After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety
Chapter 739 - 729: Wei Ke is in Charge, Happiness is What Matters

Chapter 739: Chapter 729: Wei Ke is in Charge, Happiness is What Matters

After agreeing to cooperate with Wu Jue to realize his idea, Jiang Lingxi had thought that the official people might come in the next couple of days, but she didn’t expect them to come so quickly.

What was even more surprising, the leader was an acquaintance!

However, when Wei Ke heard the names Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing from Wu Jue’s mouth, he almost thought there was something wrong with his ears.

The person across from him saw his big reaction and clearly repeated, "Jiang Lingxi, Shen Yunqing, both were my fellow team members during that underground ancient tomb expedition."

Wei Ke: "..."

When he first met Jiang Lingxi in that small mountain village, he had a gut feeling that she might not be simply an actress.

But he never thought that she could both be making a comeback in the entertainment industry while doing something so explosive underground!

During the collapse discovery of the Liangchuan Desert’s underground ancient tomb, he was among the second batch dispatched to lead the exploration.

The reason being, the preliminary reconnaissance team found plenty of traces of fighting and corpses after entering.

It wasn’t just a simple collapse, nine out of ten it was man-made.

Afterwards, he restored how these people died based on those traces and the bodies left underground, and investigated their identities.

None had Hua State identities.

Since that was the case, dying on Hua State’s territory was of no regret.

He speculated that those who killed these people might be deeply hidden masters from the civilian world or special ability individuals like Wu Jue with records.

But he never thought that one of them was Jiang Lingxi, someone he already knew!

Who could have thought of that!

Wei Ke followed the butler who came to greet him into Xiyuan, seeing the elegant and beautiful courtyard scenery, with red lanterns celebrating the New Year, adding festivity to the courtyard, but he had no mood to enjoy the scenery.

All he could think of was how to start the conversation when he meets the person later.

"Sir and Madam are in the tea room in the courtyard ahead, we’re almost there."

Wei Ke paused, then quickly returned to normal.

Oh, and that Mr. Shen was also one of the fellow team members.

Such a couple... he’s meeting for the first time, and he didn’t even know how to describe it!

Xiazhi lifted the curtain at the entrance of the tea room and turned to make a gesture for Wei Ke to enter.

Wei Ke, with the recorder following behind, stepped into the room.

Only to be greeted by the fragrant aroma of tea.

Upon hearing the commotion outside, Jiang Lingxi put down her teacup and stood up, looking at the incoming person, she greeted first, "Mr. Wei, we meet again."

Wei Ke: "...Yes."

They happened to meet once during a New Year visit at Old Xu’s house, who knew they’d meet again so soon, and this time he came on his own initiative.

"Please have a seat, enjoy a cup of tea first."

Facing Jiang Lingxi’s knowing and calm eyes, and looking at Mr. Shen, who was making tea with a calm demeanor, the initial complex emotions were soothed by the smell of tea wafting into his nose.

After sitting down, he accepted the teacup handed over by Shen Yunqing, "Miss Jiang, Mr. Shen, you seem not surprised to see me, it seems Master Wu Jue has already mentioned it to you two?"

"Yes, he came to ask for Yunqing and my consent before applying for the ’Taishui Project’."

"We’ve been waiting for the official people, just surprised it was you."

"I’m the captain of the ’Taishui Project’ security team; a few months ago, I brought back the bodies and the Taishui from the exploration of the Liangchuan Desert’s underground ancient tomb."

Jiang Lingxi raised her cup towards him, looking sincere, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Wei Ke: "..."

Feeling like he was being treated as the cleanup crew.

"If there is anything Mr. Wei wants to ask, we will definitely cooperate."

Wei Ke sipped the tea, the fragrance refreshing, "The specifics of the underground ancient tomb, Master Wu Jue has already described well. But as per protocol, I still need Miss Jiang and Mr. Shen to recount it once more, the recorder will make records for archiving."

Regarding getting them to describe separately, it now seemed unnecessary.

A pot of tea time passed.

Wei Ke glanced at the recorder next to him, who nodded to him after closing the notebook, then finished the last sip of tea, put the cup down and stood up, "Thank you, Miss Jiang and Mr. Shen, for your cooperation."

Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing also stood up to see the guest off.

"Take care."

"No need to see us out."

Led out of Xiyuan by the butler on the original path, Wei Ke couldn’t help but turn back to look at the entrance of Xiyuan, his gaze landing on the word ’Xi’ on the plaque, staring for a few seconds.

The recorder took a few steps, and when he looked back, he saw that Wei Ke hadn’t followed, "Captain Wei?"

Wei Ke came to his senses, "Let’s go."

"Captain Wei, isn’t it quite incredible, this is my first time seeing a female celebrity involved in something like this. It proves that the seniors are right; in any profession, sometimes we really can’t underestimate anyone. Who knows what hidden identities they have in secret? I’ve been following the drama Jiang Lingxi stars in these past few nights, and now I end up doing records for the real star."

Listening to the recorder’s lament, Wei Ke reached out to pull open the car door, "Is the drama good?"

"Super good, I thought I only liked crime thrillers until now I realized I also like historical themes, my whole family likes it. Captain Wei, let me tell you..."

As Wei Ke started the car, listening to the promotion from beside him, he was distractedly thinking, Minmin mentioned sharing a just released source with him.

It was probably this "Empress Yuan Zhao".

It’s just that because of the ’Taishui Project’ mission, he was busy even during the New Year and directly missed that shared link.

"I’ll watch it when I get back."

"Captain Wei, trust me, you won’t regret joining. Also, seeing Jiang Lingxi herself today, she felt like she was acting as herself, although a normal female celebrity wouldn’t be able to do such things in the underground ancient tombs. And that Mr. Shen playing the Prime Minister, if it weren’t for the modern clothes, I’d have thought it was Prime Minister Shen from the drama sitting across from me, there’s hardly any difference between the real person and the character. I actually drank tea brewed by him just now..."

Wei Ke couldn’t help raising his hand to rub his ears.

He knew in the task of recording there was a rule that one had to be completely focused without speaking at will, but looking at this non-stop chatter now, he must have been driven mad just now!

In the tea room.

Jiang Lingxi changed out of the guest apparel into the relaxed loungewear she wore before, then sat lazily on the lounge chair next to the bed.

"Now that the records are done, the next step should be the surveillance process. Yunqing, if I discover their people, should I greet them, or pretend I didn’t see anything?"

"It depends on your mood, as long as you’re happy."