I Really Didn't Want To Make A Lot Of Money

Chapter 7 First Contact

Chen Ling cooperated with the investigation at the JING Procuratorate, and it was already noon when it was over. Taier invited him to lunch, and Chen Ling was not welcome, and went to the local rotisserie for a meal: bread sticks, kebabs, ice cola.

Lao Li was guilty, his kneecap was cracked, and he was hospitalized.

As for the identity and motives of those people, Taier asked Chen Ling to go back and wait for the results of the investigation, and asked Chen Ling to rest assured that he will investigate this case as an anti-terrorism case, and there will be results soon.

Chen Ling went to the hospital of the medical team. Just after the operation, Old Li was lying on the bed with his right leg fixed and unable to move.

As soon as Chen Ling entered, Lao Li asked, “Translation Chen, how much do they lose?”

Chen Ling said: “It hasn’t been decided yet. The investigation will be completed and the judgment will be sent to the court. I have sent your inspection report to JING for investigation. Don’t worry.”

Lao Li said bitterly: “The people here are very inefficient. If something can be delayed, it will be delayed. Please Chen Fan to help urge it.”

Chen Ling agreed, chatted with Lao Li again, and returned to the camp.

Two days passed in a flash, and it was the day of the commendation meeting. In the morning, Chen Ling received a phone call from Sami to the office and reconfirmed the people and time attending the commendation meeting. He seemed to attach great importance to it.

Chen Ling found out the suits and leather shoes that he specially bought when looking for a job, and dressed them like Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu works in a construction unit, but he wears suits and shoes every day, which is unusual. In fact, this style of dressing is very common in foreign countries, and he can go to any place.

Lao Liang didn’t have a suit, and never thought about wearing a suit. He wore a Montagut T-shirt, a pair of rabbit-head slacks, a pair of rabbit-head leather shoes, and white socks; he combed a big back with a leather bag under his arm, and he looked like a nouveau riche in China.

The three of them got on a black Citroen Picasso sedan dedicated to Lao Liang and headed from the camp to the city.

Chen Ling couldn’t bear to look directly at Lao Liang’s dress, and Mr. Xu seemed to be used to it and turned a blind eye.

The venue was set in the banquet hall of a hotel. The time for the invitation was 7pm, and it was already 6:50 when Chen Ling arrived.

Follow the signs to find the banquet hall. A lot of people have gathered at the entrance, almost all of them in costumes, queuing for security checks.

Chen Ling stepped forward to greet a woman who looked like a staff member. The woman saw his invitation and immediately came over to Mr. Xu and said, “Good evening, sir, please come with me.” It seems that she is taking Mr. Xu as the leader.

She guided the three of them through another security gate, Mr. Xu passed smoothly, and Lao Liang was stopped.

The female staff member said softly: “Sir, your dress is not suitable for tonight’s event. Can you change it?”

Lao Liang didn’t understand, and shouted: “Old Xu Laoxu, come and listen to what this lady is saying, don’t let me in.” Lao Liang’s voice was relatively loud, and the people on the other side of the line looked at him and were Lao Liang’s out-of-the-box dress pointed.

Mr. Xu walked back to the security gate and said, “She said she is going to wear a formal dress tonight.”

Lao Liang said, “I’m very formal, and I don’t usually wear it.” Mr. Xu didn’t say much, and asked the female staff member: “He said he was dressed very formal, can you go in?”

“But, Mr. Chen, look…” The female staff member was about to say something, and Mr. Xu replied: “I’m not Mr. Chen, that’s Mr. Chen.” She pointed to Chen Ling behind her.

The female staff member was a little surprised. She looked at Chen Ling and asked, “Mr. Chen, I’m sorry, I made a mistake. Is this gentleman in a T-shirt your friend?”

Chen Ling felt that the female staff could not stop Lao Liang, so he bit his head and nodded and said, “Yes, he is my colleague. Can you go in?”

The female staff member did not speak any more and nodded.

Lao Liang went through the security gate and said, “Look at these people’s qualities, they are not professional at all, can’t any leader tell?”

There are two rows of tables on both sides of the banquet hall, with various drinks, and people are standing on the open space in the middle, holding cups and chatting.

Lao Liang looked disgusted and yelled: “What’s the matter, is there nothing to eat?”

Mr. Xu always calmed his face: “The locals are used to this, and they provide some drinks for activities. You didn’t have a stomachache before you came?” Old Liang smiled: “Come to the commendation meeting, who will come back after dinner? ”

It was the first time Chen Ling participated in a local activity, and he did not expect this to be the case. I thought to myself, I was still hungry. He walked outside the banquet hall and asked the staff to give him something to eat and drink. After a while, the female staff member just came in and brought a plate of snacks.

The dim sum is exquisitely made and tastes good. Lao Liang grabbed a few in his hand and stuffed it into his mouth. The crumbs of the dessert fell on his clothes. He shook and let the crumbs float on the carpet. He commented: “Ah. Guizi’s dim sum is not bad…Is there no place to sit?”

Chen Ling didn’t want to solve this problem and changed the subject: “Let’s get some drinks, I think there are cola and juice.”

“What’s so good about this? The beer is pretty much the same.” Lao Liang said bluntly.

At this time, Mr. Xu was already chatting with people in the corner with a cup of red liquid. So Chen Ling walked to the table, ready to pick a drink he hadn’t drunk to taste.

“Good evening, sir, can I help you choose a drink?”

Chen Ling looked back and saw that it was a young local woman, tall and wearing a Mediterranean shawl.

Due to historical reasons, Algerians have mixed ancestry from Asia, Europe and Africa. Women generally have large eyes and long eyelashes, fair complexion, and attractive curves. The woman in front of me is a typical Algerian beauty.

For the first time Chen Ling had contact with a beautiful woman, his heartbeat was a little faster, and he smiled at her: “Good evening, miss, what do you suggest?”

The woman pointed to a kind of light green juice: “This is our grape juice. Our sun has a long time, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the grapes are dry and rainless when they mature, so the juice is especially sweet.”

She pointed to a red juice again: “This is pomegranate juice. I suggest you try it. It is fresh and not too sweet. It should suit your Chinese taste… Are you Chinese?”

Chen Ling nodded: “Yes, I am Chinese.”

“Oh, as far as I know, one of your compatriots will be commended tonight, Mr. Chen.”

Chen Ling shrugged his nose, he was a little uncomfortable with the strong smell of perfume on his body. He stared at the big eyes of the beautiful woman in front of him: “Your message is accurate. We are here tonight.”

“Then can you introduce me to this Mr. Chen? I read the news reports. He is very clever and alert. He is a real man.” The woman said, her thumbs up.

Chen Ling hesitated and said, “My name is Chen Ling…”

The woman exclaimed, covered her mouth, stared at Chen Ling, and said vaguely: “Excuse me, Mr. Chen, I didn’t know it was you,” she said, letting go, “I am honored to know you. My name is Lilia.”

Lilia took the initiative to stretch out her right hand.

Chen Ling held it lightly, his hands soft. He smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter, I am not a star that everyone knows.”

Lilia chuckled and said, “I thought you were a big-waisted man, just like King Aladdin. I didn’t expect you to be so young and…and delicate.”

Chen Ling thought to himself, I am not from your side. All of them have big beards. Of course they are delicate. He said, “I just graduated from school, so I am kind of, kind of, um, delicate.”

The two chatted like this.

Chen Ling learned that Lilia was born locally and is a family member of one of the victims of Mulu militants.

At the beginning of this year, Mulu militants attacked a family gathering. Several relatives and friends were killed or injured. Lilia and her family were heartbroken. They used their family influence to urge the government to pursue Mulu with all their strength and offered a huge reward, but the results were never achieved. .

Unexpectedly, this time in the suburbs of Constantine, these people were caught in a camp of Chinese people, and all of them were captured alive.

Therefore, Lilia is very grateful to this “Mr. Chen”. She came to today’s commendation meeting place early, just to see this hero in her mind.

She struck up a conversation with Chen Ling in order to find Mr. Chen through him, but she did not expect to find Mr. Chen himself directly.

Lilia took the pomegranate juice, took a sip, hesitated for a while, and said: “Mr. Chen, if you want, I want to invite you to our house. I will organize a family gathering. I want to introduce you to me. Brothers.”