Chapter 418: Li Yun’s Promise
Seeing Li Yun’s girl-like shyness, Ling Feng felt delighted inside.
So, without any further excessive thoughts, he hugged her and said, "Then I’ll be waiting for our next meeting, okay?"
"Sure!"
Li Yun nestled in his arms, feeling a man’s strong scent for the first time, she suddenly found herself in a whirl of confused emotions.
Ling Feng felt the same way; the two of them actually had reached the point where they couldn’t be separated, all that was missing was a suitable opportunity.
After embracing for a long time, Ling Feng finally said, "Right, you and Zhang Lan might have only seemed to get along on the surface, but after you go back this time, you two should really try to get along, okay?"
"And if we don’t?"
Li Yun lifted her head, showing a mischievous smile.
"If you two don’t get along, then I’ll have a big headache!" Ling Feng said with a wry smile.
Li Yun laughed, "I know, don’t worry."
"In a while, I’ll come to see you. You better wait for me!" Ling Feng raised his eyebrows playfully.
"You’ve said ’in a while,’ so you’re not allowed to follow me as soon as I leave tomorrow. That doesn’t count!" Li Yun, seemingly guessing what he was thinking, quickly added.
Ling Feng was speechless, so he could only nod: "Okay, then."
He had actually understood Li Yun’s thoughts, he just didn’t want to explicitly break it to her.
Moreover, such behavior and requests from her were completely reasonable, after all, Luo Nanlin was not dead yet.
While they were talking, Ling Feng received a call from Chen Ping and quickly answered, "Director Chen, missing me, aren’t you?"
"Missing you indeed. You’ve come back and headed straight home without even stopping by here. Have you forgotten who you are?" Chen Ping asked coldly.
Ling Feng chuckled, "How could I? I’m back to transport the Spirit Stones. We’ve mined so much recently that if we don’t deal with it soon, there’ll be nowhere to store it!"
Hearing this, Chen Ping’s tone softened slightly, and after a hum, he said, "Then find some time to come to Longyuan, I have something to discuss with you!"
"Understood."
Ling Feng guessed what he wanted to talk about but didn’t say it outright, just nodding his head.
After hanging up the phone, he turned to Li Yun: "Then I’ll head back first."
"Go on, I’m leaving tomorrow. I’ll come to see you guys tonight." Li Yun nodded.
After returning home, Ling Feng stayed for a while before driving to the county town.
Upon meeting Chen Ping and seeing that, though his face was stern, there was a hint of a smile in his eyes, Ling Feng couldn’t help but say, "Clearly happy, so what’s with the stern face?"
"Who says I’m happy?"
Chen Ping glared at him, then continued, "You come back from Demon Capital and don’t even report in, just heading straight home, such a lack of discipline!"
"Ah, but it was all for official business!"
Ling Feng chuckled and winked at Chen Ping, "Since I’m already here, you must have something you want to tell me, right?"
Chen Ping was taken aback and finally couldn’t help but smile, then said, "At least you know what’s good for you!"
Even so, he hesitated for a moment: "That top-grade Spirit Stone..."
"The Director wants one, doesn’t he? No problem!"
Ling Feng knew this was coming and before Chen Ping could finish, he readily agreed.
"Huh?"
Chen Ping thought he had heard wrong, looking at Ling Feng in disbelief: "What did you say?"
"I said it’s fine, I can provide our branch with a Spirit Stone," Ling Feng said.
"You..."
After confirming that he hadn’t misheard, Chen Ping was still astonished. He had thought he would have to spend some effort and even use the authority of his position as branch director to persuade Ling Feng, but the prepared speech and all were unnecessary—he didn’t need to use them at all!
So, for a moment, he was at a loss for words, not knowing what to say.
Ling Feng chuckled and put his arm around Chen Ping’s shoulder, "We’re all in the same boat, aren’t we? No matter how valuable that thing is, it’s just an inanimate object, right boss?"
Chen Ping: "..."
At that moment, Ling Feng flipped his palm over, and the Spirit Stone he had left appeared in his palm, causing Chen Ping’s eyes to immediately go round with surprise.
"Ling Feng, on behalf of our branch, and the headquarters, I thank you!" he said excitedly.
"No need for thanks, it’s the least I could do!" Ling Feng replied with a smile.
"For such a great contribution, the country won’t forget you!"
Chen Ping was still very excited, holding the Spirit Stone with both hands as if he was afraid it would fall and break.
Ling Feng just smiled, "It’s my honor!"
With the Spirit Stone handed over, there was nothing left to do, since everything that had happened in the Demon Capital was already understood by Chen Ping through internal documents.
Therefore, Ling Feng declined the offer to stay for dinner and left Longyuan.
On the way back to Shiliu Village, as he was passing through the town, he remembered Lin Xue and drove directly to the police station.
Before he could even park, he saw Lin Xue walking out, accompanied by a man who had a big smile on his face.
This person was Zhang Song, whom Ling Feng had seen during the blizzard. Ling Feng narrowed his eyes, got out of the car, and approached with a smile, asking, "Where are you off to?"
"You came?"
Lin Xue, who had been keeping a straight face, immediately bloomed into a smile upon seeing Ling Feng.
Ling Feng returned the smile, naturally put his arm around her shoulder, and said cheerily, "Just passing by, thought I’d check on you. Are you going out?"
"Yeah, Zhang Song said there was a disturbance at the town government; they needed me to go take a look!" Lin Xue nodded.
Ling Feng glanced at Zhang Song and noticed his expression became somewhat unnatural. Just before, he had been all smiles, but now his smile seemed forced and his face stiff.
Chuckling inwardly, Ling Feng ignored him and asked Lin Xue, "Why didn’t they have your brother go instead of you?"
"My brother has gone to the countryside, he’s not here!" Lin Xue explained.
"What a coincidence!"
Ling Feng smiled and continued, "Well then, I’ll go with you to see what’s going on!"
"You?"
Lin Xue was surprised, but she didn’t object. She nodded and said, "Alright, you seem to be free anyway, so let’s go together."
As they talked, they headed toward the town government, leaving Zhang Song awkwardly standing to the side.
Watching Ling Feng’s back, Zhang Song had conflicting feelings in his eyes but didn’t react; he just silently followed them.
The police station was not far from the town government; after walking a few hundred meters, they arrived. By then, a crowd had already gathered around the yard, pointing and watching the commotion.
Ling Feng frowned, having initially thought that the disturbance was a fabrication by Zhang Song to chat up Lin Xue. But as it turned out, there really was a disturbance!
After entering the yard, they saw several women sitting on the ground, crying and screaming as if the sky had fallen. They were yelling about something, demanding the town take responsibility and compensate them for their losses!
Ling Feng listened for a while but couldn’t make sense of it all. At that time, Lin Xue had already stepped forward, ready to mediate with the women.
However, even though they saw her in a police uniform, the women didn’t care at all and started cursing at Lin Xue!