Conan: Begins to collaborate with Miss Bayonetta and become famous

Chapter 820 Conversation with the Ex

Lao Hei quickly adjusted his mood and asked Qiao Na in a low voice: "Does he know?"

"Hi!" The man was still enthusiastic and looked at the two of them with a smile on his face.

"This is my husband, Eric." Joanna introduced him a little stiffly.

"This handsome guy is Yi Yu, and this one is--" She pointed at Lao Hei, and for a moment she didn't know how to introduce them.

"Robert Thorne." Old Black naturally took up the topic and shook hands politely with the man: "I am Doctor Thorne."

Lao Hei put his hands in his pockets and spoke in a relaxed and calm tone, as if it had really happened: "Qiao Na and I worked together for a while at Massachusetts General Hospital."

"Yeah." Qiao Na continued, "Before going to New York."

"No way, hahahaha." The man laughed heartily and patted Lao Hei's round belly: "What a coincidence that we meet here."

"That's right." Lao Hei smiled foolishly.

"What brings you all the way here?" the man asked.

"I..." Lao Hei was speechless for a moment.

"We were in the nearby village of Turtuk." Baijiu made amends, tapping his head with his fingers: "He's been too busy lately, so he might have confused the place names."

"We heard that they need help here." Lao Hei added with a smile.

“Hmm…” The man was silent for half a second. “Actually, our work here is almost done. The whole village has been vaccinated.”

"But..." The man took a deep breath and looked at Lao Hei with curiosity: "What are you doing in Turtuk?"

Joanna answered for Blackie: "Is Rob on vacation?"

"No, no." Lao Hei denied it. He noticed from the corner of his eye that Qiao Na's eyes drooped and became a little dim. "I'm here on a business trip."

Lao Hei changed the subject: "You look very far away from home."

"Yes." The man nodded with a smile on his face, his hand naturally resting on Qiaona's shoulder: "Thanks to our guardian angel."

"Guardian angel?" Lao Hei said.

“Yes.” The man’s expression suddenly grew serious. “When the epidemic broke out here, we were operating a field hospital on the Darfur border.”

“I plan to return to Northern Europe to continue working after finishing my work.”

"Then we suddenly received a call from an anonymous donor who said he was ready to fund the entire operation, with only one condition." The man recounted the whole process.

Qiao Na said the second half of the man's unfinished words: "We are fully responsible."

Vermouth and MacAllen listened silently on the side, not daring to interrupt or say anything.

"Can you believe it?" The man felt a little unbelievable after he finished his statement.

Baijiu and Laohei quickly understood the meaning behind this. The anonymous donor must be related to Ryan. Lao He loosened his clenched fist and said, "Of course."

"Yeah, there was absolutely no warning." The man still had a smile on his face.

"There was no warning." Joanna repeated, looking at Lao Hei meaningfully.

Although the two people said the same thing, they were completely different things.

Lao Hei looked at the two of them, a gratified smile on his face: "This kind of life is very fulfilling, isn't it?"

The man nodded in agreement. "Yes, before I met Qiao Na, I basically never traveled far. I had never even left Northern Europe. I stayed in the hospital all day."

"Work seven days a week, day and night, and never take a day off."

Vermouth quickly lost interest in the conversation between the two. She lowered her head to look at the instrument in her hand, and slowly turned her body according to the signal strength.

Finally, she stopped at a location that looked like a flagpole, holding the headset in her hand: "I seem to have made a new discovery."

As she spoke, she walked towards the flagpole. The man seemed to open up and talk: "At this rate, I can be a surgeon by the time I'm fifty."

"I had a heart attack at the age of 55, and she convinced me to let it all go and go to where help was most needed. We've been traveling ever since."

A happy smile spread across the man's face: "I have never felt so fulfilled and satisfied as I do now."

"I'm happy for you." Lao Hei smiled from the bottom of his heart.

"Thank you," said the man.

"We should go." Qiao Na decided to end the conversation. She looked at Lao Hei and recalled many beautiful memories in her heart: "There are many things to pack."

"No." The man declined, as if he could tell that Qiao Na and Lao Hei had something unfinished. "I'll take care of it. You two can just catch up."

"No." Lao Hei smiled politely: "I won't bother you anymore."

"Come on, buddy." The man patted Lao Hei's shoulder. "You must be joking. You should have stayed a little longer. I'm just sorry that you made this trip in vain."

His eyes jumped back and forth between Lao Hei and Qiao Na: "Well... let's go pack our bags and then drive you back to Turtuk."

"How about you guys catch up in the car?" the man said with a smile.

"You are too polite." said Lao Hei.

"Haha." The man patted Lao Hei's shoulder again: "It's decided. See you later."

After the man left, Joanna and Lao Hei hugged each other. Lao Hei patted Joanna's back gently as before, and Joanna lay on Lao Hei's big shoulders.

Humming softly, "I'm glad to see you, really."

Lao Hei's voice became unusually soft: "Sorry...Qiao Na, I'm really sorry."

After saying that, Lao Hei disappeared from Qiao Na's sight with Baijiu.

The corners of Lao Hei's eyes turned red. Because of joining the organization and the special nature of his work, he spent less and less time with his wife. He endured the severe pain and forced his wife to divorce him.

She deserves someone better to be with her, and he will only put his wife in danger.

Jonah was kidnapped a few months ago, which further strengthened his resolve and he decided to cut off all contact with her.

The apology he expressed just now was not only an apology to the relationship between the two parties, but also an apology to his ex-wife for having put in so much effort but still being affected by the nuclear explosion.

Everyone came to the flagpole discovered by Vermouth.

They worked together to knock down the flagpole and lay it horizontally on the ground. McCarron kept reminding them, "Be careful, be careful, be gentle. This is a nuclear bomb."

Ryan looked out the French window and saw two helicopters standing on the lawn. "Both helicopters, take off. Don't let anyone leave here."

Then he placed a round device about the size of a lipstick cap in his palm and put it into Mojito's hand.

Lao Hei looked at the huge object. The time on it showed fifteen minutes. "It seems that the bomb has been installed, but the countdown has not started yet."

He spoke calmly, as if nothing had happened just now.