Chapter 143: A Marriage in Disarray

This is the 2008 edition, this is the 2009 edition……

It's clearly visible that, whether it's the paper, or the ink and printing technology, their progress over the past few years has been very fast……

Lin Feng took the counterfeit bills of each version in his hand and felt them one by one.

He recorded this feeling.

In his feeling, the counterfeit bills and genuine bills still have a big difference in feel.

But for ordinary people it's not the same.

After Wu Cheng finished the introduction, Lin Feng sat down and began to browse through a large amount of materials.

On the other side, Wu Qian was speaking with Captain Liu.

She frowned and said: "Captain Liu, is this Lin Feng reliable?"

Captain Liu laughed and said: "Little Wu! In the bureau, nobody is more reliable than him. His mind is quick, his skills are good, he's the unanimous choice; for this mission he'll take the lead, you just assist from the side."

Yes!

Wu Qian nodded.

Just then, the phone rang.

After glancing at the caller ID, Wu Qian frowned and said: "I'm at work! Why are you calling?"

When answering the call, Wu Qian took her phone and left the office.

A few minutes later, Wu Cheng walked over and asked: "Was that Xiao Yang calling?"

Wu Qian nodded: "His family always has a lot going on, especially his mother, who's urging us to have a child."

Wu Cheng sighed: "After this mission, you should just work steadily at the bank; don't keep running around the country with me."

Dad……

Wu Qian looked at her father with a puzzled expression.

Wu Cheng said: "After this case, I plan to retire. Although I'm still under 50, after all these years my body can't take it. If I keep going like this, I probably won't even live to see my grandchild born."

Upon hearing this, Wu Qian happily nodded.

Then Wu Cheng advised: "You're always busy inside and out, you neglect the household, so when you come home don't lose your temper!"

Wu Qian shook her head: "Actually, from the start I didn't even like him; you two kept pushing, I felt bad for your parents' feelings, and thought that's just how life is, so I agreed."

As a result, now this life is literally a mess; don't think I don't know—he's kept a mistress outside.

I've tolerated it because I've been away from home for a long time; now his mother lives with us again, nagging all day, speaking harshly, as if I'm forcing myself to marry her son. If I really can't go on like this, I want to divorce him……

After Wu Qian's bout of complaining, Wu Cheng didn't know how to persuade her anymore.

Every family has its own difficult sutra to recite.

Four o'clock in the afternoon.

Lin Feng stretched, then walked out of the archives room.

In recent years, he had finished looking through all the archival materials on counterfeit bills.

At this moment, Wu Qian pushed the door open and entered, smiling: "Mr. Lin, how do you feel after looking through them?"

Lin Feng laughed: "From now on we're partners; don't call me Mr. Lin, just call me by my name. Before I didn't know, but now I realize that making counterfeit bills is also a technical skill!"

Wu Qian nodded: "Not bad! The technical content is quite high, not at all inferior to imitating high-tech electronic products."

Having said that, she raised her wrist to check the time on her watch, then said to Lin Feng: "Since we're going to be partners, we should get to know each other a bit."

"There's a coffee shop not far outside; let me treat you to coffee!"

Lin Feng invited.

Sure!

Wu Qian nodded.

After leaving the Da Men, the two walked forward a few hundred meters and entered a coffee shop.

Lin Feng ordered two coffees.

Wu Qian had a petite bourgeois air; after Lin Feng gave her a slight once-over, he said: "According to the bureau's introduction, I'm not one of them."

Wu Qian nodded: "When I was young I admired my dad, but after working a while I got tired and gave it up; please don't mock me!"

Lin Feng shook his head: "How could I! Everyone has their own choices."

Wu Qian then asked: "You're not married yet, right? Do you have a girlfriend?"

"'Not married, but I do have several girlfriends.'"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Qian gave Lin Feng a white-eye glance: "It seems good men are really rare nowadays; the handsome ones, the rich ones, each one is out there fooling around—you've got both qualities."

"'And you?'"

Lin Feng asked casually.

"'I got married early on, and it could be considered somewhat of an arranged marriage……'"

Wu Qian began to recount her own experience.

In front of Lin Feng, this half‑stranger, she ended up speaking some honest words.

"'Actually I don't have high demands for quality of life; just a little spending money, easy work, and a comfortable life would do. But after marriage I realized I have nothing. Money isn't enough; every month I have to pay the mortgage, and my mother‑in‑law's temper is still awful……'"

After saying that, Wu Qian let out a long sigh.

Lin Feng had no comment on that.

Wu Qian's current life is the same as that of most married women.

Finally Wu Qian summed up: "I'm afraid this marriage can't be endured any longer; from now on I won't marry again—living alone is quite good."

"'Moreover I'll have time to look after my parents; only one's own birth parents are truly important, what do you think?'"

Lin Feng nodded: "I strongly agree with what you said."

The two chatted until it got dark before leaving the coffee shop.

When she returned to the bureau to get the car, Wu Qian saw Lin Feng pick up Qi Yao into the vehicle and gave Lin Feng a thumbs‑up.

Returned to Building 7 Unit 404 of the Beautiful City Century Community.

As soon as the door closed, Lin Feng hugged Qi Yao and said, "Yao Yao, it's been several days, you missed me to death!"

Qi Yao replied softly, "It's only been two days!"

"Then did you think of me these two days?" Lin Feng asked.

Qi Yao, not deceiving, answered directly, "Missed you!"

"I want steak! I have to go on a mission tomorrow."

Qi Yao didn't ask what mission Lin Feng was undertaking; after he let her go, she changed clothes and went to the kitchen to make steak.

After the steak was placed on the table, Lin Feng ate while saying, "Captain Liu showed up at my door yesterday afternoon and even equipped me with a gun."

As he spoke, Lin Feng took a handgun from his waist and set it on the table.

He then added, "It's a counterfeit money case; they want me to pose as a criminal to meet the contact."

Qi Yao slightly furrowed her brows and said, "Then be careful."

Lin Feng nodded.

After eating and taking a shower, Lin Feng and Qi Yao lay together and began telling mythic stories.

Once there was a mountain called Yao Mountain.

The mountain's formation was extremely unusual.

Its two flanking ranges were straight and slender, exceedingly graceful.

One day, a cultivator surnamed Lin arrived here.

He intended to explore the hidden valley, but the Mountain God forbade it.

So he performed a technique that rotated the mountain ninety degrees.

Then he summoned a Divine Dragon, hidden within that valley.

Using the Divine Dragon's great power, he slammed into the peaks.

The Mountain God cast a spell to gather two peaks together, trying to trap the Divine Dragon to death.

As a result, the Divine Dragon ground out spiritual liquid in the middle of the valley.

Bathed in the spiritual liquid, the Divine Dragon grew even more excited… The battle lasted for about half an hour.

In the end, the Divine Dragon surrendered, laying down its weapons, and the Lin cultivator retreated.