Chapter 23: Stormy Weather (10) Flying Kite Net

  Jiang Baili smiled and nodded, "Being my student doesn't conflict with studying architecture. If I were to put down what I'm doing now and focus on teaching you, it's also not very possible. How about this? Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, after 1 pm, I'll be at the New Moon Society. You can come find me there after school on these three afternoons."

  "Alright! Alright! Everyone sit down! The dishes are getting cold!" At this time, Qin Keqing's mother spoke up. Jiang Baili and Qin Guozhong exchanged a glance, and Jiang Baili burst out laughing: "Brother Zichen, it seems that your days at home will be difficult from now on!"

  Qin Keqing's mother pretended to be displeased and said, "You're really something, Jiang Fangzhen! You can't even keep your mouth shut after eating! If you don't want to eat, then don't eat!"

  "Eat! Why aren't you eating?! Jiang Baili said, picking up his chopsticks."

  After three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes, Qin Guo Zhong put down his chopsticks and said: "Baili, what do you think about the things that happened a few days ago?"

  Jiang Baili glanced at Lin Aofeng and Qin Keqing, saying: "It's still the Japanese who are stirring up trouble. They've been wanting to use force against China for a long time, but they just can't find an excuse."

  Lin Ao-feng interjected, "The little Japanese are not yet ready, they will not take advantage of this opportunity to launch a war. Their purpose is to consume our national capital and provoke the Western powers to massacre marching students and workers. I have a premonition that an event no less than the Sha Tian massacre will soon occur."

  "This is absolutely impossible!" Qin Guozhong slapped the table and said loudly: "This is Shanghai, not Hong Kong. There are Americans, French people, in addition to British and Japanese people here. Are they not afraid of being condemned by international public opinion for creating a disaster?"

  Chiang Baili sighed and said: "A weak country has no diplomacy! What this kid says is entirely possible."

  "But now classmates and workers are all very enthusiastic. Should we remind them first?" Qin Keqing asked.

  "They will listen? If they would listen, today's events wouldn't have happened. Now we can only take it one step at a time."

  The story splits into two threads. While Jiang Baili and Qin Guozhong were worried about persuading the students, Zhang Kai returned to school and met Tian Lina: "Tian Lina, it's so late, why haven't you gone back yet?!"

  "I've been waiting just for you!" Tian Lina replied with a smile.

  "Wait for me?!" Zhang Kai's face showed a puzzled expression. Tian Lina nodded and said, "Yes! I have something important to tell you."

  "Take a look at the watch and said: "Now it's not early, you wait for me here, I'll go in and get something to send you back. We'll chat on the way."

  "Alright! You go ahead! I'll wait for you here!" Watching Zhang Kai's somewhat aged back, Tian Lina stood in place and let out an unconscious sigh.

  After about seven or eight minutes, Zhang Kai came to Tian Lina's side and smiled: "Did I keep you waiting?!"

  Tina shook her head and said, "Not for long. Are your things all packed up?!"

  "Alright then! Let's go!" Zhang Kai said, leading Tian Lina out of the college. As they walked out of the gate, Zhang Kai suddenly asked: "You still haven't told me what you were waiting for me about!"

  Tian Lina hesitated for a moment, then told Qin Keqing the things she was worried about one by one. After listening to Tian Lina's account, Zhang Kai suddenly burst out laughing and said: "Keqing is overthinking. This is Shanghai, not Hong Kong. Even if they are very bold, they wouldn't dare to take action against us in Shanghai."

  "What if they really make a move on us?!" Under the moonlight, Tian Lina saw Zhang Kai's complacent expression and sighed inwardly. Just as she was about to persuade him some more, three police cars sped by from the side. Zhang Kai quickly wrapped his arms around Tian Lina and dodged into an alleyway nearby.

  "Qin Keqing, it's getting late, you should head back! I can go back by myself!" Lin Aofeng stopped in his tracks at the crossroads, looking at Qin Keqing with a serious expression.

  Qin Keqing pouted and coquettishly said: "Don't! Let me accompany you for a little while longer, okay?!"

  Lin Ao Feng shook his head and said, "No way, it's really too late today. I'll wait for you at your doorstep tomorrow morning."

  Qin Keqing hesitated for a moment, pouted her mouth and said in a twisted tone: "Alright! But let me watch you leave. I'll go back after your figure disappears."

  "Alright! I'll listen to you!" As he spoke, Lin Ao Feng couldn't help but press his lips against Qin Keqing's cherry-like mouth. A flexible tongue instantly pried open Qin Keqing's mouth, and in the blink of an eye, their two tongues intertwined together.

  "Hmph, hmph" Just as Lin Ao Feng and Qin Ke Qing were embracing each other, a coughing sound came from behind them. Upon hearing the sound, Lin Ao Feng and Qin Ke Qing quickly separated, both of them instinctively looking in the direction of the sound. Qin Ke Qing's face turned red with embarrassment as she called out: "Mom!"

  Qin Keqing's mother smiled and said with a smile, "Alright, it's getting late! A Feng, you should head back early!"

  "Oh!" Lin Aofeng responded with a sound, and unconsciously glanced at Qin Keqing, saying: "Auntie, then I'll leave first! Keqing, go back and rest early, we'll see each other again tomorrow!" As he spoke, Lin Aofeng took a few steps back, reluctantly turned around, and quickened his pace.

  "Afeng, be more careful on the road! Call me when you get home!" Just as Lin Aofeng walked out of ten meters or so, Qin Keqin suddenly raised her head and shouted at Lin Aofeng.

  "Got it!" Lin Ao Feng heard Qin Keqing's shout, turned around and put his hands in front of his mouth, making a trumpet shape, and responded with a loud voice...

  As Lin Ao Feng's back disappeared from view, Qin Ke Yin's mother pulled Qin Ke Yin into her arms and smiled playfully: "In the blink of an eye, my family's Ke Yin has grown up! She's no longer that little girl who didn't understand anything. It seems your father and I have really gotten old!"

  "Mom!" Qin Keqin pouted and said coquettishly: "You and Dad are not old! I want to accompany you both to live a long life of one hundred years."

  After more than two hours, Lin Aofeng walked to the door of his house. When he was about to knock on the door, it opened. The butler saw Lin Aofeng standing at the door and seemed to have let out a sigh of relief, patting his chest and saying: "Young master, you're finally back?!"

  Lin Ao Feng looked puzzled as he stepped through the gate and asked: "He Bo, is something wrong at home?!"

  "The housekeeper replied: 'No! Nothing has happened at home. It's just that the master and mistress saw it getting dark, and you haven't returned yet, so they're a bit worried about you.'"

  "Ah!" Lin Ao Feng walked into the house and sat down on the sofa. Lin Guo Dong, who was sitting on the sofa, saw Lin Ao Feng's smiling face and roared: "You little rabbit, it's so late, you still know how to come back!"

  Lin Aofeng scratched his head, looking puzzled at his father and then at his mother. Cheng Xue Mei let out a deep sigh and said: "This afternoon the police station arrested several students and workers. Your dad saw that you didn't come back so late and was worried that you were caught!"

  "Cough! What was I worried about again!" Lin Aofeng walked to the tea table, grabbed an apple, and sat down on the sofa with a plop, eating while saying: "Dad, just put your heart at ease! Nothing will happen to me!"

  "It won't happen, it won't happen!" Lin Guodong roared: "When something really happens, it will be too late!"

  Lin Ao Feng put down the apple and said, "Dad, I know what you're worried about. But you can rest assured that I won't mess around with them! Moreover, I just became a disciple of Mr. Jiang Baili tonight."

  "What?! Lin Guodong was shocked to hear that his son had taken Jiang Baili as his teacher, and he jumped up from his chair, asking: "What did you just say?!"

  Lin Ao Feng tilted his head and said, "What's the big deal? I just paid respects to Mr. Jiang Baili and became his apprentice."

  Lin Guodong suddenly felt dizzy, his brain seemed to have exploded, and he lost his center of gravity, falling backwards onto the chair. Lin Aofeng and Cheng Xue Mei rushed to the side of the chair, Cheng Xue Mei anxiously asked: "Ziliang, what's wrong with you?! Don't scare us!"

  Lin Guodong slowly regained his composure, looked at his wife and said: "Xuemei, I guarded against it day and night, but still couldn't prevent it. It seems that Feng'er will eventually have to take that path."

  "What's wrong with that road?!" Cheng Jincheng leaned on his cane and walked down from upstairs with the support of his wife.

  "Grandpa!" Lin Ao Feng stood up and supported Cheng Jincheng to the edge of the sofa. After sitting down, Cheng Jincheng said: "Can't you see the current situation in China?! To avoid being bullied, one must have real power, and this power is having guns and people! The world is full of opportunities now, and most of my disciples are in the military, holding powerful positions. If Feng'er develops his career in the military, he can at least reduce his struggles by ten years, what's wrong with that?!"

  Lin Aofeng said seriously: "Dad, grandpa. Don't worry! I've talked to the teacher and we agreed that I'll continue studying architecture at St. John's University as usual. Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons, I'll go to Xinyue Society to study military affairs with Mr. Jiang Baili. The war will end one day, and when I return home, I can use what I've learned to build a new China!"

  "Good! Well said!" Cheng Jincheng tapped the ground a few times with his cane and said, "This is more like my grandson! Oh, right! Old lady, go to the house and bring that trunk sent by the child's uncle."

  After a while, Su Yingxue carried the box to the living room and put it on the coffee table. Cheng Jincheng patted the box and said: "Ah Feng, I didn't plan to give you this box originally. Since you are now apprenticed to Mr. Jiang Baili, there is no need for me to keep it anymore, take it away!"

  "Oh!" Lin Ao Feng took over the box and said: "Grandpa, grandma; dad, mom, I'll go back to my room first!"

  "Go!" After sending Lin Ao Feng away, Cheng Jincheng said to Lin Guodong: "Ziliang, things have come to this point and can only follow the natural course. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, we cannot support them for a lifetime."

  "Father-in-law, don't say anything more." Lin Guodong sighed deeply and said: "Since Feng'er has chosen this path, as his father, I should support him. Even if it means losing everything, I will still support him."