Chapter 226: Island in the Lake
The Jin family is a family-oriented family. Even though the three brothers Jin Bai have different jobs and spend most of their adult lives in different cities, their affection for each other has not diminished at all because of the distance. The same is true for the third generation of the Jin family. Although Jin Yang only returns to City B to meet Jin Nan and Jin Yu during festivals every year, the three of them are closer than many siblings and there is no estrangement at all.
To Jin Yang and Jin Yu, Jin Nan, who was much older than them, had always been like a father to them since they were little. He loved them even more than their parents, but he was also strict when necessary. When they were little, Jin Yang and Jin Yu loved and feared this elder brother, and they respected him even more than their grandfather.
There was no way. Jin Yu had been very naughty since she was a child. When other little girls were playing house with dolls, she would climb trees to catch birds, go to the river to catch fish, tease cats and dogs, play tricks on monkeys, jump up and down, and dare to do anything. She was not afraid at all. She was also born a little smart, with a sweet mouth like honey. Whenever she got into trouble and the elders wanted to teach her a lesson, Jin Yu would act like a spoiled child and make excuses. The elders loved her very much, so she could always get around it with a few words.
However, this approach didn't work in front of Jin Nan. With just one look, he knew who Jin Yu had been with, where she had been, what she had done, what she wanted to hide, and even her inner thoughts. He would always expose her and punish her mercilessly. In this case, it would be strange if Jin Yu wasn't afraid of him. Although Jin Yang was obedient and well-behaved at that time and never followed his cousin to cause trouble, Jin Nan was much gentler to him. However, seeing Jin Yu, who was very powerful in his eyes, being defeated in front of Jin Nan again and again and being taught a lesson, it is easy to imagine what impression Jin Nan would leave on him.
At that time, when Jin Yu found that his eldest cousin was more tolerant of his second cousin , he tried to use the good boy Jin Yang as a shield. Unfortunately, little Jin Yang was small and timid, so simple that he couldn't even lie. When he was helping Jin Yu to cover up, he panicked and was at a loss when he saw Jin Nan, with a look on his face saying "I'm sorry, I'm lying, I'm doing bad things", and then he was punished together with Jin Yu.
Although Jin Yang is now an adult with rich experience and a calm personality, his deep awe for Jin Nan has not diminished much.
Jin Yang's face turned pale when he suddenly heard this on the phone. He stammered, "What, what friend?" After he finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself. Even he could hear the guilt in his tone.
"Let me think...his name is Gu Yuan, right?" Jin Nan said slowly on the phone.
Jin Yang was silent for a moment, then asked, "...Brother, how did you know?"
"I have something to talk to him about." Jin Nan did not explain the source of his information, but said directly: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to disturb him rashly. I would like to ask you to help arrange a meeting."
——So, he not only knew that "Gu Yuan" was back, but also that they had bought a new house and moved in? But did he really know Rong Yuan's identity, or was he just deceiving him? How much of Rong Yuan's secrets did he know?
"...I can only ask him if he has time for you." Jin Yang did not agree , but only gave an ambiguous reply. He hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help asking: "Brother, did you send someone to monitor me?"
It can't be said to be "surveillance". Perhaps a more comfortable way of saying it is that his family was worried about his safety, so they arranged for someone to protect him and report his actions - it would be too easy to do this because there were too many people in his company who would be dispatched by Jin Nan and others without a doubt.
Employment for veterans has always been a big problem. Due to the lack of necessary skills and knowledge, many of them can only choose jobs such as security guards, bodyguards, fitness coaches, and bar thugs after retirement. Most of them are just jobs for their youth, and getting a job with better pay depends on connections. As for those who are injured, disabled or sick, various preferential policies cannot fully take care of all aspects of their lives. It can only be said that they are not particularly bad.
Jin Yang often heard his elders discuss these issues since he was very young, and he also felt the misfortune and pain of some of them. Therefore, after Yuanyang Company gradually grew, he recruited a large number of veterans as employees of the company - although Yuanyang is known as a high-tech company, in fact, many basic jobs can be taken over by people with normal IQ after training. Even if the veterans are not outstanding like the king of soldiers, they are far superior to ordinary people in terms of discipline, restraint, sense of mission, responsibility, organizational ability and psychological quality. Their joining has improved the atmosphere and production capacity of the company to varying degrees. In addition to the relationship with his uncle Jin Song, many soldiers are now directly introduced as soon as they retire, including some of Jin Nan's old subordinates, and it is reasonable for them to be driven by him.
But Jinnan said, "I don't need anyone to monitor me." He paused, then said, "I'm watching you now."
Jin Yang looked up in surprise, only to see Jin Nan standing downstairs of his house. When he saw him looking over, he calmly hung up the phone.
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"So... when you were racking your brains to fool your brother on the phone, you had already exposed everything on your face without any preparation, and you didn't realize that he was looking at you?" Rong Yuan asked slowly.
"well……"
Jin Yang sighed and frowned. He thought he was already a seasoned businessman, but Jin Nan easily defeated him. The most important thing was that his brother did not deliberately trick him, but just did it for the sake of convenience. Fortunately, Jin Nan did not say much afterwards, otherwise he did not know how much he would have revealed.
In fact, he couldn't figure out what Jin Nan knew.
He looked at Rong Yuan, knowing that he didn't like dealing with people and didn't want to expose himself, so he said, "I'll try to stop him if I can, but...what are you going to do?" He knew that if Jin Nan really wanted to do something, he couldn't stop him at all, unless he wanted to break up with his family. So now, Rong Yuan's thoughts were crucial, and if it really didn't work, he could only change his identity or go back to the laboratory.
Jin Yang didn't know that Rong Yuan didn't have any camouflage clothes on him now, so it was impossible for him to change his face as easily as he changed clothes before. Amirida did have one, but it was a prop used to disguise her as an ordinary earthling. Once it was taken off, the truth that the girl was an alien would be exposed.
But Rong Yuan was not nervous or worried. Even without the Merit Book, his gradual mastery of string power and Noah's assistance were enough to keep him invincible no matter what situation he faced. After seeing the wider world, his mentality had changed. Now he was no longer the boy who could only hide himself and accumulate strength. Even if his identity was exposed to the whole world, he was not afraid, but just thought it was troublesome.
Moreover, in the few times they met, he did not have a bad impression of Jin Nan, so he also wanted to hear what this person with a high merit value wanted to say.
So he casually said, "Just meet, it will save you from embarrassment."
As for what to do after the meeting, it depends on the situation.
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The drizzle falls on the green lotus leaves, and the clicking sound has a pleasing rhythm.
After seeing off Jin Yang, who kept looking back and wanted to stay, Rong Yuan walked towards the meeting place with an umbrella and a smile on his lips.
The place designated by Jin Nan is very interesting, but it also means a dangerous signal to Rong Yuan.
The meeting place was in a relatively remote free park in City A. There was a small artificial pavilion on the open lake, and there were long wooden bridges connecting the four directions: east, west, south, and north. If it were normal, there would probably be some tourists coming and going on the bridge, and there would be many people sitting or standing in the pavilion to rest, and there might be garbage thrown on the stone benches and on the ground. But today it rained all day since early morning, and there were gusts of cool wind, and the air was cold and damp. In this kind of weather, there were not many people on the street, and naturally no one would come to this pavilion that was not famous, had no scenery, and was ventilated on all sides.
So now Rong Yuan is the only one walking on the bridge.
——No tourists means no one to disturb you; the pavilion is uncovered on all sides, and everything inside will be seen by anyone who is willing to observe; the surrounding terrain is open, and anyone can be seen clearly from any direction, so any ambush will be discovered immediately; the distance from the pavilion to the shore is very far, and the wind is unpredictable, so even the best sniper cannot guarantee a hit in such an environment; in rainy weather, satellite cameras are useless, but many cameras have been installed on the shore of the small lake. However, due to distance issues, the pavilion in the center of the lake is not within the coverage of the cameras.
He knew that maybe he was overthinking it, maybe Jin Nan just casually created an environment that was very suitable for showing off. But a person like him would not make random choices without purpose.
So does this place imply that Jin Nan actually knows more than he expected?
So what is the purpose of this meeting?
The wet wooden planks made a "crunching" sound under his feet. Rong Yuan walked alone with an umbrella, which looked like a classic martial arts hero. However, if someone else saw him, they would think that he was just asking for trouble by coming out to stroll around in such a cold weather. There was another person in the pavilion, who looked like he had been waiting for a long time, but he did not show any impatience. His expressionless face and pale complexion made people feel that he was very cold. Hearing the sound, the person looked up.
It was Jin Nan who once used the pseudonym Wang Wenzhong to protect his safety.
Rong Yuan nodded as a greeting, walked into the pavilion, folded his umbrella, shook off the rain on it, leaned it against the railing of the pavilion, then sat down opposite Jin Nan and looked at him.
Jin Nan's face was gentle, and he stared at him with a kind of frank curiosity as if he saw him for the first time, and with an inexplicable look. He stared for a moment, and suddenly said: "I thought Yangyang would come with us." - He would not ignore the mixed worry and avoidance on Jin Yang's face when he saw him.
"That's what he thought, but I asked him to go back." Rong Yuan looked relaxed. He raised his eyebrows lazily and said, "Isn't it just me you want to see?"
"That's right." Jin Nan chuckled, then said, "It's been a few years since we last met, and you didn't even say hello. You didn't forget how to call me, did you, Rong Yuan?"
Rong Yuan's eyelashes trembled slightly, he neither denied nor spoke.
The whole world knows that "Dr. Rong" is a super homebody, and he has left the laboratory only a few times in the past few years. Moreover, Dr. Rong is already 24, almost 25, while Rong Yuan looks like he is less than 20 years old. The height, weight, age difference and other factors make the two people very different, so even if some people see that they look similar, no one really thinks they are the same person.
But Jin Nan was not guessing or bluffing, he was very sure and seemed very interested in explaining the whole story to Rong Yuan.
The young man said, "If I had never seen you before, I might have been fooled by your double in the lab like everyone else. But once I've seen you once, I wouldn't have made a mistake, even if you were twins. So, when I saw that guy in the lab three and a half years ago, I knew that even though he looked alike, he was not you - the look in the eyes was too different. I wondered why others couldn't tell the difference."
"But you didn't tell anyone else." Rong Yuan said lightly.
"No need." Jin Nan said, "No matter who it is, the results of the laboratory are real. What good will it do for Sugar Country to expose you? I just didn't expect you to be away for so long."
"Then why are you looking for me now?" Rong Yuan asked.
"Because some problems have reached the point where they must be dealt with." Jin Nan's attitude was always gentle, but there was a firmness in his tone.
Rong Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "For example?"
"crow."
