The night before the college entrance exam results were released, I redeemed my Peking University ad

"We will report this matter truthfully!"

After Qin finished speaking, he stood like a proud swan.

I'm not easily intimidated!

The director, Lu Weiguo, standing nearby, frowned as he listened, unable to stop him even if he wanted to.

This girl is always causing trouble at the station, and today she's really gone and directly confronted the people sent from above.

But Qin couldn't stop. She looked directly at Secretary Li, her eyes frank, and added at the end:

"If you can't afford it, then please step aside, or go and wake Ji Bai up right now."

Secretary Li looked at the young female officer in front of him and had a good idea of ​​whose family she was.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have given in long ago after being pressured by his claim of "state secrets".

Instead of backing down, the girl turned the tables on him and took control of the situation.

Unfortunately, who is Secretary Li?

He came from the Council of Councilors and was specially assigned to be Ji Bai's chief steward.

Even if the other party may have a powerful background, he cannot forget his duty and mission.

"You're right, you're on a secret mission. I can't ask any more questions, and I certainly can't delay you."

"But my orders were: to arrange for Ji Bai to meet with you when it is convenient for him."

"He's not available right now."

Secretary Li paused for a moment, then added with a smile, "I will inform you of this as soon as Ji Bai wakes up. Until then, please wait here for a moment."

After saying that, he put on an extremely polite expression, as if the previous exchange had never happened:

"By the way, I wonder if everyone has had breakfast yet? If not, you can tell our colleagues that there are plenty of steamed buns and fried dough sticks."

After saying this, Secretary Li nodded slightly to everyone and turned to walk into the courtyard.

Anyway, the point has been made, and arguing further is just a waste of time.

Instead of wasting time, you might as well take a nap.

Secretary Li is also sleepy.

He went to bed later than Ji Bai last night and was dragged out of bed early this morning by these people.

These researchers are really good at causing trouble.

Qin stared at Secretary Li's back, his chest heaving slightly. He wanted to say something more, but Director Lu grabbed his arm.

"Alright!"

Director Lu gave a low shout and pulled Qin Ye behind him.

The people from the Seventh Institute stood there, looking at each other in bewilderment.

After a long silence, Liu Guodong sighed, "Let's wait."

Chen Zhe shrugged: "What else can we do?"

Qin didn't say anything, crossed his arms and sat down to the side, his face cold.

Time passed second by second.

I waited from six o'clock to seven o'clock.

I waited from seven o'clock to eight o'clock.

I waited from eight o'clock to nine o'clock.

As the sun rose higher, the shadows of the trees on the open ground in front of the research institute slowly shifted from the west to the east.

The people at the Seventh Institute couldn't sit still any longer.

"It's almost ten o'clock, and he still hasn't gotten up?"

"So many of us have been waiting since six in the morning, and we haven't even seen a single person."

"Exactly! A dozen or so people are hanging around here with top-secret information. What a show of arrogance!"

"I've been working in the military industry for over 20 years, and I've never waited this long to report to headquarters."

"The last time I went to the ministry for a meeting, the minister only made me wait for half an hour. Now, I've been waiting for more than three hours."

"No, what exactly did he do last night? Until dawn? Can his body handle that?"

"I don't know if we can hold on, but we're about to break down. What kind of mess is this?"

……

The group from Institute 7** complained incessantly.

No one looked happy.

Lu Weiguo couldn't sit still any longer.

The last time he waited for someone like this was many years ago when he was waiting for a leader of the FG level at the entrance of the Council of State.

I waited for almost an hour.

At the time, he felt that it was the longest wait of his life.

But now he realizes that it was because he hadn't met Ji Bai.

Liu Guodong, the head of the second section, leaned over and whispered, "Director Lu, how about I go and talk to that Secretary Li again? Waiting like this isn't going to work."

"Communicate what? Can he get Ji Bai out of bed?" Director Lu replied irritably.

"We have to think of a way..."

"wait!"

Lu Weiguo squeezed out a single word through gritted teeth.

"When?"

"Wait until he gets up!"

Zhou Yongqiang, deputy head of the third section, sighed beside him: "I'm just hoping that once this kid gets up, he can really explain the details of our project. Otherwise, this old man of mine might just have to give up right here and now."

"Confess? Confess what?"

Chen Zhe tried to find humor in his predicament: "We haven't even met Ji Shen yet, and you've already given up. What a relief."

"screw you!"

……

Qin did not participate in these discussions from beginning to end.

She sat alone on the far side, her back ramrod straight.

But as time went by, her expression grew colder and colder, while the anger in her eyes grew stronger and stronger.

Finally, she stood up abruptly, walked to the side amidst everyone's surprised gazes, took out her phone, and made a call.

"Hey, cousin."

"Xiao Ye? Calling me so early, what happened?"

A very pleasant female voice came from the other end of the phone, with a hint of languor from just waking up.

"Cousin, do you know Ji Bai's phone number? Send it to me."

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

A full three seconds passed before the woman's voice rang out again, her tone noticeably more tense, even carrying a barely perceptible hint of wariness:

"Why...why do you need his phone number?"

"Nothing much, I just want him to take a look at something."

Qin didn't say much, showing he was still mindful of keeping things confidential.

Although my cousin's status is not low, she is not in this circle after all.

My cousin works in the entertainment industry.

And it seems he interacted with Ji Bai not long ago.

Even now, Qin still can't figure out why his cousin would bother with that brat.

But now is not the time to think about these things.

"Cousin, I'm in a bit of a hurry. Could you send me his phone number?"

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, then a soft sigh: "Okay, I'll send it to you."

"Thank you, cousin."

After hanging up the phone, a message quickly appeared on Qin Ye's phone.

A string of phone numbers.

Qin dialed the number without even thinking.

The phone rang for ages, until she thought no one would answer, when finally a groggy, clearly sleepy voice came from the other end:

"Who... am I feeding...?"

Qin had been building up his anger all morning, but upon hearing that voice, for some reason, it subsided by half.

At least, they were genuinely sleeping; they weren't intentionally ignoring them.

Her tone softened a bit: "Ji Bai? I'm Qin Ye, a researcher at the 7** Institute. We've been ordered by our superiors to ask you for your help with some things."