The moment the train pulled into the station, all sorts of voices and the creaking of the tracks mingled together. It was a cacophony of noise.
But Lin Feng's voice was clear on the other end.
"I want to apply for an urgent visa."
"To England."
"As soon as possible."
He didn't deliberately raise his voice, and his tone was ordinary, as if he was talking about something trivial.
But the other end of the line was silent for a moment.
After a while, Chu Fangnan's voice came through again. Although he was still smiling, it was obviously forced.
"Oh?"
"What, you suddenly thought of this? You said you didn't have time when I asked you before."
Indeed.
Many days ago, during a casual conversation, Chu Fang Nan casually asked a certain someone if they were interested in going to England to watch the S6 World Finals together. However, a certain someone's answer back then was no.
Similarly …
Many accidents hadn't happened back then.
Lin Feng replied casually, "I'm suddenly interested. As for the time … it shouldn't be too much trouble to apply for leave from school."
Then he paused for a moment, then spoke again in a serious tone.
"So, Brother Chu, can you help me out?"
Chu Fangnan fell silent again.
Logically speaking, with his relationship with a certain someone, as long as she made a request, he would do his best to help her. Just now, when he confidently made the promise, he had indeed said so.
But —
Faced with Lin Feng's request, he didn't know how to answer.
After a while, Chu Fangnan forced a smile and said,
"Help … definitely not a problem."
"But it's a bit rushed now. You still have to prepare the visa materials and send them over —"
Before he could finish, Lin Feng interrupted him.
"I've prepared the materials."
As he spoke, he casually patted the backpack on his back. This morning, he woke up earlier than usual. In the wee hours of the morning … he turned on the computer and checked the special urgent visa form. He had done all the necessary preparations in advance. At this moment, a pile of materials … were placed in his backpack.
"If it's possible, I can take the subway to the TV Association building and send them to you."
With just a few words, Chu Fangnan's original reasons were completely blocked.
Vice President Chu was tongue-tied. He did not expect that the request made by someone at this time was not made on a whim. It was clear that the person had made sufficient preparations and consideration, making it impossible for him to refuse.
"B-but —"
His thoughts raced, and Chu Fangnan tried hard to find another reason.
"But there's no need to be in such a hurry, right?"
"Of course, it's not a problem if you've prepared the materials. However, we've just submitted the visa materials. The next time we submit the visa … even if it's urgent, it'll still take two to three working days."
"How about this —" Chu Fang Nan felt that he had found a way to stall for time. "You can give me the materials later. I'll help you with it in the next two days. Isn't the finals starting in a few days? When the time comes, you can leave with your Brother Chu. What do you think?"
This was Chu Fangnan's delaying tactic.
Perhaps there was no way to directly refuse.
But at least …
If he could stall for time, he could still come up with some other ideas.
In fact, at this moment, Chu Fangnan was caught unprepared by a certain someone's sudden request, so for a moment, he didn't even understand what had happened to make a certain someone make such a decisive decision. He only vaguely had a bad premonition in his heart.
Because even if he did not know the reason, he was at least eighty to ninety percent sure that someone definitely did not want to go to England to watch the S6 World Finals on a so-called "whim".
If it was just because of this reason …
Then why would Chu Fangnan hesitate at all? Why would he need to deliberately stall for time?
With his status in the TV Association, it would be easy to get the staff to contact the authorities and directly add another person's application materials to get an expedited visa.
Even.
In fact, he had vaguely guessed something —
That someone's sudden request to him on the phone was highly likely … related to the girl on the other side of the ocean who was currently in St. Edmunds Hospital.
However, this matter should only be known by a very small number of people at the moment.
And no one would easily leak this information to Lin Feng.
Then …
How did he know … or rather, how did he sense it?
The gears in his mind turned rapidly. Chu Fangnan was about to continue using his current plan to stall for time, but on the other side of the phone, Lin Feng had already shook his head.
"No."
"Too slow."
His tone was still calm, but the next words that came out of his mouth once again completely exceeded Chu Fangnan's expectations.
"If you can't do it on your side immediately, brother Chu, then forget it."
At this point, Lin Feng paused. On the other side of the phone, Chu Fangnan was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the second half of the sentence, but the words that followed almost made his heart clench for a moment.
Someone's tone was still as serious as ever, as if he was just talking about a simple matter.
"I'll go ask my uncle again."
"See if he can help."
That one key word was enough to make Vice President Chu suck in a breath of cold air when he heard it.
Uncle?
Most people might not know the identity of the so-called "uncle" Lin Feng mentioned, but he could not be clearer.
That was …
This was the current president of the entire China region's eSports Association!
He was half a level higher than Chu Fangnan's direct superior, Fang Hao, the real highest authority in the China Telecommunications Association.
Even he could handle a simple visa, so Chu Fang Nan didn't doubt it at all. If this matter was entrusted to Chairman Lin, it wouldn't be difficult at all.
But what he really didn't expect was …
At this moment, Lin Feng actually chose to directly choose to ask his uncle for help after being tactfully rejected.
Logically speaking, asking for help from relatives was not a strange thing.
But the problem was that Chu Fangnan knew that there had been a lot of conflicts between this uncle and nephew in the past. They would not usually have any contact, let alone ask for help.
And at this moment, since Lin Feng even said such a thing, it could only mean that …
In order to achieve this goal.
In order to get an urgent visa to the United Kingdom as soon as possible.
Someone completely didn't care about anything else, and didn't care about paying any price.
"I'm really in a hurry."
Lin Feng added this last sentence in a serious tone, as if to emphasize his determination to the other party.
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.
Finally, Chu Fangnan said with a bitter smile, "There's no need to be so troublesome … Let me handle it."
At this moment.
Facing such a resolute attitude from Lin Feng, he could only choose to give in.
Some things …
Maybe he really couldn't stop it.
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