Free Web NovelChapter 1066: Chapter 527: A Lifelong Matter? Probing Military Intelligence
Ever since we got in the car just now,
Lin Zimo had basically stayed silent the whole time.
Obviously, she was worried about her friend.
So now, she froze for a second before finally asking,
"Mr. Luo, can I answer this call?"
She blinked her big eyes at him.
Her beautiful eyes were full of hope.
Luo Fei just smiled it off.
"Of course you can."
Seeing Luo Fei agree,
Lin Zimo finally picked up the phone.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"Zimo, it’s me, Auntie Song~"
Hearing it was Su Jianfan’s mother,
Lin Zimo gave Su Jianfan a slightly surprised look.
He also saw the confusion on her face.
Su Jianfan hurriedly waved his hand to prove his innocence.
Lin Zimo also knew
that with Su Jianfan’s personality, there was almost no way he would willingly have his mother contact her on her own.
So she could only try to calm herself down a little,
then speak.
"Oh, Auntie Song, it’s you. It’s just... how did you suddenly think of calling me? I really am a bit surprised."
She could tell Lin Zimo sounded a little embarrassed.
There was a hint of awkwardness in her tone.
Song Yulan hurriedly explained as well.
"It’s nothing, Miss Lin."
"I was just curious, how is your blind date with Su Jianfan going? Are you satisfied with him?"
So it turned out Song Yulan had specially called because she’d noticed
that these past few days, Su Jianfan barely asked Lin Zimo out, and had been working overtime nonstop.
Whereas Lin Zimo instead had been going out with Luo Fei quite often.
This piqued Song Yulan’s curiosity.
Once she understood the woman’s intention,
Lin Zimo quickly said,
"Auntie Song, so you’re the one who called the station before?"
Song Yulan still refused to admit it at this moment.
"Not really, I just mentioned to Old Han that my son’s lifelong happiness is very important. So for the next while, they should try not to make him work overtime."
"They should do more on their end so that Su Jianfan won’t be so busy..."
But although Song Yulan phrased it tactfully,
what she said basically already counted as admitting her thoughts and intentions.
This left Su Jianfan both amused and exasperated.
"Mom, you’re being ridiculous."
"I’m in the tech department; Old Han and the others are in charge of field investigation. There’s no way they can do my job for me in the first place."
But just hearing her son’s voice,
Song Yulan immediately sounded like she’d been caught doing something wrong, suddenly a bit flustered.
"Oh, Su Jianfan, so you’re with Miss Lin?"
"Yeah, we’re on our way to visit her school, and ask if any of her classmates might be suspects in this case."
Reminded like this by Su Jianfan, she suddenly didn’t know what to do.
"I understand, Jianfan. Then you spend some time building up your relationship with Miss Lin. I’ll call again later. I won’t disturb you two for now."
Just hearing his mother’s intentions made him break out in a cold sweat.
At this point he had no idea what to do.
Su Jianfan couldn’t help feeling even more awkward.
Seeing that he seemed a bit at a loss,
Lin Zimo comforted him.
"It’s okay, Su Jianfan. I think your mom isn’t just worried about you. She’s probably also trying to make conversation because she’s afraid that after she and Old Zheng divorced, it would affect your relationship with her."
"How could it? I’ve always gotten along fine with her."
But even though that’s what Su Jianfan said,
his expression was clearly a little off.
In fact, he himself understood deep down.
He knew that his relationship with Song Yulan was just so-so.
Especially at home, he’d always seemed closer to Old Zheng.
Now that they were divorced, it was only natural for Song Ruolan to feel a sense of crisis.
Almost at the same time,
Luo Fei had already dialed Lan Gang’s number.
"Director Lan, how have you been lately?"
"Mr. Luo, don’t worry. Didn’t you tell our tech guys to keep an eye on those undercover agents who went to Myanmar? They’ve already gone deep into the enemy’s turf. A lot of them have become bodyguards over there. Because they’re so capable, they’ve already started taking on jobs. It’s just that if they want to earn the snakeheads’ trust, it’s probably going to take some more time."
Hearing Lan Gang answer like this,
with a somewhat excited tone,
Luo Fei just smiled.
"Director Lan, that’s not what I’m asking about. I trust your work, not to mention that Ah Cheng is still under our supervision now."
"What I wanted to ask is whether you have any people to spare. I’m a bit short-handed over here."
Then,
Luo Fei explained his thoughts to him.
After learning what case Luo Fei was investigating,
Lan Gang’s eyes practically lit up on the spot.
"Mr. Luo, so that’s what’s been bothering you?"
He could hear that Lan Gang was a little surprised,
with a hint of sudden realization in his voice.
Luo Fei also smiled.
"Yeah, Director Lan. I really do hope I can get your help. After all, I only have so many people under me; they can’t possibly visit dozens of students’ homes at once. I just don’t know if you’d be willing."
He could hear the probing note in Luo Fei’s tone,
clearly hoping he’d actively cooperate with the investigation.
Lan Gang neither confirmed nor denied it at first.
"Don’t worry, Mr. Luo, no problem. Leave this to me."
In that moment,
Lan Gang was actually a bit excited.
He could also hear the expectation in the other man’s voice.
Luo Fei said very seriously,
"Director Lan, then I really have to thank you."
"No need, Mr. Luo. If anything, I should be thanking you. Our station’s been riding your coattails the last few times, and our reputation just keeps growing. So this time, I’ll treat it as paying you back for all that."
