"I’ve only used one scarf recently, the other ones you’re talking about?" she said, a bit nervously.
"No worries, I was just asking casually," Gu Annan leaned against the sofa, with no further intention to pursue the matter.
Lu Wanwan didn’t breathe easy until she was half a day into her room, realizing she had to get that scarf back as soon as possible.
It had actually caught Gu Annan’s attention.
Having called twice in a row, Bai Lingyun was busy, or he wouldn’t be back from filming until late at night, asking her if she wanted to come to his house to get it later.
Lu Wanwan just wanted to roll her eyes, as if that would be possible.
By the third day, she woke up early in the morning to check online and finally found the flight information that Bai Lingyun had deliberately leaked to his fan club.
One thirty in the afternoon.
As soon as Lu Wanwan saw the time, she couldn’t bother with lunch and immediately went downstairs to hail a taxi and rushed to the airport.
Once out of the taxi, she immediately called Bai Lingyun.
"Don’t worry, there won’t be any problems. I’m on my way to the airport," he said.
"How could that be? He would never appear, nor agree to it. Besides, it’s too conspicuous."
"Then how do you know where he is?" Lu Wanwan asked, getting anxious.
"Rest assured, I’ve talked to him. Just appearing on the streets is no big deal, Manchester is so big, and those looking for him, they have limited manpower, it’s like finding a needle in a haystack. Of course, the important places are the few points of exit from the city. Highways, the airport, train stations, ferries. Those are the only places we need to keep an eye on, a little misdirection and it’ll be fine."
Feeling that Lu Wanwan was still not completely reassured, Bai Lingyun chuckled and said, "Wanwan, he’s not a child, he’s used to this kind of thing. You have to understand, this is Manchester, unless someone has extremely powerful connections, nobody can openly do anything in public places. Are they going to surround the airport or what?"
Finally, Lu Wanwan said, "Anyway, I’m at the airport now, let me know if there’s any news, I’ll just head in and look around. Call me when you get here, and remember my scarf!"
Before Bai Lingyun could refuse her offer, she quickly hung up the call.
Why she had to come was because she also knew relying on Bai Lingyun’s cover was the last resort; otherwise, Song Ning wouldn’t have contacted her.
She didn’t know how reliable the reasons Song Ning gave her were, but all she could do now was to leverage the fact she was Gu Annan’s lawful wife by appearing, maybe it would come in handy at the critical moment.
Although she chose to respect Bai Youchen by not telling anyone about this, when it came down to life and death, she naturally didn’t care about that.
Bai Youchen was in line to get his boarding pass, dressed in old-fashioned military clothes, his face made up to look weathered.
In his hand, he carried a grimy bag, slowly shuffling forward.
In his ear was a tiny receiver.
Speaking in a low voice, as if muttering to himself like a madman, "Getting the boarding pass, have spotted two men."
From the earpiece came a command mixed with static, indiscernible as human voice, "Cancel the plan to leave town, just got word, he’s staying in Manchester and won’t be leaving anytime soon."
"Are you sure about the message? Why would he stay in Manchester?"
"Confirmed. Stay put for now, someone will be sent to join you later. This is a good opportunity, compared to his stronghold in Europe, his guard is lowest here."
Bai Youchen didn’t hesitate, "Okay."
He turned and left the queue, ripping up the ticket in his hand.
Just having stepped out of the airport terminal, Lu Wanwan had already received a phone call from Bai Lingyun and went to the secret rendezvous point he mentioned.