Chapter 14: Achieving the goal

Facing the two people’s gaze, I naturally “angrily” met them. I didn’t forget the details of slamming the door, and then rushed to their desks, slamming the table and yelling, “I want to see Jiang Yi! I am Chen Chengyi, my master is Jiang Lichun, and my uncle is Li Lihou!”

A few minutes later, I was able to meet Jiang Yi as I had wished. It seems that this seemingly reckless anger, with its direct language, is sometimes surprisingly effective.

Of course, the department has its own secrets. For example, the way I met Jiang Yi was through an elevator behind the large office cabinet, and the elevator needed a password to start.

Jiang Yi’s office is underground, at the end of a dimly lit corridor. If I weren’t a Taoist and used to seeing ghosts, I think this kind of place would cause my instinctive fear, and it would be perfect for filming a ghost movie.

Now, Jiang Yi is looking at me from behind his desk, his expression as calm as ever, only with a hint of curiosity in his eyes, but not too curious.

Since I’m acting, I don’t mind pretending to be naive through anger.

I looked like I was ready to die, jumping up and down, slapping the table, angry, worried, and in general, I successfully created the appearance of a fool. Thanks to Lao Hui for giving me a lesson in acting!

“If that’s the case, then it means someone is after my master and the others. Why didn’t you tell me when you took the DVD?” This was the last thing I said. Expressing this discovery to Jiangyi in a way that was “angry” was the most appropriate way I could think of.

It not only conceals the real secret, but also reduces Jiang Yi’s evaluation of my “intelligence” to some extent.

Sure enough, Jiang Yi spoke up: “Chengyi, why have you gone through so much? Can’t you stay calm when you encounter problems?” It was still the announcer’s voice, but it made me feel a little less tense. At least he didn’t suspect anything. Otherwise, according to my understanding of Jiang Yi, if he didn’t believe it, he would have started to ask questions in various languages without leaving a trace.

“Nonsense, my master is in danger, and it’s been that way for a long time. Who could be calm?” I said this while staring at Jiang Yi. At this time, I couldn’t avoid his gaze, and I couldn’t even reveal a hint of escape. Only this is the most appropriate.

Jiang Yi pondered for a moment. Although his expression remained calm, I could tell that he was weighing up what he was going to say. From the beginning to the present, I never thought that one day I would be able to get Jiang Yi to say something. I was a little happy in my heart. After all, the goal was achieved, wasn’t it?

The silence continued for a minute, and then Jiang Yi spoke: “Chengyi, when it comes to experience and knowledge, compared to your peers, you are a very knowledgeable person. However, there are still many things in this world that you don’t know, such as the existence of underwater forces.”

Underwater forces? I began to feel ridiculous! Could it be that Jiang Yi was going to tell me that there was actually a dragon palace and things like that? Thinking about it, it wasn’t impossible, because I thought of a sentence in the message from the master, saying that there were dragons in certain places. This sentence made me feel very puzzled!

I naturally showed confusion and disbelief on my face, as well as an expression that you were trying to fool me. Jiang Yi didn’t care, took a sip of tea, and continued, “Compared to the land, the underwater world is naturally more secretive. However, the underwater forces I’m talking about are not mysterious things. Where there is interest, there will be people, and where there are people, there will naturally be forces. In fact, there is no need to worry too much. Your master and others should not have touched the interests of those people, so there will naturally be no conflict. However, it is normal to be monitored by these forces at certain times. I think I’ve explained this clearly enough.”

After saying this, Jiang Yi put down his teacup and looked at me quietly.

At this point, I let out a long sigh, finally showing a relaxed look, and then sat down in my chair, knowing in my heart that Jiang Yi was only able to give me this much information, and that it was pointless for me to ask any more.

After pretending to be calm for half a minute, I was embarrassed to scratch my head and then said, “Boss, I’m sorry, I was reckless. Just thinking about the master, I…”

This behavior is naturally consistent with my previous behavior. I was always like this before. As for why I have become so calm and deep-thinking now, I can’t find a reason. Maybe it’s because I’m on guard against Jiang Yi, or maybe it’s because I’ve lost the precipitate that I inevitably have to face again and again, and my impulsiveness and recklessness have also been precipitated.

Facing my apology, Jiang Yi nodded without comment, then asked me, “Is there anything else?”

He is just like that. He clearly wants to cooperate with me, but he deliberately asks me back, firmly holding the initiative in his hands. I didn’t realize it before, but now that I’m paying attention to him, I realize that I was a “green” guy who was led by him.

But it doesn’t matter. I was planning to work with him anyway, and he asked me this question, so I took the opportunity to get off the horse. I said very decisively, “Boss, of course there are still things that need your help. You know, I’m going to start the Kunlun Road next year, and I want to work with you.”

“Why? Isn’t Jenny helping you pave the way? You don’t necessarily need the power of our department to join in.” Jiang Yi is always calm and collected, and even his tone of voice is untraceable, but the way he asked me made me feel that he cared.

I said directly, “Of course, Jenny helped us. I think she wanted us to keep the secret of the Dragon Tomb because from the department’s point of view, they want to get the secret of the Dragon Tomb. If we are too involved with you, can we still keep the secret of the Dragon Tomb?”

This statement was half true and half false, but only this seemingly brainless “truth” was the most convincing. In the conversation with me, Jiang Yi had a slight expression for the first time. He raised his eyebrows slightly and then whispered, “Oh, Jenny, the big sister…”

I pretended to be confused and said, “After all, in the Dragon Tomb, apart from some precious medicinal herbs, there weren’t any particularly special discoveries. It was mainly a message from my master, but it was all about his past travels in the Dragon Tomb. I just felt that as long as it was my master’s business, Jenny cared a lot about it. Or was it because of this reason?”

This kind of talk is like saying a lot, but in fact saying nothing. However, this weight is probably enough to dispel Jiang Yi’s doubts.

Sure enough, Jiang Yi’s expression did not change, but he said, “Your argument makes sense. She and I represent ourselves and the department, respectively. Our positions are different, so naturally there will be some clashes.” Jiang Yi paused here, but I knew in my heart that if it came to clarifying relationships and shifting the focus, Jiang Yi was still very good at it. To get to this position, strength is important, but other reasons are not to be ignored.

I don’t want to make malicious assumptions about Jiang Yi, but once a person is on guard against another person, it is too difficult to be ordinary. I am afraid that only my master can reach this state of mind.

I didn’t say anything, and Jiang Yi continued, “Okay, let’s cooperate, but you haven’t told me why we’re cooperating yet.”

“I want to go to the places where my master has been. Can you provide them for me?” I said very directly, but I understood that if he could provide them for me, I wouldn’t have to wait until now.

What I can’t understand is, since we are going to cooperate, and since you want to get something through us, why don’t you give us everything you have in your hands? What are the concerns and entanglements in the middle?

“You know, I can’t. I can’t represent the interests of the entire department, or even the interests of the country! Some things are top secret.” Jiang Yi’s refusal was also very direct.

This was within my expectations, but what I wanted was not this. It was just a psychological game.

So, I said excitedly, “If we are going to cooperate, why can’t we? It is very difficult to find the places that Master filmed through a few images. At this point, I deliberately became despondent and said, “Since we are going to sail and look for Penglai, I need a lot of clues, but I know nothing about these clues. And we have absolutely no sailing experience, not even a precise map. How can I act?”

“Help will certainly be available. At least within the borders of China, you have the guarantee of our department, and you can go anywhere freely without anyone asking questions. As for accurate maps, that’s a trivial matter. If you have found an experienced sailor, with the cooperation of the map, such a voyage is not difficult.” Jiang Yi said calmly.

Hearing this, my heart finally let out a real sigh of relief. In fact, before coming here, I had already set myself a bottom card that I would never throw away until the critical moment, and that was the three chains.

Now that Jiang Yi has offered to give us the map, we don’t have to play our trump card.

Or, the map is not too important to him. Even if the map he can provide is more precise and confidential than the one in Grandpa Qin Huai’s hand, after all, our identities are clean, and what we have to do is equivalent to something on another level, not involving any military at all.

Therefore, he doesn’t care too much about this detail.

As for the level of the map, I suspect it should be close to the highest level, but the scope should not be military-oriented, but rather for other purposes. The preciousness of such a map is self-evident.

To put it another way, even if many years later, people’s phones are equipped with more open maps that can be accurate to the street level, or even the shops on the street, such maps are still only public maps. Compared to the map provided by Jiang Yi, such maps are like the knowledge of a kindergarten child compared to that of a master’s degree student.

So, in any case, this time, my goal was achieved in this way!