... the beautiful future that was once sketched out between the two of them may not be possible for him to fulfill.
Leng Ling lowered his eyes and stared at the ring between his fingers. The simple ring exuded the fragrance of orchids, and his handsome face quietly flashed a hint of sadness.
"Brother, can I go to the garden with Xiaolie?"
Xiaolin's voice brought Leng Ling back from her thoughts, and when she met those clear eyes, Leng Ling suddenly came back to her senses.
Noticing that Xiaolin's mood had improved a lot, Leng Ling immediately smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead."
The two children walked out of the room and ran towards the garden.
Leng Ling stood silently in the room, looking through the window at the sunny sky outside, but didn't realize that someone had been standing there for a long time behind her.
In his peripheral vision, he saw the familiar golden figure behind him standing there motionless.
Putting away the silence in his eyes, Leng Ling moved his lips slightly, "Why are you here?"
"I've been here for a long time, and I saw you were thinking about something, so I was afraid of disturbing you."
With a leisurely smile, Lien walked over, closed the door, hugged the thin but not weak body from behind, curled his lips and said with a smile, "What are you thinking about? Why are your eyes so sad?"
Feeling the breath that mixed with the man's body temperature, Leng Ling moved the corners of her mouth sourly, "Lean, Princess Sarah of the Rabbi Kingdom will also attend tomorrow's ceremony."
Smelling the orchid fragrance on the other person's body, Li En seemed to have a premonition of something, and his sun-like eyes dimmed, "Then what?"
"The president intends for me to marry her."
Rean tightened his arms, "You agreed?"
Shaking his head slightly, Leng Ling replied, "I refuse."
"But Leng Xiao won't let you go easily, right?"
"Yes."
Kissing Leng Ling's soft and silky hair, Li En's eyes were filled with sweetness, "Ling, I'm very happy that you rejected him."
Turning his eyes sadly, Leng Ling finally spoke out his inner thoughts, "But, Lean, you have to know that if the president forces me to marry Princess Sarah and uses Lanson's interests as a threat, I cannot refuse.
"
"I know, it doesn't matter. As long as the only person you love is me, I won't object even if you really marry her."
Lien said this, but his heart hurt like a knife. He tightened his lips and tried to cover up the pain in his heart with a plain smile.
"Lean, I'm sorry, I..."
"Dong dong, Your Highness."
Lance's voice interrupted the two of them, "I have your phone number."
"I see."
Li En let go of his hand, arranged Leng Ling's clothes, then leaned forward and kissed the corner of Leng Ling's lips.
"I'll go over first."
Long and thick eyelashes brushed against the skin of Li En's face, Leng Ling passed by Li En, opened the door and walked away.
Walking to the office, Leng Ling picked up the phone and Assistant's voice immediately came over, "Your Highness, you are finally here."
"What's wrong?"
"When I was investigating Admiral Kaman, I discovered something related to Lieutenant Lean."
"What's up?"
"Lieutenant Lien, when he was studying at the Valencia Military Academy, he had a close relationship with a certain senior officer, and that officer was none other than General Isildar."
