Noon.
National Security compound.
The window was open, and Xu Yan's office was rather warm, partly because the sun was beating in and partly because of Zhang Longjuan's phone call just now.
"What happened to Big Sister Zhang?" Dong Xuebin asked hurriedly.
Xu Yan dialed her cell phone again, then put it down. "It's still switched off."
Dong Xuebin was anxious. "Big Sister Xu, what exactly happened?"
If it hadn't been for Zhang Longjuan, Dong Xuebin wouldn't have been able to rescue Professor Zhong from America last time. He had always been grateful to Zhang Longjuan.
Naturally, he was worried about her.
Xu Yan said, "She's in Hong Kong right now."
Dong Xuebin froze. "Hong Kong? Why did she go there?"
Xu Yan said quickly, "From the way she spoke, it sounded like National Security assigned her a mission."
Dong Xuebin said, "Doesn't Big Sister Zhang only provide funding? She's not exactly one of National Security's people. Why would she be involved this time...?"
Xu Yan pondered. "It should be related to Lao Zhang's business. I heard her company had some financial problems recently. The cash flow was cut off, and she couldn't keep things turning over. Her business had also broken away from her family's, and it seemed she'd fallen out with her relatives at the time. So she could only shoulder everything herself. I don't know the specifics. I only heard Lao Zhang mention the broken funding chain last time, and it sounded like things were very difficult. Then just a few days later, she went to Hong Kong. I'm guessing she isn't just handling something for National Security. She might also be trying to solve her financial problems."
"How would she solve them?"
"Lao Zhang didn't say."
"If she's short on money, I still have a few