With the system’s blessing, even just learning a new skill was enough to make anyone full of expectations for the future.
The future is promising!
After sighing with emotion, Li Yi’an exited the system, and the woman’s voice also reached his ears.
“God bless, you escaped.
Thank God.
If you hadn’t escaped from France, how could I possibly have perfume?”
Looking at the man in front of her, Stanna, who seemed very polite on the surface, had already experienced a slight change in her gaze.
Her pretty face became a little stiff, and even her smile was somewhat unnatural.
He came over from France?
Is this possible?
Who are the people who can come over from France right now?
Spies!
When this thought popped into her mind, Stanna’s heart immediately pounded!
“Um, would you like some coffee?
I still have some here.”
The highly nervous Stanna found an excuse to get up and went to the kitchen.
Once in the kitchen, already panicked, she hurriedly took a few deep breaths.
“What should I do, what should I do?
He, he is a spy, a spy…
I need to call the police, call the police, but the telephone…
the telephone is in the living room!”
Pacing back and forth in the kitchen, just as Stanna was standing by the window hesitating whether to jump and escape, she saw the neighbor opposite preparing dinner.
The neighbor’s open window made her eyes light up.
She quickly picked up a pen and sticky note from the kitchen cabinet, wrote a sentence on the paper, put it in a small glass bottle, and threw it over.
The glass bottle that suddenly smashed in made the woman preparing dinner freeze.
Turning her head, she saw Stanna with half her body leaning out the window, gesturing something nervously.
…
Not long after, the rich aroma of coffee instantly filled the room.
“Thank you.”
Li Yi’an thanked her sincerely.
The woman handed him one of the cups of coffee, and Li Yi’an took a sip after receiving it.
Very bitter.
He couldn’t help frowning.
Just as he was about to complain that this coffee was too bitter, the woman spoke.
“I’m very sorry, there is no more sugar in the house.”
She smiled embarrassedly, but her heart was tightly clenched into a small ball.
“Black coffee tastes very good too.
Besides, I haven’t had coffee for a long time.
You know, after the war broke out, coffee became very rare in France.”
Li Yi’an completely failed to notice the woman’s abnormality.
He just endured the bitter taste and pretended to enjoy it as he finished this cup of black coffee.
During this time, he chatted with the woman for a few sentences.
From the woman, he learned that her husband was a senior staff member of the North Borneo Company.
She only knew that he had fought alongside the troops to resist the Japanese army after the war broke out, and then all contact was lost.
“He should still be alive and well.
Sometimes, no news isn’t necessarily bad news.”
Li Yi’an said some comforting words, and the woman shook her head.
“I hope so!
Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore.
What are your plans next?”
The woman changed the subject.
Li Yi’an put down the cup in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then said:
“Madam, may I ask where I can rent an apartment?”
“Rent an apartment?”
The woman glanced at him, then looked at her watch.
Why haven’t the police arrived yet?
Right at this moment, there was a knock on the door.
The knocking sound brought a surge of joy to the woman’s heart.
They’re here, the police are finally here!
Barely managing not to reveal a smile, she quickly asked:
“Who is it?”
“Madam, I’m Huck the plumber.
Downstairs said the bathroom in your house is leaking.
I’m here to check it out.”
A plumber?
As the woman got up to open the door, Li Yi’an didn’t feel anything strange.
The door opened, and two guys dressed as workers walked in.
He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Li Yi’an noticed that they seemed to pause for a moment when they saw him.
Are there a lot of scandals in front of a widow’s door?
Just as this thought popped into his mind, he failed to notice the two men, who were walking towards the bathroom, quietly split apart and then violently lunged at him.
In the instant he was tackled to the ground, Li Yi’an hurriedly shouted:
“Help, robbery…”
…
Spy?
Captain Adam looked at the person handcuffed there, turned his head and asked:
“Have you ever seen Germans send an Asian to Britain as a spy?”
As an officer of the counter-espionage department, Adam simply didn’t know how to describe these policemen.
They could always constantly catch “spies”, but in reality, they had never caught any actual spy.
“Sir, I am not clear on that, but the lady called the police through her neighbor.
She said he is very suspicious and is a spy who came over from France.
That’s why I called you,”
The police officer answered directly.
“Came over from France?”
Captain Adam asked doubtfully.
“Does he have any identification?”
“No identification at all.”
“Then why did he appear in that lady’s house?”
Captain Adam glanced at the unconscious “spy”.
He didn’t even need to ask to know why, because he was a young and handsome man; such people would receive invitations from many ladies.
…
The cloth bag was constantly filled with a pungent, foul stench.
How many people had this black hood been put over?
The smell was extremely irritating, almost making Li Yi’an choke and vomit.
But now, he had adapted to it.
From being arrested, to being escorted into the vehicle, to now.
Handcuffed behind his back and sitting on a chair, Li Yi’an had only one thought in his mind.
Where is this place?
While wondering, Li Yi’an had already determined that he was the unluckiest time-traveler in history.
Came from France.
Unidentified identity!
Spy!
Adding these words together led to only one result, which was that he would very soon be able to time-travel a second time.
At this moment, accompanied by footsteps, the hood was suddenly taken off.
While squinting to adapt to the light, Li Yi’an also became clear about his situation.
There was a desk in front of him.
Behind the desk sat two British blokes, one of whom had a handlebar mustache, and they were both wearing military uniforms.
They are military men!
Li Yi’an’s heart skipped a beat.
Having watched many WWII movies and read many novels, he immediately understood his situation.
British military personnel were interrogating him, which meant they treated him as a spy.
Spies were definitely going to the gallows, no escape!
He wouldn’t even need to go to court.
Good heavens, it looks like a second time-travel is really happening.
What to do now?
At this time, the man with the handlebar mustache spoke.
“Alright sir, is there anything you need to say?”
“What?
I don’t understand what you are talking about.”
Although cold sweat was breaking out on his back, Li Yi’an still managed to calm himself down and quickly activated the “Psychology” skill.
This skill was essentially an ability to read people’s expressions and conduct psychological analysis.
Its function was to analyze people’s hearts during transactions to help him make money.
The newly learned skill was only at LV1.
Although the entry-level things were limited, he still reached an answer—the other party suspected him.
“Speak, what is the purpose of the Germans sending you here?”
The man with the handlebar mustache said.
Facing his question, Li Yi’an said:
“Sir, I am Chinese.
China is a member of the Allies.
Why would I help the Germans?”
When facing questioning, the best method is to ask a counter-question.
This can effectively shake the other party’s viewpoint.
Entry-level psychology actually has some substance.
Actually, Captain Adam didn’t believe at all that this guy was sent by the Germans.
But he was very interested in the process of his escape from France to Britain.
Li Yi’an continued to ask in return:
“Sir, moreover, the appearance of Chinese people is completely different from Europeans, and it’s very easy to attract outside attention on the streets of London.
If you were German, would you send an Asian to act as a spy in Britain?”
“It’s indeed quite unlikely, but, who knows?”
Second Lieutenant Adam smiled and said:
“How about we first talk about the experience of how you escaped to Britain.”
(END CHAPTER)