Xueba's computing system

Chapter 147 Real Fishing
Lin Yuan's days of relaxation and rest soon came to an end.

Early in the morning, Professor Zhang drove his DMP and waited downstairs of the dormitory building.

After Lin Yuan got in the car, he saw Dean Li sitting in the passenger seat, and he was calm, because the purpose of this trip was not to go to class, but to have a meeting with Director Wang and others, the first group meeting. Dean Li would naturally go with them.

"Lin Yuan, how was your rest?" As soon as they got in the car, Dean Li started chatting with Lin Yuan.

"Very good." Lin Yuan looked like a young student and just smiled faintly.

"Have you gone anywhere to relax these days?"

"No."

“You can walk along the city wall, stroll along Purple Mountain, and go boating in Suzaku Lake.”

Professor Zhang, who was driving, stepped on the accelerator suddenly, and Dean Li, who was turning back to talk to Lin Yuan, had his eyes crooked by the pillow.

"Old Zhang, what are you doing? You are so old but you act like a youngster." Dean Li put on his glasses and changed to a comfortable sitting position. "I asked you to buy a four-wheel drive car before, but you insisted on buying this thing."

"Isn't my thing fast enough or stable enough? You have to be too proud to buy a car before you look at the logo."

"Okay, I take back what I said." Dean Li immediately stopped the topic because it was meaningless to continue. He had never reached a consensus on such topics in his two and a half lifetimes.

"Um, teacher, dean, what are we going to talk about this time?" Lin Yuan in the back row quickly brought the topic back on track. Although he knew the purpose of this trip, he didn't know the details of it.

"Nothing much," Dean Li said slowly, "I'm just going to check the information we both have with Lao Wang, and then talk about the follow-up work. By the way, Zhang Yan will also go."

Lin Yuan was startled, "Why did this old man mention Zhang Yan?"

Professor Zhang also noticed it, "Old Li, judging from your tone, are you hiding something from me?"

"What can I do?" Dean Li said innocently, "I just want to get a permanent job before I retire. I'm not as upright as you. You even whispered to Old Wang in private."

"What did I blow?"

"You were the one who leaked the information about our case. I wanted to get Lin Yuan out quietly and just brush it off to Lao Wang. You're the only one who talks too much."

Professor Zhang did not deny it. "Old Wang is in charge of the investigation. With his cooperation, it is much easier for us to do our work."

Dean Li sat up straight and said, "You are asking for my help. I don't mind the trouble."

"Don't get excited," Professor Zhang stepped on the accelerator and slammed the man back on his chair. "We are all older and don't have enough energy. Wouldn't it be nice to have more helpers?"

"I have a lot of energy. I will get old if I am not allowed to do anything."

Lin Yuan seemed to see from Dean Li’s face: desire and power make people young.

"Ah..." Professor Zhang sighed, "You should have some dignity in front of the younger generation. I am embarrassed for you."

Dean Li refused to give in. "You are embarrassing yourself by messing around. This kind of thing has nothing to do with Gongan. It's our job."

Professor Zhang held up the phone in the storage compartment and said, "Then I will report to my superiors in detail now?"

Dean Li snatched the phone from him.

Lin Yuan was a little confused by the fight between the two.

"Don't you understand what we are saying?" Professor Zhang said to the rearview mirror, obviously speaking to Lin Yuan.

"Yes." Lin Yuan had wanted to ask for a long time, but he didn't dare.

"Let me expose your mentor's skin for you." Instead, Dean Li took the responsibility of explaining.

"Old Li, I wanted to save your face..."

Dean Li turned a deaf ear and began to explain, "Originally, this kind of foreign-related work is not under the jurisdiction of Gong'an. I wanted to investigate it first and then report to the organization. But you, my master, took the initiative to find helpers, which completely disrupted my original plan. How can I write the report in the future?"

"You are good at avoiding the main issue." Professor Zhang immediately retorted, "If you follow the normal process, then I have no objection. But look at what you have done. You have to keep it to yourself and investigate it yourself, relying on just two of us old guys? Do you want to borrow people from the school security department? Do you have the power to enforce the law?"

"I don't have the power to enforce the law, but I can investigate privately."

"What if something goes wrong? What if personal safety is involved?"

"It's not as exaggerated as you say. I know my limits."

Lin Yuan was still a little confused. He said calmly, "Teacher, aren't you going to send anyone?"

"Humph, it's not that we don't want to call. It's that the two of us have already semi-retired. According to the rules, we have no right to ask after we report it. Li Youcai didn't tell the whole story in his report to the higher-ups. He deliberately lowered the level of this matter by several levels, so we were authorized to continue the observation.

I was afraid that things would get worse, and just as you were in, I needed to go to Lao Wang to smooth things over. So I dragged Lao Wang in." "Slander, this is your slander against me." Dean Li did not let the other party continue.

But Lin Yuan had roughly understood it.

The instructor and Dean Li were old and had already semi-retired from their former organizations. If they reported the truth, they would have no right to intervene, and at most they would be credited with providing clues. So Dean Li wanted to investigate the matter thoroughly before reporting the details.

In order to avoid being blamed by the organization for concealing the truth in the future, they deliberately downplayed the level of harm caused by the incident in order to create a scenario: they accidentally discovered the seriousness of the problem during the observation process.

But the instructor was afraid that something might go wrong, so he brought Director Wang in.

As for why the instructor did this instead of reporting it directly, Lin Yuan guessed that it was mostly to take Dean Li into consideration. After Director Wang came in, he was just one more person to share the credit. At least they could continue the investigation.

However, Lin Yuan didn't quite understand. Dean Li had just said that Director Wang had no jurisdiction over this matter, so why did the instructor drag the other party in? However, it was obviously difficult for him to ask in detail, so he planned to find a chance to ask Zhang Yan.

"You are noble." Dean Li pretended to adjust his cuffs and complained to Professor Zhang, "Whoever is close to you will be unlucky, because you will drag them into nobility." Then he turned to Lin Yuan behind him and said, "Xiao Lin, see it. Open your eyes."

Professor Zhang did not refute, but said calmly, "I have never brainwashed him. He can choose his own path in the future. But he is still young and it is difficult for him to keep a straight face. He can learn to curry favor anytime he wants. There is no need to rush."

"Okay, I'll remember what you said."

"Lin Yuan, you can hand in your application for membership in X. I'm not like Lao Zhang. I don't play tricks."

Professor Zhang remained calm and said, "Thank you, Lao Li."

Lin Yuan began to reap the rewards.
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The car finally drove to the suburbs and stopped beside a small fish pond.

After the three got out of the car, Professor Zhang and Dean Li took out the fishing gear from the trunk. Lin Yuan looked around and found a few fishermen squatting by the fish pond.

He didn't expect that this trip was to discuss things under the pretext of fishing. He thought they would go to some private place, but this was beyond his imagination.

"Lin Yuan, you probably have no interest in fishing. I haven't prepared any equipment for you." Dean Li asked Lin Yuan who was helping with things beside him.

“I can’t fish.”

"Then you don't have to follow us. Go over there and wait for us." Dean Li pointed to a row of houses beside the fish pond, which looked like a farmhouse dining place.

"Why did you send him away? Let him go with you to talk to Lao Wang and the others." Professor Zhang obviously disagreed with Dean Li's arrangement.

"There's not so much to talk about. We can just chat for a while while we eat. Lin Yuan, go ahead."

Lin Yuan looked at his mentor and after getting his approval, he left happily. He really had no interest in being a fisherman.

When Lin Yuan left, he turned around and looked far away, and saw the two Lao Dengs and the three people in the distance waving their hands. Judging from their figures, the three people in the distance should be: Director Wang, Lao Mo, and the other one...whose figure was a little petite, "Could it be Zhang Yan?"

Those old guys had already booked a place, which was a relatively spacious small courtyard, not in the row of farmhouses.

The small courtyard was surrounded by a hollow low bamboo fence, and in the center was a square round table with exactly six chairs. Surrounding it were small plots of land planted with vegetables. Although it was already winter, it was not yet deep winter, and there were still many green vegetables on the land.

Some fields were covered with white plastic film, probably to keep the vegetables warm. At this moment, the sun was shining brightly, and most of the plastic film had been peeled off.

Lin Yuan was half lying in a chair, bored, basking in the sun and not even wanting to play with his cell phone.

Since he had gotten up early in the morning and there were two big guys in the car just now, he was too embarrassed to catch up on some sleep. At this moment, he couldn't help but squint his eyes.

Stealing a half day of leisure from the busy life. It was clearly a weekday, and thinking of Gu Xuan and the others who were still struggling in class, while he was out with the teachers and had no fear of losing his regular marks, Lin Yuan felt even more sleepy.
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On the other side, Professor Zhang and Dean Li cast their hooks at the nest prepared by Lao Mo.

Then the three big guys chatted casually, looking like they were not afraid of scaring away the fish.

"Xiao Zhang, it's boring to watch the three of us old guys fishing." Dean Li took the initiative to chat with Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan, who was originally playing with his mobile phone with his head down, nodded immediately like a chick eating rice.

"Go sit in the yard. Lin Yuan is there too."

"Really?" Zhang Yan said as he stood up and tried to leave, but then he seemed to remember something. "Master, I'll leave first."

"Go, go." Director Wang waved at her without saying much.

Professor Zhang looked at Dean Li suspiciously. Dean Li felt a little embarrassed by his look. "With the little girl here, it's not convenient for us to talk, right?"

"Lao Mo, go and order the dishes first." Director Wang turned around and said after a while.

Lao Mo also got up and left tactfully.

(End of this chapter)