Liang Siyao disappeared from the hospital like a fish slipping into the sea. She’d vanished. 

Liang Siyao’s appearance gave Xia Lei something to think about, but he did not try to go look for her, nor meet with Liang Zhengchun. He had to be careful with how he was going to handle matters related to his father, Xia Changhe, and matters related to Liang Siyao. He had no choice in the matter, and it had to be this way. 

The German engineers arrived in China on the eighth day of the first month. 

And on that same day, Xia Lei went with Ling Han to a military compound. The German engineers had been assigned to this military compound; it was a sort of safety precaution to not let the Germans stay at a hotel. This exchange between the two countries was not something which could be disclosed, after all.

Xia Lei met with Philip and his assistant, Alida, in a meeting room in the military compound. There was also the leader of the engineering team, a man named Frank. He was one of the key engineers involved in the design and production of the Eurofighter Typhoon engine. 

Both sides shook hands formally. 

Frank had an odd look in...