Chapter 106: Cherishing Material Wealth and Disregarding Friendship

  In China, schools are generally a relatively safe place for people, and university students enjoy the treatment of ordinary cadres, receiving more social attention and protection, with counselors and department heads present, still on campus, Li's vigilance was not as high as usual.

  After discovering a loophole, Li Luyu became somewhat suspicious. The other party obviously didn't take the few college students seriously, so they let Li Luyu discover the flaw. Li Luyu believed that what they were going to investigate was not just a routine matter.

  It's not often that students sneak into the botanical garden, and they're not always caught, but it's happened more than once or twice. Why investigate others? Just investigate that one time when I was involved.

  That time, I met that woman in the botanical garden.

  Whether it's a guilty conscience or simply rational analysis, Li Luyu felt that there were some problems.

  Li Luyu initially took everything on himself, feeling that since it was his own idea, he couldn't drag others down with him. It was his responsibility alone, and they were unwilling to betray Li Luyu, but Li Luyu couldn't just shrink away like a turtle, or he would lose respect for himself.

  The more serious things are, the more one should take responsibility, this is Li Luyu's original intention. When that man in a suit said it was not serious, Li Luyu did not let out a sigh of relief, but instead felt that it really wasn't a small matter.

  "Li Luyu, you picked up the cane, which means you weren't just outside the constant temperature room, but had actually entered it?" The man in the suit's tone softened a lot.

  Li Rouyou hesitated for a moment and nodded.

  "Is it just you who entered, or are others also outside the constant temperature room?"

  "It's just me." This question is strange, isn't it the same situation? Li Luyu's answer wasn't to take responsibility, this is a fact, denying it is useless. There are five people here, can't they all be steel warriors under the baptism of revolutionary will? National security has ways to get to the truth of the matter.

  "Uh, according to Zeng Yin's recollection, that day he had an impression of the other four people, who were always in the office with him, but didn't have any impression of whether you were there or not." The man in the suit lowered his head, scribbled some notes, and then told Ma De and the others: "You can leave now."

  "If anything happens, call us." The four people from Madrid walked out and patted Li Luyu's shoulder to reassure him. Although the National Security Agency was formidable, this was Guofa University, and they really didn't believe that they would dare to take any legendary measures against Li Luyu.

  "Nothing will happen to Li Luyu, right?" Sun Yangqing asked anxiously.

  "What's wrong with Li Luyu being a troublemaker?" Qin Nan said nonchalantly.

  "It's too frustrating, how did we get tied up with Guoan?" Liu Ziyue didn't even smile, feeling very unreal.

  After the four people left, the door of the small conference room closed, leaving only Li Luyu and the man in the suit.

  "Li Luyu, you said your purpose for entering the constant temperature room was to pick up a bamboo stick. What did you pick it up for?"

  "Making handicrafts and giving them to friends."

  "Well, then you were in the constant temperature room, did you move anything else?"

  Li Luyu remembered the golden pineapple fruit, but he didn't move, it fell down by itself.

  He shook his head then.

  "Tell me about your impression of various plants and flowers in the constant temperature room." The man in the suit bowed his head to look at the materials, as if all the questions were prepared.

  "They all look good." Li Luyu knew that speaking too much would lead to trouble, so he kept his answer as simple as possible.

  The man in the suit looked up at Li Luyu with a high degree of vigilance and asked, "Is there anything that left a particularly deep impression?"

  What left a deep impression was the golden papaya tree and its fruit. Li Luyu glanced at the man in the suit, feeling his gaze through the sunglasses staring intently at him, clearly taking this question very seriously.

  "There is indeed something, but it's not a deep impression of the flower-like woman." Li Luoyu felt that he didn't have an obligation to keep secrets for that black-clothed woman.

  Director Qian confirmed the mysterious identity of that woman, and these people who came to investigate are also from national security. As a ordinary university student who just went to pick up a willow branch, Li Luyu had no interest or courage to get involved in these things, so he would rather stay away as far as possible.

  "So tell me." The man in the suit leaned forward slightly.

  "I saw a golden pineapple tree……" Li Luyu pretended to recall, while paying attention to the other's reaction. As he mentioned the golden pineapple tree, the man in the suit suddenly stopped fiddling with his pen on the table. "Its fruit fell down, I went to pick it up, but was stopped by a woman in black."

  "Oh?" The man in the suit stood up, "Do you know her?"

  Li Rouyu shook her head, "Then my classmates came in and she took the opportunity to leave."

  "Where's that golden pineapple fruit? Did she take it away?" The man in the suit asked somewhat anxiously.

  "I didn't notice, and I followed her out." Li Luoyu thought for a moment and said: "But she didn't make any movements to pick up things, she left very quickly, and I didn't see clearly whether she took the golden pineapple or not."

  "What does she look like?" The man in the suit walked around to this side of the desk.

  The man in a suit had his hand pressed on the table, with bulging veins and thick, powerful fingers, indeed not an ordinary person.

  "She's quite tall, with a striking figure, looking like a mixed-blood child, pointed chin, phoenix eyes, wearing a black suit. Li Luyu spoke vaguely, without mentioning the woman's most distinctive feature... the mole at the corner of her mouth."

  In case he runs into that woman again, she'll know he's spoken about their encounter, and he'll have room to maneuver, saying it was just a casual remark.

  No matter whether it was the mysterious woman in black or the national security agent in front of him, Li Luyu felt that he had no obligation or responsibility to cooperate with them wholeheartedly. He just wanted these two groups of people to completely distance themselves from his life.

  As for the woman in black, she seemed to be from some mysterious department and had a conflict with national security, but instead of communicating directly, national security came to find him in the hall. He didn't understand the twists and turns here and didn't want to understand either.

  "Is this the person?" The man in the suit took out a photo from his folder and showed it to Li Luyu.

  The photo was very blurry, just a side face, and it wasn't the side of her cheek with the mole on the corner of her mouth. Li Luyu furrowed his brow, "I don't know, it looks a bit like her, but there's no way to be sure."

  The man in the suit glanced at Li Luyu, expressionless, put away the photo, nodded and said, "You can go. Today's conversation must be kept confidential."

  It's finally over, Li Luyu left the conference room.

  "Is everything okay?" Sun Yangqing stood at the door of the conference room waiting for Li Luyu to come out and asked in a hurry.

  "It's nothing." Li Luyu naturally wouldn't speak out of turn, involving the matter with that woman in black. Letting others know about it would not be beneficial to them. Moreover, Sun Yangqing and a few others had also seen that woman in black, but these national security agents apparently hadn't investigated this matter.

  It's not that great, being all-powerful and omniscient. Does it even know when you go to the bathroom? It's nothing special, after meeting him, Li Luyu didn't find the so-called national security mysterious or intriguing at all, still far less than that mysterious woman.

  The department head sent two national security guards away, and the counselor criticized and educated Li Luyu and a few others as usual, then let them put down their burdens and not affect their studies.

  "They didn't study anyway, what's the impact?" An Zhi Shui muttered to himself, still resentful of the sarcastic remarks made by a few people in Madrid that morning.

  After what happened, I didn't have the mood to practice guns with Qing Ci and the beauties team. A few people gathered together, Qin Nan suggested going for a bath, washing away the bad luck, and thought that this was the bad luck brought by not bathing in time after coming out of the brothel last time.

  Dealing with national security is naturally unlucky, and everyone agrees.

  "Shall we go together?" Li Luyou asked An Zhi Shui.

  Although he knew that Li Luyu didn't mean anything else, but today the relationship between the two of them was exposed in public, and when Li Luyu asked like this, An Zhi Shui always felt a bit ambiguous, suddenly his face turned red, feeling extremely embarrassed.

  "What I mean is..." Li Luyu suddenly felt that shouting for the girls to take a bath was not quite right, and he smiled awkwardly. "The five of us went together, see you later, let's keep in touch."

  An Zhishui turned around and left, feeling a bit uncomfortable. She only had one friend, Li Luyu, so when he was in trouble, she wanted to stay with him and comfort him. However, since he had many friends, when it came time to make a choice, he naturally put her aside and went out to play with them.

  Yes, I'm just his ordinary friend, not that special kind. If he left Madrid and them to accompany me... what does it mean? It means I'm a bit more important in his heart, right? An Zhi Shui thought, feeling a little embarrassed, what was she thinking about? Why did she always want to be more important than others in Li Luoyu's heart?

  It's probably because he is a particularly important friend in his heart, and the reason why he is so important must be that he only has Li Luyu as a friend. If he had many friends, Li Luyu would definitely not be important at all!

  Thinking of this, An Zhi walked away with a huff.

  "Seems like you're angry."

  "If it were me, I'd be worried about my own man, but he's out having fun with his friends without a care in the world. It's so heartbreaking." Liu Ziyue pinched her throat to imitate a woman's voice.

  "Don't be so disgusting, okay?"

  Liu Ziyue said that, and Li Luyu suddenly understood An Zhishui's psychology. Although he knew this matter was not simple, but in fact, there wasn't much to it, so he didn't worry too much. However, considering how much An Zhishui valued her friends, she naturally felt that now was the time to have a chat with Li Luyu. But Li Luyu wanted to go take a bath instead, which clearly meant he was trying to brush her off. She wasn't very pleased about it.

  "Well, I'll have to leave you guys behind." Li Luoyu wasn't really keen on taking a bath anyway. After all, he didn't live in the school dorms anymore and didn't have any spare clothes or towels, making it quite inconvenient.

  "Get out! You value wealth over friendship!" Ma De kicked his foot to kick him away.

  Li Luoyu has already run away laughing.

  An Zhishui heard Li Luyu's footsteps catching up, and her heart felt a sweet joy, then she became a little nervous, quickening her pace.

  Sorry, the weather changed suddenly, I felt a bit dizzy last night and was in a daze all day today. Although I sat in front of the computer, my mind couldn't focus. It wasn't until this afternoon that I started to feel better.

  It's a cold again, headache.