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Li Jingtian never thought that he would see Lin Chen again in this way.
The moment he pushed the door, he almost thought his eyes were dazzled.
The ambient light in the attic was extremely dim, and the small chandelier on the ceiling shook slightly as he pushed the door. Li Jingtian looked at the man sitting under the chandelier, but did not immediately react to the danger here.
The reason is probably because Lin Chen's reclining chair looks too peaceful in the back chair, or it may be because Lin Chen rarely wears a pair of glasses, and the slender black frame is really suitable for him, with the warm yellow light. There was also his action of lowering his head and flipping through the documents, Li Jingtian felt a little impulsive for a moment.
Of course, he is always very impulsive, but he is also very restrained, so after he entered the door, he did not immediately slam the door and leave or say some rude words to put himself in a passive situation.
He looked around and quickly noticed that four professional 4K high-definition cameras were erected at the top of the four corners of the room. The attic originally had windows, but the windows were covered with professional studio black gauze, so that the This creates a subtle atmosphere here day and night.
Li Jingtian is very fortunate that he still maintains the good words and deeds of the son of an aristocratic family and a famous singer just now.
"Consultant Lin, I didn't expect us to meet again in this way. I thought you wouldn't come." He stood by the door, but didn't close it.
"Oh, that's just what you didn't think about." Lin Chen still stared at the paper in his hand, without even raising his head
"Consultant Lin, you are always so aggressive towards me." Li Jingtian said with emotion. He looked at the slender neck that Lin Chen showed when he lowered his head to read. Although Lin Chen looked like a tempting prey, he knew better that the other party was a seasoned hunter disguised as a prey. He immediately realized that his best choice now was to leave immediately. , and he didn't take a step here anyway, but when he thought so, Lin Chen raised his head.
"Please close the door, Mr. Li Jingtian."
Hearing Lin Chen's commanding tone, Li Jingtian smiled and said, "Are you restricting my personal freedom?"
Lin Chen shook his head, he pointed to the four corners of the room, and said, "As you can see, there are four high-definition cameras hanging in the four corners of this attic, and these four cameras belong to Yongchuan Satellite TV, Central News, CATV, and the world's largest The online video site Metube, of course, I have no way of knowing whether these media shared the video source with other radio stations. But now basically these four media will broadcast the whole conversation between me and you, so you can be conservative Estimate how many people are watching you right now... So say hello to the audience in front of the TV."
Lin Chen's voice was gentle, but Li Jingtian's back was chilled. He followed Lin Chen's words and looked up. The four cameras suddenly turned into countless empty eyes, and they were staring at him at this moment.
Although it was clear that Lin Chen was intimidating him to increase his psychological pressure, he was completely unable to move his feet because of these words. He thought for a while, and then asked, "Dialogue? Actually, it is more appropriate for you to use interrogation, since It's an interrogation, so I can also refuse, right?"
"Of course you can refuse, but first of all, it is very difficult for a person like you to find a better chance in this life to be in the limelight... Secondly, let me remind you that if you turn your head and leave now, this behavior will Does the audience seem very suspicious?" Lin Chen said.
Li Jingtian looked at the four corners of the room again, and he finally understood that in fact, when he walked in here, he had no chance to escape. He sighed and walked helplessly in front of Lin Chen and sat down on the opposite stool.
"Consultant Lin, you can ask anything, but I will wait for the flight, so I hope you can complete the interrogation as soon as possible."
"I understand." Lin Chen nodded, then fell silent.
For the first time, Li Jingtian felt that silence was a little hard, and then he found that the reason why he felt hard was because he was sitting on a very uncomfortable small square stool, while Lin Chen was very comfortable with his legs folded and leaned on the back of the chair. The distance between Lin Chen and Lin Chen is also very awkward. They are about two meters apart. This distance is not too close or very far, and there is no obstruction in the middle, which makes it extremely uncomfortable.
"Is it hard to endure the half hour just now?" Lin Chen suddenly asked him.
"Actually not, because I was packing my bags just now, so I think time flies by quickly."
"You want to remind me that your flight time is approaching, so let me not delay you too much?" Lin Chen asked.
Li Jingtian had never met such a straightforward person as Lin Chen, he adjusted his thoughts, bowed slightly, and said, "It's a little embarrassing to be guessed by you, but if you can understand my eagerness to go home, that would be great. "
"I understand." Lin Chen nodded, and to Li Jingtian's surprise, Lin Chen actually clapped his hands.
Crisp high fives echoed in the attic.
Not long after, the wooden door of the attic opened, and two people carried a long table into the house. One of them was the embassy attache Shen Chenggong who was responsible for his safety. Shen Chenggong looked at him with cold eyes and full of anger. Li Jingtian didn't know what tricks Lin Chen used to get the embassy to obey, but it didn't really matter, because he had the initiative anyway, and after sitting face to face with Lin Chen for a while, he gradually calmed down. Lin Chen was right, thinking that millions of eyes were watching him, he had a creepy excitement.
It has to be said that the person who knows you best will always be your opponent.
He felt that he was about to fall in love with Lin Chen.
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The elderly living in the Li Mansion in the capital of Xinni also found it very exciting.
But this kind of stimulation was not due to excitement, but due to nervousness. Looking at the picture of his grandson sitting opposite the Hongjing police officer, Mr. Li felt that all the blood vessels in his body were about to burst.
For the third time, he called Ambassador Luo Qiusheng, and this time, the call was finally connected.
At the moment of connection, Mr. Li shouted at the phone with all his strength: "Luo Qiusheng, are you crazy, why is my Tian'er in that room, you let him out, I don't care, you must let him out immediately He's out!"
"Sorry, Mr. Li, I can't do it." Luo Qiusheng replied calmly.
"You are betraying the country to seek glory, and you are trampling on the dignity of the country!" Mr. Li, who was far away in the capital of Xinni, threw his crutches on the clock in the living room. The clock sounded and the glass shattered. The old man resisted the urge to drop the phone and said coldly, "You don't forget who has been supporting you to take you to this position, how dare you tell me that you can't do it?"
"It's you." Ambassador Luo said very humbly, "You have always been kind to me."
"The kindness of knowing? Is that how you repay me for the kindness I gave you? That is the only grandson of my Li family. Why don't you just stab me to death with a knife?"
Ambassador Luo stood by the window with a rare sarcastic expression on his face. He said calmly, "I'm really sorry for Mr. Li, but because the 'door' is open, I can't refuse."
After Luo Qiusheng said that, there was a long pause in the phone, and Mr. Li even stopped breathing. After a while, the old man asked in a "what are you kidding" tone: "Are you? If you want to prevaricate my old man, you don’t need to find such a reason, let alone my grandson was framed for raping that Chinese, Sedum actually killed her, and the door system can’t respond because of such a big thing.”
"But the door really opened." Ambassador Luo Qiusheng recounted very calmly.
The phone fell into silence again inside and out. Mr. Li thought for a while, and finally seemed to make up his mind: "I want to talk to the 'knocker'."
On the other end of the phone, Ambassador Luo Qiusheng looked at the man standing in front of him, but did not agree to Elder Li's request immediately.
But the other party completely guessed what he was thinking, not only averted his gaze from the screen, but also extended his hand to him.
Hearing the breathing sound on the other end of the phone became more quiet, Mr. Li used honorific for the first time in countless calls today, he said, "Hello."
But the person on the other end of the phone didn't respond, not even the breathing rhythm. Realizing that the other party might hang up the next moment, Mr. Li made up his mind and hurriedly said, "I don't care who you are, but please I believe that Sedum is really wronged, as long as you let him go, everything can be negotiated!"
The person on the other end of the phone finally responded: "Mr. Li, what did I just say?"
"You... you didn't say anything." The old man said humbly.
"Since I didn't say anything, why do you think there is room for negotiation between us?"
"What do you want, you can ask for whatever you want!"
Xing Conglian had no sadness or joy on his face, no contempt or ridicule, and no emotion.
He said: "First of all, there are really not many people in this world who are qualified to bargain with me. You obviously don't belong to that category." Looking at the people sitting on both sides of the long table on the screen, Xing Conglian's eyes finally fell on On the long table in the middle of the room, he said to the old man on the other end of the phone, "And you should also know very well, in fact, if I want to deal with Li Jingtian, there are many ways to make life worse than death, but I have chosen the most honest one. means, you should be very happy."
After saying this, Xing Conglian removed the phone from his ear and hung up the phone.
…
There was something on the long table in the dark attic.
From left to right are a clock, a deck of cards and a square wooden box.
The wooden door was closed again, Lin Chen put his hand on the wooden table, picked up the deck of playing cards, pushed it face up, and pushed it sideways.
He said to Li Jingtian: "I have always liked Xinni's poker. Although it is not much different from the black, red and plum square poker that is commonly used all over the world, I always think that the suits of Xinni's poker are very interesting and enduring. Can't stop digging into the meaning of it."
Lin Chen drew five cards at random and continued: "I have read the book of Xinni Poker research, it is said that the designer of Xinni Poker was to commemorate the battle of the Red Sun, so he designed five sets of different suits. Among them, 'house' symbolizes home, 'people' symbolizes warriors, 'flying birds' symbolizes freedom, 'sunshine' symbolizes victory, and 'flowers' symbolizes heroic spirits. This kind of symbolism is something I have never seen in the gambling system of other countries. ."
Li Jingtian suddenly interrupted him: "Consultant Lin, do you want to bet with me?"
Lin Chen put the five cards of different suits back into the deck, then started shuffling the cards, and said to himself: "And I heard that in Xinni's speakeasy, there is a very interesting poker game, this poker game was born out of the most The original poker game, influenced by the game of pub knives and fingers, has evolved into what it is today."
Lin Chen said, knocked on the table, and asked Li Jingtian, "What color do you like the most, just pick one?"
Li Jingtian was stunned for a while, as if he suspected that there was something trapped in his question. After careful consideration, he finally replied, "Sunshine."
Lin Chen pushed the poker sideways again, he pushed out the deck with a golden sunshine A, and continued: "This game is very simple, it is mainly about luck, both sides of the game will play one of the 10 upside down cards from 1 to 10. Draw one, the higher number wins, of course, it's a little stupider than the game of size, and the interesting thing about this game is its wagering. The winner of each round can ask the loser any question, and the game stipulates that the loser must Answer truthfully, if you really don’t want to answer, you can only cut yourself with a knife to show your determination.”
Lin Chen opened the wooden box on the table with his other hand.
A short dagger lay quietly in the wooden box. Against the backdrop of black velvet, the blade of the dagger shone with dazzling silver light.
Li Jingtian laughed. He could hardly restrain the corners of his mouth, but he had to maintain an innocent attitude: "This game is too dangerous, we can compare the big and small, but can we not bet?"
"As long as you answer the questions truthfully, this game is not dangerous at all."
Li Jingtian shook his head, as if he felt that Lin Chen's proposal was a bit too much: "But how do we judge that the other party has answered truthfully?"
"It's very simple, all the audience in front of the TV and the computer can help us test all this."
Li Jingtian laughed dumbly, he pushed aside the wooden chair and stood up, his tone apologetic: "Although I think this game is quite interesting, but I do have to catch a plane, so I can't accompany you to continue. If possible, I welcome Consultant Lin to come here one day. Ni, I will meet you."
"Oh, I know you have to catch a flight, your flight will take off at 15:30, assuming you need to enter the security check 40 minutes earlier, plus the driving time from Xinni Embassy to Yongchuan Airport, 14:00 from the Embassy If you leave, you should still be able to catch the plane."
"But it's almost time." Li Jingtian tapped his watch, looking helpless.
"Well, there is still a quarter of an hour, enough to play five games and win three out of five games." Lin Chen said here, picked up the clock on the table, turned the clockwork, and adjusted the timer for fifteen minutes.
The ticking of the old-fashioned alarm clock immediately began to echo across the room.
Li Jingtian slowly turned his head and stared at the clock on the table, his face suddenly pale.
Lin Chen calmly said: "Come back, the door is locked and it will not be opened until fifteen minutes later. Of course, you can choose not to play this game, but the audience in front of the TV will definitely regret it."