By mid-November, the weather in Yanjing had already turned a bit chilly.
When the plane was flying in the sky, what I saw was still a world full of sunshine.
But after landing, there was an angry howling wind.
Today’s Yanjing was under rainy skies.
As the plane landed and I looked out into the rainy weather outside the window, my mood suddenly became uncomfortable.
It felt a bit oppressive.
I knew that after being away for more than a month and coming back, troublesome things would suddenly pile up.
During this time, aside from Ling Ruonan mentioning some things to me, I hadn’t inquired about anything else happening in Yanjing.
During this period, Wuyue’s focus was basically overseas, not paying much attention to domestic matters.
Yang Xiaodong, Wang Zhenjun, and others also followed me to Europe.
Although so many people went along, it didn’t play a significant role, but no one would be a hindsight Zhuge Liang.
Before things happen, no one knows how it will turn out.
Before heading to Europe, everyone was worried that Luo Ziling might get into trouble, so they arranged a lot of security forces.
But who would have thought that Luo Ziling’s safety was not a problem at all, and the large security forces arranged did not play much of a role.
Later, after Dragon Rise’s tasks were completed, Yang Xiaodong, Wang Zhenjun and others basically had nothing to do.
However, because Ling Ruonan was coming to Europe, they did not return to China but stayed by Ling Ruonan’s side to be responsible for her security.
When Ling Ruonan returned to China, they followed her back.
Luo Ziling hoped that they would return early and grasp some useful things, so he wouldn’t be so passive.
He hoped they could grasp some useful things, at least to gain the initiative in some matters, to save trouble.
After getting off the plane and turning his phone back on, Luo Ziling sent messages to Ling Ruonan and Yang Qingyin, telling them he had safely landed at Yanjing Airport.
Yang Qingyin’s call came right away.
"You finally decided to come back?" Yang Qingyin’s voice was filled with resentment.
During this time, Luo Ziling didn’t contact her much.
This made Yang Qingyin, who was used to exchanging a few messages with Luo Ziling daily, filled with a sense of loss.
Therefore, upon hearing Luo Ziling’s voice again over a month later, she couldn’t help but complain.
"There were many things to handle over there, I didn’t even have time to visit many of Paris’s sights." Faced with Yang Qingyin’s reproach, Luo Ziling didn’t know how to respond and awkwardly said, "I’ll go to school soon, and invite you for lunch today, we’ll talk more then, okay?"
"Alright!" Yang Qingyin agreed, "But let me treat you, as a welcome meal to wash away the dust!"
"I feel honored then!"
"Humph!"
The message from Ling Ruonan came in while Luo Ziling was making the call. She mentioned that she had matters in the morning and would go to the Northern Group in the afternoon, asking Luo Ziling to meet her there after lunch.
There were some domestic things she needed to discuss with Luo Ziling.
Luo Ziling naturally agreed.
Luo Ziling left the airport with Lin Lan, but after departing, they went their separate ways.
When getting into the car driven by Yang Xiaodong, Luo Ziling returned to his true self.
Similarly, Lin Lan returned to her true self and got into the car waiting for her, heading to the Dragon Rise base.
Upon leaving, Lin Lan told Luo Ziling that she would seek him out in a couple of days; there were still things she wanted to discuss with him.
Upon hearing that Lin Lan wanted to find him, Luo Ziling instinctively recalled the time when Lin Lan tormented him at dawn, which made him a bit anxious.
But in front of Yang Xiaodong and Wuyue, he couldn’t show any signs, only agreeing.
He first went home, settled his luggage, took a shower, changed clothes, and then went to school.
Seeing Luo Ziling finally appear, Dong Xiaowan, Wang Feiyang, and others were naturally overjoyed.
Dong Xiaowan was in class but hurriedly finished it upon seeing Luo Ziling return and ran out to find him.
Luo Liansheng was busy in the laboratory, and seeing Luo Ziling return, he just laughed lightly and continued with his tasks.
Seeing Luo Liansheng busy, Luo Ziling didn’t disturb him and chatted with Dong Xiaowan and Wang Feiyang for a while.
During the time Luo Ziling was away, the teaching order remained quite stable, everyone performing their duties, and students listened attentively.
Since Luo Ziling hadn’t attended class for a long time, some girls who were there because of him stopped coming after learning he would be on leave for a long time.
But the number of students attending the lectures hadn’t diminished; some girls stopped due to his absence, but some boys wanting to see Dong Xiaowan came once they found a spot available.
While Dong Xiaowan and Wang Feiyang reported the school’s situation to Luo Ziling, they occasionally complained, blaming him for leaving things unattended, gallivanting alone for so long, making them toil endlessly.
Luo Ziling didn’t bother with their grievances, just gave them some gifts as compensation.
After receiving the gifts, the two women’s resentments somewhat eased.
By the time Luo Ziling arrived at the school, it was already eleven o’clock; listening to the report from Dong Xiaowan and Wang Feiyang, it was nearly noon.
He remembered his arrangement with Yang Qingyin, thus declined Dong Xiaowan and Wang Feiyang’s request to accompany them for lunch and hurriedly ran off.
Dong Xiaowan and Wang Feiyang almost jumped to curse him.
Luo Ziling promised them he would return after lunch to teach a class, asking them to spread the word.
When Luo Ziling hurriedly left the office, Yang Qingyin had already booked a private room at a local restaurant near the school and ordered the dishes.
When Luo Ziling rushed in, all the food Yang Qingyin had ordered was already served.
"I just went to school and listened to their report on the situation; I didn’t even properly greet Grandpa before rushing over to meet you!" Luo Ziling walked over to Yang Qingyin and explained while ignoring her slight grievance, pulled her up, hugged her, and then gave her a kiss.
Yang Qingyin, of course, was unwilling to be pulled into a hug, struggling fiercely.
When Luo Ziling kissed her, she even opened her mouth to bite his lip, but ultimately succumbed to Luo Ziling’s dominance.
After panting heavily through kisses with Luo Ziling, Yang Qingyin struggled away, then angrily said, "If the waiter comes in, they’ll laugh at us!"
"Why care about them?" Luo Ziling held Yang Qingyin’s hand and sat down, with his eyes fixed on her face, watching for a while before regretfully saying, "Being away, you even got pimples? That’s not good, I’ll treat you later or moisturize you, preventing pimples."
Luo Ziling’s words immediately made Yang Qingyin flare up with shame and anger, reaching out to pinch him hard.
Under Luo Ziling’s repeated pleas for mercy, Yang Qingyin finally let go.
"During this trip to Europe, I saved several lives and also took many lives!" Picking up chopsticks to eat, Luo Ziling stated solemnly, "But this time, I fought for the country, although I killed many people, I don’t feel any remorse."
"Did you go to battle?" Yang Qingyin was shocked, turning pale, "How could you go to battle yourself?"
Seeing Yang Qingyin genuinely concerned, Luo Ziling suddenly felt a bit tender and guilty.