The amber spirit was still on the table of black and white stone, and the fermentation and distillation of the grapes mixed with years of cellar time gradually seeped into the half-empty glass, burrowing into people's noses.
It's not as clear as the diluted essence from the oak barrel outside the tavern, but it's alive and infectious.
The port is a city of pleasure, and these are the summer holidays of the federal law, so although it is still noon, there are already several tables of guests sitting in the dimly lit tavern.
Xu Le, who was sitting at the bar, was not conspicuous, he looked at the wine in the cup in a daze, thinking about the changes in his mood from last night to today, and was a little silent for a while.
Magnolia came back alone, sat beside him, and silently began to sip the glass of orange juice that was about to bottom, and the ice cubes under the fancy straw rolled in the orange juice, which was very cute.
The drinker didn't come back, Xu Le guessed what happened, he didn't expect Secretary Bai to take the initiative to do things for himself so consciously, and thought of the tea in the luxury soft sleeper box, the work of making beds and quilts, he was a little confused for a while, 20 million is indeed a lot of money, but it doesn't seem to be a loss to buy such an almost all-powerful and delicate man.
For a while, he forgot that Li Xiaotong spent 30 million yuan to invest in him, which was already a very bold and gambling investment, and he gave Magnolia 20 million casually, and the implicit meaning was even stronger.
Xu Le glanced at Magnolia.
Bai Yulan lowered her voice, not in a hurry or irritation, and said slowly and softly: "I don't do illegal things, that person is unconscious." ” Xu Le smiled bitterly, not because of Magnolia's self-assertion, but because since someone was staring at him, it showed that the iron-clad calculator who had no last resort did not forget himself because of Secretary Shen's phone call and the transfer of data.
This is a very troublesome matter, even if you can quietly enter the Fruit Shell Engineering Department for a while, but this matter can not be hidden from many people in the Federation.
There was a lovely gurgling sound from the straw, and Magnolia smiled and asked the bartender for another drink.
Xu Le looked at the quiet phone next to the wine glass, the conditions he proposed to the Tai family did seem a bit excessive to ordinary people, and it could even be called wishful thinking, but since he had decided to help the engineering department develop the X mecha as quickly as possible, he always wanted to obtain some benefits that he urgently needed.
He was waiting for Secretary Shen's final decision, a federal military mech was what he needed, and before tonight, he had to enter the heavily guarded engineering department.
The waiting process was a little boring, Xu Le looked at Magnolia's delicate eyebrows with great interest, and suddenly asked: "I remember you said that you like to enjoy it very much, and there are a few bottles of Wenjun No. 3 hidden at home." ” Wenjun Brandi, is one of the most famous spirits in the Federation, produced in the S3 region of Ganzhou hilly area, named after the five-person group of scientists who are addicted to drinking, the brand is authorized and protected by the Federal HTD Bureau, three of which are cellared for more than 30 years of treasures, soft taste, mellow aroma, and the price is even more expensive.
"Brandi, I like to drink apples."
Magnolia squinted her eyes lightly, looked at the glass of orange juice in her hand, and said, "The real best is still the compound ale wine of the cold land, which is relatively clean to drink." ” Xu Le thought to himself that if Shi Qinghai was here, he would have a lot of common language with this handsome man.
It is said that Shi Qinghai has a pair of peach blossom eyes, and his facial features are handsome, but he is full of manly taste, and Secretary Bai's facial features are not charming, but they are just quiet and soft, and they are really feminine.
"Why don't you have a glass" Xu Le raised the tulip cup in his hand and suggested: "It tastes good, it's real wine." ” "I never drink during working hours."
Magnolia replied softly, her eyes drooping slightly, and her afterglow drifted over, noticing that the drinker in the shadows at the tavern door seemed to have noticed something unusual, and the speed of the square cup in his hand became a little faster than before.
Small details reveal people's true emotions, and the speed at which the glass is turned often represents the degree of anxiety in people's hearts.
"How long will it take?"
asked Magnolia softly.
Xu Le looked at the quiet mobile phone on the table, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head, if Secretary Shen didn't call again, things would turn in another direction.
Magnolia glanced at his side face, looked at the young technical director's ordinary face, and said nothing more.
The previous private meeting in the restaurant, the information revealed in those words, had made Bai Yulan understand a lot of things, although until this time, Xu Le still did not say it to him, but he knew it It's really hard to earn 20 million federal coins.
The matter seems to be involved in the development of the Federation's new generation of X-mechs, and Magnolia, as the former combat director of Whitewater's Seventh Team, had personally participated in a classified experiment in the Bermuda Delta last fall, and of course knew what this meant.
Bai Yulan glanced at Xu Le's side face again without attracting attention, thinking that this time it was really a big game, and the private work he had taken over in his life did not add up to such a big one.
However, this delicate man has always been a person with a very good work ethic, and since he accepted the huge sum of 20 million, he will definitely continue to do this private work, so he kills people in the alleys, and uses this cruel blood to temporarily intimidate those who follow Xu Le.
Magnolia only has to do things and won't explain anything to Xu Le.
As the most elite professional soldier of the Federation, he has left the army for many years, often performing tasks that the political axe does not see, he does not have too many concepts of good and evil, as for the glory of the First Charter of the Federation, he also has enough knowledge and small ways to hide from the world, the accuracy and density of the federal electronic surveillance network, few people know better than them like federal mercenaries.
This delicate man will not do illegal things for money, but if there is enough money, killing people for Xu Le is as natural as serving tea and food to Xu Le.
The phone finally rang again, and the not loud voice pulled Xu Le and Magnolia out of their respective thoughts.
Xu Le picked up the phone and listened to a few words, his expression gradually calmed down, and there was a smile in his slightly squinted eyes, but that smile was a habit, not a joy from the heart.
"Let's go." took out a hundred-dollar bill and put it on the table, smiled and greeted the bartender, and Xu Le stood up.
Seeing that the target had the intention of leaving, the stalker who pretended to be drunk in the shadows at the entrance of the tavern didn't know what to do for a while, and his companion followed the woman-like man to the back alley, but the target came back, but the companion did not come back, a strong warning appeared in his heart, but it was impossible for him to give up the tracking.
Xu Le walked towards the door, Magnolia dragged half a step back as before, leaned a little to the left, and when she left the door of the tavern, she would pass by the drunken drinker, and at that moment, Magnolia prepared three techniques that could make this person lie on the table forever, unable to follow herself, and would not attract people's attention.
However, just as Magnolia's fingers danced lightly between his sleeves, Xu Le took a step to the left, and when he walked behind the pretending drunk stalker, as if he hadn't taken a steady step, his left hand gently stroked the person's back.
The drinker's body twitched slightly, and then he collapsed limply on the table, and at this time, he didn't need to disguise, and he became a real drunk person.
Xu Le and Magnolia didn't stop for a moment, and walked out of the tavern directly.
Magnolia, who was walking behind, slowly raised her head, her pupils shrunk, and she glanced at Xu Le's back with mixed emotions.
At that moment before, Magnolia's eyes were extremely keenly aware that the moment Xu Le's hand touched the back of the drinker, a faint blue arc drilled out of Xu Le's sleeve.
Like a snake that flashes with lightning.
Except for the high-intensity stun batons equipped with the military special forces, there was no melee weapon that could stun a person silently, and there was not the slightest smell of burnt in the air, and there was no tear in the back of the drinker's clothes.
Magnolia looked at Xu Le with mixed emotions, on the one hand, she was thinking that this young technical director who worked hard for her seemed to have an unusual background, and on the other hand, she was a little depressed, she knew that Xu Le had such a good thing in her hands, and the person in the back alley didn't have to die.
According to the instructions of the person on the phone, after Xu Le and Bai Yulan left the seventeenth pier, they rented a car and drove directly to the Bulin District of the port city, and then rented a small boat at the stone bridge on the riverside, and drove downstream along the Ranghu Creek that passed through the lower half of the port city, and abandoned the ship and landed when they were about to reach the waters of Sang Lake.
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Bai Yulan carried the heavy black box, followed Xu Le all the time, and suddenly asked, "Is the other party credible?"
"I know the guy on the phone."
Xu Le replied.
Next to a retro-style cornice-building building, the two finally meet the person who came to pick them up.
Xu Le looked at the big man in a black suit, hung up the phone, and said with a smile: "I cooperated again." ” Xue Naiyin, the director of the Black Eagle Company, said with a wry smile: "Shen Daji used to be my direct boss, and I happened to be in the Hong Kong capital today, if I don't do this thing, who will do it?"
Half a year ago in Linhai Prefecture, it was this retired soldier who rescued Xu Le and Shi Qinghai from the pursuit of the Federation with three helicopters.
"I want long-term access."
Xu Le looked at him and said very seriously: "Before the election, there are still five months, and I will often come to Hong Kong, and the temporary permission to enter the engineering department is too troublesome." ” Xue Naiyin was silent for a moment and said: "This is too difficult, even more difficult than building a mecha, you should know that we have a certain influence on the engineering department, but an existence like Guoke Company is not something that anyone can control alone." ” "I believe in you."
Xu Le shook hands with him and said very sincerely.
Magnolia has been silently following behind Xu Le, he has long recognized Xue Naiyin's identity, after all, the Black Eagle Company is also one of the three major security companies in the Federation, he has fought side by side with the Black Eagle people, of course he knows Xue Naiyin, the black eagle's bull.
Just listening to Xu Le's words, Bai Yulan suddenly lowered her head and smiled, it seems that the object of his life is not a person who only knows how to be persistent and pedantic, and has gradually begun to show a cunning taste.
It's good, it's not easy to die.
To be continued: