Chapter 635: 635
Xia Lei decided not to stay in the capital after leaving the ZN Bureau . Instead, he returned to Thunder Horse Military Factory . He’d left but he was still unable to get rid of Ling Han’s appearance from his mind .
Ring, ring, ring…
Xia Lei’s phone suddenly rang on his way to his villa .
Xia Lei thought Fan Fan was calling, but discovered otherwise when he checked his phone .
It was Ling Han .
Ring, ring, ring…
The phone continued to ring .
Xia Lei was still mulling over why Ling Han would call him at such a time .
After the phone rang for about 30 seconds, Xia Lei picked up . “Hello, Brother Ling . May I ask why you’re calling?”
“Heh . ” Ling Han gave a laugh . “Why do you still feel the need to be so formal with me? Do I need to book an appointment with you before I call? I wanted to call you so I did . I’m not afraid of taking up your time . ”
“You don’t say . But I’ve been quite busy lately,” said Xia Lei .
After the two spent a moment exchanging pleasantries, Ling Han asked, “Xia Lei, have the Thunder Horse Military Factory upgrades been going smoothly?”
“It’s fine . You know I’m an old hand at this . I’m preparing to upgrade all of Rheinmetall AG’s technology . You'll soon see the upgraded version of Rheinmetall AG, and it's called Thunder Horse Military Factory . ”
“I look forward to it . I am eager to go to your factory to take a look . ”
“Come over, then . I’ll cook tonight, and us brothers can have a drink . ”
“Heh… Let’s talk about that later, maybe in two days or so . I’ve got something to do, so I called you to ask about something . But I’m not sure if you’d be willing to tell me . ”
Ling Han was hiding words within his words .
Xia Lei laughed twice too . “Look, Brother Ling . Do you still consider me an outsider? What can’t the two of us talk about? What is it? Just tell me . If I know, then I’ll answer . ”
Ling Han went silent for a moment before saying, “So I heard that you’ve run into trouble . Who’s been making these problems for you? If you tell me, maybe I can settle it for you . ”
Xia Lei would’ve normally thought that what Ling Han had said was touching, if he hadn’t tracked Song Baicheng down before hearing it . He had seen Ling Han and Song Baicheng together, and knew that Ling Han was Mr Z . Xia Lei felt disgust rather than relief when he heard Ling Han’s offer .
Xia Lei still pretended to be grateful . “Thank you, Brother Ling . I am very grateful that you’re always looking out for me . ”
“Look at you, being formal with me again . There’s no need to be so polite with me . Now tell me, who’s causing you problems?”
Xia Lei fell silent before speaking . “It’s a person called Song Baicheng . I’m not sure of his background, but I’m guessing he’s quite high up in the ranks . ”
“But Song Baicheng is a stranger to you . How do you know he is more than he seems?”
“Even Fan Yiming, Elder Fan, from the Academy of Science, must listen to him . Do you really think he is a normal person?” said Xia Lei .
“What do you know about him?”
Xia Lei furrowed his brow . “Earlier, I had Tang Yuyan investigate for me, but she couldn’t find anything . Song Baicheng’s files were all encrypted . Heh, I owe Tang Yuyan a favour for that . Not only is my work incomplete, but I have a favour to return too . I’ve been pretty down for the last couple days . ”
“He must be powerful if even Tang Yuyan couldn’t dig up anything . Don’t worry about it . Leave it to me . I’ll look into it for you . ”
“Thank you, Brother Ling . If you can check, then I won’t refuse . If not, then it’s fine . The need for it has already passed, and the information isn’t as important to me anymore,” said Xia Lei .
“Hmm . Still, let me try . How about it? Let’s talk later . ” Ling Han hung up .
Xia Lei stood still, and stared blankly at his phone .
It was obvious why Ling Han had called . He was testing to see how much Xia Lei knew about Song Baicheng and the ZN Bureau .
‘If I told him that I know who Song Baicheng is, where the ZN Bureau is, and even that he’s Mr . Z, what would he do?’ thought Xia Lei . He couldn’t help but feel a deep doubt . Even with his superior intellect, he couldn’t be sure of the result .
But it wasn’t like he was stupid enough to tell the truth to Ling Han and the ZN Bureau .
‘Ling Han? Mr Z? Maybe they’re not even his real names . Who is he?’ His mind was spinning out of control, and his thoughts were all about Ling Han .
In the distance, Fan Fan emerged from the villa, calling from afar . “Mr Xia!”
Xia Lei snapped out of his trance and a smile appeared, just by the corners of his lips . He walked towards Fan Fan .
Xia Lei’s relationship with Fan Fan was kept a secret, hidden underground . The reason was simple . He and Fan Fan could not make their relationship public just because Song Baicheng had left . If they did that, the first thing Ling Han and Song Baicheng would probably do was to throw out Fan Fan's research report, then find a new bioengineering scholar to study his body .
The two Special Forces guards outside the villa kept a close eye on Fan Fan and Xia Lei . It wasn’t guaranteed that they hadn’t received secret orders to report on everything that went on in the complex, including the two of them .
Xia Lei was very cautious with how he should handle the situation before him, and asked, “Why are you looking for me, Miss Fan?”
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