Why was it so brittle? Buried in the snow, frozen in the ice, dried in the wind, like a carrot with a beautiful heart. With a snap, it broke without a trace. Even the sound was crisp.
Bai Yulan lowered her head and twisted her finger. Manager Hao's angry finger was deformed with a snap, just like the plate of crispy cucumber on the dining table.
His chubby face immediately paled. The sharp pain from his bent fingers reached Supervisor Hao's brain. He did not have time to consider why the two young people sitting in front of him would be so reckless, so daring, and so vicious. He only had time to open his mouth like a child and reveal his smoke-stained teeth. He was prepared to turn the pain into a scream of pain.
Bai Yulan kept her head down and stood gently beside Xu Le. Her left hand had already picked up a piece of bread from the table and brought it to Manager Hao's mouth at some point. She coldly stuffed it in, turning the scream he hadn't yet let out into a muffled grunt.
Manager Hao's mouth was stuffed with bread. Beads of sweat flowed down his face. His pupils constricted and his body collapsed. He held his hand in pain and leaned on the sofa, his body curling up in pain.
Zhou Yu abruptly stood up and stared at the delicate man in disbelief. He didn't know the identity of the delicate man beside Xu Le, but he really didn't expect that the other party would be so ruthless just because of a small disagreement.
Bai Yulan didn't even look at Zhou Yu. She kept her head down and took a step back. She retreated behind Xu Le, as if nothing had happened. She was ladylike and calm.
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Xu Le's contact with the Nutshell Engineering Department was, of course, very careful in order to hide it from the eyes of many people in the Federation. The two parties arranged to meet in the depths of an inconspicuous restaurant at Pier 17. The previous scene didn't alarm the other diners.
He held the phone in his right hand and looked at the chubby manager on the sofa. He then raised his head to look at Zhou Yu and shook his head.
Zhou Yu's brows furrowed as he looked at Bai Magnolia. He wondered where Xu Le had found such a person. She looked like a girl, but when she fought, she was so direct and ruthless.
"I'll send Supervisor Hao to the hospital." Zhou Yu looked at Xu Le and sighed. "I don't know what's wrong with you today. Why is your temper so bad?"
Xu Le did not expect Secretary Bai to publish the book before him. Furthermore, she broke the other party's finger. If it was in the past, he would definitely not agree with this. However, for some reason, he was only startled today and did not express any opinion.
He nodded at Zhou Yu and walked out of the restaurant with the white magnolia. He spoke into the phone, "Manager Hao needs to go to the hospital and can't talk to me. You should choose someone else to talk to me. My request is still the same."
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Zhou Yu helped Supervisor Hao stand up. He smiled bitterly and wanted to say a few words of comfort, but he didn't know what to say.
By this time, Supervisor Hao had adapted to the pain of his broken finger. His face was pale as he spat out the bread in his mouth with his tongue. He was battered and exhausted, but he bitterly cursed, "I'm going to kill him. I'm going to kill him!"
Zhou Yu was silent for a few seconds before reminding him, "Xu Le has been speaking directly with Secretary Shen. The previous call should have been made to Great Secretary Shen."
This sentence did not reveal much information, but it was very important. When Supervisor Hao heard the words "Great Secretary Shen," he suddenly froze in place. He was silent for a long time, as though he had forgotten about his broken finger. He looked at the restaurant's exit with resentment. He knew that he had misunderstood the true meaning of today's meeting. He had completely misjudged the background of the third-level technical supervisor. However, how could he accept that the other party was so vicious? However, if the other party was someone who could directly negotiate with Great Secretary Shen, even if he was unwilling, he probably could not find a way to get revenge.
Zhou Yu was also silently looking at the restaurant's exit. At the exit, Xu Le had already hung up the phone. He silently walked toward the sunny streets of Harbor City. Behind him, the vicious and delicate man was silently following him, pulling a black leather suitcase.
In his impression, Xu Le had always been a quiet, calm, amiable, and trustworthy young man. He had never been so intense and gloomy as he was today. What could have caused such a big change in his state of mind?
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Xu Le was in front, and Bai Yulan was behind him. Two young men and a heavy black suitcase walked in the Federation's most prosperous city. They were like two fellows carrying a huge treasure walking beside the salivating mouth of a giant shadow beast.
Perhaps it was the terrorist attack at last night's concert, or perhaps it was the touching scene of the senator's speech on the news, which made Xu Le's mood extremely bad. Otherwise, he would not have acted so tough in the restaurant earlier. In fact, since he was young, he had always been a very easygoing person. On the surface, his personality was very gentle.
Or perhaps it was the two insufferably arrogant men's backs when the high-speed train came to an emergency stop last night. That arrogant back view that treated all the rules of the world as trash had touched some corner of his heart?
Xu Le did not know that the most flashy and arrogant leader of the seven big families in the Federation had once given him a complex evaluation that he was too young and not frivolous. In fact, he was still a young man in his twenties. How could his temperament not be filled with the scent of youthful hormones?
However, in the past, due to objective or subjective reasons, Xu Le's frivolous temperament was hidden extremely well. It was transformed into an external display of stubbornness and stubbornness. Now, this temperament was gradually revealed due to his anger.
Unfortunately, before he could show anything, the usually silent Bai Yulan made a move first.
Xu Le looked back at Bai Yulan, smiled, and said, "Let's go for a drink?"
Not far in front of the two of them, there was a tavern emitting the smell of oak.
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Zhang Xiaohua, the big boss of Nanke, could easily find out that Xu Le had left the capital special district and was heading to the port city. He could find out which train he had taken and which carriage he had taken. He did not know if the Federal Academy of Science and the Li family had relaxed their surveillance of him, but Xu Le was a very careful person.
Looking at the thirty-year-old amber wine gently swirling in his glass, Xu Le thought of the ancient song called "27 Days of Wine". Naturally, he thought of Childe Shi, who loved to sing this song with tears streaming down his face. He raised his glass to the same level as his eyebrows and stared blankly at the wine in his glass. Through the wine, he noticed the two drinkers in the dark corner of the tavern entrance.
The two drinkers looked very normal, but Xu Le felt that there was something wrong. If they were spies like Shi Qinghai, who had received a systematic and cruel education, they would definitely be able to find loopholes in the many details surrounding these two drinkers. However, Xu Le did not have this ability. He only had a natural sense for danger, and after escaping from the Donglin district, he was always cautious at every moment.
He did not know if they were government agents or peripheral military personnel from the engineering department. If they were professionals sent by the Li family, then this matter was somewhat troublesome.
Xu Le stared blankly at the wine in his glass. This trip to the port city was originally just to see if Secretary Shen was sincere in fulfilling the agreement. At the same time, he also thought about the development of the new generation of MX mecha. He wanted to see the progress of the engineering department and see if he needed to take the risk to provide those solutions.
He brought Secretary Bai here because Secretary Bai had personally operated this new type of mecha before. If he could have a private space to face the new type of mecha, then Secretary Bai would be equivalent to his test pilot.
The Li family and the Academy of Science would probably not believe that he had the core data. Since Secretary Shen trusted the engineering department, then the Tai family must have a great influence on the upper management of the Nutshell engineering department. There would not be a problem of secrets being leaked. However, if the eldest young master of the Li family knew that he had come to the port city, would he think more?
At the very least, he could not let the other party see that he was in contact with the Nutshell engineering department. Xu Le put down his wine glass. Just as he was about to stand up, he realized that Bai Magnolia, who had been silently drinking orange juice on his left, had once again stood up before him.
Bai Magnolia put the ice in her mouth. Without saying anything, she walked towards the back of the pub.
The two people in the shadows at the entrance had already planned for this situation. One of them pretended to be drunk and followed her to the back of the pub.
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No matter how prosperous the city, no matter how modern the era was, the back of the pub was always quiet, messy, and dirty. There were rats in the trash bins, pee stains under the paint peeling off the walls, and traces of vomiting last night.
Bai Magnolia did not smoke and did not drink today. Naturally, she would not vomit in the back alley. She just closed her eyes, unzipped her pants, and happily peed.
The pub patron also came to the back alley and started to pee. He did not need to follow them, but he was worried that the two targets would split up. Therefore, to be careful, he did not want to let the target out of his sight.
"There are so many people drinking at noon in the port city?" Bai Magnolia trembled and silently walked towards the pub patron. She said softly, "You did not pee."
"It's none of your f * cking business!" The pub patron realized that there was something wrong, but he still acted very calmly and fiercely.
With a puff, the pub patron realized that the handsome man beside him had opened his mouth and spat something sharp towards his face. As a professional, he certainly knew that it was not saliva. Naturally, he associated it with some insidious hidden weapons in the rumors and quickly retreated.
His retreat was not as fast as Bai Magnolia's advance. The pub patron groaned and touched his waist with his right hand, while the two fingers of his left hand fiercely pierced into Bai Magnolia's expressionless eyes.
However, he lost his balance at this time because Bai Magnolia had lowered his head and stepped forward, coincidentally stepping on his shoelaces.
With the two fingers in the air, Bai Magnolia's left hand turned into a knife and smoothly chopped towards the pub patron's neck. There was no wind, but it was extremely cold.
The pub patron did not have time to take out his gun. He blocked it with his arm and quickly stepped back with his left foot, stepping on the wet ground of the back alley to keep his balance.
However, he immediately felt that the other side of his neck was cold.
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Bai Magnolia loosened his right hand. He did not know when there was a delicate knife in his right hand. At this time, the delicate knife had been quietly inserted into the pub patron's neck, like a branch inserted into the soil.
He then loosened the shoelaces of his right foot and reached out to grab the pub patron's tie, not letting the still twitching body fall down.
Bai Magnolia opened the garbage bin, stuffed the pub patron into it and carefully pulled out the knife. Almost at the same time, he quickly closed the lid of the garbage bin.
Through the metal lid, the sound of rain spraying faintly sounded in the garbage bin.
Bai Magnolia wiped the knife clean and walked into the pub with a calm face.
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