Blackstone Code
Chapter 512

Master Lin's Eyes Could See Through Everything

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"Mr. Lin Qi, Mr. Gardon, the son of a wealthy businessman in this city, is here to visit you. Will you see him or not?"

The next morning, Lin Qi had just finished breakfast when someone from Provincial Governor's Residence came to convey Gardon's desire to see Lin Qi.

After living in Provincial Governor's Residence for so long, it's almost time to leave. In fact, Lin Qi has found a good place and is building his house. It will probably be until the end of the year or early January next year that he can completely move in.

He will go back to Federal before the end of the year. After he comes back from Federal, he can move directly into his new home, so he has not moved out and is too lazy to go back and forth. This may be the last month he stays here.

Living here actually doesn't feel too restrictive. Governor Drago is a very smart man. He specially hired a group of new service personnel from outside to serve Lynch to avoid possible misunderstandings between the two parties.

In other words, the entire Provincial Governor's Residence has been divided into two in a sense, one part belongs to Provincial Governor Drag, and the other part belongs to Lin Qi.

Standing in front of him is his "butler", but it is temporary. In the end, Lin Qi still has to choose the right person to take on the job of butler.

There is no doubt about the importance of housekeepers. Every big family will let their heirs choose playmates from childhood and accompany them from the beginning of school.

If they succeed enough and inherit enough wealth, these playmates will become their stewards.

Even if they don't inherit significant wealth, these playmates can turn into reliable companions and help them manage their estate.

In fact, there is a similar mechanism not only here, but also in another world, but that mechanism is called "family birth".

The housekeeper has access to many secrets of the master. No one who is reliable or trustworthy can take on this job.

Lin Qi was reading the newspaper. His eyes did not shift due to the temporary butler's report, but continued to stay on the newspaper in front of him, "Please come in, Mr. Gardon."

The temporary butler bowed and left, while Lin Qi was paying attention to a piece of news in the newspaper that may be of little value to most people, a report about an international organization's rating of Nagaril's economic development in the next five years.

The Newspaper Boss of the newspaper reads "Daily Newspaper". This is the Nagaril newspaper with the largest circulation. The content reported on it is more inclined to serious political, economic, cultural and other content, rather than reporting on a girl who gave birth to a child without being touched by a man. Some people say that the child is Child of God and other absurd folk stories.

The rating agency in the report, which Lin Qi has never heard of, seems to have done enough homework. They have collected a lot of data. For example, since Nagaril and Federal established diplomatic relations, Nagaril's GDP in October was close to the total of the three months of last year.

This is because United Development Company and a large number of Federal merchants have activated the entire Nagaril market economy after eliminating the Preton Merchant House trade blockade barriers. Some Federal merchants can be seen everywhere discussing business with locals, among which furs, spices, agricultural products and handicrafts with Nagaril cultural characteristics lead all commodities.

Rating agencies believe that as Federal businessmen help Nagaril realize the basic industrialization process, Nagaril's cheap labor force will inevitably burst into a new development climax, so they put a three-star Small Flame on Nagaril's development trend in the next five years, which roughly means "excellent".

This report is very interesting. Lin Qi raised his eyebrows. He has smelled a very unique smell. Those hot money swimming in the international Financial Market seems to have smelled the smell of blood, and they are preparing to promote a new round of changes.

In fact, behind these things, Lin Qi, or United Development Company and Federal Government have made great efforts. They are all trying to find ways to promote Nagaril to become a "star of tomorrow."

Each aspect has its own ideas and purposes, and their means and mid-term goals happen to be the same, which has resulted in the current effect of everyone working in the same direction.

When a country's power promotes something, it will naturally attract the attention of some opportunists.

He raised his eyebrows and put the newspaper back on the table. As soon as he looked up, he found that Gardon had arrived and was standing not far away.

"Have you been here for a while?" Lin Qi was a little curious. He was sure that he didn't hear any sound just now. Even if there were only some slight footsteps, he could find that Gardon had been here a long time ago.

Gardon is two years younger than Lin Qi. He was a little shy when he smiled, "Yes, Mr. Lin Qi, when I came in, I found you looking at the newspaper very attentively. There must be some important news worth thinking about, so I didn't disturb you."

"I knew this kind of inspired thinking didn't come easily, so I kept quiet."

He is not "humble" at all. Of course, the modesty here is in quotation marks as you can see. He directly said that the purpose of coming for a while was to tell Lin Qi, his respect for Lin Qi, and his cautiousness.

This approach is not quite like the local style of Nagaril, Nagaril People is a bit stupid, and Gardon's approach is more like that of Federal. Of course, this should have something to do with him having a foreign father.

Doing this can directly gain people's favor. Not everyone has the time and energy to guess why others do what they do, so it's better to say it directly.

Lin Qi looked at Gardon and thought this young man was interesting. What he didn't know was that the reason Gardon didn't reveal his footsteps was entirely because of Simon He hates noise very much when he is at home, and hates anyone interrupting his thinking, so Gardon is like a cat at home, trying not to make any noise when walking, so that Simon won't hate him.

Although Simon is dead, he still retained this habit, which led to this somewhat unique meeting.

"You are very interesting. Come and sit..." Lin Qi pointed to the wicker chair not far away. The latter sat down obediently, which made Lin Qi feel a little interesting again. "You don't have to act so reserved and harmless. We all know that these are all fake."

Originally Gardon thought he had done a good job, but Lin Qi's last words stunned him for a moment. He looked at Lin Qi with some confusion, "I don't quite understand what you mean, Mr. Lin Qi."

Lin Qi shook his head slightly and asked the housekeeper to get some tea and pastries, and then said, "We all know what happened to the shooting that happened yesterday."

A trace of panic flashed through Gardon's eyes for a moment, and he felt like he wanted to run away. However, the ability to control his emotions that had been "suppressed" to the extreme by Simon over the years allowed him to perform much better than most people.

"I don't quite understand what you mean, Mr. Lin Qi."

Seeing Gardon looking a little restless, Lin Qi chuckled a few times. He took out a cigarette and gestured. The latter hesitated for two seconds and took one.

In fact, Gardon does not smoke. He has a father who is very controlling and dislikes him. He cannot do many things that others can do. He must show his excellent side to find ways to gain his father's approval. This is also a sad child.

Lin Qi took out the lighter and lit it for him. He took a sip and then coughed violently. Lin Qi gave him some pointers on how to turn pain into happiness, and then continued, "I don't know if those people are so stupid, or you chose a stupid person."

"Stupid people are easy to use, but they are too stupid and will often ruin your plans. On the contrary, it is the smart people who can really help you implement these plans."

"Assassination in a hotel is too stupid. In fact, there are many other methods, including poisoning, accidents, theft or robbery. Any method is much better than sending someone to the hotel to assassinate a foreigner, and this is still during such a sensitive period."

"You did it wrong, Gardon!"

The family member who was scolded by Lin Qi was dripping with cold sweat, and the discomfort from the cigarette also made him a little painful. At this time, he slowly lowered his head and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin Qi, I did something wrong."

His heart was very complicated at this time. He thought that what he did would not be seen through so easily, even if it could not be said that it would never be seen through by others.

This gave him a very special fear when facing Lin Qi. He couldn't help but think of the time when Simon brought him and his mother to see Lin Qi. Simon, his father, whom he regarded as his target and had to chase him all his life, was just like himself in front of Lin Qi at this time.

A certain aura that slowly overflowed from Lin Qi might be regarded as an illusion by people, but it did exist, and it began to affect Gardon. Gardon regretted that he shouldn't have come in such a hurry.

The housekeeper brought some drinks and pastries. Lin Qi picked up a piece of fruit cake made by locals and took a small bite.

He actually doesn't like sweets. Only children like very sweet things, but fruit cake is an exception.

It is made from the pulp of more than a dozen kinds of fresh fruits, and some natural pectin is added to turn it into small cubes like jelly, which tastes very delicious.

"Tell me your purpose, why you came here to see me."

He turned his head and looked at Gardon. It was obviously just a normal gaze, but it made Gardon feel terrible pressure. He suddenly couldn't open his mouth.

The purpose of his coming here today was actually to seek new protection for the unsuccessful assassination last night and to insure his property.

He couldn't persuade Provincial Governor Drag to help him. After thinking about it, the only person who could possibly meet him and give him a chance to talk was Lin Qi, so he came here to give it a try.

But he didn't expect it at all. Lin Qi saw through everything without saying anything. How could he speak?

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