Chapter 1427 — An Appointment
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It was a café. Qiu Lingshan, wearing sunglasses, sat at a table before a great pane of glass, quietly waiting for Sun Jingyan to arrive.
Sun Jingyan was still driving her red Audi A4L. What had astonished her lately was that Wu Chengtian had not come to pester her at all! As her days returned to their old calm, she found herself missing Wei Zhao a little as well. Could it be that she had truly taken a fancy to this younger man?
Sun Jingyan flatly denied the thought. Wei Zhao, after all, had nothing about him worthy of praise, did he? A highway robber and nothing more, how could he ever be worthy of her, Sun Jingyan? And yet it seemed Wei Zhao was not merely a robber; he had other identities besides, and his strength was hardly to be taken lightly either.
In truth, turn the matter over as she might, Sun Jingyan could find no reason to invite Wei Zhao out again, and so she began belittling him in her heart, cutting him down to nothing, the better to remind herself at every moment not to take any further interest in him.
Sun Jingyan parked the car at the café entrance, walked briskly inside, and caught sight of Qiu Lingshan sitting by the window.
Though there had never been much of a connection between the Sun family and the Song family, Sun Jingyan still remembered this celebrated captain of the criminal investigation division in Songshan City; she had seen her on television as well, and lately Qiu Lingshan had cracked one major case after another.
"Miss Sun, I presume? How do you do!" Qiu Lingshan had of course looked into Sun Jingyan beforehand, so the moment Sun Jingyan stepped through the door she recognized her, rose to her feet, and waved her over.
Sun Jingyan nodded, came over, and sat down facing Qiu Lingshan. "Officer Qiu, what is it you wanted to see me about?"
Since she had chosen a café for the meeting, it certainly was not official business. Yet Sun Jingyan genuinely could not imagine what private matter Qiu Lingshan might have with her; the two of them appeared to share no personal ties at all.
"Call me Lingshan. This isn't a police station." Qiu Lingshan smiled. "I'll call you Jingyi, if that's all right?"
"Of course." Sun Jingyan grew only more perplexed. What did Qiu Lingshan mean by trying to get so familiar with her?
"Jingyi, come, sit. What would you like to drink?" Qiu Lingshan asked with a smile.
"Anything, really. Juice will do." Sun Jingyan pondered a moment, then decided she would not stand on ceremony with Qiu Lingshan. Her instincts told her that Qiu Lingshan must have come for a reason, so she meant to ask straight out: "Lingshan, you wanted to see me. There is something, isn't there?"
"Uh... well, it's like this..." Her purpose seen through, Qiu Lingshan suddenly looked embarrassed. "Then I'll speak plainly. The Sun family's mental cultivation method — what level have you cultivated it to?"
"Only the first level. Why? Don't tell me you mean to win the Sun family's support at the Great Families' Assembly?" Sun Jingyan had never been able to fathom Qiu Lingshan's thinking. At present, the only thing that could possibly bring the two of them together was the Great Families' Assembly, soon to be convened.
"No, it's not that... I only want to ask you to help heal someone's wounds..." As she said this, Qiu Lingshan looked troubled, the words seemingly hard to bring out.
"Heal wounds?" Sun Jingyan frowned slightly. "What do you mean? I'm not a doctor. How would I heal anyone?"
"His meridians have been destroyed. An ordinary doctor cannot help him. Only you can..." Qiu Lingshan said cautiously.
"Lingshan, since you are asking me for help, you must know how peculiar our Sun family's mental cultivation method is?" Sun Jingyan did not refuse outright, but asked obliquely.
"I know... but he truly needs help. If his wounds cannot be healed, then his family will never rise again..." Qiu Lingshan said. "So I am sincerely begging you. If you can help, then name any condition, and I will meet it!"