Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 234: Come With Me First

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Ji Ning scrutinized the woman.

Her hair was neatly pinned at the back, wearing a gray professional suit, with black leather boots on her feet, and her makeup was quite plain, looking very corporate.

Ji Ning didn’t stand up, her expression calm, "I’m waiting for Minister Fu."

Upon hearing this, the woman showed no surprise, maintaining a business-like tone, "I’ll let Minister Fu know. Don’t keep the leader waiting too long."

From the woman’s confident words, it was clear that the leader behind her either had the same rank as Fu Lihai, or was higher.

After considering a few names in her mind, Ji Ning settled on one person.

They really can’t sit still...

Ji Ning stood up and left the lounge at the woman’s gesture.

She didn’t lead Ji Ning to the leader’s office but took her downstairs to the entrance of the building.

At this moment, another black car was parked next to her car, the license plate looked familiar—it was the car that had just come out when she came in.

The woman noticed Ji Ning’s slight frown and immediately said, "The leader has a meeting to attend outside, the schedule is tight, Detective Ji please get in the car directly."

Then she quickly walked to the car, opened the front passenger door, and let Ji Ning get in.

Apparently, she and this leader had rushed back from outside to take her away.

Ji Ning pursed her lips, suddenly finding the Security Department quite intriguing.

She stepped forward and smoothly sat in the front passenger seat.

The woman’s expression management was good, and only after Ji Ning got in the car did she seem to relax, her facial muscles much looser than before.

Ji Ning turned her head towards the back of the car, where she saw a stern-looking man with a square face, engrossed in the laptop on his lap.

Seeing her get in the car, he looked up at her, "You’re here."

Ji Ning raised an eyebrow; these people here really weren’t shy.

"I’ll be brief, I have a meeting, and you’ll be my bodyguard."

Ji Ning was momentarily stunned; she had made several guesses, but this reason was unexpected.

For a moment, she didn’t reply.

The man glanced up at her again, "Can’t do it?"

"I have an appointment."

"It’s Lao Fu, right? Xiao Zhang will inform him. You come with me first. Lao Wang, drive!" The man’s tone was ordinary, yet quite forceful, clearly used to issuing orders.

Ji Ning turned to look ahead.

The man at the back was Li Wenxin, head of the Security Department and the family head of the Li Family. He was the grandson of her family’s youngest brother, Li Zhan.

He looked very much like Li Zhan, so much so that when she first saw his photo, Ji Ning was momentarily taken aback, thinking she had seen a grown-up version of Li Zhan.

Yet, the person in front of her was very different from Li Zhan, with a very dissimilar personality.

Li Zhan had been quick-witted since childhood, exceedingly amiable. Being the youngest, everyone indulged him, making him the most lively and talkative one in the entire base.

She didn’t expect his grandson to be such a taciturn and serious person.

Li Wenxin’s car was low-profile, even with the Security Department’s plate; only a driver accompanied them without any special road control.

Was he confident in Beijing’s public security, or was he confident in her?

Ji Ning sneered inwardly.

***

The place Li Wenxin headed towards was the Huazhou Alliance’s assembly hall, as Bai Xiaotang had pointed out to Ji Ning last time.

The car couldn’t go in, so they needed to park at the nearby parking lot and walk to the assembly hall.

Previously, Ji Ning had only glanced at her own statue from afar; now, seeing it up close, it indeed exuded some majesty.

Li Wenxin stood by the statue for a moment before entering the assembly hall.

Ji Ning followed behind him, attracting some scrutinizing gazes.

Li Wenxin walked forward without looking sideways, interacting with no one, and Ji Ning did the same.

But her spiritual power had scanned everyone here.

Most were superpower users, wearing specially made masks, their superpower levels around the seventh or eighth rank, not high but not low either.

Ji Ning didn’t wear a mask, so these people assumed she was an ordinary person, and after glancing at her a few times, they lost interest.

Li Wenxin led her to a not very large conference room on the second floor, where a round table with twelve chairs was placed. Five people were already present, with Li Zhan being the sixth.

Each person had their fixed position, and Li Wenxin went straight to position number 8, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Noticing the bodyguards of these individuals standing behind their respective protectees, Ji Ning also walked over and stood five steps behind seat number 8.

The gazes in the room once again assessed Ji Ning, seemingly puzzled about her identity.

All the bodyguards of the five people present were masked superpower users, making Ji Ning stand out for not wearing a mask.

Ji Ning appeared indifferent, not caring about others’ gazes.

"Lao Li, have you changed your bodyguard?" An assembly representative sitting opposite laughed and asked.

Li Wenxin slightly nodded, responding with "En," and said nothing more.

The assembly representative opposite seemed quite familiar with him and continued to ask, "Looks unfamiliar, from the Red Group?"

Li Wenxin finally replied, "No."

The assembly representative looked a bit surprised, watching Li Wenxin for a while, seeing he wasn’t joking, and suppressed further words.

During their conversation, two more assembly representatives came in.

They sat on Li Wenxin’s right in positions 9 and 11 respectively.

After waiting for a while longer, once the representative in seat 3 arrived, the security personnel outside considerately closed the conference hall door.

"Alright, everyone is here, let’s begin!" The representative in seat 2 began succinctly and opened his smart brain screen in front of him.

A beam of light appeared in the center of the round table in front of everyone.

"This meeting is convened for the 120th-anniversary celebration. I received a call from the Minister of the Outer Continent Affairs Department yesterday. He mentioned that representatives from Jiazhou and West Continent families will visit Huazhou soon and participate in our celebration. Entry applications have already been submitted."

The light screen showed two people and their identity information.

Ji Ning’s gaze sharply fixed on one of the names, her hands by her sides suddenly clenching.

How could he be here?

Same name?

A doubt flashed across Ji Ning’s eyes, after all, the face of that person didn’t match.

The representative at seat 2 continued, "Because these two specifically expressed interest in attending the 120th-anniversary commemoration, the security forces at Anhe need to be enhanced on that day. Lao Li, you are familiar with this, you can briefly discuss your plan with everyone."

When the representative in seat 2 looked over, Li Wenxin, with a serious expression, responded with another "En."

"Moreover, they also wish to go to Jiuming Mountain to pay respect to the commander."

"No way!"

"No way!"

This time, the words from the representative in seat 2 were vehemently objected to in unison by Li Wenxin and the representative in seat 3 opposite.

Ji Ning looked towards the representative in seat 3.

He appeared somewhat agitated, the volume of his voice having increased several tones, "What’s going on with the Outer Continent Affairs Department? How could they agree to such a condition? Is Jiuming Mountain a place for Outer Continent people to visit? They have no sensitivity at all!"

The representative in seat 3 furrowed his brow, seemingly dissatisfied with the words coming out of the mouth of the representative in seat 2.

"They say it’s to return an artifact of the commander and wanted to visit the old site at Jiuming Mountain for a brief memorial ceremony."

"Nonsense! How can such deceptive rhetoric be believed? There are hardly any artifacts of the commander left in Huazhou; how could these Outer Continent people possibly have access to them?"