Chapter 317 Just Know
"I'm not worried about anything else in this mission. The only thing I'm worried about is Fan Xian's safety, so..."
Chen Pingping gave Mei Chengan a hint with her eyes.
Mei Cheng'an had almost learned everything he needed to know, and he had nothing else to ask, so he was very happy.
"Okay, I get it. If that moment ever comes, I will do my best to protect him."
Chen Pingping smiled with satisfaction and nodded.
"In this case, I feel relieved. Okay, I have nothing else to do. You can leave now."
Mei Cheng'an nodded, drank the tea in the cup leisurely and was about to get up, but Chen Pingping reminded him again with concern.
"You must not tell Fan Xian what I'm telling you before it's done. Keep it a secret, otherwise, something bad will happen."
Mei Chengan rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. I will keep my mouth shut until the matter is done, s...hiss~"
As he was talking, he suddenly remembered something funny.
Chen Pingping noticed his expression and asked casually.
"what happened?"
Mei Chengan waved his hand.
"Nothing, just speaking of confidentiality, it suddenly occurred to me that even if I kept it a secret from Fan Xian beforehand, after the event...
I didn't need to tell him at that time. With Sean's information, Fan Xian should have figured out what was going on."
Chen Pingping raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and for a moment he didn't understand what he wanted to say.
"So? What do you want to say?"
Mei Cheng'an smiled and spoke slowly.
"Have you ever thought about how Fan Xian would feel after learning the truth?"
Chen Pingping was stunned when he heard this, then frowned, and finally fell into deep thought.
Mei Chengan smiled and continued.
"Knowing that his entire life has been arranged, manipulated and played with, he must be extremely angry and furious.
In Sean's story, you are the one who manipulates everything. I don't need to tell you how he will look at you, you should be able to imagine it. "
Chen Pingping still kept his head down and said nothing. Only the white knuckles on the hand holding the black wood block showed that he was not at peace at the moment.
Seeing that he still didn't say anything, Mei Cheng'an exerted more strength.
“True and false, false and true, when the cornerstone of trust is shaken, all that is left is distrust and suspicion of everything.
At that time, all your care and love for him for a long time will probably be regarded by him as a deliberate plot with a purpose..."
"That's it!"
Chen Pingping's face became increasingly darker as he heard this, and he finally couldn't help but interrupt him. Mei Cheng'an immediately stopped talking and curled the corners of his mouth.
Chen Pingping lowered his head and kneaded the black wood block silently for a long time. After a long time, he sighed and spoke.
"Misunderstanding... let it be a misunderstanding. Since it is a mission, misunderstandings are inevitable. There is nothing we can do about it."
After a pause, he suddenly let out a long sigh, as if he had figured something out, and his tone became much more relaxed.
"It's nothing, actually. I'll just clear up the misunderstanding when he comes back. It'll just take a little more time."
Mei Chengan clicked his tongue twice.
"You're quite open-minded."
Chen Pingping smiled bitterly and changed his hand to continue kneading the wood block.
"What else? We were far apart when the misunderstanding occurred, and I couldn't explain it to him in person. I could only come back and talk about it later."
Mei Cheng'an curled the corners of his mouth, slowly stood up, stretched lazily, and looked at Chen Pingping.
"Actually, there's no need to go through so much trouble. You're out of reach, but I'm still here for you."
Chen Pingping was stunned when he heard this, and stopped pinching the wood block. He looked up at him and narrowed his eyes.
"What do you mean?"
Mei Cheng'an folded his arms, looked at him and smiled, treating him in his own way.
"You are so smart, why don't you guess it?"
"..."
Chen Pingping didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What a childish brat! Never mind. She didn't bother to argue with him.
Just now he just couldn't react for a moment, but after calming down and thinking about it for a while, he quickly figured it out with his brain.
"Hi~"
Chen Pingping's eyes lit up and he looked at Mei Chengan with inexplicable surprise.
"You mean..."
Mei Chengan laughed and shook his head slightly.
"Hey, I didn't say anything. Now that we've talked about everything, I'm leaving."
After saying that, he turned around to leave.
Chen Pingping suddenly became anxious and tried to keep him.
"Hey, hey, don't go, don't go, don't go."
Mei Cheng'an turned around and glanced at him.
"Is there anything else?"
Chen Pingping smiled very flatteringly, like a cunning old fox.
"Yes, yes, we haven't finished talking yet, sit down, sit down first, and then we can talk. Come on, sit down."
I expected his expression to change, but I didn't expect it to be so exaggerated. Mei Cheng'an sat down again, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Okay, okay, I'll sit down. Don't do this. I'm not used to it."
Chen Pingping's expression froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal.
"Look at what you said. I have always been like this."
As he said this, he glanced at the coffee table, reached out and picked up an orange from the fruit bowl and handed it to Mei Chengan.
"Come, come, eat oranges. My oranges are very sweet."
"..."
"Don't like it? How about a banana? Bananas are good too..."
"Stop! Please stop."
To be honest, Mei Chengan felt a little troubled by Chen Pingping's enthusiasm.
Reaching out to take the orange from his hand, Mei Chengan smiled bitterly.
"Alright, Dean Chen, there's no need to do this. You're not suited to this. Can we just talk it out?"
"..."
Chen Pingping's expression froze again, and then he laughed.
"Look at you, okay, if that's the case then I'll get straight to the point. As the saying goes, one thing should not trouble two masters. When the time comes, please..."
"Okay, I agree. I will find an opportunity to help you explain it to Fan Xian in time. Don't worry." Chen Pingping was overjoyed.
"really?"
"really!"
"really?"
"Guo, hiss~ Do you want me to swear to you?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Pingping quickly waved his hands.
"No, no, how can I not trust you?"
Mei Chengan rolled his eyes and threw the orange back into the fruit bowl.
"I can go now."
Chen Pingping smiled and didn't care, and gestured with his hand.
"Of course, of course. Please."
Mei Cheng'an shook his head speechlessly, stood up and walked out.
As soon as he reached the door, he saw Wang Qinian leading a man hurriedly walking towards the office, and Mei Cheng'an stopped.
Without waiting for Mei Cheng'an to ask, Wang Qinian spoke first with a serious face after seeing him.
"Master, something happened with Master Xiao Fan!"
Mei Cheng'an was stunned for a moment when he heard this and looked at the strange man next to him.
Well, it looks like I can’t leave again.
He sighed, turned around and went back to the house, and Mei Chengan sat down for the Nth time.
After the man reported the news to Chen Pingping, Mei Cheng'an finally figured out his identity.
It turned out that he was the secret guard responsible for protecting Fan Xian. No wonder he was wearing such inconspicuous coarse cloth clothes.
After listening to the report, Chen Pingping remained calm and asked casually.
"Everyone was knocked down?"
The secret guard nodded.
“Yes, when I woke up, little Fantis had disappeared. I have sent people to track him down, but there is no result yet.
Dean, should we send out people from all places? The enemy who kidnapped little Fantis is extremely dangerous, so we need to search the whole city for him!"
Chen Pingping thought about it, and suddenly turned to look at Mei Chengan.
"What do you want to ask?"
Mei Cheng'an was speechless. Here it comes again.
After listening for a while, he already remembered which plot it was about. It was about Fei Jie coming back.
The next step is just to ask about his appearance and the answer will be out. What's the point of testing him at this time?
Mei Cheng'an didn't waste any more time and asked the secret guard directly.
"Did anyone see what that person looked like?"
Chen Pingping smiled when he heard that and looked at the secret guard.
The secret guard turned to Mei Chengan, hesitated for a moment and spoke.
"Your Excellency, yes, there is."
Mei Cheng'an was a little surprised when he heard this.
"Yes is yes, no is no, why are you hesitating?"
The secret guard nodded embarrassedly.
"Someone did see it, but the description of the murderer looked like an ugly beggar, so..."
Mei Cheng'an laughed immediately when he heard this. The ugly beggar, Fei Jie, hahahahahahaha, you know what, he's quite presentable.
Holding back his smile, Mei Chengan took over his conversation.
"So you feel embarrassed to be knocked down by a beggar?"
The secret guard blushed and lowered his head.
"Your Majesty, it's clear."
Mei Cheng'an did not dwell on the matter any further and spoke frankly.
"Please describe the man's appearance in detail."
"Yes, the man was about fifty or sixty years old, with green eyes, a trough nose, untidy beard, slightly curly hair, beard on the sideburns, very greasy, and ragged clothes. He looked very slovenly."
Chen Pingping laughed after hearing this, but Mei Chengan was shocked.
“Is this what passers-by saw?”
The reason why he was so surprised was that the description was too specific and too professional, and ordinary people could not reach this level.
Dark Guard Road.
"My Lord, it's not the secret guards. It's the result of the three groups of members putting together what they saw."
Ah, it's for our own people to see, so that's fine, but...
Mei Cheng'an's face suddenly looked a little strange.
"When did the three of you, including you, enter the Overwatch Council?"
The secret guard was stunned when he heard this, not understanding what he meant by asking this. Before he could answer, Chen Pingping suddenly laughed.
"They are all from the Sixth Department. They train in secret all year round and rarely walk around the courtyard. In addition, Fei Jie is often away from Kyoto, so it's normal that they don't know each other."
Mei Cheng'an suddenly understood what was going on.
"Ah, that's true."
Chen Pingping looked at the secret guard and said.
"That person is Fei Jie, the head of the Third Office. He probably misunderstood that you were going to harm Fan Xian, so he attacked you. Withdrew all the people."
"Yes!"
The secret guard retreated in response.
Mei Cheng'an looked at Chen Pingping.
"Is Master Fei worried about his beloved disciple and rushed back from Northern Qi? That's not right. How did he know about something that was just decided today? He is a prophet."
Chen Pingping's eyes flashed.
"If you want to know, why not just ask him in person?"
Mei Chengan pretended to be curious.
"Didn't the secret guard say that he and Fan Xian disappeared? Do you know where he is?"
Chen Pingping smiled mysteriously.
"I just happened to know. Come on, push me over there."
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(End of this chapter)
