Chase Game

Li Qingping patted his chest and confidently guaranteed:

"Don't worry, old chairman, everyone knows I, Li Qingping, can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk or falling over!"

Ling Yi almost burst out laughing; this guy was really unpredictable.

Chen Yuyao was amused and whispered in her grandfather's ear in a tone that everyone could hear:

"Grandpa, Uncle Li is just an old drunkard, he won't listen to you."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingping pretended to be anxious and said:

"Nonsense! How could I not listen to the old chairman? It's not that I don't want to quit, it's that I quit slowly, gradually, and in an orderly manner, do you understand?"

Besides, the old team leader's smoking is far more harmful than mine; if anyone should quit, it should be him first.

Zhang Haiping sneezed in his office, feeling the day growing increasingly chilly.

"Heh, you two are the same!"

The old chairman had long known about the personalities of these two people, but he would just casually offer a word of advice whenever he saw them.

Li Qingping then introduced Ling Yi and Liu Hao to the old president, and they learned that the old man in front of them was Chen Yuquan, the former president of the Beiguan City Fugitive Chase Game Association.

Chen Yuquan greeted the two young men with a smile.

Ling Yi answered them one by one, showing that he respected these kind elders.

Chen Yuquan's gaze lingered a little longer when he learned that Ling Yi, as a novice, had managed to turn the tables on the veteran pursuers in his very first game.

After chatting for a while, Deputy Director Qian still hadn't returned. Ling Yi thought to herself, "Could this guy have run away?"

Little did he know that Deputy Director Qian was pacing anxiously in his empty director's office.

With the director absent, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go back. Of course, he didn't forget to make tea.

If you ask him why he's so flustered, well, you can only say he's feeling guilty.

Thanks to the old chairman's visit, Ling Yi also got to enjoy a couple of sips of good tea.

Deputy Director Qian was brewing a pot of oolong tea, also known as green tea, which corresponds to the saying "drink flower tea in spring, green tea in summer, green tea in autumn, and black tea in winter".

It was just past the autumnal equinox, and oolong tea is a semi-fermented tea, which corresponds to the "half" meaning of the equal division of day and night at the autumnal equinox.

Moreover, this tea is neither cold nor hot, and can eliminate residual heat in the body and help restore body fluids.

Lingyi's understanding of tea culture is not deep. She doesn't know which variety it is, but she knows that the brewing and drinking methods are very particular and it is called "gongfu tea".

However, if he doesn't understand, others do. He can just follow Chen Yuquan's example and learn from him.

One sip down the throat, mmm...

I didn't feel anything, so I secretly took another bite...

Ling Yi silently put down his teacup, admitting that he couldn't understand the taste of it.

During the tea break, everyone chatted, and Ling Yi learned why Chen Yuquan had come here.

Chen Yuquan had risen through the ranks to the capital and worked there until retirement. He was planning to retire there, but for some reason, he returned.

Chen Yuyao also transferred here, coincidentally to the same school as Ling Miaomiao. She can ask her younger sister about it when she goes back.

At first, there were only six people in the office, but as they drank tea, people kept coming in, all of them directors and deputy directors from various departments, ostensibly to:

Visiting retired leaders.

If things continue like this, it won't be easy for Ling Yi to leave anytime soon.

However, after finishing the tea, Chen Yuquan dismissed everyone and sent them off to do their own things.

Li Qingping greeted Ling Yi and Liu Hao, and together they said goodbye to the old chairman before leaving.

On the way back, Liu Hao was still driving. Liu Hao protested, and Li Qingping immediately grabbed the wine flask and took a swig.

Liu Hao then looked at Ling Yi, who spread his hands and said he didn't have a driver's license.

He was completely out of options and resignedly opened the driver's side door.

In fact, Ling Yi has a driver's license and can drive, but why should he do it himself when someone else can do it for him?

……

There is a Chinese-style villa in the suburbs of Beiguan City named "Youfeng Courtyard".

Although it is located in the suburbs, this place is nestled between mountains and water, offering a wide view and beautiful scenery.

There is a semi-open-air swimming pool in the courtyard.

A woman with a good figure is swimming on her back. She straightens her body and her long, fair legs swing up and down to splash water. Her arm strokes are smooth and elegant.

What's most amazing is that even when she's lying on her back and wearing a swimsuit, her proud breasts still stand tall.

The woman swam to the edge of the pool and stopped. Two equally stunning beauties were standing on the shore, one in front of the other.

The person in front, wearing a bathrobe and surrounded by several butterflies, was the "butterfly" who had previously tested Ling Yi.

The woman behind her has delicate features, but her eyes reveal a resolute determination; this woman is Bai Huan.

After adjusting her posture, the woman in the pool used the ladder by the poolside to walk step by step onto the shore.

The remaining water droplets slid down her shoulders and neck to her lower abdomen, flowing down like a small stream.

Seeing this, the butterfly uttered a sentence with great interest:

"Truly, she is like a lotus emerging from clear water, naturally beautiful without any artifice."

This lady is none other than "Hibiscus" from the Flower Garden.

Hibiscus ignored the butterflies and instead looked at the white ring behind her, asking softly:

"How's the matter going?"

Bai Huan stepped to the side, bowed slightly to Fu Rong, and replied:

"Everything went smoothly, thank you for the arrangements, Sister Furong."

"Hehe, don't thank me. You should thank the Lord and the Flower Master. They gave you the strength."

"Yes, it is a gift from the Lord and the Flower Lord. White Ring will remember it well."

"Go back now. Remember, from this day forward you are no longer the White Ring, you are the Mandala."

"Yes……"

Bai Huan bowed again before slowly withdrawing.

Now, only butterflies and hibiscus remain.

Furong walked to the shower room by herself, took off her swimsuit, turned on the shower, and the steam instantly filled the entire shower room.

The butterfly leaned against the frosted glass doorway of the shower room:

"Sigh...it's like forgetting the old love for the new."

The person inside chuckled softly:

"Public matters are public matters, and private matters are private matters."

"So, now that the business is done, it's your private time?"

"No, there's another official matter. What's the deal with Ling Yi?"

The butterfly's fingers traced the glass door as she casually remarked:

"Crow suspects that he was able to kill that idiot Li Fang because of the association's help."

Actually, he had only just entered the world of chase games and didn't even know what the association was, but he was later pulled in by it.

Furong pondered:

"I see... Another newcomer with some tricks up his sleeve. I wonder if he'll affect the master's plans."

The butterfly said indifferently:

"You're just like a crow, overthinking things."

Even if he's incredibly capable, he's still just a newcomer; at least he won't affect the plan ten days from now.

The showerhead stopped spraying hot water, and there was a hissing sound in the shower room.

A moment later, Furong opened the glass door, revealing herself wrapped in a pure white bath towel, and said softly:

"I hope so."

"So... is this your private time now?"

Furong smiled gently and said:

"Yes."