Chapter 266
Once the tables and chairs had been brought over and steaming breakfast tea and snacks laid out for Xiao Ran, he leisurely enjoyed the food under the watchful eyes of countless passersby. It was as though he had not come here to wait for the Humanity Federation and AEU delegates at all, but had simply wanted to find a different place to eat.
Before Xiao Ran had even finished eating, the Humanity Federation and AEU representatives finally strode out with their heads held high. The two men leading them—a black-haired middle-aged man and a blond fat man—were chatting and laughing, seemingly seeing nothing wrong with making Xiao Ran's group wait here for them.
But when the two saw Xiao Ran sitting in his chair, calmly drinking tea, with a portable television on the table playing a movie that had him smiling, their expressions immediately looked as if they had swallowed shit.
Xiao Ran seemed completely engrossed in the movie on the table and had not noticed the group emerging at all. Only after Lieutenant Colonel Rodia leaned close and whispered in his ear did Xiao Ran suddenly look up. As he stood, he even forgot to pause the portable movie player, simply standing before his chair and smiling at the Humanity Federation and AEU representatives.
"Sorry, sorry. I didn't see you at all just now. This movie was just too captivating. Ah, honestly." Xiao Ran sighed apologetically, then gestured for Major General Kim of the Humanity Federation and Brigadier General Goodman of the AEU to sit. "You two came over so early. You probably haven't had breakfast yet, have you? I haven't been feeling very well these past few days. If I don't eat, I get dizzy. If you don't mind, we can all have something together. That