Then he carefully placed the painting into a cardboard box, bent down and carried the flat cardboard onto the truck, and the courier got on the truck to deliver the goods.
…
When Qiao Nian returned to the hotel, Ji Lin and Mo Xi had just come to the hotel to look for her.
The two were standing at the door of Qiao Nian's room, at a loss as to what to do.
The elevator in the corridor made a ding sound. Ji Lin turned his head and looked back. Seeing her coming out of the elevator, he hurriedly went to greet her: "Miss Qiao, where have you been?"
Qiao Nian frowned when he saw the two of them, then he swiped his card to open the door and replied nonchalantly, "I went out to do something."
Ji Lin was obviously stunned.
Qiao Nian had already opened the door and went in.
He followed Mo Xi into the room.
"We came to look for you, but we knocked on the door and found no one there. We were just thinking about calling you, and then you came back." Mo Xi said with a smile.
He understood Qiao Nian better than Ji Lin did. He knew that Qiao Nian was independent and often did his own things.
So he didn't think too much about it.
He explained to Qiao Nian, and when he saw the girls walked to the refrigerator without paying much attention, he opened the door and turned around to ask them, "Would you like some water?"
Mo Xi was very polite: "I want a bottle of mineral water."
Ji Lin and Qiao Nian were not particularly familiar with each other, so he did not dare to ask for water like him. His handsome face showed a slightly uncomfortable expression, and he shook his head and said, "I don't want any."
Qiao Nian took out two bottles of water, threw one to Mo Xi, and walked towards the single sofa with a can of Coke.
At the same time, he asked them briefly: "Why do you come to see me so early in the morning?"
Mo Xi and Ji Lin looked at each other.
"…It's nothing serious." Ji Lin spoke first: "I heard that Miss Qiao is going to attend Nie Qixing's birthday party?"
Qiao Nian sat down and drank a sip of Coke. Hearing this, he raised his eyelids slightly, feeling a little lazy and not wanting to talk: "Yeah."
Seeing that she was indeed planning to attend Nie Qixing's birthday party, Ji Lin frowned and said, "This Nie Qixing is not outstanding in the Nie family. He has not been involved in the core industries of the Nie family and has always focused on academics. Moreover, he is not even a member of the hidden family..."
You must know that Nie Qingru is the noble Queen of the hidden family. Everyone in the Nie family enjoys the benefits, and the main members of the Nie family have a very high status in the hidden family.
But this Nie Qixing is rarely associated with the word "secluded family". He looks ordinary, even a little common.
Of course, what he considered ordinary was his identity and background, not Nie Qixing’s achievements as a person!
Nie Qixing's achievements in atomic energy can be considered top-notch.
But so what
Having seen the existence of hidden families, independent states, and illegal areas, who would take "successful people" and "talents" in the ordinary sense seriously
He didn't understand why Qiao Nian traveled all the way to Country M to attend such a person's birthday, and even Wang Ye accompanied her to make trouble...
Ji Lin came back to the point and thought about the purpose of coming here today: "But this Nie Qixing's birthday invitation is not easy to get."
"He only invited relatives, friends and people he knew well."
"If we go, it will be hard to sneak in. It will easily arouse their suspicion!"
This is exactly why Ji Lin did not agree to attend this Lao Shexing’s birthday party. It would easily alert the enemy and expose their whereabouts in Country M.
Ji Lin looked at Qiao Nian steadily and asked her solemnly, "Miss Qiao, are you sure you must go?"
(End of this chapter)