Millennium Babylon

Chapter 26 Chapter 26

Jeremy walked down the airplane gangway, slowly, step by step.He had to admit that he was dizzy with old age, and it took him a while to get used to seeing the young man who came to pick him up under the dim light of Tarr's dim night.

Jimmy seems to have grown taller again, or maybe he has a hunchback, getting shorter and shorter.

Jimmy was wearing co-pilot sunglasses, like an idle kid on Oxford Street, bastard but brisk, as if he could trample the whole world under his feet.He hadn't seen Jimmy like this in a long time.

Jeremy couldn't help but whisper to him: "Ms. Chu asked me if you...are you planning to go back to London? She said that the pepper was in his hands, so you can't be too relieved. It's okay to play outside for three years. You have to have a limit, don't be heartless. If you want to continue your studies, your family will definitely support you. If you don't study, you can manage Mr. Chen's business in London and run outside all day... It's not so plausible. People have to go home eventually.”

Jimmy raised the corners of his lips and smiled softly: "Go home?"

Jeremy fell silent.

He saw the coffee served to him in Jimmy's hand, carefully added half-cream milk, covered and closed, and he didn't know how long he had been waiting.Jeremy took it over: "Jimmy, you're grown up, you're free, but—"

"This is my home, with people I love. I won't go back to London until I see Tal free."

The young man said it lightly, but Jeremy could tell the words were worth a lot.He followed him to the guest house in silence, took out his computer and began to report to work: "Old Rahimi, the father of your former colleague Rahimi Jr. who was lurking in Tal Airport, is believed to be the current leader of the terrorist organization "Vulture" people."

Jimmy quickly read the pdf version of the regional situation analysis report made by outsourced European think tanks, sorted out the useful information, highlighted a few places that need to check the data, and asked Jeremy to send it back to him. Analysis team.

Jeremy went on to say: "Old Rahimi and Chen's Capital agreed to trade a small amount of uranium raw materials face-to-face on the [-]th, which is the spring harvest season and the first half of the Thar New Year. This transaction is top secret, and we need to control it the most. The risk is that it will be discovered by country Z and the International Atomic Energy Organization."

Jimmy nodded slightly: "The Ministry of Defense of Country Z and the Atomic Energy Organization's headquarters in Lucerne have our long-term informants, and we will be the first to know if there is any trouble."

Jeremy asked again: "Then something..."

Jimmy thought for a long time, and ordered: "Move to the castle cellar. The power plant is not safe."

Everyone knows that the power plant is the public property of Chen Capital, but the castle is only known to Ajit, Aunt Aruna, and his colleagues who work at Thar Airport.

Jeremy has severe jet lag, and after a while he's so sleepy that he doesn't understand what he's talking about. Jimmy couldn't bear to make him stay up late at his age, so he said to rest tonight and arrange a detailed trading plan tomorrow.

He really wanted to ask Jeremy if Miss Chu Nuoya was particularly opposed to his relationship with Lin Mu, but he already knew the answer, so he didn't ask any more questions.

"Reply to old Lahimi, trade on time on the [-]th. Get someone to prepare, and I will go on behalf of Chen Capital." Jimmy gritted his teeth, "I have something to ask him personally."

He stroked his nest on the sofa, sleeping like a human lamb rock sugar.

But what should he and the captain do?At this point, what can we do?

It was a rare thing that Jimmy didn't go home, but stayed in the executive suite reserved for him in the guest house and ordered a bottle of malt whiskey.He held the ice cube in his mouth for a long time, as if it would make his anger less.

But he couldn't be calm.

He didn't mean to read the text messages Lin Mu sent to others.However, the mobile phone that Lin Mu gave him seemed to have already logged into his account when it was turned on, and it automatically synchronized the received messages last night, and he only saw a few shocking messages:

"make a deal"

"Lin, luckily you're back again"

"Am I dreaming"

There is also a photo, the content of the photo is very simple: a card of a hotel with an address on the outskirts of Saltwater City, with a room number handwritten on it.

Jimmy gripped the brand new phone tightly and slammed it against the wall.After a while, I climbed up hopefully again, picked up the phone whose screen had been shattered, and wanted to confirm whether I was dreaming.

Lin Mu is actually still by his side, right?This number belonging to Jianxin Group doesn't come from the suspicious person surnamed Wen he found out, does it?Lin Mu...has never met him, and hasn't changed his mind...is he?

Lin Mu...wouldn't it be because of the talent surnamed Wen that he was transferred to Xianshui City and never return?

The day after Jimmy finished his exam on the new emergency response regulations, Lin Mu came back.As soon as he came back, he went straight to Tal Airport, picked up Jimmy by motorcycle, and rushed to the "Blue Velvet" bar.

Ajit, Aruna, her sister, and even Chen Yan who had just been discharged from the hospital also came.Ji Yuanyuan arrived halfway, busy with work, she had to return to see the letter and work overtime after two drinks.

Ji Yuanyuan: "Hey, Captain Lin, you are so proud of yourself. How long has it been since you returned to Taal? What's so good about Saltwater City?"

Lin Mu asked for a glass of beer, and replied flatly, "It's nothing good."

Jimmy pressed: "Then you don't apply for transfer back?"

Lin Mu hesitated: "The focus of post-disaster reconstruction is in Xianshui City, and the most important thing is to reload supplies by helicopter. I'm over there, too—"

Jimmy put down his glass: "If you don't want to switch back, just say so."

Lin Mu didn't speak, but frowned slightly.

Jimmy checked his phone, the text messages had been deleted.He tilted his head back and drank the whiskey in the glass, and ordered another tequila.

Lin Mu grabbed his hand and opened his fingers one by one: "Just have a drink."

Jimmy broke away: "What do you care about me?"

Not long after, Ji Yuanyuan returned to see the letter first and worked overtime.Aunt Aruna was going to make breakfast for her daughter tomorrow, and Ajit saw that everyone was out of interest, so he left and went home.

As soon as he entered the house, Lin Mu saw the half-open travel bag on the ground.

"Are you out?" he asked Jimmy.

Jimmy was already a little dizzy, and he opened his mouth to smile, but changed his tone: "In a few days... I'm going out for a while."

Lin Mu didn't pay much attention and didn't ask him where he was going. Jimmy was lying on the sofa, watching the newly bought robot vacuum cleaner go round and round, without a clue.Bingtang was lying in the distance, looking back at him with a provocative expression.

It still prefers trees to itself. Jimmy thought, if one day he and Lin Shu were separated, Bingtang...would it belong to him too?

Thinking of this, Jimmy smiled miserably.Seen by Lin Mu, he urged him to take a bath, and drink a bowl of cool water after washing.

On the weekend, Jimmy and Lin Mu originally made an appointment to go to the movies.

In fact, there is no movie theater in Taal City, only a few screening halls, which play some boring movies that are familiar to the first world countries every afternoon.

When Jimmy got to the screening room, he remembered to check his phone.It turned out that Lin Mu encountered air traffic control in Xianshui City and was delayed for half an hour. He asked him to watch it first, and he came to the screening hall to find him later.

Jimmy sat down alone with the creamy popcorn he made in the microwave at home.Apart from him, there were only three local teenagers in the theater.The title of the film rises on a black screen: "Anna Karenina".

He watched the noble lady Anna meet the young officer, they fell in love, fell in love, and eloped.When the carriage was speeding through the forest, he heard the rustling sound from the back door of the theater, and the forest had arrived.

Lin Mu silently sat down beside him, and handed him two glasses of Coke.His throat has been uncomfortable for the past two days, Lin Mu remembered that he was given no ice.

Jimmy: "Delayed again?"

Lin Mu: "Yes.

Jimmy: "Do you remember, a long time ago, you asked me about Edison Chan. What do you want to hear?"

Lin Mu was taken aback for a moment, and then replied, "You can talk about anything you want."

Jimmy: "He is my adoptive father. My biological father divorced him when my mother was six months pregnant. I was born full moon, and Edison Chan married Ms. Chu Nuoya. She was the Bangalore language of the World Bank's Southern Three Countries Office Translation. Edison Chan, you know, has been in the arms business."

Lin Mu held Jimmy's hand and listened to some love gossip about the arms dealer he had seen with his own eyes.Anna Karenina's love ended in tragedy. Her marriage was shattered, her love was buried, and the world was changing rapidly. She chose to end her life on the railroad track where she first met an officer.

Outside the auditorium, sporadic shots sounded.Nobody panicked, there were gunshots every day in Tal.Either the "Vultures" attacked government agencies again, or the government troops sent troops to suppress them again.

The sound of guns forms the backdrop of the film as Anna Karenina meets her destiny.

Jimmy went on to say: "Later, Ms. Chu and Edison Chan returned to London. Their relationship is just like that."

Lin Mu: "What do you mean by that?"

Jimmy: "We've been separated for many years. But we all live in London, and sometimes we call to say hello. I will show up together on my birthday and graduation. It's not against each other, it's just..."

Just no longer in love.

Jimmy thought, Edison Chan was able to dye the entire Tal sky purple for Ms. Chu Nuoya.

If she wants stars, she will pick them for her. If she wants an oasis in the desert, there will be an oasis.

She thought then that the world was all good intentions.They fell in love perfectly.

But what about him and Lin Mu?Will the love caused by dopamine secretion disappear after returning to the normal world?

Jimmy thought that if the three southern countries were at peace one day, they could return to their normal lives - he would also order takeaways, play games, even commute from nine to five, and get drunk in the drinking bureau just to talk to people about business.

They can't live in the flames of war forever, and steal a minute or two of time to love each other in a precarious situation.Because there is no tomorrow after today, but love each other without distractions.

The war will end, and there will be a boring peace.And that's what war is about.

"We can't live in war forever." Jimmy murmured, but for the first time he wished that they would live in war forever.

"what?"

"It's nothing." Jimmy got up first and walked out of the auditorium.

Back outside, Lin Shu blinked his eyes in confusion, adapting to the overly strong sunlight.Then ask Jimmy: "May I ask... where are you going in a few days?"

Jimmy replied: "I don't want to lie to you, but I can't tell." He paused, and then said, "I don't know if there is a monitoring device installed on you, or on me. Has your home been monitored?"

Lin Mu said "Oh" and hesitated for a while.

Jimmy asked, "What do you want to say?"

Lin Mu replied: "Are you...what's the matter? Chu...your mother...is looking for you again? She...is she not very optimistic about us——"

Jimmy interrupted him: "Ms. Chu Nuoya has nothing to do with me. I will make it clear to her."

So he hasn't said yet, Lin Mu thought. Jimmy never mentioned to Ms. Chu Nuoya that this "friend" she thought had not only slept in her son's bed, but had also lived and died with him side by side.

Helicopters have been driven, paragliders have been flown, and the rooftops where gangsters are fighting each other have passed through without looking back.

He seemed to have spent half his life wasting away before he suddenly realized the truth that if you look for a person, you will hit the south wall and never look back.Even if Jimmy never comes back after everything is restored, he is still willing to fall in love with him at this moment.

Jimmy went on to say, "But I promise I'll be back as soon as possible. It's not a big deal. I'll be back before the Spring Festival."

Lin Mu rubbed the back of his neck, and he curled up comfortably on the passenger seat.

Lin Mu received the video from Wen and Xing's email that night.He put Jimmy to sleep first, and then he went back to the living room, put on his earphones and took a closer look.Before he had any definite information, he didn't want to tell Jimmy about the existence of this video, and he didn't want him to know how he contacted his ex-boyfriend against his will to get it.

The quality of the video seems to be sloppy now, but he still recognized a few acquaintances in the shaky camera: Edison Chan entered the venue, shook hands both ways, and then entered the VIP box.Then came the Deputy Minister of Defense of Country Z, and then the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Country Y.

Edison Chan appeared again by the glass window of the VIP box holding a wine glass, with a Band-Aid on his hand.At this time, it should have been less than half an hour since he fell ill.

Then Lin Mu saw a person who had never appeared in news reports: a young, tall man from K country, with straight eyebrows, wearing the military uniform of K country army that he often saw in Saltwater City, with three stars hanging on his shoulders.

He looked carefully, the man had a close relationship with the minister of country Z and the general of country Y.If his judgment is correct, the three of them are likely to be friends who fought side by side in mercenaries during the American colonization of the three southern countries.Later, the U.S. military withdrew and the three countries became independent, so they returned to their hometowns and took important official positions.

If the official position of this K countryman is comparable to that of a minister or general, why hasn't he even heard of him after working in Saltwater City for three years?Jian Xin obviously has a very good relationship with K country officials. Officials from all walks of life in country K either stuff their relatives and children into Jianxin to hang up idle jobs, or they often take Jianxin flights to and from the three southern countries.This person has never shown his face.

On the second day, when Lin Mu woke up, the travel bag on the floor was gone, and Jimmy was gone too, leaving only Bingtang squatting proudly on the robot vacuum cleaner, patrolling his territory arrogantly.

Lin Mu stroked its head with grass: "You are enough..."

Lin Mu found the library donated by Jianxin to the only university in Thar.It is said to be a library, but in fact it is just a classroom on the first floor of the only teaching building in the university, half of which is placed with bookshelves, and the other half is equipped with reading desks and chairs.

If country K had such a high-ranking official before and after the founding of country Y, where would the clues be left?

Microfilm!Lin Mu asked the librarian to sign, pledged his passport, and lent out a microfilm projector and a large box of microfilm.The film contains newspapers from the past three years in the three southern countries.

He first looked for the daily newspaper in Saltwater City, and read page by page. There was no image of the mysterious guest in the year Y country was founded.He found Tal's daily again, and sure enough, there was it!

It turned out that the man was the commander-in-chief of the Army of Country K.He was promoted to such an official position at a young age, on the one hand, because he was a mercenary in the United States and made great military exploits.On the other hand, he is very supportive and cooperative with the US policy of supervising the three southern countries.

Less than a week after the founding of country Y, Desru Sherpa, the commander-in-chief of the army of country K, died in the line of duty.A transformer explosion occurred in the power plant he was guarding, and two soldiers died on the spot.He was taken to the USAAID temporary hospital closest to the power plant, where he died two hours later.

An accident happened in the power plant of Chen Capital?So it just happened to catch up with the time when country Y had just been established and Edison Chan had just passed away?

Lin Mu photocopied the film and saved it in his computer.

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