In Zhongzhou Kingdom, as a city second only to the imperial capital Youzhou in importance, Huating works twenty-four hours a day, and almost every corner is filled with busy scenes.
This is especially true at stations.
As Zhongzhou's status in the world has steadily increased, Huating's development seems to have reached a peak. More and more people have begun to come to this bustling big city to look for opportunities. People are coming and going in the station.
Busy, dense crowds can be seen everywhere in every corner of the station.
There are so many people.
This is Li Tianlan's first impression of Huating.
Dressed in coarse cloth and holding a paper bag in his hand, he followed the crowd out of the station, feeling uncomfortable from the inside out.
There were too many people, too fast, this was his only feeling.
This city seems to be exuding an invisible pressure all the time. Everyone around him is walking in a hurry. This ultra-fast pace is like a terrible infectious disease that can easily infect everyone.
, so everyone's speed became faster and faster, as if they wanted to exhaust themselves to death.
Li Tianlan felt calm. He had just arrived. Even though he was assimilated to the rhythm of this city, he didn't assimilate so quickly. He walked out of the station, bought a bottle of mineral water that cost one yuan and took a sip. Li Tianlan stood there with a calm expression and waited.
An hour ago, when he was still on the road, he took out the business card from the paper bag and dialed the number on it.
He was a country bumpkin who had just walked out of the virgin forest. He borrowed the mobile phone he used to make calls from a very kind-looking aunt. The person who answered the phone was a woman who sounded very young. Her voice was cold and she called herself Ranhuo.
The name is very weird and completely opposite to the cold tone. The two parties agreed to meet at the exit of the station in an hour. Calculating the time, it should be almost the same now.
Li Tianlan suddenly laughed.
Light the fire.
For him, this name really means a lot.
A young girl who happened to be walking by Li Tianlan heard Li Tianlan's laughter and subconsciously took a few steps away. She frowned slightly at him with undisguised disgust in her eyes.
Li Tianlan was indeed not ugly, but he was not handsome either. In addition, he was wearing coarse clothes, holding a bottle of mineral water in his hand, and tightly holding a paper bag that obviously contained no money.
He has the image of a bumpkin in the world. If such a person smiles at anyone for no reason, the other person will probably not be in a good mood.
The ordinary-looking young girl glared at Li Tianlan and turned to leave.
Li Tianlan took a sip of water and laughed it off.
To this city, he is indeed a country bumpkin who has spent most of his life in the virgin forest, but he does not feel that there is anything to feel inferior about. Having a grandfather who has experienced ups and downs in life has made his nineteen-year life
Ups and downs but fulfilling, from the heart, Li Tianlan never feels that he is any worse than his peers. Now he has a perfect starting point. He firmly believes that as long as he is given time, what others can have, sooner or later, he will do it too.
have.
And this time won't be too long.
A brand new black Audi slowly drove into the station, finally came to the exit and stopped in front of Li Tianlan.
The driver's door opened, and a woman with a delicate appearance but a cold face stepped out of the car, walked straight to Li Tianlan, and said expressionlessly: "Mr. Li? I am Ranhuo."
"I am Li Tianlan."
Li Tianlan smiled and looked at the woman in front of him seriously.
She is about thirty years old, less than 1.7 meters tall, has a delicate appearance that can even be said to be beautiful, and her whole face gives people a crisp and neat feeling. The only pity is that her expression is too
She is so cold that it makes people feel chilly in their hearts. If her expression can be softened, it will definitely not be difficult to attract the attention of the opposite sex when walking on the street.
Pedestrians nearby also began to cast their sights here intentionally or unintentionally. Although Ranhuo's temperament was a little more permeable, she was still a beauty. The beauty's luxury car suddenly appeared in front of a silly-looking country bumpkin. The scene was very inconsistent.
And, pedestrians coming and going are happy to pay more attention.
Ranhuo turned a blind eye to the strange looks around him. After confirming Li Tianlan's identity, he nodded and said, "The boss is here to pick you up in person. Get in the car."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a soft sound behind her.
In Li Tianlan's sight, the rear door of the Audi slowly opened, and a slender and graceful calf gently tapped the ground on a pair of black stiletto heels.
A tall young figure got out of the back seat of the Audi and looked at Li Tianlan.
At this moment, Li Tianlan only saw a pair of eyes as bright as the stars.
Ranhuo turned around and looked at the boss who suddenly appeared from the car with a surprised look on his face.
The woman who took the initiative to get out of the car took two steps forward gently and stepped on the ground with her stiletto heels. The clear sound seemed to hit the hearts of all men.
Li Tianlan's face was dull.
Women's eyes are complicated.
"I am Wei Bai."
After a brief silence, she reached out her hand and said, "Qin Weibai."
Ranhuo's eyes became more and more surprised. In the entire Huating, everyone who knew her mysterious boss also knew that the boss would never shake hands with anyone of the opposite sex. Why was the bumpkin in front of him given such preferential treatment? Could it be that the sun was coming out in the west?
"Ah? Oh, I'm Li Tianlan."
Li Tianlan suddenly came to his senses and grabbed Qin Weibai's small hand, which was soft and gentle, like warm jade that is rare in the world.
Li Tianlan was so distraught that he even turned red for a moment.
In his nineteen years of life, what he was most proud of was his state of mind. Even if evaluated by his grandfather Li Honghe's harsh requirements, he could still be described as "flawless and flawless", but at this moment he felt like he was still.
However, Shui's state of mind exploded with overwhelming waves.
Li Tianlan took a deep breath, and finally his eyes fell on Qin Weibai's face again.
The woman in front of him can be said to be the most perfect woman he has ever seen in his life.
Her figure is slender and tall. She is at least over 1.75 meters tall barefoot and wearing high heels, which is enough to make most men feel ashamed. She has a face that can be said to be alluring, with sharp and delicate lines, especially
It is a pair of bright eyes, calm and deep, which can make all men sink into it willingly.
She stood quietly in front of Li Tianlan, letting Li Tianlan hold her little hand, coldly and coldly.
Like snow in the sky.
Like the moon in the clouds.
Misty and uncertain, like a fairy who will ride on the wind in the next second.
She is independent from the world and has unparalleled elegance. This is probably the kind of woman she is talking about.
Li Tianlan subconsciously tightened his grip.
Ranhuo's eyes suddenly turned cold when he noticed this detail, and a hint of murderous intent appeared in his whole person.
How keen is Li Tianlan's perception? Before Ranhuo could speak, he had already realized his gaffe, and quickly let go: "I'm sorry, Mr. Qin."
"It doesn't matter. If you want, you can just call me Weibai in the future."
Qin Weibai calmly retracted his hand and said in a soft tone.
"Mr. Qin's name is not good. Where is the slight whiteness, he is simply white and rosy, and his grace is unparalleled."
Li Tianlan forced himself to regain his composure and spoke with a smile.
Ranhuo turned his head to the side and resisted the urge to yell, but in his heart he was extremely dissatisfied with this bumpkin who dared to tease his boss.
Qin Weibai's eyes were in a trance for a moment. At this moment, even Li Tianlan could clearly feel that the mind of the perfect woman in front of him seemed to have wandered to an unknown place. However, she quickly came back to her senses and chuckled: "We
Let’s talk about it after we get in the car.”
Li Tianlan nodded and followed Qin Weibai into the back row of the Audi amidst the envious eyes of passers-by.
With an increasingly cold face, Ranhuo started the car, and the car quickly left the station and entered the wide and neat streets of Huating.
In the back row of the car, Qin Weibai immediately picked up an extremely heavy notebook from beside her as soon as she sat in the car. The blue cover looked old. She opened it gently and flipped through it. There was already some yellowing inside.
The paper was covered with dense handwriting. Qin Weibai closed the notebook and held it in his hand, saying softly: "Go get something to eat?"
"good."
Li Tianlan nodded directly. When he came out of Licun, he only brought a few hundred yuan in banknotes. After buying the ticket, he only had a pitiful three yuan and fifty cents left in his pocket. A box lunch in the car was worth a damn.
It's fifty, Li Tianlan has endured it until now, and he is really hungry.
"Let's go to Yu's to eat private food, and then prepare some daily necessities for you. Tomorrow I will take you to Sky Academy to arrange your admission. Tianlan, in Huating, you can contact me for anything, I will try my best to solve it, my mobile phone will
The phone is on 24 hours a day, you can call me at any time."
Qin Weibai stroked the notebook in his hand and looked at Li Tianlan beside him, his tone was very serious.
Smelling the faint fragrance of the beauty next to him and looking at the dreamlike face in his sight, Li Tianlan's heart beat faster again. He forced himself to look away, nodded and said, "I understand, thank you, Mr. Qin."
Qin Weibai frowned, obviously not very satisfied with the title Mr. Qin, but he didn't say much.
Li Tianlan also fell silent, looking at Huating outside the car window in a daze.
There are rows of tall buildings, cars whizzing by, well-dressed pedestrians strolling on the streets, old people holding children's hands, laughing and chatting.
There is also the warm sunshine that is rarely felt at the border.
Scenes of prosperous times kept regressing as the vehicle moved forward.
Li Tianlan's eyes were in a daze, and his pale face looked complicated and sad.
He thought again of the father he had never met.
Twenty years ago, his father was one of the top special operators in Central Continent, but at the peak of his career, he died in the most humiliating way on the border between Central Continent and Annan.
The charge is treason.
unambiguous evidence.
If the treason case with the greatest impact in recent years had not happened, his life from childhood to adulthood would probably have been different.
Just like these people outside the car window, even better.
He didn't find the high-rise buildings and cars outside the window very attractive, but for the first time, this country bumpkin who had lived in the lush forest all year round felt that a place with sunshine and laughter was the place where people lived.
The scenes of prosperity before his eyes were a beautiful scene that he could never have imagined in his dreams.
Li Tianlan suddenly thought of the camps on the border, of the veterans who had been exiled to the border with his grandfather for many years after his father's treason, and of Ye Dongsheng's words.
Ye Dongsheng said that he could work hard to overturn his father's case and restore his innocence.
If my father was really innocent back then, who was responsible for the treason case that year?
Who killed his father?
"Who are they? What do they want to do? Why is all this happening?"
Li Tianlan doesn't know who they are yet, but he is certain that if they really exist, then they definitely have the strength to stand at the top of this city, or even the entire Zhongzhou Kingdom.
The scene outside the window becomes more and more prosperous.
Li Tianlan pursed her lips tightly, feeling pressure inside, but more importantly, she had endless fighting spirit.
"What are you thinking about?"
Qin Weibai, who was always keeping his eyes on Li Tianlan, suddenly asked.
"They shouldn't be living in that place, they really shouldn't be."
Li Tianlan stared at everything outside the window and murmured to himself.
A smile appeared on Qin Weibai's cold and delicate face. She seemed to understand what Li Tianlan meant, but she seemed not to understand: "Some people say that the city of Huating has been lonely for thousands of years and glorious for one century. It is a city that has risen from zero."
The city of miracles, Tianlan, if this comment were applied to you, how would you feel?"
A thousand years of loneliness, a glorious century...
Li Tianlan's eyes were still looking out the window, as calm as water, and he smiled and said: "How can I do this?"
Beside him, Qin Weibai sighed softly and subconsciously opened the thick notebook in his hand that was already several years old.
On the yellowed paper, hundreds of words appeared on the page, like a diary written by someone.
To be fair, the handwriting on the paper is not beautiful, but it has a sharp edge that hits the face. Every stroke penetrates the back of the paper, and the words are like swords, as sharp as any!
Qin Weibai's eyes stayed on the last sentence of the diary, and he was in a daze.
"Everything under the sun is vain. I came from darkness with eternal majesty."
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