A Million Possible

"Ren Yi? Why are you here?" Cheng Lin slowly took off his sunglasses and looked at the people coming down the steps with a little surprise.

I just talked to Liang Jing, but didn’t pay much attention. Until now, I realized that this is actually an acquaintance—Ren Yi, the chief "scientist" of Spiritual Land No. 16, and a student of Wu Mingxun, Dean of the Magic Capital Spiritual Qi Institute. , And even Cheng Lin's half of the "teacher", gave him a lot of advice in the previous few promotions and training.

Speaking of it, I haven't seen each other for a while, but I never thought that I would meet here.

On the long stone steps of Yanshan, Ren Yi did not wear her iconic white coat, but a long brown trench coat. The collar was slightly raised by the cool breeze, and the collar of a warm sweater was exposed on the neckline.

She tucked her hands in the pockets of her coat, and a pair of calfskin boots under her feet steadily stuck to the stone steps, stepping on half of the withered leaves.

"Business trip." Ren Yi's expression quickly calmed down, and then replied briefly.

Liang Jing on the side saw this scene and said to Cheng Lin very wittily: "I have something to do. You can talk first. If you have something to do, please call me anytime."

"Okay, thank you." Cheng Lin thanked him politely and sent Liang Jing away. Then he looked at Ren Yi and said, "On a business trip? Then this is..."

"After finishing the business, go around," Ren Yi replied, and then hesitated, "Together?"

"Okay." Cheng Lin readily agreed.

The two of them walked down together and soon came to the foot of Yanshan Mountain. Ren Yi came for a business trip. Naturally, he didn't drive. After thinking about it, they didn't even call for a car. They just walked silently along the nearby street.

Near Yanshan Mountain, because it is very close to the dignitaries, there are fewer people here and it is not so crowded.

At this time, the sky was still bright, but it also meant a little dark sky.

The two of them walked silently under the street trees and did not speak for a while.

"Why do you think of traveling here?" Cheng Lin finally asked.

He still remembered that the reason why Ren Yi went outside the pass and was successfully poached by Shen Shanjing was because he was squeezed out of the academic circle, and a lot of pressure came from the circle in Beijing.

So later, even if it was proved that her research direction was correct, she stubbornly never left Spirit Land No. 16.

This kind of stubbornness is also reflected in the Mid-Autumn Festival, when you have to give moon cakes for yourself.

Therefore, Cheng Lin was indeed surprised by her presence here.

"There is no way, some research results have been appreciated by the above. I am preparing to raise a special research team. There is no person in charge, and a'gold medal' has been issued. Who dares not follow?" Ren Yi put his hands in his pockets, no Look at him, his tone deliberately pretended to be indifferent.

Hmm... I don't know why, this tone seems a bit Tsundere...

Cheng Lin looked at her unexpectedly and smiled: "That's congratulations."

Although Ren Yi's attitude is relatively cold, he can tell from his words that this must be a major event.

The importance of the project can be seen by allowing the country to force her to come and lead and set up a laboratory.

This person in charge of a spiritual land in a province outside the customs, became the leader of an important project laboratory at the feet of the emperor, and the status of Ascension must be huge.

And the reason why she came here is probably not because of a simple order, she herself, presumably also has a certain will.

Think about it, too, what is the temptation for a researcher to have the opportunity to make a big project? Talents like Ren Yi shouldn't be held back in the 16th Spiritual Land.

I was criticized and squeezed out at the beginning, and I had to go outside the customs in a desperate way. Now I am invited back by the upper person himself.

Therefore, Cheng Lin's congratulations are sincere, and he is also very happy for his "half teacher".

"En." Ren Yi hummed a syllable from his nose, almost inaudible, and a very faint smile at the corner of her mouth disappeared. Then she finally turned her head and said in a complex tone, "Congratulations too."

"Congratulations to me?"

"Congratulations, you don't have to hide so hard." Ren Yi said with some sarcasm, deliberately accented, "Our master!"

Great master... It sounds like burying people...

Cheng Lin touched his nose awkwardly, and said, "You all know?"

"What do you think? The whole world will know about such a big thing at the moment after the projection is over, um...I mean the realm of cultivation, but ordinary people will soon have to know it sooner or later."

"Sorry, before..." Cheng Lin was interrupted by Ren Yi after halfway talking."Actually, I guessed a little bit earlier."

"What?" Cheng Lin was stunned.

Walking in the cold winter wind, Ren Yi stretched out his hand to pull off the high collar of the sweater: "I said, I knew you were not easy anymore. You really think that I have done a full set of physical examinations for you several times, and the data is abnormal. can not tell?"

Cheng Lin's mouth moved: "Since when?"

"The time you asked yourself about the kidney function rating."

"..." Cheng Lin choked speechlessly, saying, can we not mention kidney function?

"Then why didn't you say anything at the time?" Cheng Lin couldn't help asking.

Ren Yi looked at him with scorching eyes: "Why do you want to say? In contrast, I am more curious about who you are and when you will hide."

Well, it's really hard to guess a woman's mind... Cheng Lin sighed in his heart, and simply let go: "It's open now, are you happy?"

But never thought, Ren Yi tilted his head and suddenly said seriously: "I always feel that you still hide other secrets."

Seeing Cheng Lin stopped talking, she smiled to herself: "Don't worry, I'm not interested in spying on your little secrets... The main reason is that I can't do anything with your seventh rank..."

Isn't this telling the truth?

Cheng Lin was quite speechless, but he was not worried. When he burst out the first layer of own vest, he was ready to be open and honest.

The main reason for concealing some is to take it slowly, just like window paper, a little bit of moisturizing is better.

Everyone will feel pain if you stab it to the end all at once.

The two fell silent again, and then they saw a car suddenly stopped on the side of the road, and Ren Yi picked up the phone and shook it:

"The car I called, have dinner together? Maybe in the future, there is not much time to meet."

Cheng Lin showed a smile: "Okay."

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Sitting in the car, passing a small piece of capital through the glass window, the two of them did not speak any more, after all, they had to avoid the driver.

The journey was much longer than he expected. When they got to the place, the two got out of the car, and the sky was completely dark. Well, in winter, it was early.

As soon as Cheng Lin looked up, he saw a brightly lit building and blurted out, "Where is this?"

Ren Yi didn't know where to take out a small scarf, put it on, and said, "The theme park, today is Christmas Eve, it's more lively here."

Cheng Lin was stunned for a moment before remembering that today was indeed Christmas Eve.

...

A long time ago, everyone had their own festivals, and then they opened up, and the boundaries of many things would be blurred. Although Christmas is not a local country, it is still more lively in the end.

The theme park is European-style. The buildings inside are all imitating castles and the like. There are many trees and they are all decorated with colorful lights. Probably because of the festival, there are a lot of tourists tonight. Cheng Lin and Ren Yi are together. Together, extremely inconspicuous among men and women.

There are a lot of activities and stalls in the park, as well as shows. The two of them walked and wandered, and their moods improved a lot for a while, and the kind of estrangement was also reduced a lot.

"Look here," Ren Yi suddenly turned his head in surprise, "Santa Claus."

Cheng Lin looked over and found two Santa Clauses in classic clothes approaching, both dressed in fat and fat, without reindeer.

The hat on his head was soft, and looking at his face, it turned out to be a foreigner, but it was a pity that it was not sure which country it was from.

Carrying huge red pockets and handing out small gifts to people along the way, it should be the staff invited by the park.

Ren Yi ran over briskly and took back two free trumpets from Santa Claus.

The colored one, I put one in my mouth, puffed my cheeks and blew it, the curly horn stretched out with a beep, and then retracted again.

"This is for you." Ren Yi handed the other one over.

"...Thank you." Cheng Lin politely thanked him, standing in the crowd, holding this fragile speaker, wondering if it would be too naive...not in line with his current identity.

While hesitating, he subconsciously pushed the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, and then he also blew: "Beep--"

The mood is refreshed all at once.

After a silent laugh, Cheng Lin saw Ren Yi quietly looking at him and said: "You are coming back this time, should you plan to talk to the special management department? Have you made any plans?"

Is this the business?

Cheng Lin held the colorful toy with his fingers, pondered, nodded and said:

"Somewhat. Shi Shengcun made an agreement with me before...Well, the gentleman agreement. Next, it should be a deeper level of cooperation, each taking what he needs."

Ren Yi nodded, then said:

"On the one hand, your advantage lies in your strength. This is also the most intuitive, but it won't be what the Special Management Department needs... Before the international situation was tense, a seventh-level realm was naturally important, but now... I also get After I have some information, I know no surprises, and I may think that within a period of time, the pattern will stabilize..."

"You mean the headquarters is worried that I can't control it?" Cheng Lin asked rhetorically, playing with the little toy.

"I'm not the group of people sitting in the headquarters building of the Special Administrative Department. I don't know it, it's just a guess," Ren Yi rolled his eyes and continued, "But no matter how you look at it, your personal combat power is in the current situation. It’s not what the organization needs. On the contrary, there is a certain degree of fear. Well, given your position and performance all the time, you don’t have to worry too much. It’s just that you have to think more about it."

After a pause, Ren Yi continued:

"In contrast, your other advantage is more important, and that is the information you have. I mean the ascendant, projection and other things. Not surprisingly, this is what the headquarters values ​​most."

"so?"

"So, I just want to remind you that when you are negotiating, don't be stupid and say everything. Appropriately reveal some information to show your value, but don't strip yourself out and save yourself a lot. Anyway, they are too. Don't dare to force you, heh, you've been hiding for so long, you shouldn't be a stupid person, I said that you probably thought about it...anyway, I just mention it." Ren Yi said flatly.

Cheng Lin fell silent and asked, "Why tell me this?"

Ren Yi didn't answer, just looking at the bouquet of flowers lit by the lights in the distance, he walked over with a little joy:

"Let's go, there is a restaurant over there, I'm all hungry."

Cheng Lin looked at the back of his "half teacher" and thought to himself, is this a short-term protection?

...

...

That night, the two people did not have any further conversation on this topic.

It's just a simple meal, a simple play, and after witnessing the bell ringing on Christmas Day, he left with countless young people.

Waved, each said goodbye, and said "goodbye" to each other.

When Cheng Lin returned to Yanshan and contacted the people of Yisi, when he entered a residence on the mountainside, it was almost three o'clock in the morning.

Taking off his coat and sitting in a quiet room, Cheng Lin held a basket of "Ping An Fruits" bought from the park, and slowly ate it till dawn.

...

In the next two days, Cheng Lin did not leave Yanshan a step, nor did he go to a higher place. He just called He Shu and took him around the mountain.

Because it is winter, the scenery is naturally not as good as summer and autumn, but fortunately it is not too boring.

When sitting in the courtyard, Cheng Lin could also see the turbulence of the outside world from the faces of the staff of the first division. It would not be possible to complete the follow-up matters in a short time.

For this reason, he even made preparations for celebrating the New Year here, and thought that Shi Shengcun was afraid that he would not be able to spare time for a while. However, on the third day of his stay in Yanshan, Liang Jing sounded his voice. Door:

"The head of the department and the people in the ministry want to see you."

Liang Jing said.

Standing at the open door, Cheng Lin thought this was much faster than he expected.

...

...

Walking on the steps of Yanshan Mountain, Cheng Lin stepped up quickly.

The meeting place was on Yanshan Mountain, the simple and elegant Taoist-like building where Shi Shengcun lived.Liang Jing followed him and said nothing, but Cheng Lin could feel the weight of her eyes.

Soon, a vermilion gate appeared in front of him.

"Please." Liang Jing said.

Cheng Lin nodded, stepped through the door with a complicated mood, and then entered a clean courtyard.

The tree in the yard has withered and is bare, far less beautiful than the trees in the spiritual world, but it makes people feel at ease.

There was a wooden wheelchair under the tree, and Shi Shengcun sat quietly on it, with a small quilt on his knees. His clothes were casual, and he seemed to be in a trance.

The moment Cheng Lin came in, he withdrew his gaze and smiled and said:

"We met again. Sorry for the physical inconvenience, I originally planned to find you by myself."

"Your legs..." Cheng Lin's eyes moved slightly.

The latter waved his hand indifferently:

"After some wind and cold, it's not very convenient for the time being, but fortunately, my ability originally didn't depend on the body very much."

Cheng Lin tasted the word "wind cold" and said nothing. After that, he saw two other people standing under the eaves in the courtyard.

One of them wearing gold-rimmed glasses is another acquaintance, the deputy minister-level Xu Chu who is in charge of diplomacy in the exploration of the wizard projection.

At the moment, wearing formal clothes, looked over very seriously.

Beside him, there is another clerk, wearing a uniform with a small lapel collar and embroidered with a white circle on the collar, which means that he belongs to the civil service system and should also be a member of the special management department. He is carefully looking at him with curious eyes.

There are no "old man"-level figures...all considered young... Cheng Lin thought to himself that the minister of the special management department had not yet arrived, and it seemed that Shi Shengcun was still responsible for this matter.

As he was thinking, Xu Qu had already walked over, smiled and stretched out his hand, shook hands with Cheng Lin, and smiled:

"You should remember me? We met during the projection in Shudu."

"Minister Xu, of course I remember." Cheng Lin said, before moving his gaze to another person, Xu Qu quickly introduced: "This is the first secretary of the headquarters, Secretary Zhao, this time I will be responsible for the record work."

First secret...

Cheng Lin nodded. He has some knowledge about this position. He is not clear in other departments. However, in the special management department, he belongs to the closest person to the minister. Although it is a "secretary" position, he has great invisible power. This time it is obvious Come here on behalf of that minister.

Cheng Lin's thoughts flickered, and he exchanged a few polite words with each other, and then he turned his gaze on Shi Shengcun again. The latter folded his hands on the brocade blanket, and the wheelchair under the seat turned out of thin air. At the same time, a carved wooden door was silent. Open: "Please, let's go in and talk."

The room is very simple, there are not too many fancy things, the most conspicuous is a desk and a landscape painting on the wall.

What's more, it was obviously a coffee table and a few large rosewood chairs that were temporarily moved over. There was a tea tray on the coffee table, and a beautiful purple tea teapot was cooked on it.

"Please." Shi Shengcun came to the front in a wheelchair, and then invited three-pointers to sit down at will. Secretary Zhao filled up teacups for several people in turn.

"Take a taste? This year's new tea... just don't know if it suits your taste." Shi Shengcun smiled gently.

Cheng Lin was not restrained. Hearing this, he squeezed the cup, took a sip, and then laughed:

"I don't know much about tea ceremony. I can only drink it as a drink. It's a waste of good things for me, and I can't taste anything. It's quite thirst quenching."

He put down the empty teacup and said casually.

Shi Shengcun smiled and said, "Tea was originally to quench thirst."

After a pause, he suddenly squeezed his eyebrows, and said honestly: "In fact, this tea ceremony...I don't know how..."

Cheng Lin was stunned, and then couldn't help laughing, the atmosphere was a lot more harmonious.

Waiting for Secretary Zhao, who was smiling next to him, to fill the cup again. Cheng Lin did not passively wait to be questioned, nor did he get to the point. He just said: "I originally thought that I would wait a few more days."

Shi Shengcun smiled and looked at him with those translucent eyes, and said:

"Some things can be waited for, some things can't be waited. After I reported your incident, it caused a lot of disturbance. Well, considering the authority and other factors, I took this matter down. I just thought about it. , If you drag it any longer, I am afraid that Minister and Xu Qu will not be able to sit still."

"Oh?" Cheng Lin glanced at the somewhat embarrassed Xu Qu through the mist on the teacup, and smiled, "Then I will be flattered."

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ps: Thanks to the book friend "from the 20th century". I don’t remember how many times I won the prize...I’m really flattered.

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