Chapter 702: Chapter 702: How Come I Heard You Don’t Like Grand Displays
Tang Li went out for a run, and as she kept running, she found herself getting further and further from school. Standing at the crossroads, she felt a brief moment of confusion. Looking at the sign, she did not turn back to school but chose Huaiyang Road instead.
She crossed Huaiyang Road, ran past several streets, and saw National Square.
At night, in addition to vehicles, there were also pedestrians accompanying her.
She felt as though she had been running for a long time, having come out lightly dressed without her cellphone, only a sports watch on her left wrist and a pair of removed earphones.
Running too far made her legs feel sore and numb.
When Tang Li came to her senses, she found herself sitting on a bench on the east side of National Square.
Looking ahead at the majestic Tan Palace, her breathing was still unsteady, but her originally chaotic emotions calmed down, and suddenly, a slight smile curled her lips.
After a while, a man in his forties sat down on the chair next to her.
The man seemed to have just finished running as well and was checking messages on his cellphone.
Seeing the girl next to him continuously looking in the direction of Tan Palace, the man initiated a conversation: “That’s where the President lives and works. The security there is very tight, and ordinary people can’t get in.”
“I know,” Tang Li responded.
The man picked up his water bottle: “However, there have been people who sneaked in without being detected by the Special Service Bureau, just last month.”
Hearing this, Tang Li turned to look at him.
Realizing Tang Li was finally paying attention to him, the man continued: “My cousin is a bodyguard of the current President. Mid-last month, a man pretending to be an employee of Tan Palace got in with two guns, and security didn’t even notice. He even ended up in the same elevator as the President.”
He described the event dramatically: “My cousin sensed something was off about that employee, and immediately shielded the President. You wouldn’t believe it, but Song Baiyan’s face looked terrible at the time. The bodyguards quickly surrounded him. If that guy had malicious intentions, who knows what tragedy could have occurred.”
Suddenly, Tang Li asked: “Your cousin goes around discussing the President’s private matters, and the Special Service Bureau doesn’t hold him accountable?”
The man wasn’t prepared for her seriousness and struggled to respond, only managing to change the subject: “Being a bodyguard for such important figures isn’t easy. My cousin was trained by the Special Agent bureau. The first thing they told him was that you have to block all bullets for the President. Wherever there’s a bullet, wherever there’s danger, you have to plug it like a moving flesh shield.
Especially the current President, he has many bodyguards assigned to him, he values his personal security highly. Once, when visiting a bookstore, the Special Service Bureau deployed over 300 bodyguards.”
Tang Li slightly curved her lips, looking at him as he earnestly spouted nonsense: “How come I heard that His Excellency is low-key and doesn’t like big shows?”
“You’re young; news reports can’t always be trusted.”
Just as the man was about to spin more tales, Tang Li interrupted him: “What’s your cousin’s name? The chief of security for the current President, Ji Ming, happens to be my cousin. I’ll ask him about this presidential attack you mentioned.”
“…”
Seeing her mention the chief of security’s name seriously, the man did not dare to flirt any further, grabbed his towel and water bottle, and ran off like a shot.
Tang Li called out from behind him: “You haven’t told me your cousin’s name yet!”
As she shouted, the man ran even faster.
Such tactics of old men deceiving young women, Tang Li, having lived twice, was no longer surprised by it. She was about to head to a vending machine outside the square to buy a bottle of water when a figure stopped in front of her.
Tang Li looked up, only to see that it was Ji Ming.