Song Jun's mysterious appearance really made Cheng Lin curious about the "mysterious gift".
But since he said it was a "surprise", he didn't get to the bottom of it.
After all, it's so boring.
I have negotiated with the Secret Service about my future position.
Cheng Lin had nothing to do, so he happily followed Song Jun on the plane to Tianjin.
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Jin City, Binhai International Airport.
It was already dark when Cheng Lin walked out.
Coming out of the exit, Song Jun made a mysterious phone call, speaking vaguely.
Afterwards, I thought about it and said:
"How about we go have a meal first?"
"Okay, please?" Cheng Lin shrugged, and there was nothing wrong with it.
"..." Song Jun bit his lip, his eyes widened, "You have become my boss, and you still have the nerve to let me, a small employee, treat you?"
Cheng Lin sighed deliberately and said:
"I'm giving you a chance to show off. You're traveling alone with your boss. If you don't pay for it, do you want me to pay for it?"
After saying that, he quietly looked at Song Jun's face that was speechless because of the food, and he felt very happy. Finally he couldn't help but laugh out loud and said:
"Okay, I'm just kidding. I've been promoted, so I have to treat my old classmates to a meal to celebrate."
"That's pretty much it..." Song Jun nodded, then smoothed his hair and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Cheng Lin took out his mobile phone and browsed on Meituan and said:
"Then let's get steamed buns, there are coupons."
Song Jun: "..."
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Although he didn't look happy on his face, he was actually mostly joking.
With their current worth, they can afford to eat all kinds of delicacies, so naturally they don't care much about the form.
I took a taxi and found a steamed stuffed bun restaurant that seemed to have a good reputation. They had a separate table and the two of them cooked the food across from each other. Then Cheng Lin asked for the menu and started flipping through it.
"Signature steamed buns, fish heads, meat jelly, skewers... you can have the stew... two portions of both, thank you." They casually ordered some market food, and then the two of them started to wait.
There is a good flow of customers in the small shop. It is lunch time and there are many people. The lamp hanging above the head illuminates the small table particularly brightly.
Cheng Lin and Song Jun ordered a drink and drank slowly. Song Jun suddenly looked at Cheng Lin seriously and said with emotion:
"To this day I still feel like everything is a bit unreal."
"Oh? What do you mean?"
"What else could it be? You. It's too early to say anything. Not long ago, when I returned to Ningcheng and met you on a mission, I didn't realize that you were so special. Who would have thought that you were hiding so deeply?
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At that time, I also thought, you have reached the fifth level so quickly, so you have to work harder, otherwise wouldn't you be surpassed?
But now that I think about it...Hey, tell me, how come you, sons of destiny, like to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers so much?"
Song Jun bit the straw and rambled with emotion.
"I feel like you are implicitly saying that I am a pig, but I have no proof," Cheng Lin blinked, and then said in a brisk tone, "Actually... not at all. At that time, you were not necessarily weaker than me.
I have always believed that if you put aside those off-field factors, you are still the light of Ningcheng."
The light of Ningcheng...
Song Jun almost spit out his drink and quickly waved his hand:
"You should use your magical powers. A little girl can't bear such a big hat..."
"Seriously..." Cheng Lin was helpless. No one believed him when he told the truth.
The atmosphere in the store is very good, customers are chatting with people at the same table, and it is filled with a not noisy hustle and bustle.
In order to avoid the content of the conversation attracting unnecessary attention.
He also specially added a layer of closed "sense of presence" effect to the two of them.
After a moment of silence, Cheng Lin finally asked:
"Now that we've arrived, you should tell me what that gift is, right?"
This time, Song Jun did not refuse immediately, but looked at him deeply and said:
"Cheng Lin, do you remember the last time I returned to Ningcheng and talked to you about your father?"
Cheng Lin was startled, and the smile on his face obviously faded:
"I remember, and I still remember, I made it clear at the time that I didn't want to talk about this topic."
Song Jun sighed and said:
"I'm sorry, I was restricted by the confidentiality policy at the time and couldn't reveal too much, but I can now."
Her words were very light, but they caused countless ripples in Cheng Lin's heart.
"What do you mean?" Cheng Lin put away his relaxed posture.
"Do you still remember when your father filed for divorce?" Song Jun asked.
Cheng Lin frowned: "About three years ago."
As soon as he said this number, Cheng Lin's heart skipped a beat, and he vaguely felt a light flashing through his mind.
Song Jun nodded and sighed:
"You should have learned relevant knowledge in the academy. The first signs of spiritual energy recovery appeared about three years ago."
After finishing speaking, she said to herself without waiting for Cheng Lin to speak:
"Three years ago, some 'abnormalities' began to appear in the world, which was the earliest revival of spiritual energy. At that time, due to the very small number of people covered, too many fake news in this era, and the control from the top, so,
It has hardly attracted public attention, but various countries and major consortiums have secretly carried out research in this area."
Cheng Lin nodded, for example, the "Special Power Bureau", the predecessor of "Special Division", was established by Xia Guo.
Song Jun continued:
“In the early days, this kind of research was not actually carried out intentionally by various countries, but was more based on accident.
For example, it is very common for a laboratory to accidentally discover an abnormality while conducting some ordinary experiments, and then attract the attention of the upper management.
At that time, a laboratory affiliated to a department of a large pharmaceutical group on the other side of the ocean accidentally extracted unknown elements from mutated plants and synthesized a medicine with strange effects...
Well, this phenomenon quickly attracted the attention of the top management, and they quickly informed the federation through group channels.
Then, District 13, newly formed by the federation at that time, took control of the entire laboratory and that department overnight, and controlled everyone who knew the relevant information."
"The discovery was evaluated and quickly classified as top secret.
In fact, the genetically modified medicines currently being developed by the Federation are based on this discovery.
I say this, you should know its importance.
Its appearance caused a sensation among the top federal officials, and then a secret meeting was held to adopt a new national-level research project.
Well, the name at that time was not this, but another name to cover up.
It's not important. I say this so that you can understand.
So, as you can imagine, all the people involved were quarantined, including researchers in the laboratory and company managers in their departments..."
Speaking of this, Song Jun paused and said:
"Yes, I think you should have guessed that this company is the group where your father works, and unfortunately, he happens to be one of the managers of that department."