"I'll go with you."
Ceng Rui's voice came from the other end of the phone. His tone was calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
It didn't seem like a rash decision made on the spur of the moment.
On the other end of the phone, Tang Bingyao suddenly froze. She was at a loss. "You … you're going too?"
She called Ceng Rui purely because she couldn't solve the problem of booking a plane ticket, so she subconsciously sought help from her most trusted companion.
Of course, it seemed that her request was very straightforwardly accepted by the other party.
But the second half of the story …
It was completely out of her expectations.
Zeng was going to England with her?
"No, there's no need." The girl on the other end of the phone stammered, trying to find other excuses to persuade her companion. "Zeng, don't you still have to study? I heard you've been very busy recently …"
She was right.
Ceng Rui had indeed been quite busy recently. After helping Lin Feng sweep all the major internet cafes in Shanghai, he dove back into his schoolwork. As a rookie member of Fudan University's e-sports club, he didn't even have time to participate in the semi-finals of the Gold Spear Cup.
"So, so I'll go alone."
"Zeng, you're in China. I can go alone."
The girl tried to persuade him, hoping that her words would dispel her companion's idea.
But Ceng Rui's voice came again.
"No need."
"I've already finished all the homework for the next half of the semester, so there's no problem at all."
His tone was still calm.
As for Tang Bingyao, she was speechless.
That's right.
Ceng Rui was known to be a straight-A student. She didn't expect that after going to Fudan University … he would be even more of a straight-A student. In just half a month, he had finished half a semester's homework, instantly blocking the girl's original excuse. This was really …
Ceng Rui's style.
The girl was still trying to think of a reason. "But … but I still have my passport and visa. My visa will come out tomorrow. If you want to do it now, you'll have to wait for a few days."
This reason was indeed good.
But the next second, Ceng Rui's answer once again shattered the girl's hope.
"Don't worry, I have everything."
Eh?
The girl was dumbfounded again.
Then, Ceng Rui calmly explained, "I applied for my passport a few years ago. As for my visa, I went to the United Kingdom for a student exchange last year in my third year of high school and applied for a valid two-year multiple-entry visa. I can still use it now and can leave at any time."
The girl was completely dumbfounded.
This … This made her unable to find any other reason to refute.
Ceng Rui's voice came again from the other end of the phone.
"The more you talk, the more serious the problem is."
"It will only make me more determined to go."
"That's why you don't need to persuade him."
"Besides —"
Then, Ceng Rui paused and said in a calm and impolite tone, "Speaking of which, Tang Tang, have you been abroad?"
The girl opened her mouth, but no words came out.
Ceng Rui continued asking questions.
"Although your English is good, when you go abroad, you have to go through customs, exchange foreign currency, leave the airport, rotate the subway line from the airport to the train station, find the corresponding train to leave for Manchester City. There are all kinds of problems that need to be solved by yourself. Can you do it all by yourself?"
His tone was still unhurried, but his thoughts were meticulous and organized. Sentence by sentence, he slowly forced the girl into a dead end, just like his usual style of playing support.
But this time, it was the girl who usually fought side by side with him who was speechless.
Before Tang Bingyao weakly tried to make a final attempt to argue, Ceng Rui had already made the final decision in an indisputable tone.
"That's it."
"Your visa will be out tomorrow morning, right?"
"Well, if it's an urgent visa, it will be out by two o 'clock in the afternoon at the latest. You can go and get your visa first. I'll book a ticket for tomorrow at three to four o' clock in the afternoon. There may be a traffic jam if you take a taxi, so it's safer to take the subway."
"You can pack your luggage yourself. As for cash, I'll exchange some Euros. If you don't have enough, just withdraw it with a local credit card."
In the blink of an eye, Ceng Rui had come up with a series of arrangements. Tang Bingyao felt dizzy on the other end of the phone, and she nodded obediently. At the end of his speech, Ceng Rui's voice suddenly paused for a moment before he spoke again.
"Also, one more thing —"
"That guy and Steamed Bun aren't just your companions."
"I care about them …"
"You're not the only one."
Tang Bingyao was stunned.
Finally, she nodded gently.
"Mhmm."
…
Manchester, England. St. Edens Hospital. Intensive care unit.
"So, to complete this task, I need Sister Xiao Wu, Sister Xue, and Senior No. 1 and No. 3 to be my companions."
An Xin leaned against the soft pillow in front of the hospital bed. She glanced at the faces of the people in front of her and made the above conclusion.
No. 3 couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"Companions …"
"I feel like they're accomplices."
The girl smiled sweetly, her eyes flashing with the cunning light of a fox. "It's not impossible to understand it that way."
The people in the room had already heard the details of the plan from the girl. They couldn't help but feel a little conflicted. Su Xue hesitated. "Will this … work?"
No. 3 nodded in agreement. "That kid can be pretty smart sometimes. Even though your plan is well-thought out, we need to make sure every step is in place. There can't be the slightest mistake. If anything goes wrong, the whole plan will go down the drain."
"Mhmm. Sister Xue and Senior No. 3 are right. There's a risk of getting exposed," An Xin admitted. Anxin frankly admitted the flaws of this plan, but then she asked, "But if Lin Feng knows the truth, what do you think will happen?"
Su Xue mumbled.
Su Xue subconsciously muttered, "Then … then it's probably going to explode, right?"
An Xin nodded.
"So, in order to prevent that from happening, no matter how risky it is … we have no choice but to follow this plan, right?"
Another rhetorical question that no one present could refute.
The atmosphere in the room fell silent.
No. 1 and No. 5 looked at each other, then No. 1 turned to the girl on the bed.
"It's not that it's completely impossible."
"But don't forget, Steamed Bun, your role in this plan and the mission you're responsible for is the most important part. If something happens to you, no matter how well the others do it, it'll be useless."
No. 5 held Su Xue's hand with a worried look in his eyes.
"Plus, you just finished the surgery. Your body is still weak. You haven't fully recovered yet."
"Can I really?"
An Xin paused for a moment, then smiled again.
"I'm fine.
"Right now … I feel very good."
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